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The weird and wonderful feline world of Louis Wain
- ggm 8y agoI remember seeing the psychotic cat picture as an epitome of painted madness. I get from this article we really don't know it was schizophrenia, but I also get it seems a given he was in some mental decline. Late Van Gogh have similar radiating jaggies. Munch has a different affectation. El Greco's astigmatism is also contested.
- awkward 8y agoIt's worth knowing that his family had made their money on textiles and rugs. Many of the most out there paintings Wain did are not denovo, but based on synthesis of Persian rug patterns and his cat drawing.
- Thoreandan 8y agoI too learned of Wain due to the alleged madness pics - I've also read (no sources handy) that the theory's been pretty hardily debunked. Found some interesting things about him, though, he organized a supper for the London Cat's Meat Men (that was an actual job in old London). I think there's actually audio or film of him as well.