In Western art, primitivism typically has borrowed from non-Western or prehistoric people perceived to be "primitive", such as Paul Gauguin 's inclusion of Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics. Borrowings from "primitive" or non-Western art have been important to the development of modern art. [2] Primitivism has often ...

Primitivism, or naïve art (lat. primitivus – “the original”) is an art movement that consciously denies academicism, referring to a variety of archaic forms of folk art and children’s art. Artists working in this style deliberately simplify the technique of their work by imitating folk pictures, children’s drawings, popular ...

Primitivism: The approbation of and enthusiasm for primitive art, generally understood to mean the art of Africa and the Pacific Islands. Western artists had a particular interest in this type of ethnic art c. 1905-1935, beginning with the Fauves, Cubists, and Die Brucke who incorporated elements of it into their own work. ...

Primitivism is an artistic phenomenon of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that was based on the search for artistic inspiration in mostly non-European cultures. At a time of intense industrialization, many artists turned to the artistic traditions of Africa and Oceania in response to the modernization trends of the West. ...

Primitivism as an art style comes from a mix of artwork from ancient cultures and the native art styles found in contemporary tribal societies. Often, Primitivist works are produced through a Western lens. It was at one point considered an “ethnic art style” in the West, until Western artists began co-opting the style for ...