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Period: 20th Century
Rectangular Still Life Framed Painting of a Stagecoach, Oklahoma
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small American Classical framed painting of a stagecoach. This piece is framed in a deep wooden frame, with gilt gold around the edges and brown and black on the inside and outside...
Category
American American Classical 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Gold
Framed Nude Portrait Painting of a Man in Gilt Wood on Board Untitled
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A framed portrait painting of a man in the nude on wood. With wonderful texture, and muted greens, beiges, and browns, this painting will be a...
Category
American Expressionist 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wire
JFK MLK RFK- NO MORE DREAMS, Purvis Young
By Purvis Young
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
JFK MLK RFK- NO MORE DREAMS
Purvis Young (1989-1999)
A moving mourning work, depicting a funeral procession of John F. Kennedy, Martin L. King and Robert F. Kennedy.
Painted ...
Category
North American Modern 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
"The Bird Cane", Unusual Early 20th Century Walking Cane
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century walking cane
We are proud to offer a highly unusual walking cane made from aged bamboo. This unique and artistic object has naturally taken the form of a bird. ...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Bamboo
Green Still Life Painting of Vegetables and Flowers on Board, Signed 1997
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A still life painting of a tabletop with flowers, vegetables, and a watering can. This piece is painted on board and signed at the bottom right. The background is painted in a moody ...
Category
American Expressionist 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Masonite, Paint
American Folk Art Cowboy and Horse Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tall one of a kind cowboy and horse spinning whirligig American Folk Art piece. Most likely from a larger folk art environment. Sheet steel constructi...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
Gouache Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Woman Helen Wagner Malta 1930s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early contemporary still-life Gouache portrait painting of a woman. On paper, this piece depicts a seated woman reclining in a pigmented blue chair. Her hair is short and dark and she wears a red dress. This sketch was created by Helen Wagner Malta and is signed at the bottom right in black ink "Helen Wagner" before her marriage. Her later works are signed "Helen Wagner Malta".
Helen Wagner Malta was born in 1912 and worked in New York City in the 1930s teaching at the Harlem Art...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
W. Beaupre Chain Mail Bust
Located in New York, NY
Futuristic android bust with hand applied chain mail and vintage jewelry findings and tiara from New York artist W. Beaupre. Signed.
Category
American Modern 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
Purvis Young, Optic Art 'Horses'
By Purvis Young
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Purvis Young, Optic Art 'Horses'
A unusual masterwork, painted with a team of horses. The composition is complete even with construction of the found ob...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Abstract Sculptural Carved Stone Figures by Artist Louise Abrams
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic carved stone depicting multiple configurations of a couple embracing. Handmade and carved by outsider artist Louise Abrams. Beautiful green...
Category
American Modern Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Stone
Once Known as the Fish People 1986 Folk Art by Pat Mervis Schwartz
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Quite charming folk art assemblage by the noted artist Pat MMervis Schwartz. Dated 1986, signed and titled “Once Known as the Fish People”. It is i...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Outsider Art Hand-Carved "Shotgun Wedding" Tableau
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Crude hand-carved and painted wedding party figures (bride, groom, officiant - likely a preacher, and witness - presumably the father of the bride)...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Cotton, Wood, Paint
Swedish Hand-Carved Painted Wooden Figure of a Drunk Man, Dated 1931
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish Folk Art polychrome carved figure of a drunk man with a beer bottle in his hand. Dated 1931 and signed S.N.
Category
Swedish Folk Art 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Naïve Folk-Art Figure of a Soldier
Located in London, GB
The Solider
We are proud to offer a highly sculptural hand carved naïve folk-art figure of a soldier. Wearing a fez style hat and displaying 2 strips of rank on his sleeve, with articulated arms, stood on a later aged pine base. A deep natural patination across this figure makes this object a highly sculptural and artistic peice of folk art
Size in inches: H 13” x W 6” x D 3.5”
Period: Early 20th century
Material: Pine
Origin: Unknown
Condition: Aged
Completely solid in structure and form, fading across all the figure with a deep natural patina. Light aged dents and chips across the wooden surface as shown. The figure is completely original its early 20th century date, the stand is a later addition to support it as both feet have broken of a long time ago. All pins...
Category
Unknown Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine
Woodstock Era Titillating Avant-Garde Collage Assemblage
Located in Ferndale, MI
Are you avant garde or derriere? A slightly bawdy assemblage speaking to women's sexual liberation of the 1960s.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper, Wood
Vintage Southern Folk Art Figure
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very kool piece of folk art. I am not exactly sure how old, but from bottom of base I would guess 1st quarter of 20th century. It is all wood and depicts what ...
Category
North American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Mouthblown Glass Dome with 5 Fine Beaded Flutes, Grassland People, Cameroon
Located in Leuven , BE
Five ceremonial beaded flutes or whistles from the Cameroon grasslands. They come in various geometric forms, taking on the shape of a hollowed, stylized figure that combines human a...
Category
Cameroonian 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Organic Material
Outsider Art "Animal Parade" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Circa 1970 oil on panel depicting a traveling pack of animals by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995).
Fine example sho...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint
20th Century Outsider Art Portrait of an American Soldier
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A small oil painting on canvas. It is a naive portrait of an American soldier in uniform. It appears to be framed in a handmade oak frame along with ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Canvas, Oak
"Untitled" by Michael Paulson
By Michael Paulson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Michael Paulson, a California Artist, created woodblock prints and
works with cut paper. He received a fellowship from the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Handmade Helmet
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Great piece of Folk Art. Handmade metal helmet with leather flaps.
Category
Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Steel
Original Clair Seglem Portrait Painting of a Woman in Repose
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A wonderful bohemian portrait painting of a woman in repose, by Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem. The subject in the painting is of a woman with ravishing yel...
Category
American Bohemian 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper, Paint
Tall Abstract Cubist Portrait Painting of a Woman in Pink and Black, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A striking skinny portrait painting of a woman. This piece is tall and skinny and depicts a woman in pink and purple on a matte black background. The lines are cubist or abstract in ...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Native American Scrapbook
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Native American handmade scrap book is made from trees, paper, leafs and snake skin or lizard interior. The condition is very good.
Category
American Adirondack 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Leather
Authentic Clair Seglem Tall Portrait Painting of a Woman on Blue
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A tall portrait painting of a woman with a flower in her hair. This piece was painted by the late Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem and is well known for his ...
Category
American Bohemian 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Early 20th Century English Scratch Built Toleware Horse and Cart Model
Located in London, GB
“Where thers muck thers money”
Early 20th century English scratch built toleware horse and cart model
A wonderful example of a unique Folk Art scratch-built horse and cart model. This item is made from metal sheets, toleware and old enamel advertising signs. It would likely have been placed on a shop counter to obtain donations from customers. The carts cover...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Tin
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Oil Paintings on Masonite
By (after) Jackson Pollock
Located in New York, NY
Series of 5 abstract expressionist painting each on a Masonite board. These paintings were purchased from an estate in Westchester NY, they date from the 1960s or 1970s they are well...
Category
American Expressionist 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Masonite
Hot Pink Portrait Painting of a Woman, 1970s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A hot pink portrait painting of a woman by Clair Seglem. Found in the late artist’s studio, this piece is thought to have been painted by Seglem in the 1970s. The subject of the painting is a woman wearing a large floppy oversize hat...
Category
American Bohemian Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Folk Art Outsider Screen Room Divider Shelf Studio Indian Modern
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
Folk Art screen, room divider or shelf reclaimed studio Indian modern
A one-off design by Calcutta, India-based artist P. Mohanta. Purchased in earl...
Category
Indian Folk Art 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art "Standing Man" Carved Tree Branch Sculpture After Giocometti
By Giocometti
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming little tree branch Folk Art sculpture hand-carved in the manner of Giocometti.
Category
Unknown Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
1950s Folk Art Sculpture Group Of Drunk Swedes At Bar Scene
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
1950s Folk Art wood carving of a group of drunk Swedes at a bar scene with fish and alcohol fermentation.
Category
Swedish Folk Art 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine
Large Wacky Bull Bone Throne Chair, circa 1930
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great piece of fantasy furniture - a large throne chair made of original bones from the male cattle (Bos taurus). All parts are made of real ox bones sticked together with iron rod...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Bone
Early 20th Century Self Taught Hand Carved Bird Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century self taught hand carved bird figure
We are proud to offer a wonderfully hand carved sculptural self-taught figure of a bird. This ...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Large Vintage Cow Bone Throne Armchair, Germany, circa 1930
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great piece of fantasy furniture - a throne chair made of original bones from the female cattle (Bos taurus). All parts are made of real cattle bones sticked together with iron rod...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Bone
Outsider Art "Indian and Caravan" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970.
Fine example showcasing Del Favero's aptitude for cre...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint
Outsider Art "Animals and Castles" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970.
Fine example showcasing Del Favero's aptitude for creating fantastical landscapes. Contrasting oxen / bulls and flamingos with a castle backdrop creates an imaginary context removed from reality. Del Favero's marriage of fantasy and whimsy beautifully suits his Naïve painting style.
Singed on verso.
Bio from the Philadelphia Museum of Art:
Born Princeton, Michigan, 1910; died Greenwich, Connecticut, 1995
Bruno Del Favero moved from Michigan to northern Italy with his parents at age five, returning in 1928 and settling in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he married and remained for the rest of his days. He made his living as a mason, chauffeur, and landscape gardener. It is not known exactly when or why he began to paint his delicate and mysterious landscapes, but he was exhibiting in local art shows by the early 1970s and took himself seriously enough as an artist to join the Greenwich Art Society. He maintained a studio in the basement of his home, but never shared his art with his wife and five children. After the artist's death his family introduced his work to New York dealers Shari Cavin...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint
Outsider Art "Man in Carriage" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel depicting a man in a horse-drawn carriage by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970.
Fine example showcasing Del Favero's ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint
20th Century Block Print
Located in Denton, TX
20th century framed block print.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Outsider Art "Deer and Houses" Oil on Panel Landscape by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970.
Fine example showcasing Del Favero's aptitude for creating fantastical backdrop...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint
Outsider Art "Hunters" Oil and Acrylic on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil and acrylic on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970.
Fine example showcasing Del Favero's skill at layering textures along with an aptitude for creating fantastical landscapes. Adding out of place animals (in this case, a lion and a tiger) to an otherwise believable countryside setting for a deer hunt, creates an imaginary context removed from reality. Del Favero's marriage of fantasy and whimsy beautifully suits his Naïve painting style.
Signed on verso.
Bio from the Philadelphia Museum of Art:
Born Princeton, Michigan, 1910; died Greenwich, Connecticut, 1995
Bruno Del Favero moved from Michigan to northern Italy with his parents at age five, returning in 1928 and settling in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he married and remained for the rest of his days. He made his living as a mason, chauffeur, and landscape gardener. It is not known exactly when or why he began to paint his delicate and mysterious landscapes, but he was exhibiting in local art shows by the early 1970s and took himself seriously enough as an artist to join the Greenwich Art Society. He maintained a studio in the basement of his home, but never shared his art with his wife and five children. After the artist's death his family introduced his work to New York dealers Shari Cavin...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint
Weathered Two Sided Saloon Sign Topper
Located in Peekskill, NY
This life-sized character of a period bar tender was mounted outside on top of the saloons main sign. It's two sided with heads facing both ways. It's spent many years outside and ha...
Category
Unknown Folk Art 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Torch Cut Brutal Sculpture
Located in Denton, TX
1970s metal freestanding sculpture very organic.
Category
North American Brutalist 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
Hand Crocheted Child's Skirt
Located in Charleston, SC
A hand crocheted child's skirt exhibited at the Monroe, North Carolina Agricultural Society in 1908. The cotton yarn is crocheted into a zigzag pattern in...
Category
American Antique 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Cotton
Tatra Truck Model from 1980s
Located in Vienna, Austria
Tatra truck model, large dimensioned in steel.
The truck is made by a person, who worked his adult life for the company Tatra.
In his retirement he build of all the Tatra trucks a...
Category
Slovak Modern Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
Linda Semple "Time to Make Something" Folk Art Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful outsider art sculpture by the noted artist Linda Semple. This piece is titled "Time to Make Something". It probably dates to the 1990's. It is titled and signed on the ba...
Category
American 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Contemporary Colorful Nude Chalk Sketch of Women circa 1960 Signed Ball
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Portrait landscape chalk sketch of two nude women posing in front of a window with outlines of foliage and chairs and table. The subjects have dark brown or black hair, one tied with...
Category
American Bauhaus 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Terracotta Sculpture by Barbara Tribe, St Ives, 1960s
By Barbara Tribe
Located in London, GB
Terracotta sculpture call "TOTEM" signed and dated by Barbara Tribe, 1966.
Barbara Tribe (1913-2000) was a Australian-born sculptor who spent much of her life living and working in St Ives (Cornwall UK).
She was the first sculptor and the first woman artist to be awarded the coveted New South Wales Traveling...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Earthenware
Len Norman, American 20th Century, the Fireman Whirligig
Located in Buchanan, MI
Len Norman, American 20th century the fireman.
Assembled and painted wood whirligig depicting a fireman with Dalmatian
Measure: 21" x 25" x 18".
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Norman Scott "Butch" Quinn Paddle Fish Folk Art Sculpture
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A 1996 Folk Art sculpture by the noted Outsider Artist Norman Scott "Butch" Quinn titled Paddle Fish. The piece is titled on front and signed and dated on the base. The sculpture has...
Category
American 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Outsider Art Wood Sculpture with Geometric Appliques
Located in Chicago, IL
Detailed and eye catching outsider art "found" wood sculpture. Constructed from floor moldings and cut paper geometric appliques. Unsigned.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
W. Beaupre Gold Chain Android Bust
Located in New York, NY
Stunning futuristic android bust by W. Beaupre. Bust is embellished with intricate gold chain, pearls and vintage jewelry findings. The atte...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Other
Anonymous Abstract Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boar...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
American Folk Art Tool Museum Sign 1950 Tool Assemblage
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Wentworth Tool Museum sign assembled with scrap tools and hardware. Assemblage include many wrenches, drill bits, saws and scissors. Heavy iron constructio...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron
Pair of Outsider Art Painted Ironing Boards by Michael Heinrich
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Two painted ironing boards by the noted Woodstock NY artist Michael Heinrich. One of the boards is monogrammed MH. These are acrylic on much older wood ironing boards. These are wond...
Category
American 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
Anonymous Abstract Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boar...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
"God Bless America" Patriotic Piece of Folk Art
Located in Seattle, WA
Wonderful patriotic piece of Folk Art. Red, white and blue wall shelf featuring hand-carved eagle and painted stars and stripes.
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Jig Saw Puzzle Shelf in the Style of Nicola L
By Nicola L.
Located in New York, NY
Groovy cut-out laminate wood two-tier shelf, after Nicole L. This example shows some cosmetic wear including a white paint spot on the back bottom shelf, and one formed drip protrusi...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Plywood
Matched Pair of Cat Carvings by Linvel Barker, Kentucky
By Linvel Barker
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Linvel Barker was a retired metalworker turned folk artist. He didn't start carving until 1984 and he would rough out the shapes on a band saw and his wife wo...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
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