Von Bruenchenhein is best known for his photographs,
including hundreds of portraits of his wife Marie in exotic costumes and
settings. He frequently made use of the double exposure to give his photographs
an added touch of surrealism; the frequently cited example is the portrait
where Marie holds her own head in her hand. The photographs evoke pinup girls
of the 1950s, such as this one, from the permanent collection of Intuit: The
Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago. Marie served as his muse,
becoming the subject, directly or indirectly, of all of his art and writing. A
homemade plaque in his kitchen gave him the epithets of "Eugene Von
Bruenchenhein—Freelance Artist, Poet and Sculptor, Inovator [sic], Arrow maker
and Plant man, Bone artifacts constructor, Photographer and Architect,
Philosopher." (Source: Wikipedia)
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