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1. www.wikiart.org › en › louis-wainLouis Wain - 72 artworks - WikiArt.org

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   View all 72 artworks. Louis Wain lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of British Art Nouveau and Outsider art (Art brut). Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Louis_WainLouis Wain - Wikipedia

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   Louis William Wain (5 August 1860 – 4 July 1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens. Wain was born in Clerkenwell, London. In 1881 he sold his first drawing and the following year gave up his teaching position at the West London School of Art to become a full-time illustrator.

4. museumofthemind.org.uk › louis-william-wainLouis Wain - Bethlem Museum of the Mind

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   He studied at the West London School of Art, and began his career as an art journalist, drawing many different subjects. However, it was for his pictures of cats that he eventually became famous. From the 1880s until the outbreak of the first world war, the ‘Louis Wain cat’ was hugely popular.

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5. www.apollo-magazine.com › louis-wain-the-man-whoLouis Wain, the man who drew cats - Apollo Magazine

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   Dec 15, 2021 · The eight drawings found by Maclay, popularly dubbed the ‘Kaleidoscope Cats’, were probably produced after Wain was institutionalised. They are now in the collection of the Bethlem Museum of the Mind and remain, for many, emblematic of ‘asylum art’.

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6. www.thecollector.com › louis-wain-art-of-cats-andLouis Wain’s Art: From Cats and Ceramics to More Cats

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   Feb 12, 2023 · Louis Wain was one of the most prolific artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. With many thousands of pieces to his name, his illustrations graced the pages of journals, newspapers, and annuals. His images were put on postcards and sent around the world, and he even found fame as a ceramic artist.

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7. www.samwoolfe.com › 2013 › 08Louis Wain: The Schizophrenic Artist Obsessed With Cats

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   Aug 15, 2013 · Louis Wain (1860 – 1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats. In his later life, Wain developed schizophrenia, which psychiatrists speculated at the time was brought on by toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection that can be contracted from cats.

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   How did Louis Wain become famous?

   • He studied at the West London School of Art, and began his career as an art journalist, drawing many different subjects. However, it was for his pictures of cats that he eventually became famous. From the 1880s until the outbreak of the first world war, the ‘Louis Wain cat’ was hugely popular.

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   How did Louis Wain influence art?

   • In 1914, Louis Wain’s art took an interesting turn as the artist began experimenting with ceramics. He produced a series of ceramic animals for a London retailer. Although most animals were cats, he also made sculptures of dogs, pigs, and many other animals. Their design showed influence from the Cubist movement and artists like Pablo Picasso.

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   Why did Louis Wain draw a cat?

   • His beloved cat, Peter, stayed by his wife’s side while she was suffering and provided inspiration for Louis Wain’s art. Peter became a muse of sorts, and Wain created many portraits of him, even before his wife had died. She had pushed him to continue drawing cats and to have his cat art published.

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   How many paintings did Louis Wain make?

   • Louis Wain’s art forms an extensive corpus of works across multiple media. Apart from his ceramic sculptures, he created many thousands of illustrations and paintings during his lifetime.

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9. www.mentalfloss.com › posts › louis-wain-artist-facts10 Facts About Louis Wain, the Cat-Obsessed Victorian Artist

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   Nov 7, 2023 · Louis Wain was an artist with a nearly singular focus: cats. He sketched, painted, and even animated these furry companions throughout the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, at a time when...