Folk Art Art

A framed watercolour by Walshe. Known more for his works in other mediums this is a bit of a departure for Walshe, but still displays his unique style and concern for the environment. Lilac Fish is an intricate work showing happy little reef fish...

Title : Sylvesters Head in The Clouds Materials : stamps, ink, crayon,marker,pen Date : 2017 Dimensions : 8.5x11"

This painting, 'Strip Mall,' contains the humor common to Robert Richter's oeuvre, presenting a view of the kind of strip mall and parking lot so common to contemporary life. Each st...

Wonderful folk art turned wood bowl with snowy cabin scene by an unknown artist, circa 1880.

Kay Ameche, American (1904 - 2005) - Eisenhower Farm at Gettysburg, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 40, Image Size: 17 x 21 inche...

These two figures were created by an unknown Indonesian artist using carved, painted wood. The bride and groom figures were to be used at a traditional wedding in Indonesia. The Loro Blonyo...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Tropical Cats. Year: circa 1975, Medium: Lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil, Size: 35 x 25.5 in. (88.9 x 64.77 cm), Description: Thi...

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...

Framed 29 X 23 Image 18 X 24 The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the mo...

This artwork "Untitled" c.1990 is a colored pencil drawing on paper by noted African American artist Roger Rice, b.1958. It is signed at the lower left corn...

Bold San Francisco Abstracted Still Life Composition in Oil on Board Bold still life composition by Frank Koci (Czech-American, 1904-1983). A table is set with a jug of wine and a bowl of fruit and a landscape in the background. It is composed of several layers of paint, with bold outlines. In some areas, paint has been scraped away to create additional texture. In broad terms, you can describe Koci’s paintings as a series of “people-scapes,” wherein people are shown having relationships (some fleeting, some enduring) with fellow humans. A better term is probably “preludes” — wherein each painting sets the stage for something momentous that will occur in the very next frame. In the best Kocis, the tension is palpable. Signed in the lower right corner "Koci". Presented in a wood frame. Board size: 13"H x 30"W x .5"D Born in 1904 in Pilsen Czechoslovakia to a widowed mother. Koci grew up in poverty. Leaving Pilsen at 17 he was already too sophisticated about arts and literature, drama, and polished...

Lazar Obican 1944-2004 Genre: Other Subject: People Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: 35" x 16.5 Dimensions w/Frame: 35.5" x 17.25 An impasto composition that depicts a colorful scarecrow clown with a bird perched on his shoulder with a bottle of French Vin (wine) Artist signature L OBICAN to bottom and dated 1968. Title to verso. Work Size: 36 x 25 in. Framed 37.5 x 26 x 1 in The artist Lazar 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. Lazar Obican artist, painter, sculpture and mosaic ceramic artisan was born in Cannes, France, to his Yugoslavian family. 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...

Edward M. Plunkett, American (1922 - 201?) - Maxixe au Maxime's, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 30, Image Size: 21 x 14 inches, ...

Douglas Mazonowicz, British (1920 - 2001) - The Hand of Man 2, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 166/300, Image Size: 23 x 18 inches, Size:...

Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Seated Nude, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Description: An oil painting of seated ...

Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - Cross Examination, Year: 1976, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 8 x 6 inches, Size: 14.5 in. x 11.5 in. (36.83 cm x 29.21 cm)

David Sharir was born in 1938 in Tel Aviv, Israel and currently resides there. David Sharir, the son of Russian immigrants, was born in Israel. Beginning his study of art in Tel Aviv...

Ted Jeremenko, Yugoslavian/American (1938 - ) - White Chapel I. Year: 1986, Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 175, Size: 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2...

From an exhibition created by the artist to celebrate the UK Miners strike from the 1980's These hard times for whole communities in the Welsh Valleys created a sense of togetherness...

Title : Garfield, The Beauty Materials : stamps, ink, crayon,marker,pen Date : 2017 Dimensions : 8.5x11"

It's just impossible not to smile when you look at Therese James's paintings. She watches all the comings & goings of daily life and transfers it to beautiful, insightful paintings. ...

Wien, Österreich, Etching of Synagogue, Jewish temple. From very rare small edition. Most are signed in Hebrew and /or English. some are marked AP some are numbered. please see photo...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Petite Portrait - Witch. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 8 x 6 inches, Size: 1...

Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Salt and Grain Sellers, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Descripti...

Oil paint

Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Mother and Child, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower right, Size: 10.75 x 21 in. (27.31 x 53.34 cm)

Rendered in hues of blue, teal, and brown, this Ralph Fasanella print is a bustling depiction of New York City including views of identifiable landmarks from various boroughs and loc...

Therese’s dogs are a firm favourite with collectors. This pair are cheeky and irresistible. They’re a little reminiscent of Staffordshire flat back...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Clown I. Year: circa 1975, Medium: Lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil, Size: 35 x 24 in. (88.9 x 60.96 cm), Description: Standing wi...

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. Provenance: Estate of Laura Fisher...

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

Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - Divorce Court, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 6 x 9 inches, Size: 10 x...

A blustery day on the Welsh coast. Acrylic on canvas Signed

"To Hell with Ho Chi Minn," Folk/Naive Painting, Acrylic on Board with Artist's Painted Wood Frame, 24 x 17 Inches, by Self-Taught artist Elias Telles. Telles is a Vietnam vet who unfortunately suffered from undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder, who took up painting as a way of dealing with his condition. This painting is a particularly poignant and whimsical abstraction inspired by Tellles's memories of the war. Fifteen years ago, Elias Telles woke from a dream in which an angel holding a lit candle was descending a staircase. The next morning he tore some wood from a dilapidated fence and started painting angels. Elias had already led an adventurous existence before becoming a self-taught painter. Born into a family of 14 siblings in East Los Angeles, he joined the Marine Corps upon graduation from high school and served two years in Vietnam as a rifleman. It wasn’t until he was in his late ‘40s that he started to paint. At a local flea market one of his early works caught the attention of a set designer who placed it in a Steve Martin movie and from there his reputation grew: paintings subsequently appeared in a number of other productions which created a Hollywood following and his collectors now include several film directors, work is included in the permanent collection of The House of Blues, and he was one of the featured artists on the PBS series ‘Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations.’ An ex-marine, Telles lives quietly in California without a computer or a cell phone. His tastes lean towards American history and early blues and country music, subjects that frequently appear in his paintings. Soldiers, skeletons and honky-tonk men populate his paintings as do cultural and historical figures such as early minstrel show entertainer Gus Cannon, a ghoulishly-rendered Hank Williams, and the revered Alabama folk artist Bill Traylor...

Artist Statement I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...

Christian Rothmann ROBOTNICS Series C-Print 2019 Edition S (Edition of 10) 12 x 8.3 inches (30.5 x 21 cm) Signed, dated and numbered verso Other Edition Sizes available: - Edition ...

The inspiration for ’Tree Of Life’ came from a quilt I made for the ‘Quilt Art’ group exhibition ‘Moving On‘. The quilt was called ‘Black Hole’ (Mourning quilt) and describes the fee...

Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - Haitian Village, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, 30 AP, Size: 21.5 in. x 27.5 in. (54.61 c...

Volkmar Schulz-Rumpold Title: Pumpkinhead Medium: Original Pigment Print, on handmade cotton paper Year: 2017 Signed by hand Size: 19.5 × 16.0 on 23.8 × 19.5 inches COA provided Vol...

Dashing pair of Royal Dux Bohemia porcelain parrots with a modern stylized form and imagined color scheme. Signed on the bottoms.

Chirpy, bobbing boats are a large part of the Welsh coastline narrative. These little boats set out daily to catch a crop of shellfish and fish. Each craft is cheerfully painted and ...

Hand signed, limited edition on BFK Rives French art paper. I believe the title is Honeymoon. Jan Balet (20 July 1913 in Bremen – 31 January 2009 in Estavayer le Lac, Switzerland), w...

The artists reflection on her childhood days. Catching the last of the summers warmth on the beach. Acrylic on canvas. Unframed 16" x 12" 2022

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Petite Portrait - Red Hair Girl. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed and dedicated to Laurent Marcel S...

Art Quilt installation of 1 - 12 panels. The panels may be hung in any formation of your choice, depending on space available. This is the second in a series of work inspired by the ...

Acrylic on canvas. Signed. Ready to hang

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

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

Acrylic and pencil on paper Signed and dated, l.r. Also inscribed "A 2001" in pencil, verso This work is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.