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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Naïve-Style Illustrations

Vive les cocktails citrons

Vive les fleurs et les chats bleus (1)

Odeurs Sauvages

V l'Alphabête

Señor Patator (1)

Le Grand Sage

Monkey

Vive les palmiers en noir et bleu et les fleurs

Volcano

Ice Blue

Illusions

Sunset

Méditation regard

Méditation regard

Femme linge 2

Femme linge

Gazelle

Vive les fleurs et les fleurs et la playa

The wave

Space surf

Vive les fleurs et les chats bleus

Vive les fleurs et cool

Shwe Shwe, portrait de Doudou

Vive les fleurs et les cocktails

Ourson feuille d'argent

Les terribles

Souris 2

Deux chiens copains

Deux chats fond rose

Deux chats fond bleu

Deux chats bleus

Tête d'ours

Attaque 2

Île Saint-Louis

Une nuit d'été

Composition encre

Vive les fleurs en sculpture

Vive les fleurs les chats qui surfent

Summer 9

Summer 8

Summer 7

5 Pont Aven 22

3 hotel Bretagne

2 Moulin Pont aven 22

Santorin

La cathédrale

Compostion I

Les Mannequins

Petit moine 1

Buzzing

Les petits rats

Chien roux 3

Fruhling

Energiepool

Vive les fleurs et le son (1)

Vive les customisations

Fruchten

Zugpferd

TDC III

...It's Fine

Chien heureux

Pêcheur de rêve et son chat 38

Fun et cool

The ephemeral purity III

Freedom

Cool et free