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1910 Marinette, Wisconsin - 1983 Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Known for: Naive fantasy artwork, mixed media sculpture, photography.
A reclusive outsider artist, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein lived near Milwaukee, and over the course of 40 years produced thousands of paintings and sculptures in a musty cellar. A plaque over the kitchen... Read full biography
A reclusive outsider artist, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein lived near Milwaukee, and over the course of 40 years produced thousands of paintings and sculptures in a musty cellar. A plaque over the kitchen door of his house read: "Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Free Lance Artist, Poet and Sculptor, innovator,... Read full biography
A reclusive outsider artist, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein lived near Milwaukee, and over the course of 40 years produced thousands of paintings and sculptures in a musty cellar. A plaque over the kitchen door of his house read: "Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Free Lance Artist, Poet and Sculptor, innovator, Arrow maker and Plant man, Bone artifacts constructor, Photographer and Architect Philosopher." (Glueck). He covered every wall and surface and tucked many of them in much-less obvious places. They... Read full biography
A reclusive outsider artist, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein lived near Milwaukee, and over the course of 40 years produced thousands of paintings and sculptures in a musty cellar. A plaque over the kitchen door of his house read: "Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Free Lance Artist, Poet and Sculptor, innovator, Arrow maker and Plant man, Bone artifacts constructor, Photographer and Architect Philosopher." (Glueck). He covered every wall and surface and tucked many of them in much-less obvious places. They were quasi-abstract and colorful and included totems, miniature thrones made of dried chicken bones, tiny chairs, painted ceramic vessels, cast-concrete masks and erotic photographs of his wife whom he posed humorously to reflect models in girly... Read full biography
A reclusive outsider artist, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein lived near Milwaukee, and over the course of 40 years produced thousands of paintings and sculptures in a musty cellar. A plaque over the kitchen door of his house read: "Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Free Lance Artist, Poet and Sculptor, innovator, Arrow maker and Plant man, Bone artifacts constructor, Photographer and Architect Philosopher." (Glueck). He covered every wall and surface and tucked many of them in much-less obvious places. They were quasi-abstract and colorful and included totems, miniature thrones made of dried chicken bones, tiny chairs, painted ceramic vessels, cast-concrete masks and erotic photographs of his wife whom he posed humorously to reflect models in girly magazines. Until 1954, he was a dabbler but at that time took up painting seriously, using his fingers, bakers' tool and even his wife's hair... Read full biography
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Famous Wisconsin Artists and Architects
2004Levy, Hannah Heidi316 pagesA World of Their Own: Twentieth Century American Folk Art (Newark Museum)
1995Jacobs, Joseph88 pages (color)American Self-Taught: Paintings and Drawings by Outsider Artists
1993Maresca, Frank, Roger Ricco298 pages (color)Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990Rosenak, Chuck and Jan416 pages (color)