Folk Art Paintings

Mexican folk artist Martin Saldana (1874-1965) painted colorful outdoor landscapes based on his memories of his childhood ranch in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Whimsical images of animal...

Chinese New Year paintings (nian hua) are colorful folk paintings created to celebrate the annual Spring Festival. Drawn or printed by folk artists in regional studios, nian hua pain...

Late 20th century African inspired abstract, acrylic on paper. Wonderful composition in blue, dark gray and white of stylised human figures and dogs. The figures are repeated in wh...

"If it was wind, I would bathe in your breeze", symbolic figurative landscape with figures. Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel. Dimesions: (H) 44 x (W) 57 x (D) 5 cm. The picture...

Striking pair of acrylic paintings on canvas of traditional Peruvian figures executed in a modernist minimalist folk style. Signed Roberto Benites and presented in wood frames.

This charming early 19th-century oil painting by German artist Benno Fischer (1828-1865) depicts a seated gentleman wearing a black suit, white shirt, white waistcoat, and black bow ...

Charming Mid Century acrylic painting on board of two crows or ravens with quirky expressions under a blazing sky executed in a loose naive style. Presented in the original anodized ...

Gildasio Jardim is from a very beautiful and poor region of Brazil, the Jequitinhonha Valley. He began in the visual arts in a self-taught way. When he was only 13 years old his con...

This charming early 19th-century German oil painting depicts a young lady holding a letter sealed with wax. Completed in around 1835, the detailed approach adopted here is synonymou...

Lorraine Fox was a pioneering female Illustrator/artist who championed a unique style immediately identified as hers. This work, in two parts, was most likely for a newsstand woman's...

George Bowman (1935-2006) resided in West Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, where he passionately painted landscapes, seascapes, portraits, and still lifes. His favored motifs ...

Birch bark on trophy plaque.

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #457 Acrylic Paint on Paper / Found Object 10 x 8.75 in

Abstract expressionist CoBrA style acrylic on card of a humanised figure attributed to French artist, A Nuchy. The work is signed bottom right and stamped with the Atelier stamp to t...

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #459 Acrylic Paint on Paper / Found Object 11 x 8.50 in

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #337 acrylic paint on paper 9.75 x 10 in

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #469 ink on paper 10.50 x 8 in

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #427 Acrylic Paint and Ink on paper 16 x 20 in

Recent oil on linen canvas mounted on cradled wood panel signed and dated on reverse. Part of an ongoing series by the artist in his humorous observation of humans and their pets

Figurative Pink Mixed Media Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Hector Frank. Unique Painting with a certificate of authenticity. Despite international acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost...

Original Mixed Media Figurative Painting by Cuban Painter Hector Frank. International acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank. Now, in his artistic p...

Original Mixed Media Figurative Painting by Cuban Painter Hector Frank. International acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank. Now, in his artistic p...

Original Mixed Media Figurative Painting by Cuban Painter Hector Frank. International acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank. Now, in his artistic p...

Original Mixed Media Figurative Painting by Cuban Painter Hector Frank. International acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank. Now, in his artistic p...

Scott Harbison grew up in northern New Jersey, and had an early fascination with cartoons. Somewhat introverted, he seemed to daydream his way through his childhood school years, bu...

Magic realist fantasy painting in the manner of Ernst Fuchs and Arik Brauer. Naïve art is any form of visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition. Naïve art is recognized, and often imitated, for its childlike simplicity and frankness. Paintings of this kind typically have a flat rendering style with a rudimentary expression of perspective. One particularly influential painter of "naïve art" was Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), a French Post-Impressionist who was discovered by Pablo Picasso. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. Museums devoted to naïve art now exist in Kecskemét, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Jaen, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Vicq France and Paris. "Primitive art" is another term often applied to art by those without formal training, but is historically more often applied to work from certain cultures that have been judged socially or technologically "primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished from the self-conscious, "primitive" inspired movement primitivism. Another term related to (but not completely synonymous with) naïve art is folk art. There also exist the terms "naïvism" and "primitivism" which are usually applied to professional painters working in the style of naïve art (like Paul Gauguin, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee). At all events, naive art can be regarded as having occupied an "official" position in the annals of twentieth-century art since - at the very latest - the publication of the Der Blaue Reiter, an almanac in 1912. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, who brought out the almanac, presented 6 reproductions of paintings by le Douanier' Rousseau (Henri Rousseau), comparing them with other pictorial examples. However, most experts agree that the year that naive art was "discovered" was 1885, when the painter Paul Signac became aware of the talents of Henri Rousseau and set about organizing exhibitions of his work in a number of prestigious galleries. The Earth Group (Grupa Zemlja) were Croatian artists, architects and intellectuals active in Zagreb from 1929 to 1935. The group included the painters Krsto Hegedušić, Edo Kovačević, Omer Mujadžić, Kamilo Ružička, Ivan Tabaković, and Oton Postružnik, the sculptors Antun Augustinčić, Frano Kršinić, and the architect Drago Ibler. A term applied to Yugoslav (Croatian) naive painters working in or around the village of Hlebine, near the Hungarian border, from about 1930. Some of the best known naive artists are Dragan Gaži, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić, Krsto Hegedušić, Mijo Kovačić, Ivan Lacković-Croata, Franjo Mraz, Ivan Večenaj and Mirko Virius. Camille Bombois (1883–1970) Ferdinand Cheval, known as 'le facteur Cheval' (1836–1924) Henry Darger (1892–1973) L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (1860–1961) Nikifor (1895–1968) Poland, Horace Pippin (1888–1946) Jon Serl (1894-1993) United States Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) Scottie Wilson (1890–1972) Gesner Abelard (b. 1922) Jan Balet (1913–2009) Michel Delacroix (b. 1933) France Howard Finster (1916–2001) Ivan Rabuzin (1921–2008) Spontaneous Art Museum in Brussels Art en Marge Museum in Brussels MADmusée in Liege International Museum of Naive Art of Brazil in Cosme Velho, Rio de Janeiro Gallery Jacques Ardies in São Paulo Musée international d'art naïf de Magog in Magog Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb Gallery of Croatian Naïve Art...

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #468 mixed media on paper 10.50 x 8 in

Familiar II by Henry Wlash [2021] Familiar II by Henry Walsh is an original acrylic painting on a wooden board that features a man and dog at leisure on a wintry walk. Henry Walsh’s...

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #450 Acrylic Paint on Paper / Found Object 11.75 x 11 in

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1970's - 1990's #449 Acrylic Paint on Paper / Found Object 8.75 x 13.50 in

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #364 Acrylic paint on paper 11 x 8.50 in

Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) Drawing from the 1990's #404 acrylic paint on paper 17 x 11 in

Figurative Pink Mixed Media Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Hector Frank. Unique Painting with a certificate of authenticity. Despite international acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost...

Figurative Pink Mixed Media Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Hector Frank. Unique Painting with a certificate of authenticity. Despite international acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost...

Figurative Pink Mixed Media Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Hector Frank. Unique Painting with a certificate of authenticity. Despite international acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost...

Original mixed media painting on cloth type material. Unsigned. Artwork size 10.25 x 19.25 inches. Frame size approx 16 x 25 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certifica...

Original mixed media collage on cardboard mounted on paper. Unsigned. Artwork size 12.25 x 20.875 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 27 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Ce...

Gerard Rigot (France, 1929-) Animeubles, Child's Chair Circa, 1980's Folk art, hand carved chair in the form of a cat. Hand signed on bottom Endorsed by the Musee des Arts Decorati...

Original mixed media painting on rubber - canvas type material. Unsigned. Artwork size 9.25 x 8.25 inches. Frame size approx 15 x 14 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. C...

Original mixed media on paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. 11 x 8.5 inch paper mounted on 11 x 9 inch paper Frame size approx 17 x 15 inches. Artwork is in excellent co...

Original mixed media on paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Artwork size 11 x 8.5 inches. Frame size approx 17 x 15 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificat...

Original mixed media on paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Artwork size 11.25 x 8.25 inches. Frame size approx 17 x 14 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certif...

Catriona Millar (Scottish, b. 1956) Beautiful Betsy Oil on canvas Signed with initials (lower left) 19.5/8 x 15.5/8 in. (50 x 39.7 cm.) Catriona Millar (born 1956) is a Scottish fig...

Helen Foy Dreams of Old Pioneers, 20th Century Acrylic (?) on canvas 23 3/4 x 36 in. Signed lower right: Helen Foy Titled and signed verso: Dreams of Old Pioneers by Helen Foy Hele...

This is an oil painting on jute canvas mounted on a cradled wood board. It is signed and dated by the artist on reverse. The texture is rough yet dense with a strong balance of light...

This charming mid-19th-century oil painting by Austrian artist Johann Paul Eisenmeyer (act.1820-1846) depicts a gentleman wearing a black coat, white shirt and black bowtie. Eisenme...

Folk ornate tomatoes on the light green backgound. Original oil paintings - 20х20 cm . - no framing necessary. The sides of the artwork are painted. - wired, signed and ready to ...

Kate Ruiz is an American Artist living in Nicaragua. Leaving Los Angeles for central America in 2015 with her family, she now lives on a small farm they have carved out of the land. ...

Original mixed media on 8.25 x 11 inch paper mounted on 11 x 14 inch paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Frame size approx 14 x 17 inches. Artwork is in excellent conditi...

G. Kent Untitled, c. 1880-1910 Oil on canvas 10 x 12 1/4 in. 12 x 14 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. Signed lower right: G. Kent

Garry Dorsainvil (Haitian) Cap-Haïtien, c. 1980s Acrylic on canvas Framed: 24 1/4 x 35 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. Signed and titled lower right This painting shows the port city of Cap-Haïtien...

Original mixed media painting on glossy paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Artwork size 8 x 9.5 inches. Frame size approx 14 x 16 inches. Artwork is in excellent condit...