Artist: Richard Dadd (1817 - 1886) Biography:
Richard Dadd was born into a large family of a chemist and a druggist in 1817. He began his training at the age of thirteen studying miniature painting, portraiture, and landscapes. He was prematurely accepted to study at the Royal Academy, but had to wait until he turned twenty. Dadd painted ancient subjects in the Neoclassical style that were executed in a style similar to that of Lawrence Alma Tadema. Dadd left England in 1842 to take a yearlong drawing trip throughout Europe and the Middle East. After returning, he began suffering from mental illness, murdered his father, and conspired to kill the pope and the emperor of Austria. He claimed that the Egyptian god, Osiris, requested all of these acts. Dadd was committed to an asylum by his family and the courts in 1843 and remained there for his last forty-three years.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Richard Dadd, Bearded Man with a Pipe, 1842 - 1843
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Frank Dadd, Family Secrets, 19th - 20th century
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Gilbert Stuart - Richard Yates 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Richard Smith, Red, 1976
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Francis Wheatley - The Death of King Richard II c. 1792-93 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester British
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Pompeo Girolamo Batoni - Portrait of Richard Milles c. 1760's oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Richard Diebenkorn, Variation #8, 1971
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George Romney - Portrait of Richard Palmer 1787 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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Gainsborough Dupont - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1787-1796 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1785-1787 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Richard Graf, Untitled, 1966
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Richard Graf, Untitled, 1966
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Richard Graf, Untitled, 1966
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Richard Graf, Untitled, 1966
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Richard Smith, Grey, 1976
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Joshua Reynolds - Mrs. Richard Paul Jodrell 1774-75 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Richard Smith, Green, 1976
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Richard Overfield, Untitled, 1978
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Richard Diebenkorn, Drawings, 1948
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Richard Hunt, Untitled, 1972
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Richard Hunt, Untitled, 1972
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Richard Hunt, Untitled, 1972
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Richard Tuttle, *Print*, 1976
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Richard Hunt, Untitled, 1972
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Richard C Herman, Dog with a stick, 1983
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Richard Zoellner, Fragment, 1949
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Richard Diebenkorn, Bust of M. W., 1962
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Richard Earlom, Old man, seated, 1787
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Richard Earlom, The Prodigal Son, 1766
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Richard Seewald, Aus dem Camposanto, 1922
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Richard Earlom, Rembrandt, 1767
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Richard Mayer, Jeremy #2, 1970
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Richard Dighton, Two Soldiers, 1805
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Richard Dighton, The Litany, 1816
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Richard Day, New Mexico No. 1, 20th century
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Richard Day, The Abandoned Hut, 20th century
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Richard Hunt, Untitled, 1973
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Richard Diebenkorn, Two Way II, 1982
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Richard Diebenkorn, #37 from 41 Etchings, 1965
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Richard Diebenkorn, #14 from 41 Etchings, 1965

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