The Gallery of Miracles and Madness - English, Charlie
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The untold story of Hitler’s war on “degenerate” artists and the mentally ill that served as a model for the “Final Solution.”   “A penetrating chronicle . . . deftly links art history, psychiatry, and Hitler’s ideology to devastating effect.”—The Wall Street Journal As a veteran of the First World War, and an expert in art history and medicine, Hans Prinzhorn was uniquely placed to explore the connection between art and madness. The work he collected—ranging from expressive paintings to life-size rag dolls and fragile sculptures made from chewed bread—contained a raw, emotional power, and the…mehr

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The untold story of Hitler’s war on “degenerate” artists and the mentally ill that served as a model for the “Final Solution.”   “A penetrating chronicle . . . deftly links art history, psychiatry, and Hitler’s ideology to devastating effect.”—The Wall Street Journal As a veteran of the First World War, and an expert in art history and medicine, Hans Prinzhorn was uniquely placed to explore the connection between art and madness. The work he collected—ranging from expressive paintings to life-size rag dolls and fragile sculptures made from chewed bread—contained a raw, emotional power, and the book he published about the material inspired a new generation of modern artists, Max Ernst, André Breton, and Salvador Dalí among them. By the mid-1930s, however, Prinzhorn’s collection had begun to attract the attention of a far more sinister group.  Modernism was in full swing when Adolf Hitler arrived in Vienna in 1907, hoping to forge a career as a painter. Rejected from art school, this troubled young man became convinced that modern art was degrading the Aryan soul, and once he had risen to power he ordered that modern works be seized and publicly shamed in “degenerate art” exhibitions, which became wildly popular. But this culture war was a mere curtain-raiser for Hitler’s next campaign, against allegedly “degenerate” humans, and Prinzhorn’s artist-patients were caught up in both. By 1941, the Nazis had murdered 70,000 psychiatric patients in killing centers that would serve as prototypes for the death camps of the Final Solution. Dozens of Prinzhorn artists were among the victims.  The Gallery of Miracles and Madness is a spellbinding, emotionally resonant tale of this complex and troubling history that uncovers Hitler’s wars on modern art and the mentally ill and how they paved the way for the Holocaust. Charlie English tells an eerie story of genius, madness, and dehumanization that offers readers a fresh perspective on the brutal ideology of the Nazi regime.
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Charlie English
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'A superbly told story of worlds colliding ...There's so much that's wonderful about this book; it's hard to know where to start heaping praise. It is by turns intriguing, tragic, horrifying and occasionally funny'
The Times

'English has written a terrific book, taut and thematic ... As beautiful as it is bleak'
Guardian

'Engrossing ...The work of these artists, much of which miraculously survived the war, lives on as testament to the variety of human experience, and of ways to communicate what it feels like to be alive'
Economist

'Compelling ... The twin strands of Hitler's thinking on art and racial purity draw remorselessly together ... Memorable'
Literary Review

'A riveting tale, brilliantly told'
Philippe Sands

'A fascinating new book'
Daily Mail

'Fascinating ... Journalist English unpacks Hitler's mad campaign against mentally ill artists ... English's story feels strikingly relevant. While shedding new light on this piece of history, English also provides a cautionary tale for the future'
Publishers Weekly

'An extraordinary, deeply researched work which is a testament to the Prinzhorn artists'
The Tablet

'Perhaps only in 1920s Weimar Germany where expressionism and dadaism were exploring the dark sides of sex and fantasy could the art of the mentally ill first get its due. And perhaps only in Germany could the story Charlie English tells so well have ended in such horror. English takes us through uncharted artistic waters in a narrative of great humanity: a gripping journey into art, madness and modern history'
Jonathan Jones, author of Sensations

'Dazzling ... This poignant narrative centres on the complicated psychiatrist Hans Prizhorn and the eccentric patient artists whose work helped usher in a new epoch of the modernist avant-garde only to become fodder for Hitler's hateful ideology of "degeneration". Richly wrought, and deeply researched'
Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on Fire

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