Adolf Wölfli

Adolf Wölfli (Swiss, 1864–1930) has 1 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive, each available as a digital download or a made-to-order print.

Adolf Wölfli was a Swiss schizophrenic visual artist who was one of the first artists to be associated with the Art Brut or outsider art label. After being imprisoned for the molestation of a 5-year-old child, and a string of later attempted sexual assaults of children, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent most of his life confined to the Waldau psychiatric clinic in Bern, where he began his art.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

At a glance

Most of Adolf Wölfli's work on the site falls under Abstract (34).

By movement, it's catalogued as Expressionism (17), Art Deco (16), Art Nouveau (1).

Culture: Swiss (34).

By orientation: 13 landscape, 20 portrait, 1 square.

Dated work in this group ranges from 1905 to 1930.

Other Swiss artists of the period

Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:

• Théophile Alexandre Steinlen — 586 artworks
• Félix Vallotton — 453 artworks
• Arnold Böcklin — 199 artworks
• Ferdinand Hodler — 94 artworks
• Frank Buchser — 43 artworks
• Giovanni Giacometti — 39 artworks
• Albert Müller — 27 artworks
• Alice Bailly — 21 artworks

Prints of these artworks

As well as a free preview and digital download, each of these 1 artworks can be ordered printed, rolled or framed, made to order and shipped locally from $21.99.

Sizes and framing

Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.