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Style: Folk Art
Street Scene 2, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Street Scene 2, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Description: An o...
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Musicians in the Street, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Musicians in the Street, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Description: An oil paint...
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Music Festival, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Music Festival, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Description: An oil painting of a ...
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tower of Slumber fantasy male and female figures engaged in Hercularian feats.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting is one of various works by the artist depicting narratives in a narrow vertical format primarily influenced by the works of the German artist Max Beckmann . It is a lar...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
OVERTOWN (PAINTING ON WOOD)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on wood. Hand signed on front by the artist.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included....
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
$4,200 Sale Price
30% Off
Flash
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Free man with no nation
By Mike Maxwell
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Feast and Famine
By Mike Maxwell
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Burnt Bridges Broken Hearts
By Mike Maxwell
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Stickball Team sports related group male figures earth and red colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The painting hardens back to the artist's memory of stickball played on YYC streets. The rough texture is created by pumice like material mixed with the primer. It is on wood signed ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Marché Cluny - Market at Cap-Haitien - Haitian Street Art
Located in Miami, FL
A bustling street scene of everyday life in front of the famed Marché in Cap-Haïtien is rendered in Sénèque This is a relatively early work by Obin's signature brightly colored and flat naive style.
Signed lower right.
Provenance: Galerie Issa - Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - Owned by Issa El Saieh of later named El Saieh Gallery
Sénèque Obin...
Category
1950s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The window (La ventana) Folk Art. Green, blue, yellow, orange interior scene
Located in Segovia, ES
The window (La ventana) . Folk Art, Acrylic on wood panel painting by Spanish author Raquel Fariñas.
Dimensions in centimetres (H) 177,3 x (W) 95 x (D) 4
In inches: (H) 69.7 x (W)...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Acrylic
Outsider Art Painting: 'Come See'
Located in New York, NY
Scott likes to think of his work as what it might look like if an overly observant 5 year old kid from New Jersey left hieroglyphics for alien life forms to discover. A mixture of Sc...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon
Navigator, bright color oil painting of figure, boats, water
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...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In front of the sea. Acrylic on wood Raquel Fariñas Folk Art Still-life Flowers
Located in Segovia, ES
In front of the sea (Frente al mar), Acrylic / wood panel.
Working on a panel allows the artist to use a lot of material.
Dimension art cm: (H) 80 x (W) 50.5 x (D) 5 cm. / Inches: (...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Acrylic
Three's a Crowd, whimsical colorful pastel on toned paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Three's a Crowd, whimsical colorful pastel on toned paper
A Brooklyn native, much of Basso's wildly imaginative artwork was inspired by travel to Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and especiall...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Folk Art Tropical Painting on Canvas
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming acrylic painting on canvas of a group of colorful figures in a tropical setting executed in a naive style. Signed Osnel in the lower right and presented in the original wood...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
the waiting room, colorful narrative w 4 women and a little boy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
large scale colorful Oil on canvas narrative painting of little boy surrounded by four ethnically diverse women in formal evening gowns.
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Justin McCarthy Painting, Outsider Artist
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Justin McCarthy (American, 1891-1977)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Materials: board/panel
Dimensions (H, W, D): 24"h, 16"w
Additional Info...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Paint
Small Wooden Pieces I: Medial Woman in a Moment
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
With a folk-art flavor, this piece combines burlap and plaster, encaustic on wood and beads to capture Medial Woman in a difficult moment. Although she is an archetype of the interme...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Acrylic, Encaustic
the golden lobster, fantasy, surreal bather
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 imaginat...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Existential Cyclist human condition humorous male figure on bicycle blue
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed and dated on reverse oil on wood panel . This work had a rough surface texture.
Some similarity to Botero quality
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mexican American Folk Art Oil Painting – Figures, Houses & Landscape, 20th C.
Located in Denver, CO
A charming and colorful oil on board painting by acclaimed Mexican American folk artist Martin Saldaña (1874–1965), titled “Farm and Figures.” This unique 20th-century outsider artwo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Neutral Color Tone Figurative Original Painting by Cuban Artist Hector Frank
By Hector Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original Neutral Color Tone Figurative Painting by Cuban Painter Hector Frank.
International acclaim as one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank. Now, in his art...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel
Pillow Fight, colorful humorous nude women
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on linen on mounted board
outsider pastel on archival paper
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking f...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Nude on the Edge#2, colorful, whimsical imaginative nude
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...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Glory and Grandeur art history strong black female figure topical subject
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on linen on mounted board
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works a...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Soutine's Purveyor, humorous butcher with meat, food
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, wry wit and fear...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Figurative Woodblock Print -- Mother and Child
By Kaoru Kawano
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century mother and child woodblock print by Kaoru Kawano (Japanese, 1916-1965). Unframed and un-matted. Signed "Kaoru Kawano", circa 1955. Image 16.75"H x 11.25"L.
Kaoru Kawano...
Category
1950s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Outsider Art, Acrylic Painting: 'Seer'
Located in New York, NY
Scott likes to think of his work as what it might look like if an overly observant 5 year old kid from New Jersey left hieroglyphics for alien life forms to discover. A mixture of ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Rapunzel by the Sea, fairy tale narrative, colorful whimsical fantasy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rapunzel figure narrative, colorful
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical w...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Outsider Art, Acrylic & Oil on Hardboard: 'Goat of the Year'
Located in New York, NY
Scott likes to think of his work as what it might look like if an overly observant 5 year old kid from New Jersey left hieroglyphics for alien life forms to discover. A mixture of ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, 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...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shoe repairman, colorful, character
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...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Purvis Young Painting, Estate of the Artist, 93"W
By Purvis Young
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Purvis Young (American, 1943-2010)
Marking(s); notes: signed
Materials: painted wood
Dimensions (H, W, D): 24"h, 93"w (work is not framed)
Additional Information: Provenance: This work is from the personal collection of Anthony Romano, one of the two guardians appointed to the artist in the later part of his life.
Purvis Young (1943–2010) was a self-taught American artist from Miami’s Overtown neighborhood, known for his raw, expressive paintings on found materials that explore themes of social justice, spirituality, and everyday urban life. His work resonates with the visual urgency of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the narrative power of Thornton Dial, and the outsider spirit of Bill Traylor and Sister Gertrude Morgan...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
High Wire, bright color oil painting circus theme, vertical composition
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...
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Outsider Art, Acrylic & Oil on Canvas: 'Chuck (Steak)'
Located in New York, NY
Scott likes to think of his work as what it might look like if an overly observant 5 year old kid from New Jersey left hieroglyphics for alien life forms to discover. A mixture of ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Makes Matters Worse
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Outsider Art, Acrylic & Oil on Canvas: 'The 3 Graces'
Located in New York, NY
Scott likes to think of his work as what it might look like if an overly observant 5 year old kid from New Jersey left hieroglyphics for alien life forms to discover. A mixture of ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Sunshine, the Campground Visitor from Outer Space
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Board
Justin McCarthy Nude Painting, Outsider Artist
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Justin McCarthy (American, 1891-1977)
Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent
Materials: board/panel
Dimensions (H, W, D): 24"h, 18"w
Additional Info...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Board
Colorful Mid-Century Folk Art Oil Painting by Martin Saldaña, "Small Nude", 1960
Located in Denver, CO
"Small Nude" is a vibrant, semi-abstract oil painting by Mexican-American artist Martin Saldaña (1874–1965). This whimsical mid-century work features a stylized female nude surrounde...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Incident on Cabbage Hill
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Untitled
By Rosalind Brodoff
Located in Branford, CT
Untitled, oil on wood panel.
ROSALIND BRODOFF 1926 - 2017
Rosalind Brodoff was born in The Bronx NY, January 11, 1926, the second of 6 children, 4 sisters and one brother. Althou...
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Emergence
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Worry Warts
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Board
Outsider Art, Acrylic Painting: 'School'
Located in New York, NY
Scott likes to think of his work as what it might look like if an overly observant 5 year old kid from New Jersey left hieroglyphics for alien life forms to discover. A mixture of ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Board
Outsider Art, Acrylic &n Oil Painting: 'Good Morning Sunshine'
Located in New York, NY
Scott likes to think of his work as what it might look like if an overly observant 5 year old kid from New Jersey left hieroglyphics for alien life forms to discover. A mixture of ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Board
Figurative Original Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Hector Frank
By Hector Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper
Outsider Art, Acrylic Painting: 'Grass Fed'
Located in New York, NY
Scott likes to think of his work as what it might look like if an overly observant 5 year old kid from New Jersey left hieroglyphics for alien life forms to discover. A mixture of ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
"Home from Work, " Oil Painting of Woman Indoors signed by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Home from Work" by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter is an oil painting on wood, signed on the verso. The frame was created and hand-carved by the artist, making it an integral part o...
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
The Four Winter Months by Edward Marecak, 1985 Denver Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
“The Four Winter Months” is a striking 1985 original oil painting by acclaimed Denver modernist Edward Marecak (1919–1993). This evocative work features four abstract, semi-stylized ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,250 Sale Price
33% Off
Outsider Art, Acrylic on board: 'Onward'
Located in New York, NY
Scott likes to think of his work as what it might look like if an overly observant 5 year old kid from New Jersey left hieroglyphics for alien life forms to discover. A mixture of ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Board
Joe, Lance, Moe or Less
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Board
Lights Out
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Ceremony under Moon, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Ceremony under Moon, Year: 1993, Medium: Acrylic and Enamel on board, signed and dated in marker lower left, Size: 21 x 22 in. (53.34 x 55.88 cm)
Category
1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Man and Child, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Man and Child, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 7 x 14.5 in. (17.78 x 36.83 cm)
Category
1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
The Hunt, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - The Hunt, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower left, Size: 10.25 x 21 in. (26.04 x 53.34 cm)
Category
1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Living Room Interior, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Living Room Interior, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed and titled in marker lower right, Size: 21.5 x 21 in. (54.61 x 53.34 cm)
Category
1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Lost
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
$2,300
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