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Unsupervised learning is a method in machine learning where, in contrast to supervised learning, algorithms learn patterns exclusively from unlabeled data

Outsider art is art made by self-taught individuals who are untrained and untutored in the traditional arts with typically little or no contact with the

for the forms of fine art, such as paintings and sculptures, made by a self-taught artist, while objects with a practical use come under folk art. But this

Ridiculed during his lifetime by critics, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality. Rousseau's work exerted

aesthetic appreciation of folk art and creative expressions of contemporary self-taught artists from the United States and abroad. Its collection holds over

Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist. Historically, the amateur was considered

(born April 16, 1942) is a 20th-century American artist. Young is mainly self-taught, and his work has been exhibited alongside other prominent outsider artists

27 December 2016 and "Heystblómur" on 1 and 3 January 2017. Recently self-taught Johan Rimestad directed the self-financed feature Karrybollarnir, which

known for its 19th- and 20th-century American decorative arts, folk and self-taught art, modern and contemporary art, and photography. A cultural nexus of

Indian artist. He attended Imperial Service College in England and is a self-taught artist. He is recipient of the Rockefeller Fellowship in 1962, the Padma

comic he drew Splodge, Willy Nilly, Foxy and Shorty Shambles. Completely self-taught as an artist, Grigg grew up in Langley, Oldbury, West Midlands, in the

Kinzinger; 1929 – July 5, 2021) was an American artist and builder. Self-taught architect, she is known for her work on the vernacular traditions in

paintings in public places for people to find and keep. Matt Lamb, a self-taught artist, creates luminous expressionist paintings with bold uses of color

may be specified and assigned by teachers, or by learning guides in self-taught courses. Coursework can encompass a wide range of activities, including

Outsider music (from "outsider art") is music created by self-taught or naïve musicians. The term is usually applied to musicians who have little or no

George Gruntz. Ambrosetti has classical piano training and is also a self-taught trumpeter. Ambrosetti has worked with several American and European musicians

John William Melville (25 August 1902 – 8 December 1986) was a self-taught British Surrealist painter. He is described by Michel Remy in his book Surrealism

US in July 2008. Jurassic Fight Club was hosted by George Blasing, a self-taught paleontologist, and also features well-known paleontologists such as

2013. His solo act, labeled 'dance-ish' by Ebina, features his unique self-taught style which combines acting, storytelling, and a number of different

functions—whether they be institution-based, academy-based, or independent/self-taught. Such a magazine can be published in print, online, or both, and may

Buenaventura de los Reyes y Ferreira and also known as Chucho Reyes, was a self-taught artist and antiques/art collector and vendor. Reyes Ferreira began painting

season, the groupings were based on the bakers' backgrounds, pitting self-taught bakers against those who are classically trained. Each of the first six

series of video games with Konami. She is self-taught and enjoys reading shōnen manga. Ayami Kojima is a self-taught artist, born in Tokyo, Japan. She is a

known as a painter and a designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. He was self-taught in art, and won numerous national and international prizes and was one

Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), or Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the

cooking several dishes and then entertaining his friends. Boitano is a self-taught cook, who started cooking in earnest at age 25. The show's name is based

known for his wishbone chair and desk with scalloped seashell sides. Self-taught, he joined the Baulines Craft Guild. He also taught had apprentices.

book is also known include the Latin: Philosophus Autodidactus ('The Self-Taught Philosopher'); and English: The Improvement of Human Reason: Exhibited

Agile Alliance. Martin joined the software industry at age 17 and is self-taught. In 1991, Martin founded Object Mentor, now defunct, which provided instructor-led

(Slovene: Maistrovi borci). Maister was also an accomplished poet and self-taught painter. Maister was born in the Upper Carniolan commercial town of Kamnik

in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Poor and largely self-taught, Bonvin, born in Vaugirard near Paris, went largely unrecognized by the

Lower East Side. A significant number of works by rediscovered women and self-taught artists of color can be seen as well. The collection features artworks

new forms continue to emerge. Contemporary outsider artists are often self-taught, and their work is usually developed in isolation or in small communities

which he worked as a labour to earn a living. He was known to have been self-taught and translated the Quran into Urdu language which reportedly had 40 re-prints

Court. As a result of his knowledge of the law, he began working as a self-taught lawyer, after which Seise was able to resume his business. He had his

Horace Pippin (February 22, 1888 – July 6, 1946) was a self-taught American artist who painted a range of themes, including scenes inspired by his service

autodidacts. The list includes people who have been partially or wholly self-taught. Some notables listed did receive formal educations, including some college

paintings of landscapes and town life in rural Indiana and Ohio. She was a self-taught artist, whose work was based on her memories of her life. Her work achieved

they perceived were seen only from a very narrow angle. Kramarik is a self-taught painter and says that Jesus spoke to her when she was four years old

Greek: Ἀμμώνιος Σακκᾶς; 175 AD – 243 AD) was a Hellenistic Platonist self-taught philosopher from Alexandria, generally regarded as the precursor of Neoplatonism

American photographer. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1968 and is self-taught in the art of photography. In New York he apprenticed under photographer

Charlie were home-schooled. His father, Jack Lewis, was a tin miner and self-taught naturalist. Since about 1960, most of the botanists and zoologists who

The San Ildefonso school, also known as San Ildefonso Self-Taught Group, was an art movement from 1900–1935 featuring Native American artists primarily

artists are ordinary people with no artistic training. Artists are largely self-taught and self funded, though some mainstream trained artists have also worked

television networks, including NBC and Showtime. He also became an author and self-taught painter, with most of his works focused on his career in boxing and his

incapacitate each other; the participants may be completely untrained, self-taught, or trained in one or more formal or informal systems of knife fighting

Although he studied painting and drawing in the 1970s and 1980s, he is a self-taught sculptor who began showing his work regularly in 2000. Since then, he

Visions of the American South, Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, New Orleans Museum of Art (1993) American Self-Taught, Maresca & Ricco (1993) Thornton

Surrealists, he was also an avant-garde experimental filmmaker. He was largely self-taught in his artistic efforts, and improvised his own original style incorporating

1949, in New York City) is an American composer, percussionist and self-taught vocalist, founder of the David Moss Dense Band; co-founder and artistic

Traylor (April 1, c. 1853 – October 23, 1949) was an African-American self-taught artist from Lowndes County, Alabama. Born into slavery, Traylor spent

avant-garde music. He was trained as a teacher and worked until 1984. Self-taught as a composer, he then worked freelance and created more than 200 works

Lincoln Townley (born 27 December 1972) is an English self-taught painter who explores the darker side of the human personality, painting abstract portraits

Linda Anderson (born September 3, 1941) is an American, self-taught folk artist who began painting when she was 40 years old. According to NPR, she is

designer may have a degree in digital media (or a similar degree), or is self-taught in the software needed to create such content. CG stands for computer

Visions of the American South, Self Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present, New Orleans Museum of Art (1993) American Self-Taught, Maresca & Ricco (1993) Thornton

American jazz bassist. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, the self-taught Vinnegar established his reputation in Los Angeles, California, during

York City, and at auction, his work is among the highest-priced of any self-taught artist. The American Folk Art Museum in New York opened a Henry Darger

Theologus Autodidactus (English: "The Self-taught Theologian") is an Arabic novel written by Ibn al-Nafis, originally titled The Treatise of Kāmil on

José Victor Crowley is a self-taught Mexican painter who specializes in abstract informalism. He is classified as a member of the Generación de la Ruptura

critical and popular acclaim in many countries around the world. Largely self-taught, Weber has perfect pitch and remarkable melodic recall. He serves as

Slayer. His career began in the recording studio in the mid-1990s, as a self-taught musician, producer, mixer, and engineer. The first album he produced

offers exhibitions and educational programming exploring contemporary self-taught art. A group of Chicago art enthusiasts, including Susann Craig, Robert

authors associated with prominent cases of alleged hauntings. Edward was a self-taught and self-professed demonologist, author, and lecturer. Lorraine professed

Whitesnake, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Vinnie Moore and Yngwie Malmsteen. Self-taught, Aldridge was initially inspired by the music of Cream, the Beatles,

watercolors of the dried and pressed plant specimens of Lee Park flora. A self-taught artist, Marshall produced 238 watercolors of the Lee Park herbarium specimens;

Martín Ramírez (January 30, 1895 – February 17, 1963) was a self-taught artist who spent most of his adult life institutionalized in California mental

Marley, raised in Miami, demonstrated an early passion for music. He is self-taught in piano, drums, guitar, and bass. He embarked on his music career in

strip Scorchy Smith. Sickles was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. Largely self-taught, his career began as a political cartoonist for the Ohio State Journal

were a Jamaican reggae band created by Bob Marley. The band formed when self-taught musician Hubert Winston McIntosh (Peter Tosh) met Neville Livingston

Sister Gertrude Morgan (April 7, 1900 – July 8, 1980) was a self-taught African-American artist, musician, poet and preacher. Born in LaFayette, Alabama

including the 1968 J'Apprends le Yoga (published in English as Yoga Self-Taught), and training many teachers. In 1971, Eva Ruchpaul founded the Institut

Adolf Wölfli (February 29, 1864 – November 6, 1930) (occasionally spelled Adolf Woelfli or Adolf Wolfli) was a Swiss artist who was one of the first artists

well as other notable musicians including Bobby Bland and B.B. King. A self-taught musician, he was known for his effective and clean drum patterns. He

Guy Denning (born 1965) is a self-taught English contemporary artist and painter based in France. He is the founder of the Neomodern group and part of

home into a meditation center with her aunt and uncle. She was mostly self-taught, reading the Pali canon and other Buddhist literature. Her dhamma talks

in Milan) was a Dalmatian Italian artist associated with Futurism. A self-taught painter, he was a late adherent to the movement, not joining until 1929

Philipp Reis (German: [ʁaɪs]; 7 January 1834 – 14 January 1874) was a self-taught German scientist and inventor. In 1861, he constructed the first make-and-break

match, but it does, in fact, seem to be the case. Bobby Fischer was this self-taught Brooklyn boy who took the New York chess scene and then the national

Regenia (24 June 1995). Pictured in My Mind: Contemporary American Self-taught Art from the Collection of Kurt Gitter and Alice Rae Yelen. Univ. Press

Charles Barneby (6 October 1911 – 5 December 2000) was a British-born self-taught botanist whose primary specialty was the Fabaceae (Leguminosae), the

Mark Beyer (born October 8, 1950) is a self-taught American artist and former cartoonist. His comics were known for their bleak story lines, often featuring

Heriberto Juárez (March 16, 1932 – August 26, 2008) was a self-taught Mexican sculptor, known for his depictions of women and animals, especially bulls

[blɑ̃ʃ]; 1 January 1861 – 30 September 1942) was a French artist, largely self-taught, who became a successful portrait painter, working in London and Paris

Elmer Yoakum (c. February 22, 1891 – December 25, 1972) was an American self-taught painter. He was of African-American and possibly of Native American–descent

point of view of Aurora; its other heroine, Marian Erle, is an abused self-taught child of itinerant parents. The poem is set in Florence, Malvern, London

and Mary Prime. He received a limited formal education, but became a self-taught scholar. Varnum became a farmer, and at age 18 received his commission

Yankee tunesmiths (also called the First New England School) were self-taught composers active in New England from 1770 until about 1810. Their music

Korczak Ziolkowski (Polish: Korczak Ziółkowski; September 6, 1908 – October 20, 1982) was a Polish-American artist and sculptor known for designing the

even more powerful version known as AlphaGo Zero, which was completely self-taught without learning from human games. AlphaGo Zero was then generalized

Paulo, he held positions in public administration. Amaral was largely self-taught, as he did not complete his secondary education. He dedicated himself

in Oakland, California, but was a longtime resident of New Zealand. Self-taught, his break came when he substituted for an ill colleague on a radio show

Chinese: 赤脚律师; traditional Chinese: 赤腳律師; pinyin: chìjiǎo lǜshī) is a self-taught legal activist in China. Many barefoot lawyers are peasants who have

and decorating. However, there is evidence that his ability was mostly self-taught. In 1912, he moved to Guadalajara and began painting murals, then to

preferred to play tennis on his parents' clay court. Moon was largely self-taught and practised his skills playing against family in Cabooltura where his

was a Chinese physician active during the Ming dynasty. Reportedly a self-taught physician, many of his prescriptions were collected in a compendium titled

Pope Forester (also spelled Forrester; 31 January 1873 – 1953) was a self-taught American folk artist, who created one of the earliest outdoor art environments

Nico Ladenis (22 April 1934 – 10 September 2023) was a British self-taught chef who was the first to gain three Michelin Stars. After gaining a degree

– April 4, 1985) was an American philanthropist, businesswoman, and self-taught landscape architect who is known for her work on Brown University's campus

unschooled and uninfluenced by the art world. As well as featuring self-taught and visionary artists, both well-known and newly discovered, the journal

his own theater in Branson, Missouri, from 1990 to 2020. Stafford is self-taught on guitar, fiddle, piano, banjo, organ, and harmonica. Stafford was raised

Danish jazz trumpet player, composer, arranger and record producer. He is self-taught on the trumpet, although he studied conducting at the Royal Music Conservatory

loud" by both his contemporaries and himself, and he claims to be a self-taught singer with "no discipline for lessons". Bonnet's visual style, considered

American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. Arnold is a self-taught harmonica player and has worked with blues legends such as Bo Diddley

questions led to his interest in economics, a subject in which he was self-taught. His 1844 article was concerned with deciding the optimum toll for a

preferred to play tennis on his parents' clay court. Moon was largely self-taught and practised his skills playing against family in Cabooltura where his

William Alford Lloyd (c. 1826–1880) was an English self-taught zoologist who became the first professional aquarist. Inspired by Gosse's new book, The

preparatory school. Instead, she cultivated an image of herself as a "self-taught and naive artist". When Kahlo began her career as an artist in the 1920s

Simon Phipps is a British self-taught game programmer and video game designer. He began making games in 1982 when he wrote his first published video game

John Murphy (born 4 March 1965) is a British film composer. He is a self-taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s, working

father, a mulatto, was an important and prestigious man at the time. Self-taught to read and write, he had been granted the right to practice law throughout

cooking show 'Aadithyan's Kitchen' on Jaya TV for 8 years. He was a self-taught artist and his paintings adorn walls of several homes. He died at the

surviving members disbanded the group out of respect for Bonham. A mostly self-taught drummer, Bonham was influenced by Max Roach, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich

during which he remains silent with the tricks set to music. He is self-taught, having learned most of his skills from watching YouTube, and has in

Benny Ninja (né Benjamin Thomas) is a self-taught Vogue-style dancer from the underground clubs based in Westchester, New York. He is best known for his

Lounge Lizards. He has a distinctive soft voice and an often noisy, self-taught guitar style consisting almost entirely of unconventional extended techniques

such, but none went into full production. However, after the war, a self-taught engineer, pilot, and auto racer, Ben F. Gregory conceived a mini-jeep

(March 31, 1888 – March 21, 1955) was a Canadian abstract painter. A self-taught polymath, in addition to being a visual artist, Brooker was a Governor

Jean-Michel Basquiat (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl baskja]; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during

Nek Chand Saini (15 December 1924 – 12 June 2015) was a self-taught Indian artist, known for building the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen-acre

often in the limiting context of the labels "outsider", "folk art", "self-taught", and "naive". In 1999, Nashville's Cheekwood Museum of Art mounted a

Museum of Art with 30 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and quilts by self-taught contemporary Black artists from the American South. It marked the Souls

contributions to the Final Fantasy video game series by Square Enix. A self-taught musician, he began playing the piano at the age of twelve, with English

288 metres (945 ft). The causeway was designed by Pasquale Lucchini, a self-taught Ticinese civil engineer, who arranged for large quantities of rock to

Thomas Timothy Vernon-Kell (born 10 May 1981) is an English self-taught multi-instrumentalist musician who works under the name of Tom Vek. Born in Hounslow

Brush (February 10, 1878, Michigan – March 6, 1952, Michigan). He was a self-taught prolific designer, working with Henry Leland at Oldsmobile, and went

(along with Steve McNicholas) of the dance percussion act Stomp. He is a self-taught percussionist and one-time member of British busking/cabaret musical

washing and cleaning spittoons in a local tavern. Thornton's talent was self taught. She said "My singing comes from my experience... My own experience.

computer science or associate degree, attend a programming boot camp or be self-taught. A software engineer usually is responsible for the same tasks as a developer

Tufail wrote the novel Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, or Philosophus Autodidactus (The Self-Taught Philosopher), as a response to al-Ghazali's The Incoherence of the Philosophers

recorded in 1927. The song is primarily an instrumental featuring Johnson's self-taught bottleneck slide guitar and picking style accompanied by his vocalizations

stayed at the top of his profession until his death, aged 60, in 1830. Self-taught, he was a brilliant draughtsman and known for his gift of capturing a

involved in various fields but best known her still life pieces. She was a self-taught painter, who worked for two years until she decided to enter works in

Ravenshead near Nottingham and now lives in Toronto, Canada. He is a self-taught painter. He also works on mural designs and sells his art as posters

historically avoided judging films as "good" or "bad", and included work by self-taught filmmakers and students. The emphasis is on showing a range of perspectives

whose laughter rings all through the book". The author makes much of his self-taught ability to speak the Welsh language and how surprised the native Welsh

Christian pop rock band Newsboys in 2009. Aside from singing, Tait is also a self-taught guitar player. Tait also has a sister Lynda Randle, who is a Southern

Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky. Entirely self-taught, West soon gained valuable patronage and toured Europe, eventually settling

reactions, combustion, and hydrodynamical phenomena. From 1943, Zeldovich, a self-taught physicist, started his career by playing a crucial role in the development

Peter van der Merwe is a self-taught musicologist, author, and librarian. He was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and has written several books on the

2020) was a Marathi writer, a movie and play producer/director, and a self-taught artist from Maharashtra, India. Matkari was born on 17 November 1938

George Meikle Kemp (25 May 1795—6 March 1844) was a self-taught Scottish architect who designed and built the Scott Monument in Edinburgh, Scotland. The

World War II by a Turin lawyer, Aldo Farinelli, and developed with a self-taught engineer, Aldo Leoni. During the war, Aldo Farinelli began working with

October 1831) was a French astronomer. Despite humble beginnings and being self-taught, he went on to become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time:

country. The most renowned Lithuanian cross crafter and god carver is the self-taught Vincas Svirskis (1835–1916), whose crosses, once seen across central

1987) was an influential American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player

part of the Canterbury scene. He was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Self-taught on guitar, Miller formed his first band, Delivery, at age 17, which backed

country. The most renowned Lithuanian cross crafter and god carver is the self-taught Vincas Svirskis (1835–1916), whose crosses, once seen across central

(27 January 1883 – 24 September 1941) was a German civil engineer, a self-taught economist, and one of the early key members of the Nazi Party and its

considered a trade that must be taught, the Keating's are Ireland's only self-taught cheesemakers.[citation needed] They were also among the early adopters

Charles Goodyear (December 29, 1800 – July 1, 1860) was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber, for

an American botanist and bryologist from Brooklyn. She was a largely self-taught scientist, and became an important member of the Sullivant Moss Society

Vermont. All four bridges were built by James Otis Follett, a local self-taught mason, between 1894 and 1910, and represent the single greatest concentration

Southbridge, Massachusetts, until 1962 when he went on the road. He was self-taught on the keyboards, practicing from tunes by Elvis Presley, Fats Domino

Rebecca Salsbury James (1891–1968) was a self-taught American painter, born in London, England of American parents who were traveling with the Buffalo

'motif'": it produces a "single complete and distinct impression". To the self-taught Roger Scruton, however, a figure is distinguished from a motif in that

life, Brunner is a characteristic representative of the type of mostly self-taught engineers that emerged at the threshold of the early modern period in

primitive guitar, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of the music and its minimalist style. Fahey borrowed from the

was an American botanist. Howell is considered one of the top three self-taught botanists of his era for the Pacific Northwest; the other two being Wilhelm

would eventually lend itself to the creative process. Though entirely self-taught, he is known to have openly used a camera obscura or lenses to project

took classes in California and Mexico, he is considered to be mostly self-taught. He experimented with various materials, and was an early user of Italian

monk on the isolated self-autonomous monastery of Mount Athos. He was a self-taught painter. He was exposed to the works of the Cretan School and Heptanese

a Welsh clothmaker, entrepreneur, mine-owner, goldsmith, banker and self-taught engineer. The spelling of his name is inconsistently reproduced, but

Davis (January 22, 1811 – May 15, 1888) was an American physician and self taught archaeologist who completed pioneering investigations of the mound builders

school studying painting under Victor Westerholm, but he was mainly self-taught as a sculptor. He learned the technics of treatment of marble with his

Martin Arthur Armstrong (born November 1, 1949) is an American self-taught economic forecaster and convicted felon who spent 11 years in jail for cheating

many bone-setters were non-religious and the majority of them were self-taught. Their skills were then passed on from generation to generation, creating

design, illustration, or fine art, but many accomplished toy artists are self-taught. The first art toys appeared in the 1990s in Hong Kong and Japan. By

flora of the Pacific Northwest. He was largely self-taught and is considered one of the top three self-taught botanists of his era for the Pacific Northwest

who was a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1993). A self-taught musician, Lane began writing songs in the early 1960s and over his career

Netherlands, he began a career in film journalism in the Dutch East Indies. A self-taught filmmaker, in the mid-1930s, he released a documentary and two feature

in Württemberg, and brought up at Esslingen in poor circumstances. A self-taught mathematician, he earned a living by teaching mathematics while still

Rosina Sherman (1853 – 1943) was an American illustrator, educator, self-taught ornithologist, and writer who commissioned the building of the "Chimney

moths are named after her. One is Cosmopterix lienigiella. At first self taught she was later instructed by Philipp Christoph Zeller at the technical

Tom Dixon, OBE (born 21 May 1959 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a self-taught British designer. He is best known as the Creative Director of the eponymous brand

Bowen, best known as Gretta Bowen (1 January 1880 – 8 April 1981) was a self-taught Irish artist. She only started painting late in life, after her sons

are both Hotel Management Graduates from the PUSA institute and are self taught musicians. Nitz 'N' Sony, have composed music for several Indian movies

William McKinley High School in Honolulu. Thereafter, his art was entirely self-taught. Young is best known for his Zen-like depictions of horses (such as the

the rank of general at retirement and his mother, a housewife, was a self-taught reader. His childhood was spent wherever his father was stationed, in

education which prepared him for a diplomatic career, but he had a lot of self taught experience in the field with time. He was assigned to work in the lower

Kauko Armas Nieminen (15 February 1929 – 2010) was a Finnish self-taught physicist. Nieminen was born in Kuopio, Finland. Although he was most known for

studied to be a pianist at the Royal Conservatory of Liège, and was self-taught as a composer, influenced by the Liège Group of Henri Pousseur, André

Joan Wiffen CBE (née Pederson; 4 February 1922 – 30 June 2009) was a self-taught New Zealand paleontologist known for discovering the first dinosaur fossils

The painter Francis Bacon was largely self-taught as an artist. As well as other visual artists, Bacon drew inspiration from the poems of T. S. Eliot

artist. He was born in Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland. O'Malley was a self-taught artist, having drawn and painted for pleasure from childhood. He worked

"English Establishment". As a student of art history he was largely self-taught. Born in Hackney, East London to Horace Gowing, a draper, and his wife

jazz record label that was founded in 1977 by Vinny Golia. Golia is a self-taught musician who plays over fifty woodwind instruments, in addition to brass

Białystok) is a Polish illustrator, animator, producer and director. He is a self-taught artist. Bagiński studied architecture at the Warsaw University of Technology

music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taught as a composer, his prolific work widely drew inspiration from jazz, classical

Vaughn Gittin Jr. (born September 20, 1980), commonly known as JR, is a self-taught, professional drifter from Maryland who competes in Formula Drift. He

African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars. One of his

Castle's work in the 2017 exhibition Where We Are. James Castle was a self-taught artist who created drawings, assemblage and books throughout his lifetime

young African inventor. Hudson, Hayley (19 November 2012). "Kelvin Doe, Self-Taught Engineering Whiz From Sierra Leone, Wows MIT Experts (VIDEO)". Huffington

is an example of outsider or naïve art – art made by people who are self-taught, who have not studied art techniques, art history or art theory. Hampton

Horia Moculescu (born 18 March 1937 in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania) is a self-taught Romanian pianist, composer, and producer. After finishing high school

is an example of outsider or naïve art – art made by people who are self-taught, who have not studied art techniques, art history or art theory. Hampton

Armen Ra is an Iranian-Armenian artist, self-taught thereminist, production designer, director, and performer. Ra began studying the theremin 2001, debuting

da Gama (21 June 1830 – 24 August 1882) was a Brazilian rábula [pt] (self-taught lawyer), abolitionist, orator, journalist and writer, and the Patron

when The Stars Art Group (Xīngxīng 星星)), a group of avant-garde and self-taught (not trained in the Academy) Chinese artists, staged an unpermitted exhibition

Heywood (April 13, 1969 – November 26, 2006) was an American builder and self-taught architect, specializing in the renovation of old houses. He was diagnosed

1952 (age 72) British Columbia Nationality Musqueam-Canadian Education Self-taught Known for Sculptor Movement Coast Salish Awards YWCA Woman of Distinction

starring Lloyd Hamilton, Tom Wilson, and Sally Long. The plot involves a self-taught small town detective who, after a Black friend is killed, goes undercover

the resignation of party leader Edward Leslie Gray. An accomplished self-taught painter, he was interested in nature, in particular fossils and geology

Clementeen; late December 1886 or early January 1887 – January 1, 1988) was a self-taught Black folk artist from the Cane River region of Louisiana, who lived

biology and belongs in the same pantheon as Darwin and Mendel." Largely self-taught he was the first to study and establish alternation of generations and

in Smithfield, North Carolina. He turned pro in 1985 as a completely self-taught player. Lancaster started playing on mini-tours four months in 1989,

Wendel Bollman (January 21, 1814 – 1884) was an American self-taught civil engineer, best known for his iron railway bridges. Only one of his patented

Bryan Lewis Allen (born October 13, 1952) is an American self-taught hang glider pilot and bicyclist. He achieved fame when he piloted (and provided the

was a Ukrainian folk art painter, who worked in the naïve art style. A self-taught artist, she worked in painting, embroidery and ceramics. In 1966, Prymachenko

Michelin stars and scored 9/10 in the Good Food Guide. He is entirely self-taught, but has himself taught or employed other chefs including Heston Blumenthal

flute after an accident left him unable to play the trumpet. Largely self-taught, he released his first album Changes in 1983, and afterward signed a

then 17-year-old Marc "The Kid" Orrell on lead guitar (he is also a self-taught accordionist). The band also recruited a full-time piper, Robbie Mederios

film written, edited, co-produced and directed by Rima Das, who is a self-taught filmmaker. The story follows a 10-year-old girl who befriends a group

1864 – 11 December 1942), was a French painter in the Outsider art. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church

was employed to build a bridge over the River Taff. The 27-year-old self-taught architect had gained a reputation for the quality of his stonemasonry

(December 5, 1863 – June 5, 1955) was an American businessman and a self-taught geologist. He earned the nickname the "Prophet of Spindletop" for his

Heaviside FRS (/ˈhɛvisaɪd/; 18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925) was an English self-taught mathematician and physicist who invented a new technique for solving

Self Taught is a Canadian hip-hop group formed in 2002 in Vancouver Thaiwab. Its three members, which are all producers/emcees, consists of Cliff Herman

cemetery gardener, forest worker, geriatric nurse and stoker. He is self-taught as guitarist and composer. From 1990 to 1992, Oehring studied with Friedrich

religions. Similar to others of the Northwest School, Tobey was mostly self-taught after early studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1921, Tobey founded

an American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer. Largely self-taught, Montgomery was an important blues pianist with an original style. He

litigation, and counsel at local, state, and federal local levels. Leroy is a self-taught Abraham Lincoln expert, and founded the Idaho Lincoln Institute. Leroy

effects involve the use of his radio frequency transmitter. Kanzius, self-taught, stated that he was motivated to research the subject of cancer treatment

Arabian poet. Born in Mecca, he had limited schooling and was largely self-taught. His writing was full of innovative ideas, and he was also exercised

September 1895 – 9 December 1936), was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and a self-taught aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention

Florida she ran a produce stand and "walk in" gallery on State Road 60. A self-taught artist, her career in folk art began in 1981 when her hand-painted signs

At the age of sixteen, fascinated by the double bass, Texier became a self-taught bassist, crediting Wilbur Ware most as an influence. He formed his first

1832–1910, was born in France and became a naturalized American. He was a self-taught engineer. He designed the first railroad bridge over the Missouri River

1, 1986) was an American meteoriticist and educator. Although he was self-taught, he revived interest in scientific study of meteorites in the 1930s and

Sanjay Kak (born 1958) is an Indian author, activist and self-taught film-maker. He is known for his documentaries about environmental activism and resistance

rock sound before shifting his performance style to country rock. A self-taught musician, he has said that he can play every instrument in his backing

America and a preeminent figure in American art in general. Largely self-taught, Homer began his career working as a commercial illustrator. He subsequently

Nelly Anna Charlotta Walden (née Roslund; 29 December 1887 – 21 October 1975) was a Swedish painter, art collector, and writer. A key figure in the activities

James David Ward (born September 19, 1976) is an American musician. A self-taught guitarist and pianist, he is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for

singer-songwriter and musician. Besides being trained in piano, Holly is a self-taught guitar and trumpet player. In 2001, she recorded High Above The City

all-male singing competition The Coming One (明日之子) in 2017. Mao is a self-taught pop artist known for works depicting the subtle nuances of everyday life

played the accordion and saxophone in the genres of jazz and folk. He was self-taught. Bjørken was part of Harry Waagens Orchestra, a central band on the Trondheim

Daniel García Andújar (1966 in Almoradí) is a self-taught, outsider visual media artist, activist, and art theorist from Spain. He lives and works in

cielo"), taken from the film Silver Spoon Set by Francesco Maselli. Self-taught in music, Fidenco did a few cover versions of film title songs for the

'36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, he was self-taught in what refers to literature, and struggled against an unfavourable environment

Jonathan Powell (born 1969) is a British pianist and self-taught composer. Powell studied with Denis Matthews and Sulamita Aronovsky. He made his performing

2017) was an American futurist and self-described social engineer. Self-taught, he worked in a variety of positions related to industrial design. Fresco

closely associated with the Structural film movement of the 1970s. A self-taught artist, Gehr was inspired to begin making films in the 1960s after chancing

Lenoir (27 December 1761 – 11 June 1839) was a French archaeologist. Self-taught, he devoted himself to saving France's historic monuments, sculptures

1975 in San Francisco) was an American bebop trumpeter and composer. A self-taught musician, in the mid-1930s Benny Harris was already playing with Thelonious

Wickwar, Gloucestershire – 17 May 1916 in Middlesex, England) was a self-taught mathematician who is best known as an author of didactic works on mathematics

register. They often learn their trade through apprenticeship or are self-taught; in many communities one of the criteria for being accepted as a TBA

father an undying love for Great Britain and her Empire. At age 23, the self-taught but widely read Howe purchased the Novascotian, soon making it into a

1992), better known by her stage name Vagabon, is a Cameroonian-American self-taught multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and music producer based in

Lancashire, England) is a British-Canadian television personality, self-taught interior decorator, and former fashion model. She is best known as the

architectural heritage and building construction in his day. De Thurah was a self-taught architect who learned much of what he knew by studying the inspiring

ديدات; 1 July 1918 – 8 August 2005), was a South African and Indian self-taught Muslim thinker, author, and orator on Comparative Religion. He was best

(born October 24, 2008) is an American singer from Racine, Wisconsin. Self-taught, she began performing in public at age six, singing the US national anthem

father belonged to, specializing in art. In a short time the boy was a self-taught artist, familiar with many of the prominent artists of the period. Seymour's

Syd Dale (20 May 1924 – 15 August 1994) was an English self-taught composer and arranger of big band, easy listening and library music. His themes and

1975 in San Francisco) was an American bebop trumpeter and composer. A self-taught musician, in the mid-1930s Benny Harris was already playing with Thelonious

but also of idiomatic writing for violin, as Telemann himself was a self-taught violinist. Much of the music reveals the influence of Italian sonatas

metalwork. He was part of the art movement known as the San Ildefonso Self-Taught Group. His work is held by several museums, including the Smithsonian

generation that Cristóbal Halffter named the Generación del 51. Mostly self-taught as a composer and influenced by Maurice Ohana and Max Deutsch, he co-founded

Best Picture and a nod for Leriche as Best Director. Leriche, a largely self-taught filmmaker, made a number of short films and worked as an educator with

Hugh Miller (10 October 1802 – 23/24 December 1856) was a self-taught Scottish geologist and writer, folklorist and an evangelical Christian. Miller was

No. 20 hit in the UK Singles Chart with "Little Britain" in 1996. A self-taught musician, Roberts has said that his experience with Big Audio Dynamite

in oil paint, watercolors, and intaglio printmaking. He was largely a self-taught artist. From 1936 until 1942, he was a founding member of "The Ten" expressionist

Mary Grace (died 1799/1800) was a British self-taught professional portrait painter and copyist in the 18th century. Mary Hodgkiss' father was a shoemaker

sites such as YouTube. His owner Jim Blauvelt says that the dog was self-taught, starting in Huntington Beach, California in 2001. He appeared in the

modern scholarship as the founder of Neoplatonism. His teacher was the self-taught philosopher Ammonius Saccas, who belonged to the Platonic tradition.

Tom Bachtell is a self-taught artist who is an illustrator and caricaturist for The New Yorker's Talk of the Town as well as other sections, contributing

August 1911 – 10 November 1963) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, self-taught engineer and computer scientist, noted as one of the first computer programmers

Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Over the course of fifty years, from the 1930s until

running at approximately 100 mph. The Whizzer has learned a unique, self-taught fighting style that exploits the ability to move at superhuman speeds

1900 – August 14, 1983) was a German prehistoric archaeologist. Though self-taught, he became a pioneer in the study of the Hamburgian culture of the late

Johannes "Frits" Lugt (Amsterdam 4 May 1884 – 15 July 1970 Paris), was a self-taught collector and connoisseur of Dutch drawings and prints and a selfless

best known for his work with violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Isaacs was self-taught on guitar. In Burma he grew up with fellow guitarist Cedric West. He

Leo Viktor Frobenius (29 June 1873 – 9 August 1938) was a German self-taught ethnologist and archaeologist and a major figure in German ethnography. He

early playing the violin, clarinet, saxophone, and piano. He became a self-taught pianist. His family moved from Philadelphia to New York City in 1947

conduct, initially with the Finnish National Opera orchestra. Primarily self-taught, he became principal guest conductor of the Royal Swedish Opera in 1969

noted for his light music compositions. Born in London, and largely self-taught, he originally composed as a sideline while working for the BBC. In the

pianist, saxophonist, guitarist, composer and arranger who was entirely self-taught. Mseleku's father was a musician and teacher, and a Cambridge University

in the 1980s, although Stubblefield frequently received no credit. A self-taught musician, Stubblefield was influenced by the sound of industrial rhythms

Wilbur Snapp (August 5, 1920 – September 6, 2003) was a self-taught American musician who was the stadium organist for the Clearwater Phillies, a minor-league

Frideric Handel, whom Telemann also knew personally. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying

Offenhauser, Jr. (November 11, 1888 – August 17, 1973), was a machinist and self taught automotive engineer who developed the Offenhauser racing engine, nicknamed

Agatharchus or Agatharch (Ancient Greek: Ἀγάθαρχος) was a self-taught painter from Samos, who lived in the 5th century BC. His father was named Eudemos

1986. In 2000 he returned to Dunedin, where he still lives. Largely self-taught, but mentored by notable New Zealand artists such as Michael Smither

1 November 2019) was a teacher of mathematics, a French author and a self-taught historian of mathematics, especially numerals. His work, From One to

Museum, and has been featured in many museum exhibitions, including "Self-Taught Genius" at AFAM and "When the Stars Begin to Fall" at the Studio Museum

in Business in Burgas majoring in Economics and Management. He is a self-taught percussion player. He is also interested in photography, martial arts

Masses and The Stationary Set. He died at age 36 from lung cancer. As a self-taught musician who played the piano, bass, organ, classical guitar, and sitar

Aimo Johannes Lahti (April 28, 1896 – April 19, 1970) was a self-taught Finnish weapons designer. Of the 50 weapons he designed, the best known is the

Dutch avant-garde composer and performance artist. Blonk is primarily self-taught both as a sound artist and as a visual/stage performer. He studied physics

(1853, London – 5 February 1933) was a British sculptor. He was largely self-taught as an artist and is best remembered for his statues of royalty and politicians

François Proth (22 March 1852 – 21 January 1879) was a French self-taught mathematician farmer who lived in Vaux-devant-Damloup near Verdun, France. He

is a South African YouTube personality, wildlife conservationist and self-taught sanctuary owner who works with African lions, black leopards, spotted

April 1935 – 22 May 1999) was a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz drummer. A self-taught musician, he is best known for his collaboration with João Gilberto and

celebrated his first mass at Jonvelle on 27 August. Fleisch was largely self-taught, specialising in oriental studies, for which he earned a doctorate at

inventor, geologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist. While he was largely self-taught, McGee attended school here during the four winter months from about

writing for self-taught candidates), the reflective statement, topic development and the production of the essay. The journal writing (for self-taught candidates)

June 2, 2002) was an American ceramic artist from Virginia. She was self-taught and her work is in the permanent collections of several American art

said of him: As a statistician, he was, like so many of the rest of us, self-taught, on a good background of physics and mathematics. Born in New Canton

institutions. The artist is the granddaughter of Rabbi Shmuel Schulman, the self-taught artist in 19th century Eretz Israel, whose works are at the Israel Museum

Offenhauser, Jr. (November 11, 1888 – August 17, 1973), was a machinist and self taught automotive engineer who developed the Offenhauser racing engine, nicknamed

Frank Ellis Boynton (July 10, 1859 – December 10, 1942) was a self-taught American botanist active in the Southeastern United States. He worked at Biltmore

Masses and The Stationary Set. He died at age 36 from lung cancer. As a self-taught musician who played the piano, bass, organ, classical guitar, and sitar

Dutch avant-garde composer and performance artist. Blonk is primarily self-taught both as a sound artist and as a visual/stage performer. He studied physics

(1818–1868) was a Polish writer, historian, and independence activist. Self-taught, he would nonetheless become a notable Polish historian of the partitions

was a prominent Cuban poster artist and graphic designer. Mederos, a self-taught artist from Sagua la Grande, began work in a Havana printshop in 1944

by Luck: Self-Taught Artists in the American South. 1993, Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ. Black History and Artistry: Work by Self-Taught Painters

Bulletin Board System (BBS). It was founded in 1983 by Jim Maxey, a self-taught scientist, who was President and CEO and ran his company out of Lake

adversaries that make up his rogues gallery. Schultz was originally a self-taught engineer and renowned safe cracker who invented a pair of gauntlets capable

17, 1839 – April 19, 1916) was an American merchant, entrepreneur and self-taught railroad engineer who worked in the state of Michigan. He designed the

October 1956) is one of Iran's most influential reformists, journalist, self-taught sociologist and social activist. Abdi was born in 1956. He studied polymer

the first half of the 20th century", and went on to say that he was "self-taught, but reached remarkable levels of fluency, even erudition, in both languages

lead drawings are particularly distinctive. He appears to have been a self-taught scholar, amassing a large library by the end of his life. His career

Erminio Blotta (November 8, 1892 – January 23, 1976) was an Argentine self-taught sculptor of Italian origin. He was born in Morano Calabro (province of

George W. Thompson (April 3, 1888 – August 21, 1912) was a self-taught aviator, and is one of the first Coloradan flyers. He was born near Sharon Springs

Millicent took some art classes in Newcastle upon Tyne but was largely self-taught. She initially studied watercolors and landscape painting, before becoming

infamous neighbourhood of Raval. Colom was born in Barcelona. He was a self-taught photographer, and produced his best-known pictures while working during

internationally and is represented in the Self-Taught and Outsider Art Research Collection at the Callan Park Gallery for Self-Taught and Outsider Art, University

Prefecture, Japan. Tanno graduated in 1997 from Ritsumeikan University. Self-taught, Tanno has illustrated in a number of fields, from CD cover design to

appointed organist at Holy Trinity Church. As a composer he was largely self-taught. By 1925 he had conducted a work for string orchestra at the Spa Grand

March 1865), elder brother of inventor Walter Hancock, was an English self-taught manufacturing engineer who founded the British rubber industry. He invented

Leader, who was born in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. A self-taught artist, he went in 1967 to live in New York, where the following year

implied, or absent — to art. MOBIA's first exhibition was "Coming Home!: Self-taught Artists, the Bible, and the American South", featuring ninety-five works

name Carlucho, (born October 1, 1946, in Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba) is a self-taught creator of humorous drawings, known as "Cuba's foremost caricaturist"

landscapes and documentary-style photographs of the people of India. He was a self-taught photographer who worked in India and lived in Paris, London and New York

Jonas Tveje Bisgaard Schmidt is a Danish self-taught actor and comedian, best known for portraying Dolph the Fascist Hippo. Jonas Schmidt has appeared

visual art with Carlo Alfano, Armando De Stefano and Rosa Panaro. He is a self-taught musician/composer and teaches "electronic music" at Conservatory of Music

Gesang was in his teens, plunging the family into poverty. Gesang, a self-taught musician who was illiterate in musical notation, supported himself and

solid partnership with the Vila Isabel samba school. In spite of being a self-taught singer / songwriter with no academic background, Martinho has a great

Karen Ida Boalth Spärck Jones FBA (26 August 1935 – 4 April 2007) was a self-taught programmer and a pioneering British computer scientist responsible for

Naranjo, was a radio, film and television pioneer in her homeland. Largely self-taught, Naranjo embarked on a similar musical course, becoming – like his mother

took art classes at the [Academy of San Carlos], his photography is self-taught. His career spanned from the late 1920s to the 1990s with its artistic

and Robert Zimmermann, and served as Max's teacher. He was primarily self-taught as a painter, but did study at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and the

was an English violinist, composer and later violin teacher. Almost self-taught on the violin, he had a wide repertoire as both chamber musician and

Niccolao Manucci (19 April 1638 – 1717) was a Venetian writer, a self-taught physician, and traveller, who wrote accounts of the Mughal Empire as a first-hand

to Transbaikalia for participating in the January Uprising of 1863. A self-taught scientist, he eventually received three gold medals from the Russian

American painter celebrated for his skill in Naïve art. He was the first self-taught American painter in the 20th century to be recognized by a museum. When

fantastic and ecological themes had a particular appeal to him; he was a self-taught graphic artist with pop-art influences. A unique figure on the Hungarian

Kuroda (黒田 寛一, Kuroda Kan'ichi, October 20, 1927 – June 26, 2006) was a self-taught Japanese political philosopher and social theorist, associated with Trotskyism

distorted visions. He was born in rural central Mexico and was completely self-taught as an artist. He was creative as a young child, drawing and creating

May. 2018, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Vernacular Voices: Self-Taught, Outsider, and Visionary Art from the Permanent Collection. 8 Mar.- 14

the Antonio Nariño University, but dropped out. He declares himself a self-taught man. Molina was governor of the Colombian Department of Cesar for the

Abner Hugh Cook (March 15, 1814 – February 22, 1884) was a self-taught Texas architect and general contractor responsible for the design of several historic

Thomas E. Breitenbach (born July 29, 1951 in Queens, New York) is a self-taught American artist best known for his painting Proverbidioms, a raucous and

working as an assistant to Auguste-Barthélémy Glaize, Ribot was mostly self-taught as a painter. After a trip to Algeria around 1848, he returned in 1851

cities. He wrote the chess textbook Samouchitel shakhmatnoi igry (Chess Self Taught, published 1906). In November 1899 it was reported that he became insane

Kuroda (黒田 寛一, Kuroda Kan'ichi, October 20, 1927 – June 26, 2006) was a self-taught Japanese political philosopher and social theorist, associated with Trotskyism

opened a semi-permanent gallery featuring the folk art totems of Beaumont self-taught artist Felix “Fox” Harris. Harris’ work had an eventful history at the

 is a British-born producer, performer, comedian and curator. She is a self-taught sword swallower and performs in cabarets. Saunders is mostly known as

piano, acoustics, Indian rhythm, mathematics and computer music, but is self-taught in composition. Dillon was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Honours include

being frequently labelled as a joker or prankster of the art world. Self-taught as an artist, Cattelan has exhibited internationally in museums and Biennials

performing with contemporary music, dance, and theater groups often using self-taught techniques and found objects in his improvisation. In the 1980s Ninh

Abdul Hay Mosallam Zarara (10 March 1933 – 1 August 2020) was a self-taught Palestinian artist who worked meticulously on archiving the recent histories

Canadian feminist. She was a professor at the Université de Montréal, and a self-taught legal expert (her father and husband were both lawyers, and she had access

the film is based on the true story of Afshin Ghaffarian, a young, self-taught dancer in Iran, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer

appeared in the video game television show GamesMaster. Moore was also a self-taught xylophonist and pianist, as well as an accomplished composer. He was

Gibson (née Sybil Aaron; February 18, 1908 – January 2, 1995) was a self-taught American painter. Gibson was born Sybil Aaron in Dora, Alabama, to parents

an American publisher, editor, author, photographer, carpenter, and self-taught architect. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications

Edward Palmer (January 12, 1829 – April 10, 1911) was a self-taught British botanist and an Early-American archaeologist. Edward Palmer was born on 12

25, 1897, New Orleans, Louisiana – January 28, 1983) was an American self-taught jazz pianist and singer who worked with the Original Tuxedo Orchestra

machine gun and PK machine gun. Kalashnikov was, according to himself, a self-taught tinkerer who combined innate mechanical skills with the study of weaponry

Abner Hugh Cook (March 15, 1814 – February 22, 1884) was a self-taught Texas architect and general contractor responsible for the design of several historic

Maude Jane Delap (7 December 1866 – 23 July 1953) was a self-taught marine biologist, known for being the first person to breed jellyfish in captivity

works together with his wife Mama Baer as Kommissar Hjuler und Frau. As self-taught artist he began making music in 1999 and visual art in 2006. He is considered

who lived and worked in the United Kingdom for many years. Low was a self-taught cartoonist. Born in New Zealand, he worked in his native country before

1949 – September 9, 1978) was a Japanese avant-garde alto saxophonist. Self-taught at a young age, Abe performed with notables such as Motoharu Yoshizawa

artists live in large cities and attended art schools. Others were "self-taught" and some are from remote areas and work within local traditions that

"entertainingly garrulous and delightfully eccentric," is primarily self-taught and knowledgeable on the topic of Gibraltar's geology. A native of Gibraltar

American blues musician, the first to hit the pop music charts. He was a self-taught pianist who played in the barrelhouse blues style (a loud percussive

France) is a French jazz double bassist, composer, arranger and leader. A self-taught bassist, Levallet made his professional debut in Paris in 1969, working

Brad Adkins (born 1973) is an American self-taught artist and curator. In 2002, Chas Bowie of The Portland Mercury declared Adkins "the poster boy of

Jars which stand outside the main Roskilde railway station. Brandes is self-taught and his art circles around themes from Christianity. Ancient Greek mythology

celebrated writers on the Napoleonic art of war. Jomini was largely self-taught in military strategy, and his ideas are a staple at military academies

Jacob Fischer (born 1967) is a self-taught Danish jazz guitarist. Since 1992 he has been a member of the Svend Asmussen Quartet and founded the Jacob

Castillon and Derenoncourt California in Napa Valley. He is entirely self-taught. Derenoncourt was born in Dunkirk in 1963. The start of his career in

1949) was a Canadian organist, composer, and music educator. A largely self-taught composer, his output includes several motets, two masses, a few patriotic

Thomas Godfrey (January 10, 1704 – December 1749) was a glazier and self-taught mathematician and astronomer in the Pennsylvania Colony, who invented

Despite this training she has been identified as a self-taught artist, and considered herself to be self-taught. In 1964 she purchased a house on Gaston Street

আরজ আলী মাতুব্বর; 17 December 1900 – 15 March 1985) was a Bangladeshi self-taught philosopher and rationalist. He was known for his critical perspectives

electric bass player. Di Piazza discovered the bass in 1979. Already a self-taught guitarist, Di Piazza developed a distinctive, but unorthodox 'closed

Theo Ellsworth is a self-taught artist and comics creator best known for his graphic novels Capacity and Sleeper Car. In 2010, he was a recipient of the

(November 2, 1838 - January 4, 1916) was a Swedish-American folk artist. A self-taught artist, he painted in a style referred to as primitive or Naïve art.

(Editorial Salón Arcano) ISBN 978-987-42-2189-6 Collection: "Folk, Self-Taught, Amateur, and Visionary Art" at the University of Michigan Museum of

Abd’Elkader Farrah (1926-2005) was a self-taught painter who later became a theatre designer of international standing. Farrah taught theatre design at

rhythm & blues and pop-jazz singer, occasionally also an actor. He was a self-taught musician who never took any professional vocal lessons. Zaucha was born

notable contributions to public knowledge of South India. Though largely self-taught, he was a polymath, working alternately as a judge, engineer, artist

graduate of the Manhattan School of Music in 1966 with a Master of Music. A self-taught composer, Proto has played and composed for a wide range of ensembles

July 2022 Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban painter. Mr. Trillo is considered a self-taught painter. He lived in New York City from 1954 to 1961. He currently resides

25 May 1991), is an Australian guitar player and vocalist. A largely self-taught musician from Temagog, NSW, he is best known for his virtuoso guitar

commercial posters. His work is distinguished by a humorous simplicity. Self-taught, he started designing posters under the direction of Cassandre, but met

Russell (born March 22, 1957) is an American politician, professor, self-taught meteorologist. Russell is a current member of the Watauga County commission

culture of the Dahomeyan people from modern-day Benin. Ros was largely self-taught, and first learned to sing by learning the chants associated with Santería

Action Short Drama at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards. Jaros is largely a self-taught filmmaker; after completing CEGEP education he applied to study film

Milan. In his early adulthood, he worked as a school teacher and was a self-taught amateur composer. That changed when he entered the Milan Conservatory

(1897–1981), was situated in Sun Valley. It represented the life work of the self-taught artist who wished to pass on a sense of the Old West, derived from personal

commercial posters. His work is distinguished by a humorous simplicity. Self-taught, he started designing posters under the direction of Cassandre, but met

25 May 1991), is an Australian guitar player and vocalist. A largely self-taught musician from Temagog, NSW, he is best known for his virtuoso guitar

F.M. Cornog is an American songwriter, singer, self-taught musician, and home-recordist who records under the name East River Pipe. The New York Times

artist Michael Godard. Warren currently lives in Clearwater, Florida. A self-taught artist, Warren uses traditional oil paint and brushes on stretched canvas

December 7, 2022) was an American inventor, engineer and businessman. The self-taught son of a television and radio repairman, Fosgate invented the first car

was a French painter, essayist, novelist and radio personality. As a self-taught painter, his work was exhibited internationally. He was the author of

writings about contemporary art. Born in Eastern Washington and largely self-taught as an artist, Callahan was committed to an art that went beyond the merely

contemporary and pop elements into a cohesive work. Cynthia is also a self-taught visual artist. She currently resides in Seattle, Washington. She is the

Boole Jnr (/buːl/; 2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was a largely self-taught English mathematician, philosopher, and logician, most of whose short

career he worked in the fashion industry and in advertising. He was a self-taught artist, often using acrylics or oil paints. In the early 1960s, he was

Markku Häkkinen (14 January 1946 – 5 December 2015) was a Finnish self-taught botanist, considered one of the world's leading experts on the taxonomy

Oregon, she is a classically trained violinist and pianist, and is also a self-taught guitarist. After building up a local following, Bonham signed to Island

exhibition at various museums. Pictured In my Mind: Contemporary American Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Rae Yelen. 1995

contributions to the larger concept of applied microbiology. d'Hérelle was a self-taught microbiologist. In 1917 he discovered that "an invisible antagonist"

Public Schools 24 and 26 and Arsenal Technical High School. He was a self-taught welder. Spaulding worked part-time on his art, while working as a metal-joining

Russell (born March 22, 1957) is an American politician, professor, self-taught meteorologist. Russell is a current member of the Watauga County commission

microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology. A largely self-taught man in science, he is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology"

accompanied his mother, a pianist. Teagarden's trombone style was largely self-taught, and he developed many unusual alternative positions and novel special

rocket pioneer. Hale was born in Colchester, England in 1797. He was self-taught although his grandfather, the educator William Cole, is believed to have

7, 1968) is an American country music artist. Active as a singer and self-taught pianist since childhood, she first gained attention in her hometown before

fourteen. She has played drums in bands ever since. She is entirely self-taught other than school band. She has been called "one of the most unconventional

of seven. By the age of 11 to 12, he started playing the guitar on a self-taught basis. He also had drums and clarinet classes. To-Mera formed in 2005

bellman at the Grand Hotel, in Somewhere in Time (1980). Erwin was a self-taught cartoonist, published in The New Yorker, Playboy, and Los Angeles. He

impostor who most famously entered Princeton University by posing as a self-taught orphan. Hogue was raised in a working-class family in Kansas City, Kansas

The friends, followers of the new astronomy of Johannes Kepler, were self-taught mathematical astronomers who had worked methodically to correct and improve

outside of the military studying uniforms of the American Revolution. A self-taught artist, he recorded his meticulous research efforts by making many illustrations

"visionary museum”—a facility that would specialize in showcasing the work of self-taught, "visionary" artists, and serve as an education center that emphasized

currently based in Brooklyn, New York. A classically trained pianist and self-taught electronic music producer, she has worked in a wide range of genres,

1940 – 24 August 2009) was a self-taught Surrealist Danish painter and illustrator. Born in Roskilde, Boberg was a self-taught artist. After first exhibiting

Annie Letitia Massy (29 January 1868 – 17 April 1931) was a self-taught marine biologist, ornithologist, and an internationally recognised expert on molluscs

Jon Gnagy (January 13, 1907 – March 7, 1981) was a self-taught artist most remembered for being America's original television art instructor, hosting

Reginald Heber Thomson (usually R.H. Thomson; 1856 – January 7, 1949) was a self-taught American civil engineer. He worked in Washington state, mainly in Seattle

of six children, three of whom also had singing careers. Lewis was a self-taught guitarist and keyboard player, influenced by Harry Nilsson, Billie Holiday

Thomas Camperdown Fyfe (23 June 1870 in Timaru – 1947 in Hastings) was a self-taught New Zealand mountaineer from Timaru. He led the first ascent of Aoraki

Marino Auriti (1891–1980) was an Italian-born American self-taught artist. An auto-mechanic by trade, Auriti is best known for his 1950s architectural

Albert W. Mooney (12 April 1906 – 7 May 1986) was a self-taught American aircraft designer and early aviation entrepreneur. He and brother Arthur Mooney

title. The AAoI is lobbying for an amendment of the legislation to allow self-taught and other qualified practitioners, established seven years prior to the

(born September 2, 1971) is a Filipino comic book writer, artist and self-taught animator best known for his graphic novels The Mythology Class (1999)

Britain since 1697. It was written and published by Francis Moore, a self-taught physician and astrologer who served at the court of Charles II. The first

Poole RA (1807–1879) was a British subject and genre painter. Though self-taught, his fine feeling for colour, poetic sympathy, and dramatic power gained

Mary Anne Pecot de Boisblanc (1925-2015) was a self-taught American artist from Louisiana. She was best known for her paintings which depicted Cajun life

with the school's music director to put together a rock band. He is a self-taught drummer, honing his craft playing along with other drummers while developing

Nellie Ashford (born c. 1943) is a self-taught folk artist from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Her mixed-media folk art depicts the experiences of

James Edward Murphy Jr. (November 20, 1891 – March 9, 1965) was a self-taught American cartoonist who is best known for his long-run family comic strip

jewelry. Born in Asheville, North Carolina on July 2, 1925. Webb was a self-taught designer whose work included dragon bracelets, Maltese cross brooches

Columbia, Canada. He was a fisherman, trapper, longshoreman, interpreter, self-taught anthropologist, and Tseshaht politician. Alec had a wife named Eva and

utilizing the potential of an underground talent pool of highly skilled self-taught coders, designers and musicians could be a viable business model. The

practitioners of the Northwest Regional style of Modernism. Largely self-taught, Yeon’s wide ranging activities encompassed planning, conservation, historic

NPR. Retrieved November 29, 2017. Graham, Pat (November 20, 2017). "Self-Taught Rocket Scientist Mad Mike Hughes Plans to Launch Over Ghost Town". NBC4

(born September 2, 1971) is a Filipino comic book writer, artist and self-taught animator best known for his graphic novels The Mythology Class (1999)

Aaron Carapella is an American self-taught cartographer who makes maps of the locations and names of Pre-Columbian Indigenous tribes of North America

permanent bassist. Nigel Pegrum turned to a friend of his, Tim Harries, a self-taught bassist and classically trained pianist, who agreed to join.[citation

in the Pekka and Pätkä films from 1953–1960. He was also a skilled, self-taught accordion player. His son, Esa Pakarinen Jr. (born 1947), is also an

education and its comprehensive knowledge in language and literature as a self-taught person. He attended Medical School in Bucharest which he finished in

Los Angeles Times. 2008-06-01. Retrieved 2012-02-29. Steel, Emily. "Self-taught ballerinas turn to YouTube". Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2012-02-29. "Anaheim

one critic has argued it is not considered so because the artists are self-taught and are thus assumed to be working outside of an art historical context

William Granger OAM (29 August 1969 – 25 December 2023) was an Australian self-taught cook, restaurateur and food writer. Based in Australia and London, he

Marino Auriti (1891–1980) was an Italian-born American self-taught artist. An auto-mechanic by trade, Auriti is best known for his 1950s architectural

jewelry. Born in Asheville, North Carolina on July 2, 1925. Webb was a self-taught designer whose work included dragon bracelets, Maltese cross brooches

photographer from Toronto, Ontario. She is considered a mezzo-soprano and is a self-taught vocalist. She has written hit songs for other artists in both the pop

violin lessons from a klezmer named Meir Berson, but was otherwise mostly self-taught. He began his efforts to collect Jewish folk music around 1902. He also

Hansford Rowe is an American fusion bass guitarist. Practically a self-taught musician, Rowe started his career in playing bass in a local New York City

(born October 27, 1972) is a Canadian Toronto-based singer/songwriter. A self-taught pianist, Yarema’s early influences in music stem from the stride genre

Fotinakis, or more accurately Lawrence Constantine Fotinakis. Fotine was a self-taught musician. He led an orchestra in the early 1930s and from 1948 to 1954

the Napoleonic Era and afterwards. As an artist, Turpin was largely self-taught. In 1794 he was stationed in Haiti as a member of the French Army. Here

Ionel Talpazan (born Ionel Pârvu) was a Romanian self-taught outsider artist. He later moved to New York City where he became known in the late 1980s

watching Thomas Stothard when at work in his studio, but otherwise he was self-taught. About 1810 Wright became associated with Henry Aston Barker, for whose

Larkin (born 7 August 1973) is a Scottish actor, writer, producer and self-taught filmmaker. He was awarded the Trailblazer award at the Edinburgh International

She seems to have been from a modest labouring-class background and self-taught and she worked as a servant, but very little else is known about her

wider audience, and promote French culinary culture abroad. Aïnouz is a self-taught cook with an electrical engineering background with experience in marketing

studied at Nihon University of Art in the early 1970s and is primarily self-taught in composition. In 1972 and 1981, Satoh produced two other experimental

record at the time. The expedition was commanded by the experienced and self-taught Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall, who had previously lived among

came to Canada in 1883. He was educated at home by his parents and also self-taught. In 1897, he married Anna Kristin Johnson. Paulson was a hardware merchant

1995) is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and music producer. He is a self-taught songwriter and music producer who embarked on his music career in 2012

[ʒɑ̃ pʁuve]; 8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructeur

is a singer-songwriter from Bancroft, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario. A self-taught musician and producer, Milne is known for her unique voice which has

Eugene Ankomah (born 8 June 1978) is a self-taught British contemporary visual artist of Ghanaian descent, with an art career that has spanned more than

Britain since 1697. It was written and published by Francis Moore, a self-taught physician and astrologer who served at the court of Charles II. The first

(born 17 March 1971) is a Turkish landscape architect (by degree) and self-taught architect. He is one of Turkey's most prolific and best Landscape architects

French singer, guitarist and songwriter of Neapolitan descent. He is a self-taught guitarist and an admirer of jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. His music

period, Beaubrun Ardouin was not able to attend school regularly; he was self-taught. He had a strong interest in French literature, especially the works

Africa, and grew up in North Carolina on a Cherokee Reservation. He was a self-taught artist and received a Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime Achievement Award

lost all the fingers on one of his hands; subsequently, he became a self-taught valiha player. Rajery was born in 1965 in the northern part of Madagascar

since infancy, he received formal training in classical piano and was a self-taught jazz musician, eventually becoming one of Bermuda's best-known jazz artists

Gregory (born 3 March 1990) is an Australian actor and musician. He is a self-taught guitarist, drummer and songwriter, who formed a band called Menace when

David "Jack" Pottinger (1911–2004) was a Jamaican painter. Self-taught as an artist, he began his career in the 1940s after participating in Edna Manley's

engagement. The center is known for its dedication to contemporary and self-taught artists who use commonplace materials, and in particular artists from

Black: International in 2019. Born and raised in Sarcelles, France, the self-taught dance duo became the favorites of the French audience in 2008 as finalists

(10 September 1822 – 14 October 1888) was a Scottish publisher who was self-taught and proficient in various Oriental languages. He published several works

Finland. Viita was a verbally talented son of a carpenter who became a self-taught writer. He only published four poetry collections, but they became very

Mitsuhiko Imamori (今森 光彦, Imamori Mitsuhiko, born 1954) is a self-taught Japanese photographer. His work often involves insects but he is a naturalist

conducting pupil of Franz von Hoesslin in Munich, but was otherwise largely self-taught as a conductor. During his 65-year-long career as a conductor, he was

Magicians when he was 16 and soon became known as a "magician’s magician". A self-taught magician, Andrus preferred to develop his own style rather than learn

the imminent coming of the Buddha Maitreya. A martial arts master and self-taught physician, Wang taught his followers yoga, meditation, and the ability

India to Trinidad and Tobago during the indentured labour times. He is a self-taught musician. As a child, young Rakesh loved to listen to his father sing

Stephen Bishop (c. 1821 – 1857) was an American cave explorer and self-taught geologist known for being one of the first people to explore and map Mammoth

School and certainly took private lessons with Tom Durkin, but was mostly self-taught. He was a frequent contributor to The Bulletin and Melbourne Punch, but

Greece with King Otto, and the cousin of actress Marika Nezer. He was a self-taught actor and played a leading role in the establishment of National Theatre

Magicians when he was 16 and soon became known as a "magician’s magician". A self-taught magician, Andrus preferred to develop his own style rather than learn

James McBey (23 December 1883 – 1 December 1959) was a largely self-taught Scottish artist and etcher whose prints were highly valued during the later

worldwide for research in order to write many books on plants. Bown is a self-taught botanist, and had pursued a career in horticulture (organic smallholding

Frank Veloz (1906–1981) and Yolanda Casazza (1908–1995) were a self-taught American ballroom dance team, husband and wife, who became stars in the 1930s

January 10, 1858) was an early American sculptor and inventor. He was a self-taught sculptor and, unlike many other 19th-century American sculptors, did

in 1946 before he embarked on a career in the recording industry as a self-taught record producer and band manager. Before producing the first Elektra

Friderike Rosenberg (1810–1902) was a Danish botanist. Although she was self taught, she became well known during her time for her published botanical research

Salmi – 15 August 1936 in Vyborg) was a Finnish railroad engineer and self-taught inventor. In 1919 he patented in the UK an 'Improved means for increasing

American entrepreneur, Thiel Fellow, computer programmer and activist. A self-taught programmer from the age of 12, LeGate was brought to the public's attention

Inez Nathaniel-Walker (née Stedman) (1911-1990) was a self-taught African-American folk artist. Born into poverty in Sumter, South Carolina, Inez was

American actress, businesswoman, and transgender rights advocate. A self-taught computer programmer, she went on to become founder and CEO of TransTech

the imminent coming of the Buddha Maitreya. A martial arts master and self-taught physician, Wang taught his followers yoga, meditation, and the ability

Shamshurenkov (Russian: Леонтий Лукьянович Шамшуренков) (1687—1758) was a self-taught Russian inventor of peasant origin, who designed a device for lifting

Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu was admired for the subtle manipulation of instrumental and

idea that geniuses teach themselves, Wollstonecraft chose a rational, self-taught heroine, Mary, as the protagonist. Helping to redefine genius, a word

she tried to start her life over without crime. However, as she was self-taught and had no official degrees, the only medical job she could get was as

American folk musician parents in rural Maine, Sean and Jamie Oshima are self-taught musicians who started singing and playing music together as young children

Greece with King Otto, and the cousin of actress Marika Nezer. He was a self-taught actor and played a leading role in the establishment of National Theatre

Megan Rose Gedris (born June 12, 1986) is a mostly self-taught American cartoonist, writer, and publisher whose most well-known comics include YU+ME:dream

November 2015) was a British aviation author, photographer and journalist. Self-taught with no formal qualifications, he went on to create over 40 different

exhibition of Southern contemporary folk art, showcasing the work of self-taught artists from around the region. North Carolina's second-oldest museum

head master of the workshop in 1975. Sabolić was born in Peteranec. Self-taught, he made his first works in clay, including portraits of his father,

of December 19, 1798, Johnson called his portraiture the work of "a self-taught genius, deriving from nature and industry his knowledge of the Art."

Craig had only six months in a local school and began life as a weaver. Self-taught, he later kept a school at Shotts and another at Echo Bank, Newington

Yoruba word meaning: "one who creates with the hand"). He is a largely self-taught artist, who has been practising sculpture since 1980. His work is full

Michigan. He moved to California as a boy and was raised in Los Angeles. A self-taught engineer, he joined Douglas Aircraft as a draftsman in 1926, but was

Theard Aladin (October 12, 1925 – August 17, 1993) was a Haitian self-taught artist, noted for his artwork depicting Haitian life and use of bright colors

Purbacaraka, 1 January 1884 – 25 July 1964) was a Javanese/Indonesian self-taught philologist and professor, specialising in Javanese literature. The eldest

Antonio Cedeño y Labout on June 16, 1939, in Bayamo, Oriente, Cuba) is a self-taught Cuban artist specializing in sculpture, drawing and painting. During

known. He is said to have grown up in poverty, and he is described as "self-taught". Some critics have discerned an influence of Samuel Scott's works, and

Rudy Rotter (1913–2001) was an American outsider and self-taught artist residing in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Raised in Milwaukee, he moved to Manitowoc after

Generación de la Ruptura (English: Breakaway Generation). He was a mostly self-taught artist, whose styles and influences are moored to the darker side of

1982–95), Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, ZZebra and many others. Initially a self-taught guitarist born in Sheffield, England, Byrd joined the band Zzebra for

family and his love for music was triggered at an early age. Moya is a self-taught pianist and bassist singing in Siswati in neo soul and R&B styles, and

(2 March 1923 – 30 May 2008) was an Australian portrait painter and self-taught artist. He was the winner of the Archibald Prize People's Choice Award

Sofia, Principality of Bulgaria. Trained as a stonemason, he became a self-taught writer in matters relating to the Macedonian language and culture. He

Belén neighborhood of Medellín, Antioquia, in October 1962. He was a self-taught artist, training himself and his vocal technique. He belonged to bands

Justin McCarthy (May 13, 1891–July 14, 1977) was a self-taught American artist. His work is in many important collections, including those of the American

Alterations, active from 1977 to 1986 and reforming in 2015. Day is self taught but from a musical family. His father was a drummer and his brother Pat

2001), also known as "La Cacica", was a Colombian politician, writer and self-taught journalist. Her nickname was given by a fellow journalist colleague for

C. USA– July 19, 2003), best known by her pseudonym St. Jude, was a self-taught programmer, civil rights advocate, writer, editor, advocate for women

Cornwall. Frederick was the younger son of William Widgery (1826–1893), a self-taught artist. He studied at the Exeter School of Art and went on to the South

operatic tenor, violinist and music theorist. He began his career as a self taught singer and violinist, but eventually received vocal training from the

Yamguen (born 1971 in Douala) is a Cameroonian painter and sculptor. A self-taught artist, he launched himself in painting, sculpture and he discovered

conductor. He was sometimes referred to as "Rusty Davis". A largely self-taught composer and orchestrater, he wrote more than 200 jingles for Canadian

coverage of science at the tercentenary of Harvard University." He was a self-taught journalist whose formal education did not go beyond public schooling

environments (or visionary environments) and self-taught, publicly-accessible artistic activity (see self-taught art). Currently based in Aptos, California

Parodi (1917-1970) was a classical guitarist. Mario Parodi was entirely self-taught, of Italian parents, born in Istanbul. Recorded are: Malaguena No. 3

draughtsman. He worked principally as an etcher and engraver, and was self-taught. Buckland Wright was born on 3 December 1897 in Dunedin, New Zealand