The progressive escape of reality towards delusion is expressed in the pictures above. Since Wain was young, he used to draw and paint cats. When he became 57 years old, he was affected by an unknown mental disorder , which overtook his life as well his art. The last 15 years of his life were spent in psychiatric institutions. His paintings started to change and to show startling images. Quite revealing of his psychotic condition were the cat's hostile eyes.
schizophrenic cat paintings
acid trip kitty
The works of English artist Louis Wain, whose representations of cats was supposedly said to have shown his descent into the grip of schizophrenia.
Louis Wain's Cats as He Progressed Into Schizophrenia - Album on Imgur
schizophrenic cat paintings
Louis Wain's cats as he progressed into schizophrenia. Take 1.
Wigged out cat artist by Louis Wain. Interesting in the light of his schizophrenia-- perhaps could be titled self portrait as cat?
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© Louis Wain (1860–1939) English Artist • Considered to be the "godfather of the cat craze", he is best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens. Wain was born with a cleft lip and was a sickly child. He did not go to school until he was 10. In 1914 he suffered a severe head injury in an accident. 10 years later he was certified insane with what was then thought to be schizophrenia. Sadly, he spent his last 15 years in mental hospitals, but he continued to draw and paint.