Primitive painters

Creative art is not confined to professional circles. One of the most striking examples of an upsurge of artistic creativity outside the normal spheres of recognition is neo-primitive or naive art. This book is an attempt to define and to illustrate this phenomenon, which, because its very nature is so resistant to conventional modes of critical understanding, is still only imperfectly defined and appreciated ...- from the IntroductionThere follows 40 examples of primitive art, complete with a short biography of the artist and a brief understanding of the relevant picture.