Naive Art

by Nathalia Brodskaia

Nave art first became popular at the end of the 19th century. Until that time this form of expression, created by untrained artists and characterised by spontaneity and simplicity, enjoyed little recognition from professional artists and art critics. Influenced by primitive arts, nave painting is distinguished by the fluidity of its lines, vivacity, and joyful colours, as well as by its rather clean-cut, simple shapes.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

199 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1999

About the author

Nathalia Brodskaïa (29 July 1937 - ) est conservateur au musée de l'Ermitage à Saint-Pétersbourg.

En tant qu'auteur, elle a publié des monographies sur Rousseau, Renoir, Derain, Vallotton, Vlaminck et Van Dongen ainsi que des livres sur les Fauves et l'art naïf. Aujourd'hui, Nathalia Brodskaïa consacre ses recherches aux peintres français de la fin du XIXe et du début du XXe siècle.

Nathalia Brodskaia is also known as Natalia Brodskaya.

Reviews

[sliceofmini · Rating 3 out of 5]

My main problem with this book is that the artworks shown doesn’t match the narrative.
Am I supposed to google the artist mentioned when the real estate is just right there and not only that but being used to show some other artist?
It gets frustrating and confusing after a while.

As someone who didn’t know much about this art form ( or at least what it is called ) I found the introduction quite interesting, but later on it just got boring with the surface level details.

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

A better title should be White, Male, European (mostly French), naive art. Despite the briefest mention of Horace Pippin, then tiny sections on Grandma Moses and Séraphine de Senlis, this is mostly a brief introduction to male artists from the Sacred Heart school. Focus on a few artists from Africa, South America, Oceania or Asia would have really improved this book.

[(رضا) Reza Seenmg · Rating 5 out of 5]

The writer atempts to briefly tell the stpry of artists around the Europe specially on the East Europe, whom from a year in theor life began painting in a speciall way.
The book has lots of beautiful paintings inside too. Which could be inspiring.