10.25.2006

Utermohlen's Alzheimer self-portraits



Top image from 1967, bottom from 2000.


When he learned in 1995 that he had Alzheimer’s disease, William Utermohlen, an American artist in London, responded in characteristic fashion.

“From that moment on, he began to try to understand it by painting himself,” said his wife, Patricia Utermohlen, a professor of art history.


NYT.

1 comment:

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