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Richard Dadd

Beyond Bedlam

Tate, London / Wikimedia Commons

Richard Dadd is on view at Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom, until October 25, 2026.

Last verified September 7, 2026 · Official source ↗

An exhibition of over 100 works by Victorian artist Richard Dadd, celebrated for intricate fairy paintings created during his years as a patient in Bethlem and Broadmoor hospitals. The show demonstrates how his vision remained radical and imaginative despite institutional confinement.

Artists

Venue

  1. Royal Academy of Arts
    London, United Kingdom · July 25 – October 25, 2026
    Until 25 Oct

Images

A densely packed miniature scene painted in obsessive detail: dozens of tiny fairy-tale figures crowd around a woodsman raising an axe over a hazelnut, surrounded by oversized grass blades and daisies.

Richard Dadd, The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke, 1855–64. Tate, London

Tate, London / Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗

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