Capture the essence
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
£759
Naïve art usually refers to art made by artists who have had no formal training in an art school or academy. Characterized by childlike simplicity of execution and vision, it gained value by modernists. This value lay in seeking to get away from what they saw as the insincere sophistication of art created within the traditional system. But with a break from tradition, one finds critics. The weight of which was felt by the most famous naïve artist of post-Impressionist 19th century France, Henri Rousseau.
Naïve artists are sometimes referred to as modern primitives or working in the movement known as Primitivism. This also overlaps with what is called outsider art, or in France art 'brut,' to include art of children and art made by people on the fringes of society. The likes of Rousseau and André Bauchant and their work can be described as childlike, simplistic and frank with flat renderings and a rudimentary expression of perspective but they did open the floodgates for avant-garde artists to flourish with artists like Ben Nicholson famously influenced by Alfred Wallis. In our own selection of works, the likes of Didier Lourenco and Cécile Colombo have also been influenced by this aesthetic, creating works filled with candor the viewer can enjoy.
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
£759
Design - 73.7 x 65 x 82 cm Design - 29 x 25.6 x 32.3 inch
£1,012
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch
£548
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.5 inch
£1,223
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
£1,265
Painting - 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 36 x 1 inch
£295
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1.5 inch
£675
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 inch
£3,373
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch
£4,301
Painting - 121.9 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 24 x 1 inch
£2,867 £2,294
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 inch
£2,193
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
£2,361
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch
£2,361
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch
£422
Painting - 120 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,348 £1,281
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£2,139
Painting - 50 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
£1,977
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,707
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,303
Painting - 55 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 13 x 0.8 inch
£584
Painting - 90 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£809
Print - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 12.4 x 12.4 x 0.1 inch
£85
Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
£629
Painting - 31 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 0 inch
£719
Painting - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
£719
Painting - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
£719
Painting - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
£809
Painting - 33.5 x 51 x 0.05 cm Painting - 13.2 x 20.1 x 0 inch
£3,415
Print - 57 x 38 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.4 x 15 x 0.1 inch
£494 £445
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£9,885
Painting - 101.6 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm Painting - 40 x 32 x 2 inch
£105,413
Print - 57 x 38 x 0.2 cm Print - 22.4 x 15 x 0.1 inch
£494 £445
Painting - 50 x 61 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.2 inch
£13,030
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch
£1,476
Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch
£1,181
Painting - 30.5 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 12 x 36 x 1.5 inch
£1,181
Painting - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
£175
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 20 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
£81
Painting - 42 x 37 x 1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
£350
Painting - 35 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
£350
Painting - 26 x 17 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10.2 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch
£162
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,707
Sculpture - 30 x 14.5 x 5 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.7 x 2 inch
£881
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
£1,348
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£7,998