Today the work of so-called "outsider" artists is receiving unprecedented attention. This major critical appraisal of America's 20th-century self-taught artists coincides with a major 1998 traveling exhibition organized by the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. While some of these artists have received critical recognition, others remain virtually unknown, following their muse regardless. 150 color images.

Self Taught Artists of the 20th Century: An American Anthology, Museum of American Folk Art

Arts & Photography

Elsa Longhauser

Harald Szeemann

Lee Kogan

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Chronicle Books LLC.

Organized by the Museum of American Folk Art, this unique collection of paintings, sculpture, collages, and drawings celebrates the remarkable work of America's self-taught artists. Insightful profiles of the life and work of each of the featured artists by curators, critics, scholars, and artists with a broad range of perspectives are accompanied by major essays by distinguished scholars Arthur C. Danto, Maurice Berger, and Gerald L. Davis. Together, with the curators, Elsa Longhauser and Harald Szeemann, they bring a fresh understanding to the work of these thirty-two gifted artists.

Self-Taught Artists of the 20th Century

Harold Szeemann

Alvaro Siza, Architect: Drawings, Models, Photographs.

Siza, Álvaro

Jean-Louis Cohen

Santa Monica Museum of Art

Combustione: Alberto Burri and America: [Exhibition] September 11-December 18, 2010, Santa Monica Museum of Art

Michael, Duncan

Burri, Alberto

Melandri, Lisa

Abundance and Devotion: The Art of Miriam Wosk

Wosk, Miriam

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