 Artist's arttributes:
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Outsider Art |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| Switzerland | 16 |
| USA | 15 |
| Germany | 10 |
| France | 6 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland |
8 |
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Andrew Edlin Gallery, USA |
3 |
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LaM - Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, France |
3 |
Biography: 
29.2.1864 Born in Bern (CH)
6.11.1930 Died in Waldau, Bern (CH)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 67
Solo shows 14
2012
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| collection treger saint silvestre à Lisbonne - Galerie Christian Berst (former Galerie Objet Trouvé), Paris |
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| Stvořitel Universa - City Gallery Prague / Galerie Hlavního Města Prahy, Prague |
2011
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| Adolf Wölfli : Alibi und der Kontinent Südmeridian - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
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| Adolf Wölfli Univers - LaM - Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Villeneuve d'Ascq |
2008
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| Adolf Wölfli Universum. Eine Retrospektive - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
2004
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| Adolf Wölfli - Das Schaffen der zwei letzten Jahre - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
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| Wölfli-Saal - Sammlungspräsentation - Bern - New York retour - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
2001
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| Kopfwelten - Adolf Wölfli - ESSL MUSEUM - KUNST DER GEGENWART, Klosterneuburg |
1999
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| Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930). Zeichnungen - Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau |
1998
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| Adolf Wölfli - Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel |
1980
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| Adolf Wölfli - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
1979
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| Adolf Wölfli - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England) |
1977
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| Adolf Wölfli. Retrospektive - Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne |
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| Adolf Wölfli 1864–1930. Världsbilder - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
Group shows 53
2013
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| Now Here is also Nowhere: Part II - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
2012
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| Cartografías contemporáneas - CaixaForum Barcelona, Barcelona |
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| Cartografías contemporáneas. Dibujando el pensamiento - CaixaForum Madrid, Madrid |
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| Arte Bruta. Terra Incognita - Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon |
2011
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| All Folked Up! - Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Sous le vent de l'Art Brut - Collection Charlotte Zander - Halle Saint Pierre, Paris |
2010
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| Intuition - Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (England) |
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| The world inside out - Art brut from the abcd collection in Paris - Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent |
2009
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| In Through the Out Door - Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Approaching Abstraction - American Folk Art Museum, New York City, NY |
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| DEUX PIÈCES - Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich |
2008
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| Symmetrie - Vom Spiel mit der Regel - Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau |
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| the line is a lonely hunter - New Jerseyy, Basel |
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| LOSS OF CONTROL - Grenzgänge zur Kunst - von Félicien Rops bis heute - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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| Lost Paradise – Der Blick des Engels - Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern |
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| Records played backwards - The Modern Institute, Glasgow (Scotland) |
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| Der Himmel ist blau. Werke aus der Sammlung Morgenthaler, Waldau - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
2007
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| Des Fantômes et des Anges - LaM - Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Villeneuve d'Ascq |
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| Des Fantômes et des Anges - MAC's Grand Hornu - Musée des Arts Contemporains, Hornu |
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| Drawings from 1914 to 207. From Ensor to Pellegrini. - Hachmeister Galerie, Münster |
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| Swiss Made 2: Präzision und Wahnsinn. Schweizer Kunst von Hodler bis Hirschhorn - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg |
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| Works on Paper - Russell Bowman Art Advisory, Chicago, IL |
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| Swiss Made 1- Präzision und Wahnsinn - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg |
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| Cosmologies, - James Cohan Gallery - New York, New York City, NY |
2006
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| 5 Year Anniversary Exhibition - Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Inner Worlds Outside - Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (England) |
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| Parallel Visions II - Outsider and Insider Art Today - Galerie St. Etienne, New York City, NY |
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| Á LA CARTE - EUROPÄISCHE ART BRUT - Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels, Vienna |
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| Mundos Interiores al Descubierto - CaixaForum Madrid, Madrid |
2005
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| Nachsaison / Afterseason - Hachmeister Galerie, Münster |
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| Looking at Words - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Dubuffet et l´art brut - LaM - Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Villeneuve d'Ascq |
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| Wos up man? Selections from the Joseph D. and Janet M. Shein Collection of Self-Taught Art - Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA |
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| 50 Jahre - Years documenta 1955 – 2005 - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel |
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| In Another World - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
2004
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| Bunt ist meine Lieblingsfarbe - Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Solothurn |
2003
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| Innocence & Transgression - The Proposition, New York City, NY |
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| Autodidacts from Abroad - Luise Ross Gallery, New York City, NY |
2002
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| Kopfreisen. Jules Verne, Adolf Wölfli und andere Grenzgänger - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
2001
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| Tenth Anniversary Exhibition - 100 Drawings and Photographs - Matthew Marks Gallery - 523 West 24th Street, New York City, NY |
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| Psychiatrie-Museum trifft Kunstmuseum - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
2000
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| Solitärer. Särlingskonst från Samling Eternod-Mermod, Lausanne - Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö |
1999
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| Albert Anker / Adolf Wölfli - Parallele Welten - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
1998
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| Figure dell'anima - Palazzo Ducale, Genoa |
1993
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| The "outsider" Question - Non-academic Art From 1900 To The Present - Galerie St. Etienne, New York City, NY |
1992
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| Visionäre Schweiz - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid |
1991
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| Visionäre Schweiz - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
1986
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| Jean Dubuffet & Art Brut. - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice |
1983
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| Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk. Adolf Wölfli, Antonin Artaud, Pierre Klossowski, Hermann Nitsch - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
1972
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| documenta 5 - Documenta, Kassel |
| Dealer Directory 2 |
Germany
| | Fischer Kunsthandel & Edition, Berlin
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USA
| | Galerie St. Etienne, New York City, NY
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Collections 8
France
| | LaM - Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Villeneuve d'Ascq
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Germany
| | Museum Charlotte Zander - Schloss Bönnigheim, Bönnigheim
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| | ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
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Israel
| | The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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Switzerland
USA
| | Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
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| | The Anthony Petullo Collection of Self-Taught and Outsider Art, Milwaukee, WI
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