Naïve Artists
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.
Tonino Guerra
Mosca oltre la finestra della casa di Lola II
Tonino Guerra
Print - 22 x 22 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0 inch
$266
Katell Le Goarnig
Fête au Bois d'amour
Katell Le Goarnig
Painting - 89 x 89 x 1 cm Painting - 35 x 35 x 0.4 inch
$11,065
Lent et grave, hommage à Erik Satie
Katell Le Goarnig
Painting - 100 x 81 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$11,065
Gris De Garance
Femme dans les nuages
Gris De Garance
Painting - 30 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$111
Composition florale 1
Gris De Garance
Painting - 30 x 21 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
$144
Femme sur d'autres planètes
Gris De Garance
Painting - 30 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$111
Composition florale 2
Gris De Garance
Painting - 31.2 x 14 x 1 cm Painting - 12.3 x 5.5 x 0.4 inch
$144
Pinkhas
Combien tu Pez? Harry Potter
Pinkhas
Sculpture - 15 x 11 x 11 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 4.3 x 4.3 inch
$664
Anthea Missy
City Lovers
Anthea Missy
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,766
Martin Bradley
Blue Cloud, Pink Sky
Martin Bradley
Painting - 76 x 55 x 0.4 cm Painting - 29.9 x 21.7 x 0.2 inch
$2,656
Chila Spirit
Martin Bradley
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$3,319
The Proclaimers
Martin Bradley
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$3,098
Archaic Spirit
Martin Bradley
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 46 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$3,762
Cécile Veilhan
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Sérénade hivernale
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,494
Un air de printemps
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,106
La petite pastorale
Jean-Pierre Lorand
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,106
Moustache Bleue
Les épices quel délice !
Moustache Bleue
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$133
Ma cuisine, elle est divine
Moustache Bleue
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$133
Les épices quel délice !
Moustache Bleue
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$133
We love kisses
Moustache Bleue
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
$133
Véronique Clanet
La Belle Gabrielle
Véronique Clanet
Sculpture - 68 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
$5,532
Didier Lourenço
Christiane Bernais
La belle endormie
Christiane Bernais
Sculpture - 29 x 33 x 16 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 13 x 6.3 inch
$1,051
Jour de marché à Bamako
Christiane Bernais
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 31.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 12.4 inch
$719
Vagues d'amour
Christiane Bernais
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,992