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Colors for my Mute Daughter (orig. Farben für meine stumme Tochter)

Karl Schmid1950/1959

USI Università della Svizzera italiana

USI Università della Svizzera italiana
Lugano, Switzerland

The title of this painting, Colours for my mute daughter, refers to a form of art-therapy that Karl Schmid experimented with, by having his daughter (who could not speak at the time) mix pigments and at the same time teach her the names of the colours.

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  • Title: Colors for my Mute Daughter (orig. Farben für meine stumme Tochter)
  • Creator: Karl Schmid
  • Date Created: 1950/1959
  • Location Created: Zurich, Canton Zurich - Switzerland
  • Physical Dimensions: 70 x 107 cm
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) released by Fondazione Karl Schmid
  • Medium: oil paint
  • Art Form: Painting
  • Support: tela
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