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Name | Wölfli, Adolf | |
Dates of birth and death | * 29.2.1864 Bowil, 6.11.1930 Bern | |
Municipality of origin (CH) | Schangnau (BE) | |
Nationality | CH | |
Brief biography | Maler und Zeichner. Texte und musikalische Kompositionen. Vertreter der Art Brut. Lebte über 30 Jahre in der psychiatrischen Klinik Waldau in Bern | |
Fields of activity | Zeichnung, Malerei, Illustration, Collage | |
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Adolf Wölfli was born in poor circumstances, as the youngest of seven children. His father was a quarryman, his mother a laundress. After his father left the family, eight-year-old Wölfli was taken to his home village of Schangnau in 1872 with his sick mother, where his mother died and Wölfli’s [more...]
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