Artists of Historic Significance

Adolf Wolfli, Giant City, Band-Wald-Hall (From the Cradle to the Grave, Book 4, p. 213.) is a Pencil and Colored Pencil Drawing created by Adolf Wölfli in 1911. It lives at the Prague City Gallery in the Czech Republic. Image is in the Public Domain.

A.A. Miller, American (1912–2006)

A.C.M, French (1951–)

Achilles G. Rizzoli, American (1886–1981)

Adolf Wölfli, Swiss (1864–1930)

Albert Louden, British (1943–)

Aleksander Lobanov, Russian (1924–2003)

Alfred Wallis, British (1855–1942)

Aloise Corbaz, Swiss (1886–1964)

Anna Zemánková, Czech Republic (1908 - 1986)

Anne Marie Grgich, American (1961–)

Anselme Boix-Vives, (1899–1969)

Arnulf Rainer, Austrian (1929–)

Arthur Bispo do Rosário, Brazilian (1909–1989)

August Natterer, German (1868–1933)

August Walla, Austrian (1936–2001)

Auguste Forestier, French (1887–1958)

Barbus Müller, anon.

Benjamin Franklin Perkins, American (1904–1993)

Ben Wilson, British (1963–)

Bill Traylor, American (1853–1949)

Charles Benefiel, American (1967–)

Charlie Willeto, Navajo (1905–1964)

Chéri Samba, Congolese (1956–)

Chris Hipkiss, British (1964–)

Christine Sefolosha, Suiss (1955–)

Clementine Hunter, American (1886–1988)

David Butler, American (1898–1997)

Drossos P. Skyllas, Greek-American (1912–1973)

Dwight Macintosh, American (1906–1999)

Eddie Arning, German (1898–1993)

Edgar Tolson, American (1904–1984)

Edward Monsiel, Polish (1897–1962)

Elijah Pierce, American (1892–1984)

Eugene von Bruenchenhein, American
(1910–1983)

Felipe Jesus Consalvos, American
(1891–c. 1960)

Fleury-Joseph Crépin, French (1875–1948)

François Burland, Swiss (1958–

Frank Albert Jones, American (1900–1969)

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Ivorian (1923–2014)

Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern, German
(1892–1982)

Gaston Chaissac, French (1910–1964)

Gérard Lattier, French (1937–)

George Widener, American (1962–)

Hector Hippolite, Haitian (1894–1948)

Heinrich Anton Müller, Swiss (1865–1930)

Henri Rousseau, French (1844–1910)

Henry Darger, American (1892–1973)

Henry Speller, American (1900–1996)

Herbert Singleton, American (1945–2007)

Hilma af Klint, Swedish (1862–1944)

Howard Finster, American (1916–2001)

Hung Tung, Taiwanese (1920–1987)

Mr. Imagination, American (1948–2012)

Ilija Bosilj, Serbian (1895–1972)

Ivan Generalić, Croatian (1914–1992)

Ivan Rabuzin, Croatian (1921–2008)

Janko Domsic, Croatian (1915–1983)

James Castle, American (1899–1977)

James Harold Jennings, American (1931–1999)

James ‘Son’ Thomas, American (1926–1993)

Jean Dubuffet, French (1901–1985)

Jean-Pierre Nadau, French (1963–)

Jimmy Lee Sudduth, American (1910–2007)

Joe Coleman, American (1955–)

John Bunion Murray, American (1908–1988)

Johann Fischer, Austrian (1919–2008)

Johann Garber, Austrian (1947–)

Johann Hauser, Austrian (1926–1996)

Johann Korec, Austrian (1937–2008)

John Dunkley, Jamaican (1891–1947)

Josef Bachler, Austrian (1914–1979)

Josef Wittlich, Germany (1903–1982)

Joseph Yoakum, American (1890–1972)

Judith Scott, American (1943–2005)

Julian Martin, Australian (1969–)

Justin McCarthy, American (1892–1997)

Karl Genzel, German (1871–1925)

Ken Grimes, American (1947–)

Laure Pigeon, French (1882–1965)

Lee Godie, American (1908–1994)

Leroy Almon Sr., American (1938–1997)

Lonnie Holley, American (1950–)

Louis Wain, British (1860–1939)

Madge Gill, British (1882–1961)

Malcolm McKesson, American (1909–1999)

Marie-Rose Lortet, French (1945–)

Martin Ramirez, Mexican (1895–1963)

Martha Grünenwaldt, Belgian (1910–2008)

Mary Proctor, American (1960–)

Mary T. Smith, American (1904–1995)

Mary Frances Whitfield, American (1947–2023)

Melvin Way, American 1954–2024

Michel Nedjar, French (1947–)

Minnie Evans, American (1892–1987)

Miroslav Tichý, Czech (1926–2011)

Morris Hirshfield, Polish-American (1876–1946)

Morton Bartlett, American (1909–1992)

Mose Tolliver, American (1919–2006)

Myrtice West, American (1923–2000)

Nek Chand, Indian (1924–2015)

Nelly Mae Rowe, American (1900–1982)

Norbert Kox, American (1945–2018)

Ody Saban, Turkish (1953–)

Oswald Tschirtner, German (1920–2007)

Paul Duhem, Belgian (1919–1999)

Pavel Leonov, Russian (1920-2011)

Peter "Charlie" Attie Besharo, American (1899–1960)

Prophet Royal Robertson, American (1930–1997)

“Prophet” William J. Blackmon, American (1921–2010)

Purvis Young, American (1943–2010)

Raphaël Lonné, French (1910–1989)

Ray Materson, American (1954–)

Raymond Reynaud, French (1920–2007)

Richard Burnside, American (1944–2020)

Rosemarie Koczÿ, German (1939–2007)

Roy Ferdinand, American (1959–2004)

Sam Doyle, American (1906–1985)

Sava Sekulić, Serbian (1902–1989)

Shields Landon Jones, American (1901–1997)

Sister Gertrude Morgan, American (1900–1980)

Scotty Wilson, Scottish (1888–1972)

Sulton Rogers, American (1922–2003)

Ted Gordon, American (1934–)

Théo (Théodore Wagemann), German (1918–1998)

Thornton Dial, American (1928–2016)

Tom Duncan, Scottish (1939–)

Vivian Maier, American (1926–2009)

Vojislav Jakić, Macedonian (1932-2003)

Willem van Genk, Dutch (1927–2005)

William Blayney, American (1918–1985)

William Edmondson, American (1874–1951)

William L. Hawkins, American (1895–1990)

William Thomas Thompson, American (1935–)

Zebedee Armstrong, American (1911–1993)

Zinelli, Carlo, Italian (1916 – 1974)