Sequences proper: Psychiatric patient 1 - "Heinz"

Date:
1950s
Reference:
PP/RSI/B/1/1/5
Part of:
Rita Simon Collection
  • Archives and manuscripts

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About this work

Description

25 artworks by Psychiatric patient 1, "Heinz", covering a range of subjects, executed mainly in strong pastel colours. Many of the images are of figures, including several of Nazi soldiers and Hitler. Heinz moved on to other famous figures including Freud, Jung and Adler. His works include more exploratory pieces with cartoon like captioned figure studies, and images of devils, bishops and goblin like figure combined with a rail truck. His last pictures took a change of style, watercolours which Simon noted as being Massive trarnsition in style, unlike the previous pictures which she classified as Traditional linear.

Publication/Creation

1950s

Physical description

25 artworks

Biographical note

Psychiatric patient 1, identified by Rita Simon's pseudonym "Heinz" is discussed in Rita Simon's book The symbolism of style, pages 188-193.

The patient was a male German Jewish refugee working in the 1950s. He was paranoid and seemed to compensate for this through admiring Hitler and kept a photograph of Hitler on his person. "Heinz" attended therapy sessions once a week at a psychiatric centre. He had very precise English diction and sat very straight when drawing. This information is taken from conversations between Rita Simon and Wellcome staff between 1995 and 1997.

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