Wölfli's asylum art

Author

Temkin, Ann

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art in America. 1989, Num. 3, Vol. 77, p. 132-141, 162, 9 ill. (7 col.)

ISSN

0004-3214

Abstract (en)

On the life and work (drawings, writings, music) of Adolf Wölfli, a Swiss artist and diagnosed schizophrenic who created all of his work as an inmate at the Waldau psychiatric clinic in Bern.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Switzerland
• Wölfli, Adolf, 1864-1930
• Switzerland
• 1800-2000
• Drawing
• Mental illness
• Art
• Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik||Bern (CHE)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Suisse
• Wölfli, Adolf, 1864-1930
• Suisse
• 1800-2000
• Dessin
• Maladie mentale
• Art
• Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik||Bern (CHE)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447079

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