Adolf Wölfli
Swiss · 1864–1930 · Painter, Printmaker
Adolf Wölfli was a Swiss schizophrenic visual artist who was one of the first artists to be associated with the Art Brut or outsider art label. After being imprisoned for the… (Wikipedia)
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UntitledPhillips · $63,500≈ £50,735≈ €58,359Sign up to see
Gurten, =Skt. Adolf-Heimer-MarschKornfeld · CHF 50,000≈ $62,515≈ £46,263≈ €53,500Sign up to see
Krohnen=Gottes=AckerKornfeld · CHF 50,000≈ $53,885≈ £39,047≈ €45,743Sign up to see
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Adolf Wölfli was a Swiss schizophrenic visual artist who was one of the first artists to be associated with the Art Brut or outsider art label. After being imprisoned for the molestation of a 5-year-old child, and a string of later attempted sexual assaults of children, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent most of his life confined to the Waldau psychiatric clinic in Bern, where he began his art.
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Also known as Adolf Woelfli, Adolph Wölfli
Works in museum collections
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Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Kunstmuseum Bern
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Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Kunstmuseum Bern
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Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
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