Eugene Von Bruenchenhein was born in Wisconsin on July 31, 1910. He lived in a small house in Milwaukee with his wife Marie, and he worked in a bakery. Between 1954 and 1963 he used his fingers, combs, quills and bakery tools to create hundreds of
explosively colorful semi-abstract landscapes that evoke
primordial soup biology,
Lovecraftian horror,
scifi weirdness and
hellish alien beauty ('Full-Screen View' and its zoomable interface increase the pleasure dramatically). The
12 galleries of paintings at his memorial site are all available for free hi-res download, you can hear him talking about drugs, brain chemistry and visions at the 'Listen' link, and there's currently an
exhibit honoring the centennial of his birth at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore.
posted by mediareport
on Aug 25, 2010 -
24 comments
