Carl Binder (painter)
Carl Binder (born January 20, 1906 in Baldingen AG ; † May 14, 1985 in Baden AG ) was a Swiss brut painter .
life and work
Carl Binder grew up as a farmer's son and earned his living as a farmhand, day laborer and forest worker. In 1960 he began to paint regularly, increasingly in the last years of his life in Mellikon , and in this way created an extensive work. “Binder shows farm work, with his personal experience of the elementary forces of nature permeating the scenes. Inwardly seized, the autodidact's original lack of flexibility in drawing changes into an unauthorized visual language. Not only in art, but also in life, Binder is always an 'outsider', suspicious and fearful. "
In 2014, a large collection of works by the artist came to the museum in the warehouse in St. Gallen via the collection of Binder's nephew Josef John and his wife Mina .
Exhibitions
- 2001 Carl Binder (1906–1985). The day the wild boar came, Museum im Lagerhaus, St. Gallen (solo exhibition)
- 2015 The Mina and Josef John Collection, Museum im Lagerhaus, St. Gallen (group exhibition)
Web links
- Biography and work pictures on the website of the museum in the warehouse
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Binder, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss art brut painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baldingen AG |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1985 |
| Place of death | Baden AG |