We hear the full interview with Nick Tromans, author of Richard Dadd; The Artist and the Asylum.

We hear the full interview with Nick Tromans, author of Richard Dadd; The Artist and the Asylum.

Ewen Bremner explores the human experience through great artworks, and the people behind them, created by the National Galleries of Scotland. 

How does art reflect the lives and experiences of different people, places and times? How do our experiences and lives reflect art?

Thanks to artists, experts, our visitors and those living and working creatively Ewen explores big ideas in our main episodes, as well as six fascinating bonus stories drawn from these interviews.

Ewen Bremner explores the human experience through great artworks, and the people behind them, created by the National Galleries of Scotland.&nbsp;
How does art reflect the lives and experiences of different people, places and times? How do our experiences and lives reflect art?
Thanks to artists, experts, our visitors and those living and working creatively Ewen explores big ideas in our main episodes, as well as six fascinating bonus stories drawn from these interviews.

Reflections: Art, Life and Love

Discovering Richard Dadd

What makes a great partnership? And does that mean it’s good for everyone involved?

Patrick Elliot explains the explosive partnership of Robert Macbride and Robert Colquhoun, and to contrast we hear from one of Scotland’s most established contemporary partnerships, Dalziel and Scullion, on how they make it work.

What makes a great partnership? And does that mean it&rsquo;s good for everyone involved?
Patrick Elliot explains the explosive partnership of Robert Macbride and Robert Colquhoun, and to contrast we hear from one of Scotland&rsquo;s most established contemporary partnerships, Dalziel and Scullion, on how they make it work.

Discovering The Two Roberts & Dalziel and Scullion

What makes an artistic partnership? Where is it healthy and how can it be destructive?

In this episode we find out how powerful partnerships can transcend time and place and cause the people involved to generate some of the most powerful works in history.

We’ll hear the tragic tale of Elizabeth Siddall, artist and muse of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and explore the joyful friendship between Picasso and Lee Miller. Artist Julian Bell explains the stormy relationship between Van Gogh and Gaugin and we hear from Dalziel and Scullion on how they work together creativity.

What makes an artistic partnership? Where is it healthy and how can it be destructive?
In this episode we find out how powerful partnerships can transcend time and place and cause the people involved to generate some of the most powerful works in history.
We&rsquo;ll hear the tragic tale of Elizabeth Siddall, artist and muse of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and explore the joyful friendship between Picasso and Lee Miller. Artist Julian Bell explains the stormy relationship between Van Gogh and Gaugin and we hear from Dalziel and Scullion on how they work together creativity.

Partnerships & Relationships

Picasso said “the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls”. So how does art help us communicate with our inner experience and process life events?

In this episode we look at how creative work can be a tool to make sense of events or changing times, to share or interrogate emotions and ideas and to communicate experience without words.

This episode explores the famous case of Richard Dadd, the visionary Victorian painter and asylum patient, and features interviews with artist Henry Coombes on his work as a therapist, and the charity Artlink on their innovative work.

Picasso said &ldquo;the purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls&rdquo;. So how does art help us communicate with our inner experience and process life events?
In this episode we look&nbsp;at how creative work can be a tool to make sense of events or changing times, to share or interrogate emotions and ideas and to communicate experience without words.
This episode explores the famous case of Richard Dadd, the visionary Victorian painter and&nbsp;asylum patient, and features interviews with artist Henry Coombes on his&nbsp;work as a therapist, and the charity Artlink on their innovative work.

Discovering Richard Dadd

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