Louis Wain Fact #12:
"Despite the cartoonish violence occasionally featured in his illustrations, Louis Wain took animal abuse very seriously. He partook in numerous animal charities, and Wain wrote on the topic, "Cats should never be struck," and his motto for the National Cat Club was “Beauty Lives by Kindness”.
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The Eight 'Kaleidoscope' pictures on loan from the Bethlem Royal Hospital, catalogued by Patricia Allderidge.
General note: These pictures have been shown together in one amount for many years and were presumably arranged like this by Dr Maclay. Although it is known that he found 'some' pictures by Louis Wain in a shop in Camden Hill it is not certain how many of these were included, and nothing is known of their origin or when any of them were painted. The order in which they are seen here is entirely artificial.
102. CAT PATTERN WITH SAUCER EYES
Coloured pencils on paper
9" x 6 7/8"