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The history of outsider art as we know it today begins with an interest in artworks made by psychiatric patients. In europe in the 1920's psychiatrists began to assemble their patients' art work, convinced that these works could help in their evaluation, diagnosis and treatment. Many of these doctors were familiar with more conventional contemporary art and were able to appreciate qualities in these works that made them more significant than mere diagnostic tools. Soon these works came to the attention of contemporary artists, critics, collectors and dealers.
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