Escape from Egypt

The painting represents a lively oriental market or social scene where people of different age groups and ethnicities gather. Bright shades of orange, blue and green dominate the scene. People are dressed in traditional clothing, some on horseback, others selling goods or socializing. Palm trees are in the foreground and sand hills can be seen in the background.

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Prevailing color of this fine art print is red and its shape is landscape. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Richard Dadd (1817-1886), a < British a href=fine-art-prints/classicism> Classicist Victorian painter who painted supernatural and mystical oriental scenes. Dadd’s father was a chemist, but Richard showed talent for painting early on. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts. Initially, he illustrated books, but in 1842 he was chosen to accompany Sir Thomas Phillips on the road to Greece, Egypt and Turkey. This expedition became crucial for Richard. His personality was change. He began to hallucinate and was unreasonably aggressive. He even believed that the god Osiris spoke through him. On the road, he painted Escape from Egypt and Caravan Haven in Asia Minor. After returning, he killed his father, whom he considered the devil. Captured and classified as mentally ill, he was moved to a psychiatric hospital. Painting his ideas and thoughts helped in his treatment. After 20 years, he went from the psychiatric hospital to a hospital, where he painted until his death due to pneumonia. His most famous painting, The Fairy Feller, inspired a song of the British pop group Queen and a novel by popular, now recently deceased, British fantasy writer Terry Pratchett.