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Style: Folk Art
Deconstructivism
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Gene
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

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

1980s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Plaster, Casein, Wood Panel

The Kiss
The Kiss
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The Dog-Gods of War are Never Satisfied
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Born in 1979 San Diego based artist Mike Maxwell has built a loyal following with his signature stone-blue faces, gloomy churches & beautiful windmills. Self-taught & continuously im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"En El Ser", (In The Being). Symbolic Paint. Folk Art Landscape with figures.
Located in Segovia, ES
"En el Ser" (In The Being). Symbolic paint. Folk Art Landscape with figure by spanish artist Raquel Fariñas. Acrylic mixed media/ wood panel, 40 x 50 x 4 cm. In inches: 15.75" x 16....
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Let It Snow
Located in Brecon, Powys
Let It Snow Acrylic on deep box canvas. Signed.
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Le Duel Small Oil Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Le Duel, Artist signed and titled on reverse. Born on March 21, 1906, in Moscow, she arrived as an emigrant to Paris at the age of 15, bearing in her young experience, the weight of ...
Category

1960s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Abandoned by My Family in Chicago" Outsider Art in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Surreal depiction of a figure walking though a city by Marshall Woodall (American, b. 1958). The cityscape is represented in outlines only, creating the impression of being lit up in neon lights at night. The figure walking through the scene is an outline, reminiscent of a walk sign. Throughout the piece, there are hidden faces in the buildings. Signed, dated, and titled on verso along the stretcher: Marshall Woodall Aug 12/2019 'Abandoned by my family in Chicago' Unframed, but the edges are painted for a frame-less display. Canvas size: 16"H x 20"W Marshall Woodall (b. 1958) was born in Oklahoma City, OK. Woodall’s fascination with art began at an early age. His life has been a journey into self-expression and storytelling through music, drawing, and painting. ‘‘I am off the wall and have an unusual imagination. I think about things that people don’t always think about or notice.’’ Self-taught but inspired by Gary Larson...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Palm Tree Painting on Canvas with Seashell Frame
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming palm tree painting on canvas with a mixed media approach using oil, gouache, and watercolor. Featuring a three-dimensional folky sea shell and sea life...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Watercolor, Gouache

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 Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and pencil on paper Signed and dated, l.c. Also inscribed "E-2000-1" in pencil, verso This work is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category

Early 2000s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

'Bread on Carpet' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting, 'Bread on Carpet,' presents a simple still life using the humor and irony common to Robert Richter's oeuvre. The oval loaf is central in the composition, its golden br...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Mid Century Carved Marble Flute Player
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century carved marble flute player by Rodney Marshall Winfield (American, b. 1925). Presented in a rustic wooden frame. Unsigned. Image size: 14"H x 10"W. Framed: 20"H x 16"W. Wear to frame and age wear to marble. A painter in acrylic, designer in stain glass and silver, sculptor and long-time teacher, Rodney Winfield has had a diverse career. He was born in New York City. As a young man, he was artistically inclined and composed music, drew and painted, danced, wrote poetry and created sculpture. Choosing to focus on art, he enrolled in Cooper Union School in New York City. From 1953 to 1970, he was a stain-glass designer for Emil Frei...
Category

1960s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Marble

Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Jovan Obican Klezmer Jazz Musician
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Other Subject: People Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: 35" x 16.5 Dimensions w/Frame: 35.5" x 17.25 This depicts a Jazz or Klezmer musician. This one is a saxophone or trumpet horn player. The last photo shows it in a group of three that I have available. This listing is for the one painting. The artist Jovan Obican iconic style is child-like yet masterfully adult; a style that tells a story with sociological overtones. His funny little people are always colorful, full of spirit, living with music and birds to bring them happiness. JOVAN OBICAN Cannes, France, b. 1918, d. 1986 Jovan Obican (1918-1986) artist, painter, sculpture and mosaic ceramic artisan was born in Cannes, France, to his Yugoslavian parents. From childhood on, Jovan practically devoted himself to art, scratching designs into the dirt when paper was unavailable. He trained with many recognized teachers and with many styles. He finished his training, imbued with the spirit of his native country, the people, their legends, and their philosophy. It has been said that his work has a "timeless quality" and a naive, folk art, outsider art brut quality, child-like primitive style. Obican is identified with his style the world over, a style that is simple yet sophisticated; child-like yet masterfully adult; a style that tells a story with psychological, philosophical or sociological overtones. His funny little people are always colorful, full of spirit, living with music and birds to bring them happiness. Best known for his depictions of folklore and traditional costumes rendered in a playful, childlike style and for his happy Jewish wedding scenes. He often used bright colors and black outlines in his renderings of figures and animals, giving his work an illustration-like quality. Thematically, the artist’s work is similar to Marc Chagall and Jean Dubuffet for its dreamlike images and so-called naïve style of painting. Over the course of his career, the artist maintained a studio in Boca Raton, Florida and Dubrovnik, Croatia—part of former Yugoslavia— where he developed an interest in Eastern Europe’s Jewish culture. Many of his mature works depict Jewish traditions and ceremonies, including traditional Jewish weddings, the dancing of the Hora, and traditional music. There is a display of his works in his former Dubrovnik studio. 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 (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...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hopi Kachina Dancer by Cliff Bahnimptewa
By Cliff Bahnimptewa
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed and vibrant depiction of a kachina dancer by Cliff Bahnimptewa (Native American, 1937-1984). Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Pres...
Category

1970s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Postcard

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Sports Basketball Arena Coca Cola Sign
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS ''Basketball'', 1988, gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom right, titled in pencil on paper verso Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred ...
Category

1980s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Fruit" Still Life - Post-Impressionist Outsider Art - Acrylic on Heavy Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and textured still life by Diana Mallett (American, b. 1981). A bright yellow banana and bright red apple sit on a multicolored surface, against a dark blue background. This pie...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Oldest Tree on the Lockie Road, Rossie New York, Acrylic on Wood by Paula Towne
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique painting and woodburning by self-taught American artist Paula Towne (1948-2019). Towne embraced the beauty of Northern New York where she lived an...
Category

Early 2000s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Woman in Apron with Basket of Flowers, Oil Painting
By Mildred Barrett
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan-born Mildred Barrett is a woman to whom painting is capturing the mood of the subject with an exceptional use of color. Barrett's training includes the Art Students League...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Figurative Woodblock Print -- Mother and Child
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 Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Woodcut

SCHOOL DAYS (PAINTING OF WOOD)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on wood. Hand signed on front by the artist. Frame size 37.25 x 28.25 in. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reas...
Category

Late 20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

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...
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20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint, Board

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS Circus, Trapeze Artists, Horse rider and Acrobats gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom right. titled in pencil on paper verso. Fr...
Category

1980s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Vintage African Folk Art Painting on Canvas of Animals
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking Tanzanian painting on canvas executed in the distinctive Tinga Tinga style, using bicycle paint as a medium, depicting animals in a landscape with a blazing sunset. Signed M...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint

Mid 19th Century Folk Art Hunting Scene, Landscape, Animal and Figurative, 1852
Located in Doylestown, PA
This mid 19th Century, 25" x 30", oil on canvas, Folk Art hunting scene was painted in 1852, and signed and dated by an illegible artist. It is framed in a reproduction wood frame.
Category

1850s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

This time I put flowers. Raquel Fariñas Symbolic Colorful Folk Art Still-life
Located in Segovia, ES
"This time I put flowers" (Esta vez puse flores), Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel, 75x60 cm. The pictures of Raquel Fariñas are presented before our eyes with an almost naive ...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Sacred Buffalo - A New Beginning Painting on Canvas 72 H X 48" W Collectible
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Sacred Buffalo - A New Beginning, Contemporary Painting on Canvas 72 H X 48" W Collectible The buffalo is a symbol of self-sacrifice; it gives until there is nothing left. Acrylic on Stretched Canvas SPECIFICATIONS: - Artist-grade canvas. - 1.5" deep wooden support bars - Gallery Stretching & Wrap About Artist Irena Orlov, innovative, contemporary fine artist, architect, designer, illustrator, photographer is known for creating captivating works which are full of energy. Extraordinary versatile in her mediums, Irena could never imagine life without art. She is an artist whose path in the fine arts has led her to a unique expression of mood and color. The combination of antique and a very clean, crisp modern design sense creates a highly prized, individual art style. Her images begin spontaneously and give expression to personal creativity and insight. Each piece is unique in design. Irena often prefers to think of herself as a craftsman, constructing, or interpreting imagery and messages from her conscious and subconscious mind. Irena Ukrainian born lives and works in Los Angeles. STATEMENT I've been drawn by the magical beauty behind fine arts and design since childhood. Having a successful carrier in architecture and design for quite a long time, I began to deal with fine art. I began to look for new ways to express my emotions and feelings. The process of creating art gave me what I wanted - endless ways of expressing myself. During the creating process, I don't limit myself to a specific style or medium therefore my art is mostly represents mixed media. My creating process is based on my emotions and my mood. I'm very spontaneous. Today I might use photography to convey my feelings...tomorrow I might paint to express myself. My work is infused with spirit and energy I felt at the moment I created it. It encourages viewers to interpret it their own way. My art evokes different feelings in the audience depending on their individual experiences and memories. I was and continue to be inspired by the beauty of the world around me and can spent hours to explore it. The rapid world at which is everything changed so fast, I discovered that I will never live in quite the same world. Life unfolds only in moments. Capturing moments that are full of emotion is the key to my art. Exhibitions and Art Fairs 2019 Dolcezza Fashion Collection 2019 Art Comes Alive, ACA 2019, Cincinnati, Ohio 2019 Blink Art Artist Showcase,Cincinnati, Ohio 2019 WhyNotArt, Pasadena, CA 2019 Voyager, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Artworks installed: Spa, Staterooms, Suites, Lounge 2019 Apartment Building, Stairwell, Wilson Mountain view CALIFORNIA 2019 Oasis, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Artworks installed : Bed Spa Staterooms 2019 Leasing Office, Lake Meadow, Chicago Illinois 2019 Freedom Spa Staterooms, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Miami 2019 Freedom of the Seas Royal Caribbean Cruise Line 2019 Parallax Art Fair Kensington, London, UK 2019 4th Annual Jockeys & Juleps Derby Party Fine Art Auction, Southern Reins 2019 Parallax Art Fair Chelsea, London, UK 2018 Red Dot Miami, R.E and Perseus Gallery, Spectrum Miami 2018 2018 Parcus Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2018 21st Beijing Art Expo, China 2018 Museum MIIT, Modern and Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy 2018 The Vatican's Chancellery Palace, Italy, 1st International Itinerary Art Biennale 2018 "Between Dream and Reality” 2018 Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Member Artist Exhibit, Los Angeles, California 2018 Artexpo New York 2018 2018 Royal Caribbean Cruise Line 2018 Renaissance Asheville Hotel 2018 Renaissance Newport Beach Hotel, Reception 2018 UC Davis, Student Housing, California 2018 LA Mart, TEMPS on 2, Los Angeles 2018 European Intercultural Activity, The Museum of Art and Science, Milan 2017 The Art Festival at The Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo (di Castel Gandolfo -Musei Vaticani) 2017 The International Exhibition at the Art Italian Institute, Prague 2017 Marriott SFO, San Francisco, CA 2017 Stars of Art 2017, Galleria Sant'Andrea, Parma, Italy 2017 Stars of Art 2017, Galleria Farini Concept, Bologna, Italy 2017 Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Member Artist Exhibit, Los Angeles, California 2016 Ritz-Carlton Osaka, Tokyo, Corporate Collection 2016 "Electron Salon", Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles 2016 “Contemporaries at Uffizi”, Florence: Palazzo Ximenes Panciatichi. Italy 2016 Arttour International. Spectrum Miami 2016 2016 Biennale "Palma d'Oro per l’Arte 2016" Monte Carlo 2016 Galleria Borghese, "Historical Prize for Contemporary Artists", Rome, Italy 2016 "Electron Salon", Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles 2016 Dwell on Design, Los Angeles Convention Center 2016 Tokyo International Art Fair 2016 Saatchi Art, Girlcrest Event/ Lloydcrest Estate, Beverly Hills 2016 "Woman's Art World" Museum of Marrakech, Casablanca, Morocco 2015 Awarded the International Art Award David of Bernini, Grand Gala, Italy Monumental Theatre “G.Paisiello” by International Education of Art and Human Rights Italia in Arte nel Mondo 2015 Awarded the Special Prize for Human Rights, Anne Frank Italy Monumental Theatre “G. Paisiello” by International Education of Art and Human Rights Italia in Artenel Mondo 2015 Hotel Monaco, Washington DC 2015 " Snap To Grid" Los Angeles Center for Digital Art 2015 Stanford University, Student Housing, Stanford, California 2015 1st International Noto Award - Unesco Heritage, "Convitto Ragusa" Museum - Noto, Sicily 2015 Premio Oscar dell...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

A Distinguished Gentleman
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, inscribed on the stretcher bar reverse. The painting is presented in a flat black frame that complements it well. Horace Bundy was an itin...
Category

Mid-19th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Scent floral arrangement and mask like head warm yellow and olive colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on board signed on reverse (frame included at no charge) ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fanta...
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2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Whimsical French Folk Art, Naive, Oil Painting Madeline Marie Christine Clavier
Located in Surfside, FL
MADELINE CHRISTINE CLAVIER (1913-2015) Signature: Signed lower right & titled verso Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: The collection of the artist's family Marie Christine Clavier was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1913 to French parents and lived there for her formative years. She returned to France as a teenager and began to study painting. Her work quickly developed into whimsical paintings of poetry and songs – harmonized in a unique and distinct painting technique. Her work has an impasto feel and a folk art, outsider artist sensibility to it. Similar in style to Maik and other fantasy realists who use animals, flowers and foliage in their artworks. Marie Clavier painted ro herself rather than for profit as she was quite independently wealthy. She exhibited extensively in the United States in the 1970s especially across Connecticut and New York, showing at various galleries and cultural centres. She had numerous solo exhibitions in the 1970’s- notably at the Maison Francaise in New York and New York University. She showed at Galerie Bernheim Jeune in Paris. She won many awards for her work including Gold Medals and Palme D’Or medals. In 1988 the prestigious art publisher Leopard D’Or produced catalogue book on her life and work – by this point she had virtually given up painting. She died in 2015 aged 102. Bernheim-Jeune gallery is one of the oldest art galleries in Paris. Opened on Rue Laffitte in 1863 by Alexandre Bernheim (1839-1915), friend of Delacroix, Corot and Courbet, it changed location a few times before settling on Avenue Matignon. The gallery promoted realists, Barbizon school paintings and, in 1874, the first impressionist and later post-impressionist painters. It closed in 2019. In 1901, Alexandre Bernheim, with his sons, Josse (1870-1941), and Gaston (1870-1953), organized the first important exhibition of Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris with the help of art critic Julien Leclercq. In 1906, Bernheim-Jeune frères started presenting works by Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Paul Cezanne, Henri-Edmond Cross, Kees van Dongen, Henri Matisse, Le Douanier Rousseau, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Amedeo Modigliani, Maurice Utrillo and Georges Dufrenoy. From 1906 to 1925, art critic Félix Fénéon was the director of the gallery and was instrumental in bringing in the art of Georges Seurat and Umberto Boccioni. In 1922, an exhibition brought together works by Alice Halicka, Auguste Herbin, Pierre Hodé...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Whimsical French Folk Art, Naive, Oil Painting Madeline Marie Christine Clavier
Located in Surfside, FL
MADELINE CHRISTINE CLAVIER (1913-2015) Signature: Signed lower right & titled verso Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: The collection of the artist's family Marie Christine Clavier was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1913 to French parents and lived there for her formative years. She returned to France as a teenager and began to study painting. Her work quickly developed into whimsical paintings of poetry and songs – harmonized in a unique and distinct painting technique. Her work has an impasto feel and a folk art, outsider artist sensibility to it. Similar in style to Maik and other fantasy realists who use animals, flowers and foliage in their artworks. Marie Clavier painted ro herself rather than for profit as she was quite independently wealthy. Her work is in a more whimsical style of Francoise Gilot. She exhibited extensively in the United States in the 1970s especially across Connecticut and New York, showing at various galleries and cultural centres. She had numerous solo exhibitions in the 1970’s- notably at the Maison Francaise in New York and New York University. She showed at Galerie Bernheim Jeune in Paris. She won many awards for her work including Gold Medals and Palme D’Or medals. In 1988 the prestigious art publisher Leopard D’Or produced catalogue book on her life and work – by this point she had virtually given up painting. She died in 2015 aged 102. Bernheim-Jeune gallery is one of the oldest art galleries in Paris. Opened on Rue Laffitte in 1863 by Alexandre Bernheim (1839-1915), friend of Delacroix, Corot and Courbet, it changed location a few times before settling on Avenue Matignon. The gallery promoted realists, Barbizon school paintings and, in 1874, the first impressionist and later post-impressionist painters. It closed in 2019. In 1901, Alexandre Bernheim, with his sons, Josse (1870-1941), and Gaston (1870-1953), organized the first important exhibition of Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris with the help of art critic Julien Leclercq. In 1906, Bernheim-Jeune frères started presenting works by Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Paul Cezanne, Henri-Edmond Cross, Kees van Dongen, Henri Matisse, Le Douanier Rousseau, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Amedeo Modigliani, Maurice Utrillo and Georges Dufrenoy. From 1906 to 1925, art critic Félix Fénéon was the director of the gallery and was instrumental in bringing in the art of Georges Seurat and Umberto Boccioni. In 1922, an exhibition brought together works by Alice Halicka, Auguste Herbin, Pierre Hodé, Moise Kisling, Marie Laurencin, Henri Lebasque, Fernand Leger and Henri Matisse. The gallery now exhibits painters and sculptors in the tradition of the École de Paris and artists such as Jean Carzou, Shelomo Selinger or Pollès. Her style is a 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. 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...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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)
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1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Can-Can Dancers, Oil Painting by Branko Bahunek
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Branko Bahunek, Croatian (1935 - ) Title: Cancan Year: 1989 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 18 in. x 15 in. (45.72 cm x 38.1 cm)
Category

1980s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Onward
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 Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Seven Figures, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Seven Figures, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 9 x 19.5 in. (22.86 x 49.53 cm)
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1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Enamel

1940s Small Foothill Town
By Lura Eva Pursell
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming folk-art inspired landscape of small hillside town that reminds one of Americana and a simpler time. By Lura Eva Pursell (American, 1875-1965), circa 1940. Signed lower left...
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1940s Folk Art Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

MAGICAL GARDEN
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 Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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)
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1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Whimsical Judaica Shtetl Shadchan Matchmaker Oil Painting WPA Jewish Folk Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Fiddler on the roof, Shtetl matchmaker Medium: Oil Surface: Board, size includes artist decorated frame Country: United States The imagery of Maurice Kish (18...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Outsider Art Abstract Surrealist Spray Paint Mixed Media Painting Mason Rader
Located in Surfside, FL
"Tin Can Hands" 1995 by Mason Rader A graduate of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman House in Rochester NY with a B...
Category

1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Spray Paint

Figures Playing Drums, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Figures Playing Drums, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower left, Size: 10 x 21 in. (25.4 x 53.34 cm)
Category

1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Enamel

"El Camino a Casa". Raquel Fariñas. Symbolic Folk Art Acrylic/ Wood Landscape.
Located in Segovia, ES
"El camino a casa", (The way home") Symbolic Folk Art, Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel. Dimensions cm : (H) 90 x (W) 122.5 x (D) 4 cm. The pictures of Raquel Fariñas are pre...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Israeli Folk Art Bright Colorful Naive Jerusalem Vibrant Landscape Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
My life as an artist started in 1976 when I left Kishinev (Bessarabia) for Israel. In my youth I did not have the opportunity to study an regularly, although I learned painting during some two years at the Belle-Arts Academy in Kishinev and one year in Bucarest. My youth was spent during world war 2 when Bessarabia was annexed by the Soviet Union, years of hunger and the need to work very hard to be able to survive. I worked as a retoucher of photographs in a studio. When I arrived in Israeli went to live in Jerusalem and took up painting as my only ocupation, not as in Russia where it was one of my occupations which I had to do sometimes in hiding, stealong time from my everyday jobs. Israel, its colourings, impressed me much: the blue of the sky, the turquoise of the sea, the palette of desert colours. The stones of Israel looked alive and I wished I could paint them all. In 19761 started to expose my work. Since then I participated in a number of exhibitions in groups and alone. Since 1984 I am a member of the Israeli Union of Painters and Sculptors. The last exhibition where I took part was at the Salon des Beaux-Arts in Paris together in a group of Jerusalem artists. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Joy, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Joy, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower left, Size: 8.75 x 19.5 in. (22.23 x 49.53 cm)
Category

1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Enamel

TRIO
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 figurat...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Emperor, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Emperor, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 22 x 9.75 in. (55.88 x 24.77 cm)
Category

1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Large American Folk Art Masterpiece Glass Mosaic Sculpture Painting Wall Hanging
Located in Surfside, FL
Titled: Pop (Samuel Rothbort) in our living room. Bears estate stamp of his father, famed American folk artist Samuel Rothbort. one of only about 10 in total large scale mosaics that...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media, Mosaic, Board

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 Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Whimsical French Folk Art, Naive, Oil Painting Madeline Marie Christine Clavier
Located in Surfside, FL
MADELINE CHRISTINE CLAVIER (1913-2015) Signature: Signed lower right & titled verso Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: The collection of the artist's family Marie Christine Clavier was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1913 to French parents and lived there for her formative years. She returned to France as a teenager and began to study painting. Her work quickly developed into whimsical paintings of poetry and songs – harmonized in a unique and distinct painting technique. Her work has an impasto feel and a folk art, outsider artist sensibility to it. Similar in style to Maik and other fantasy realists who use animals, flowers and foliage in their artworks. Marie Clavier painted ro herself rather than for profit as she was quite independently wealthy. She exhibited extensively in the United States in the 1970s especially across Connecticut and New York, showing at various galleries and cultural centres. She had numerous solo exhibitions in the 1970’s- notably at the Maison Francaise in New York and New York University. She showed at Galerie Bernheim Jeune in Paris. She won many awards for her work including Gold Medals and Palme D’Or medals. In 1988 the prestigious art publisher Leopard D’Or produced catalogue book on her life and work – by this point she had virtually given up painting. She died in 2015 aged 102. Bernheim-Jeune gallery is one of the oldest art galleries in Paris. Opened on Rue Laffitte in 1863 by Alexandre Bernheim (1839-1915), friend of Delacroix, Corot and Courbet, it changed location a few times before settling on Avenue Matignon. The gallery promoted realists, Barbizon school paintings and, in 1874, the first impressionist and later post-impressionist painters. It closed in 2019. In 1901, Alexandre Bernheim, with his sons, Josse (1870-1941), and Gaston (1870-1953), organized the first important exhibition of Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris with the help of art critic Julien Leclercq. In 1906, Bernheim-Jeune frères started presenting works by Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Paul Cezanne, Henri-Edmond Cross, Kees van Dongen, Henri Matisse, Le Douanier Rousseau, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Amedeo Modigliani, Maurice Utrillo and Georges Dufrenoy. From 1906 to 1925, art critic Félix Fénéon was the director of the gallery and was instrumental in bringing in the art of Georges Seurat and Umberto Boccioni. In 1922, an exhibition brought together works by Alice Halicka...
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20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Women in the Wind, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Women in the Wind, Year: 1993, Medium: Acrylic and Enamel on board, signed and dated in marker lower left, Size: 10.5 x 20.5 in. (26.67 x 52.07 cm)
Category

1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Enamel

West Meets East, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - West Meets East, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower right, Size: 10.5 x 22 in. (26.67 x 55.88 cm)
Category

1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Enamel

THE GOLDEN WOMAN
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Oil painting on cardbord. Original art by Grigori Ivanov. Founder of art style "Svetizm" healing paintings with light and color. Ready to hang. Sh...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Judaica Polish Israeli Folk Art Biblical Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
This painting is iconic of Pichas Shaar's aesthetic, and stylistic influences. A ceramic mosaicist and sculptor as well as a painter, Shaars strong decorative sense was evident in his colorful canvas, with their frequent rectilinear geometry, depicting stylized figures, often mythological or biblical subjects. Pinchas Shaar (born Szwarc, later Shaar) was born in Lodz, Poland in 1923. already at a young age he drew small graffiti and characters of fairy tales. at sixteeen he met the Polish painter Wladyslaw Strzeminski, a disciple of the Russian painter Kazimir Malevich, who encouraged Pinchas’ artistic education. Strzeminski encouraged Pinchas' artistic education and introduced him to the works of such painters as Picasso, Leger, Matisse, and Mondrian. Pinchas had his first exhibition in 1938 and also completed photomontages for a poetry book by Moshe Broderson that was published in 1939. Then, in September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. On February 1940 the Jews of Lodz had to move to a ghetto and perform forced labor. The artist experienced the horrors of war and the Nazi holocaust concentration camps. Pinchas worked in a prefabricated furniture factory. However, after his artistic abilities were discovered, he became a draftsman. He also designed decorations for the ghetto's theater. In 1944 the Germans liquidated the Lodz ghetto...
Category

1960s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Original vintage gouache painting on poster board by Emma Heinzelmann (Hungarian, born 1930). Hungarian Peasant art, children fairytale themes, in psychedelic pop colors of the era.This painting that depicts figures including a crowned pig, and a princess in a bed. Artist signature above bed. Housed in chrome mid century frame. Framed: 19.5 X 25.5 image is 14.75 X 21.25. Emma Heinzelmann ( Nyírbátor , March 14 , 1930 - ) Munkácsy Prize-winning Hungarian graphic designer and illustrator. Heinzelmann is a Hungarian children's book illustrator and graphic poster artist, who started her career during the 1950’s. She has a very unique drawing style that resembles children’s book illustrations. Working in psychedelic pop colors of the era. She Initially she studied to be a costume designer but she soon turned to graphic design. She graduated in 1950 from the clothing design department at the Junior High School in Török Pál Street which operated under the name Szépmíves Lyceum from 1946 to 1950. His master was György Farkas, a ceramicist, painter and sculptor. She creates her compositions using mainly watercolor and gouache paint. She often worked on illustrations for children’s books, since her style fits their themes. Her posters show the same playful Hungarian Folk Art style. She has produced artwork in almost all areas of applied graphics. posters, commemorative cards, designed album covers, postcards, advertising graphics, slide films, animation and cartoons. Her drawings were published in Dörmögő Dömötör and Kisdobos among others as well as in children's magazines. An entire generation of children grew up with her book illustrations, reading the fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff or Hans Christian Andersen. Her story books and drawings are known well beyond our borders. She illustrated nearly 80 storybooks. She is a contemporary of Maurice Sendak and William Steig. Her work is of the same genre as the iconic Polish Cyrk poster artists. In her original fine art graphics grotesque and bitter elements often prevail, her figures are playfully ironic. Her drawings are made in a variety of ways, from pencil drawings to watercolor painting to collage techniques, from decorative spot effects to lace-like line drawings. She is no stranger to a kind of Art Nouveau influence, but it is always individual. It was never beautiful, but over the years its color scheme changed, thus confirming the lines of József Somogyi quoted earlier. She had several individual exhibitions, and for more than 10 years as a member of the Papp-Gábor group, her works could be seen in Dorottya Street. In 2009 , the book of art historian András Székely was published by Holnap Könyvkiadó under the title Emma Heinzelmann: fairy tales in the drawing. Awards and recognitions Lot Prize (International Poster Biennale, Warsaw) (1972) Ministry of Culture Award (1977, 1979) Brno Graphic Biennale (Bronze Award) (1980) Worker's Award (1984) Children's Book of the Year Award (1984) IBBY Andersen Diploma (1988) Hamburg Lifetime Achievement Award (1990) Albert Star Award (1992) Noémi Ferenczy Award (2005) Munkácsy Award (1984) Solo Exhibitions: Thought Bookstore, Budapest (1965) Cultural Center, Nyíregyháza (1974) Little Gallery, Komárom (1982) Art Gallery, Budapest. (1990) Vác (2010) Selected group exhibitions: International Children's Book Fair and Exhibition, Bologna (1971-1975) International Graphic Biennale, Brno (1966-1985) BIB (Children's book illustration biennial), Bratislava (1970-1985) XXXVI. Venice Biennale, Venice (1972) ARC. International Poster Biennale, Warsaw (1972) International Poster Triennale (B) (1972-1974) Weekdays, graphic exhibition, (1975) Calligraphy and typography, Institute of Cultural Relations, Budapest (1977) "Falrahányt pea", graphic exhibition, Institute of Cultural Relations, Budapest.(1978) International Poster Triennale (B) (1978) National Poster Exhibitions, Art Gallery, Budapest (1978)(1980) International Poster Exhibition (IR) (1979) Slide films: Fairy tales with Emma Heinzelmann's drawings: Under the Shore (1981) Goose Party (1981) Take a Little Trumpet (1982) The Bremen Town...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Mississippi John Hurt, Portrait Painting by George Hunt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Hunt, American Title: Mississippi John Hurt Year: 1993 Medium: Acrylic on Paper, signed Size: 40 x 29 inches Frame: 44.25 x 33.25 ...
Category

1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Drumming Under the Moon, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Drumming Under the Moon, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower right, Size: 10.5 x 21 in. (26.67 x 53.34 cm)
Category

1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Bob Ross, The Joy of Painting, PBS, Acrylic on Panel, The Outsiders, Folk Art
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,...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Acrylic

Bearded man, Jewish King or Rabbi Polish Israeli Folk Art Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
This painting is iconic of Pichas Shaar's aesthetic, and stylistic influences. A ceramic mosaicist and sculptor as well as a painter, Shaars strong decorative sense was evident in his colorful canvas, with their frequent rectilinear geometry, depicting stylized figures, often mythological or biblical subjects. 23.75 X15.75 inches without frame. Pinchas Shaar (born Szwarc, later Shaar) was born in Lodz, Poland in 1923. already at a young age he drew small graffiti and characters of fairy tales. at sixteeen he met the Polish painter Wladyslaw Strzeminski, a disciple of the Russian painter Kazimir Malevich, who encouraged Pinchas’ artistic education. Strzeminski encouraged Pinchas' artistic education and introduced him to the works of such painters as Picasso, Leger, Matisse, and Mondrian. Pinchas had his first exhibition in 1938 and also completed photomontages for a poetry book by Moshe Broderson that was published in 1939. Then, in September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. On February 1940 the Jews of Lodz had to move to a ghetto and perform forced labor. The artist experienced the horrors of war and the Nazi holocaust concentration camps. Pinchas worked in a prefabricated furniture factory. However, after his artistic abilities were discovered, he became a draftsman. He also designed decorations for the ghetto's theater. In 1944 the Germans liquidated the Lodz ghetto...
Category

1960s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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 Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Six Figures, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Six Figures, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower left, Size: 9.5 x 21 in. (24.13 x 53.34 cm)
Category

1990s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Enamel

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