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: (60)
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Richard Dadd Bearded Man with a Pipe watercolor on wove paper 1842 - 1843
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Titania endormie (1841) by DADD Richard
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Frank Dadd Family Secrets lithograph 19th - 20th century
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William Home Lizars Puck and the Fairies (Midsummer Nights Dream) engraving 18th - 19th century
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Nu (4e quart 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by BONHOMME Léon
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Gilbert Stuart - Richard Yates 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Yvonne Dant (de l'Opéra ) (4e quart 19e siècle ; 1ère moitié 20e siècle) by BOURDELLE Emile Antoine
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Femme assise (20e siècle) by Sénoufo (population)
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Yvonne Dant (de l'Opéra ) (4e quart 19e siècle ; 1ère moitié 20e siècle) by BOURDELLE Emile Antoine
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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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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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Femme debout (20e siècle) by Baoulé (population)
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Thomas Gainsborough - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1785-1787 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Gainsborough Dupont - Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1787-1796 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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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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Espiñola, Richard Oginz (United States, born 1944) , 1987, Pencil
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Encina, Richard Oginz (United States, born 1944) , 1996, Black ink
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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 Avedon, Self-Portrait, New York City, Richard Avedon (United States, 1923 - 2004) , 2002, Triptych; gelatin-silver prints on (one) linen backing
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Danseuse (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by RODIN Auguste
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Richard Seewald, Richard Seewald (Germany, Arneswalde, Neumark, 1889 - 1976) , 1924, Printed material and 1 woodcut on wove paper
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Jardin Fleuri (4e quart 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CROSS Henri-Edmond
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Jaguar dévorant un lièvre (19e siècle) by BARYE Antoine Louis
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Sir Joshua Reynolds - Portrait of Richard Peers Symons, M.P. 1770-71 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum British
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Henry Inman - Portrait of Colonel Richard Varick c. 1831 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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Portrait de Gérault-Richard, en buste (1986) by HAWKINS Louis Welden
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Richard Mayer Jeremy #2 tempera 1970
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Richard Seewald: The graphic work, 1912-1918, Richard Seewald (Germany, Arneswalde, Neumark, 1889 - 1976) , 1919, Printed material and two lithographs on wove paper
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Paysage provençal (1ère moitié 20e siècle) by VERDILHAN Mathieu
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Gilbert Stuart - Catherine Brass Yates (Mrs. Richard Yates) 1793-1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Thomas Gainsborough - The honorable Richard Savage Nassau de Zuylestein, M.P. c. 1778-80 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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Leo, Richard Serra (United States, California, San Francisco, born 1939) , 1997, Etching on Somerset textured paper
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Le Moulin Rouge (1899) by BOTTINI Georges Alfred
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Artist: Richard Bresnahan Title: Double-gourd Teapot Date: 1995 Medium: ceramic, reed handle Dimensions: H.6-3/4 (with
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Moon Meditation, Richard Pousette-Dart (United States, Minnesota, Saint Paul, 1916 - 1992) , 1960s, Oil on paper
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Louise Richard, épouse du fondeur Louis Marie Joseph Richard (1791-1879) (1845) by MAINDRON Etienne Hippolyte
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Untitled, Richard Pousette-Dart (United States, Minnesota, Saint Paul, 1916 - 1992) , 1976, Graphite on paper
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J. Thornetwaite Richard II 18th century
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Paysage (19e siècle) by DAUBIGNY Charles François
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Richard Correll Vineyard March Woodcut 1970
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Richard Zoellner Fragment screen print 1949
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La Chartreuse de St Bruno (1822) by RICHARD FLEURY François
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Jane, Richard Pousette-Dart (United States, Minnesota, Saint Paul, 1916 - 1992) , 1950s, Watercolor, ink, and gouache
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Le Pont Neuf (1922) by BOGGS Frank Myers
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Paysage (19e siècle) by COROT Jean-Baptiste Camille
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Gilbert Stuart - Portrait of Richard Barrington, Later Fourth Viscount Barrington c. 1793-1794 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Mickey Mao, Richard Montoya  (Artist), no date, Screenprint
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A Separate Force, Richard Pousette-Dart (United States, Minnesota, Saint Paul, 1916 - 1992) , 1980s, Acrylic on paper
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Danseur (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by RODIN Auguste (sculpteur)
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Joseph Wright - The Hon. Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwiliam of Merrion 1764 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Danseur (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by RODIN Auguste (sculpteur)
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Richard Janthur Wintermaerchen 19th - 20th century
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The letters of Sir Richard Westmacott, 19th century Author: Sir Richard Westmacott (British, 1775-1856)Collection of
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Le Duc Richard offrant à Dieu l'église de la Sainte Trinité (19e siècle) by anonyme
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Richard Yates Plate pewter early 19th century
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Frederick George Richard Roth Bear bronze 1904
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Friedrich Boscovits Altmeister Richard Wagner Richard Wagner kˆmmt unangemeldet in die Musiksaale des Himmels, no. 157 opposite page 144 in the book, in der Karikatur (Berlin: B. Behr, [1907]) Reproduction of lithograph 1883
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La côte entre Le Croisic et Piriac (1er quart 20e siècle) by RICHARD Victor Julien
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Chromatic Dream, Richard Pousette-Dart (United States, Minnesota, Saint Paul, 1916 - 1992) , 1940s, Ink, pencil, watercolor, and gouache
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Richard C Herman Dog with a stick Monotype with pastel 1983

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