We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection

A richly illustrated history of self-taught artists and how they changed American art

Artists without formal training, who learned from family, community, and personal journeys, have long been a presence in American art. But it wasn’t until the 1980s, with the help of trailblazing advocates, that the collective force of their creative vision and bold self-definition permanently changed the mainstream art world. In We Are Made of Stories, Leslie Umberger traces the rise of self-taught artists...