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Franz Karl Bühler, The Würgengel

Major Collections of Art by People With Mental Illnesses

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Bethlem South London and Maudsley Collection

London, United Kingdom

An example is Kurelek The Maze October 2004 (depression).
October 2004

The Prinzorn Collection

Heidelberg, Germany

An example is Hans Bühler The Würgengel October 2006 (schizophrenia). This is the oldest major collection of art by patients with mental illnesses. It was begun by Kraeplin and expanded by Prinzhorn.

Cunningham Dax Collection

Melbourne, Australia

Eric Cunningham Dax was the first to introduce psychiatric art into mainstream 20th-century Psychiatry, initially in the United Kingdom and later in Australia (schizophrenia, depression).
December 2014