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This list, of art makers who are considered Outsider artists, includes self-taught, visionary art and naïve art makers known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature such as drawings, paintings, sculptures, and visionary environments. The entries are in alphabetical order by surname.
Outsider artists are artists with little or no contact with the mainstream art world. They are frequently on the margins of society: for example, slaves, prisoners, and the mentally ill . Their creative output is referred to as Outsider Art .
Interest in the art of the mentally ill, along with that of children and the makers of "peasant art", developed from the end of the 19th century onward, both by psychiatrists such as Cesare Lombroso, Auguste Marie or Marcel Réjà, and by artists, such as members of "Der Blaue Reiter" group: Wassily Kandinsky, August Macke, Franz Marc, Alexej von Jawlensky, and others.
Image credits: Chesnot #7 Pablo Picasso (October 25, 1881 — April 8, 1973) Pablo Picasso was a Spanish artist known as one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.
Like other artists before him, he decorated the pieces with glass, pottery, seashells and shards of mirrors. The grounds are open year-round during daylight hours at S2727 Prairie Moon Road, Cochrane.
Pages in category "American outsider artists" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In 1955, 19-year-old African American artist Harold Newton was convinced by A. E. Backus, a prominent Florida landscape artist, to create paintings of landscapes rather than religious scenes. [7] Newton sold his landscapes from the trunk of his car because art galleries in South Florida refused to represent African Americans. [8]
It includes outsider artists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Women outsider artists" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.