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A visionary environment or fantasy world is a large artistic installation, often on the scale of a building or sculpture parks, intended to express a vision of its creator. The subjective and personal nature of these projects often implies a marginal status for the artists involved, and there is a strong association between visionary environments and outsider art.

List of visionary environments

• Jim Bishop: Bishop Castle (US)
• Aw Boon Haw (胡文虎) (sponsor/concept): Haw Par Villa (Singapore), Tiger Balm Garden (Hong Kong)
• Johann Michael Bossard: Kunststätte Bossard (Germany)
• Peter Camani: Midlothian Castle (Screaming Heads) (Canada)
• Ferdinand Cheval: Le Palais idéal (France)
• Jean Cocteau: Chapelle Saint-Pierre à Villefranche-sur-Mer, Chapelle Sainte-Blaise des Simples de Milly-la-Forêt (France)
• María Ángeles Fernández Cuesta: Arguedas, Navarre environment (Spain)
• Samuel P. Dinsmoor: Garden of Eden (US)
• Lluís Domènech i Montaner: Palau de la Música Catalana (Spain)
• Kevin Duffy: Rectory Garden Centre, Tudor Village (UK) (official site)
• Howard Finster: Paradise Garden (US)
• Tom Every: Forevertron (US)
• Robert Garcet (French Wikipedia article): Tour d'Eben-Ezer (French Wikipedia article) (Belgium)
• Antoni Gaudí: Park Güell, Sagrada Família, Casa Batlló, Casa Milà, Casa Vicens (Spain)
• Randy Gilson: Randyland (US)
• Manfred Gnädinger: The Museum of the German (Spain)
• Annie Hooper: Bible Stories (US)
• Friedensreich Hundertwasser: Hundertwasserhaus (Austria), Quixote Winery (California), Waldspirale, Grüne Zitadelle von Magdeburg (German Wikipedia article) (Germany)
• Raymond Isidore: Maison Picassiette (French Wikipedia article) (France)
• Mollie Jenson: Art Exhibit (US)
• Karl Junker (German Wikipedia article): Junkerhaus (German Wikipedia article) (Germany)
• Sergei Kirillov (С.И.Кириллов): Kirillov's house (Russia)
• Leonard Knight: Salvation Mountain (US)
• George Paul Kornegay, near Brent, Alabama (US)
• Chalermchai Kositpipat (เฉลิมชัย โฆษิตพิพัฒน์): Wat Rong Khun (Thailand)
• Bill Lishman: Underground house (Canada)
• Helen Martins: The Owl House (South Africa)
• Jeff D. McKissack: The Orange Show (US)
• John Milkovisch: The Beer Can House (US)
• Đặng Việt Nga: Hằng Nga Guesthouse (Vietnam)
• Mary Nohl Art Environment (US)
• Eddie Owens Martin: Pasaquan (US)
• Pirro Ligorio: Gardens of Bomarzo (Italy)
• Tressa Prisbrey: Bottle Village (US)
• Ron's Place (UK)
• Simon Rodia: Watts Towers (US)
• Nek Chand Saini (नेक चंद सैणी): Rock Garden of Chandigarh (India)
• Niki de Saint Phalle: The Garden of Tarot (Italy)
• Jules Senis: Jardin Rosa Mir (French Wikipedia article) (France)
• Vollis Simpson: Windmill Park (US)
• Bunleua Sulilat (บุญเหลือ สุรีรัตน์): Buddha Park (Laos), Sala Keoku (Thailand)
• Robert Tatin (French Wikipedia article): Musée Robert Tatin (France)
• Kea Tawana: Ark (US)
• Billy Tripp: The Mindfield (US)
• Lek Viriyaphant (เล็ก วิริยะพันธุ์) (sponsor/concept): Sanctuary of Truth, Erawan Museum, Ancient Siam (Thailand)
• Jacques Warminski: L’Hélice terrestre (France) (official site)
• Bruno Weber: Bruno Weber Park (Switzerland)
• Isaiah Zagar: Philadelphia's Magic Gardens (US)
• various artists: The Albany Bulb (US)

See also

• Visionary environments (Wikipedia category listing)
• Saving and Preserving Arts and Cultural Environments

References

• John Maizels, Deidi von Schaewen (photo), Angelika Taschen (ed.), Fantasy Worlds, Taschen (2007)
• John Maizels (ed.), Raw Vision Outsider Art Sourcebook, Raw Vision Ltd (2002)
• John Beardsley, Gardens of Revelation: Environments by Visionary Artists, Abbeville Press (1995)
• Roger Manley, Mark Sloan, Jonathan Williams, Ted Degener (photo), Marcus Schubert (photo), John Blumb (photo), Ron Byers (photo), Self-Made Worlds, Aperture (2005)
• Leslie Umberger, Erika Doss, Ruth Kohler, Lisa Stone, Sublime Spaces and Visionary Worlds: Built Environments of Vernacular Artists, Princeton Architectural Press (2007)

External links

• SpacesArchives.org website
• Outsider Environments blogspot
• PBS.org: "Off the Map" travelogue menu
• Rawvision.com: Sourcebook
• Shrines.tv website