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Self-taught artists

Scope note

Artists with no formal training who create in order to express an often intense and very personal vision or aesthetic, and whose work is usually unmediated by the standards, traditions, and practices of the culture of the art world, as embodied by the international art markets and established art institutions.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000257252

Broader Terms used

artists

Created

13yrs ago

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