10 Great Painters Who Were Mentally Disturbed

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When the dying tyrant Nero proclaimed on his death bed, 'Oh, what an artist that perishes in me!' his remarks revealed more than just the arrogance of one of history's darkest figures.
They also exposed the almost immutable cultural connection between art and great suffering - between the artist and the sufferer. Here are ten great painters who displayed possibly the most tragic manifestation of the suffering artist - the suffering of the tortured mind.The Presurfer