His life was not easy. Artists’ lives rarely are. But at his side through those struggles was his long-haired, orange cat named Florianus. We do not know when the cat Florianus came to live with Oscar, but he died in 1931. A couple of years later, Oscar took the name “Florianus” as his own middle name and thereafter, signed his paintings in this way. ...Life never got easier for him. After a series of accidents and illnesses, Oscar Bluemner took his own life in 1938. [http://www.thegreatcat.org/the-cat-in-art-and-photos-2/cats-in-art-20th-century/oscar-bluemner-1867-1938-german-american/]