TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - [Blindness in painters]
JO  - Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie
A1  - Lanthony, P.
SP  - 700
EP  - 708
VL  - 22
IS  - 6
N2  - The purpose of this study was the inventory of historical painters who were blind, and the analysis of their attitude in the face of the blindness.  METHODS: The population study was extracted from the dictionary of painters by Benezit. The method of the study was ophthalmological, to assess precisely the type and the etiology of the blindness; and psychological and artistic to study the reactions of the painters.  RESULTS: Blindness was found among 85 painters. They were 5 cases of transitory blindness; 20 cases of unilateral blindness; and 60 cases of bilateral definitive blindness. The psychological attitudes of the painters were either negative, with depression, and even suicide (5 cases); or positive, with perseverance to paint till to blindness, teaching of the painting after blindness.  CONCLUSIONS: The small number of painters with a blindness caused by a precise etiology was disappointing, but the variety of the reactions gave a good account of the attitude of the painters who became blind.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0181-5512
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -