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1800s Skeleton Key Locksmith Trade Sign
Located in Peekskill, NY
with original paint. It's very well done and a wonderful piece of Folk Art.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Folk Art Signs

Materials

Iron

Mexican Antique Arbol de la Vida Folk Art Candelabra Ceramic Day of the Dead
By Alfonso Castillo Orta
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
invented here, where a few artisans still Craft these authentic Folk Art pieces. Painted in colorful
Category

1990s Mexican Folk Art Ceramics

Materials

Acrylic, Ceramic, Clay

Antique Real Size Human Skeleton
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1950. We offer this Antique Real Size Human Skeleton. Made in resin and wood base.
Category

Vintage 1950s Mexican Other Antiquities

Materials

Resin, Wood

Antique Real Size Human Skeleton
Antique Real Size Human Skeleton
H 69.69 in W 14.97 in D 14.97 in
Skeleton Boat Hull Model circa 1840
Located in Arundel, GB
Ref: JC5205 19th century skeleton boat hull Scotland circa 1840 Measurements: H: 25.5cm (10") W
Category

Antique 1840s Scottish Antiquities

Materials

Pine

Skeleton Boat Hull Model circa 1840
Skeleton Boat Hull Model circa 1840
H 10.04 in W 12.6 in D 29.53 in
An antique large padlock & skeleton key - France - Early XXth century.
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Antique large padlock accompanied by its original functional skeleton key.
Category

Early 20th Century French Antiquities

Materials

Steel

An antique large padlock & skeleton key - France - Early XXth century.
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Antique large padlock accompanied by its original functional skeleton key.
Category

Early 20th Century French Antiquities

Materials

Steel

Mexican Dia De Los Muertos Day of the Dead La Catrina Folk Art Figure Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
of the festival itself. From an extensive Folk and Ethnic Art Los Angeles estate collection whose
Category

20th Century Mexican Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Textile, Wood, Paper

Hunt Brother Circus & Wild West Show Three-Sheet Broadside, circa 1900-1910
Located in York County, PA
manager and master of ceremonies. Feralto, the strongman, was known as the “Skeleton Giant.” Hunt did a
Category

Early 20th Century American Posters

Materials

Paper

19th Century Roullet et Decamps French Rare Oversized Automaton Cow
Located in London, GB
as the skeleton frame is visible under the covering fabric and the mooing sound is still very clear
Category

Antique 1880s French Victorian Toys

Materials

Faux Fur, Wood, Paper

A Very Rare and Early Northwest Coast Maternity Figure
Located in London, GB
skeletons used in early scientific research. George Hunt, a Kwakiutl considered by some to be among the
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Canadian Native American Objects

Materials

Wood

Life-Size Vintage Clown Statue, English, Plaster, Day of the Dead
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
) Hand painted skeleton motif appear on the clown's hat Fascinating skeleton face paint with jewelled
Category

Mid-20th Century English Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Plaster

Juicio de la Muerte / Wood carving Alebrije Mexican Folk Art Sculpture
By Manuel Cruz Prudencio
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Manuel Cruz Prudencio FOFA (Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art) Winner
Category

2010s Folk Art Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Set of four Wrought Iron Skeleton Key Antique German Folk Art, 18th Century
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A lovely collection of old antique iron skeleton keys. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg
Category

Antique 18th Century German Baroque Shelves and Wall Cabinets

Materials

Metal, Iron

Set of four Wrought Iron Skeleton Key Antique German Folk Art, 18th Century
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A lovely collection of old antique iron skeleton keys. Found at an estate sale in Nuremberg
Category

Antique 18th Century German Baroque Shelves and Wall Cabinets

Materials

Iron, Metal

"To Hell with Ho Chi Minn" Naive, Folk Painting by Self-Taught Artist
By Elias Telles
Located in Wellesley, MA
"To Hell with Ho Chi Minn," Folk/Naive Painting, Acrylic on Board with Artist's Painted Wood Frame
Category

2010s Folk Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media

Vintage Cholla Cactus Skeleton Floor Lamp
Located in Forney, TX
charming piece of American Southwest folk art is sure to add elements of rustic sophistication, distinctive
Category

Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Floor Lamps

Materials

Organic Material

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Bush Plane Model on Custom Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
canvas stretched over a wooden skeleton, and mounted on a custom steel mount.
Category

Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Aviation Objects

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Bronze Architectural Abstract Theater Model French Contemporary Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
work is from the tradition of outsider art, art brut, folk art, naïve art, visionary art and intuitive
Category

2010s Outsider Art Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Deep in My Bones, Original Painting
By Diana Rosa
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist CommentsIn a stylistic amalgam of pop and folk, abstract and figurative, artist
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Acrylic on Canvas Painting Titled "Thinking", By Elias Telles
By Elias Telles
Located in New York, NY
music, subjects that frequently appear in his paintings. Soldiers, skeletons and honky-tonk men populate
Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Acrylic on Panel Painting Titled "Lonely Woman", By Elias Telles
By Elias Telles
Located in New York, NY
music, subjects that frequently appear in his paintings. Soldiers, skeletons and honky-tonk men populate
Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Acrylic on Canvas Painting Titled "Monterey, California, 1850's" by Elias Telles
By Elias Telles
Located in New York, NY
early blues and country music, subjects that frequently appear in his paintings. Soldiers, skeletons and
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Winter Walk with Jasper, (Black Cat painting)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
) completed his first oil painting in 1922- inspired by frequent visits to the collection of American folk art
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Watercolor Landscape by Byron Randall "Tacuba Series 1940"
By Byron Randall
Located in Pasadena, CA
militarism, using a visual vocabulary of ghastly females, skulls and skeletons that drew upon the folk
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Becoming the Clown
By Hector Ruiz
Located in Phoenix, AZ
the strictures of ”folk” art into a forceful regional language.
Category

Early 2000s Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Copper

Daybed Daydream
By Hector Ruiz
Located in Phoenix, AZ
the strictures of ”folk” art into a forceful regional language.
Category

Early 2000s Outsider Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Copper

Yo Soy La Desintegracion (I am disintegration)
By Daniel Gonzalez
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Skeleton figures of the dead play an important role in Mexican and Chicano art. Signed, titled and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut

Antique Architectural Parcel Gilt Wrought Iron Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
, the artistic Folk Art work is highly decorative and can be displayed in various configurations, making
Category

Antique 19th Century European Folk Art Mounted Objects

Materials

Bronze, Wrought Iron

Large Devil or Krampus Marionette by a Master Puppet Maker, Antique Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
tall and has a skeleton, arms and legs made of wood. Height was measured from foot to the end of the
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Folk Art Toys and Dolls

Materials

Composition, Metal, Brass

White Painted Small Side Table With Three Drawers, Sweden circa 1890
Located in Round Top, TX
Swedish country pine side table with three drawers. The unique folk art embellishments on this
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Country Side Tables

Materials

Pine, Paint

Vintage Turkish Striped Kilim Rug with Modern Cabin Style, Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
and protection against evil. Blending tribal charm, ancient symbolism and Folk Art warmth, this
Category

Mid-20th Century Turkish Tribal Turkish Rugs

Materials

Wool

Very Rare Russian Folk Art "Skeleton" Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A similar example is in the Hermitage collection.
Category

20th Century Unknown Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Skeleton Doll
By Margarita Hernández-Maxson
Located in Old Lyme, CT
contemporary and folk art. She draws heavily on her Mexican heritage in her work. Born in the village of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Clay, Fabric

Fishing on the River, Autumn
By Henry Church
Located in Graton, CA
tomahawk, a skeleton, a mountain lion hanging by its tail and an eagle with its wings spread, perhaps
Category

Mid-19th Century Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Winter in the Yard, USS Constitution, Boston, Massachusetts 1844
By Paul Garnett
Located in Stonington, CT
year. The ship is under a skeleton crew for the winter as the dock master in his shack gets news from a
Category

2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century Tramp Art Desk
Located in Saint James, NY
19th century. Southampton, New York. Tramp Art desk decorated with applied reed scrolls and tramp
Category

Antique Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Desks

Materials

Mirror, Wood

19th Century Tramp Art Desk
19th Century Tramp Art Desk
H 52.5 in W 34.75 in D 18.75 in
Inland, Edition 350
Located in Stonington, CT
delight to so many people should die this way. To have some good come out of this, her skeleton was
Category

Early 2000s American Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Inland,  Edition 350
H 10 in W 10.5 in D 7.5 in
18th Century English Lock Pickers Skeleton Keys
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Scarce set of 18th century lock pickers skeleton keys, hand-forged in wrought iron with original
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French More Folk Art

Materials

Wrought Iron

18th and 19th Century Lock Pickers Skeleton Keys
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Bunch of large 18th and 19th century primitive lock pickers skeleton keys. Largest key is 20cm
Category

Antique 18th Century French Primitives

Materials

Iron

Skeleton Keel Pond Yacht
Located in Norwell, MA
Classic pond boat with open keel, raised cabin, sunked cockpit, fin rudder, gaff rigged. Measures: 36 x 6 x 32.
Category

20th Century Nautical Objects

Skeleton Keel Pond Yacht
Skeleton Keel Pond Yacht
H 32 in W 36 in D 6 in
Artist Made Machine Skeleton Man and Woman
Located in New York, NY
Insane machined aluminium and steel man and woman by a NYC based artist, circa 1980s. Each figure has aluminium " joints" and running thread "bones" to complete the body. These will ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Artist Made Machine Skeleton Man and Woman
Artist Made Machine Skeleton Man and Woman
H 80.25 in W 23.25 in D 13.5 in
Carl Kauba Skeleton Solid Bronze Statue on Marble Pedestal
By Carl Kauba
Located in Hoogeveen, NL
reproduction and a nice piece of art. Stands on a small marble pedestal. Signed and marked. Measures: 32 cm
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Other Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Marble, Bronze

1887 Powder Horn with Scrimshaw
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1887 Powder horn with scrimshaw of bird with skeleton face, 1887 and Alvin Hill.
Category

Antique 1880s Antiquities

Materials

Brass

1887 Powder Horn with Scrimshaw
1887 Powder Horn with Scrimshaw
H 6 in W 8 in D 3.5 in
1960s Vintage Cat Poster by Jung-Koch-Quentell
By Jung Koch Quentell 1
Located in Calgary, Alberta
skeleton. This is printed on canvas by Jung-Koch Quentell, of Dusseldorf who were the most respected of
Category

Vintage 1960s German Schoolhouse Posters

Materials

Canvas

1960s Vintage Cat Poster
Located in Calgary, Alberta
skeleton. This is printed on canvas by Jung, Koch, Quentell, of Dusseldorf who were the most respected of
Category

Vintage 1960s German Posters

Materials

Canvas

1960s Vintage Cat Poster
1960s Vintage Cat Poster
H 46.5 in W 37.5 in D 1 in
300 Year Old Roman Burial Helmet
Located in Peekskill, NY
frightening. It depicts a skeleton perched on the atop the helmet. I was told that meant… even after death you
Category

Antique Late 17th Century Italian Classical Roman Ceramics

300 Year Old Roman Burial Helmet
300 Year Old Roman Burial Helmet
H 9 in W 7.5 in D 9 in
Prisoner of War Memento Mori
Located in London, GB
produced in the 19th Century by a prisoner of war. this object includes a fully articulated skeleton figure
Category

Antique 1850s British Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bone

Prisoner of War Memento Mori
Prisoner of War Memento Mori
H 4.5 in W 1.5 in D 1 in
Child's Eskimo Kayak
Located in Chicago, IL
over a wooden skeleton frame. The fisherman is original and is covered in fur. This is just one of
Category

Antique Early 1900s American Native American Native American Objects

Child's Eskimo Kayak
Child's Eskimo Kayak
H 6 in W 33 in D 5.25 in
Ceremonial Key to the City of Providence
Located in Essex, MA
dignitary, the large skeleton key with raised letters, "Providence, R.I.".
Category

Early 20th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Iron

"American Whalers" Folk Art Marine Painting Found Wood by Self-taught Artist,
By Elias Telles
Located in Wellesley, MA
"American Whalers", 2019, Acrylic on Found Wood, 14 x 22 Inches. Folk/Naive Art. Marine scene of
Category

2010s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"Sunday at the Circus" Folk/Naive Brightly Colored Landscape, Animals
By Elias Telles
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Sunday at the Circus," Folk/Naive Landscape of Circus Scene, Acrylic on Board with Artist's
Category

2010s Folk Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"Girl with Doll" Naive/Folk Portrait of a Blond Girl Holding a Doll
By Elias Telles
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Girl with Doll" Folk/Naive Portrait of a Blond Girl Holding a Doll with Watermelon Painting and
Category

2010s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media

California School Teacher
By Elias Telles
Located in Wellesley, MA
"California School Teacher," Folk/Naive/Primitive Historic Portrait of Red Haired School Teacher
Category

2010s Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media

Pink Floral Still Life (abstract flower arrangement)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
painting in 1922- inspired by frequent visits to the collection of American folk art at the Everhardt
Category

1990s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Yellow Caboose #2 (Lackawanna Railroad Freight Train Steam engine painting)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
- inspired by frequent visits to the collection of American folk art at the Everhardt Museum in Scranton
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Crystal Street Train Station Snowstorm (East Stroudsburg, PA)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
American folk art at the Everhardt Museum in Scranton. Throughout the following seven decades of his career
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Crystal Street Train Station in Winter Moonlight (East Stroudsburg, PA)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
collection of American folk art at the Everhardt Museum in Scranton. Throughout the following seven decades
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

18th Century Swedish Crown Cupboard
Located in Mckinney, TX
lovely hand-painted panels with traditional kurbits folk art in the form of flowers, the cupboard is
Category

Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Cupboards

Materials

Wood

18th Century Swedish Crown Cupboard
18th Century Swedish Crown Cupboard
H 70.63 in W 47.25 in D 19.5 in
19th Century Tiller & Clowes Marionette Trick Skeleton Puppets Circus Fairground
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful piece of English Folk Art. A hand carved Tiller & Clowes trick skeleton marionette
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

String, Pine

Early 20th Century Carnival Midway "OK4U" Skeleton Ghost Train Rounding Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early 20th century carnival midway ghost train carnival ride rounding board. "OK4U" skeleton waving
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

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    Yes, 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, 2022
    Mexican 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, 2022
    Jamini 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.