Monday, January 24, 2011

The Child's Problem


1857 Watercolour by the parricide Richard Dadd, who killed his father in 1843 thinking that he was the devil.

8 comments:

  1. Mucho mejor que las acuarelas de Hitler.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Buscalo a Richard Dadd en google, es INTERESANTISIMO.

    ReplyDelete
  3. El padre debiera haberse empezado a preocupar al ver los dibujos...

    ReplyDelete
  4. Aparentemente el dios Osiris le ordeno el acuchillamiento.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Beautiful artwork. I love seeing the unique artwork from across time.

    ReplyDelete
  6. muy interesante oscar

    ReplyDelete
  7. I've been fascinated with Richard Dadd ever since I saw a drawing by Jasper Johns called "Nothing At All Richard Dadd", which can be seen here (bottom right corner).

    ReplyDelete
  8. I don't know if you ever seen an original painting by Dadd. His handling of oil is amazing, he creates very strange 3-D effects with impasto. His work is very "overpainted" but that adds to the sense of mystery and morbidity of is art.
    Here you can see it in detail:
    http://www.googleartproject.com/museums/tate/the-fairy-fellers-master-stroke-230

    ReplyDelete