A forthcoming film starring Benedict Cumberbatch, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, is reviving the reputation of a popular illustrator known for depictions of cats that captivated Victorian ...

One of the most unusual and eccentric artists of the late 19th and early 20th Century spent some of his most productive years drawing in a sleepy Kent seaside town. Louis Wain, famous for his cat ...

Louis Wain painted cats, hundreds if not thousands of cats. He painted the critters with big googly eyes, gathered round the dinner table, serving tea or slurping at straws. He painted them standing ...

"He had made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves." So proclaimed the ...

Claire Foy and Benedict Cumberbatch star in Will Sharpe's 'The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain.' Even if audiences aren’t familiar with the artist Louis Wain, chances are they have seen his distinctive ...

Benedict Cumberbatch fans are in for a treat this weekend with The Electrical Light of Louis Wain, a new biographical film that began streaming on Amazon Prime today. Directed by Will Sharpe, with a ...

Louis Wain, cat painter, illustrator, amateur inventor, hobbyist, and would-be musician, was an unusual man. He was as unkempt as his hair, talked a mile a minute, and moved kinetically through life. ...

Fresh off delivering the best and most unexpected performance of his career in Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” Benedict Cumberbatch retreats to more familiar territory in a whimsical Victorian ...

Louis Wain painted cats, hundreds if not thousands of cats. He painted the critters with big googly eyes, gathered round the dinner table, serving tea or slurping at straws. He painted them standing ...