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See the Psychedelic Cat Art of Louis Wain, the Outsider Artist Played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the Hit New Film
A forthcoming movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch, The Electrical Lifestyle of Louis Wain, is reviving the status of a popular illustrator known for depictions of cats that captivated Victorian England—and the psychiatric hospital in southeast England in which he spent his afterwards days has mounted an exhibition of his perform to coincide with the film’s release. The eccentric artist’s feline fascinations are on watch in “Animal Therapy: The Cats of Louis Wain” at Bethlem Museum of the Intellect, which is housed in Bethlem Royal Medical center, the world’s oldest psychiatric clinic, in southeast England. The establishment was a pioneer in recognizing the likely of animal treatment for its patients’ effectively-currently being. Wain’s…