Seraphine de Senlis | the artist
The artist Seraphine de Senlis
Born Sept 3 1864, Assy, France.
Died 1942, Senlis, .
Style and technique of the artist: Painting, Documenta Kassel,
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Musée d’Art Naïf
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Alongside her arduous day jobs, Séraphine painted by candlelight, largely in secret isolation, until her considerable body of work was discovered in 1912 by German art collector Wilhelm Uhde.[1] While in Senlis, Uhde saw a still-life of apples at his neighbors house and was astonished to learn that Séraphine, his housecleaner, was the artist.[2] His support had barely begun to lift her horizons when he was forced to leave France in August 1914; the war between France and Germany had made him an unwelcome outsider in Senlis, much as Séraphine was, given her eccentric persona. They only reestablished contact in 1927 when Uhde back in France and living in Chantilly visited an exhibition of local artists in Senlis and, seeing Séraphines work, realized that she had survived and her art had flourished. Under Uhdes patronage, Séraphine began painting large canvases as large as two meters high, and she achieved prominence as the naïve painter of her day. In 1929, Uhde organized an exhibition, Painters of the Sacred Heart, that featured Séraphines art, launching her into a period of financial success she had never known and was ill prepared to manage. Then, in 1930, with the effects of the Great Depression destroying the finances of her patrons, Uhde had no choice except to stop buying her paintings…
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In 1912 Seraphines paintings were discovered by the German art collector Wilhelm Uhde. Uhde came to Senlis for a rest from his work as an art critic. He had rented a large apartment and hired Seraphine as his housekeeper. His neighbors upon finding out that they were living next to the prominent art dealer, critic, writer and collector Wilhelm Uhde invited him to a dinner party to discuss art and culture. Uhde accepted the invitation and attended. During dinner Uhde saw a painting of some Apples, striking and unusual in color and form, he Marveled at the beauty, strangeness and artistry of the piece. Uhde inquired about the artist learning that it was in fact a painting done by his housekeeper Seraphine…<br><br><object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SRv08OHxSlQ?version=3&hl=nl_NL"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SRv08OHxSlQ?version=3&hl=nl_NL" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>