Which Victorian painter, noted for his pictures of fairies and other supernatural creatures, murdered his father in 1843 and was committed to a lunatic asylum for the remaining 43 years of his life?
The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke is a painting by English artist Richard Dadd. It was begun in 1855 and worked on until 1864. Dadd painted it while incarcerated in the State Criminal Lunatic Asylum of Bethlem Royal Hospital, where he was confined after he murdered his father in 1843. It was commissioned by George Henry Haydon, who was head steward at Bethlem Royal Hospital at the time. Dadd had begun his career as a painter of fairy paintings before the onset of his mental illness. After he was committed, he was encouraged to resume painting. G. H.
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