title: Neurological diseases in famous painters.
abstract: Visual art production involves multiple processes including basic motor skills, such as coordination of movements, visual-spatial processing, emotional output, sociocultural context, and creativity. Thus, the relationship between artistic output and brain diseases is particularly complex, and brain disorders may lead to impairment of artistic production in multiple domains. Neurological conditions may also occasionally modify artistic style and lead to surprisingly innovative features in people with an initial loss of creativity. This chapter focuses on anecdotal reports of various neurological disorders and their potential consequences on works produced by famous or well-established artists, including Carl Frederik Reutersward, Giorgio de Chirico, Krystyna Habura, Leo Schnug, Ignatius Brennan, and many others.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, King's College Hospital, London, UK; Department of Neurology, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: bartlomiejpj@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bartlomiej
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Piechowski-Jozwiak
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bogousslavsky
mesh_terms: D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century
keywords: artistic production; change of artistic style; dementia; epilepsy; head trauma; migraine; painters; stroke; visual artists