Folk Art Art

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 ...

Painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Work is untitled and signed. Measures 22" x 12". Painting is casein paint and plaster on board. Catalogue of an exhibition in 2008 at the...

Acrylic on canvas, signed and framed Image 16" x 16". Framed 18" x 18"

MALCAH ZELDIS Circus, Trapeze Artists, Horse rider and Acrobats gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom right. titled in pencil on paper verso. Framed to 15 X 16.5 sheet is 9 ...

An original hand-signed lithograph by Native American artist, RC Gorman. Numbered AP 15.

This tapestry depicts a Lion, In Hebrew Mazel Aryeh (the Zodiac symbol Leo,) all handmade. woven and stitched. Kopel Gurwin (Hebrew: קופל גורבין‎) (1923–1990) was an Israeli tapest...

An original work by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Titled "Femme Fatale" and signed on reverse. Wonderful work made with cut wood, paint and plaster. Noche Crist imbued her cutouts with...

Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt Untitled, from from the Artsounds Collection, 1986 Lithograph on paper Signed and numbered from the edition of 200 in ink on the back; also bears artist's stamped name and provenance - Art Sounds portfolio. 12 × 12 inches Unframed Signed and numbered from the edition of 200 in ink on the back; also bears artist's stamped name and provenance - Art Sounds portfolio. This terrific offset lithograph print exemplifies the combination of religion and kitsch that Lanigan Schmidt is best known for. This print was created in the 1980s for the famous Artsounds portfolio, which featured prints by Marcel Duchamp, Jonathan Borofsky among others. Lanigan-Schmidt was a subject of a 2013 retrospective at PS1 MOMA and is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts in New York. Provenance: Artsounds Portfolio About Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA, Brooklyn Museum, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Ackland Art Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, among others. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe, including the 1980 and 1984 Venice Biennales, the 1991 Whitney Biennial, and the 1999 exhibition The American Century: Art and Culture, 1950-2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. Recent solo exhibitions include Tenemental: With Sighs Too Deep for Words, Howl! Happening, New York (2018); Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: Mysterium Tremendum, Rockland Art Center, NY (2013); and Ecce Homo: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt & The Art of Rebellion, Pavel Zoubok...

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 ...

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 ...

Very Rare Vesuvius lava stone writing set. Torre del Greco (Naples). 19th century. 4 objects with small sculptures (cameos) depicting the poet Petrarch, mythological female figures, ...

Swing Jazz Quartet. Satchmo, Louis Armstrong! Oil Painting on board. Hand signed and dated 1974 Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is ...

Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - Donkey Ride, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 30, Image Size: 22 x 30 inches, Size: 26 ...

San Francisco-based folk artist Tim Weldon, fresh off a showing at Scottsdale’s annual Celebration of Fine Art, is a man in touch with his lovable inner child. He declares himself a ...

Whimsical life size tortoise or turtle sculpture or object of art handcrafted in brass and copper in a stylized modern form. Attributed to Bustamante.

Tucan Majestuoso - Toucan Alebrije This Mexican Tucan - Toucan Alebrije made with Copal wood, wood carving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with acrylic paintings with Zapotec symbols. At Cactus Fine Art...

In 1990, the year this work was completed by Hugh McChesney, heavy rains in May swamped Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and southern Mississippi. But wherever he may have set up his easel,...

Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Sellers at the Market, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 36 x 40 in. (91.44 x 101.6 cm), Descripti...

White Flowers on Pink Sky - Limited Edition Naive Serigraph Colorful serigraph by Croatian naive artist Ivan Rabuzin (b. 27 March 1921, d. 18 December 2008.) A giant white flower ri...

Kay Ameche, American (1904 - 2005) - Spring Fever, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 40, Size: 22 in. x 26 in. (55.88 cm x 66.04 cm...

Columbia, South Carolina-based artist, Wendell George Brown creates quilts that explore the traditions of African American quilt-making and Negro Spirit...

Portrait of a Boy Holding a Book, c. 1820s Oil on Panel 24" x 19.5" Housed in a 3" Carved Frame Overall Size: 29" x 25 1/4" In excellent condition. Ready to hang and enjoy.

Landscape Mississippi River. Saul Haymond, Sr. (1947- ) of Pickens, Mississippi is a self-taught painter who has been documenting life in the African American community in Holmes Co...

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...

Columbia, South Carolina-based artist, Wendell George Brown creates quilts that explore the traditions of African American quilt-making and Negro Spirit...

Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - S. Bennington Building, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 23/30, Image Size: 22 x 30.5 inches, ...

Striking Haitian acrylic painting on board depicting a busy street scene executed in a distinctive naive style with bold colors and plenty of action. Signed J N Robert and presented ...

Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - By Appointment, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 7 x 10 inches, Size: 14...

Standout set of two pugilistic roosters crafted in metal in action poses and hand painted in dramatic colors. Signed "Made in Italy" on a brass bracelet. Left: H: 6 W: 12 D: 7 Rig...

One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Painting is made with casein on plaster on wood. Catalogue of a postumous ret...

Victor Delfin, Peruvian (1927 - ) - Baby Condor, Year: 1979, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 30, Image Size: 31.5 x 24 inches, Size: 35 in. ...

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

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...

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’s works have been exhibited in France, the United States, Switzerland, Germany, Israel, Mexico and Jamaica, in such places as the Abbaye de Daoulas, the Grand Palais, the Brooklyn Museum, the Modern Art Museum of Mexico and the Musée du Montparnasse. His work is part of the permanent collections at the Waterloo Museum, the Davenport Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, Le Centre d’Art, the Musée d’art Haïtien du Collège Saint-Pierre and the Musée de Panthéon National Haïtien. References Phyllis Kind...

Edgy Dawn by Jan Coutts. A glimpse of two Zebra in a moment as they journey through the Savannah during the wet season in Africa. The wet season for zebras is a time of migration, bi...

Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - Cyrano, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 8.25 x 7.5 inches, Size: 15 x 11...

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)

Painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Work is titled "The Sanctuary" and signed. Painting is casein paint and plaster on board. Catalogue of an exhibition in 2008 at the Katzen...

Jane Wooster Scott (American, b. 1920) Autumn in New York, c. 20th Century Lithograph Sight: 15 x 12 in. Framed: 27 3/4 x 23 3/4 x 1 in. Signed and titled lower right in plate: Autum...

Thomas Whent (Canadian-American, born 1949) "Golden Gate Bridge" 2023 Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. Framed: 23" x 19" x 1.5" "Go...

Memories of Tuscany by Elaine Marshall [2022] limited_edition and hand signed by artist linocut with two blocks Edition number 3/50 Image size: H:31 cm x W:17 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:43 cm x W:31 cm x D:0.3cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look This is a linocut of a farmhouse in the hills near Lucca, where my family and artist friends spent happy times...

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 ...

Ted Jeremenko, Yugoslavian/American (1938 - ) - Orient Point. Year: circa 1985, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 175, Image Size: 21 x 34 inches, Size: 30...

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...

After Hector Hyppolite, Philomé Obin may be Haiti's most significant painter. Les pèlerins sortant à la fête de Ste. Anne As with most Haitian painters, this work has a thin applicat...

Wedding Dance Jovan Obican French/Yugoslavian (1918–1986) Date: circa 1970 Acrylic on Paper, signed l.l. Size: 24.5 x 19 in. (62.23 x 48.26 cm) Frame Size: 29 x 23 inches

Spring Landscape with Round Clouds - Limited Edition Naive Serigraph Colorful serigraph by Croatian naive artist Ivan Rabuzin (b. 27 March 1921, d. 18 December 2008.) A grove of tre...

Tighe O'Donoghue's detailed rendering of a flower with a snail retains elements of mysticism and magic while adhering to tenets of realism. Arboretum (with Snail) Tighe O’Donoghue,...

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 ...

Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - Don Quixote, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 10 x 8 inches, Size: 15 x ...

I think this is one of the finest paints Gustavo Novoa has done. It's from his early period in the mid-1970s. I am privileged to own it. The artist creates a dreamy world of magica...

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...

Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Men Talking at a table, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Descrip...

Rare Vintage unusual piece. A cute couple, Chassidic bride and groom in their wedding best. Frank Meisler has sculpted the city of Jerusalem, its walls and buildings culminating in the Temple Mount. There is a little hole in his hand for the flower that is currently missing but can easily be filled with any small sprig FRANK MEISLER Gdansk, Poland - Israel, b. 1929 Frank Meisler (born 1929) is an Israeli architect and sculptor. He was born in Germany, grew up in England, before moving to Israel in 1960. Meisler was born into a Jewish family in Danzig (then in Germany, now Gdańsk in Poland). He was evacuated from Germany by the Kindertransport in August 1939, travelling with 14 other Jewish children via Berlin to the Netherlands and then to Liverpool Street station in London. His parents were arrested three days after his departure, held in the Warsaw Ghetto and later murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was raised by a grandmother, who lived in London. He attended school in Harrow, and then did national service in the Royal Air Force. He studied architecture at the University of Manchester, and was involved in the construction of the Heathrow Airport. Meisler moved to Israel in 1960, where he has a workshop in the Old City of Jaffa. He makes small Judaica sculptures, and also large public works. His public works include a memorial to Ben Gurion in Israel, a statue "Eternal Kiev" in Kiev, and a series of Kindertransport memorials: "Kindertransport - the arrival" erected at Liverpool Street station in London in 2006, "Trains to life, trains to death" erected at Friedrichstraße station in Berlin in 2008, "The departure" erected at Gdańsk Główny station in 2009, and "Crossing to life" erected at the Hook of Holland in 2011. Each includes bronze statues of a group of children, with luggage. Known for his whimsical Folk Art, Judaic sculptures he is a long time denizen of Jaffa along with Ilana Goor. He made large-scale sculptures commemorating various historical figures, including Joseph Stalin, Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill at the 1945 Yalta Conference, and Christopher Columbus. Meisler also worked on a smaller scale, producing menorah, Jerusalem fountains, Jewish figurines...

Artist: George Rhoads, American (1926 - ) Title: The Jungle Year: 1968 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 54.5 x 72 in. (138.43 x 182.88 cm)