Art: Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam at the RA
I went to see Richard Dadd exhibition that's currently on at the Royal Academy of Arts. Shakespearean subjects, but he also depicted pagan subjects and believed ancient mythology was still relevant.
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I went to see Richard Dadd exhibition that's currently on at the Royal Academy of Arts.
Shakespearean subjects, but he also depicted pagan subjects and believed ancient mythology was still relevant.
Recognised early for his skill at rendering detail, Dadd was invited in 1842 on an ambitious tour across the Eastern Mediterranean that would shape the course of his life and work.
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I went to see Richard Dadd exhibition that's currently on at the Royal Academy of Arts. Shakespearean subjects, but he also depicted pagan subjects and believed ancient mythology was still relevant. Recognised early for his skill at rendering detail, Dadd was invited in 1842 on an ambitious tour across the Eastern Mediterranean that would shape the course of his life and work.
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- The experience had a influence on his artistic imagination, but the itinerary was rushed and Dadd began experiencing delusions.
- He spent the remaining four decades of his life in hospitals – first at Clermont north of Paris, then at Bethlem in Lambeth and finally at Broadmoor in Berkshire.
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