The World of Armand Schulthess
Overview
Intro
In the 1950s, Swiss artist Armand Schulthess (1901-1972) set about transforming a plot of nearly 18,000 square metres in the Canton of Ticino into an extraordinary, multifaceted, open-air environment.
Schulthess, who was born in Neuchâtel, obtained a business degree before completing an apprenticeship in an import-export company. He later ran his own business making women’s clothing - first in Zurich and later in Geneva - until the company went bankrupt. In 1939, he took a job as an office worker at the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs in Bern. At the age of 50, Schulthess abruptly turned his back on his career and social life. He quit his civil service job for good and retreated to a country house in Ticino he had bought 10 years earlier, seeking both physical and mental isolation. There, cut off from the outside world, he devoted the rest of his life to transforming the vast grounds surrounding his home. After his death, his heirs decided to destroy his work. All that survived were a handful of his books and a series of assemblages made from metal plates, wire and branches.Swiss German filmmaker and photographer Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf documented this monumental creation, preserving a record of it before it was destroyed. The exhibition sets his images in dialogue with close to 300 pieces rescued from the site at the last minute. Among them is a substantial group of items acquired by the Collection de l’Art Brut in 2024, now going on display for the first time as part of the museum’s 50th anniversary celebration.The Collection de l’Art Brut’s very first temporary exhibition - held in 1976, the year the museum opened - was devoted to Schulthess and curated by Schlumpf. Now, 50 years on, this new look show features previously unseen pieces and invites us to view the artist’s remarkable body of work with fresh eyes.Curated by Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf.
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Collection de l’Art Brut
Avenue des Bergières 11 1004 Lausanne +41 21 315 25 70 art.brut@lausanne.ch |
| Event Homepage | https://www.lausanne-tourisme.ch/en/event/the-world-of-armand-schulthess/ |
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Adults (3-day pass including the Historical Museum of Lausanne and the Roman Museum of Lausanne-Vidy): CHF 12
AVS/AI (3-day pass including the Historical Museum of Lausanne and the Roman Museum of Lausanne-Vidy): CHF 6
Children (under 18), students, apprentices, unemployed: Free
Groups from 6 persons (price per person): CHF 6
Carer of a disabled person: Free
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Collection de l'Art Brut
Avenue des Bergières 11
1004
Lausanne
Switzerland
Phone
+41 (0)21 315 25 70
Fax +41 (0)21 315 25 71
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