List of outsider artists

This list, of art makers who are considered Outsider artists, includes self-taught, visionary art and naïve art makers known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature such as drawings, paintings, sculptures, and visionary environments. The entries are in alphabetical order by surname. Birth and death dates are included.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Adolphe Julien Fouré (1839–1910), FRA[1]
• Jesse Aaron (1887–1979), USA[2]
• Gayleen Aiken (1934–2005), USA[3]
• Pearl Alcock (born 1934), GBR[4]
• Consuelo González Amezcua (1903–1975), USA[3][5]
• Eugene Andolsek (born 1921), USA[6]
• Eddie Arning (1898–1993), USA[5]
• James Arnold (born 1927), USA[2]
• Nellie Ashford (born c. 1943), USA[7]

B

• Eldren Bailey (1903–1987), USA[2]
• Carol Bailly (born 1955), USA/CHE[8]
• Julie Bar (1868–1930), CHE[8]
• Juliette Élisa Bataille (1896–?), FRA[8]
• Daniel Belardinelli (born 1961), USA
• Charles Benefiel (born 1967), USA[6]
• Deborah Berger (1956–2005), USA[3]
• Dorothy Berry (born 1942), AUS[9]
• Calvin & Ruby Black USA
• Josef Blahaut (born 1922), AUT[4]
• Nick Blinko (born 1961), GBR[6]
• Ursula Schultze-Bluhm (1921–1999), DEU[8]
• Thérèse Bonnelalbay (1931–1980), FRA[8]
• Marguerite Burnat-Provins (1872–1952), FRA[8]
• Richard Burnside (born 1944), USA[2]
• Vernon Burwell (1916–1990), USA[2]
• Gladwyn Bush (1914–2003), CYM[10]
• Hawkins Bolden (1914–2005), USA[2]

C

• Al Carbee (1914–2005), USA[11]
• James Castle (1899–1977), USA[5]
• Gaston Chaissac (1910–1964), FRA[6]
• Nek Chand (1924–2015), PAK[1]
• Ferdinand Cheval (1836–1924), FRA[6]
• Felipe Jesus Consalvos (1891–1960), CUB/USA[12]
• Sylvia Convey (born 1948), DEU/AUS
• Aloïse Corbaz (1886–1964), CHE[1]
• Joseph Crépin (1875–1948), FRA[1]
• María Ángeles Fernández Cuesta (La Pinturitas) (born 1950), ESP[13]

D

• Henry Darger (1892–1973), USA[1]
• Sylvette David (born 1934) FRA[14]
• Charles Dellschau (1930–1923) Prussia/USA[3]
• Thornton Dial (born 1928), USA[15]
• Sam Doyle (1906–1985), USA[1]
• Vestie Davis (1903–November 14, 1978), USA

E

• William Edmondson (1870–1951), USA[1]
• Eli Jah (born circa 1950), JAM[8]
• Minnie Evans (1892–1987), USA[1]

F

• Howard Finster (1916–2001), USA[1]
• Auguste Forestier (1887–1958)[1]
• Alois Fischbach (1926–1981), AUT[4]
• Johann Fischer (born 1919), AUT[4]
• Louise Fischer (1896–1987), FRA[8]

G

• Johann Garber (born 1947), AUT[4][1]
• Carl Genzel (1871–1925)[1]
• Madge Gill (1882–1961), GBR[1]
• Lee Godie (1909–1994), USA[4]
• Helga Goetze (1922–2008), DEU[16]
• Paul Goesch (1885–1940), DEU[17]
• Grace Bashara Greene (1928–2004)[3]

H

• Adelaide Hall ("The Lacemaker")(~1862–1945), USA[18]
• James Hampton (1909–1964), USA
• Emma Hauck (1878–1930), German
• Johann Hauser (1926–1996), AUT[6]
• Magali Herrera (1914–1992), URY[6]
• Lonnie Holley (born 1950), USA[19]
• Annie Hooper (1897–1986), USA[20]
• Jesse Howard (1885–1983), USA[21]
• Clementine Hunter (1886–1988), USA[1]

J

• Mercedes Jamison (born 1933), USA[4]
• Jandek (born 1945), USA
• Mary Jewels (1886–1977), UK
• Daniel Johnston (1961–2019), USA

K

• Richard Gordon Kendall (1933–2008), USA
• Susan Te Kahurangi King (born 1951), NZL[22]
• Norbert Kox (born 1945), USA[1]
• Leon Kennedy (born 1945), USA

L

• Damian Le Bas (born 1963), GBR[4]
• Augustin Lesage (1876–1954), FRA
• Joe Light (1934–2005), USA[19]
• Ronald Lockett (1965–1998), USA[19]
• Séraphine Louis (1864–1942), FRA[23]

M

• Helen Martins (1897–1976), ZAF[24]
• Malcolm McKesson (1910–1999), USA[4]
• Gustav Mesmer (1903–1994), DEU[25]
• Joe Minter (born 1943), USA[15]
• Farouq Molloy (born 1957), GBR[4]
• Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900–1980), USA[1]
• John B. Murray (1908–1998), USA[19]

R

• Martín Ramírez (1895–1963), MEX/USA[3]
• Simon Rodia (1879–1965), ITA/USA
• Juanita Rogers (1934–1985), USA[4]
• Nellie Mae Rowe (1900–1982), USA[15]

P

• Philadelphia Wireman, USA[4]
• Laure Pigeon (1882–1965), FRA[6]
• Tressa "Grandma" Prisbrey (1896–1988), USA[3]
• Mary Proctor (born 1960), USA[3][19]
• Noah Purifoy (born 1917), USA [26]

S

• Ody Saban (born 1953), TUR/USA[3]
• Eugenio Santoro (1920–2006), ITA/CH[27]
• Nathan Schiff[28]
• Judith Scott (1943–2005), USA[4]
• Emmer Sewell (born 1934), USA[19]
• Vollis Simpson (1919–2013)
• Marguerite Sir (1890–1957) France
• Mary T. Smith (1904–1995), USA[19]
• Georgia Speller (1931–1988), USA[19]
• Jimmy Lee Sudduth (born 1910), USA[4]
• Robert Sundholm (born 1941)
• Barbara Symmons (born 1936), GBR[4]

T

• Claire Teller (born 1928), GBR[4]
• Jeanne Thomarat (1893–1985), CA[29]
• Mose Tolliver (1921–2006), USA[19]
• Pauline Tollet, GBR[4]
• Jeanne Tripier (1869–1944), FRA[6]

U

• Shafique Uddin (born 1962), GBR[4]

V

• Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983), USA[1]
• Pierre Vuitton (1880–1962)

W

• August Walla (1936–2001), AUT[1]
• Mary Ann Willson (active approximately 1810 to 1825), USA[30]
• Scottie Wilson (1888–1972), GBR[4]
• Jane Winkelman (1949–2012), USA[31]
• Anna Aleric Watts, GBR[4]
• Adolf Wölfli (1864–1930), CHE[6]

Y

• Brooks Yeomans (born 1957), USA[4]
• Joseph Yoakum (1890–1972), USA[1]
• Purvis Young (1943–1990), USA[19]

Z

• Anna Zemánková (1908–1986), AUT[4]
• Carlo Zinelli (1916–1974), ITA[1]

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External links

• INTUIT: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
• Creative Growth Art Center
• Souls Grown Deep