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Large Folk art /surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. Circus scene. " Burning Tent
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Folk art / surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. depicting circus scene. "Burning Tent".. Very
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
H 48 in W 36 in D 2 in
Vintage Late 19th Century Canvas Circus Carnival Midway Folk Art Sideshow Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Great example of American folk art banner painting. The Great American African Camel Back Horse and Two
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Canvas
H 144 in W 168 in D 2 in
19th Century American Traveling Circus Carousel or Circus Wagon Carvings
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of American 19th century circus wagon or traveling carousel three-dimensional wood carved
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Antique Early Gambling Folk Art Gaming Device, Holtz
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptionally scarce antique American Folk Art gambling triple stacked wooden arrow spindle
Category
Antique 19th Century Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
1950s "Prince Buddah" Circus Sideshow Banner
Located in Chicago, IL
1950s "Prince Buddah" circus sideshow banner.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Circa 1950s French Childs Carnival/Circus Prop Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A wonderful whimsical circa 1950s French Childs Carnival and/or Circus prop chair.
Carved parts
Category
Vintage 1930s French Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Circus Poster by Ringling Bros., circa 1971, "Clown Standing over Tents"
Located in Incline Village, NV
This highly animated, bright and colorful circus poster portrays a fabulous looking clown in white
Category
Vintage 1970s Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Paper
American Sideshow Wondercade Circus Banner Signed J. Sigler
By Sigler Studios
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A personal favorite! 15 1/2 feet tall. American "Wondercade" sideshow banner. Painted and signed by J. Sigler. One of the great American sideshow banner artists. Death defying! This ...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Canvas
Circus Poster by Ringling Bros., circa 1971, Portraying Six Seated Clowns
Located in Incline Village, NV
This bright and colorful circus poster depicts six seated clowns with their backs to the audience
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Paper
Circus Poster by Ringling Bros, circa 1971 "Buffalo Bill’s Wild West"
Located in Incline Village, NV
This bright and colorful, action packed circus poster portrays the quintessential Buffalo Bill
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Paper
Equestrian Circus Poster by Ringling Bros Ca. 1971 Featuring "Miss Helen Girard"
Located in Incline Village, NV
There is a lot going on in this equestrian themed, bright and colorful circus poster portraying
Category
Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Paper
H 17 in W 24.5 in D 1 in
Early 20th Century Circus Banner
Located in Brecht, BE
For magician and circus lovers. This early 20th century circus banner. Hand painted on canvas.
Category
Early 20th Century British Carnival Art
Materials
Linen
5 Old Traveling Circus Barriers, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
5 Old traveling circus barriers.
Painted on both sides.
Were hung on supports, these supports are
Category
Vintage 1950s French Other Painted Furniture
Materials
Wood
Original Vintage Toy, Wind Up Circus Performer, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up Circus Performer is an original vintage toy.
Vintage wind up mechanical toy
Category
Early 20th Century French Toys
Materials
Metal
Fernand Audet French Impressionist Oil, The Circus Horse
Located in Cirencester, GB
"The Circus Horse"
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016)
oil painting on canvas
Category
Early 20th Century Paintings
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century, Circus Balancing Balls
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century circus balancing balls.
We share what we love, and we love these rare early
Category
Vintage 1920s British Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Rare Important Framed Signed Hanna Barbera Flintstones Jetsons Circus Cel
Located in New York, NY
Pop Art Serigraph Cel signed in pencil and numbered, by World Renowned Cartoonists Bill Hanna and Joe
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Paper
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H 28 in W 45 in D 2 in
Early 20th Century Leather Clown Shoes Popeio Carnival Fairground Circus
Located in Lowestoft, GB
the clown known as Popeio, who worked with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
They
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Edwardian Carnival Art
Materials
Leather
Al G. Barnes Animal Show Circus Original Poster Framed, United States, 1895
Located in Madrid, ES
Original framed poster of famous Al G. Barnes Circus "Animal show circus".
Category
Antique 1890s American Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
H 21.26 in W 15.56 in D 0.79 in
Hunt Brother Circus & Wild West Show Three-Sheet Broadside, circa 1900-1910
Located in York County, PA
Three-sheet, narrow, vertical broadside, made to advertise Hunt Brothers Circus and Wild West Show
Category
Early 20th Century American Posters
Materials
Paper
Early 20th C Robert Lakin & Co Fairground Carnival Circus Pillars Edwin Hall
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A truly fantastic group of totally original untouched decorative fairground pillars by the infamous Robert J Lakin Company of 67 Besley Street, Streatham, London
The pillars are h...
Category
Early 20th Century English Carnival Art
Materials
Pine
H 72.05 in W 21.26 in D 8.67 in
Folk Art Mexican Girl, Circus Clown Juggler
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted it to an anecdotal folk
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Original Wood Carved SHOW Majorette Letterpress Triangle Poster Company
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large hand carved circus or carnival SHOW letterpress with wonderful and graphic carved majorette
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Original Wood Carved Carnival Midway Poster Letterpress
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. The colors are the original ink used during the three color posted printing process. Circus and
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Artist Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a mix of biblical
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
(born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
(born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Artist Circus Fire Eater, Tiger
Located in Surfside, FL
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Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Child’s Wood Carousel Horse with Polychrome, Mohair, and Horse Hair, c. 1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
as a nostalgic folk art sculpture.
Hole for original mounting pole in the middle of the saddle is
Category
Vintage 1920s American American Craftsman Carnival Art
Materials
Brass, Metal
H 25.5 in W 38.5 in D 8.25 in
Iron Rug with Anchor Medallion Vintage Bidjar, circa 1960's
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and everyone else you know can roll around on this, as it can take a carnival and circus all at the
Category
20th Century Rugs
Materials
Wool
19th C. Popcorn Maker Figural "Toasty Roasty" American, Circa 1893, Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
, carnivals, circus events, and street fairs. Smaller wagons were hand pulled while larger wagons were horse
Category
Antique 1890s American Victorian Toys
Materials
Iron
H 9.25 in W 2.5 in D 3.25 in
1888 Calligraphy of Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, Riding a Stag
Located in York County, PA
animal, in a style akin to a circus acrobat, is Diana, Greek goddess of the hunt, grasping an antler and
Category
Antique 1880s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Wine & Cigarettes Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a mix of biblical
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"El Tren" Ceramic, Glaze, Colors, Mexican Folk Art, Four Sections
Located in Detroit, MI
to the Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM. The Girards eventually amassed a collection of
Category
1950s Folk Art Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
H 6 in W 21.5 in D 3.5 in
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Mod Bull Jewish Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
verso.
Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for
Category
1980s Folk Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Sports Basketball Arena Coca Cola Sign
Located in Surfside, FL
pencil on paper verso
Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Andes Mountains Peru South America, " Joseph Yoakum, Black Folk Art Landscape
By Joseph Yoakum
Located in New York, NY
great deal, beginning in his early teens when he ran away from home and became a circus handyman
Category
1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil
Pair of Lion Oil Paintings on Board, Perhaps Circus Decor
Located in Palm Beach, FL
architectural remnants possible from a circus car.
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Folk Art Americana Hand-Painted Circus Banner of a Seal Man by Fred Johnson
Located in New York, NY
20th Century American painted side show circus banner of a man in the form of a seal titled "Sealo
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
High Wire, bright color oil painting circus theme, vertical composition
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Puerto Rico, and especially Mexico. Basso is particularly drawn to Latin American art, channeling its
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 52.01 in W 20.01 in D 2.01 in
Circus Set (Circus, Fun, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ann Rothman
Circus Set (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Delicate, Playful, Fun, Cirque du Soleil
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
"Circus Performers, " Brilliant Example of Surrealist Folk Art in Inlaid Wood
By Renato Maggiora
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly designed and executed, this example of wood inlay Folk Art, by Renato Maggiora in 1953
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
H 18.5 in W 22 in D 1.5 in
Green Ballerina (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Delicate, Playful, Fun, Ringling
Located in Kansas City, MO
into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its humble clay roots and
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
H 5 in W 2.75 in D 1.5 in
Headstand Acrobat (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Delicate, Playful, Fun)
Located in Kansas City, MO
into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its humble clay roots and
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
H 6.25 in W 3.5 in D 3 in
Circus Performers - French Naive Figurative Oil by Camille Bombois
By Camille Bombois
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Folk Art Tradition in New York; 1987, Folk Art of This Century in New York; 1992, Naive Visions in New
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fat Lady Acrobat (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Delicate, Playful, Barnum)
Located in Kansas City, MO
into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its humble clay roots and
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
H 4.75 in W 3.5 in D 3.5 in
Purple Ballarina (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Cirque du Soleil, Ringling)
Located in Kansas City, MO
into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its humble clay roots and
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
Female Tightrope Acrobat (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Delicate, Playful, Fun)
Located in Kansas City, MO
into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its humble clay roots and
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor, Porcelain, Glaze
Sword Swallower (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Delicate, Playful, Fun, Ringling
Located in Kansas City, MO
into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its humble clay roots and
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Watercolor, Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon
Female Acrobat on Horseback (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Delicate, Playful)
Located in Kansas City, MO
transport this pure clay body into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
H 9.25 in W 5 in D 8.5 in
Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
same playful Hungarian Folk Art style. She has produced artwork in almost all areas of applied graphics
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
. Her posters show the same playful Hungarian Folk Art style. She has produced artwork in almost all
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Ringmaster (Circus, Funny, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey)
Located in Kansas City, MO
into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its humble clay roots and
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
Pink Ballerina (Circus, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey)
Located in Kansas City, MO
into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its humble clay roots and
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
Clown (Circus, Funny, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey)
Located in Kansas City, MO
into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its humble clay roots and
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
H 6 in W 4.5 in D 4.25 in
Juggler (Circus, Whimsical, Viola Frey, Playful, Fun, Cirque du Soleil, Fun)
Located in Kansas City, MO
into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its humble clay roots and
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
Elephant (Circus, Funny, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey)
Located in Kansas City, MO
colors which can transport this pure clay body into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
H 7.25 in W 5.5 in D 10 in
Seal (Circus, Viola Frey, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey)
Located in Kansas City, MO
into folk art imagery. I always want anything I attempt to make to reveal its humble clay roots and
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Crayon, Watercolor
H 4.25 in W 3 in D 2.5 in
Lion and Lion Tamer (Circus, Cirque du Soleil, The Ringling, Barnum & Bailey)
Located in Kansas City, MO
accommodate bright colors which can transport this pure clay body into folk art imagery. I always want
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor, Porcelain, Glaze
H 5.5 in W 3.5 in D 6 in
Rare 19th Century Cast Iron Court Jester Folk Art Hanging Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic 19th century wall hanging folk sculpture of the English court jester, looks like the
Category
Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Iron
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- Is mandala art folk art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 22, 2024Yes, mandala art is folk art. The definition of folk art is art that reflects the sociocultural characteristics and values of a particular group of people. Mandala art fits this definition due to its association with the Hindu and Buddhist faiths. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of folk art from some of the world's top sellers.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mexican folk art can be characterized by vibrant colored paintings and jewelry designed with floral motifs. Lush forests and animals, especially birds, are featured in Mexican folk art, which is a blend of Indigenous and European methods and skills. You’ll find a variety of Mexican folk art from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Among the materials used in folk art are cloth, wood, paper, clay and metal.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Jamini Roy was an Indian artist whose paintings often reflected his Indian roots. Roy combined imagery from Indian folk art with Western motifs to create his unique modern works. Subjects ranged from paintings of legendary figures to everyday life in rural Bengal. His goal was to make art affordable to everyone. Browse a selection of Jamini Roy paintings on 1stDibs.
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