This list, of art makers who are considered

Outsider art Outsider art is art made by self-taught or supposedly naïve artists with typically little or no contact with the conventions of the art worlds. In many cases, their work is discovered only after their deaths. Often, outsider art illustrate ...

ists, includes

self-taught Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning and self-teaching) is education without the guidance of masters (such as teachers and professors) or institutions (such as schools). Generally, autodidacts are individu ...

visionary art Visionary art is art that purports to transcend the physical world and portray a wider vision of awareness including spiritual or mystical themes, or is based in such experiences. History The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, first estab ...

and

naïve art Naïve art is usually defined as visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). When this aesthetic is ...

makers known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature such as drawings, paintings, sculptures, and visionary environments. The entries are in alphabetical order by surname. Birth and death dates are included. __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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* Adolphe Julian Fouéré (1839–1910), France * Jesse Aaron (1887–1979), United States * Gayleen Aiken (1934–2005), United States * Pearl Alcock (1934–2006), United Kingdom * Consuelo González Amezcua (1903–1975), United States *

Eugene Andolsek Eugene Andolsek (1921 – November 17, 2008) was an American artistic draughtsman. He is considered an outsider artist. Life Eugene Andolsek was born in Adrian, West Virginia, United States. He grew up with his mother's homemade quilts and crochet ...

(1921–2008), United States *

Eddie Arning Eddie Arning (1898–1993) was an American artist. He was born in the farming community of Germania, Texas. As a young adult, he was admitted into a Texas mental institution for violent acts. In 1964, after 60 years in the institution, he was in ...

(1898–1993), United States * James Arnold (1927–1999), United States * Nellie Ashford (born c. 1943), United States

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* Eldren Bailey (1903–1987), United States * Carol Bailly (born 1955), United States/Switzerland * Michael Banks (born 1972), United States * Julie Bar (1868–1930), Switzerland * Juliette Élisa Bataille (1896–?), France *

Daniel Belardinelli Daniel Belardinelli is an American artist associated with outsider art. He is a writer, art dealer, curator and an attorney. Early life Daniel Belardinelli was born and raised in Manhattan, New York. Belardinelli experienced communication diffi ...

(born 1961), United States * Charles Benefiel (born 1967), United States * Deborah Berger (1956–2005), United States * Dorothy Berry (born 1942), Australia * Gregory Blackstock (1946–2023), United States * Josef Blahaut (born 1922), Austria *

Nick Blinko Nicholas John Blinko (born 4 September 1961) is a British musician and artist, best known as the lead singer, lyricist, and guitar player for the anarcho-punk band Rudimentary Peni. He is also known for being an "outsider" artist, whose pen-an ...

(born 1961), United Kingdom * Ursula Schultze-Bluhm (1921–1999), Germany * Thérèse Bonnelalbay (1931–1980), France * Marguerite Burnat-Provins (1872–1952), France * Richard Burnside (1944–2020), United States * Vernon Burwell (1916–1990), United States * Gladwyn Bush (1914–2003), Cayman Islands * Hawkins Bolden (1914–2005), United States

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* Al Carbee (1914–2005), United States *

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

(1943–2014), United States *

James Castle James Castle may refer to: * James Castle (politician) (1836–1903), U.S. Representative from Minnesota * James Bicknell Castle (1855–1918), businessman in Hawaii * James Charles Castle (1899–1977), American artist-bookmaker from Idaho * Jam ...

(1899–1977), United States *

Gaston Chaissac Gaston Chaissac (1910–1964) was a French painter. An autodidact and son of the French rural working class, he became involved in the art world when he lived next door to Otto Freundlich and Jeanne Kosnick-Kloss in Paris during the 1930s. They sho ...

(1910–1964), France * Christine Chandler (1982), United States *

Tsang Tsou Choi Tsang Tsou-choi (), commonly referred to as the "King of Kowloon" () (12 November 1921 – 15 July 2007) was a Hong Kong citizen known for his calligraphy graffiti. Early years Tsang was born in Liantang Village (), Koyiu ( Gaoyao), Shiu ...

(1921–2007), Hong Kong *

Nek Chand Nek Chand Saini (15 December 1924 – 12 June 2015) was a self-taught Indian artist, known for building the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen-acre sculpture garden in the city of Chandigarh. Early life and background Nek Chand hailed fro ...

(1924–2015), Pakistan *

Ferdinand Cheval Ferdinand Cheval (19 April 1836 – 19 August 1924), often nicknamed Facteur Cheval ("Mail Carrier Cheval") was a French mail carrier who spent 33 years building Le Palais idéal (the "Ideal Palace") in Hauterives, in southeastern France.

(1836–1924), France * Felipe Jesus Consalvos (1891–1960), Cuba/United States * Sylvia Convey (born 1948), Germany/Australia * Aloïse Corbaz (1886–1964), Switzerland * Joseph Crépin (1875–1948), France * María Ángeles Fernández Cuesta (La Pinturitas) (born 1950), Spain

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Henry Darger Henry Joseph Darger Jr. (; April 12, 1892 – April 13, 1973) was an American writer, novelist and artist who worked as a hospital custodian in Chicago, Illinois. He has become famous for his posthumously discovered 15,145-page fantasy novel m ...

(1892–1973), United States * Sylvette David (born 1934) France *

Charles Dellschau Charles August Albert Dellschau (4 June 1830 Brandenburg, Prussia – 20 April 1923 Houston, Texas) was a Prussian-American who gained posthumous fame after the discovery of his large scrapbooks that contained drawings, collages and watercolors ...

(1830–1923) Prussia/United States * Mike Disfarmer (1884–1959), United States * Thornton Dial (1928–2016), United States * Sam Doyle (1906–1985), United States * Vestie Davis (1903–1978), United States

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* William Edmondson (1870–1951), United States * Eli Jah (born circa 1950), Jamaica *

Minnie Evans Minnie Eva Evans (December 12, 1892 – December 16, 1987) was an African American artist who worked in the United States from the 1940s to the 1980s. Evans used different types of media in her work such as oils and graphite, but started with us ...

(1892–1987), United States

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Howard Finster Howard Finster (December 2, 1916 – October 22, 2001) was an American artist and Baptist minister from Georgia. He claimed to be inspired by God to spread the gospel through the design of his swampy land into Paradise Garden, a folk art scul ...

(1916–2001), United States * Auguste Forestier (1887–1958) * Alois Fischbach (1926–1981), Austria * Johann Fischer (born 1919), Austria * Louise Fischer (1896–1987), France *

Wes Freed Wes Freed (April 25, 1964 – September 4, 2022) was an American outsider artist. His works appeared on album covers of Lauren Hoffman and numerous American rock bands, including Cracker and the Drive-By Truckers. Early life Freed was ...

(1964-2022), United States

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* Johann Garber (born 1947), Austria * Carl Genzel (1871–1925) * Madge Gill (1882–1961), United Kingdom * Lee Godie (1909–1994), United States *

Helga Goetze Helga Sophia Goetze (12 March 1922 – 29 January 2008) was a German artist, writer and free love activist. Her works included embroidery, paintings and poetry. Life Helga Goetze was born in 1922 in Magdeburg. She lived there until the beginning ...

(1922–2008), Germany * Paul Goesch (1885–1940), Germany * Grace Bashara Greene (1928–2004), United States * Ken Grimes (born 1947), United States

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* Adelaide Hall(c. 1862–1945), United States * James Hampton (1909–1964), United States * Alyne Harris (born 1942), United States *

Emma Hauck Emma Hauck (14 August 1878 – 1 April 1920) was a German outsider artist known for her artistic, handwritten letters to her husband while she was institutionalized in a mental hospital. Though these letters were never delivered, they have sinc ...

(1878–1930), Germany * Johann Hauser (1926–1996), Austria * Magali Herrera (1914–1992), Uruguay *

Lonnie Holley Lonnie Bradley Holley (born February 10, 1950) sometimes known as the Sand Man, is an American artist, art educator, and musician. He is best known for his assemblages and immersive environments made of found materials. He was born the 7th of 27 c ...

(born 1950), United States * Annie Hooper (1897–1986), United States * Jesse Howard (1885–1983), United States * L.V. Hull (1942-2008), United States *

Clementine Hunter Clementine Hunter (pronounced Clementeen) (late December 1886 or early January 1887 – January 1, 1988) was a self-taught Black folk artist from the Cane River region of Louisiana, who lived and worked on Melrose Plantation. Hunter was born ...

(1886–1988), United States

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* Mercedes Jamison (1933–1997), United States *

Jandek Jandek is the musical alias of Houston, Texas based lo-fi folk singer Sterling Smith. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 45 albums without granting interviews or providing any biographical information, releasing on a self-made lab ...

(born 1945), United States * Mary Jewels (1886–1977), United Kingdom *

Daniel Johnston Daniel Dale Johnston (January 22, 1961 – September 11, 2019) was an American singer, musician and artist regarded as a significant figure in outsider, lo-fi, and alternative music scenes. Most of his work consisted of cassettes recorded a ...

(1961–2019), United States

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* John Urho Kemp (1942-2010), United States * Richard Gordon Kendall (1933–2008), United States * Susan Te Kahurangi King (born 1951), New Zealand * Norbert Kox (1945–2018), United States

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* Helen LaFrance (1919-2020), United States *

Damian Le Bas Damian Le Bas (30 January 1963, Sheffield – 9 December 2017, Worthing) was a British artist associated with the Outsider Art (or "Art Brut") label, as well a leading exponent of the "Roma Revolution" in art. Life Le Bas was of Roma heritage. ...

(1963–2017), United Kingdom *

Augustin Lesage Augustin Lesage (August 9, 1876 – February 21, 1954) was a French coal miner who became a painter and artist through the help of what he considered to be spirit voices. His style utilizes patterns and symmetry on a large scale, often accompanied ...

(1876–1954), France * Joe Light (1934–2005), United States * Ronald Lockett (1965–1998), United States *

Séraphine Louis Séraphine Louis, known as Séraphine de Senlis (Séraphine of Senlis; 3 September 1864 – 11 December 1942), was a French painter in the naïve style. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows an ...

(1864–1942), France * Claudine Loquen (born 1965), France

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* Vivian Maier (1926-2009), United States * Helen Martins (1897–1976), South Africa * Malcolm McKesson (1910–1999), United States * Gustav Mesmer (1903–1994), Germany *

Joe Minter Joe Minter (born March 28, 1943) is an American sculptor based in Birmingham, Alabama. His ''African Village in America'', on the southwest edge of Birmingham, is an ever-evolving art environment populated by sculptures he makes from scrap metal ...

(born 1943), United States * Farouq Molloy (born 1957), United Kingdom * Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900–1980), United States * John B. Murray (1908–1998), United States

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* Philadelphia Wireman, United States * (born 1961),

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

* Laure Pigeon (1882–1965), France * Tressa "Grandma" Prisbrey (1896–1988), United States * Mary Proctor (born 1960), United States * Noah Purifoy (1917–2004), United States

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* Martín Ramírez (1895–1963), Mexico/United States * Royal Robertson (1930–1997), United States *

Simon Rodia The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or ''Nuestro Pueblo'' ("our town" in Spanish) are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the site of the artis ...

(1879–1965), Italy/United States * Juanita Rogers (1934–1985), United States * Nellie Mae Rowe (1900–1982), United States

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* Ody Saban (born 1953), Turkey/United States * Eugenio Santoro (1920–2006), Italy/Switzerland * Nathan Schiff, United States * Judith Scott (1943–2005), United States * Emmer Sewell (born 1934), United States * Vollis Simpson (1919–2013), United States * Marguerite Sir (1890–1957) France * Julia Sisi (born 1957), Argentina/France * Mary T. Smith (1904–1995), United States * Georgia Speller (1931–1988), United States * Lee Steen (1897–1975), United States * Jimmy Lee Sudduth (1910–2007), United States *

Robert Sundholm Robert Sundholm (born 1941) is an outsider artist. A resident of North Bergen, New Jersey, Sundholm became a janitor at the North Bergen town hall and taped his work along the corridor walls. He was discovered in 2009 by an attorney/artist Dani ...

(born 1941), United States * Barbara Symmons (born 1936), United Kingdom

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* Claire Teller (born 1928), United Kingdom * Jeanne Thomarat (1893–1985), Canada * Mose Tolliver (1921–2006), United States * Pauline Tollet, United Kingdom * Jeanne Tripier (1869–1944), France

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* Shafique Uddin (born 1962), United Kingdom

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* Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983), United States * Pierre Vuitton, France (1880–1962)

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* August Walla (1936–2001), Austria * Mary Ann Willson (active approximately 1810 to 1825), United StatesMeyer, George H., ed., with George H. Meyer, Jr. and Katherine P. White (1987). ''Folk Artists Biographical Index'' (1st ed.). Detroit: Gale Research Co., p. 290. * Scottie Wilson (1888–1972), United Kingdom * Jane Winkelman (1949–2012), United States * Anna Aleric Watts (1824–1884), United Kingdom * Adolf Wölfli (1864–1930), Switzerland

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* Brooks Yeomans (born 1957), United States *

Joseph Yoakum Joseph Elmer Yoakum (c. February 22, 1891 – December 25, 1972) was an American self-taught painter. He was of African-American and possibly of Native American–descent, and was known for his landscape paintings in the outsider art-style. He ...

(1890–1972), United States * Purvis Young (1943–1990), United States

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* Anna Zemánková (1908–1986), Austria * Carlo Zinelli (1916–1974), Italy

References

External links

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