Folk Art Art

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...

Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, wry wit and fear...

"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.

Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Emperor, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 22 x 9.75 in. (55.88 x 24.77 cm)

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...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Aquarius from the Zodiac of Dreams Series. Year: circa 1970, Medium: Lithograph with Embossing, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 21 x 14...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Rhino. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 6 x 8 inches, Size: 10.5 x 15 in. (26.67 x 38.1 cm...

Midsummer greetings. 1984. Paper, linocut, 20x34 cm imprint size 10x26 cm total page size 20x34cm Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018) Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and ...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Clown III. Medium: Screenprint, Edition: AP, Size: 36 x 26 in. (91.44 x 66.04 cm), Description: Standing with his hands tucked into his pock...

Artist: Alan Davie, Scottish (1920 - 2014) Title: Olympische Spiele Muenchen Year: 1972 Medium: Lithograph Poster mounted on linen Edition: ...

Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Drumming Under the Moon, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower right, Size: 10.5 x 21 in. (26.67 x 53.34 cm)

Ted Jeremenko, Yugoslavian/American (1938 - ) - Island Lighthouse. Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 175, Image Size: 15 x 20 inches, Size: 22 in...

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...

Claude Tabet, French (1924 - 1979) - Tree Lined Path. Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Image Size: 20 x 24.5 inches, Size: 22 in. x ...

This wooden sculpture of a peacock-like bird (Garuda) was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. The beak is missing. The sculpture is 7 1/2" x 4 1/2". The Garuda is a legendary bird or bird-like creature in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mythology. He is variously the vehicle mount (vahana) of the Hindu god Vishnu, a dharma-protector and Astasena in Buddhism, and the Yaksha of the Jain Tirthankara...

Ernani Silva, Brazilian - The Hunt, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower left, Size: 10.25 x 21 in. (26.04 x 53.34 cm)

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)

Ted Jeremenko, Yugoslavian/American (1938 - ) - Hillside Town. Year: circa 1985, Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 175, Image Size: 19.5 x 24.5 inches, Size...

Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Joy, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower left, Size: 8.75 x 19.5 in. (22.23 x 49.53 cm)

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 ...

This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using water buffalo hide. This shadow puppet, 18" high with movable arms, was used in Indonesian Wayang puppet shows. Wayang (Krama Javanese: Ringgit ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀, "Shadow"), also known as Wajang, is a form of puppet theatre art...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Petite Portrait - Trumpeter. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 8 x 6 inches, Size: 15 x 10.5 in. (38.1 x 26.67 cm), Description: Putting the mouthpiece of the trumpet to her lips, the woman in this Judith Bledsoe print has bright pink hair...

Original pencil signed Judaic woodcut on mulberry paper. MORTON GARCHIK (1929-2009) Jewish American artist painter, printmaker, illustrator, woodcut artist and author. Garchik was ...

Enchanting vintage acrylic paintings on boards of two jungle scenes with African animals and trees in an eccentric composition executed in a distinctive naive style with a lush power...

"Tin Can Hands" 1995 by Mason Rader A graduate of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman House in Rochester NY with a B...

Pop art screenprint by American artist Brian McKinney. Signed, numbered, and titled in pencil Edition: 35/40 Image Size: 18 x 23.5 inches Paper ...

Cracow Poland Etching of Polish 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 ph...

This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using water buffalo hide. This shadow puppet, 17 1/2" high with movable arms, was use...

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...

Bornet's true passion dating back to his early years in Belgium, is cats. He has written and illustrated several books, among them: "Cats are Poets", "Cats are Clowns", "How to Raise a Unicat", and, most recently, the ultimate ballet book, "Pas de Cat". He is currently engaged in painting interpretations of famous masterpieces from Leonardo to Chagall, each endowed with an improbable, yet delightful, feline twist. The Cat Fifer (after Manet...

This depicts a Crab, In Hebrew Mazel Sartan (the Zodiac symbol Cancer, June-July) all made by hand. woven and stitched. Kopel Gurwin (Hebrew: קופל גורבין‎) (1923–1990) was an Israeli tapestry wall hanging, painter and graphic artist. Kopel (Kopke') Gurwin (Gurwitz) was born and raised in Vilna, the capital of Lithuania. He spoke Yiddish at home, but simultaneously studied Hebrew at their school which was part of the Tarbut educational network. Kopel was active in the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. In the 1930s, as a teenager, Kopel helped his parents with the home finances by working in a suit workshop, there he first encountered the art of sewing. With the outbreak of the Second World War and the German invasion of Vilna, the Jews were imprisoned in camps and ghettos. Kopel and his brother Moshe were separated from their parents and were put to work in coal mines and peat. Kopel's parents were taken to the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp where they died of typhus within a month of each other. Kopel's 12-year-old sister Chava was turned over to the Germans by a Polish family and murdered. The brothers were arrested by the Germans, but were saved thanks to the connections of Nina Gerstein, Kopel's drama teacher. They hid in an attic until they were discovered, fled and moved to Riga, where they were caught and sent to the Stutthof concentration camp where they were imprisoned until the end of the war. They were put to work maintaining and cleaning trains and took part in one of the death marches. In July 1946, Kopel and Moshe sailed to Helsingborg, Sweden, as part of operation "Folke Bernadotte", in which Sweden took in ill survivors for rehabilitation. Once he recovered, Kopel worked in a publishing house and later was appointed director of the local branch of the Halutz movement. In 1950 Kopel and Moshe made aliyah to Israel. Kopel worked as a survey for the Survey of Israel Company. In 1951, he enlisted to the Communication Corps and served as a military draftsman. There he won first prize for the design of the front cover of the Communication Corps bulletin. With his discharge from the army at 29 he started studying drawing and graphics at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Among his teachers were Isidor Ascheim, Shlomo Vitkin, Yossi Stern and Jacob Steinhardt. At the end of his first year of study, Kopel won the Reuben and Sarah Lif Excellence Award in written studies. During his studies he also won additional prizes: In 1956 he won first prize from the Lethem Foundation in California for poster design. Later the same year, Kopel won the Hermann Struck prize for his drawing on the theme of Jerusalem. In 1957 he won an additional first prize from the Lethem Foundation and second place from the printing company Ortzel for a drawing for a Jewish New Year greeting card. In 1958 he won first prize in a competition to design a poster for Tel Aviv's jubilee. Two years later he won three other awards: First and third prize for designing a poster for Israel Independence Day, celebrating 12 years of the State of Israel. Also that year Kopel won first prize for a poster to mark the 25th Zionist Congress. In 1964 he entered the Independence Day poster competition on the theme of aliyah and won first and second prize. Four years later he again entered the competition on the theme of 20 years of Israel's independence and won first prize. The poster was styled like a Holy Ark curtain with two lions and a menorah at its centre. This poster appeared on the cover of the famous book Jewish Art and Civilization, edited by Geoffrey Wigoder as well as the record Voices of 20 Years, 1948-1968, edited by Yossi Godard. In April 1971 he won first prize in the Independence Day poster competition for the fourth time. Kopel's Folk Art tapestry won the Israeli Independence Day Poster Contest in 1968 With the completion of his studies at Bezalel Kopel moved to Tel Aviv and was hired by Shmuel Grundman's graphics and design studio. Grundman took him to Europe with him to design and supervise the construction of Israeli exhibition pavilions. During his time at Grundman's he discovered the fibrous felt from which he produced most of his wall hangings. At the 1964 Levant Fair exhibition he used felt stuck onto wooden panels for the first time. The first felt wall hanging that Kopel produced was intended for the American Cultural Centre in Jerusalem and its theme was the United States Declaration of Independence. The wall hanging, which measured 2.85 X 1.85 meters, was stuck on a wooden panel. Kopel ordered rolls of felt from France and began work on wall hangings based on bible stories. He used a needle, hand sewing small even stitches with black embroidery thread which framed and highlighted every detail in the work, as well as using appliqué. The interior designer, Alufa Koljer-Elem, introduced him to Ruth Dayan who managed the shop Maskit in September 1967 he opened his first solo exhibition at the Maskit 6 gallery, in which 12 wall hangings were displayed. In light of the exhibition at Maskit 6, Meira Gera, the director of artistic activity at the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, organized an additional exhibition of his works at the foundation's exhibition hall in New York City. The exhibition sparked immense press interest, and was also displayed for a few months at the New York Jewish Museum, from where it travelled throughout the United States. Followed by the exhibition at the Delson-Richter gallery in Old Jaffa, which was later also exhibited at the Jerusalem Theatre. Kopel's tapestry "The Time for Singing has Arrived" was printed on a UNICEF greeting card in 1978 and again in 1981. The Israeli Philatelic Service issued three stamps based on three of Kopel's holy ark curtains and one stamp based on an Independence Day poster he designed. Kopel's creations decorate a large number of synagogues, public buildings, hotels and private collections which were purchased in Israel and around the world. They have decorated, among others, the walls of the King David...

This enchanting original oil painting, Pinky, is a beautiful example of whimsical Naïve folk art by the artist Martin Saldaña. The artwork features a charming portrait of a young gir...

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...

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

Judith Bledsoe1, American (1938 - 2013) - A Shrewdness of Apes. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA 51/60, Image Size: 13 x 8.5 inches, ...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - A Rag of Colts. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA 56/60, Image Size: 8.5 x 13 inches, Size: 1...

"Avacado" is an original oil painting on wood by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter. It is signed on the back, and the frame was created and hand-carved by the artist, which makes it an...

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) - Nine Circus Scenes. Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph with Embossing, signed and dedicated in pencil, Image Size: 16.5 x 13 inches, Size:...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Tightrope Act from A Little Circus. Year: 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: HC, Size: 15 x 10.5 in. (38.1 x 26.67 cm), ...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Bird and Sun. Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 15 x 18 inches, Size: 20 x 25.5 in. (50.8 x...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - A Pride of Lions. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA 31/60, Image Size: 13 x 8.5 inches, Size:...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Clown on Horse from A Little Circus. Year: 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: HC, Size: 15 ...

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) - Three Kings. Year: circa 1972, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 235/375, Image Size: 21 x 15.5 inches, Size: 25.5...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Unicorn Tapestry. Year: circa 1970, Medium: Lithograph with Embossing, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Village Trees. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 2000, Size: 15 x 10.5 in. (38.1 x 26.67 cm), ...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - A Sloth of Bears. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 8.5 x 13 inches, Size: 11.5 x 23 in. (29...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Cats and Flowers. Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph with Blind Embossing, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 24 x 35 in. (60.96 x 88.9 ...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Petite Portrait - Harpist. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 8 x 6 inches, Size: 15 x 10.5 in. (38.1 x 26.67 cm), Description: Judith Bledsoe's small portrait of a harpist accompanied by several animals is a typical example of the artist's whimsical, often silly work. Playing a beautifully carved golden harp...

Hopefulness. 1982. Paper, linocut, 20x34 cm imprint size 10x26 cm total page size 20x34cm Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018) Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction ...

MALCAH ZELDIS Circus, Trapeze Artists, Horse rider and Acrobats gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom right. titled in pencil on paper verso. Fr...

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Gabriel Isidro Perez Rajon MASTERPIECE Made with Cedar wood, woodcarving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with acrylic paintin...

Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954) "Young Woman and Vase", 2015 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. About the Artist: Steven is now on...

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,...

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...

Edward M. Plunkett, American (1922 - 201?) - Salon d'Automne, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and dedicated in pencil, Image Size: 10.5 x 13.5 inches, Size: 17.5 x 19 in. ...

In this oil on wood panel painting, Robert Richter places the viewer at the foot of a path that wraps around and beyond a small apple tree. The tree, with its ruby apples...

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 ...