Theworld,lifeandworkofJaimeFernandes,apeasantborninBarcos(BeiraBaixa,Portugal),whowasdiagnosedwithparanoidschizophreniaattheageof38andinternedinasanatoriuminLisbon,HospitalMiguelBombarda,wherehediedattheageof69.Whenhewas65-years-oldhestartedtopaintandduringtheshortperiodoflife-timeuntilhisdeathhemadeabrilliantpictorialwork,influencedbythesocialenvironmentandthesanatoriumdaily-life.
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