Naïve-Style Illustrations
The frankness of works by Henri Rousseau and André Bauchant can be described as child-like. Although perceived as simplistic in nature the perspective is more flat and its expression more rudimentary than other artworks produced in the first decades of the 20th century. The question then is asked – why? Later referred to as Naïve-style art, its origins lie post-Impressionism 19th century France, corresponding to works made by an artist with no formal training in an art school or academy. By deforming perspective, color and modifying reality, this movement sought to escape from what was perceived as the insincere sophistication of art created within the traditional system. Naïve artists are sometimes referred to as modern primitives but equally this shift from tradition also led to taught artists employing an aesthetic but also a different label – modern primitive art. The medium does not even have to be paint to render the simplicity of this style as seen in the illustrated works within our own selections. The likes of Peter De Boer focuses on the subject of nature and landscape in everyday life - conveying the dangers of humanity and nature interacting, his simple perspective highlighting the dangers both can inflict on the other. Whilst Menashe Kadishman also pulls from nature using the animal as the subject to highlight his own past and ultimately that naïve art as a style is a truly sincere one.
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Vive les splashs, les taches et les fleurs
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
Vive les coolures et Aloha
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,339
Un médaillon de chaîne figurant une femme en larmes
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.9 inch
$952
To the North Sea with my surfboard
Peter de Boer
Painting - 200 x 300 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 118.1 x 0.8 inch
$11,905
Our tent is on fire
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,667
Morphos (Original painting)
Hunt Slonem
Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10 x 8 x 0.1 inch
$8,750
Composition issue de la suite "Estrats" 6
Albert Ràfols-Casamada
Print - 38 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 15 x 11.2 x 0 inch
$595
Morning Cloak Flight (Butterflies)
Hunt Slonem
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 cm Painting - 36 x 48 inch
$42,263
New Found Cockatoo Whisper
Hunt Slonem
Painting - 112 x 193 x 3 cm Painting - 44.1 x 76 x 1.2 inch
$71,431
Cockatoos Whisper Joy
Hunt Slonem
Painting - 127 x 178 x 3 cm Painting - 50 x 70.1 x 1.2 inch
$71,431
Soft abstraction X
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$713
La solidarité des humains, hommes de races verte et violette, se respecte mutuellement
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.1 inch
$714
Une pintade humanisée
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.1 inch
$714
L’art du hasard : une tache d’eau relevée sur une table figurant un bebe
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 10.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.1 inch
$714
The Vision of Peace
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 29 x 58 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 22.8 x 1.4 inch
$702
Abstraction of Love II
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 72 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 28.3 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$821
Echappée belle
Paule Bernard Roussel
Painting - 120 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$2,619
Wildclouds above purple sky
Peter de Boer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,071
Green Abstraction
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,786
In the Heart of the Golden Garden
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$821
Au sommet du Corcovado, le majestueux Chris rédempteur vieille sur Rio de Janeiro
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 10.5 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.1 x 5.9 inch
$714
Ici, soudain un bruit se fit en tendre 'bogoulagô' coup de canon - tonneur dans le ciel !
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
$833
Noche Llena
Marcello Cid Saint Jean
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
Variacion 9
Marcello Cid Saint Jean
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
Variacion 10
Marcello Cid Saint Jean
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
What I saw behind the dunes
Peter de Boer
Painting - 110 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$5,000
Martijn Doolaard at his cabin
Peter de Boer
Painting - 50 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,381
La promenade
Marcello Cid Saint Jean
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$571
