1936 - Child Art and Franz Cizek (Wilhelm Viola)

Submitted by csmartins on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 13:14

This book was published in 1936 by Wilhelm Viola and contains a forward by R. R. Tomlinson, author of the book Children as Artists. Viola was one of the voices that most spread Cizek's work in the English-speaking world. In this book, he began by explaining what could be understood by child art. 

1933 - "Mês das Crianças e dos Loucos", exhibition organized by Flávio de Carvalho and Osório César

Submitted by csmartins on Wed, 11/20/2019 - 15:11

This exhibition, 'Month of Children and Madmen', was organized in 1933 by Osório César and Flávio de Carvalho at the Club of Modern Art in São Paulo, Brazil. In an article published in the magazine Rumo, Flávio de Carvalho stated that "children's drawings, when teachers do not stupidly control them, have an importance that we still do not know in all its scope. They bring to our reflection the force of the primitive man [...]. The drawings of mad persons give us the path to find the genesis of the torture that shakes the soul of the insane.