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Monsiel, Edmund
1897-1962, Pologne
Edmund Monsiel (1897–1962) was born in Poland. He went to primary school and, several years later, had a small shop in a provincial town of which he was dispossessed in 1942 by the Germans. Afraid of being arrested, he subsequently took refuge in his brother’s loft in Wozuczyn. He hid there until the end of the war and would not leave it until he died, refusing all contact. It seems the menace of the occupying army served merely as a pretext to shut himself away. Furthermore, he suffered from autism and from auditory and visual hallucinations.
Edmund Monsiel executed some 500 drawings in lead pencil which were discovered in the loft after his death. Almost exclusively they represent Christ-like faces, drawn by means of a line which, as it develops, engenders other faces and so on ad infinitum.
Texts – mainly religious professions of faith, exhortations to piety or moralising maxims – also appear on the front or back of his compositions.
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The Art Brut Fascicle N°11
The Art Brut Fascicle N°11, 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.
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.
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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