Musée de la Création Franche

This guide to the Musée de la Création Franche in Bordeaux follows Gerard Sendrey, a retired town clerk in nearby Begles who, barred by a Swiss museum from using the term art brut, coined his own name in 1989 for the self-taught art he had been collecting for a decade. It introduces some of the untrained creators behind the works on the walls, including a farmer named Jean-Dominique who turned to carving after losing his land to illness, and Yvonne Robert, who took up watercolors after hardship stripped everything else away. You'll also hear about Sendrey's own path into making art, which he didn't begin until his late thirties. Take your time in these old house's rooms, built for creators who never expected an audience.