John Michael Kohler Arts Center
608 New York Avenue
Sheboygan, WI 53081
Sheboygan, WI 53081
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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