The Adamson Collection: illustrations of mental illness or a testament to spontaneous artistic expression?

摘要

British artist Edward Adamson (1911-1996) was one of the pioneers of art therapy in the UK, working first in a long-stay psychiatric hospital Netherne in Surrey (1946-1981) and after his retirement seeing patients in his studio in West London. Throughout his professional career Adamson collected a large number of artworks produced in these sessions, the collection known today as the Adamson Collection and governed by the Adamson Collection Trust, chaired by Dr David O'Flynn from South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.