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Unironically one of my favorite artists

Still watching this youtube channel about what I can only describe as "Dark Classical art" and this one absolutely floored me because I was unaware of it and I want to share it because it changes my perspective on this artist completely.

You might be aware of Louis Wain. If not by name then by his art. He's the artist behind that series of cat drawings that slowly became more and more abstract and bizarre.

This series of paintings of cats are often labelled as a visual representation of Wain's deteriorating mental illness and schizophrenia. Even more so often labelled as "a tragic display of a painter's failing battle with schizophrenia."

The paintings look like this and were painted around the very early 1900s.

Ok got all that?

So here's the thing.

Although Wain did suffer from a mental illness that was strong enough for him to be institutionalized, his mental illness was never diagnosed with clear certainty. Although "Schizophrenia" is so heavily applied to him based purely on how his series of paintings LOOK, despite actual specialists widely disputing this. On top of this, although he did paint the kaleidoscope cat portraits during this time, it was not the only things he painted, and he was quite capable of painting "normal" pictures of cats.

The Kaleidoscope Cat portraits are more images of him experimenting with colour and shapes, something the Smithsonian themselves state on their website.

Wain had actually made his entire living painting whimsical images of cats, often for product adverts, before he was incarcerated and was actually a very beloved artist at the time. When his friends learned of his incarceration, they started a collection of donation money to help transfer Wain to the Bethlam Royal Hospital instead, one of the best mental health facilities of the time. Even the Prime Minster of the time donated, and they raised a large amount of money across England to help him.

4 years later, Wain drew this as his final image which he released publicly

I knew all about "the Schizophrenic cat Guy" but he had always been presented to me as some tragic case of an artist going mad and his skills and work unraveling as he went insane.

Which is why I wanted to share this information which was new to me. And because I think it's important.

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Like what you see? I do commissions! See pinned for details<3

I'm surprised how good this turned out :) this is my cotl oc that gives you potatoes and wheat to eat/ grow as well as special food recipes like cake

They are 20 birds in a trench coat. You get their follower form after unlocking all their recipes

Was supposed to be my last artfight attack for this year but the person privated the character :(

@poisonder @murkshade oc, please reach out if they aren't your character or want me to take this down!

Too tired to add tags but I love this and would love to see more of their campaign

D&D night of the Old Faith

They say the only way to get a steady D&D group is by using your own siblings. That means having to deal with Edgy Narinder, Murderhobo Leshy, Charge Heket and the Bard™. Thank you to all the Anons who asked me about D&D for Shamura and their siblings! You inspired this little silly comic, I hope you see and like it!💙

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@snagleteeth submitted: Pretty sure this is a sweet potato armyworm that I raised up after finding it in the dirt of my tomato plant cus I was worried it got sprayed with pesticides after the pest guys came. Luckily it made it to adulthood and I got to release it :) very sleepy dude who didn't like me very much 😅 from Houston TX!

Bonus pink katydid from New Orleans aquarium! At the time the guy showing us said that they didn't know what gene made them pink at the time, but maybe they know now :D

Looks like one of the Spodoptera armyworm moths but there are a bunch of them in your area that look similar. A yellow-striped armyworm moth might be more likely. Either way, glad they made it to adulthood!

PINK DUDE. 10/10. Idk anything about genes I just know it's called erythrism.