Jacqueline Marval: The Female Fauvist You’ve Never Heard Of
She was known as one of the greatest painters of her day and was a central figure of the Parisian art scene at the turn of the 20th century. She...
Natalia Iacobelli 20 August 2026
#Self-Taught Artists
Once Mistaken for a Beggar, Nikifor Became a Famous Painter
“Epifaniusz Drowniak” is now a household name in Polish naïve art and, arguably, across Europe alongside painters such as Henri...
Katarzyna Waszak 14 August 2026
Polina Raiko, The Self-Taught Folk Artist Who Turned Tragedy to Triumph
In 1998, for the first time ever, Polina Raiko (1928-2004), a 69-year-old woman who had spent almost her entire life as a wife, mother, and farmer,...
Adam Oestreich 11 August 2026
Léon Spilliaert: Symbolism and Longing in His Art
A literary fan of Edgar Allan Poe with a Symbolist approach to painting, Léon Spilliaert thrives in the disenchantment, emotion, and decadence that...
Yasmin Ozkan 5 August 2026
5 Women Artists Whose Works Were Misattributed to Men
“Why have there been no great women artists?” continues to be a question that pops up all too often. The response can be succinctly summarized...
Anastasia Tsaleza 28 July 2026
Clementine Hunter: Painting Black Life from Memory
Clementine Hunter taught herself to paint in her fifities and spent the rest of her life chronicling the Black Southern experience, not with slogans...
Wen Gu 19 June 2026
13 Black Folk Artists from the American South
The thirteen self-taught artists below, from Bill Traylor to Nellie Mae Rowe, Thornton Dial to Mary T. Smith, among others, created some of the most...
Adam Oestreich 19 June 2026
Marian Henel—Tapestries and Madness
Marian Henel’s tapestries are huge. The largest one measures over 6 m in length and 3 m in width (19 ft. 8 in. by 9 ft. 10 in.). Created in the...
Zuzanna Stańska 22 May 2026
American Folk Art Museum Staff Picks
With the collection spanning more than 7,000 artworks, the American Folk Art Museum, located in Manhattan, New York, celebrates some of the most...
Szymon Jocek 21 May 2026
Anna Coleman Ladd: The Sculptor Who Healed the Faces of War
When World War I left thousands of soldiers with faces they could no longer recognize, one sculptor decided to help them face the world again. Anna...
Wen Gu 28 April 2026
It’s Never Too Late: The Story of Grandma Moses
For most of her life, Grandma Moses was a wife, a mother, and a hardworking woman living on a farm. She began painting in her late seventies to keep...
Kinga Dobosz 30 March 2026
Anna Boberg—Self-Taught Painter of Lofoten Landscapes
Anna Boberg was a multidisciplinary self-taught artist active in Stockholm and Paris. She is best known for her arctic landscapes from Lofoten in...
Europeana 11 March 2026
