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Legends of Outsider Art
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
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
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
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
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
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...