Séraphine Louis

Who was Séraphine Louis?

Séraphine Louis, known as "Séraphine de Senlis", was a French painter in the naïve style. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art. The intensity of her images, both in colour and in replicative designs, are sometimes interpreted as a reflection of her own psyche, walking a tightrope between ecstasy and mental illness.