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Style: Folk Art
Little Mistress of the Casa de los Azulejos-a Portrait of Childhood, Mexico City
Little Mistress of the Casa de los Azulejos-a Portrait of Childhood, Mexico City

Little Mistress of the Casa de los Azulejos-a Portrait of Childhood, Mexico City

By Agapito Labios

Located in Norwich, GB

A delightful early work by the celebrated Mexican folk artist Agapito Labios (1898–1996). It depicts a young girl in a richly embroidered lilac dress, lace collar and tiny satin shoe...

Category

1940s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Emmanuel Jolicoeur Village Scene Haitian Painting
Emmanuel Jolicoeur Village Scene Haitian Painting

Emmanuel Jolicoeur Village Scene Haitian Painting

Located in New York, NY

Emmanuel Jolicoeur (Haitian, b. 1928) Untitled, c. 1960s Oil on board 23 7/8 x 11 in. Framed: 26 x 13 x 1 in. Signed lower left Emmanuel Jolicoeur was born on Christmas day in 1928 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and is the older brother of artist Wilson Jolicoeur. His work can be found in the collection of the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, IA. He was a member of the school Foyer des Arts Plastiques, created by a group of artists who wanted to address and remedy issues plaguing Haitian painters. Jolicouer was known to collaborate with Rene Exume and David Rouzier. In 1967, he moved to the United States, where he has resided since. His paintings have been sold at major auction houses including Sotheby's, and is represented by a number of galleries. He was included in Eva Pataki's book "Haitian Painting...

Category

1960s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Ophelia - Original Earthy Floral Feminine Figurative Portrait Painting on Canvas
Ophelia - Original Earthy Floral Feminine Figurative Portrait Painting on Canvas

Ophelia - Original Earthy Floral Feminine Figurative Portrait Painting on Canvas

By Naomi Jones

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Lacquer

19th century Irish or English Antique portrait of two dogs, waterdogs
19th century Irish or English Antique portrait of two dogs, waterdogs

19th century Irish or English Antique portrait of two dogs, waterdogs

Located in Woodbury, CT

Outstanding portrait of two dogs. Sam Spode was an Irish painter of horse and dog portraits from the late 18th century through the early 19th century. His dog portraits are very rar...

Category

1830s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim Ladyzhensky had naive periods. The most well know of the strict naive artists are Shalom of Safed, Irene Awret, Gabriel Cohen, Natan Heber, Michael Falk and Kopel Gurwin. 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. Art brut, primitive art, primitive, art naïf, naïve art. Outsider art. 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...

Category

20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe Tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim Ladyzhensky had naive periods. The most well know of the strict naive artists are Shalom of Safed, Irene Awret, Gabriel Cohen, Natan Heber, Michael Falk and Kopel Gurwin. 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. Art brut, primitive art, primitive, art naïf, naïve art. Outsider art. 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...

Category

20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Pair of Antique English Portraits of the Binns Sisters
Pair of Antique English Portraits of the Binns Sisters

Pair of Antique English Portraits of the Binns Sisters

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Rare and remarkable pair of 19th century oil paintings on canvas of Adelle and Hannah Fletcher Binns each in a grey dress holding a flower basket in an outdoor setting, executed in c...

Category

19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

El Niño Retablo Painting New Mexico Spanish Colonial Folk Art on Wood
El Niño Retablo Painting New Mexico Spanish Colonial Folk Art on Wood

El Niño Retablo Painting New Mexico Spanish Colonial Folk Art on Wood

Located in Denver, CO

This original “El Niño” retablo painting is a striking contemporary work inspired by the Spanish Colonial devotional traditions of New Mexico, reinterpreted with a refined modern sen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe Tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim...

Category

20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

American Folk Painting of Couple in a Garden With Dog
American Folk Painting of Couple in a Garden With Dog

American Folk Painting of Couple in a Garden With Dog

Located in New York, NY

Mystery Artist Untitled, c. 1900 (Late 19th/early 20th century) Oil on canvas 15 3/4 x 21 in. Framed: 21 1/8 x 26 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.

Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Important Antique American School Folk Art Young Girl Portrait Oil Painting
Important Antique American School Folk Art Young Girl Portrait Oil Painting

Important Antique American School Folk Art Young Girl Portrait Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Very rare and well painted mid 1800s folk art portrait. Incredible frame. Oil on canvas. Image size, 24 by 28 inches.

Category

Mid-19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe Tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim Ladyzhensky had naive periods. The most well know of the strict naive artists are Shalom of Safed, Irene Awret, Gabriel Cohen, Natan Heber, Michael Falk and Kopel Gurwin. 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. Art brut, primitive art, primitive, art naïf, naïve art. Outsider art. 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...

Category

20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. This one looks like a Chassidic Breslov Hasidic man. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe Tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim Ladyzhensky...

Category

20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe Tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim Ladyzhensky had naive periods. The most well know of the strict naive artists are Shalom of Safed, Irene Awret, Gabriel Cohen, Natan Heber, Michael Falk and Kopel Gurwin. 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. Art brut, primitive art, primitive, art naïf, naïve art. Outsider art. 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...

Category

20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe Tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim Ladyzhensky had naive periods. The most well know of the strict naive artists are Shalom of Safed, Irene Awret, Gabriel Cohen, Natan Heber, Michael Falk and Kopel Gurwin. 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. Art brut, primitive art, primitive, art naïf, naïve art. Outsider art. 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...

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20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Gouache

A Gentlemen & Lady
A Gentlemen & Lady

A Gentlemen & Lady

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Pair of Portraits, attributed to the Prior-Hamblen School American, ca. 1840–1855 The painting is not signed Oil on panel, housed in original gilt frames with patterned borders This...

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1840s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Girl on Horse Painting, Gouache on Illustration Board, 1950s, Framed
Girl on Horse Painting, Gouache on Illustration Board, 1950s, Framed

Girl on Horse Painting, Gouache on Illustration Board, 1950s, Framed

Located in Miami, FL

When fabled female illustrator Mary Blair was not creating fantasy images for Disney, she was doing freelance illustration work for commercial clients. We think that is one of those ...

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1950s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

The Kennedy's
The Kennedy's

Paul MullerThe Kennedy's, 1963

$1,760Sale Price|20% Off

The Kennedy's

By Paul Muller

Located in Indianapolis, IN

Signed and dated upper right. Biography from Battledore Ltd Gallery: Paul Muller (Russian/American) was born in Estonia. At the age of 16 he joined the Russian Army where he was a m...

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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Oil

BMW Isetta, Messerschmitt  Cars Autobahn - Humorous Mid-Century Illustration
BMW Isetta, Messerschmitt  Cars Autobahn - Humorous Mid-Century Illustration

BMW Isetta, Messerschmitt Cars Autobahn - Humorous Mid-Century Illustration

By Richard Erdoes

Located in Miami, FL

One of the hallmarks of great art is recognizing the artist's style instantly. This is the case with Richard Erdoes. His highly stylized comic figures are expressive and communicate the story delightfully and joyfully. Even though this work is rendered in flat, minimalistic two colors, the inventive shape relationships and positive and negative areas convey a very high level of artistic skill. The present work was done on assignment for the prestigious Standard Oil ( Exxon's predecessor ) corporation's company magazine, The Lamp. Although not a newstand magazine, The Lamp had the highest editional and artistic content. Work is unsigned and unframed. Richard Erdoes (Hungarian Erdős, German Erdös; July 7, 1912 – July 16, 2008) was an American artist, photographer, illustrator and author. Early life Erdoes was born in Frankfurt,to Maria Josefa Schrom on July 7, 1912. His father, Richárd Erdős Sr., was a Jewish Hungarian...

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1950s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil

The Virgin and Child, Saint Anne and St John the Baptist after Leonardo da Vinci
The Virgin and Child, Saint Anne and St John the Baptist after Leonardo da Vinci

The Virgin and Child, Saint Anne and St John the Baptist after Leonardo da Vinci

By Leonardo da Vinci

Located in Cotignac, FR

A pencil, chalk and crayon drawing of the Virgin and Child with St Anne inspired by the 'cartoon' of Leonard da Vinci currently held in the National Gallery London. An elegant and c...

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Late 20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Chalk, Crayon, Pencil, Paper

I am a Rich Man
I am a Rich Man

I am a Rich Man

Located in Miami, FL

Enter Kwame's world. In this work, Kwame looks to the divine for the attachment to worldly things. Almighty God (Kwame Akoto) is a non-academic artist ...

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Early 2000s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Mid Century Pulp Art - Sad Clown Portrait with Green, Yellow, & Red
Mid Century Pulp Art - Sad Clown Portrait with Green, Yellow, & Red

Mid Century Pulp Art - Sad Clown Portrait with Green, Yellow, & Red

Located in Soquel, CA

Mid century pulp art portrait of a somber clown with a yellow shirt, red hair and a red nose, holding a scepter in a dramatized space with a candle and green ...

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1960s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

"Artist Lisa"
"Artist Lisa"

"Artist Lisa"

By Vladyslav Kazachenko

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Artist Liza is a visual manifesto of her creative identity. Liza is presented as a creator caught between creation and destruction: her hands clutch brushes and a smoldering cigarett...

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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

19th Century French Naive Portrait of Lady Large Oil Painting on Canvas
19th Century French Naive Portrait of Lady Large Oil Painting on Canvas

19th Century French Naive Portrait of Lady Large Oil Painting on Canvas

By Henri Rousseau

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of a Lady French School, 19th century circle of Henri Rousseau, French 1844 - 1910 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 23.5 inches provenance: private collection, France co...

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19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Emmanuel Jolicoeur Women and Donkey, Haitian Painting
Emmanuel Jolicoeur Women and Donkey, Haitian Painting

Emmanuel Jolicoeur Women and Donkey, Haitian Painting

Located in New York, NY

Emmanuel Jolicoeur (Haitian, b. 1928) Untitled, 1960 Oil on board Sight: 33 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. Framed: 36 x 17 x 1 in. Signed and dated lower left Emmanuel Jolicoeur was born on Chris...

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1960s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Say Chocolate: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting

Say Chocolate: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting

By Therese James

Located in Brecon, Powys

" Say Chocolate" 'part of a series of 'Calendar Ladies'. A departure from the works we generally associate with Therese. Great " Wall Candy" from this very talented Welsh artist. Pe...

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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer

Rare Modernist Judaica Scholar Rabbi in Synagogue Oil Painting Signed Mora
Rare Modernist Judaica Scholar Rabbi in Synagogue Oil Painting Signed Mora

Rare Modernist Judaica Scholar Rabbi in Synagogue Oil Painting Signed Mora

Located in Surfside, FL

a mid century Judaica painting of a Rabbi wearing a Tallit prayer shawl. In the Modernist manner of Maurice Kish, Tully filmus or William Gropper. It is signed Mora.

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20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Filipina Girl Playing the Harp
Filipina Girl Playing the Harp

Filipina Girl Playing the Harp

Located in Soquel, CA

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 ...

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1970s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Early 19th-Century Portrait of a Handsome Young American
Early 19th-Century Portrait of a Handsome Young American

Early 19th-Century Portrait of a Handsome Young American

Located in San Francisco, CA

On offer is an original portrait of a dapper yet dignified young gentleman, perfectly confident in both his direct gaze at the viewer and the elegance of his attire. There’s the shap...

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Early 19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Joy of Painting Bob Ross PBS The Outsiders Folk Art
The Joy of Painting Bob Ross PBS The Outsiders Folk Art

The Joy of Painting Bob Ross PBS The Outsiders Folk Art

By Tommy Cheng

Located in Houston, TX

Quote from Bob Ross "Only a few "Happy Accidents on this One" LOOK FOR FREE 1STDIBS SHIPPING WHEN YOU CHECK OUT Robert Norman Ross was an American painter, art instructor, and tel...

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2010s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

19thC American Folk Art Portrait Oil Painting A Young Girl Seated Beside Her Dog
19thC American Folk Art Portrait Oil Painting A Young Girl Seated Beside Her Dog

19thC American Folk Art Portrait Oil Painting A Young Girl Seated Beside Her Dog

Located in Incline Village, NV

Early 19th century, superb, and oversized, this fine quality American folk art portrait, oil on canvas painting is in original surface with all of the elements desired by collectors ...

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1820s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Celluloid Manga Characters 1
Celluloid Manga Characters 1

Celluloid Manga Characters 1

Located in Genève, GE

Original ink and gouache cello with sketch White wooden frame with plastic protection 32.5 x 42.5 x 3.5 cm

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Late 20th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink, Gouache

Portrait in Wildflowers, Original Painting
Portrait in Wildflowers, Original Painting

Portrait in Wildflowers, Original Painting

By Jessica JH Roller

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller paints a woman sitting on the ground with her legs crossed. Vibrant wildflowers in pink and red thrive all around her. "Summer is in ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Girl on Beach, Original Painting
Girl on Beach, Original Painting

Girl on Beach, Original Painting

By Jessica JH Roller

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A young woman stands on the beach, a red flower adding a touch of whimsy to her pink bikini. Bold lines outline her figure as stylized waves crash behind her....

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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Folk Art Portrait Oil Painting "Young Girl In a Red Dress", American, Circa 1825
Folk Art Portrait Oil Painting "Young Girl In a Red Dress", American, Circa 1825

Folk Art Portrait Oil Painting "Young Girl In a Red Dress", American, Circa 1825

Located in Incline Village, NV

Lovely full length portrait of a young girl in this folk art painting; oil on canvas mounted on board. She is posing wearing an attractive and colorful red dress while holding a flor...

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1820s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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