Louis Wain, I Am Happy Because Everybody Loves Me

Louis Wain

British · 1860–1939 · Painter, Draughtsman

Louis William Wain was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens. (Wikipedia)

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  1. Louis Wain, To Be Let Unfurnished, ink, watercolour, gouache and pencil on wove paper on Artist's prepared boardTo Be Let UnfurnishedLyon & Turnbull · £23,940≈ $28,999≈ €27,510Sign up to see
  2. Louis Wain, Hockey, circa 1904, ink, watercolour, gouache and pencil on wove paper on Artist's prepared boardHockey, circa 1904Lyon & Turnbull · £12,600≈ $15,262≈ €14,479Sign up to see
  3. Carol SingingHelmuth Stone Gallery · $11,970$9,500 + $2,470 premium≈ £9,111≈ €10,104Sign up to see

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Louis William Wain was an English artist best known for his drawings of anthropomorphised cats and kittens.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1860, ClerkenwellDied 1939, Napsbury HospitalOccupation Painter, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q714709 ↗ULAN 500027273 ↗Museum works 2

Also known as Louis William Wain

Works in museum collections

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Louis Wain, I Am Happy Because Everybody Loves Me
I Am Happy Because Everybody Loves Me1928
Bethlem Museum of the Mind ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Bethlem Museum of the Mind
Louis Wain, Cat with a cigar
Cat with a cigar1879
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By). See data sources & attribution.

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