Käthe Kruse, the famous dollmaker's connection with the Life Reform movement.

Käthe Kruse, perhaps one of the world's most famous dollmakers and the visionary behind reform dolls, spent a brief period of her life in a commune at Monte Verità. The beginnings of her artistic development are also tied to this place. Although she was particularly repelled by the ideologies present there, she was deeply influenced by the residents' connection to nature. Her autobiographical book, Das grosse Puppenspiel, not only provides insight into the major milestones of her life and her creative work as a dollmaker but also offers further information about the Life Reform movements, particularly the commune at Monte Verità founded by Henry Ödönkoven. This is significant because, although Käthe Kruse could not fully align herself with the spirit of the commune's residents at Monte Verità and was unable to fully immerse herself in the reform movement, this place and this phase of her life can still be regarded as the cradle of her artistic maturation. For this study, we primarily used German-language literature as sources, in addition to the autobiographical book, which provided important information not only about the famous doll maker's work but also about the commune at Monte Verità. In addition, we mainly relied on the publications of András Németh, who is one of the most significant researchers of the life reform movements in Hungary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]