Mary Barnes | |
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| Born | Mary Edith Barnes 9 February 1923 Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 29 June 2001 (aged 78) |
| Known for | Painting |
Mary Edith Barnes (9 February 1923 – 29 June 2001) was an English artist and writer with schizophrenia and became a successful painter. She is particularly known for her documentation of her experience at R. D. Laing's experimental therapeutic community at Kingsley Hall, London.[1][2] She is referenced in the book The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson and Thomas Szasz's Schizophrenia.[3]
- ^ "Mary Barnes obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 31 July 2001.
- ^ "Obituary: Mary Barnes (Obituary, The Guardian)". The Guardian. 13 July 2001. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Szasz, Thomas (1988). Schizophrenia: The Sacred Symbol of Psychiatry. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0465072224. OCLC 2373464.