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      Leo Schnug: Alcoholic Dementia as an Unexpected Source of Inspiration for an Artist

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      European Neurology
      S. Karger AG
      Alcoholic dementia, Cognition, Creativity, Hallucinations, Leo Schnug

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          Artistic creativity can be defined as the ability to challenge established academic representations or tastes, and to produce both innovative and esthetic works. Here, we investigate the influence of alcoholic dementia on creativity by describing the case of the famous painter Leo Schnug. It is clear that Schnug’s motor and psychic disorders had a dramatic influence on his late artistic output. His hallucinations, panic attacks and delusions had an influence on both the themes and the personal, expressionistic and easily recognizable style of his work. It is unlikely that he would have attained these had he been in good health.

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              Patients suffering from Alzheimer's Dementia (AD) have increasing difficulties to orient in space and often fail to recognize basic realities and even their closest relatives. These symptoms lead to severe deterioration of everyday life and finally to total dependence. In this report we present the case of Carolus Horn, a famous german artist, who contracted with AD. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of changes in his artwork during disease progression gives an impressive insight into the patient's visual world and how it becomes increasingly affected by delusional misperceptions, spatial errors and changes of colour-perception in the course of disease. Carolus Horn's artwork lets us see the world through the patient's eyes and by that it helps us to better understand the consequences of visuospatial and cognitive changes in AD.
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                Author and article information

                Journal
                ENE
                Eur Neurol
                10.1159/issn.0014-3022
                European Neurology
                S. Karger AG
                0014-3022
                1421-9913
                2011
                October 2011
                07 September 2011
                : 66
                : 4
                : 190-194
                Affiliations
                Neurology Department, Hôpitaux Civils, Colmar, and INSERM U-692, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
                Author notes
                *François Sellal, MD, CMRR, Département de Neurologie, Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar, FR–68024 Colmar Cedex (France), Tel. +33 389 124 150, E-Mail francois.sellal@ch-colmar.fr
                Article
                330656 Eur Neurol 2011;66:190–194
                10.1159/000330656
                21912135
                c9b5c7c1-d104-4f97-a5bb-524f702b3dc9
                © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel

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                History
                : 16 February 2011
                : 14 June 2011
                Page count
                Figures: 5, Pages: 5
                Categories
                Neurology and Art

                Geriatric medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Neurosciences,Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry,Public health
                Hallucinations,Leo Schnug,Alcoholic dementia,Creativity,Cognition

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