Stories
- Article
The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
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Mary Bishop and the surveillant gaze
Writer and artist Rose Ruane explores the paintings of Mary Bishop, created during a 30-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, which speak of constant medical surveillance and censorious self-examination.
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Hands-on healthcare
A young hospital volunteer feared her contribution was a long way from the serious business of real healthcare. But time spent painting patients’ nails proved to be a valuable contribution to life on the ward.
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The intermediate life of spirits
Courttia Newland explores the events and his feelings surrounding the death of his mother-in-law, Tara Chauhan.
Catalogue
- Books
Paint & painting : an exhibition and working studio sponsored by Winsor & Newton to celebrate their 150th anniversary / the Tate Gallery.
Tate Gallery.Date: 1982- Archives and manuscripts
National Paint & Coatings
Date: 1979-1981Reference: PP/DOL/C/1/1Part of: Doll, Sir Richard (1912-2005)- Archives and manuscripts
Spashes of Paint (artwork)
Date: 1940s-1997Reference: PP/RSI/B/2/2/22Part of: Rita Simon Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Paint spraying, with photographs
Date: c.1926-c.1952Reference: PP/HUN/C/2/149Part of: Hunter, Donald (1898-1977)- Books
- Online
Painting in general. By James L. Walker, Market-Street, near the Court-House Baltimore, Sign of the Painting Muse.
Walker, James L.Date: [1792]
