{"id":2739,"date":"2025-07-01T14:21:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openartmuseum.ch\/art-brut\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:20:50","slug":"art-brut","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openartmuseum.ch\/en\/art-brut\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Brut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Das <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/openartmuseum.ch\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">open art museum, St.Gallen<\/a><\/strong> zeigt Kunst, die nur schwer greifbar ist. Das Museum sammelt, bewahrt und vermittelt schweizerische \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/openartmuseum.ch\/en\/naive-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Naive Kunst<\/a>\u00bb, \u00abArt Brut\u00bb und \u00ab<a href=\"https:\/\/openartmuseum.ch\/en\/outsider-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outsider Ar<\/a>t\u00bb zeitgen\u00f6ssischer und verstorbener K\u00fcnstler*innen. Die im Museum vertretenen K\u00fcnstler*innen sind Laien und Autodidakt*innen ohne akademische k\u00fcnstlerische Ausbildung. Pro Jahr werden mindestens drei Wechselausstellungen und eine Sammlungsausstellung gezeigt.   <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong>What is \u2018Art Brut\u2019?<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Individual visionaries took an early interest in creating art beyond the academies and the art market. Around 1900, collections of works by patients were created at various psychiatric clinics (see the Morgenthaler Collection at Waldau near Bern).<\/p>\n<p>This \u00abart by the mentally ill\u00bb (<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hans_Prinzhorn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hans Prinzhorn<\/a>, 1922) or later \u00abcondition-related art\u00bb (<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leo_Navratil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leo Navratil<\/a>, 1950s\/1960s) was particularly popular in avant-garde circles.<\/p>\n<p>It also had a major influence on <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Dubuffet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean Dubuffet<\/a> (1901\u20131985). In 1945, he coined the term \u2018art brut\u2019 to describe this form of art, as a counterpoint to \u2018art culturel\u2019. Jean Dubuffet understood this to mean culturally untainted, \u2018unspoilt\u2019 creations outside any artistic tradition, possessing the power of a \u2018rough diamond\u2019.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u2018Art Brut\u2019 in the broader sense<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jean Dubuffet\u2019s term \u2018Art Brut\u2019 encompasses not only works by people with mental health conditions, but also the creative expression of those on the margins of society: self-taught artists, social outsiders, people with cognitive impairments, or those who engage in artistic activity driven by an inner urge \u2013 regardless of art theories or an audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Art Brut\u2019 is not a style in the traditional sense, but rather an attitude: it stands for immediacy, authenticity and artistic expression that transcends conventional expectations. The works often defy clear interpretation, yet it is precisely for this reason that they possess such great intensity and expressiveness. <\/p>\n<p>This art challenges the established concept of art, not least because it demonstrates that creativity and artistic power are not dependent on academic training or social recognition.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Notable artists of the \u2018Art Brut\u2019 movement<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the best-known female artists associated with \u2018Art Brut\u2019 were often only discovered posthumously or recognised outside the established art world:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adolf W\u00f6lfli (1864\u20131930), Switzerland: one of the earliest and most significant exponents of \u2018Art Brut\u2019. W\u00f6lfli, who suffered from schizophrenia, created a monumental body of work comprising drawings, collages and texts whilst at the Waldau psychiatric clinic near Bern. Jean Dubuffet held him in the highest regard.  <\/li>\n<li>Alo\u00efse Corbaz (1886\u20131964), Switzerland: Her vividly coloured, visionary works are characterised by a complex, romantic visual world. She is regarded as one of the defining female voices of \u2018Art Brut\u2019. <\/li>\n<li>Augustin Lesage (1876\u20131954), France: A miner who claimed that his works were inspired by the voices of spirits. He created symmetrical, mandala-like paintings with astonishing precision. <\/li>\n<li>Henry Darger (1892\u20131973), USA: A reclusive caretaker who created a 15,000-page epic featuring hundreds of illustrations. His work was only discovered after his death and is now regarded as a landmark in \u2018outsider art\u2019. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Das open art museum, St.Gallen zeigt Kunst, die nur schwer greifbar ist. 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