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Dadd was a successful young painter when he killed his father and was committed to Bethlem as a 'criminal lunatic'. His crowded, magical paintings have had a striking influence on future artists ...

Portrait studies of figures in Eastern Costume (1842), by Richard Dadd Promising artist Richard Dadd murdered his father in the summer of 1843. Detained as a "criminal lunatic", he continued to paint ...

Richard Dadd painted some dazzling visions abroad but found peace within the walls of Broadmoor. By Michael Prodger The Art of Bedlam: Richard Dadd Watts Gallery, Guildford On 28 August 1843 the ...

In 1842, Richard Dadd, a popular and gifted artist of 24, set off from London on a Grand Tour of Europe and the Middle East with Sir Thomas Phillips, a former mayor of Newport, who had employed him to ...

The story is reasonably well known: Charles Dickens would even lead friends to the spot where it happened. In August 1843, Richard Dadd, a talented artist and “one of nature’s aristocrats”, returned ...

Dadd was a successful young painter when he killed his father and was committed to Bethlem as a 'criminal lunatic'. His crowded, magical paintings have had a striking influence on future artists ...

Promising artist Richard Dadd murdered his father in the summer of 1843. Detained as a "criminal lunatic", he continued to paint during his incarceration. He is now remembered as one of the Victorian ...