Art produced by a patient with Parkinson's disease

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Chatterjee, Anjan | Hamilton, Roy H. | Amorapanth, Prin X.

Affiliations: Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Note: [] Corresponding author: Anjan Chatterjee, 3 West Gates, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel.: +1 215 662 4265; Fax: +1 215 349 5579; E-mail: Anjan@mail.med.upenn.edu

Abstract: Artists with neurological diseases sometimes produce remarkably appealing art. Here we present the art of a patient with Parkinson's disease, who demonstrated remarkable creativity and productivity well into the course of his disease. Despite his manifest motor impairments, he produced paintings and drawings with fluid sinuous movements. He also became preoccupied with his art in an unprecedented way, raising the possibility that his disease and medications were contributing to his creative drive.

Keywords: Aesthetics, neuro-aesthetics, movement disorders

Journal: Behavioural Neurology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 105-108, 2006