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History of the life of Louis Wain 1860-1939 his art and fun animals

Louis Wain 1860-1939 Life Story and art funny animals

William Louis Wain was born in the London district of Clerkenwell in London in May. August 1860 and in its early years has been interested in music, fatherhood, chemistry and art. The Music was his first choice of career, but he was not motivated enough and turned to the art world as an alternative.

In its early years was a sickly child and often skipped school. He attended his early education in the Foundation School in Hackney Orchard Street and St. Joseph's Academy, Kennington.

Wain is born with cleft lip and the doctor gave orders to his parents who should not be sent to school or taught was ten. In his youth, adolescence, he was often absent and spent much of his childhood wandering around London. After this period, Louis studied at the Art School and West London became a teacher for a short period. At the age of 20, Wain has been left to support his mother and sisters after the death of his father.

As for his family, Louis Wain's father had moved to London from Leek, Staffordshire, where he met Julie Felice Lame (Anglo-French) who attended the same Roman Catholic Church. They married in 1859. He had five younger sisters (two of them became competent artists) and his father worked as a salesman of textiles and fabrics for the mother church and carpets.

At age 17, tried to become a musician if there is no proof of the success of today. Louis Wain was decided to study and trained at the School of Art West London (1877 – 1882) and remained as an assistant professor until he retired in 1882.

After his father – William Wain died in 1880, had to support his mother – Julie Wain and five sisters.

To help support his family, he became a freelance illustrator (initially influenced by Caldecott and May).

He began making a name for the dog and animal designs in different countries and dog shows including the early of British National dog show at the Crystal Palace in 1882 (which later became known as Crufts).

In 1884, Louis Wain married Emily Richardson (The governess of his younger sister). Shortly after she married she contracted breast cancer. He brought Emily a Kitten which they called Peter, and know that he started to draw humorous situations and poses Pedro.

She wanted to show his drawings to some editors chat some comments – "He who wants to see a picture of a cat. "

The break had been anticipated came in 1886 when Kitty has made several illustrations of a children's book. Later, Sir William Ingram, owner of the Illustrated London News, commissioned a drawing of a story "Kitten Christmas Festival. It contained 200 cats, took 11 days to complete and according to Wain that his "night of celebrity." With the success of your funny cat pictures, began to make his reputation here in Britain and America, and its humorous cat pictures were seen in Comics, newspapers and magazines. These images were so successful that his life would never be the same. Alas, it was marked with sadness that his wife died shortly afterwards, but knowing that Louis Wain had become a great success.

In the period between 1880 to the beginning of World War reigned supreme cat-and-humor of animals, especially in the world "has been recognized Louis Wain Louis Wain cats appeared Cat posters in Art, Comics, newspapers, books, magazines, postcards and annual reports. Wain cats are found in all human activities – from golf and Excavation of roads other sports, playing music, Ascot fashions, leading to cats, and many more.

In 1886, he joined the staff of The Illustrated News London. It was the first illustrator to work consistently in the Convention and animals dressed up.

Contributed to "our comic Customers delicatessen New Rhymes and funny pictures "in 1896 and" jingles. Jokes and Humor Folks "in 1898. 1902 saw the word" Catland "commonly associated with illustrations Wain, editing and "Pa my cats cats and kittens."
His anthropomorphic vision of the world soon became famous and the president therefore he was elected president of the British National Cat Club in 1898 and 1911.

In 1904, Louis Wain wrote a book called "A land animals with Louis Wain 'which was a great success. In 1907, he invested all his savings in a number of pottery with images based on their cats funny and most of them sent to the United States. Unfortunately, across the Atlantic, the ship sank and all Louis Wain ceramics went to the bottom of the sea because of this misfortune Louis Wain went bankrupt and decided on a temporary movement to the United States. Make cartoons for the states of New York (1907-1910) and many other American comics, newspapers and magazines.

After the death of his mother in 1910, he returned in England and in the coming years, continued to produce books and supply pictures to various newspapers comics and magazines.

Continued with the cat fancy for several newspapers and comic books at the end of WWI. Meanwhile, in 1917, was thinking of experimenting with animation and the movie was called "toes." Oh, decided not to proceed with this project and if the world has lost the opportunity of a genius cat comic art movement in the animation. This year is a milestone in the history of the cats of Louis Wain. His sister Caroline died and he fell from a bus and hit his head.

After recovering from these setbacks his cats became more frenzied, surreal, jagged and sharp. In 1917, he was also diagnosed as schizophrenic, which, unfortunately, stayed with him for the rest of his life. During the early of their disease at 57, Wain continued to paint, draw and sketch cats.

In 1924, because the economic situation and the slow recovery of GB after WW1 Louis Wain Art became less popular and he fell into poverty when his mental health deteriorated, and Finally, his family and had certified Loco was committed in a bad service at the Springfield Hospital (formerly Surrey County Asylum) in Tooting, London June 16 1924. In 1925, he was discovered by a visitor to the hospital painting his funny cat pictures. The visitor said that the artist pictures reminded him famous cats Wain Louis. Imagine his surprise when the artist turned to the visitor and exclaimed that he was indeed Louis Wain. After the visitor told the world of hospitalization Louis Wain, fans began a campaign that includes Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald, HG Wells and King George, who helped establish a foundation that has been created for Wain to spend the last years of his life in comfort in private asylums including Bethlehem Hospital in a private room where his treatment continued. HG Louis Wain Wells describes best when he said in a broadcast cats, 1925, in an attempt to raise money for the poor artist that three generations have grown up and a few nurseries Louis Wain have been out of his paintings. He made the cat itself. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a world cat. English cats that do not air and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed themselves.

Sometime in late 1920, Campos was sent to St. James Southwark where he continued to paint and draw his cats.

In 1930 he was Napsbury taken to hospital near Saint Albans where he continued painting and drawing to the end of his days. Exhibitions of his work were held in London in 1931 and 1937. 4. July Louis Wain died in hospital Napsbury. He is buried in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Harrow Road, London NW10 (next to Kensal Green Cemetery, London) next to the graves, as well as his sisters and parents 5.

It's probably the best memory via a quote from HG Wells "It was the same cat. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a world cat. English Cats are not to look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves. "

Louis often lectures on the welfare of the cats and the people asked to take in stray cats, and not just pure-bred cats. He was elected as President and Chairman of Cat National Club where he served for many years, and the logo he designed for the National Cat Club is still used today. He also participated many other animals (mainly CAT) charities and groups.

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