You'll enjoy the antics of Louis Wain's cats, as well as the fascinating lifestory of this crazy artistic genius who created a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world that bedazzled the English and thrilled the Americans before many of us were born and whose work continues to appeal to cat lovers and be sought by collectors until this day.
Although this book is the result of 22 years of the author's personal research she has NOT created a dull biography with dreary footnotes. No! No! Never! She has written this story like a novel with dialogue and characters so vividly depicted you'll be right there with Louis Wain whether he is in London with his Fleet Street drinking chums, or in New York's Chelsea Hotel being patted on the back for outshining the exalted American artist, Charles Dana Gibson and his glamorous Gibson Girls.
Because Louis Wain faithfully reproduced the scenery, clothing, and activities of people he saw, you cannot fail to painlessly absorb the then-current historical happenings in London, New York and Chicago. You'll also share his professional successes and disappointments, his personal joys and sorrows, so that sometimes you'll laugh, sometimes cry, but you'll never forget Louis Wain.
