The Cat Pictures of Louis Wain

The name Louis Wain is new to me but it seems he was a celebrated artist of cat pictures (stay with me, it’s not that bad!). I was fascinated to see the effect of his schizophrenia on his drawings. Just look at the cat pictures and see the shift from smooth, images with personification of cats for newspapers and childrens books to the sharp, spikey, fractal-like images later on in his life. It’s a superb insight into schizophrenia and mental disease.

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