Folk Art

Standout vintage Haitian acrylic painting on canvas of a still life with fruit, executed with a spirited naive flair by noted artist Gabriel Alix. Pres...

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...

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Using her signature folk art-style, artist Jessica JH Roller captures an endearing portrait of a wolf and two hedgehogs in a verdant abstract landscape. Jessi...

This Garuda finial was created by an unknown Indonesian artist out of wood. A finial or hip-knob is an element marking the top or end of some object, often formed to be a decorative feature. The sculpture is 10 1/2" x 5". 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...

Looking at the great view out to sea and watching the wonderful sailing boats :: Painting :: Folk Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the ...

Standout pair of life size French porcelain parrots perched on tree trunks, hand decorated in striking tropical colors. Signed by the maker on the bottoms.

The window (La ventana) . Folk Art, Acrylic on wood panel painting by Spanish author Raquel Fariñas. Dimensions in centimetres (H) 177,3 x (W) 95 x (D) 4 In inches: (H) 69.7 x (W)...

Antique Chinese reverse painting on glass of a dog or spaniel painted in a charming naive manner with vibrant colors, slightly oxidized.

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 ...

Vibrant multi-layer woodblock print by Robin Blake (American, 1955). Three layers of neon ink (yellow, magenta, and blue) form a zoomed-in composition of pills. The bright colors cre...

An exciting game of cricket with the final ball bowled and the ball rushing through the air will the fielder catch or drop the ball? :: Painting :: Folk Art :: This piece comes with ...

Lisa Houck is a highly established artist from Boston, recently re-located to Maine, with a very large following devoted to her exceptional paintings, watercolors, mosaics and prints reminiscent of Folk Art, Matisse and Aborigine art. Houck is widely admired and recognized for a gorgeous sense of color and a sensibility both playful and serious that is uniquely her own. This is one of her 3 most recent large format bird prints in various shades of blue and aqua in a series which now consists of a total of 10 related prints. They are outstanding installed individually or as groups. Houck's highly sophisticated and complex sense of pattern and design is delightfully whimsical, as well as extraordinarily compelling for its knowledge of so many artistic forms which the artist is miraculously able to reference and incorporate, while maintaining a style so distinctively recognizable as her own. Lisa Houck "Flittering and Fluttering" 2023 Linoleum Block Print Edition 10 35.25 x 23.25 Inches This print is not framed. Lisa Houck has an outstanding reputation for not only her work as a printmaker but for achievements in painting, watercolor, mosaic and textiles as well. She has executed many large permanent public art commissions for interior and exterior sites in Boston and nationwide including ambitious murals for Dana Farber, The Children's Hospital, Frieda Garcia Park and numerous libraries, playgrounds and other public buildings. Her works have been featured in many museum and gallery exhibitions and are included in a multitude of public and private collections. Artist's Statement: "I work in watercolor, oil on wood, ceramics, mosaics and etching. Each medium allows me to invent new ways to express my view of nature through color and pattern. My artwork has been exhibited widely, and is in numerous public and private collections, including The Boston Athenaeum, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, Fidelity Investments, four libraries in Broward County Florida, Hale and Dorr, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." LISA HOUCK Education and Professional Affiliations: Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA: M.F.A. 1989. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI: B.F.A. 1975. Boston Printmakers Selected Solo Exhibitions: Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, MA 2017, 2021 Cambridge Arts Council, Gallery 344, “A Long Walk with No Destination”, Cambridge, MA 2016 Patricia Carega Gallery: “White Line Woodcuts,” Center Sandwich, NH 2014 Rivers School, Weston, MA 2008 Bentley College: “All About the Square,” Waltham, MA 2003. Barton-Ryan Gallery: “Improbable Botanicals and Landscapes,” Boston, MA 2000. Randall Beck Gallery: Boston, MA 1993, 1991. Barbara Singer Fine Art: Cambridge, MA 1991. Coyote Gallery: Cambridge, MA 1989. Tufts University: “MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Cohen Arts Center, Medford, MA 1988. Modestino Gallery: Cambridge, MA 1987, 1986. New England School of Art and Design: Boston, MA 1986. Mott House: “The Comet and Other Phenomena,” Washington, DC 1986. Selected Group Exhibitions: Cove Street Arts, “Menagerie a Trois”, Portland, ME, 2022 Fuller Craft Museum: “Mosaics Today”, Brockton, MA 2022 Turtle Gallery, “Summer Show”, Deer Isle, ME 2022 Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA “impressions” 2019 and 2020 Boston Athenaeum, New England on Paper, Boston, MA 2017 Cotuit Center for the Arts: Marking Time: 70 Years of the Boston Printmakers, Cotuit, MA 2017 Arsenal Center for the Arts, Big Prints, Watertown, MA 2016 FPAC Gallery, Fort Point Channel, “Mosaic Muse”, Boston, MA 2016 Art of Mosaic: Piecing it Together, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2013 Highfield Hall, National Mosaic Exhibit on Cape Cod, Falmouth, MA, 2011 Fancy Plants: Bentley University, 2010 Contemporary Mosaics: Attleboro Arts Museum, 2010 Boston Children’s Museum: “I See Trees,” 2009. Somerville Museum: “Art of Mosaic,” 2009. Milton Academy: “Design/Build,” 2009. Danforth Museum: Members Show, 2007 Boston Printmakers: North American Print Biennial, 2005. Peabody Essex Museum: “In Nature’s Company,” Salem, MA 2004. Cambridge Art Association: “Hot Colors,” (Best in Show Award), Cambridge, MA 2002. Tufts University: “Alumni Exhibition,” Aidekman Gallery, Medford, MA 2001. Acacia Gallery: Gloucester, MA 2000. Wiggin Gallery: “Women in Watercolor,” Boston Public Library, Boston, MA 2000. New Art Center: “Lasting Impressions: Looking at the Land,” Newton, MA 1997. Bernard Toale Gallery: “The Pet Show,” Boston, MA 1996. Albers Gallery: Memphis, TN 1994, 1992,1991. Pritam & Eames: East Hampton, NY 1992. Boston Center for the Arts: Boston, MA 1989. DeCordova Museum: “Explorations in Handmade Paper,” Lincoln, MA 1989. Fuller Museum of Art: “RISD Alumni in Boston,” Brockton, MA 1989. lisa houck Selected Collections: The Boston Company The Boston Public Library Brigham and Women’s Hospital Brunnier Museum, Ames, IA Coopers & Lybrand Fidelity Investments Fogg Art Museum Goodwin Procter Harvard Business School Harvard Community Health Plan Grants/Projects: Herman Miller Lahey Clinic Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts Mutual Corporation Montgomery Watson Harza Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Neiman Marcus New England Medical Center State Street Bank and Trust Valley Hospital, NJ Wrapped a Radiology room with art at Boston Children’s Hospital 2019. Project consultant: Betty Bothereau, L’Attirude Gallery Boston “City Square with Reflecting Pool,” 6’ X 6’ mosaic for Iron Street Park in Boston. Located on the corner of A Street and Iron Street in Boston, commissioned for this new park in Boston by a private client in 2014. Children’s Hospital, Waltham, MA: eleven-panel, oil-on-wood painting for the lobby, 2005. Grant from Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2005. For a ceramics program in the public schools, sponsored by the Dedham Cultural Council. John Hancock Financial Services: Frieda Garcia Park. Commission to create two mosaic murals incorporating children’s art from the community, 2004. Murals are 8’ X 10’ and 8’ x 22’. Broward County Cultural Affairs Office/Public Art Department, Florida: Public Art Commission to create paintings and printed materials for four libraries in Broward County, 2003. Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Jimmy Fund Clinic, Boston, MA: eight panel mosaic for the reception area. Architect: Miller, Dyer, Spears, 2003. Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan International Airport, Terminal E, Boston, MA: Six digital reproductions of paintings. Project Coordinator: Urban Arts Institute, 2001. ”The Rare Tropical Cod,” part of the Cavalcade of Cod, a school of 5’5” fiberglass fish sculptures which were displayed throughout the city of Boston in the fall of 2000. Sponsored by Boston’s B2K Committee. Poster and button and display banners for First Night Boston, 1998. Grant from the City of Cambridge to create murals for the Cambridge Senior Center, 1995. Administered by the Cambridge Arts Council. Fellowship in the Visual Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council, 1994. Administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts. Grant from Arts on the Line, Cambridge, MA for temporary art in the subway including a 36-foot painting for the Kendall Square subway station, Cambridge, MA 1988. Grant from the Cambridge Arts Council for a mural for the Cambridge River Festival, installed in Inman Square, 1987. Poster for the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1987. education and professional affiliations Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA: M.F.A. 1989. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI: B.F.A. 1975. Boston Printmakers New England Mosaic Society Publications: Maine Gallery...

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Meliton Zeferino Acevedo Made with Tzomplantli wood, woodcarving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with traditional lacquer ba...

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

Ángel Pahuamba works from three traditions deeply rooted in Mexican culture: corn, the figure of the diablito, and embroidery. Coming from the Purépecha culture, corn represents for ...

FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE! Carlomagno Pedro Martinez MASTERPIECE PRESENTED IN THE BOOK "C4ATRO MANOS DO2 OFICIOS UNA 1CONOGRAFIA” Made with Black Clay, hand-modeled technique, polish...

Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Preparing Food, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Description: An...

Oil painting based on a cardboard sculpture I made. :: Painting :: Folk Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No...

Recent oil on linen canvas mounted on cradled wood panel signed and dated on reverse. Part of an ongoing series by the artist in his humorous observation of humans and their pets ABO...

ARTIST STATEMENT: “Sex, lust, desire, high fashion, and a tumultuous young life are the main motifs of my work. I didn’t have the easiest upbringing, but what I have experienced is ...

Kay Ameche, American (1904 - 2005) - Apple Blossom Time, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 40, Size: 22 in. x 26 in. (55.88 cm x 66...

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 ...

Original mixed media on paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Artwork size 11.25 x 8.25 inches. Frame size approx 17 x 14 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certif...

In 2018, I became a painter. An artist.  I am a product of the '70s and I spent my life in the fine state of New Jersey—the most wonderful state of them all.  As a result of stuff th...

Oil painting on board executed in a distinctive naive folky style of a French cafe with figures dressed in Belle Epoque attire. Signed by the noted artist Fernand Boilauges...

Fanciful Mid Century Haitian style acrylic painting on canvas, executed in a distinctive naive technique depicting an eccentric composition with architecture, people and a bus titled...

"Geraniums" is an original oil painting on wood by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter and signed on the verso. The frame was created and hand-carved by the artist specifically for this ...

"Lady Lee" and "My Neighbors" are two original oil paintings executed on either side of a wood panel by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter. This fun and playful ...

A great day on a warm summers day spending it at the beach having fun and relaxing :: Painting :: Folk Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by...

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 ...

This painting, titled New England Town by the Sea and created by A. Hatmaker in 1989, captures the charm of a quaint coastal village in New England. Executed in a folk-art style, the...

Organic clam shell with its iconic sculptural form and ocean inspired color variations and varied textures.

Scott Harbison grew up in northern New Jersey, and had an early fascination with cartoons. Somewhat introverted, he seemed to daydream his way through ...

Acrylic on acid free paper :: Painting :: Folk Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signat...

Contemporary Street Art aerosol and marker pen painting, magical landscape on canvas by French artist Harold Maka. A wonderfully colourful and highly imaginative painting of a fanta...

Vendedor de pájaros - Bird seller Made with natural clay, copper wire and polychrome painting. Hand-modeled technique and cooked in an oven. LISTING =================================== 1 Ceramic Sculpture of a Bird seller =================================== DETAILS =================================== Time of Preparation: 2.5 months Made: Izuca de Matamoros, Puebla, México. Dimensions: 8" x 10" x 5" in or 20 x 25 x 13 cm Artisan: Taller Alfonso Castillo Orta...

Acrylic paint on paper Signed by the artist lower right

*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...

Angel Mistico - Mistic Angel This Tree was made with natural clay. Hand-modeled technique decorated with colors of natural earthen substances, and cooked in oven. Listing: 1 Natural Clay Tree...

To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box derby cars of his youth, eac...

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...

This cotton fabric was made by an unknown Ashanti artist. It is mostly black and white. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group of the Akans in Ghana, a fairly new nation, barely more than 50 years old. Ghana, previously the Gold Coast, was a British colony until 1957. It is now politically separated into four main parts. Ashanti is in the center and Kumasi is the capital. The Ashanti have a wide variety of arts. Bark cloth was used for clothing before weaving was introduced. With weaving, there is cotton and silk. Women may pick cotton...

A vibrant, figurative, romantic watercolor folk art piece for discerning collectors. Lovers In The Field by George Chemeche, Israeli/American (1934) Date: 1973 Watercolor on Paper ...

Out in the park in the snow walking the dog good to see all the children having fun playing in the snow :: Painting :: Folk Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of a...

Pair of large Chinese wood geese. Rare early 20th Century hand carved exotic wood and polychrome, heavy geese sculptures with beautiful earthy colors. ...

Here we have a delightful painting on masonite of an elephant and two birds, indistinctly signed in the lower left. Painted with bicycle paint in the distinctive naive Tingatinga style.

Fanciful vintage Haitian acrylic painting on board depicting an idyllic rural village executed in a playful naive technique. Signed Phiton Latortue and presented in the original carv...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Bird Flying Over Town. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, Size: 15 x 10.5 in. (38.1 x 26.6...

This mask was made by an unknown aboriginal Australian artist. It is made from carved wood and vegetable pigment. The artist used natural colors ...

"Alice in the house of the white R." Unique wall sculpture made of papier mâché painted with acrylic painting and varnished Hand-signed by the artist on the back Wabé is a French ar...

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...

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 ...

Artist: Alice Asmar, American (1929 - )
Title: Shalako Dancers
Year: 1980
Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil
Edition: 75
Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 5...

"Summer Whisper" is an original oil painting by Robert Richter. The artist signed the piece on the back. This painting depicts a view over a serene lake. The painting has carved part...

Rare Vintage unusual piece. In this bronze or metal sculpture by Frank Meisler, the artist depicts a Klezmer violin player The figure seems cartoon-like with exaggerated facial featu...

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...

Harry Dunn (1929-1998). Acrylic on board painting Sleeping Matilda Hand signed lower right Mid 20th century Dimensions: Sight: 19" x 27". Overall: 20.5" x ...

"Green Meadow" is an original oil painting on wood by Robert Richter. The artist signed the piece on the back. This artwork features an expansive green landscape with yellow, brown, ...

"En Oriente" (In the East). Symbolic paint. Folk Art Landscape by spanish artist Raquel Fariñas. Acrylic mixed media/ wood panel, 62 x 50 x 4 cm. In inches: 24.41" x 19.69" x 1.57" ...

In this painting, Robert Richter places the viewer at the foot of a path that wraps around and beyond a small apple tree. Whereas many of his paintings use deep and richly saturated ...