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Louis William Wain (5 August 1860 – 4 July 1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens. Wain was born in Clerkenwell, London. In 1881 he sold his first drawing and the following year gave up his teaching position at the West London School of Art to become a full-time illustrator.
The cultural depiction of cats and their relationship to humans is old and stretches back over 9,500 years. Cats are featured in the history of many nations, are the subject of legend, and are a favourite subject of artists and writers.
8 sie 2024 · The British artist Louis Wain was a highly successful illustrator, mainly known for his humorous graphics of cats. His quirky feline pictures were so popular that almost every household at the beginning of the 20th century had at least one poster by him.
Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) was the most admired painter of his time and the vital force in the creation of Baroque style. Together with his cousin Ludovico (1555–1619) and his older brother Agostino (1557–1602)—each an outstanding artist—Annibale set out to transform Italian painting.
A century ago illustrator Louis Wain was a household name. Who was the man behind the cat drawings?
4 cze 2024 · I have collected 15 of the most purrific cats in art history that every cat lover would want to put on their wall. In some of these pieces, the cats play the central role while in others they are just there, but we all know that in reality cats always play the main role because they rule the world.
22 lis 2022 · There is no better way to explore the topic of cats in paintings than by examining several paintings of cats by famous artists. Table of Contents. 1 Famous Cat Paintings. 1.1 The Cat’s Lunch (c. Early 19th Century) by Marguerite Gérard. 1.2 Julie Manet (Child with Cat) (1887) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
