8,300 Works by Long-Unknown Artist Eugene Von Bruenchenhein Go to Wisconsin Arts Center
There are big acquisitions and then there are truly gigantic acquisitions. The John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has just landed one of the latter, acquiring a bounty of works by Eugene Von Bruenchenhein from the estate of the late artist, whose output included campy but tender photographs of his wife, scrappy ceramics, and inventive paintings.