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Style: Folk Art
DAY AND NIGHT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Oil painting on canvas Original art by Grigori Ivanov. Founder of art style "Svetizm" healing paintings with light and color. Ready to hang. Ship...
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2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

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...
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1960s Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Descanso" (Rest). Symbolic Paint. Folk Art Landscape.
Located in Segovia, ES
"Descanso" (Rest). Symbolic paint. Folk Art Landscape by spanish artist Raquel Fariñas. Acrylic mixed media/ wood panel, 69 x 60 x 4 cm. In inches: 27.17" x 23.62" x 1.57" The paint...
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2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Brand New Harold, colorful abstract figure and text
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portrait, figure, narrative, interior. Oil on canvas.
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2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Outsider Folk Art Painting "The Wall-Flower" by Gussie Smith Roth 1965
Located in San Francisco, CA
American Outsider Folk Art Painting "The Wall-Flower" by Gussie Smith Roth C.1965 Original oil on masonite Masonite dimensions 28" wide x...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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...
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2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ex-Voto, Retablo, Painting on Metal, Mexico , Our Lady of the Cave, Folk Art
Located in Houston, TX
This retablo was purchased by the gallery in Mexico City. I knew the family that sold this retablo to me. The writing says" August 8,1944,I give thanks...
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1940s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Metal

Israeli Judaica Shtetl "The Lesson" Rabbi Studying Scene Naive Art Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Natan Heber was trained by his father in Poland to be a ritual slaughterer. In 1925, he joined the Zionist movement "Mizrachi" and in 1936 immigrated to Palestine where he opened a poultry shop in Haifa. He began to paint at the age of sixty-one, after ill health forced him to retire. Driven by a need to memorialize his family and their shtetl community lost in the Holocaust, he drew scenes of traditional Jewish life. Unfamiliar with the conventions of scale and perspective, he set his heavily outlined frontal figures on steeply rising surfaces and often portrayed his father in monumental size to mark his importance. One of Israel's greatest naive-style painters. Along with Shalom of Safed, Kopel Gurwin and Gabriel Cohen, He is renowned as one of Israel's greatest living naive-style folk art painters, The Haifa Museum of Art will be opening the first ever Outsider Art exhibition (also known as Art Brut) in Israel in January 2013. He was included in the show of Outsider art at Haifa Museum The exhibition included works by Classical Outsider artists, none of them have ever been shown in Israel - Henry Darger, Martin Ramirez, Adolf Wölfli, Aloïse, Hauser, Carlo Zinnelli, Bill Traylor, Minnie Evans, William Hawkins and Sam...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Lovely Gal, 1950s Semi-Abstract Figurative Folk Art Oil Painting, & Birds
Located in Denver, CO
"Lovely Gal" is a charming oil on board painting by Martin Saldaña (1874-1965), a self-taught outsider artist known for his vibrant, whimsical depictions of childhood memories and rural life. This semi-abstract figurative work features a colorful palette of bold hues, with flowers and birds that reflect Saldaña's deep connection to nature and his Mexican heritage. The painting is presented in a custom frame with outer dimensions of 30 ¾ x 25 ⅜ x 1 ⅝ inches, and the image size is 24 ½ x 19 ⅛ inches. About the Artist: Martin Saldaña was born in 1874 at Rancho Neuvo, Mexico, and led a modest life, working as a cook at Denver's iconic Brown Palace Hotel. At the age of 76, Saldaña began attending children’s art classes at the Denver Art Museum, sparking a late-blooming artistic career. Over the next 15 years, he vividly captured memories of his childhood in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, focusing on ranch life, landscapes, and his love for animals. Saldaña's work is noted for its bold, geometric figures and vibrant colors, often evoking the influence of Mexican tapestries. His paintings are considered to be naïve and folk art, characterized by their simple, direct, and highly personal style. Saldaña's prolific output—creating a new painting nearly every three days—resulted in an impressive collection of artworks that continue to be celebrated today. Saldaña’s endearing style continues to captivate art enthusiasts, offering a glimpse into a rich, nostalgic world filled with vibrant colors and heartfelt simplicity. ©David Cook Galleries...
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20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Wine & Cigarettes Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS Reclining Woman Wine and Cigarettes gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom right. titled in pencil on paper verso. Matted to 13 X 1...
Category

1980s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

'The Tapestry of Consciousness' by Rehfeld - Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954) 'Quantum Identities: The Tapestry of Consciousness' 2022 Oil paint, Tissue paper, Newsprint, Ripped canvas, Wood The artist signed the back of...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Oil, Newsprint, Tissue Paper

'Untitled' by Steven H. Rehfeld - Large Vibrant Still Life Painting with Flora
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, 1954) 'Untitled' 2015 Oil paint, canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the painting. About the Artist: Introducing Steven H. Rehfeld, a d...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Artist Circus Fire Eater, Tiger
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS ''Circus, Fire Eaters'', 1989, gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom center, titled in pencil on paper verso Paper 12''h, 9''w. Provenance: Estate of Laura Fisher...
Category

1980s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Vibrant Original Acrylic Painting 'Rainy Day' Interior Scene with Woman Reading
Located in Denver, CO
"Rainy Day" is a captivating original acrylic painting on canvas, enhanced with dimensional wood pieces for a unique textured effect. This stunning figurative artwork, influenced by ...
Category

1980s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

SUMMER MUSIC
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on paper Shipping from Belarus, Minsk.
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Mod Bull Jewish Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS Bull gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom right. titled in pencil on paper verso. Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painte...
Category

1980s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Holy Rain & video, a vernacular folk painting by a self-taught African American
By P-Nut
Located in Charleston, US
The multimedia work, "Holy Rain" includes a 1 1/2 minute Video of self-taught P-Nut talking about the inspiration for his folk painting of African ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Video

Badami People, Oil on Canvas, White Purple Green Color "In Stock"
By JMS Mani
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
JMS Mani - Badami People Oil on Canvas - 16 x 12 inches each (unframed size) 20 x 18 inches ( Framed ) Inclusive of packing . The simple, rustic folk of the Deccan Plateau in Sout...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Naive Abstract Landscape Folk Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Fantasy landscape naive art oil painting, signed, S. Smith, left side of painting.
Category

20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century Haitian Painting of a Village
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fanciful vintage Haitian acrylic painting on board depicting an idyllic rural village executed in a playful naive technique. Signed Phiton Latortue and presented in the original carv...
Category

Late 20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Doves with Zinnia, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A family of doves nest on the porch roof of artist Jessica JH Roller's neighbor. Their chicks often wander to Jessica's fence, where they rest and perch among...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mystical love Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century Iranian outsider art paint
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Signed by the artist
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Figurative Original Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist 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 Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper

Feeding the Horse a Carrot
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Reginald Wilson, American (1909-1993) Title: Feeding the Horse a Carrot Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 3...
Category

1950s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bliss Queen, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
TITLE - Bliss Queen SIZE - 24Wx36Hx2D in INCHES - ORIGINAL ACRYLIC PAINTING on gallery wrapped canvas. - HIGH QUALITY Artist grade Acrylic colors and Mediums are used. ...
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2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Artist Self-Portrait, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This self-portrait captures a quiet moment with a neutral expression. The piece magnifies the artist's desire to live true and minimally, reflecting a sincere...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Rest by the Wayside, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Rest by the Wayside, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Description: "Rest by the Waysi...
Category

1970s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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 Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fortified Town, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Fortified Town, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Description: An oil painting of a fo...
Category

1970s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fortified Castle, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Fortified Castle, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Description: An...
Category

1970s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fortified Castle, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Fortified Castle, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Description: An...
Category

1970s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Food Sellers in the Market, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Food Sellers in the Market, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Des...
Category

1970s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pottery Sellers, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Pottery Sellers, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 36 x 40 in. (91.44 x 101.6 cm), Description: An oil painting of...
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1970s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cactus Fruit Sellers, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Cactus Fruit Sellers, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed upper right, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Descripti...
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1970s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Preparing Food, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Preparing Food, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Description: An...
Category

1970s Folk Art 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 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 Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Blob
Located in Bozeman, MT
Micheal Ousley is a native of Appalachia, originally from the coalfields of Southeastern Kentucky. Having traveled all around the Western coal towns of Virginia, West Virginia and th...
Category

2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Untitled Portrait, Red Original Figurative Painting by Cuban Artist 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 Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

1950s Abstract Oil Painting, Fertility Goddesses, Nude Figures, Pink Blue Green
Located in Denver, CO
This stunning mid-20th century abstract figurative painting titled "Fertility Goddesses" by renowned Denver modernist Edward Marecak (1919-1993) features three stylized nude female f...
Category

1950s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Market Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Vibrant market scene with vibrant impasto brushstrokes.
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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 Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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 Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Outsider Art, Acrylic & Oil on Canvas: 'Flighty'
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 Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Justin McCarthy Painting WHITE FANG , Outsider Art
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Justin McCarthy (American, 1891-1977) Marking(s); notes: markings Country of origin; materials: USA; paint on wood panel Dimensions: 16″h, 24″w Additio...
Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint, Board

Magic Realist Surrealist Latin American Naive Fantasy Painting
By German Ramon Duron Lanza
Located in Surfside, FL
Magic realist fantasy painting in the manner of Ernst Fuchs and Arik Brauer. 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 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 Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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 banjo or guitar 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...
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20th Century Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Parapluie XX Acrylic Painting by Henry Walsh, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
Parapluie XX by Henry Walsh [2022] Parapluie XX by Henry Walsh is an original acrylic painting on a wooden board that features a man with an umbrella on a walk. Henry Walsh’s work begin with snapshots of busy life and by a process of elimination, he refocus’ on the image and on the elements that encapsulate a sober thoughtfulness. Additonal information: Original Acrylic on Wooden Board Image size: H:11 cm x W:11 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:11 cm x W:11 cm x D:0.3 cm Frame Size: H:19.5 cm x W:19.5 cm x D:3.5 cm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. Henry Walsh artist's works are available to buy online with Wychwood art and in our art gallery. Henry Walsh was born 1978 in Norwich, England and spent his childhood in the Suffolk countryside. Henry studied art at Ipswich College in Suffolk, and then Loughborough University in Leicestershire. In 2000 he moved to London to find work that would further his art career and help to maintain his painting. In Spring 2011 Henry and his family moved from London to the High Peak in Derbyshire. Henry is now a freelance artist & designer concentrating more time to his painting. Artist and painter Henry Walsh comments “My work begins with snapshots of busy city life and by a process of elimination I refocus the image on elements that encapsulate a sober thoughtfulness." "Scattered throughout the hustle and bustle of concrete life, like pools among the rocks, are the parks and squares that provide us with a place to breathe and a time to think. It is a fundamental need of a sane society to be able to stop once in a while and wander from the routine, lift our heads and look at the sky or take in our regular surroundings with a fresh insight.” “Sitting on the top deck of a London bus, I let my mind stroll over the lives of the people on the street, they obtain new life stories; I’m placing myself in their...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Board

Grinding Sugar Cane, Painting by Jaimendes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jaimendes, Brazilian (1939 - ) Title: Grinding Sugar Cane Year: circa 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 21.5 in. x 25.5 in. (54.61 cm x ...
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1980s Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Acrylic & Oilstick on Canvas: 'Assessor'
Located in New York, NY
In 2018, I became a painter. An artist. I am a product of the '70s and I spent my life in the fine state of New Jersey—the most wonderful state of them all. As a result of stuff th...
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2010s Folk Art Paintings

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Acrylic

20th century figurative landscape tempera painting jungle forest scene signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Rice Harvest" is an original tempera painting on canvas by an Indonesian artist. The signature may be "Kelishi" "M.D." or something similar and can ...
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Tempera

Crown Jewels, colorful, figurative, outsider, narrative, three women, hats
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil n canvas Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, wr...
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2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Taxco Mexico Painting on Wooden Panel
Located in New York, NY
Pedro Miguel de Cervantes Salvadores (Born 1933) is a Mexican sculptor who has exhibited in Mexico and abroad and has created large monumental works for various locations in the country. This is a group of 5 wooden panel...
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1960s Folk Art Paintings

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Wood Panel

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting King David Self Taught Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
MALCAH ZELDIS (American-Israeli, b. 1931), ''David and Saul'', 1982, Gouache on paper Hand signed and dated lower right, titled in pencil on paper verso...
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1980s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

American School New York City Abstract Outsider Artist Animal Abstract Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible Outsider Artist Barry Johnson presents a new series of canvas paintings from his creatures series. Wild Colors! Utterly unique compositions....
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1980s Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Bouquet
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Roman Dub "Bouquet"
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2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting on Board of a French Cafe
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Oil painting on board executed in a distinctive naive folky style of a French cafe with figures dressed in Belle Epoque attire. Signed by the noted artist Fernand Boilauges...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Mean Hippies (Drawing with Rattlesnake Warrior and Red Rebels) Outsider Art
By Alex O'Neal
Located in Surfside, FL
Paper measures 21 X 33 inches Born and raised in Mississippi, Alex O'Neal graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In the Eighties, his formal education overlapped regular visits with Mississippi self-taught artists, including Mary T. Smith, Luster Willis, and Son Ford Thomas. He later immersed himself in art brut collections and European art brut in Switzerland, Germany, and France. His work is also inspired by African-American self-taught outsider art. O'Neal's drawings and paintings have been shown at The Drawing Center, New York; BRIC, Brooklyn; P.S.122, New York; Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY; Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta; Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS; Centre d’Art des Pénitents Noirs, Aubagne, France; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans; Chicago Cultural Center; Ecomuseu, Valls d'Aneu, Spain; Amory Arts Center, West Palm Beach; Huntsville Museum of Art, AL; Rockefeller Art Center, SUNY Fredonia; ART LA; Field Projects, New York; LOG at Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC; and Linda Warren Projects, Chicago. His work is in volumes 16, 38, and 104 of New American Paintings. His paintings and drawings idiosyncratically depict circumstances that associate Americans, i.e. dysfunction, nature worship, cults, homegrown terrorism, Hollywood, reverence for Native America. There is formal influence from stylization found in Romanesque fresco, early American portrait painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

"Geraniums, " Original Line Work Floral Still-life Oil signed by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Geraniums" is an original oil painting on wood by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter and signed on the verso. The frame was created and hand-carved by the artist specifically for this ...
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2010s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Bulldog Barks at Bull, Chicken, Goat, Horse and Donkey, Naive art
Located in Miami, FL
Alice RoseProvensen and Martin Provensen were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books together, 19 of which they also wrote and edited According to Alice, "we were a true collaboration. Martin and I really were one artist. The Provensens were a runner-up for the 1982 Caldecott Medal as illustrators of A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard (who won the companion Newbery Medal). Two years later they won the Caldecott for The Glorious Flight, the story of aviator Louis...
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1960s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Folk Art paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Folk Art paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, green, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Robert Richter, Therese James, Stephen Basso, and Purvis Young. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Folk Art paintings, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $180 and tops out at $125,000, while the average work sells for $2,104.

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