Medical & Academic Journal Articles by Dr. Robert M Kaplan

The first Australian painting of schizophrenia by Ivor Francis.

Publisher/Location: Australasian Psychiatry
Publication Date: January 2014
Summary:

An article examining the 1943 surrealistic painting Schizophrenia by Ivor Francis, the first major Australian artwork depicting a mental disorder. Francis was influenced by Max Harris, who encouraged him to read works on surrealism and psychoanalysis, but took his ideas from the book on schizophrenia by the radical Melbourne psychiatrist, Reg Ellery....

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