Antonio Ligabue: “the Madman”

The medical history of some famous painters, such as Van Gogh, Goya, and Munch, is characterized by symptoms attributable to psychiatric diseases that seem to have contributed their artistic genius. This is evident in the life-history and the artistic work of the Italian painter Antonio Ligabue (1899-1965), also called “the Madman”. Considered one of the most important exponents of Naïve art in the 20th century, he was born on December 18, 1889 in Zurich, Switzerland, to Elisabetta Costa and an unknown native Italian father [1].
Source: Medical Hypotheses - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Source Type: research