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| Year : 2000 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 133-141 |
Asylums and Artists
O Somasundaram
Superintendent (Retd), Institute of Mental Health, Chennai, India
Correspondence Address:
O Somasundaram
30, 23rd Cross street, Thanigei Illam, Besant Nagar, Chennai -600 090
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 21407926 
Relationship between genius and mental illness has always been an issue of interest and controversy. Creative people in arts have been more prone to mental illness as compared to the men of science. Asylums of yesteryears in England, France and Spain have had eminent artists such as Hogarth, Dadd, Van Gough and Goya either as residents or as records of the scenes in those hospitals. These relationships, the paintings of the places and the artists are discussed.
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