Folk Art Art

Claude Tabet, French (1924 - 1979) - The Louvre. Year: circa 1975, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Image Size: 18.5 x 22.5 inches, Size: 22 x 30 in. ...

This work is hand signed. It is not dated. Murat Brierre or Murat Briere (1938–1988) was one of Haiti's principal metal sculptors. He was influenced by George Liautaud, but his work acquired its own, highly experimental style, often focusing on multi-faceted and conjoined figures, fantastically personified elements, and unborn babies visible within larger creatures. He sculpted works that reflected both Christian and Haitian Vodou themes. Murat BRIERRE was born in Mirebalais in 1938. He first worked as a builder, cabinetmaker and blacksmith before being introduced to Le Centre d’Art in 1966. After trying painting with DeWitt Peters, he realized that metal sculpture was best suited for him and studied under Georges Liautaud in order to learn the métier. He also made very beautiful linocuts. Francine Murat quickly recognized his talent and considered Brierre to be one of the best Haitian sculptors. He passed away in 1988 at the age of 50. Brierre was known for his recycling of surplus steel oil drum lids. Brierre worked as a brick mason, cabinetmaker, tile setter, and blacksmith. He was born in Mirebalais or Port-au-Prince, Haiti and was the younger of two brothers. His older brother, Edgar Brierre, was a painter and sculptor. The brother's signed their works with only their last name, creating some confusion within their professional circles about the authorship of their work. Brierre's sculptures typically ranged from three to six feet in length and reflected Christian, Haitian Vodou, and folklore themes. Brierre was also a painter, but ultimately chose to work with metal because he felt that the material was saturated with spiritual energy. It was a laborious process. The oil drum lids were hammered flat, drawn onto, then cut with a razor. The sheet was then cut with a chisel before finishing was completed with a file. By the mid1970s, Brierre's sculptures included pronounced areas of cut outs surrounding long curved lines of metal. Brierre's iron sculpture titled Chien de Mer overlays a dog head onto the body of a fish. Haiti has long celebrated a rich artistic and cultural heritage. Georges Liautaud (1899–1991) ignited the Haitian metal sculpture movement in the 1950s in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. A blacksmith by trade, he fashioned crosses for public cemeteries before creating more elaborate cut-metal works. Liautaud disseminated the distinctly Haitian art form to emerging artists, such as Murat Brièrre (1938–88) and the Louisjuste brothers, Sérésier, Janvier, and Joseph (1940–89). They, in turn, taught others in Croix-des-Bouquets, including Gabriel Bien-Aimé (b. 1951) and Serge Jolimeau (b. 1952), Haiti’s two leading metal sculptors working today. Discarded steel oil drums have historically served as the base material for Haitian metal artists. The drums’ lids are cut open with a chisel and hammer and a long vertical split is made along the side of the drums. The interiors are filled with dried sugarcane or grass and lit on fire to remove any grime; once cool, the drums are flattened into sheets. Designs are chalked on; pieces are then cut and sculpted using only hand tools and further enhanced by hammering, embossing, cutting holes, and bending the metal. Sculptures reflect everyday life portraits, imaginative themes, and motifs of Haitian Vodou, an African Diasporic religion. Some of the many forms that appear include angels and winged creatures, mermaids and other aquatic figures, musical bands, animals, and earthly, paradisiacal scenes. Solo exhibitions 1967 – Haitian Art Gallery, New York 1968 – Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Bradley Galleries, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Georgetown Graphics Gallery, Washington D.C.; Menschoff Gallery, Chicago; John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Roko Gallery, New York 1969 – Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Showcase Gallery, Washington D.C.; Botolph Group, Boston 1970 – Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 1972 – Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Roko Gallery, New York 1979 – Areta Contemporary Design, Boston Group exhibitions 1969 – Davenport Art Gallery, Iowa 1974 – Davenport Art Gallery, Iowa 1978 – Brooklyn Museum, New York (traveling) 1982 – Studio Museum in Harlem, New York 1983 – Chicago Public Library Cultural Center 1985 – Davenport Art Gallery, Iowa 1987 – Musée du Panthéon National, Port-au-Prince, Haiti 1988 – Galeries Nationales d'Exposition du Grand Palais, Paris 1989 – Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 2006 – Phyllis Kind Gallery in conjunction with the Outsider Art Fair, New York 2024 Ayiti Toma II: Faith, Family, and Resistance, Luhring Augustine, Tribeca, New York 2023 Haitian Metal Sculpture, SFO Museum, California, USA 2015 Celebrating African American Art, Flomenhaft Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA An important exhibition of works by outstanding African American artists. Included were: Emma Amos, Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, Murat Brierre, Beverly Buchanan...

Cyclone Tighe O’Donoghue, American (1942–2023) Date: Circa 1985 Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 99 Image Size: 18 in. x 15 in. (45.72 cm x 38.1 cm) Si...

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)

Artist: Alice Asmar, American (1929 - )
Title: Harvest Dancers
Year: 1980
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: AP
Size: 22 in. x 30 in....

Artist: Alice Asmar, American (1929 - )
Title: Rainbow Dancer
Year: 1980
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 150
Image Size: 29 x 15 ...

Thanksgiving by Colette Raker, French/American (1938) Date: circa 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 450 Image Size: 25.5 x 33 inches Size: 28 x 36.5 in. (71....

Acrylic

Artist: Alice Asmar, American (1929 - )
Title: Taos Corn Dancers
Year: Circa 1980
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 120
Image Size: ...

Sunday, Late Afternoon, Ojai building rooftop, 1997 (California Blue Screen) Edition 1/5, 44x59 cm, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid, Certificate a...

Sundial - Suite 2 Tighe O’Donoghue, American (1942–2023) Date: circa 1976 Etching with Aquatint, signed in pencil Edition of M 10 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm)

Repose Tighe O’Donoghue, American (1942–2023) Date: circa 1985 Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 125 Image Size: 18 x 15 inches Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (7...

Tighe O'Donaghue's abstract print features a swirling pattern encircled with simple, crude linework that merges into a loose rectangle that frames the composition. Lunar Abstract T...

A Puzzle Tighe O’Donoghue, American (1942–2023) Date: circa 1985 Etching with Aquatint, signed in pencil Edition of 95 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm)

VICENTE PÉREZ BUENO (Fuentelencina, Guadalajara, Spain, 1887 – Valencia, Spain, 1963). "The Waterfall", Naïve Oil on Tapestry by Vicente Pérez Bueno." Oil on tapestry. Signed and dat...

The Shrine Tighe O’Donoghue, American (1942–2023) Date: Circa 1985 Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 99 Size: 27 in. x 22 in. (68.58 cm x 55.88 cm)

Tighe O'Donoghue's colorful depiction of an anemone withstanding a rainstorm retains the same mystical and anatomical elements as much of his other work while generating a calm and s...

Untitled - Seascape at Night Tighe O’Donoghue, American (1942–2023) Date: 1985 Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 99 Image Size: 11 x 14 inches Size: 22 ...

This dynamic composition by Tighe O'Donaghue incoroporates a series of musical notes and meteors alongside animal motifs and musical instruments that adorn the stern of a sailed ship...

Incredible Outsider Artist Barry Johnson presents a new series of canvas paintings from his creatures series. Wild Colors! Utterly unique compositions....

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)

Palm Trees at Night (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 Edition 3/10, 44x59 cm. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. ...

Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Dancing Figures, Medium: Acrylic, Enamel and Collage on board, signed in marker lower left, Size: 21 x 14.5 in. (53.34 x 36.83 cm)

Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Dancing Group, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 9 x 27.5 in. (22.86 x 69.85 cm)

Rae Baymiller - Save the Creatures, Year: 1992, Medium: Screenprint Poster, signed and numbered in pen, Edition: 85/175, Size: 30 x 20 in. (76.2 x 50.8 cm)

Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Festival, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower left, Size: 21 x 15.5 in. (53.34 x 39.37 cm)

Blocky black and white depiction of a goat, by artist Leonhardt Wüllfarth, c.1950. Displayed in a white mat with a gold border and fits a standard-size frame. Archival plastic sleeve...

Blocky black and white depiction of a lamb, by German artist Leonhardt Wüllfarth, c.1950. Displayed in a white mat with a gold border and fits a standard-size frame. Archival plastic...

This print was created by Peruvian artist Victor Delfin. Delfin found the source of his inspiration in the ancient Paracan culture of Peru, part of the broader Incan civilization. De...

'Burning II' (Gestures) 38 x 37cm, Edition 3/5, analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label arti...

This surrealist miniature diorama depicts a solitary reader suspended above a turbulent blue sea, beneath an oversized light bulb that becomes an enigmatic moon. Created by Italian ...

Lone Wolf [2022] Signed by the artist etching & aquatint Edition number 75 Image size: H:20 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:32 cm x W:42 cm x ...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Petite Portrait - Woman in Gown with Cat. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 8 x 6 inches, Siz...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Alligator. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 5.5 x 8 inches, Size: 10.5 x 15 in. (26.67 x 3...

Polaroid transfer, unique 1/1 print.

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

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Atlanta Olympics - Star Athletes. Year: circa 1996, Medium: Pastel and Collage on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 25 x 19.5 in. (63.5 x 49.53 cm),...

This striking acrylic mixed-media painting on board by Serg Graff presents a wild, expressionist portrait of Andrew Jackson (American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who ser...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Atlanta Olympics Stadium. Year: circa 1996, Medium: Pastel and Collage on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 25 x 19.5 in. (63.5 x 49.53 cm), Descrip...

Original Alexander McVickar acrylic & mixed media collage painting.

Original Alexander McVickar Mixed media, acrylic, and found object multi-panel painting.

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Nine Miniatures on Black. Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: HC, Image Size: 17.5 x 13 inches, Size: 25 x 20 i...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Village Flowers. Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 175, Image Size: 19 x 15 inches, Size: 25.5 ...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Umbrella. Year: circa 1970, Medium: Lithograph with Embossing, signed and dedicated in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 14 x 9.5 inches, Siz...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Pleure pas Grosse Bete - "Do Not Cry, Big Beast". Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 5 x 9 inc...

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

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Eight Gallant Ladies Portfolio. Year: 1974, Medium: Portfolio of Copper-plate Color Etchings with Blind Embossing on Arches, signed in penci...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Petite Portrait - Policeman. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 8 x 6 inches, Size: 15 x 10.5...

Golfam Jozdani Saint Minecraft XXVI Mixed Media on Cardboard; Acrylic, Pencil, Colored Pencil Size: 9.44 x 14.17 inches (24 x 36 cm) Signed and dated by hand COA provided *Framing O...

Oil paint.

Golfam Jozdani Saint Minecraft XXV Mixed Media on Cardboard; Acrylic, Pencil, Colored Pencil Size: 9.44 x 14.17 inches (24 x 36 cm) Signed and dated by hand COA provided *Framing Op...

Acrylic, dye, pencil on canvas.

Acrylic paint, black ink, black felt pen.

ohnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 11 x 14 Frame Size: 17.75 x 20.75 Medium: Multimedia on Paper "Mountain Home" Biography Johnny Banks (1912-1988) In my opinion ...

Oil on linen mounted on wood signed titled and dated on reverse Stephen Basso's highly origional pastels and oil paintings are romantic yet thought provoking images. His whimsical wo...

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 photos. Dora Szampanier...

Acrylic and spray paint

Acrylic and spray paint

Acyrlic

C. 19th Century Folk art encampment painting w/miners & farmers Oil on canvas No visible signature Canvas: 20" W x 14" H Frame: 23.5" W x 17.5" H