Richard Dadd

Richard Dadd
Richard Dadd working on Contradiction: Oberon and Titania (1854/1858). Photograph by Henry Hering [fr; it].
Born	(1817-08-01)1 August 1817 Chatham, Kent, England
Died	7 January 1886(1886-01-07) (aged 68) Broadmoor Hospital, Berkshire, England
Occupation	Artist

Richard Dadd (1 August 1817 – 7 January 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era, noted for his depictions of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic genre scenes, rendered with obsessively minuscule detail. Most of the works for which he is best known were created while he was a patient in Bethlem and Broadmoor hospitals.