This volume is a critical art monograph on Gaston Chaissac, the French artist widely associated with art brut and postwar modernist experimentation. Through S. Fauchereau’s interpretive essays and a substantial selection of reproduced works, it presents Chaissac’s distinctive visual language and considers his place within debates about outsider art and twentieth-century French painting. The book is intended for readers seeking a focused introduction to Chaissac’s career, his unconventional imagery, and the critical frameworks used to understand his contribution to modern art. Its discussion of criticism and interpretation helps frame Chaissac as an artist whose work challenged institutional categories and continues to raise questions of authorship and artistic value.

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