Fritz Morgenthaler was a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 psychoanalist, physician and painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

. Morgenthaler was along with George Devereux

George Devereux

George Devereux was an American - French ethnologist and psychoanalyst, born in a Jewish family from Banat. He was one of the pioneers of ethnopsychoanalysis and ethnopsychiatry.-Biography:...

 one of the founders of ethnopsychoanalysis.

Life

Fritz Morgenthaler was the son of the Swiss painter Ernst Morgenthaler

Ernst Morgenthaler

Ernst Morgenthaler was a Swiss painter.-References:*This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia....

 and his wife Sasha Morgenthaler-von Sinner. He studied medicine in Zurich and got his degree in 1945. While he was working at a neurological hospital in Zurich he trained as a psychoanalyst with Rudolf Brunn.
Together with his wife Ruth, and Paul Parin

Paul Parin

Paul Parin was a Swiss psychoanalyst, author and ethnologist.He was born in Polzela , near Celje, Slovenia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, into a family of assimilated Jews. He studied medicine in Zagreb, Graz and Zürich. In Zürich, he met Goldy Matthèy-Guenet who became his wife...

 and his wife Goldy Parin-Matthèy he undertook expeditions to west Africa and they developed the concept of ethnopsychoanalysis.

Morgenthaler also was the first psychoanalyst who said that homosesxuality is not an illness or psychological defect.