Paul Salvator Goldengreen
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Paul Salvator Goldengreen (August 27, 1960 Warburg
Warburg
Warburg is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia on the river Diemel near the three-state point shared by Hessen, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. It is in Höxter district and Detmold region...

) is an
artist whose work originates in Art Brut / Outsider Art
Outsider Art
The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut , a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by insane-asylum inmates.While...

.

Life

After fifteen months basic military training with the German Army at Munster and Lueneburg in 1980/81, he got the Abitur
Abitur
Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...

 after 6 semesters from 1982 to 1984 at Westfalenkolleg in Paderborn.
From autumn 1985 he studied Biology in Muenster and Bielefeld
Bielefeld
Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...

. In 1991 he left Bielefeld and returned home. After the death of his mother he suffered a mental illness.

Work

Since April 2007 he has been featured in the permanent Internet exhibition, Gallery Of Inspiration, organised by the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (North America). In April 2007 he contributed 20 paintings to the first Outsider Art market at the Prinzhorn Collection
Hans Prinzhorn
Hans Prinzhorn was a German psychiatrist and art historian.Born in Hemer, Westphalia, he studied art history and philosophy at the University of Vienna, receiving his doctorate in 1908. He then went to England to receive voice training, as he planned to become a professional singer...

, Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...

. His work Archaic Deity is part of the Prinzhorn Collection.
The painting was shown in the group exhibition "The Collection Grows".

Participation as guest in the "annual exhibition 2008 Outsider Art" in the Museum for Art Brut and Outsider Art as well as contemporary art Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster, Germany, from
October 26 2008 to January 11 2009. See the image at the right: The Painter Prince as one of four exhibited large paintings.

Further reading

  • Hansgeorg Ließem und Pablo Stähli. "Ans Licht geholt" - Kunst in ver-rückter Zeit, Köln: Wienand 1995 ISBN 3-87909-458-6
  • Herwig Guratzsch Expressionismus und Wahnsinn, Prestel Verlag 2003. ISBN 3-7913-3024-1
  • Leo Navratil. Art brut und Psychiatrie Gugging 1946 - 1986, Wien: Brandstätter, 1999 ISBN 3-85447-876-3

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