Linda Naeff Explained
| Linda Naeff |
| Birth Date: | 22 February 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Bagnolet |
| Death Place: | Carouge |
| Nationality: | Swiss |
| Occupation: | Painter, sculptor |
Linda Naeff (February 22, 1926 - February 20, 2014),[1] [2] was a Swiss painter and sculptor. Close the Art Brut movement, she started painting in her sixties.[3] She has been influenced by Jean Dubuffet.[4] [5]
Biography
Born in France from Swiss parents, her family (including her three sisters) move back to their native Jura at the onset of the war. Her father is an alcoholic, her mother suicidal, and the teenager is sexually abused.[6] She later marries and moves to Geneva, where to become a hairdresser.
Naeff begins painting in 1987 at the age of sixty-one.[7] She creates 4,500 works of art, including 500 sculptures and 4,000 paintings[8] [9]
In 2012, the writer Douna Loup published The lines of your palm, a novel in which she tells the story of the then eighty-five years old artist, based on interviews they had together.[10] A 2014 documentary, Les couleurs habillent la souffrance ("Colors will hide suffering") is also released shortly after her death.[11]
Bibliography
Notes and References
- https://www.ch-cultura.ch/de/archiv/museum-ausstellung-galerie/linda-naeff- matricule-ii.-uebermuetter-mit-werken-von-maria-rolly-berta-balzli-adelheid-duvanel-u.a Notice ch-cultura.ch
- http://www.film-documentaire.fr/4DACTION/w_fiche_film/46813_1 Notice film-documentaire.fr
- News: 2016-05-09 . L’œuvre d’une vie bouleversée - Le Temps . fr . 2023-08-24 . 1423-3967.
- https://www.bilan.ch/opinions/etienne-dumont/art_brut_le_musee_de_carouge_presente_le_monde_de_linda_naeff Notice www.bilan.ch
- https://docplayer.fr/46789986-L-enigme-linda-naeff-du-11-janvier-au-9-fevrier-2914-dossier-didactique.html dossier didactique
- Web site: 2016-05-15 . ART BRUT/Le Musée de Carouge présente le monde de Linda Naeff . 2023-08-24 . Bilan . fr.
- https://www.museumimlagerhaus.ch/en/ausstellungen/archiv/2020-uebermuetter-linda-naeff/ Notice museumimlagerhaus
- http://www.film-documentaire.fr/ 4DACTION/w_fiche_film/46813_1 Notice
- Web site: 2016-05-02 . Linda Naeff a créé 7000 œuvres à partir de 61 ans, à sa mort . 2023-08-24 . Tribune de Genève . fr.
- News: 2012-09-01 . Douna Loup écrit "Les Lignes de ta paume", en suivant le destin d’une étonnante vieille dame - Le Temps . fr . 2023-08-24 . 1423-3967.
- Web site: Linda Naeff – Les couleurs habillent la souffrance . 2023-08-24 . swissfilms . fr.
- Web site: Douna Loup writes "The Lines of your palm", following the destiny of an astonishing old lady. letemps.ch . 2016-02-02.
