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

Composition noir et blanc 5

Composition noir et blanc 1

Composition 5

Composition 4

Composition 3

Composition 2

Composition 1

Treure foc pels queixals

Tete Ours

Caravan Paradise

Un médaillon de chaîne figurant une femme en larmes

Tandem Totem

Red Rover

Golden

Sunday Flyers

Sulphurs II

Love

Daisy

Amy's Find

Mindful

New Blue

Abstract in blue

Biarritz I

In the Heart of the Golden Garden

Espacios

Bunny - Rabbit- Red Glow

Rouge

green

The Blind Bird

From my campervan to the Sea

Sulap II

Sulap I

2 Glisten

Orange Diamond II

Martijn Doolaard at his cabin

Nightsea

From the mudflats

Dirk goes swimming

Purple colored morning

Arrival at the beach

How do we get there?

Vive les fleurs en skate

Au sommet du Corcovado, le majestueux Chris rédempteur vieille sur Rio de Janeiro

F9

Fruites d'estiu

Morning Cloak Flight

Green Peace

Daisy Field

Daisy 3

Blue Eyes

Cabbage Patch 5

Holland (Tulip)

Horizon #3

Fisher boy

Sunshine setwaves

Pastel de nata

Cabin close to the ocean

Morphos (Original painting)

Faux Ciel

Green Aeres

Treat

Miranda

Sunset

Echappée belle

Saint Gilles de Croix de Vie’s magical dunepath

Horizon #2