Sibylle Neff
Sibylle Neff (born March 14, 1929 in Basel ; † July 10, 2010 in Appenzell ) was a Swiss painter .
Live and act
Sibylle Neff was born in Basel in 1929 as the illegitimate daughter of Berta Ullmann, who was then seventeen. She grew up in Appenzell, where her mother ran an embroidery shop. When she was eleven years old and her mother married the plumber Hermann Neff, the authorities tried unsuccessfully to take her daughter away from Ullmann. The stepfather opened a plumbing business on Appenzeller Langsgemeindeplatz, where from then on the family and after the death of her stepfather (1977) and mother (1987) Sibylle Neff lived. In 1962 she was able to take the name of her stepfather.
For financial reasons, she was only able to attend the arts and crafts school in St. Gallen for a few months . Neff sold her first pictures in the 1960s. She showed her works at the Triennial of Naive Art in Bratislava in 1966 and 1969, among others . The Neue Zürcher Zeitung described her style as "factual poetry". After she had stopped painting in the 1990s, she received the Innerrhoder Culture Prize , the canton's highest cultural honor .
In the 1960s, the authorities wanted to build a drive through their front yard to a rear administration building. Neff, who saw this as arbitrary behavior by the authorities, fought against it with publicity for decades. In addition to numerous letters to the editor, advertisements and banners at her house, she repeatedly appeared at the lectern at the Innerrhoder Landsgemeinde .
literature
- Bruno Knobel: The Appenzell painter Sibylle Neff. Rorschach 1989.
- Hans Widmer: Laudation given on the occasion of the awarding of the Innerrhoder Culture Prize on March 17th, 2007 in the Great Council Chamber of Appenzell Town Hall
- kru .: The impressive honor of Doña Quijote - Appenzell Innerrhoden presents Sibylle Neff with the culture award. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , No. 65 of March 19, 1997, p. 9.
- Urs Maurer: Appenzell makes peace with his Sibyl. on March 23, 2007 on swissinfo
- Willi Wottreng : "I bi e ke Ringi" - Sibylle Neff, Appenzell painter and frightened government, died at the age of 81. In: NZZ am Sonntag , No. 30 of July 25, 2010, p. 14.
Movie
- Angela Meschini: not born for love? Documentary. 1994.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neff, Sibylle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ullmann, Sibylle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 2010 |
| Place of death | Appenzell |