FROM WIKIPEDIA:
'The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut (French: [aʁ bʁyt], 'raw art' or 'rough art'), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by insane-asylum inmates.[1]
While Dubuffet's term is quite specific, the English term 'outsider art' is often applied more broadly, to include certain self-taught orNaïve art makers who were never institutionalized. Typically, those labeled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the...more
