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EUGENE
VON BRUENCHENHEIN (1910-1983) Born Marinette,
Wisconsin Worked
Milwaukee SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED COLLECTIONS High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI First National Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brillson, Chicago, IL Mr. and Mrs. Russel Bowman, Milwaukee, WI Dan Cameron, NY Jay Chiat, NY Diego Cortez, NY Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons, NY Eric Fischl, NY Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Goldberg, NY Robert Greenberg, NY Marc Happel, NY Jefferson Holt, Athens, GA Dean Jensen, Milwaukee, WI Timothy Keny, Columbus, OH Andrew Masullo, Jr., NY Frank Maresca, NY Natasha Nicholson, Madison, WI Myron B. Shure, Chicago, IL Michael Stipe, Athens, GA Phillip, Taafe, NY Edward Thorpe, NY John Yau, NY Claire Zeisler, Chicago, IL EUGENE VON BRUENCHENHEIN CERAMIC COLLECTIONS Sheldon and Jill Bonovitz Russel Bowman, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI Mitchell Darch, Chicago, IL. First National Bank, Chicago, IL. Eric Fischl Robert Greenberg, New York, NY Lewis Greenblatt, Chicago, IL Carl Hammer, Chicago, IL Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI Myron Shure, Highland Park, IL Michael Stipe, Athens, GA “Eugene Von Bruenchenhein Freelance
Artist Poet
and Sculptor Inovator
(sic) Arrow
maker and Plant man Bone
artifacts constructor Photographer
and Architect Philosopher” *from
an incised plaque by the artist Chronology Born 1910, Marinette, Wisconsin Died 1983, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1930’s Begins to write poetry and prose. (Continues writing throughout lifetime.) Pursues interest in horticulture. Makes small number of still life and Portrait paintings. 1939 Meets Marie K. Kalke. The two are married in 1943. 1940’s Produces photographs. Begins to create ceramic objects, continuing through the 1970’s. 1944 Finds employment in large bakery. 1954 Begins “H-Bomb” painting series. Paintings develop into visionary series (chronologically dated and numbered), continuing into the 1960’s. 1959 Retires from employment at bakery. Meets Dan Nycz, friend and ardent supporter. 1960 Concrete Mask-Monuments Ceramic Crowns Bone Chairs Late 1960’s: stops painting 1970 Bone Towers Late 1970’s: Resumes painting with “Rejection” or “Repulse Phase.” Begins “Complex” painting series of visionary architecture.
Von Bruenchenhein Photographs Von Bruenchenhein Paintings Von Bruenchenhein Sculpture
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