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  International Museum of Naïve Art - So, what is naïve art ?
It was not until the end of the 19th century that Naive Art was recognized and appreciated.
At first, Naive Art was received with contempt.
An enduring prejudice assimilates Naive Art with a lack of technique, which in turn fuels the misconception that the genre grew out of this apparently clumsy art, when in fact it is the genre which has skillfully adapted itself to an untrained approach to creation.
www.midan.org /en/naiveart.htm   (500 words)

  
 Srpsko Blago | Serbian Cultural Treasures - Naive Art of Serbia
Although the birth of modern art did not cause the creation of Naive art, it contributed with its anti-academism to the recognition and acceptance of that art.
Naive art in Serbia was born at the beginning of the fourth decade of this century, when Janko Brasic, a painter from the village of Oparic, appeared with his first artistic works.
In brief, the Naive art in Serbia, as a segment of modern fine arts, is a living organism in which nothing is final, in which everything is in movement and development.
www.srpskoblago.org /naive-art/naive-art-of-serbia.html   (2161 words)

  
 "NAIVE ART, Naïf art, Tuscany landscape paintings, floral scenes, flower field, olive and cypresses trees paintings"
Naive artists cover the whole range of subject matter: portrait, still life, landscape, etc. Typical of the naive artist's work is the emphasis on the subject rather than the style.
Naive art is the Produced of individual vision rather than cultural tradition, and is usually decorative and non-functional.
She started to paint in 1998 and later she made a significant contribution to the new current of naive art paintings "Fantaive paintings".
www.crupisgallery.it /intern_inglese.htm   (355 words)

  
  Brief Introduction to Naive, Naïve, Naïf or Naif Art, Bio of Anatole Jakovsky and his legacy the ...
One of the foremost patrons of naïve art and the founder of the Musée International d'Art Naïf Anatole Jakovsky, Nice, France.
As can be appreciated, this fundamental difference separates the naïve painters from all the representatives of folk art, even if only because the latter work according to certain rules and patterns which have been passed down through the centuries from one generation to another, usually from father to son.
But to fully appreciate her work and the work of other fine naive artists, it is helpful to view as wide a field of these works as possible, for the range of styles and subject matter is enormous.
www.daprix.com /barton/artist/naive.html   (1925 words)

  
  [Project Rastko] THE HISTORY OF SERBIAN CULTURE - Koviljka Smiljkovic: Naive art
Although the birth of modern art did not cause the creation of Naive art, it contributed with its anti-academism to the recognition and acceptance of that art.
Naive art in Serbia was born at the beginning of the fourth decade of this century, when Janko Brasic, a painter from the village of Oparic, appeared with his first artistic works.
In brief, the Naive art in Serbia, as a segment of modern fine arts, is a living organism in which nothing is final, in which everything is in movement and development.
www.rastko.org.yu /isk/ksmiljkovic-naive_art.html   (2002 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Naive Art   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The term (meaning Raw Art) was coined by French painter Jean Dubuffet[?] for the art of the insane.
A certain overlap and confusion with Folk Art, Naive Art and Outsider Art is common.
Folk art[?]: The art of the ignorant; that is, those unfamiliar with the History of painting and without aspirations to being Fine Art[?].
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/na/Naive_Art   (194 words)

  
 when the first naïve artists appeared
The naive artist's attempts at perspective and spatial effects are evident to anyone looking at his pictures, but he is indifferent to such missing attributes, being concerned solely with the impact of the picture as a whole.
The naive artist is a prime example of acceptance of the militant motto of the romantics: "Back to nature!" As an amateur, the naive artist is always natural and direct.
The generation of naive artists discovered by Dr Louis Gans (including Pieter Hagoort, Leo Neervoort, Jentje van der Sloot), is almost gone today, but those men were exceptional, serving as examples for a definition of naive art, which was often mistakenly associated with technical imperfection.
home.wanadoo.nl /~folkart/engels.htm   (2136 words)

  
 Naive art: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
...Naive art Naive art Naive art is a term that is usually applied to the work of...are schools of naive atists; over time it has become very much yet another acceptable style....pattern, unrefined colour, and simplicity rather than subtlety are all supposed markers of naive...
Naive art is a term that is usually applied to the work of untrained painters; it presumes the existence of an academy and of a generally accepted 'educated' manner of painting.
Strong use of pattern, unrefined colour, and simplicity rather than subtlety are all supposed markers of naive art; however, it has become such a popular and recognisable style that it would probably be more correct to call most examples faux-naive.
www.encyclopedian.com /na/Naive-art.html   (305 words)

  
 Elite Contemporary Arts: Naive
Naive (Primitive) as an art style earned significance in contemporary art and has been continually attracting attention of art critics and collectors since the last half of the XXth century.
Naive artists can be divided into two groups: highly educated professional artists who use all their skills in painting, and gifted hobbyist or "Sunday painters", who paint for fun.
Naive art is the only art style that might be delightfully positive like children´s world is. To stress the importance of an object Naive artists make it larger or brighter than all other objects in the picture, the same way as children do.
www.elite-art.com /naive.html   (287 words)

  
 Welcome to GinaGallery.com
Naïve art is characterized by a refreshing innocence and the charming use of bright colors, child-like perspective and idiosyncratic scale.
In North America, naïve art emerged, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, from the work of coach builders, cabinet makers, and house and sign painters, whose art - mostly portraits of the upper class, landscapes and historical scenes - was often an adjunct to their professional employment.
Brazilian naïve art is epitomized by enormous contrasts, which arise, in the main, from the intermingling within the large country (larger in fact than the entire continental USA) of many different cultures —such as European, African and Indian—from all over the world.
www.ginagallery.com /asp/WhatIsNaiveArt.asp   (1543 words)

  
 WetCanvas: Articles: Jan and Adrie Martens: An Introduction to Naive Art   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the hope of attaining the optimal naive effect he seeks, the "copy-cat", pseudo-naive painter resorts to so- called "naive stylistic methods." The craftily calculated and disingenuous products thus produced, generally geared as they are to commercial success, have nothing to do with authentic naive art.
This is one of the factors distinguishing naive art from folk art, which is bound up with usage, custom and tradition naive art also differs from the art produced by primitive tribes, which is generally bound up with mystic and cultural influences.
Naive art in no way came into being as a negative reaction or an all too rosy antidote to intellectually over-burdened modern art.
www.wetcanvas.com /Articles/Martens/naive_intro.html   (1265 words)

  
 A naive education - Life&Leisure news   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He is a longtime naive art collector, who decided to popularise the movement and existence of the amateur artists through this gallery, which will enable viewers to become a part of the worldwide spread of naive art.
“Naive art communicates with the world in its peculiar way, which is open and simple, based on emotion, rather than rational thinking and intelligence,” Vucheva said.
The target of the founder of the naive gallery is to put such art on equal footing with professional art, since the former is individual and genuine.
www.sofiaecho.com /article/a-naive-education/id_3670/catid_32   (765 words)

  
 The Green Man: Naive Art
The paradox is that it is that to appreciate this art form you must have devoted a degree of intellectual effort to the appreciation of art.
It is easy to dismiss naive art as childish but it has a special quality that is impossible to reproduce once you have it trained out of you.
Naive art is a view of the mind of the artist within the context of the subject of the painting.
www.thegreenman.net.au /mt/archives/000713.html   (225 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Naïve art
The term Naïve Art presumes the existence (by contrast) of an academy and of a generally accepted 'educated' manner of painting.
Strong use of pattern, unrefined colour, and simplicity rather than subtlety are all supposed markers of naive art; however, it has become such a popular and recognisable style that it would probably be more correct to call most examples pseudo-naïve.
Primitive art is another term often applied to the art of those without formal training; this is to be distinguished from the self-conscious movement primitivism.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Naive_art   (354 words)

  
 Svjetski centar: Čudo hrvatske naive
New definitions of Naïve Art became imperative, especially for the Naïve Art specific for Croatia; the definition quoted here stems from a new age, from an age marked by television, genetic engineering, the Internet, Coca Cola; it articulates the autochthony and identity of an exceptional national culture and art.
The term "authentic Croatian art" may be used for each and every work of art that has its roots embedded in Croatian tradition, that does not overstress European influence, and that has achieved a high professional standard.
What is of vital importance for Croatian art is that it comes from the heart, that it is an original source of inspiration, and as such it should not be overtly influenced by, or a blatant copy of Europe and the world.
www.cudo-hrvatske-naive.hr /naiva_eng.php   (625 words)

  
 Jat Airways - Naïve Art Salon
A salon of naïve and marginal art was opened on the ground floor of the Serbian Ministry of Culture at Vlajkovićeva St.
Although the prevailing view is that naïve art is as old as society and that its source is to be found in the wealth of creative folk work, the awareness of its artistic existence as a separate entity was articulated through the creative efforts of its foremost artists - whose works are now considered classics.
The Museum of Naïve Art in Jagodina was founded in 1960 as the first museological institution specialising in collecting, safeguarding, protecting, displaying, studying and publishing works of naïve art.
www.jat.com /active/en/home/main_menu/travel_info/jat_review/januar_2007/salon_naive.html   (776 words)

  
 Naive Art Information, Naive Art Period, Naive Art History, Naive Art Pictures, Naive Art Posters
Naive artwork is characterized by the use of bright strong colors, highly detailed images, and an absence of perspective (creating the fantastical illusion of forms and figures floating in space).
Naive is often associated with Folk Art, but they are very different because of the simple fact that Naive art is less concerned with social structures, political correctness, and traditions.
Naive art emerged in the last fifty years as one of contemporary art’s most important styles because it has endured the ever changing styles around it, and remains generally the same.
www.arthistoryguide.com /Naive_Art.aspx   (209 words)

  
 Galerie d'Art Naif - About Us / O Galerii
Art naive, detached from official trends, tendencies, styles and schools, thoroughly independent and subjective, deserves full recognition.
It often remains at the background of the "real" art, still impressing those who wish to devote a bit of their attention to it.
In the official art, the well-known masterpieces of Rousseau, Van Gogh, Utrillo, Nikifor and many others who are classified as naive artists are equally appreciated.
www.artnaive.sky.pl /page0/page0.html   (971 words)

  
 The Croatian Museum of Naive Art - activities
A great international exhibition of the trends in the Naive and Art Brut, "Insita 2000", was held in the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava from November 19th 2000 to February 28th 2001.
At home, the most important project of the Croatian Museum of Naive Art in the period under consideration was the show Drawings and Prints of the Croatian Naive, held in the Klović Palace Gallery in Zagreb, from mid-December 2003 until the end of Feb...
During March 2001 a chamber critical exhibition entitled Hommage a Rabuzin was organised in the Croatian Museum of Naive Art, celebrating the artist’s eightieth birthday.
www.hmnu.org /en/aktivnost_realiziraniprojekti.asp   (1228 words)

  
 Naive Artists - Raw Art - Outsider artists - artquotes.net
Naive artists are professional fine artists working with naivity and raw expressionism in painting.
Ashe, Beverley - Expressionist naive American painter; figures, portraits, and animals.
Raw expressive art of an outsider artist from the United States.
www.artquotes.net /directory/1artists_rawart.htm   (211 words)

  
 naive art
Outstanding naive artists include Henri Rousseau and Camille Bombois (1883–1970) in France, and Alfred Wallis in England.
The term is also used to describe the work of trained artists who employ naive techniques and effects, for example, L S Lowry.
Naive artists are also known as primitives, although primitive painting should not be confused with primitive art or Primitivism (the artworks of indigenous African, Oceanic, and American cultures, or Western folk art).
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0039889.html   (254 words)

  
 Naive art in Serbia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The birth of modern art was not a precondition for the appearance of naive art but, through its anti-academism, it helped the acceptance and approbation of naive art.
He bestowed his works, as well as his collection of works of naive artists, to his native town Šid, where The Gallery of Naive Art Ilijanum was opened in 1973.
His works from the collections of the Museum of Naive Art in Jagodina and from the Gallery Ilijanum were exhibited at the 6th international triennial in Bratislava (IN SITA 2000) and they were presented in the section of the retrospection of the most important achievements of naive art in the world in the 20th century.
www.sanu.ac.yu /English/Gallery/naiva.htm   (1147 words)

  
 Do We Need Art ? - Art Appreciation
Naive art is created by those with no formal training.
Art Brut is the art of children and the insane.
I am fond of a phrase that was coined in the 19th century, "art for art’s sake." It was widely used to describe experimental art that needed no social or religious justification for its existence.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art21608.asp   (445 words)

  
 Artfacts.Net: Naive Art in Quest of Lost Paradise
The French "classics" Henri Rousseau, André Bauchant, Camille Bombois, Séraphine Louis and Louis Vivin, along with naive artists from the former Yugoslavia and from Germany, Poland, Austria, Russia and the U.S., are represented with significant groups of works.
The works of the naive artists were first discovered at the beginning of the past century by artists and collectors of classical Modernism and recognised as forms of expression in their own right.
Naive art comes about thanks to the artist´s wealth of imagination, without academic training and unencumbered by artistic traditions or fashion.
www.artfacts.net /index.php/pageType/exhibitionInfo/exhibition/55919   (162 words)

  
 modern art collectors presents european self taught naive art   (Site not responding. Last check: )
We have been showing the works of self-taught naive art for 28 years.
Love, happiness, pain, suffering – all these common to their work are familiar to all people regardless of the level of education and where they live.
The naive painters express universal feelings with a purity and directness generally lacking in sophisticated modern art.
modernartcollectors.com /index.html   (198 words)

  
 Detailed Profile of Nayanaa Kanodia
Nayanaa Kanodia has carved a niche for herself in contemporary Indian art as one of the few adherents of I'art naif (Naive Art), a genre which is so well recognized the world over.
Naive art, as practiced by Nayanaa Kanodia, intends holding a mirror to modern life and living in context of mass society with its technological progress, its expansion of mechanically reproducible media and its commercialization of popular culture.
Her themes revert to an India coming of (industrial) age, an evocative narrative that she summons up from her observations of street views in vivid images of a time that is blowing away forever under the global winds that sweep across.
www.saffronart.com /artistdetails.asp?sourceid=255   (907 words)

  
 Italian art naive-Scalvini Italian paintings 3   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A large number of naive painters were discovered, thanks in substantial part to Dr Louis Gans, the art historian.
The generation of naive artists discovered by Dr Louis Gans (including Pieter Hagoort, Leo Neervoort, Jentje van der Sloot), is almost gone today, but those men were exceptional, serving as examples for a definition of naive art, which was often mistakenly associated with technical imperfection.
Furthermore, the cultural vitality of the city probably stimulated the exceptional precociousness of the young artist, who, even at the beginning of the 16th century, when he was scarcely 17 years old, already displayed an extraordinary talent.
www.italianartnaive.com /new_page_2.htm   (560 words)

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