As with formally trained artists, self-taught artists created artwork inspired by their experiences and communities. Some artists are self-taught for financial reasons; art classes might not be ...

Joy Chen Hiu-yan’s journey as a self-taught artist began at the age of 13 when she discovered her love for art through Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun, a young adult novel that ...

Carol Rama was a self-taught Italian artist whose paintings dealt with themes of sexuality and bodily forms, with a frank emphasis on mental illness. Often depicting bizarre or visceral scenes, ...

Clementine Hunter was a self-taught African American artist known for her painted depictions of early 20th-century plantation life in Louisiana. Hunter’s colorful oil paintings do not rely on ...

He and colleague Susan Davidson set out to find as many paintings by the artist as possible, in order to fully tell the story of a self-taught artist who enjoyed a brief period of acclaim ...