Folk Art Art

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Cuban Master Juan Roberto Diago. Iconic mixed media figurative portrait by one of the leading living Cuban painters. This piece is in perfect condition and comes from a private colle...

Li Zhong-Liang, Chinese (1944 - ) - Deer, Year: 1992, Medium: Acrylic, Watercolor on Laid Paper, signed and dated lower right, Size: 28.5 x 39 in. (72.39 x 99.06 cm)

Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - HM Lewis Building, Year: 1979, Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil, Edition: AP 30, Image Size: 22 x 30 inches, Size: 26 in. x 33 in....

Enchanting vintage Anglo Indian Pishhwai gouache painting on cloth mounted on board, steeped in alagorical context, depicting Krishna dancing with villagers in a background of birds ...

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, 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, 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...

Felix on Melrose Avenue, LA (California Blue Screen) - 1997 44x59 cm, Edition of 5 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certif...

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 ...

Unknown Artist - Torture Scene, Medium: Gouache on thin laid paper, Image Size: 4.5 x 4.5 inches, Size: 7 x 9.75 in. (17.78 x 24.77 cm)

Ted Jeremenko, Yugoslavian/American (1938 - ) - Church at Sunset. Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 175, Image Size: 20 x 25 inches, Size: 27 in....

Group of original vintage color and black and white photographs related to Grandma Moses. Dimensions: Largest is 6 X 8 with mat. the rest are smaller. There are a total of photos. most with hand inscriptions and dated verso. They are not signed. Provenance: the collection of the Beers family and is from the estate. Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860 – 1961), or Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age. Moses gained popularity during the 1950s, having been featured on a cover of Time Magazine in 1953. She was a subject of numerous television programs and of a 1950 Oscar-nominated biographical documentary. Her autobiography, titled My Life's History, was published in 1952. She was also awarded two honorary doctoral degrees. She embroidered pictures with yarn, until disabled by arthritis. In her 1961 obituary, The New York Times said: "The simple realism, nostalgic atmosphere and luminous color with which Grandma Moses portrayed simple farm life and rural countryside won her a wide following. She was able to capture the excitement of winter's first snow, Thanksgiving preparations and the new, young green of oncoming spring ... In person, Grandma Moses charmed wherever she went. A tiny, lively woman with mischievous gray eyes and a quick wit, she could be sharp-tongued with a sycophant and stern with an errant grandchild." Moses's work has been a subject of numerous museum exhibitions worldwide and has been extensively merchandised, such as on greeting cards. In 2006, her 1943 painting titled Sugaring Off was sold at Christie's New York for US$1.36 million, setting an auction record for the artist. Her work is fundamental for any Naive art or Americana collection. She was known as either "Mother Moses" or "Grandma Moses", and although she first exhibited as "Mrs. Moses", the press dubbed her "Grandma Moses", and the nickname stuck. As a young wife and mother, Moses was creative in her home; for example, in 1918 she used house paint to decorate a fireboard. Beginning in 1932, Moses used yarn to embroider pictures for friends and family. She created quilt objects, a form of "hobby art". Lucy R. Lippard stated in "The Word in Their Hands" that she found "hobby art" to be "an activity so 'low' on the art lists that it still ranks way below 'folk art'". She found that hobby art often involves reuse of otherwise discarded objects. Moses painted scenes of rural life from earlier days, which she called "old-timey" New England landscapes. Moses said that she would "get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live." From her works of art, she omitted features of modern life, such as tractors and telephone poles. Her early style is less individual and more realistic or primitive, with a lack of knowledge of, or perhaps rejection of, basic perspective. Initially she created simple compositions or copied existing images. As her career advanced, she created complicated, panoramic compositions of rural life. During a visit to Hoosick Falls in 1938, Louis J. Caldor, an art collector who worked as an engineer in the state of New York, saw paintings made by Moses in the window of a drug store. He bought their supply and ten more from her Eagle Bridge house for $3 or $5 each. The next year, three Grandma Moses paintings...

Mark Sabin, American (1936 - ) - Are You Sleeping?, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 40, HC, Image Size: 16 x 20 inches, Size: 2...

Ari Gradus, Israeli (1943 - ) - Main Street USA, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 18.5 x 26 inches, Size: 22 in. x 30 in. ...

In this painting, Robert Richter depicts a view of a hill in winter, with a tree and craggy rocks in the immediate foreground in high contrast to the grey-white of the recent snowfal...

Unknown Girl, Venice Beach (California Blue Screen) Edition of 10, 44x59 cm. Archival hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist ...

Will Moses (American, b. 1956) Turkey Trot, 2012 Oil on board 8 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches Signed lower right Soft, shadowy foothills dotted with traditional white farmhouses; weathered red barns tilted haphazardly on broad patchwork sweeps of green and hay-gold fields; small clusters of black and white cows grazing placidly in the distance…it's all part of Moses Country. And, the 200 year-old farmhouse, where Will Moses has his studio, is as solidly traditional as the surrounding landscape…the white house where the legendary Grandma Moses began her career. Born and raised here, in Eagle Bridge, New York, Will Moses creates paintings that reflect the quiet beauty of this tiny community nestled close to the Vermont border. Will has created a vivid, delightful miniature world, peopled with villagers who have stepped out of the past to charm us with their simple, everyday pastimes. As a fourth generation member of the renowned Moses family, painting is a natural tradition for Will, who began painting when he was four years old. Encouraged by his grandfather, a well-known folk painter in his own right, young Will was allowed to experiment freely with paints. Forrest K. Moses was totally committed to self-expression and passed this freedom of spirit along to his young grandson. Stimulated by his grandfather's confident approach, Will developed his own unique style of Americana. Today, Will continues to carry on the family tradition. Although his style is reminiscent of that of his celebrated great-grandmother, it is more complex and sophisticated. Basically self-taught, Will has honed his technique to capture all the most minute details in sharp-edged focus. It is a technique that has gained him considerable attention in art circles. Will Moses has had several well acclaimed exhibitions of his work in the United States, Canada and Japan. The Japanese are enthusiastic collectors of Will's art and Will has personally toured Japan with an exhibition of his work there. In North America, Will continues to make appearances at art galleries and folk art shows, meeting friends, collectors and admirers of his work. Recent public exhibitions of Will's work have taken place at the Cahoon Museum of American Art, The Everson Museum, The Bennington Museum, the North Shore Art Gallery and the President Ford and Reagan Libraries. Will continues his work illustrating and writing children's books. Philomel Books/Penguin Books for Young Readers, have now published ten books to date: Silent Night, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van...

One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Acrylic painting is on plaster on wood which gives the painting a wonderful te...

Yitzchak Roman, Israeli Folk Artist, born in Safed, 1913, known for his naive depictions of Jewish life and biblical scenes.

"Cow Pull Toy" is a carved and painted wood sculpture by an unknown folk artist. The sculpture is 9 1/4" long and 7 1/4" high.

Ruth Anaya, Canadian (1933 - ) - ...And The Children, Medium: Lithograph on natural paper, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 89/100, Image Size: 6 x 14 inches, Frame...

You won’t find many wooden one-room schoolhouses these days—more likely utilitarian blocks of concrete and glass, fluorescents above, linoleum below, to do the job. The early schoolh...

This porcelain sculpture is a playful rendering of a juggling monkey. The monkey's costume lends the animal a sense of performance, and engages the viewers' childhood imagination. ...

Modernist execution with flat color and silhouetted shapes. Joe Kaufman, writer, illustrator. Recipient Art Directors Club medal, 1948, New York Academy of Sciences Children's Scienc...

Ari Gradus, Israeli (1943 - ) - On The Lomac, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP, Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm), Description: Ari...

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Fortnum and Mason, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 24.5 x 18.5 inch...

Jack Meier Gallery purchased and framed these drawings from the Indigenous artist Esteban Klassen in 2025. A percentage of the proceeds will be sent to Esteban Klassen's family in th...

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:...

Douglas Mazonowicz, British (1920 - 2001) - The Hand of Man 10, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 166/300, Image Size: 23 x 18 inches, Size...

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Butterfly Cup, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 16 x 11 inches, Size...

Acrylic on Canvas: 36 x 24 inches Signed on Verso: "H. Miles" This expressionistic painting captures a powerful moment of stillness and preparation under a vast, azure sky. The subj...

Ted Jeremenko, Yugoslavian/American (1938 - ) - Roofs. Year: 1987, Medium: Screenprint, Signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Image Size: 11 x 16 inches, Size: 19 x 23 in. (48...

Snow Flower Tighe O’Donoghue, American (1942–2023) Date: circa 1975 Aquatint Etching, signed in pencil Edition of 40 Image Size: 5 x 4 inches Size: 11 x 10 in. (27.94 x 25.4 cm)

A whimsical modern American painting of animals in a geometric composition. Signed Taylor this wonderful folksy painting comes housed in a re...

A bronze sculpture by Victor Delfin circa 1970. A whimsical, abstracted bird figure in a blissful pose with wings spread. Artist: Victor Delfin, Peruvian (1927 - ) Title: Baby ...

Galaxy Craze (California Blue Screen) 20x25cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 1...

Thermopylae Tighe O’Donoghue, American (1942–2023) Date: Circa 1981 Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition of AP Image Size: 20 x 16 inches Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76...

Man with Flower and Birds Jovan Obican French/Yugoslavian (1918–1986) Date: circa 1980 Oil on board Size: 9 x 7 in. (22.86 x 17.78 cm) Frame Size: 9.75 x 7.25 inches

Scottie Wilson (Scottish, 1888 – 1972, born Louis Freeman) Ducks paradise Signed ‘Scottie’ (lower right), further signed and inscribed with title on th...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Gemini from the Zodiac of Dreams Series. Year: circa 1970, Medium: Lithograph with Embossing, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 21 x 14.5...

Edward M. Plunkett, American (1922 - 201?) - Vampire Traffic Jam, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 30, Image Size: 13 x 21 inches,...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Windy Day with Cat and Bird. Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph with Blind Embossing, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 23/75, Image...

Edward M. Plunkett, American (1922 - 201?) - UFO ca. 1913, Year: 1981, Medium: Lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil, Image Size: 14.5 x 23.5 inches, Size: 19.5 x 28 in. (49...

Boat Race by Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) Year: circa 1970 Medium: Lithograph with Remarque Drawing, signed in pencil Edition: EA Size: 21 x 29 in. (53.34 x 73.66 cm)

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 15.5...

Shah Mat Suite - Duncan Tighe O’Donoghue, American (1942–2023) Date: circa 1979 Etching with Aquatint, signed in pencil Edition of V Size: 22 in. x 15 in. (55.88 cm x 38.1 cm)

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

Haruyo and Yuriko, Japanese - Musume, Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 184/275, Image Size: 35 x 23 inches, Size: 43.5 x 31.5 in. (110.4...

Acrylic on Paper Page Size: 30 x 22 in. Signed: bottom right in pen "by Hugh Miles" This striking expressionist painting uses bold color and simplified forms to create a composition...

The Red Lip Day (Stranger than Paradise) 40x30cm, Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory N...

Artist: Jaimendes, Brazilian (1939 - ) Title: Pouring Coffee Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 16 in. x 13 in. (40.64 cm x 33.02 cm)

Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - And He Saw That it Was Good, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 6 x 9 inch...

Jill (High Desert) - 2017 20 x 24 cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 20920. Not mounted. Stefan...

Kirsten in front of Charlie's house (California Blue Screen) - 1997 Edition of 3/5, 44x59 cm Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Si...

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)

Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - Rocky Mountain Balloons, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 23x18 inches, ...

Ari Gradus, Israeli (1943 - ) - Winter Fantasy, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: 300, AP, Image Size: 18 x 26 inc...

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...

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Chester England, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 12.5 x 16 inches, ...

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...

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Herbs on Pink Background, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 20 x 14.5...