Big cat art show brought to Hong Kong by conservation group and fashion house

Exhibition of French naturalist and artist Robert Dallet’s paintings, drawings, and sketches of eight big cat species to raise awareness about the animals’ plight in the wild

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The cover of the book of Robert Dallet big cat art published to accompany an exhibition of his paintings and sketches now on display in Hong Kong. Photo: Courtesy of Robert Dallet

Published: 12:01pm, 4 Sep 2016Updated: 5:34pm, 6 Sep 2016

Artist and naturalist Robert Dallet’s love of big cats is evident in a show of his work opening this month in Hong Kong.

“Fierce and Fragile: Big Cats in the Art of Robert Dallet” is a collaboration between French fashion house Hermès and Panthera, a global conservation group dedicated to the protections of the world’s 38 wild cat species and their ecosystems. It is on at Level L1, Pacific Place, Admiralty, from September 6 until September 24.

A painting of a snow leopard by artist Robert Dallet. Photo: Courtesy of Robert Dallet

Featuring more than 60 of the artist’s paintings, drawings, and sketches illustrating the eight big cat species – clouded leopard, jaguar, puma, tiger, lion, leopard, cheetah and snow leopard – the show is aimed at raising awareness about the threats to these species in the wild.

The exhibition launched this year in New York and has been staged in Milan and Munich. The next stops are Taiwan and Mumbai.

Dallet’s painting of a lion. Photo: Courtesy of Robert Dallet