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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Homme linge 6 Petit prince
Sounya Whang
Painting - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$667
Señor Patator (1)
Monsieur Térez
Sculpture - 32 x 45 x 15 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 17.7 x 5.9 inch
$760
Vive les fleurs 753
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$936
Untitled
Hell'O Collective
Painting - 75 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$3,861 $3,089
Shwe Shwe, portrait de Doudou
Monsieur Térez
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 45 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 17.7 inch
$292
Vive les fleurs en relief
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 20 x 20 x 0.2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$339
3 hotel Bretagne
Mario Domenicale
Painting - 26 x 36 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10.2 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$211
2 Moulin Pont aven 22
Mario Domenicale
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$211
Morning Breeze
Tamara Bakhshinyan
Painting - 29 x 29 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 1.4 inch
$292
Vive les fleurs et cool
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$292
Vive les fleurs et les cocktails
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$175
Traces et signes illumination
Sounya Whang
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$462
Pêcheur de rêve et son chat 38
Sounya Whang
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$275
Guspirus in the green
Vanessa Linares
Painting - 90 x 116 x 3.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 45.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,544
B2 Porto di Camogli
Mario Domenicale
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$211
B3 Inverno a Burano
Mario Domenicale
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$211
B4 Lago Maggiore
Mario Domenicale
Painting - 26 x 36 x 0.2 cm Painting - 10.2 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$211
C2 Barche a Camogli
Mario Domenicale
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$211
Valsesia (Colors)
Mario Domenicale
Painting - 26 x 36 x 0.2 cm Painting - 10.2 x 14.2 x 0.1 inch
$211
Valsesia (black and red)
Mario Domenicale
Painting - 28 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$211
