Reni Blum

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Reni Blum (born January 17, 1934 , † August 18, 2003 ) was a Swiss painter of Art brut .

life and work

Reni (actually Renate) came as a toddler to adoptive parents , the doctor couple Blum, in Schramberg in the central Black Forest . In 1942 her adoptive father died after a brief illness. In January 1945 the adoptive mother, who came from Switzerland, returned to her homeland with Reni. At the age of 14, Reni's first changes in personality appeared: she resisted any system. This led to the exclusion from the girls' high school. In 1952 she had to give up the training she had started the previous year at the Zurich School of Applied Arts, with Johannes Itten , among others . From 1955 she lived permanently in clinics and homes, from 1965 in the cantonal psychiatric clinic in Wil SG . In the 1960s, Reni Blum had an intense relationship with another patient at this clinic. At the same time there was an intense artistic creation that came to a standstill with the death of his friend. In 2003 Reni Blum died of lung cancer.

Reni Blum painted in oil on press plates and she liked to use hot glue as a surface. Her preferred motive is women in various positions and actions. A group of works by Reni Blum is in the museum in the warehouse in St. Gallen .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1965 Galerie Palette, Zurich
  • 1994 Museum in the warehouse, St. Gallen
  • 1994 Culture pavilion of the Cantonal Psychiatric Clinic in Will
  • 2004 Museum in the warehouse, St. Gallen (memorial exhibition)
  • 2008 Cantonal Hospital Heiden (double exhibition)
  • 2020 Museum im Lagerhaus, St. Gallen (group exhibition)

literature

  • Reni Blum (born 1934) . Exhibition catalog, museum in the warehouse / cantonal psychiatric clinic, culture pavilion, Will. Texts by Helmut Kunz, Reni Blum and Simone Schaufelberger-Breguet. St. Gallen: Museum im Lagerhaus, Foundation for Swiss Naive Art and art brut, 1994.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All information on the curriculum vitae including life data is taken from the following websites: website of the museum in the warehouse ; www.medum.ch .
  2. ↑ www.medum.ch .
  3. ↑ If not stated otherwise, according to www.medum.ch .
  4. ^ Website of the museum in the warehouse .
personal data
SURNAME Blum, Reni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blum, Renate (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Art Brut artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1934
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 2003