Primitivism
（重定向自Primitivist）
![Henri Rousseau, In a Tropical Forest Combat of a Tiger and a Buffalo, 1908-1909, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg](/Images/godic/202502/04/Henri_Rousseau_-_Combat_of_a_Tiger_and_a_Buffalo1757.jpg")
![African Fang mask similar in style to those Picasso saw in Paris just prior to painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon](/Images/godic/202502/04/Fang_mask_Louvre_MH65-104-11757.jpg")
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![Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. The two figures on the right are the beginnings of Picasso's African period.](/Images/godic/202502/04/Les_Demoiselles_d'Avignon1757.jpg")
Primitivism is a Western art movement that borrows visual forms from non-Western or prehistoric peoples, such as Paul Gauguin's inclusion of Tahitian motifs in paintings and ceramics. Borrowings from primitive art has been important to the development of modern art.