Marguerite Sirvins | |
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Born | 1890 |
Died | 1955[1] | (aged 64–65)
Marguerite Sirvins (1890–1955) was a French textile artist associated with outsider art.
Sirvins was born to a family of farmers in the French region of Lozère, and developed symptoms of schizophrenia aged 41. After her confinement to a psychiatric hospital in Saint-Alban, she started creating art with watercolours, embroidery, and textiles. [2]
Sirvins would use found rags and coloured silks working without preparatory sketches, her most notable creation was also her final piece; a wedding dress for her imaginary wedding. The dress was made from hospital bedsheets, with a crochet technique. [3] [4] Sirvins stopped creating art in 1955 shortly before her death, after suffering from delirium and hallucinations. [2] Sirvins doctor, Roger Gentis, helped preserve her artworks and they are exhibited in the collection of the Collection de l'art brut in Lausanne.
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Marguerite Sirvins | |
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Born | 1890 |
Died | 1955[1] | (aged 64–65)
Marguerite Sirvins (1890–1955) was a French textile artist associated with outsider art.
Sirvins was born to a family of farmers in the French region of Lozère, and developed symptoms of schizophrenia aged 41. After her confinement to a psychiatric hospital in Saint-Alban, she started creating art with watercolours, embroidery, and textiles. [2]
Sirvins would use found rags and coloured silks working without preparatory sketches, her most notable creation was also her final piece; a wedding dress for her imaginary wedding. The dress was made from hospital bedsheets, with a crochet technique. [3] [4] Sirvins stopped creating art in 1955 shortly before her death, after suffering from delirium and hallucinations. [2] Sirvins doctor, Roger Gentis, helped preserve her artworks and they are exhibited in the collection of the Collection de l'art brut in Lausanne.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)