The image featured above, “Nazare,” was painted with oil on canvas by the Afro-Brazilian self-taught painter and textile artist Madalena Santos Reinbolt. What follows are several more artworks of landscapes and cityscapes fashioned by self-taught artists — seen in a range of settings from galleries to museums to art fairs.
Also by Madalena Santos Reinbolt, “Untitled,” Acrylic and wood on burlap
The late German-born self-taught artist Gustav Klumpp, “Dream Vision of Visible Souls,” 1974, Oil on canvas
Self-taught multidisciplinary artist David Syre, “Universe as Seen from Madeira,” 2024, Prisma crayon and gel pen on black paper
The late Canadian self-taught artist Matthew Wong, “Pastoral,” 2018. Watercolor on paper
The late Southern self-taught artist Reverend Howard Finster, “World of the Happy and Free,” 1986, Mixed media
Fountain House Gallery self-taught artist Roger Jones, “Love is Love,” 2021, Acrylic on stretched canvas
Photo credits: 1, 3, 5-7 Lois Stavsky; 2 Tara Murray & 4 Shalom Stavsky
