The Painters of the Sacred Heart at Museum Frieder Burda

16.7. – 20.11.22

André Bauchant | Camille Bombois | Séraphine Louis | Henri Rousseau | Louis Vivin

Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, presents The Painters of the Sacred Heart. The exhibition, curated by Udo Kittelmann, is on view from July 16 until November 20, 2022.

With the exception of Henri Rousseau, whose work found influential supporters early on, the complex oeuvres of the five artists in the exhibition are still largely unknown to wider audiences. Over the decades, they have been branded “naïfs,” identified as exponents of a nascent modern primitivism, and finally labeled “outsider artists.” The new exhibition now places their output in a different context, framing them as early critics of modernism.

Primarily based on selected works from the collection of Charlotte Zander, who unerringly pursued her personal vision, collecting art beyond the systematically organized canon, the exhibition presents the works of these outstanding and widely underappreciated artists, the “Painters of the Sacred Heart,” in unprecedented breadth.

The exhibition was organized in cooperation with Museen Böttcherstraße, Bremen, where it will subsequently be on view from December 3, 2022, until March 12, 2023.

The following catalogue is released in conjunction with the exhibition:

Die Maler des Heiligen Herzens / The Painters of the Sacred Heart
André Bauchant, Camille Bombois, Séraphine Louis, Henri Rousseau, Louis Vivin
Writings by Udo Kittelmann, Frank Schmidt, Henrike Hans, Annabel Ruckdeschel
Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2022