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Richard Dadd, The Fairy Fellers Master Stroke
Dark Arts and Crafts
The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke (detail), by Richard Dadd This painter became mad in 1843, and persuaded that his father was the devil in disguise, killed him with a knife and fled away. He tried to kill another tourist with a razor blade, then was caught and sent to an hospital, were he was allowed to paint until the end of his life.
Dark Classics
The Fairy Fellas Masterstroke - Dark Classics: February 2011