At 32 years of age, Aloïse Corbaz was made to live in a psychiatric asylum due to her diagnosis of schizophrenia. After she was admitted to the hospital, she began to experiment with creative writing and drawing. The artistic culture of Art Brut latched onto her as a prime example of the raw art and talent that can arise out of the imagination that is not influenced by the societal constraints and expectations of art.
In her time of painting, drawing, and writing, she created a large body of work, producing hundreds of pieces including full notebooks of writing, gigantic scrolls, and individual paintings. Her choice for medium included traditional lead, coloured lead pencils, and crayons. She loved to work on both sides of the paper, canvas, or scroll as a part of her creative process.
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