Madge Gill was an English outsider and visionary artist.
Waltham Forest Heritage commemorative plaque at 71 High Street, Walthamstow, London E17
Reproduction from one of Gill's work on a bridge over Bow Creek, London, part of The Line art trail
In visual art, horror vacui, or kenophobia, is a phenomenon in which the entire surface of a space or an artwork is filled with detail and content, leaving as little perceived emptiness as possible. I
Madge Gill
…1961 (aged 79) Leytonstone, England Education Self-taught (Outsider artist) Occupation Visual artist Known for Pen-and-ink drawing Style Visionary art Horror vacui Movement Art brut Spiritualism Memorials § Recognition Madge Gill (born Maude Ethel Eades; 1882–1961) was an English outsider and visionary artist…
The art of Swiss outsider artist Adolf Wölfli contains spaces densely filled with ornamentation, writing and musical notation.
The Fall of Babylon, engraving by Jean Duvet from the Apocalypse series, circa 1555, plate size: 11+7⁄8 in × 8+3⁄8 in (300 mm × 210 mm)