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Style: Folk Art
Goldfinch - Original Colorful Floral Figurative Bird Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Naomi Jones’s evocative figurative painting captures the essence of feminine serenity and nature-inspired symbolism. This soulful portrait features a peaceful woman with flowing aubu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic

Napoleon at the Head of His Grande Armée, His Generals and the Prussian Hussars
Located in Cotignac, FR
Pencil, chalk and watercolour depiction of Napoleon at the head of his generals by French artist Jean Ducel. The work is signed bottom right. A bold and graphic depiction of Napoleo...
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Late 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Chalk, Crayon, Cardboard, Pencil, Watercolor

ADVENTURE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas. Original art by Daria Kusto. Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed from Spain.
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

1930s Mexican Ex Voto Retablo – Healing Miracle After Fall from Church Tower
Located in Denver, CO
An extraordinary example of Mexican devotional folk art, this 1934 oil and ink painting on tin—known as an Ex Voto—depicts a miraculous healing following a life-threatening fall from...
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1930s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Metal

Large Figurative Portrait Woman in Historical Dress Costume Signed Labelled Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Historical Costume Portrait? Brazilian? (the work is titled: Rio) Dated 1963? signed oil on canvas, wooden frame framed: 19 x 16.5 inches canvas: 18.5 x 16 inches stamped verso Prov...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Large Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Oil Painting Jazz Great "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong
Located in Surfside, FL
Swing Jazz Quartet. Satchmo, Louis Armstrong! Oil Painting on board. Hand signed and dated 1974 Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is ...
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Whimsical Naive Mediterranean Seaside Interior Folk Art Oil Painting Fanch Ledan
Located in Surfside, FL
Francois "Fanch" Ledan (Born 1949) French American artist Oil on Canvas. Hand signed and dated 2002 Dimensions: overall Size: 25 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. Sight Size: 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. D...
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

THE LIGHT FAMILY acrylic on canvas painting
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. acrylic on canvas. The magic flow reality... The painting will be shipped directly from Thailand – safely and promptly."
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Folk Art Mexican Girl with Watermelon Oil Painting on Burlap
Located in Surfside, FL
The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted i...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Burlap, Oil

'The Family Dinner', Thanksgiving, Christmas, Festive Reunion, Large Naive Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Pauer' for Jacalyn Pauer (American, 20th century) and dated 1991. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'The Family Dinner'. A su...
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1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

THE MAPLE FOREST
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jay Patel THE MAPLE FOREST Acrylic on Board Year: 2022 Size: 12x10x1.5in Signed verso COA provided Ready to hang Ref.: 924802-1114 "This vividly hued artwor...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

THE MAPLE FOREST
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DANCING BIRD
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas. Original art by Daria Kusto. Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed from Spain.
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Red Bank, NJ
Outsider artist Scott Harbison imagines a world of curious alien beings and wide-eyed mutant animals, naively navigating unknown territory. His mischievous figures are activated by s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Ernst Philip De Fine Licht, Helsingborg Old Town Hall
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming Lowry-esque late 19th-century oil painting by Swedish artist Ernst Philip De Fine Licht (1855-1929) depicts the old town hall at Helsingborg, Sweden. De Fine Licht was ...
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1870s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Wedding (Authenticated Clementine Hunter Framed Black Folk Art Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
The first thing to ask about any Clementine is: is it authentic. Yes, there are fakes, and paintings by her son that are mistaken for (or presented as) hers. I won't touch anything by her that hasn't been verified, and this one has been verified by the #1 Clementine expert, Tom Whitehead. Of course it has my own guarantee as well; I have sold many Clementines. You can find fakes at auction houses (many of them outside of the New Orleans area) and other venues that don't ask questions, for a lot less money, but don't be fooled! Now, about the painting. This one has a clear, wonderful provenance, which is unusual for these. Weddings were a common theme for Hunter, but this one has a specific history. It was gifted to Mr. and Mrs. Merrill by Ann and Jack Brittain in 1967 as a wedding present; then went by descent to the estate of Mary Jane "Cookie" Grace Merrill of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 18" x 24", slightly larger with frame. I will be including a free copy of the hardcover book (show in photo) by Art Shiver and Tom Whitehead about Clementine (Whitehead is the expert who verified this painting). Proudly presented by Guy Lyman Fine Art, New Orleans, with our firm guarantee of satisfaction. From AskArt: Often referred to as “the black Grandma Moses,” Clementine Hunter...
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"The Marriage Proposal (Family Gathering), " Leo Schutzman, Jewish Folk Art
Located in New York, NY
Leo Schutzman (1878 - 1962) The Marriage Proposal, circa 1958 Oil on canvas 24 x 20 inches Signed lower left Leo (Kyle) Schutzman (1878-1962) developed ...
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1950s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
Located in New York, NY
"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban The painting measures 65 x 48 inches. We love that in the middle of ...
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1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Blue, Yellow, and Brown Abstract Figurative Horse Chase Western Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, yellow, brown, and red abstract figurative landscape painting by an outsider artist. The painting depicts a horse chase with two cowboys in the middle of a Western desert. Unsi...
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

View of the Towers of Chartres Cathedral in Acrylic on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
View of the Towers of Chartres Cathedral in Acrylic on Artist's Board Colorful, idealistic representation of Chartres Cathedral and the surrounding area by Ben Venezky (American, 18...
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Illustration Board

Balance, Whimsical female with flowers, roses, bright golden sky
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Daddy Playing in the Mud" San Antonio Texas Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Johnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 13.75 x 20 Frame Size: 20 x 27 Medium: Pen, Pencil, Crayon, Marker "Daddy Playing in the Mud" Biography Johnny Banks (1912-1988) In my opinion one of the greatest Texas folk artists of all time. The following information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self-taught artist, the son of Charlie and Cora Lee (McIntyre) Banks, was born on November 7, 1912, near Seguin, Texas. At the age of five his parents took him to San Antonio, where he attended Holy Redeemer School until the age of nine, when his parents were divorced and John returned to his grandparents' farm near Seguin. From childhood Banks's favorite pastime was drawing pictures on his Big Chief tablet. He later recalled, "As a kid I used to lie flat on my stomach, drawing and drawing. . . . My mother had to kick me off the floor to sweep." While helping out on his grandparents' farm, Banks completed the tenth grade before striking out on his own. His favorite activities during his youth were singing in a gospel quartet and playing baseball. In his adult years he worked in oilfields and cotton fields, drove a truck, and tended a San Antonio service station. During World War II he joined the army; he held the rank of sergeant and was stationed in the Philippines. After the war he returned to San Antonio, where he worked as a custodian at Kelly Air Force Base, at Fort Sam Houston, and at a local television station. Banks married Edna Mae Mitchell in 1928, and they had five children. The marriage ended in divorce around 1960. In 1963 he married Earlie Smith. His art career began in 1978 while he was recuperating from an illness for which he had been hospitalized. Banks's wife admired her husband's drawings and secretly took several of them to a San Antonio laundromat. There she hung the drawings on the wall, offering them for sale at the price of fourteen dollars. They were purchased and taken to a gallery for framing. Quite by chance, a San Antonio physician and collector of works of art by black artists...
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Crayon, Mixed Media

Folk Art Naive English Oil Painting Country Gentleman on Horseback with Hounds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Naive/ Folk Art School, 20th century oil on board, framed framed: 12 x 16 inches board: 11.5 x 14 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: overall very good
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

San Miguel, St. Michael, School of Cusco, Peru, Framed early 1900's
Located in Houston, TX
This is painting is from the School of Cusco depicting St. Michael the Archangel defeating the devil in battle. It is oil on canvas and is in very goo...
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hit The Pop Hole - Original Pop Art Food Painting by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Rare Israeli Naive Art Oil Painting Jerusalem Israel Old City Landscape Folk Art
Located in Surfside, FL
JERUSALEM, Vielle du David, (City of David) Oil painting on canvas Hand signed in Hebrew (Perlman, Pearlman or Perelman. There are numerous artists with this name. we are unsure wh...
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

BLUE PULSATING
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Oil painting on cardboard Original art by Grigori Ivanov. Founder of art style "Svetizm" healing paintings with light and color. Ready to hang. Sh...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

19th century American Folk Art of a Seated Lady in her Sunday best clothes
Located in Woodbury, CT
Unknown Artist (American School, 19th century) Portrait of a Lady in Blue, c. 1835–1850 Oil on canvas This painting is unsigned This quietly elegant portrait captures a mature woman...
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1850s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Very Fine and Large Oil on Canvas "Three Singing Italian Beauties on The Road"
Located in LA, CA
Pietro Gabrini (Italian, 1856-1926) A Very Fine and Large Oil on Canvas "Three Singing Italian Beauties on The Road" depicting three young maidens walking through a road path while e...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"White Chair" Still-Life Gouache and Pencil Sketch by John Botz
Located in Pasadena, CA
A burst of color, simplicity, and joy in modern American folk art American artist John Botz captures here the essence of childlike spontaneity with painterly sophistication. A radi...
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Pencil

10 Million Cat - Original Pop Art Animal Painting by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

IDYLL
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
OIL ON CANVAS Ready to hang. Shipping from Belarus, Minsk. Natalia Ivanova is a well-known Belarusian painter working in the style of symbolic figurative art. Her paintings were exh...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Fantastic Village Scene Modern Irish Magic Realism Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Philip Castle was an Irish Painter and husband to artist Barry Castle He is rarely exhibited. His detailed, meticulous work took a long time to complete and his output was quite li...
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid 19th Century American Folk Art Portrait of Child with Dog in Landscape, Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: American School, mid 19th century Title: Portrait of a Child dressed in a hat and their 'Sunday best', with small pet dog in a landscape. Medium: oil on canvas, un...
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19th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

'Creation Story', Amate, Yale University, Paris, Folk Art, Aztec
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'Inocencio Jiménez Chino' and dated 1980. This indigenous Mexican artist lives in the remote mountains of southern Mexico. He is among a group of self taught fo...
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Folk Art Mexican Boy Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 29 X 23 Image 18 X 24 The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted it to an anecdotal folk-art approach distinctly his own. When he was an infant, de Servin's family moved with him to Guadalajara. A city of history and culture, Guadalajara had a thriving artistic community with strong connections to Europe. His brothers Antonio and Miguel became artists as well, and in later years they worked collaboratively. As a teenager, de Servin studied at one of Mexico's Schools of Open-Air Painting, free art-teaching institutions sponsored by the government. Later de Servin became a pupil of the painter Chucho Reyes, known for his improvisational watercolor variations on traditional Mexican themes. This interest in imagery particular to Mexico would be of great significance to de Servin. De Servin also studied under the more traditional painter Jose Vizcarra. In the early 1930s de Servin joined the Pintores Jovenes de Jalisco, or Young Painters of Jalisco. An influence of critical importance to de Servin was Pablo Picasso. One of the originators of Cubism, the Spanish painter soon departed from its quasi-scientific and optical basis to create lively and humorous geometrical abstractions. It was this Cubism, personal and decorative, that de Servin adopted. His earliest Cubist works mimic Picasso, while during the second stage of his career, his works become smooth and polished, with an emphasis on gentle surface textures. After these cautious years, however, a rough boldness enters along with dominating colors of earth and sand. Modernists like de Servin were interested in exploring what they considered primitive artmaking styles. The adoption of a native manner and native themes is in keeping with Modernist tenets, as is the use of nontraditional materials. De Servin's portraits of peasants, large-eyed and simply rendered, recall children's drawings. The rough burlap ground contrasts with the playful imagery and delicate range of color. The figures, all children or child-like adults, are all curves and simple shapes arranged harmoniously. De Servin's cubism is free from grotesquerie as it celebrates the simplicity of its subjects. De Servin worked with the social-realist Jose Orozco on several large mural commissions in Guadalajara, including one at the Legislative Palace. While their styles were dissimilar, both made use of Mexican imagery to glorify the common people. A sought-after muralist in his own right, de Servin brought the rich colors and endearing characters of his panels to his larger-scale work. For 15 years, de Servin taught summer art classes at the University of Arizona. His career was marked by many one-man shows, both in North America and Europe. In recent years, his striking style has attracted increased notice from critics and the public. His style is a unique conglomerate of tradition, history, legends, heroes, old customs and folklore. It is a self-standing style, recognizable, cheerful, whimsical and a happy creation. 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...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Burlap, Oil

Girl with Cat
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Painting is made with casein on plaster on wood. Catalogue of a postumous ret...
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Plaster, Wood, Casein

1920s Ex Voto Retablo – Folk Art Tribute for Brother’s Salvation & Protection
Located in Denver, CO
Ex Voto; Holy Tribute for Saving a Brother. Oil on tin with ink, circa 1925, anonymous Mexican artist with a contemporary custom frame hand-carved by artisan Michael Blatnik. Ex-Vot...
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1920s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Metal

Moon Magic. Contemporary Welsh Landscape Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
There’s a whole world contained in Theree James’s paintings. Her people and scenes of Welsh life breathe animation into this world and create such a feeling of joy and wellbeing. Moo...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Portrait of Two Children
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful early 19th century large oil on canvas naive portrait of two children, a boy and a girl, attributed to American artist Arthur Armstrong (1798-1851). Armstrong was born in...
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19th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Possum on Blue - Original Vivid Figurative Animal Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Naomi Jones's richly patterned realistic paintings focus on the preservation of vulnerable wildlife. Jones finds catharsis in painting soulful animals. Portraits of vulnerable species native to the North American landscape are painted with an illustrative sensitivity, reminding the viewer to appreciate the delicate balance of nature. Jones tries to make such wildlife, frequently living on the edges of homes and gardens, visible through paintings set among vividly patterned backgrounds. This original 36-inch square acrylic painting of a rabbit is wired and ready to hang. The sides of this artwork are painted and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the front. Free local Los Angeles delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and International shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Jones is inspired by Georgia O’Keefe’s attention to the natural world and Frida Kahlo’s narrative approach to painting. She is also inspired by the patterns of William Morris and has found them to be rich resources of inspiration for her lively backgrounds. Naomi Jones lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, a city known for creative activism, ecological conservation, and an artistic approach to civic spaces. Her original artworks have been exhibited and collected throughout the US. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019-23 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2019 Platypus & Gnome, Wilmington, NC 2018 Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC 2018 Hirsch Wellness, Revolution Mills, Greensboro, NC 2018 Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 “I Spy: Art by Naomi Jones,” Art In Bloom...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Sailors and Mermaids
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Ralph Cahoon Jr.'s whimsical paintings are not only lighthearted and charming, they are also the hallmark of his creativity and imagination. His playful approach to painting and info...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Abstract Expressionist CoBRA Style Fantastical Figure. Acrylic on Card.
Located in Cotignac, FR
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...
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Late 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard, Watercolor

Jackrabbit on Grey - Original Vivid Figurative Animal Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Naomi Jones's richly patterned realistic paintings focus on the preservation of vulnerable wildlife. Jones finds catharsis in painting soulful animals. Portraits of vulnerable species native to the North American landscape are painted with an illustrative sensitivity, reminding the viewer to appreciate the delicate balance of nature. Jones tries to make such wildlife, frequently living on the edges of homes and gardens, visible through paintings set among vividly patterned backgrounds. This original 36-inch square acrylic painting of a rabbit is wired and ready to hang. The sides of this artwork are painted and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the front. Free local Los Angeles delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and International shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Jones is inspired by Georgia O’Keefe’s attention to the natural world and Frida Kahlo’s narrative approach to painting. She is also inspired by the patterns of William Morris and has found them to be rich resources of inspiration for her lively backgrounds. Naomi Jones lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, a city known for creative activism, ecological conservation, and an artistic approach to civic spaces. Her original artworks have been exhibited and collected throughout the US. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019-23 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2019 Platypus & Gnome, Wilmington, NC 2018 Scuppernong Books, Greensboro, NC 2018 Hirsch Wellness, Revolution Mills, Greensboro, NC 2018 Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 “I Spy: Art by Naomi Jones,” Art In Bloom...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Man Holding a Cat, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A kindly middle-aged man holds his cat companion in this painting, depicting the artist Jessica JH Roller's husband with one of their family cats. The gentle ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Connection Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century Iranian art Outsider art painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Signed lower left
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

African House
Located in Metairie, LA
Clementine Hunter, African House This is an excellent example of Hunter’s work, featuring the iconic African House. Three figures are present in the work, a boy, a girl, and an elde...
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board, Pencil

Editor and Typist - Mid Century Women's Magazine Illustration Naive art
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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1950s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board

Mid Century Watercolour of the Wild West, Here Come The Cavalry
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid Century pencil, chalk, watercolour and gouache painting of an American cavalry officer riding his horse across the dessert. This artwork captures the dynamic energy of a lone c...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Chalk, Crayon, Watercolor, Cardboard, Pencil

UNTITLED (PAINTING ON WOOD)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on wood. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be cons...
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Late 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Mixed Media

BUTTERFLIES
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
OIL ON CANVAS Ready to hang. Shipping from Belarus, Minsk. ORIGINAL PAINTING BY NATALIA IVANOVA. Natalia Ivanova is a well-known Belarusian painter wo...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Folk Art Mexican Girl "Emborrachate" Oil Painting on Burlap
Located in Surfside, FL
The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted i...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Burlap, Oil

Alabama Surreal Folk Art Oil Painting African American Woman, Flower Headdress
By Maltby Sykes
Located in Surfside, FL
The painting is signed Sykes and dated 1960 lower right. It has "Maltby Sykes, 1911- for Leon" written on the stretcher verso It is a Surrealist Folk Art figure of an African woman oil painting...
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Saint Minecraft XXV (Gestural Abstract, Portrait, Persian Artist, 20% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Golfam Jozdani Saint Minecraft XXV Mixed Media on Cardboard; Acrylic, Pencil, Colored Pencil Size: 9.44 x 14.17 inches (24 x 36 cm) Signed and dated by hand COA provided *Framing Op...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard, Pencil, Color Pencil

MILKY WAY
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas. Original art by Daria Kusto. Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed from Spain.
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Flower Caryatid - Blue Woman Shaped Painting
Located in Washington, DC
Important one of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). A shaped painting titled " Flower Caryatid". Noche Crist imbued her cutouts with more...
Category

1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mirror, Plaster, Wood, Acrylic

FREEDOM
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas. Original art by Daria Kusto. Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed from Spain.
Category

2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Simchat Torah in the Synagogue, " Leo Schutzman, Jewish Folk Art
Located in New York, NY
Leo Schutzman (1878 - 1962) Simchat Torah in the Synagogue, circa 1958 Oil on canvas 40 x 36 inches Signed lower left Provenance: The Contemporaries Gal...
Category

1950s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

ADVENTURE DREAMS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas. Original art by Daria Kusto. Shipped well protected, rolled in a tube, unframed from Spain.
Category

2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Early Haitian Picasso-like Modernist Mother and Child oil painting Haiti
Located in Norwich, GB
Mother and child/maternité: a gorgeous, almost Picasso-like early oil on canvas by Petion Savain, dating from 1953. The painting is monogrammed and dated...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Folk Art Mexican Girl Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 29 X 23 Image 18 X 24 The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted it to an anecdotal folk-art approach distinctly his own. When he was an infant, de Servin's family moved with him to Guadalajara. A city of history and culture, Guadalajara had a thriving artistic community with strong connections to Europe. His brothers Antonio and Miguel became artists as well, and in later years they worked collaboratively. As a teenager, de Servin studied at one of Mexico's Schools of Open-Air Painting, free art-teaching institutions sponsored by the government. Later de Servin became a pupil of the painter Chucho Reyes, known for his improvisational watercolor variations on traditional Mexican themes. This interest in imagery particular to Mexico would be of great significance to de Servin. De Servin also studied under the more traditional painter Jose Vizcarra. In the early 1930s de Servin joined the Pintores Jovenes de Jalisco, or Young Painters of Jalisco. An influence of critical importance to de Servin was Pablo Picasso. One of the originators of Cubism, the Spanish painter soon departed from its quasi-scientific and optical basis to create lively and humorous geometrical abstractions. It was this Cubism, personal and decorative, that de Servin adopted. His earliest Cubist works mimic Picasso, while during the second stage of his career, his works become smooth and polished, with an emphasis on gentle surface textures. After these cautious years, however, a rough boldness enters along with dominating colors of earth and sand. Modernists like de Servin were interested in exploring what they considered primitive artmaking styles. The adoption of a native manner and native themes is in keeping with Modernist tenets, as is the use of nontraditional materials. De Servin's portraits of peasants, large-eyed and simply rendered, recall children's drawings. The rough burlap ground contrasts with the playful imagery and delicate range of color. The figures, all children or child-like adults, are all curves and simple shapes arranged harmoniously. De Servin's cubism is free from grotesquerie as it celebrates the simplicity of its subjects. De Servin worked with the social-realist Jose Orozco on several large mural commissions in Guadalajara, including one at the Legislative Palace. While their styles were dissimilar, both made use of Mexican imagery to glorify the common people. A sought-after muralist in his own right, de Servin brought the rich colors and endearing characters of his panels to his larger-scale work. For 15 years, de Servin taught summer art classes at the University of Arizona. His career was marked by many one-man shows, both in North America and Europe. In recent years, his striking style has attracted increased notice from critics and the public. His style is a unique conglomerate of tradition, history, legends, heroes, old customs and folklore. It is a self-standing style, recognizable, cheerful, whimsical and a happy creation. 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...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

Folk Art figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Folk Art figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, pink, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mary Dwyer, Jaimendes, James (Jimmy) C. Litz, and Madeline Christine Clavier. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Acrylic Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Folk Art figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $183 and tops out at $125,000, while the average work sells for $2,000.

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