Louis Wain’s cats as he progressed into schizophrenia.
Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:40 pm » by Poooooot
Louis Wain was a successful English artist who began to paint cats exclusively, after extensively painting his dying wife’s cat. He then made a living on children’s books and illustrations of anthropomorphic cats often parodying everyday life. After about 30 years he began to suffer from schizophrenia, theorized to be precipitated by toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection that can be contracted from cats. After he became too paranoid and violent for his sisters to care for, he was institutionalized at the relatively pleasant Napsbury Hospital , with a garden and colony of cats. Over the next 15 years, he continued to paint cats in increasingly psychedelic depictions.
Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:48 pm » by Phaeton
Gddmn.
Shouldnt that be 'Louis Wain's cats as he progressed into an acid trip'?
Shouldnt that be 'Louis Wain's cats as he progressed into an acid trip'?
"Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music"
"All our science measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - yet, in contemporary consensus, its the most precious thing we have"
"All our science measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - yet, in contemporary consensus, its the most precious thing we have"
Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:16 pm » by Phaeton
Ufosarus wrote:Phaeton wrote:Gddmn.
Shouldnt that be 'Louis Wain's cats as he progressed into an acid trip'?
hmmm.while were on a weird note! i dont know wether i like that song in ur sig or really hate it
Thank you for that information.
"Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music"
"All our science measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - yet, in contemporary consensus, its the most precious thing we have"
"All our science measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - yet, in contemporary consensus, its the most precious thing we have"
Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:19 pm » by Ufosarus
Phaeton wrote:Ufosarus wrote:Phaeton wrote:Gddmn.
Shouldnt that be 'Louis Wain's cats as he progressed into an acid trip'?
hmmm.while were on a weird note! i dont know wether i like that song in ur sig or really hate it
Thank you for that information.
ur welcome
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Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:23 pm » by Samuelthemule
thank you for posting those drawings
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Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:06 am » by Shemagh
Spock wrote:I wonder if all his work turned that symmetrical as the schizophrenia ran it's course.
Definate change! but some of the earlier stuff, cat's on hind legs, in human mode etc....... I don't know.
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Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:19 am » by Imnottheone
Great thread. I'm doing a little more reading on this for sure. So far, some think that he may have had Aspergers (sp.) syndrome. Coming down with schizophrenia at a late age is rare, but I suspect the same for aspergers. Either way, the are records of his personality change. Quite interesting indeed. 