Monday, April 20, 2009

Martin Ramirez


I was googling art and the mentally ill when I discovered Martin Ramirez (1895 - 1963) who created nearly 300 drawings withing the confines of DeWitt State Hospital in northern California. Ramirez was in a mental institution since he was 30 years
of age and diagnosed as having schizophrenia. You can view him on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2ttSl1eM_s

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