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Links
Louis Wain: Information and Fun
- Cats'n'Kittens'
Vintage Postcards
Send an ecard with a vintage cat postcard as the picture. Includes some Wains. - Louis
Wain Kitten Book
A reproduction of a kitten book illustrated by Wain. - Bizarre Lives:
Louis Wain
A biography of Wain. - Louis
Wain from serial-design.com
Another biography of Wain. - Wainsworld:
Louis Wain & the Cat Fancy
A history of the Cat Fancy and Wain's connection with the organisation.
- Cat
Collectables--Louis Wain Art
An article about Wain.
Louis Wain: Madness and Art
One of the most famous "collections" of Wain's works is a set of eight paintings collected by the late the Hon Dr Walter Maclay, a psychiatrist interetsed in the relationship between madness and art. Maclay purchased these eight works in the 1930s and he arranged them in what he assumed was the order in which they were painted. These paintings were all of cats with patterns or cat-like patterns, and Maclay based his order on the abstractness of each painting—he assumed that the more abstract the painting, the later he painted it.
In Rodney Dale's Louis Wain: The Man Who Drew Cats, this theory is disproven. According to Dale, Wain alternated between more typical Wain paintings and pattern paintings throughout his stays in asylums, and there is no evidence that this order has any basis in reality. The series is still reproduced and discussed, however, and the web is no exception.
- Wain's Cats
- Louis Wain Illumination
- Louis Wain from Time Life's The Mind
- Art by Psychotics, Louis Wain
Louis Wain: Retailers
Links here should not be considered endorsements of any sort and are here for informational purposes only.
- Chris Beetles
A gallery in London. They pubilsh Dale's biography of Wain and hold the Summer Cat Show every year. This is an exhibition of original Wains and other cat artists. - Garland
Homes Collection
Sells original Wain paintings in association with Chris Beetles. - Catland
A site which sells modern prints and contemporary postcards. - Moose
Country Store
Sells modern prints by Wain. - Fabprints
A site selling modern prints by Wain. - Kenilworth
Galleries
A page of contemporary Wain prints for sale. - Henry
Boxer Gallery: Louis Wain
A gallery with original Wain's works for sale. - Cat
Collector Corner: Louis Wain, Chessie and Antique Cat Advertising
A site selling prints by Wain. - Postaprint
Antique and Antiquarian Books, Maps and Prints
A dealer with many Wain prints available - Jim Mehrer's
Postal History
A postal and post card history site, with some postcards for sale, including a few Wains in the Victorian section.
Cat Links
- I-Love-Cats.com
Directory of cat sites. - Pat's Cats
Cat Art Links
- Cattery
El Sham--News
Contains a story about a cat museum with some Wain works. - Cattery
El Sham--Cats in Art
Henriëtte Ronner and cat quotes. - Why Cats Paint
A site about the book of the same name.
Schizophrenia
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