Title: Self-taught genius : treasures from the American Folk Art Museum /
Authors: Hollander, Stacy C.,; Rousseau, Valérie; Radice, Anne-Imelda,; American Folk Art Museum.; American Folk Art Museum,
Year: 2014
Subjects: American Folk Art Museum Exhibitions.; Folk art United States Exhibitions; Folk art New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Abstract: "Self-taught Genius, comprising more than one hundred works of art from the collection of the American Folk Art Museum, considers the changing implications of 'self-taught in the United States, from a deeply entrenched adn widespread culture of self-education in the early national period to its usage toda to describe artists working outside the art historical canon."