Karl Brendel (1871-1925) was a schizophrenic outsider artist and one of the "schizophrenic masters" profiled by Hans Prinzhorn in his field-defining work Artistry of the Mentally Ill (1923, in German; English edition 1972). Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn The term Outsider Art was coined by Art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for Art Brut (aʁ bʁu meaning "raw art" Hans Prinzhorn ( June 6 1886 - June 14 1933) was a German Psychiatrist and art historian. Artistry of the Mentally Ill was a 1922 book by Psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn, and is known as the work that launched the field of psychiatric art He was the only sculptor profiled in Prinzhorn's work, and the work also includes more illustrations of his work (twenty-four sculptures and eight drawings) than that of any other profiled artist.
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Life
Brendel was born in central Germany, the son of a freight transporter and one of eight children, attending school through the age of 14 and becoming employed variously as a bricklayer, plasterer, and moulder in an iron foundry. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. He married a widow with three children in 1895 and had two children of his own with her. However, from 1892 on Brendel was sentenced 12 times for assault and battery and property damage, and had to serve a prison term in 1902, at which point his marriage ended. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year His left leg was injured in an accident in 1900, and later amputated. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar
The first records of his mental illness come from 1906, when the prison doctor noticed megalomaniacal delusions and abnormal physical sensations; Brendel claimed that he has already experienced a sacrificial death, and that he was Jesus Christ. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) He was admitted to the Eickelborn asylum, near Lippstadt, in 1907. Lippstadt (ˈlɪpʃtat is a city in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Art
Brendel's first artistic expressions came from 1912, when he began modeling obscene figures out of chewed bread. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Although none of his bread sculptures survive, he was encouraged by a physician to begin woodcarving at this time.
His favorite subjects for carving were animal reliefs and depictions of his religious hallucinations, particularly the Christ motif. All of his human figures, including Christ, were usually depicted as hermaphrodites. Brendel generally worked in hard woods which he then painted or varnished.
Resources
- Freeman, Barbara. "Biographies of Outsider Artists. " Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art. Ed. Maurice Tuchman. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992. p. 26. ISBN 0-691-03213-0.
- Prinzhorn, Hans. Artistry of the mentally ill: a contribution to the psychology and psychopathology of configuration. Trans. Eric von Brockdorff. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1972. ISBN 3-540-05508-8.
Other references
- "Africa within us?", Royal Anthropological Institute News, June 1979.
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