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Milo Lockett`s paintings are childlike or childish

12:08 Apr 27, 2019
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English term or phrase: Milo Lockett`s paintings are childlike or childish
I`d like to know if when we talk about Milo Lockett`s paintings we can say they are childlike because of their innocence or because they're naive. I also thought of childish but I think it has a more negative connotation. Is this so? My 6th grade students must compare two different paintings.
Patsy Florit
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4 +5childlike
Yvonne Gallagher


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milo lockett`s paintings are childlike or childish
childlike


Explanation:
definitely not childish which is not a synonym and is quite negative

Not sure I'd describe it as naive though.

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/n/naive-art
NAÏVE ART
Naïve art is simple, unaffected and unsophisticated – usually specifically refers to art made by artists who have had no formal training in an art school or academy

Yvonne Gallagher
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch: I think I'd remove the "quite" from "quite negative"!
56 mins
  -> Thanks:-) yes, indeed!
agree  Mark Nathan
3 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Tegan Raleigh: agree with the preference for childlike, and also avoiding the term naive (the term for me reads immediately as synonymous with "gullible")
8 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  AllegroTrans
10 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  writeaway: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english/art-arts-crafts-painting/...
1 day 1 hr
  -> Many thanks:-) Wow, a duplicate question asked under a second name!!
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