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Message:: [QUOTE="Debora, post: 1169347, member: 1476"]Well, Google is your friend on this and others may express this differently but...  In the U.S., "primitive art" is a term used to describe art created by people without formal art training.  Primitive art includes outsider art and folk art. Grandma Moses is one of the most famous examples of a primitive American (folk art) painter.  Here's an example of her work. [ATTACH=full]212915[/ATTACH] Henry Darger is another primitive American (outsider art) painter.  Here is an example of his work. [ATTACH=full]212916[/ATTACH] What primitive art isn't in the U.S. (or anywhere for that matter) is art from pre-history and Third World cultures. The cave paintings of Altamira which are Paleolithic certainly couldn't be considered primitive. [ATTACH=full]212917[/ATTACH] Nor could the African masks that inspired Picasso. [ATTACH=full]212921[/ATTACH] Debora[/QUOTE]