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HENRY DARGER 1892 – 1973 - RAW VISION

HENRY DARGER 1892 – 1973

An orphaned child, the reclusive Henry Darger spent his early years in a Chicago institution, and much of his adult life working as a hospital porter while living alone in...

HENRY DARGER 1892 – 1973

An orphaned child, the reclusive Henry Darger spent his early years in a Chicago institution, and much of his adult life working as a hospital porter while living alone in...

THORNTON DIAL b. 1928 - RAW VISION

THORNTON DIAL b. 1928

Thornton Dial was born to a poor family in Emelle, rural Alabama. He was expected to work from an early age to support his unmarried mother, who he had moved...

THORNTON DIAL b. 1928

Thornton Dial was born to a poor family in Emelle, rural Alabama. He was expected to work from an early age to support his unmarried mother, who he had moved...

HOWARD FINSTER 1916 – 2001 - RAW VISION

HOWARD FINSTER 1916 – 2001

The Reverend Howard Finster was an obsessively evangelical preacher who used art as a means to convey messages of spirituality to the public. He claimed that he was instructed by...

HOWARD FINSTER 1916 – 2001

The Reverend Howard Finster was an obsessively evangelical preacher who used art as a means to convey messages of spirituality to the public. He claimed that he was instructed by...

ALEX GREY b. 1953 - RAW VISION

ALEX GREY b. 1953

Visionary artist Alex Grey was brought up in a middle-class family in Columbus, Ohio. Fascinated with death from an early age, the young Grey used to collect and dissect dead...

ALEX GREY b. 1953

Visionary artist Alex Grey was brought up in a middle-class family in Columbus, Ohio. Fascinated with death from an early age, the young Grey used to collect and dissect dead...

JUDITH SCOTT 1943 – 2005 - RAW VISION

JUDITH SCOTT 1943 – 2005

Judith Scott came from Cincinnati, Ohio. She was deaf, owing to her acute Down’s syndrome, and her use of language was almost non-existent. Until the age of seven, Scott lived...

JUDITH SCOTT 1943 – 2005

Judith Scott came from Cincinnati, Ohio. She was deaf, owing to her acute Down’s syndrome, and her use of language was almost non-existent. Until the age of seven, Scott lived...

BILL TRAYLOR 1853 – 1947 - RAW VISION

BILL TRAYLOR 1853 – 1947

Bill Traylor was born into slavery on a plantation in the heart of Alabama. After the American Civil War he gained his freedom but remained a field-hand at the same...

BILL TRAYLOR 1853 – 1947

Bill Traylor was born into slavery on a plantation in the heart of Alabama. After the American Civil War he gained his freedom but remained a field-hand at the same...