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Location | Germany |
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Coordinates | 49°24′35″N 8°41′19″E / 49.40977°N 8.688748°E |
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The Prinzhorn Collection is a German collection of art made by mental health patients, housed at the Heidelberg University Hospital. [1] The collection comprises over 20,000 works, including works by Emma Hauck, Agnes Richter and August Natterer. [1] [2] [3]
The collection was founded by the psychiatrist Karl Wilmanns and his assistant, doctor Hans Prinzhorn, in the early 1920s. [1] [4] Between 1919 and 1921 the pair visited mental hospitals across Germany, initially collecting over 5000 works. [4] [5] [2] As of 2016, the collection held over 20,000 works. [5] Prinzhorn, a physician and art historian, was engaged by the hospital in 1919 specifically to improve and expand the collection. [6]
Works from the collection were included in Entartete Kunst, the famous 1937 Nazi exhibition of 'degenerate' art. [6] Following the war, the collection, largely neglected, was stored in the attic of the hospital. [6] In 1973 a conservation effort was undertaken that led to the restoration and cataloguing of the collection. [6]
The collection was influential on the practice of the artist Jean Dubuffet, who visited it in 1950. [7] Writing to Henri Matisse, Dubuffet described it as "something I have dreamt of for years." [8]
In 2001 the collection was opened to the public as the Sammlung Prinzhorn Museum. [9]
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Location | Germany |
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Coordinates | 49°24′35″N 8°41′19″E / 49.40977°N 8.688748°E |
Website |
prinzhorn |
The Prinzhorn Collection is a German collection of art made by mental health patients, housed at the Heidelberg University Hospital. [1] The collection comprises over 20,000 works, including works by Emma Hauck, Agnes Richter and August Natterer. [1] [2] [3]
The collection was founded by the psychiatrist Karl Wilmanns and his assistant, doctor Hans Prinzhorn, in the early 1920s. [1] [4] Between 1919 and 1921 the pair visited mental hospitals across Germany, initially collecting over 5000 works. [4] [5] [2] As of 2016, the collection held over 20,000 works. [5] Prinzhorn, a physician and art historian, was engaged by the hospital in 1919 specifically to improve and expand the collection. [6]
Works from the collection were included in Entartete Kunst, the famous 1937 Nazi exhibition of 'degenerate' art. [6] Following the war, the collection, largely neglected, was stored in the attic of the hospital. [6] In 1973 a conservation effort was undertaken that led to the restoration and cataloguing of the collection. [6]
The collection was influential on the practice of the artist Jean Dubuffet, who visited it in 1950. [7] Writing to Henri Matisse, Dubuffet described it as "something I have dreamt of for years." [8]
In 2001 the collection was opened to the public as the Sammlung Prinzhorn Museum. [9]
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)