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Madge Gill was born in the suburbs of London, England. She was brought up by her mother and aunt, and subsequently placed in an orphanage before going to Canada, where she was employed as a maid on a farm. She returned to London aged 19 and worked as a nurse in a hospital in the city.
Around 1903 she was initiated into spiritualism and astrology by her aunt. Four years later Madge Gill got married. She would bear three sons, one of whom was stillborn. Her second child succumbed to the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918, whereupon Madge Gill fell gravely ill and lost the use of her left eye.
A year after this tragic death, she started to draw, write and embroider, creating a dress of great finesse. Guided by a spirit that she called Myrninerest ̵ that could be translated by„my inner rest“̵ , she worked at night, standing by the light of an oil lamp. As a support she used cardboard or calico, and in an obsessive way, using Indian ink or ballpoint pen, she drew a female face wearing a hat which she set within imaginary architectural settings.
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L'Envers et l'Endroit
Architecture (english version)
Architectures, Lausanne/ Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/ 5 Continents Editions, 2015, "Art Brut, la collection" publication series directed by Sarah Lombardi, 20.5 x 25.5 cms, 168 pages, 142 color plates. Separate French and English versions.
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Architecture
Architectures, Lausanne/ Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/ 5 Continents Editions, 2015, "Art Brut, la collection" publication series directed by Sarah Lombardi, 20.5 x 25.5 cms, 168 pages, 142 color plates. Separate French and English versions
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The Art Brut Fascicle N°09
The Art Brut Fascicle N°09, 18 x 24 cm, 150 ill. black/white or color, about 160 pp. Since 1964 to 2018. In French. One fascicle CHF 30.-
Price Complete collection, 25 fascicles (N°2 - N°26) : CHF 720.-
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Visages (in french)
Marc Décimo, Sarah Lombardi and Pascal Roman, Faces, Lausanne/Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/5 Continents Editions, 2023, « Art Brut, la collection », under the direction of Sarah Lombardi, 153 pages, over 100 color plates, available in French or English.
Théâtres (french version )
Pascale Jeanneret, Sarah Lombardi and Eric Vautrin, Théâtres, Lausanne/ Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/ 5 Continents Editions, 2019, « Art Brut, la collection », under the direction of Sarah Lombardi, 144 pages, more than 100 colour plates, french or english version.
Croyances (french version)
Emmanuel Grimaud, Sarah Lombardi and Anic Zanzi, Croyances, Lausanne/ Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/ 5 Continents Editions, 2021,« Art Brut, la collection », under the direction of Sarah Lombardi,168 pages, more than 100 color plates, available in french or in english..
Faces (inenglish)
Marc Décimo, Sarah Lombardi and Pascal Roman, Faces,Lausanne/Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/5 Continents Editions, 2023, « Art Brut, la collection », under the direction of Sarah Lombardi, 153 pages, over 100 color plates, available in French or English.
Theatre (englixh version)
Pascale Jeanneret, Sarah Lombardi and Eric Vautrin, Theatre, Lausanne/ Milan, Collection de l’Art Brut/ 5 Continents Editions, 2019, « Art Brut, la collection », under the direction of Sarah Lombardi, 144 pages, more than 100 colour plates, french or english version.
Beliefs (english version)
Emmanuel Grimaud, Sarah Lombardi and Anic Zanzi, Beliefs, Lausanne/ Milan, Collectionde l’Art Brut/ 5 Continents Editions, 2021, « Art Brut, la collection », under the direction of Sarah Lombardi, 168 pages, over 100 color plates, available in French or English.
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The museum constantly displays part of its collection, including works by major creators such as Aloïse Corbaz, Augustin Lesage, Marguerite Sirvins, and Auguste Walla. The Art Brut pieces are created by self-taught artists—solitary individuals living on the margins of society, patients of psychiatric hospitals—who produce work apart from tradition and artistic trends, without concern for public criticism or the gaze of others.
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Past exhibitions
6th Art Brut biennial: Faces
From 8 December 2023 to 28 April 2024
5th Art Brut Biennial: Beliefs
From 17 December 2021 to 1 May 2022
4th Art Brut Biennial: Theatre
From 29 November 2019 to 30 August 2020
Architecture - 13.11.2015 - 17.04.2016
From 13 November 2015 to 17 April 2016
L'Envers et l'Endroit
From 8 June 2007 to 27 January 2008
Spiritualist Art
From 18 March 2005 to 5 June 2005