Blog - Art

In this blog we link some of Joan Rosalind Gunther's art with the relevant notes created during her sessions with Dr Warner.

Joan’s art is extraordinarily vibrant and rich, full of vivid colours and shapes. As far as we know she was untrained

Amy Allingham is one of the first patients in Bethlem for whom we have a image, and whose life story we have been able to trace in various records

In the early 1840s Dr Alexander Morison, then joint physician at Bethlem, commissioned a series of portraits to illustrate his new book

Although the mural is now lost, he was said to have used colour to depict the trees and people in such a way that a passer-by mistook it for Paradise

Museum Volunteer Sophia Gal looks at artist Thomas Hennell, and his experience of mental health issues and his relationship with nature

The mesmerising work of Finnish artist Panu Ollikainen is on show in the UK for the first time

Museum Volunter Sophia Gal kooks at the life and death of William Kurelek in the second of this two part blog series

Museum Volunter Sophia Gal kooks at the life and death of William Kurelek in this two part blog series

The final part of Curator Rebecca Raybone's series on the main challenges around displaying and interpreting mental health in museums

Curator Rebecca Raybone continues her discussion on the main challenges around displaying and interpreting mental health in museums

Curator Rebecca Raybone discusses “What are the main challenges around displaying and interpreting mental health in museums?"