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Valuable... A comprehensive history of self-taught art's growth into a widely studied and collected genre is written in a clear and friendly style...recommended --Library Journal; recommended. All levels --Choice; brilliant...a must...writing is accessible, clear and well-crafted...many commonly held assumptions and myths abouth self-taught artists are dispelled...most important --Folk Art Messenger; the Laffals have done a wonderful job covering this new and exciting field of art...a must have --ARBA; excellent...valuable for identifying hundreds of less famous artists who are seriously collected by lovers of this coveted style of art --Catholic Library World; useful...substantial...informative...well-composed...worth adding to the Outsider Art aficionado's reference shelf --Raw Vision; important...recommended --Art Documentation; this analysis by two of the greatest experts of the outsider art world begins by explaining what self-taught art is. Then comparative studies are presented of trends in self-taught art, divided by gender, race and region, and examining such issues as education, employment, and personal circumstances --Yale Psychiatry.

Valuable... A comprehensive history of self-taught art's growth into a widely studied and collected genre is written in a clear and friendly style...recommended --<i>Library Journal</i>; recommended. All levels --<i>Choice</i>; brilliant...a must...writing is accessible, clear and well-crafted...many commonly held assumptions and myths abouth self-taught artists are dispelled...most important --<i>Folk Art Messenger</i>; the Laffals have done a wonderful job covering this new and exciting field of art...a must have --<i>ARBA</i>; excellent...valuable for identifying hundreds of less famous artists who are seriously collected by lovers of this coveted style of art --<i>Catholic Library World</i>; useful...substantial...informative...well-composed...worth adding to the Outsider Art aficionado's reference shelf --<i>Raw Vision</i>; important...recommended --<i>Art Documentation</i>; this analysis by two of the greatest experts of the outsider art world begins by explaining what self-taught art is. Then comparative studies are presented of trends in self-taught art, divided by gender, race and region, and examining such issues as education, employment, and personal circumstances --<i>Yale Psychiatry.</i>

“Valuable... A comprehensive history of self-taught art’s growth into a widely studied and collected genre is written in a clear and friendly style...recommended”—Library Journal; “recommended. All levels”—Choice; “brilliant...a must...writing is accessible, clear and well-crafted...many commonly held assumptions and myths abouth self-taught artists are dispelled...most important”—Folk Art Messenger; “the Laffals have done a wonderful job covering this new and exciting field of art...a must have”—ARBA; “excellent...valuable for identifying hundreds of less famous artists who are seriously collected by lovers of this coveted style of art””—Catholic Library World; “useful...substantial...informative...well-composed...worth adding to the Outsider Art aficionado’s reference shelf”—Raw Vision; “important...recommended”—Art Documentation; “this analysis by two of the greatest experts of the outsider art world begins by explaining what self-taught art is. Then comparative studies are presented of trends in self-taught art, divided by gender, race and region, and examining such issues as education, employment, and personal circumstances”—Yale Psychiatry.

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Artist and art educator Florence Laffal (M.A., Columbia University) was editor and publisher of Folk Art Finder for twenty years. Psychologist Julius Laffal was an associate professor at Yale University. They were both recipients of the Folk Art Society of America award of distinction.

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