Do art any art historians consider self-taught artists to be actual artists?

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Like Grandma Moses, or that woman who wrapped things in yarn.

Anonymous · Answer

Picasso, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Van Gogh, Frank Franzetta & many more.
=Nah.

snafu · Answer

What like Van Gogh?  Nah..

skeptik · Answer

Of course they do.

Anonymous · Answer

Certainly we consider skilled and talented self-taught artists to be "actual" artists.  You don't HAVE to attend an art school to become a successful and recognized artist, though it helps in terms of developing talent.

But folk art is real art, as is outsider art. They may not appeal to everyone, but they are entirely valid forms of artistic expression.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes it’s a genre called Outsider Art

Do art any art historians consider self-taught artists to be actual artists?

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