The term Outsider Art was first used by art critic Roger Cardinal as an synonym for Art Brut, Raw Art or Rough Art.

Outsider Art

Ferdinand Cheval, 1836 - 1924
► Ferdinand Cheval, Palais Ideale

Nek Chand f. 1924
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Adolf Wölfli, 1864-1930
► Adolf Wölfli, Kunstmuseum Bern

Henry Darger, 1892-1973
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► American Folk Art Museum

Outsider Art

► Ferdinand Cheval, Insolite Art, mfl
► RawVision, about Outsider Art
► The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
► abcd Art Brut
► The Prinzhorn Collection
► Henry Boxer Gallery
► Focal Art Gallery
► Carl Hammer Gallery
► Museum of Bad Art
► Museum im Lagerhaus
► Anthony Petullo Collection
► L'Aracine
► Outsider Art.info
► Outsider Artworld
► The Anthony Petullo Collection of Self-Taught and Outsider Art
► Gilles Trehin who created the city Urville
► Stephen Wiltshire
► Dr. Guislain Museum
► Collectie De Stadshof - Outsider Art

Rochers Sculptés.
Abbé Fouré, 1839-1910, having suffered a stroke at the age of 30, retreated to a life as a hermit in the cliffs of Rothéneuf. He carved over 300 grotesque and bizarre figures into the rock. Rothéneuf is a village in the north west of France, north-east from Saint-Malo.
► The cliffs of Rothéneuf

Rochers Sculptés, Abbé Fouré, 1839-1910, Rothéneuf, France

Art Brut
Jean Dubuffet (French artist) was struck by "Bildnerei der Geisteskranken" and began collect his own collection of Art Brut or Raw Art. In 1948 Jean Dubuffet formed "The Compagnie de l'Art Brut" with André Breton. He established a collection known as The Collection de l'Art Brut containing thousands of Art Brut works. The collection is permanently shown in Lausanne, Switzerland.
► Collection de l'art Brut
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Axel Petersson,1868–1925, Swedish Outsider Artist
► Axel Petersson, Döderhultarn
► Axel Petersson, Döderhultarn

The Museum of Other Art
The Postfuturistic Society is a cultural organization founded in 1999 promoting Outsider Art, Art Brut, Bad Art, Marginal Art and Contemporary Other Art.
► Museum of Other Art

Rochers Sculptés, Abbé Fouré, Rothéneuf, France

Angel, detail, Adolf Wölfli, 1920 | Outsider Art

Adolf Wölfli, Angel 1920
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Outsider Art
The term Outsider Art was first used by art critic Roger Cardinal as an English synonym for Art Brut, Raw Art or Rough Art.
Dubuffet's term Art Brut is specific and the term Outsider Art is more broadly and include self-taught or Naive artists who were never institutionalized.
Outsider Artists have no contact with the mainstream art world.
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Savants
Savant Syndrome describes a person with both a severe mental handicap and with extraordinary mental abilities. The Savant Syndrome often include unusual skills in arithmetic calculation or abilities in art or music.
In the movie "Rain Man" Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise) discover he has an unknown autistic-savant older brother named Raymond (Dustin Hoffman).
Read more about Rain Man and Savants syndrome: Wisconsin Medical Society

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Ferdinand Cheval
Ferdinand Cheval (French, 1836 - 1924) was a postman who spent more than 33 years of his life creating an "Ideal Palace" (French Palais Idéal) which is an outstanding example of naïve art.
Read more about Ferdinand Cheval - Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia

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Gottfried Mind, 1768-1811, "Cat-Raphael"
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