John Bird recommends you go to the Richard Dadd Exhibition at Watts Gallery in Compton, Surrey. It’s out of the way, but worth the trip.
‘Richard Dadd was a Victorian painter who unfortunately stabbed his father to death and ended up in Broadmoor hospital. His spectacular painting The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke is a work of genius. Watts Gallery is an absolute gem and whilst there do look at the paintings of George Frederick Watts’.
Art of Bedlam: Richard Dadd is on until November 1st 2015 at Watts Gallery, Down Lane, Compton, Guildford, Surrey GU3 1DQ
Check out John’s full review here!
Images above:
Richard Dadd. Bacchanalian Scene (1862)
Henry Hering, Portrait photograph of Richard Dadd painting Contradiction (c.1875)
Richard Dadd. Contradiction. Oberon and Titania (1854-8)
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