Purvis Young

Purvis Young, Jazz Angel, Acrylic on Wood circa 1990

1989-1999

Acrylic on wood painting of an angel over the city by Purvis Young. From the artist to Vanity Novelty Garden, Tamara Hendershot To Rising Fawn F...

Acrylic on wood of six heads by Purvis Young. From the artist to Vanity Novelty Garden, Tamara Hendershot To Rising Fawn Folk Art, The Jimmy Hedges Collection of Outsider Art.

Acrylic on canvas of nine heads by Purvis Young. From the artist to Vanity Novelty Garden, Tamara Hendershot To Rising Fawn Folk Art, The Jimmy Hedges Collection of Outsider Art.

Painting and drawings glued into book by Purvis Young.

Painting glued into a book of wallpaper samples by Purvis Young.

Works on paper glued into a school textbook by Purvis Young.

Vibrant portrait of a Filipino girl playing a harp by an unknown artist (20th Century). This piece is done in the style of traditional Filipino art, with ...

A unique painting and woodburning by self-taught American artist Paula Towne (1948-2019). Towne embraced the beauty of Northern New York where she lived and worked for over 50 years....

Large Naïve acrylic on board attributed to a French artist named Le Bris as the work was bought with another painting signed by the artist. The painting is presented in a gilt wooden baton frame. 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. The characteristics of naïve art have a challenging relationship to the formal qualities of painting, especially as they tend not to respect the three rules of the perspective (such as defined by the Progressive Painters of the Renaissance): 1. Decrease of the size of objects proportionally with distance, 2. Muting of colours with distance, 3. Decrease of the precision of details with distance. The results are: Effects of perspective are geometrically erroneous (distinctive aspect of the works, like the drawing of a child...

Painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Work is titled "The Sanctuary" and signed. Painting is casein paint and plaster on board. Catalogue of an exhibition in 2008 at the Katzen...

One of a kind shaped painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Titled "The Kiss" and signed on reverse. Painting is casein paint and plaster on board. Catalogue of an exhibition in...

Jared Bernstein "Universal", 2022 acrylic, oilstick and acrylic paint marker on canvas 101 x 204 cm 40 x 80 in I’m the kinda fellow To ruffle your feathers Sure we can talk about...