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Von Bruenchenhein, Eugene, 1910-1983

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Personal name headingVon Bruenchenhein, Eugene, 1910-1983
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Variant(s)Bruenchenhein, Eugene Von, 1910-1983
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1910-07-31
Death date1983-01-24
Place of birthMarinette (Wis.)
Place of deathMilwaukee (Wis.)
Field of activityOutsider art Photography Painting Sculpture
Profession or occupationOutsider artists Photographers Painters Sculptors Bakers Grocers
Found inEugene Von Bruenchenhein, obsessive visionary, 1988: CIP info. (Eugene Von Bruenchenhein; 1910-1983; artist from Wisconsin)
"Great and mighty things" : outsider art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz collection, c2013: page 166-168 (Eugene Von Bruenchenhein; born July 31, 1910, Marinette, Wisconsin; worked as grocer and baker but considered his artistic pursuits to be his true vocation; photography, painting, sculpture, ceramics; died January 24, 1983 in Milwaukee; art work unknown until after his death)
Outsider art sourcebook, 2016: page 213 (Eugene Von Bruenchenhein 1910-1983 ; born and grew up in Wisconsin, where he spent most of his working life employed in a bakery ; developed his own painting technique ; also wrote poetry and prose, made musical instruments, home-fired clay masks, concrete sculptures, and used recycled chicken and turkey bones to construct towers and chairs)
Associated languageeng