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 fleurs et les tigres
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 92 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch
$661
17 boys at the window
Christian Silvain
Painting - 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$41,668
Cricri Forest
Christian Silvain
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$59,526
Man discovers emptywave
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,214
To the sea first light
Peter de Boer
Painting - 120 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,179
Seagulls on the move
Peter de Boer
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,762
Foxes by moonlight
Peter de Boer
Painting - 120 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,953
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,929
Sunshine setwaves
Peter de Boer
Painting - 135 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,953
Ours serviette verte 2
Hervé Maury
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,619
Maillot rouge et tatoué
Hervé Maury
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,619
Een nacht terug
Christian Silvain
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$11,905
Le bonheur tardif
Christian Silvain
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$17,858
Rien ne dure, sauf l'Avenir
Christian Silvain
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$11,905
Poisson voyageur
Paule Bernard Roussel
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,191
Grandes libellules bleues
Hervé Maury
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,857
Chats en bandes jaunes - Cats
Hervé Maury
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,381
Gang de chiens - Gang of dogs
Hervé Maury
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,857
Banc vert - Green fish
Hervé Maury
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,381
Libellules en ballet - Dragonfly
Hervé Maury
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,619
Libellules aux ailes bleues
Hervé Maury
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,619
Lejos de las leyes de los hombres
Vanessa Linares
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3.5 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,643
Magic Chandelier II
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 95 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,429
Daft punk surfers paradise
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$7,262
Tree of Life
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 140 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
Composition issue de la suite "Estrats" 5
Albert Ràfols-Casamada
Print - 28.5 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.2 x 15 x 0 inch
$476
