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Mary Barnes

British artist (1923-2001) · United Kingdom · On the map · Artists · Died at 78

Mary Edith Barnes was an English artist and writer with schizophrenia and became a successful painter. She is particularly known for documenting her experience at R. D. Laing's experimental therapeutic community at Kingsley Hall, London.

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She is referenced in the book The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson and Thomas Szasz's Schizophrenia.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1923 to 2001 · aged 78