Evaluation of paintings of nonretarded and retarded persons by judges with and without art training.

Correlations between creativity and intelligence are generally reported to be low. In the present investigation, we examined whether judges with and without art training (N = 40 for each group) would evalute the paintings of nonretarded and retarded persons differently. Five paintings each were obtained from 15 nonretarded persons, 11 moderately retarded persons, and 11 severely retarded persons. Judges who had art training did not differentially rate the art of nonretarded and retarded persons, but they gave significantly higher ratings than did non-art-trained judges to the paintings of retarded persons.