Richard Dadd

1817–1886

Richard Dadd, ‘The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke’ 1855–64
The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke 1855–64
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Richard Dadd (1 August 1817 – 7 January 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted for his depictions of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic genre scenes, rendered with obsessively minuscule detail. Most of the works for which he is best known were created while he was a patient in Bethlem and Broadmoor hospitals.

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  • William Blake, ‘Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing’ c.1786

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  • Richard Dadd The Crooked Path 1866

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    The Psychiatric Sublime: The Sublime Object

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