Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam

Published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, from July 25th to October 25th, 2026, this book brings together more than 60 works that track Richard Dadd's life and career.

Richard Dadd (1817-1886) constructed fairytale worlds and other highly original works of art. After making his name as an exceptional student at the Royal Academy in the late 1830s, he travelled to the Eastern Mediterranean, where he developed a psychotic illness that led to the killing of his father. ...