Eugene von bruenchenhein was born in marinette wisconsin in 1910 a year when halley s comet came back into the near solar system.
Eugene von bruenchenhein ceramics.
His father a sign painter married again to a woman who not only wrote treatises on evolution and reincarnation but also painted on canvas.
Ceramic 1 5 8 x 1 1 2 x 1 5 8 in.
Gift of the jill and sheldon bonovitz collection 2019 62 3.
Gift of the jill and sheldon bonovitz collection 2019 62.
It seems likely that von bruenchenhein learned to paint from both of.
Eugene von bruenchenhein 1910 1983 was an american self taught artist from milwaukee wisconsin over the course of fifty years from the 1930s until his death in 1983 von bruenchenhein produced an expansive oeuvre of poetry photography painting drawing and sculpture.
He returned to painting again after 1970.
Gift of the jill and sheldon bonovitz collection 2019 62 3 4.
16 51 x 10 16 x 10 16 cm.
Eugene von bruenchenhein ceramic mask n d.
His mother died when he was seven.
4 1275 x 3 81 x 4 1275 cm.
Eugene von bruenchenhein ceramic mask n d.
After 1963 von bruenchenhein devoted himself to sculpture producing many vase shaped ceramic sculptures miniature furniture from chicken bones and life size crowns with nature motifs.
Ceramic 6 1 2 x 4 x 4 in.