Henri Rousseau, "Forêt tropicale avec singes", 1910

Rediscover the modern Primitives such as Henri Rousseau, Camille Bombois and Séraphine Louis, for an exhibition around Naïve Realism at the More Museum in Gorssel.

Inspired by the Masters of Popular Painting exhibition of the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1938, the More Museum wishes to once again highlight the work of these self-taught painters. Naive art was born in the 1920s. These amateurs, without any artistic training, began to paint outside their professional activities. Often called «Sunday painters», these artists love everyday scenes, still lifes, portraits or imaginary scenes. The clumsy perspective and the colorful colors bring a new breath to modern painting. They thus seduce merchants and art critics such as Anatole Jakovsky and Wilhelm Uhde, who become fervent defenders of these modern primitives.