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Sensei

Sensei

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Schizophrenics are actually overrepresented in creative professions and perhaps most so among artists. One schizophrenic artist I really like is Ralph Albert Blakelock; I find his paintings outright mesmerizing. At first glance, I reckoned that he was yet another Romanticist obsesessed with moonlight, albeit extremely skilled, but since I learned that he developed schizophrenic symptoms and was institutionalized, it colours my impression of his paintings and they become dreamy and otherwordly. Anyways, I really like his paintings and maybe others here do too.

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1024px Ralph Albert Blakelock   Moonlight   201413620   Corcoran Gallery of Art

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Moonlight by Ralph Blakelock

Stilly night ralph albert blakelock
 
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Lilacmoon

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Beautiful moon, take me away.
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pretty. thank you. sorry i dont have much to add.
 
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NeverEndingProblem

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Amazing Talent. Thanks for sharing.
 
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Really pretty, they give me a nostalgic feeling
 
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A lovely understated use of colour; it allows emphasis/de-emphasis more easily. The composition and visual texture is very appealing.
 
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Wow...thanks@Sensei .
 
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@Sensei

 
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@Sensei


Richard Dadd is also worth checking out.
 
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esse_est_percipi

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They seem to come straight out of some Lovecraftian universe.
 
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Despairing

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Richard Daad was a great schizophrenic artist you should look him up.
 
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The polar bears made me do it
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Disappointered

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Apparently Dadd killed his dad.
 
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