Artist · United Kingdom
“painter”
1860
Clerkenwell
United Kingdom
illustrator
1939
Napsbury Hospital
Louis Wain.
United Kingdom, 1860 to 1939
Louis William Wain (5 August 1860 to 4 July 1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens. Wain was born in Clerkenwell, London. He sold his first drawing in 1881 and the following year gave up his teaching position at the West London School of Art to become a full-time illustrator.
Biodata
- Born
- 1860, Clerkenwell
- Died
- 1939, Napsbury Hospital
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Work
- painter, illustrator, animator, caricaturist
Louis Wain, in numbers
Sketchbook