Adolf Wölfli
1864-1930 (SWITZERLAND)
The prolific and narcissistic Wölfli is often considered the patron saint of l’Art Brut. Jean Dubuffet discovered his work on an investigative trip to Switzerland, where he met with Dr Walter Morgenthaler, the pioneering physician who published a monograph on his patient-artist. Wölfli’s semi-autobiographical output was fêted by the Surrealists for its dense indecipherable prose, complex musical annotation and ethnological influences.
WORLD MADE BY HAND, ANDREW EDLIN GALLERY (NEW YORK) 2016
ON THE BORDER, AARGAUER KUNSTHAUS (SWITZERLAND) 2015
PORTRAITS, THE WHITWORTH ART GALLERY (MANCHESTER) 2015
ADOLF WÖLFLI. UNIVERSUM.!, MUSEUM GUGGING (ÖSTERREICH) 2014
ACCIDENTAL GENIUS: ART FROM THE ANTHONY PETULLO COLLECTION, MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM (MILWAUKEE) 2012
ADOLF WÖLFLI UNIVERS, LILLE METROPOLE MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE, D'ART CONTERMPORAIN ET D'ART BRUT (LILLE) 2011
WELTENWANDLER, DIE KUNST DER OUTSIDER, SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE (FRANKFURT) 2010
APPROACHING ABSTRACTION, AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM (NEW YORK) 2010
ADOLF WÖLFLI UNIVERSUM, EINE RETROSPEKTIVE, KUNSTMUSEUM BERN (SWITZERLAND) 2008
ADOLF WÖLFLI (1864-1930), LACABANE (SWITZERLAND) 2005
ADOLF WÖLFLI: MEMORANDUMM (1926), MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BERN (SWITZERLAND) 2000
ALOÏSE – ADOLF WÖLFLI, ZWEI KLASSIKER DER ART BRUT, KULTURABTEILUNG BAYER (LEVERKUSEN) 1996
ADOLF WÖLFLI, RUPERTINUM (SALZBERG) 1996
ADOLF WÖLFLI, PHYLLIS KIND GALLERY (NEW YORK) 1993
ADOLF WÖLFLI, HOCHSCULE DER KUNSTE (BERLIN) 1982
ADOLF WÖLFLI, COMPAGNIE DE L'ART BRUT (PARIS) 1948
ADOLF WÖLFLI: CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, NAKLADATELSTVI ARBOR VITAE, 2013
THE ART OF ADOLF WÖLFLI, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2003