![picture, image, Edouard Manet, painting, masculinity, violence, men, bullfighter, art, mental health, toxic, men, gender roles, artwork, drawing, well-being](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/10/image-from-rawpixel-id-3284399-jpeg-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Édouard Manet is a renowned French artist of the 19th century. He challenged artistic conventions and embraced subjects that were often controversial or unconventional. His…
![Frida Kahlo, artwork, painting, depression, PTSD, operations, trauma, isolation, anxiety, mental health, alienation, bipolar disorder,](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/03/rifqi-ali-ridho-VlXlW77swwY-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Known for some of the most surreal and symbolic paintings, Frida Kahlo was no stranger to depicting themes of self-identity, mental health and the human…
![graffiti, street art, Banksy, social justice, Ukraine, domestic violence, crack epidemic, artwork, mural, anonymous, artist](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/03/4846763015_93969acf44_c-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Known for his dark humor and antiauthoritarian masterpieces, anonymous street artist Banksy continues to make headlines. This Bristol-born activist, and film director’s true identity is subject…
![suicide, artwork, romanticism, popular, mental illness, adversity, criticisms, life, sorrow, difficulty](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2023/02/andreea-popa-c82WpNI6A-o-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps was a popular French painter born in 1803. Decamps was one of the first French painters to join the Romanticism art movement that…
![Artist, Artwork, Mental Health, Anxiety, Jayoon Choi, Recovery, Rehabilitation, Anxiety Disorder, Struggle, Pain](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/10/tim-marshall-T-AOFf2B8Zw-unsplash-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“There is a moment when you can’t help but sinking down deep into the shit. Attacked by a spiteful thought. But Oh dear! I was…
![How Life Influences Art](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/03/A68BD9FE-AF6B-405F-9658-4FCEF226C68F-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Louis Wain was born in 1860 in England and became known for his anthropomorphic drawings of cats. Initially, the drawings were created to amuse his…
![Melissa Walker, art, masks, recovery, trauma, psychology, PTSD, TBI, mental illness, veterans, military, war, soldiers, creativity, artwork, video](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/08/Old-Me-August2-crop-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Melissa Walker is a creative art therapist who uses mask-making to help active service members recover from the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic…
![The Suicide of Dorothy Hale](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/wVlfnlTbRtK8eGvbnBZI_VolkanOlmez_005-_-Unsplash-Cropped-470x140.jpg?x81652)
‘The Suicide of Dorothy Hale’ is considered one of the most controversial paintings by renowned Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The piece depicts the suicide of…
![Shattering Stigma](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/06/depression-1241819_1280-_-bykst-_Pixaby-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In an attempt to shed the stigma of mental illness and inform an uninformed public, an exhibition in China showcased artwork by individuals struggling with…
![Art and Schizophrenia](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/05/Never-ending-journey-Martin-Ramirez-470x140.jpg?x81652)
For the last 15 years of his life, Martin Ramirez (1895-1963) was hospitalized at the DeWitt State Hospital in Northern California with a diagnosis of…