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A few days ago I visited the first major retrospective of Richard Dadd\u2019s work at the Royal Academy of Arts since the 1970s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always find the love of art strongest in me (\u2026).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Richard Dadd (1817\u20131886) was one of the most extraordinary artists of the Victorian era. Best known for his enchanting fairy worlds, his work encompassed a remarkable range of subjects, from intricate watercolours and portraiture to literary and historical scenes. His travels across the Eastern Mediterranean (including Constantinople, Smyrna, Damascus, Beirut, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Karnak) left a lasting impression on his imagination, while his paintings also drew inspiration from Don Quixote<\/em>, Hamlet<\/em>, the poetry of Lord Byron and folklore of the British Isles.<\/p>\n

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Much of Dadd\u2019s finest work was created while he was a patient at Bethlem and later Broadmoor Hospital, where he spent most of his life after developing psychosis and tragically killing his father. Despite his illness, visitors often remarked on his clarity, intelligence and composure whenever the conversation turned to art. His enduring legacy is an extraordinary body of work that blends meticulous observation with fantasy, creating dreamlike worlds filled with astonishing microscopic detail.<\/p>\n

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Dadd\u2019s life was undeniably tragic, yet his imagination remained astonishingly rich. If you admire the visionary worlds of William Blake or the mystical symbolism of Gustave Moreau, Richard Dadd is an artist well worth discovering.<\/p>\n

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A few days ago I visited the first major retrospective of Richard Dadd\u2019s work at the Royal Academy of Arts since the 1970s. \u201cI always find the love of art strongest in me (\u2026).\u201d Richard Dadd (1817\u20131886) was one of the most extraordinary artists of the Victorian era. 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