A Man With Alzheimer's Drew Himself For 5 Years. These Photos Are Heartbreaking.

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1/14 A self-portrait of William Utermohlen from 1961.
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9/14 All of the portraits together.
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10/14 Before his diagnosis, Unterhohlen was a successful artist. He spent all of his time drawing and painting. Here are some examples of his work:
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In 1995 at age 61, William Utermohlen, an American artist living in London, received a devastating diagnosis. He had Alzheimer's. In response to his illness he began to paint self-portraits. They became a way for him to try to understand his condition.

Until he was admitted to a nursing home in 2000, Utermohlen painted regular portraits of himself during those first years of his diagnosis. Utermohlen passed away in 2007, but his self portraits have lived on.

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