After World War I, artists without formal training "crashed the gates" of major museums in the United States, diversifying the art world across lines of race, ethnicity, class, ability, and gender.
The stories of these three artists not only intertwine with the major critical debates of their period but also prefigure the call for inclusio.
At the center of this fundamental reevaluation of who could be an Artist in America were John Kane, Horace Pippin, and Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses.
After World War I, artists without formal training "crashed the gates" of major museums in the United States, diversifying the art world across lines of race, ethnicity, class, ability, and gender