title: Artistic style and personality in creative painters.
abstract: The present study attempted to demonstrate a correspondence between artistic style and the personality of the creator. Personality style, defined as a cognitive-affective system of defenses and controls, was identified for 20 renowned painters through an analysis of their individual Rorschach protocols. Their creative work was classified independently by a jury of 4 persons (one art critic; two eminent painters and the junior author) into stylistic categories similar to those elaborated by the senior author for the Rorschach. The overall correspondence achieved was statistically significant (.72, p < .01), with individual correlations ranging from .75 to .86 (p < .01).
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Dudek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marchand