2009/06/15

cat lover




louis wain (1860-1939).
a visionary, supposed schizophrenic lover and painter of cats.
he painted the above in mental hospital. he said about himself:
"i take a sketch-book to a restaurant, or other public place, and draw the people in their different positions as cats, getting as near to their human characteristics as possible. this gives me doubly nature."

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