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	Louis Wain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Louis Wain (1860-1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphised large-eyed cats and kittens, and who suffered in later years from schizophrenia.
		Louis William Wain was born on August 5, 1860 in Clerkenwell in London.
		Wain was transferred to the Bethlem Royal Hospital, and again in 1930 to Napsbury Hospital near St Albans in Hertfordshire, north of London.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louis_Wain (1172 words)

	Discover Vancouver Forum - Louis Wain Insane Cat Drawings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		At the turn of the 20th Century, Louis Wain had been perhaps the most visible artist in England: his irrepressible cats and their kittens - golfing, strolling, submitting unwillingly to the rigours of the classroom - could be seen on a thousand bedroom walls, in a thousand schools.
		The Wain cat was ubiquitous, prompting HG Wells to remark at a later date that "English cats that do not look like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves." By 1890, Wain was famous and much loved.
		Louis Wain, artist, madman, visionary, died in 1939 and is buried, alongside his family in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kensa.
	www.discovervancouver.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12559 (259 words)

	Petnet - Responsible Ownership in Australia - Cat collectibles - Louis Wain
		Louis Wain was a teacher in a London art school when his wife, Emily, became ill with cancer.
		Louis' reputation as an artist gave him undeserved credibility as an authority on cats and in 1980 he was elected as the President of the National Cat Club.
		Louis Wain died in 1939 but his art remains very collectable and may be found on old postcards and in children's picture books, but his legacy to the cat remains in its status as a family member in so many households.
	www.petnet.com.au /pethints/199604.3.html (405 words)

	Comic creator: Louis Wain
		Louis Wain was born in the Clerkenwell district in London and became an artist, selling his sketches of dog shows to the Illustrated Sporting News.
		Emily encouraged him to send these drawings to newspapers and magazines, and soon the Louis Wain cat was a household name, not only in Britain but also in America, where his comics and drawings of cats appeared in several newspapers.
		Louis Wain was elected as President of the National Cat Club and wrote the book 'In Animal Land with Louis Wain' in 1904.
	lambiek.net /artists/w/wain_louis.htm (231 words)

	Louis Wain Cats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Louis Wain, the most famous cat illustrator at the turn of the century, was born in 1860 in England.
		Louis Wain was a shy child who was domineered by his widowed mother and five sisters who never married.
		Wain's cats do not follow the proper rules of anatomy, instead they become two legged creatures lounging and drinking tea, playing sports, attending the opera, etc. Their facial expressions are endearing and bring smiles to the faces of the staunchest dog lover.
	gameroomantiques.com /CatWainProfile.htm (589 words)

	Catland: Introduction to Louis Wain
		Louis Wain (1860-1939) was an English artist who was most famous for his drawings of cats.
		Since Wain's death, the two main groups interested in his works are cat lovers and those interested in the art of schizophrenics.
		Wain is especially fascinating to those who study the art of the mentally ill because he had one main subject, cats, and there are examples of his art from both before and during his illness.
	www.lilitu.com /catland/intro.shtml (1101 words)

	Louis Wain -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Louis Wain (1860-1939) was an (A person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination) artist from England best known for his drawings, which consistently featured (additional info and facts about anthropomorphised) anthropomorphised large-eyed (Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats) cats and kittens.
		A cat-lover himself and sometime President of The National Cat Club of England, Wain claimed in an interview in 1896 that his "fanciful cat creations" were first suggested to him by Peter, his fl & white cat.
		He suffered in later years from (Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact) schizophrenia.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/louis_wain.htm (225 words)

	Louis Wain's Cat Gallery
		Louis was very much a cat lover and soon was elected President of the National Cat Club.
		Louis lived with his three sisters for a time before he fell into a depression he couldn't escape from.
		Louis believed his mind was being sensitized and transformed by these currents.
	www.wonderranchpublishing.com /Cats (590 words)

	Louis Wain - cat art on greeting cards, T-shirts, hats, books and other gifts.
		Wain was not able to maintain his successful career.
		In this article, Wain comments about why he is a failure at his chosen career (drawing cats) and how he might be able to overcome his lack of interest in cats.
		At this point in Wain's life, he felt that he had chosen the wrong profession and he was more interested in his hobbies than his cats.
	www.waincats.com /who_is_louis_wain.htm (1248 words)

	Bizarre Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Louis Wain Annual was a perennial bestseller; his designs adorned countless postcards and filled the pages of newspapers, books and periodicals.
		Wain himself grew to believe that spirits were directing malign energies at him.
		Louis Wain, artist, madman, visionary, died in 1939 and is buried, alongside his family in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green.
	www.bizarremag.com /bizarre_lives.php?id=142 (577 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Louis Wain is best known for his portrayal of cats.
		Wain was born on 5 August 1860, in Clerkenwell in East London, the eldest of six children and the only son of William, a textile salesman, and Felicia, a freelance fabric and carpet designer.
		This coincided with Louis being knocked down in the street by a bus – he was concussed and it took him several months to recover.
	www.britac.ac.uk /events/imagination/resources/imagination-bios/wain.html (700 words)

	Louis Wain's Cats
		It was for Emily’s amusement, that Louis did many sketches of their fl and white kitten, and it was she who encouraged him to submit his picture “A Kitten’s Christmas Party” to the Illustrated London News.
		Because of Wain's pictures cats replaced dogs as the nations number one pet, and his ability to look deep into the feline psyche and convey in his paintings their special quality made his work much sought after.
		Wain was boarding a London bus when it swerved to avoid a cat, throwing the artist onto the road.
	www.ecomallbiz.com /iwm14/louiswainscats (669 words)

	Henry Boxer gallery presents Louis Wain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The British artist Louis Wain was a highly successful illustrator whose reputation was made on his singular and gently humorous pictures of cats.
		A cat-lover himself and sometime President of The National Cat Club, Wain claimed in an interview in 1896 that his "fanciful cat creations" were first suggested to him by Peter, his fl and white cat.
		Despite his delusional state, Wain continued to draw and paint, which led a year later to him being recognised by one of the hospital guardians and transferred to a private roomat the Royal Bethlem Hospital in Southwark, with money raised through public appeal.
	www.outsiderart.co.uk /wain.htm (228 words)

	George Glazer Gallery - Mrs. Tabitha's Cats' Academy
		Louis Wain was an English artist known for his drawings of cats.
		By the turn of the century, the adorable and mischievious Louis Wain Cat was a popular culture icon of Edwardian England, appearing on calendars, postcards, books, periodicals and as separately-issued prints.
		Wain was the subject of a biography by Rodney Dale called Louis Wain: The Man Who Drew Cats, first published in the 1960s, which revived interest in his work.
	www.georgeglazer.com /archives/prints/genre/tabithacats.html (305 words)

	Stella & Rose's Books Secondhand Children's and Illustrated Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Louis Wain was born 5th August 1860, the eldest child of Roman Catholic parents who were employed in the textile industry.
		Wain was to produce around 600 cat drawings each year in the 1890's for books, postcards, magazines and the occasional advertisement.
		Wain had a fascination with electricity and some of his theories were bizarre.
	www.stellabooks.com /articles/wain.htm (1051 words)

	Erin House Prints (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Louis Wain was born on 5th August 1860, the eldest of five children of William Matthew Wain, a textile traveller from Staffordshire and Felicia who was a freelance fabric and carpet designer.
		Born with a hare lip, Louis was always a sickly child and did not start school until he was ten, by which time he had become a rather solitary child and never really settled into school life.
		Louis had kept a linnet as a pet, but he and Emily were soon to have a new addition to the family, Peter, a fl and white kitten.
	www.erinhouseprints.com /cats/5_other/louis.html (609 words)

	Louis Wain and his Wain Cats.
		WAINCATS.COM is the web site that a few of us who greatly admire Louis Wain and his cats developed as our way of "spreading the word" about this great artist who, at the turn of the nineteenth century, was a celebrity of incredible talent and fame.
		Wain lived during the periods of both WW I and WW II, so much of his work has been destroyed.
		We are slowly developing a relational data base on Louis Wain -- the first one ever -- which should be of some help to all.
	www.waincats.com /about_waincats.htm (1212 words)

	Wain’s World
		Born in 1860 in a London suburb, the young Wain suffered from a harelip and was persecuted by schoolmates.
		Louis Wain’s love of animals is described best by a single incident that occurred in 1917.
		Louis Wain’s illustrations are regularly featured at London’s Chris Beetles Gallery, which hosts an annual Louis Wain exhibition called the "Summer Cat Show." The year 2001 exhibition begins on August 18th and runs through September.
	www.moggies.co.uk /gallery/wworld.html (486 words)

	Louise Wain
		His contributions to the foundations of this great club were immense and his talented paintings, sketches, drawings and cartoons of cats must have played a major part in popularising the cat.
		Chesterton wrote, "For years Louis Wain's cats decorated our hoardings, adorned the covers of magazines and were familiarly loved by every child and the majority of grown-ups.
		In the October issue of ANIMALS it was reported, "Thanks to the generous support of the Public, Louis Wain is no longer in a pauper lunatic asylum.
	www.nationalcatclub.co.uk /Lois_Wain.htm (995 words)

	Cat Fanciers' Association: Online Magazine for the Cat Owner
		Wain was born in England in 1860 and in his early years was interested in music, authorship, chemistry and art.
		It is highly likely that Wain inherited his appreciation for art and his artistic talents from his mother who worked as a designer for English churches and cathedrals, and also developed designs for Turkish carpets.
		Wain was in demand for his drawings and they appeared in newspapers, on greeting cards and postcards, and in children's books.
	www.cfainc.org /ezine/archives/Louis-Wain.html (1083 words)

	Features the lives of Louis Wain and his cat, Peter. Sells current books and exclusive art-based items.
		Peter Haining, the editor and introducer of this tiny jewel, discovered a relative's trunk filled with Louis Wain pictures and clippings that were meticulously stored away circa 1900.
		You will quickly discover that Louis Wain was NOT the "loner" and the "bizarre schizophrenic" that he is sometimes purported to be.
		Wain's life, this is still a book that you'll be unable to close.
	www.waincats.com (981 words)

	`Excalibur Louis Wain of Chaucer`
		Louis' parents are both British Shorthair's (carrying the LH gene recessively).
		"Louis Wain" had the honour of being the first ever British LH to be shown in the NBC class at the Annual Show there in Jackson, MS.
		"Louis Wain" continues to wow the Judges and spectators at every show he attends.
	www.geocities.com /chaucer_bsh/louis.html (291 words)

	Superelectric: Crazy Cats and Memepool's Damned Lies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Louis Wain, whose best tribute is found at Catland, was an artist who rose to prominence by painting fanciful representations of cats.
		Which is not to say that Wain's psychosis didn't inform his art, simply that the tale of an artist's descent into madness is a bit overly dramatic.
		Wain's cats are delightful to see, please do visit Catland and enjoy Wain's work.
	similarselection.org /superelectric/mt-test/001320.html (1067 words)

	Louis Wain - Not Just a Madman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Louis Wain (1860-1939) was an extremely talented artist who was particularly famous around the turn of the 19th Century for his drawings of cats.
		The simple fact is, Wain had a knack for getting that essential catness from a cat and putting it onto paper.
		Because of drawings like this one, Louis Wain has largely been relegated today to the role of a "side show freak" of artists.
	www.math.ucla.edu /~anglicus/wain.htm (830 words)

	Louis Wain Cat Collection - backgrounds tiles and borders
		In recent years Wain's art has become popular again but not nearly to the extent that it deserves.
		At the turn of the century, he was a household name, for he had created the term 'Catland' which became synonymous with Louis Wain's Cats.
		He was obsessed with drawing cats, and when the demand for them eventually diminished, his mental health deteriorated and he was admitted in poverty to a mental hospital.
	searchpartygraphics.com /collections/wain/wain.html (502 words)

	Artist Louis Wain depicts The Effects of CP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The difficulty of overcoming one's disgust with the horrid flavor of the extract is apparent in the cat's facial expression and posture.
		Here Wain celebrates he moment of "Breakthrough" to utter bliss and serenity as one transcends the initially disturbing sensations of the CP rush.
		During the extreme peak of CP intoxication one becomes too imparied to draw accurately, but Wain bravely attempts to depict the extreme dissociative state in one last desperate sketch.
	mv.lycaeum.org /cp (512 words)

	A Cat Compendium
		Louis Wain drew cats: cats playing poker, boxing, playing cricket — doing almost any human activity, in fact.
		From humble beginnings Wain became a hugely successful popular artist, creating the Louis Wain Annual series and the first ever animated cat character, later acknowledged as the inspiration for Mickey Mouse.
		With a wealth of Wain’s most famous drawings, as well as rare writings by and about the artist, A Cat Compendium is an ideal book for both Wain fans and cat-lovers in general.
	www.peterowen.com /pages/nonfic/louiswain.htm (287 words)

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