IN “L'art primitive” M. Luquet turns once more to the problem of the origin of art. Very briefly, his theory is that two forms of representative art are to be distinguished. First, there is ...

This week the Russian-born Brooklyn cabinetmaker was 78, and on his way to minor fame in the screwball wing of primitive (self-taught) art. Fifteen of his “primitives” were on exhibit in a ...

Morning after morning four summers ago, the conductor and brakeman of a milk train which passed daily, noticed a brown-haired young Italian standing by the track before an easel, painting the ...