Creativity is dependent on recognition?

I read an article on a standardized test that was about creativity. Its proposition was that creativity is defined by its approval or acceptance. Meaning that artists who were not recognized in their lifetimes were in fact not creative until after their death, when their “creativity” was recognized. I cannot remember the name of the psychologist who proposed the theory, and I can’t seem to find the theory on the internet.
Does anyone know what this theory is called, or have clues for finding an article about it?