For
naif works (Jean Dubuffet) see: Art Brut.
Not exact matches
While the larger public latched on to the superficial exoticism of his
work and were captivated by his overnight celebrity, his art, often described inaccurately as «
Naif» and «Ethnically gritty», held important connections to expressive precursors, such as Jean Dubuffet and Cy Twombly.
Forget the wilfully crude and faux -
naif early
works elsewhere in the first gallery: Swamped is the true starting point of this exhibition.
The auction record for a
work by the
naif Irish painter James Dixon was set in 2001, when his Self - Portrait was sold at Christie's, in London, for # 11,750.
During the period 1908 - 9, Larionov was called up for military service, during which time he created his «soldier» series of
naif paintings with broken, angular forms after the style of German Expressionism, notably the
works of Emil Nolde (1867 - 1956), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 - 1938), and Karl Schmidt - Rottluff (1884 - 1976).