Louis Wain

January 9, 2024
Illustrator

Quick Facts

Louis Wain
Full Name Louis Wain
Occupation Illustrator
Date Of Birth Aug 5, 1860(1860-08-05)
Age 164
Date Of Death 1939-07-04
Birthplace Clerkenwell
Country United Kingdom
Birth City England
Horoscope Leo

Louis Wain Biography

Name Louis Wain
Birthday Aug 5
Birth Year 1860
Place Of Birth Clerkenwell
Home Town England
Birth Country United Kingdom
Birth Sign Leo
Siblings Claire M. Wain, Josephine F.M Wain, Marie L. Wain, Caroline Wain, Julie Felicie M. Wain
Spouse Emily Richardson

Louis Wain is one of the most popular and richest Illustrator who was born on August 5, 1860 in Clerkenwell, England, United Kingdom. An English sketch artist, best known for his photographs of large-eyed kittens and cats with large eyes. His images were featured in Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Illustrated London News, and others.

His work was admired HGWells.

He had five younger sisters. He was the son of a textile trader, and an embroiderer. When he was 30, his youngest sister was declared insane. When he was 23, he married Emily Richardson, his sisters’ governess.

Louis Wain Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Illustrator
House Living in own house.

Louis Wain is one of the richest Illustrator from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Louis Wain 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a graduate of the West London School of Art and then became a teacher there.

His later years may have been characterized by schizophrenia.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Louis Wain Dating?

According to our records, Louis Wain married to Emily Richardson. As of December 1, 2023, Louis Wain’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Louis Ranked on the list of most popular Illustrator. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Louis Wain celebrates birthday on August 5 of every year.

Was Louis Wain actually schizophrenic?

Artist Profile Louis Wain was a British illustrator born in 1860 in London, United Kingdom. Wain, along with members of his family, suffered from various mental illnesses. After he was diagnosed with Schizophrenia , his way of painting, drawing, and sketching cats changed drastically.

How did Louis Wain get schizophrenia?

However, other tragic events in his life— the death of his cat Peter and of one of his sisters —very likely contributed to his mental breakdown. Wain started to become more and more paranoid, eventually experiencing a florid and severe psychosis.

Did any of Louis Wain sisters marry?

None of his five sisters ever married. At the age of thirty, his youngest sister was certified as insane, and admitted to an asylum.

Did Louis Wain ever make any money?

Yet despite such success, Wain struggled. His wife died in 1887. He channeled his grief into his art — which grew more colorful, more detailed, more surreal and abstract — but he never copyrighted his work and didn’t earn a penny off the numerous reproductions of his illustrations.

Is The Electrical Life of Louis Wain based on a true story?

“The Electrical Life of Louis Wain,” the new film from Amazon Prime, tells the true story of Louis Wain , an artist known for his striking paintings of cats in the late 19th century.

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