Depression and Bipolar Disorder
These commentaries illustrate depression and bipolar disorder. They include depictions of depressive symptoms in artists, their response to depression in others, and how art assists in coping with depressive symptoms.
Portrait of Dr Gachet
Illustration of depressive symptoms
December 2002
The Maze
Depression/self-injury
October 2004
All Things Betray Thee Who Betrayest Me
Recovery from depression
November 2004
The Mediterranean at Genoa
Using art to cope with depression
November 2005
Summer Evening on the Beach at Skagen: The Artist and His Wife
Bipolar disorder
June 2009
Melencolia I
Illustration of depressive symptoms
September 2012
Cunningham Dax Collection
Depression with suicidal thoughts
December 2014