August Natterer
August Natterer (born August 3, 1868 in Schornreute near Ravensburg , † October 7, 1933 in Rottenmünster near Rottweil ), pseudonym: Neter , was a German Art Brut artist.
Life
He was born in 1868 in the Ravensburg suburb of Schornreute as the son of an employee and was the youngest of nine children. Natterer was married and worked as an electrical engineer when he was admitted to a psychiatric institution in 1907 because of delusions and anxiety . Against his will he remained in institutions until his death. During this time there was a great productivity as a painter, during which he mostly tried to capture his hallucinations . He was visited several times by the psychiatrist and art historian Hans Prinzhorn . “Neter” became known to a wider public through his work, Die Bildnerei der Mental Illien. August Natterer died of heart failure in an institution near Rottweil in 1933 .
literature
- Inge Jádi , Bettina Brand-Claussen (eds.): August Natterer. The evidential value of the images. Life and work, interpretations . Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-88423-161-8
- Hans Prinzhorn: The sculpture of the mentally ill . Springer, Berlin 1922 (reprint: 6th edition, Springer, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-211-83706-X )
- Bettina Brand-Claussen, Christoph Mundt: Tormentingly Fascinating Aesthetics , in: Ruperto Carola 2/2001, Heidelberg University ( online edition )
- Ursula Wöll: August Natterer , in: die tageszeitung, December 8, 2003 ( online text at g26.ch ( memento of November 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ))
Web links
- Literature by and about August Natterer in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Natterer, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neter (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Art Brut artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schornreute near Ravensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 7, 1933 |
| Place of death | Rottenmünster near Rottweil |