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Jaime Fernandes: A Restless Life
João Pedro Fróis

João Pedro Fróis, professor and researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, writes about the exceedingly singular artist Jaime Fernandes (1899–1969), who was committed to the Bombarda Insane Asylum (later Miguel Bombarda Hospital) from 1938 until his death. Jaime’s drawings (in pen, biro or ink on paper) turned him into a remarkable representative of art brut, to whom filmmaker António Reis dedicated his 1974 eponymous film Jaime.