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Permalink Reply by J. Spencer Rich on October 21, 2010 at 6:29pm

The weird world of Louis Wain:
http://www.google.com/images?q=Louis+Wain&rls=com.microsoft:en-...

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Deb on November 30, 2011 at 11:32am

Wow!  thanks for this.  a kitty goldmine!

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Permalink Reply by J. Spencer Rich on October 22, 2010 at 7:41pm

I don't really think of it as bad. In a way, Wain was before his time. In his early years, he was a very popular illustrator of cats before schizophrenia took hold. He is most famous, probably, because of the famous "progression of schizophrenia" pieces that appeared in every series of Time-Life books about mental illness, etc. He had become destitute, but was actually saved by the Crown, who had remembered his early illustrations with fondness. But he definitely fits into the "Henry Darger" category of "outsider art." Even his early illustrations suggest some kind of twisted genius at work.

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Deb on November 30, 2011 at 11:42am

On the same theme . . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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