Marguerite Sirvins (1890–1955) was a French
textile art
Textile arts are arts and crafts that use plant, animal, or synthetic fibers to construct practical or decorative objects.
Textiles have been a fundamental part of human life since the beginning of civilization. The methods and materials us ...
ist associated with
outsider art.
Sirvins was born to a family of farmers in the French region of
Lozère, and developed symptoms of
schizophrenia aged 41. After her confinement to a psychiatric hospital in
Saint-Alban, she started creating art with watercolours, embroidery, and textiles.
Sirvins would use found rags and coloured silks working without preparatory sketches, her most notable creation was also her final piece; a
wedding dress for her imaginary wedding. The dress was made from hospital bedsheets, with a
crochet
Crochet (; ) is a process of creating textiles by using a crochet hook to interlock loops of yarn, thread (yarn), thread, or strands of other materials. The name is derived from the French term ''crochet'', meaning 'hook'. Hooks can be made from ...
technique.
Sirvins stopped creating art in 1955 shortly before her death, after suffering from delirium and hallucinations.
Sirvins doctor, Roger Gentis, helped preserve her artworks and they are exhibited in the collection of the
Collection de l'art brut
The Collection de l'art brut (literally "Collection of Raw Art"; sometimes referred to as "Musée de l'art brut") is a museum dedicated to outsider art located in Lausanne, Switzerland.
See also
* American Visionary Art Museum
The American ...
in Lausanne.
References
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1890 births
1957 deaths
20th-century French women artists
20th-century women textile artists
Women outsider artists
People from Lozère
People with schizophrenia
20th-century French textile artists
Outsider artists