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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Blue Moon Diamond Dust - Bunnies
Hunt Slonem
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 cm Painting - 40 x 40 inch
$34,997
La promenade
Marcello Cid Saint Jean
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$569
Saint Gilles de Croix de Vie’s magical dunepath
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$6,643
Soft abstraction VIII
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 100 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$819
Un ange en exil
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
$830
Une maladie qui gonfle le ventre
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
$949
Ne me défends que devant ceux qui m'aiment ; je suis heureux d'être ton époux !!!
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 inch
$925
Chinesis Assumption Parish
Hunt Slonem
Painting - 122 x 122 x 20 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 7.9 inch
$49,826
Le peuple de la cité de Dieu
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
$830
La cuisine métissée
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
$830
La mer et sa parure
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 15 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 5.9 inch
$830
Le menu du jour
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.9 x 4.3 inch
$830
Man discovers emptywave
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,203
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
$5,161
Seagulls on the move
Peter de Boer
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,745
Foxes by moonlight
Peter de Boer
Painting - 120 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,932
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,915
Sunshine setwaves
Peter de Boer
Painting - 135 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,932
Soft abstraction II
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 90 x 135 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 53.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,966
Radôh L'ange de "dieu"/ Avant pour signe le sang qui veut dire guerre .
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 39 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.4 inch
$1,542
Vive les fleurs en voiture voltige
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$771
Vive les fleurs, cool et fun
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$652
Echoes of Amazing Glory
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 95 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 37.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,542
La peau d'une orange séchée paraissant être à la fois un pistolet et une gueule de chien
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 4.3 inch
$1,068
Daft punk surfers paradise
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$7,237
A2 canale di burano
Mario Domenicale
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$214
Inverno a Burano
Mario Domenicale
Painting - 26 x 36 x 0.2 cm Painting - 10.2 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$214
Composition noir et blanc 8
Albert Ràfols-Casamada
Print - 38.5 x 57 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.2 x 22.4 x 0 inch
$475
Composition noir et blanc 7
Albert Ràfols-Casamada
Print - 57 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 15.2 x 0 inch
$475
Composition noir et blanc 4
Albert Ràfols-Casamada
Print - 57 x 38.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 15.2 x 0 inch
$475
Aloha et vive les fleurs
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$652
Vive les fleurs et cool
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$593
Where there is life, there is hope II
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 45 x 45 x 2.2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.9 inch
$652