Jeanne Tripier
Jeanne Tripier (1869–1944) was a French medium[1] who produced works of text, drawing and embroidery under Spiritualist influence. She is considered part of the Art Brut canon.[2]
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Born | 1869 |
Died | 1944 |
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Patron(s) | Jean Dubuffet |
Life
Jeanne Tripier was born in 1869 in Paris.[3] Daughter of a wine merchant, she spent her childhood in the country with her grandmother.[4] As an adult she lived in the Montmartre district of Paris, working as a salesgirl at a department store. At 58 she developed a passion for Spiritualist doctrines and divination. These activities became central to her existence, so much so that she eventually stopped going to work. In 1934 she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Paris.[5]
Work
Jeanne Tripier began creating works which blended image and text when she was in her 50s. Tripier's work emerged during trance states[6] and utilized materials such as sugar and hair dye.[7] She also produced figurative embroidery pieces. She ascribed responsibility for her output of texts, drawings, and embroideries to spiritual entities.[8]
Collections and exhibits
Jeanne Tripier's work is primarily held in the Collection de l'Art Brut museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.[3] Her works have been lent to other institutions for exhibitions, including the 2015 exhibit Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet at the American Folk Art Museum.[9]
Recognition
Jean Dubuffet acquired Tripier's work for his Collection de l'Art Brut.[5]
Bibliography
- Écrits d’Art Brut. Graphomanes extravagants, Lucienne Peiry, Paris, Le Seuil, 2020. ISBN 978-2-02-144768-2
References
- Gaze, Delia, ed. (1997). Dictionary of Women Artists: Artists, J-Z. Routledge. p. 96. ISBN 0-316-58906-3.
- Wertkin, Gerard C., ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of American Folk Art. Routledge. p. 400. ISBN 0-415-92986-5.
- Maclagan, David (2009). Outsider Art: From the Margins to the Marketplace. Reaktion Books. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-86189-521-9.
- "TRIPIER jeanne". Art Brut Collection ABCD. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- "Tripier, Jeanne". Collection de l'art Brut Lausanne. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- Spiritualist Art. Collection de l'Art Brut Lausanne.
- Zion, Amy. "Art Brut in America & Unorthodox". Frieze. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- Maclagan, David (2014). Line Let Loose: Scribbling, Doodling and Automatic Drawing. Reaktion Books. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-78023-082-5.
- "Art Brut in America: The Incursion of Jean Dubuffet". American Folk Art Museum. Retrieved 11 March 2017.