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Dadd, Richard
Dadd, Richard (b Chatham, Kent, 1 Aug. 1817; d Broadmoor Hospital, Berkshire, 8 Jan. 1886). English painter who murdered his father in 1843 and spent the rest of his life in Bedlam and Broadmoor asylums. Before his mental breakdown he was considered one of the most promising artists of his generation (his friend Frith called him ‘a man of genius that would assuredly have placed him high in the first rank of painters’) and after his incarceration he was encouraged to continue painting. Although most of his work before the murder had been fairly conventional, he had begun to paint fairy and fantasy subjects and in the asylums he developed these along highly imaginative lines; The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke (1855–64, Tate, London) is probably the best known. Dadd was virtually forgotten for many years, but he became well known in the 1970s, when a major exhibition was devoted to him at the Tate (1974) and several books on him appeared.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Dadd, Richard." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Dadd, Richard." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-DaddRichard.html IAN CHILVERS. "Dadd, Richard." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-DaddRichard.html |
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Dadd, Richard
Dadd, Richard (1817–86). English painter who murdered his father in 1843 and spent the rest of his life in Bedlam and Broadmoor asylums. Before his mental breakdown he was considered one of the most promising artists of his generation (his friend Frith called him ‘a man of genius that would assuredly have placed him high in the first rank of painters’) and after his incarceration he was encouraged to continue painting. Although most of his work before the murder had been fairly conventional, he had begun to paint fairy and fantasy subjects and in the asylums he developed these along highly imaginative lines; The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke (1855–64, Tate, London) is probably the best known. Dadd was virtually forgotten for many years, but since the 1970s his work has become well known.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Dadd, Richard." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Dadd, Richard." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-DaddRichard.html IAN CHILVERS. "Dadd, Richard." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-DaddRichard.html |
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Dadd, Richard
Dadd, Richard (1817–61) English painter. Dadd showed early promise as an artist, but murdered his father in 1843 and spent the rest of his life in asylums. He continued to paint, specializing in highly imaginative fairy and fantasy pictures. His finest work is The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke (1855–64), a minutely detailed piece of whimsical invention.
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"Dadd, Richard." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Dadd, Richard." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-DaddRichard.html "Dadd, Richard." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-DaddRichard.html |
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