Primitivism
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In the arts of the Western world, Primitivism is a mode of aesthetic idealization that means to recreate the experience of the primitive time, place, and person, either by emulation or by re-creation.
In a Tropical Forest Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo (1908–1909), by Henri Rousseau
The stylistic influences of the African mask of the Fang people are noticeable in the painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), by Pablo Picasso.
Spirit of the Dead Watching (1892), by Paul Gauguin
In the painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) the two figures at the right indicate the stylistic origin of Pablo Picasso's African period
Naïve art
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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. When this aesthetic is emulated by a trained ar
Primitivism
…motifs, and styles of painting that predominated representational painting before the emergence of the Avant-garde; and also identifies the styles of naïve art and of folk art produced by amateur artists, such as Henri Rousseau, who painted for personal pleasure. Primitivism is a utopian style of art that means…
Henri Rousseau's The Repast of the Lion (circa 1907, Metropolitan Museum of Art) is an example of naïve art.
Alfred Wallis, 1942, before Noah's Ark, Zander Collection
Niko Pirosmani, Deer, 1901