Bryan Charnley (1949 - 1991) - photo 1

Bryan Charnley

Bryan Charnley was a British artist who had paranoid schizophrenia, and explored its effects in his work. In the summer of 1968, aged 18, he had a nervous breakdown but was able to study at Leicester School of Art later that year. In 1969, Charnley gained a place at the Central School of Art and Design in Holborn, London, but was unable to complete the course due to another breakdown that was later diagnosed as acute schizophrenia. In 1978 he moved to Bedford and began painting. Charnley's work during this period drew heavily on photo-realism, then enjoying popularity in America, and he produced many large-scale paintings of flowers. In 1982, Charnley painted a double portrait of himself and his partner Pam. Charnley had been exploring his inner life through painting since at least 1982, particularly addressing the experience of schizophrenia. From 1987 onwards, he increasingly drew on Sigmund Freud's theories about dreams, using elaborate symbolism to convey his mental state. In 1991 he painted a series of self portraits chronicling his experience as he reduced his medication. He made the diary an integral part of the portraits using the text to explain the imagery he was using and to describe his existential state.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:20 september 1949, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom
Date and place of death:19 july 1991, United Kingdom
Nationality:United Kingdom
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Portrait, Self-portrait
Art style:Photorealism, Contemporary art

Creators United Kingdom

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Ronald Searle (1920 - 2011)
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Edward John Poynter (1836 - 1919)
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Louis William Wain (1860 - 1939)
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John Banting (1902 - 1972)
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William Ellerby ()
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George Frederic Watts (1817 - 1904)
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1817 - 1904
Stanley William Hayter (1901 - 1988)
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George Lambert (1700 - 1765)
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Boris Ivanovich Pastoukhoff (1894 - 1974)
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George Hammond Steel (1900 - 1960)
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Frederick Vonham ()
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James Miller (1962)
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1962
Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823)
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1756 - 1823
Thomas Cole (1801 - 1848)
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1801 - 1848

Creators Contemporary art

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Larry Zox (1937 - 2006)
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1937 - 2006
Wang Tiande (1960)
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1960
Toon Verhoef (1946)
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1946
David Levinthal (1949)
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1949
Jürgen Klein (1904 - 1978)
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Allison Zuckerman (1990)
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Martin Lersch (1954)
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1954
Kirill Serafimovich Mamonov (1937)
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1937
Lore Bert (1936)
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1936
Raymond Martinez (1944)
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1944
Hervé Télémaque (1937 - 2022)
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Milton Resnick (1917 - 2004)
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Martinas Jankus (1970)
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Jo Delahaut (1911 - 1992)
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