| Art Brut-History | | | | Folk Art, Tramp Art, and Primitive Art. In fact, |
| Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985), a French painter and | | | | Raw Art, Folk Art, Intuitive/Visionary Art, Marginal |
| sculptor, invented the word Art Brut, which | | | | Singuiler Art, Naive Art, Neue Invention, and |
| means 'Rough Art' or 'Raw Art.' 'Outsider Art' is | | | | Visionary Environments are interchangeable terms |
| the English synonym for Art Brut, devised by an | | | | in Outsider Art. |
| art critic Roger Cardinal, in 1972. Jean was an | | | | Scope |
| avant-garde painter, who departed from the | | | | Fame comes with smart marketing, publicity, and |
| painting world for 17 years, from 1925 to 1942. | | | | a good platform. Art Brut lacks all this, as the |
| Upon Jean's return to painting, his focus and | | | | artists are creating things for their own, personal |
| painting style had changed into one of the simple | | | | pleasure. Therefore, art connoisseurs and art |
| and prehistoric images. He switched his focus | | | | collectors have always been skeptical about raw |
| towards art drawn by children, the insane, and | | | | art, due to its limitless scope. There is often a |
| schizophrenics. | | | | prevalent intrigue about the uniqueness and the |
| The Details | | | | worth of Art Burt. Art lovers are also left |
| The term Art Brut is used in a board sense. This | | | | wondering regarding the levels of creativity an |
| creative Western Art form is beyond the | | | | untrained mind can have. Despite all these |
| boundaries and the rules of traditional or | | | | arguments and question marks raw art grew, and |
| mainstream artistry. This art form is raw and | | | | is widely practiced today. |
| pure. Art Brut artists have no influence of cultural | | | | Art Brut Examples |
| complexities and art institutions. Their artwork is | | | | There are numerous notable raw art or Outsider |
| totally different and independent of the | | | | Artists, who have contributed towards this art |
| mainstream art form, such as drawings, paintings, | | | | form, such as Adolf Wolfli - a Swiss artist; Nek |
| sculptures, and the other outdoor creations. In | | | | Chand - an Indian, who achieved high reputation |
| effect, artists with no formal training or Naive | | | | for his sculpture garden called 'Rock Garden;' |
| artists create Outside Art and are categorized as | | | | Ferdinand Cheval - a postal worker in Hauterives, |
| a separate niche genre. | | | | was motivated by his dream, and spent around |
| The main advantage of raw art is that it is ahead | | | | 33 years in constructing 'Palais Ideal.' |
| of the hierarchical and the historical horizons of | | | | Ownership |
| mainstream art. It is attractive, appealing, and | | | | Raw art is the visual formation at its best. It is an |
| fascinating. These artists are original and have | | | | impulsive spiritual flow from brain to paper. In |
| unconventional, innovative, and creative ideas, as | | | | 1991, 'Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider |
| they do not modify, alter, and mediate the unique | | | | Art' was formed in Chicago. The organization is |
| creative expressions. These artists select | | | | dedicated to Art Brut. Its non-profit museum that |
| enigmatic topics, and are least concerned about | | | | helps the Outsider Artists research, exhibit, and |
| the good opinion of others. In addition, Art Brut | | | | promote their art. Henry Darger, Joseph Yoakum, |
| artists live and work forthright. They do not even | | | | Lee Godie, William Dawson, David Philpot, and |
| believe in keeping their work a secret. | | | | Wesley Willis are some of the key Brut Artists |
| The Correlations | | | | associated with Intuit. |
| Art Brut includes nearly all the art forms, such as | | | | |