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Mid 19th Century American Folk Art Portrait of Child with Dog in Landscape, Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: American School, mid 19th century Title: Portrait of a Child dressed in a hat and
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19th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th century American Folk Art of a Seated Lady in her Sunday best clothes
Located in Woodbury, CT
Unknown Artist (American School, 19th century) Portrait of a Lady in Blue, c. 1835–1850 Oil on
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1850s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sitting Bull Signed Native American Indian Cabinet-Card Portrait Photograph
Located in Studio City, CA
A very desirable and quite rare signed photograph/cabinet-card portrait of renowned Hunkpapa Lakota
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Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Portrait of a Gentleman, American Folk Art Portrait, Sideburns
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
American School, 19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1850s-1860s Oil on Canvas 14" x 12
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Mid-19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century American School Large Portrait of a Seated Lady, oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: American School, 19th century Title: Portrait of a Seated Lady Medium: oil
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19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Important Antique American School Folk Art Young Girl Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very rare and well painted mid 1800s folk art portrait. Incredible frame. Oil on canvas. Image
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Mid-19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Superb Ammi Phillips American Folk Art Portrait Painting, circa 1840
By Ammi Phillips
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Superb Ammi Phillips American Folk Art Portrait painting, circa 1840 We are proud of our
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Portrait of a Boy Holding a Book, Early American Portraiture, American Folk Art
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Portrait of a Boy Holding a Book, c. 1820s Oil on Panel 24" x 19.5" Housed in a 3" Carved Frame
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Early 19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Old Vintage Pair Native American Folk Art Portraits Signed JP Macett
Located in South Burlington, VT
Vintage pair (2) Folk Art or Outsider Art Portraits of Native Americans. The female displays
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20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oak

Old Vintage Pair Native American Folk Art Portraits Signed JP Macett
Located in South Burlington, VT
Vintage pair (2) Folk Art or Outsider Art Portraits of Native Americans. The female displays
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20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oak

American Folk Art Portrait of Marc Isambard Brunel British Inventor Engineer
Located in Rochester, NY
Early 19th century American portrait of Marc Isambard Brunel. Brunel was a well known British
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Canvas, Oil

Folk Art Portrait Painting "Young Girl In a Red Dress", American, Circa 1825
Located in Incline Village, NV
attention of folk art collectors seeking fine quality 19th century paintings by untrained artists. It
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Antique 1820s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Late 19th Century American Pine Folk Art Frame, circa 1890
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century American pine folk art frame, circa 1890. A double portrait frame with a
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Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

19thC American Folk Art Portrait Painting Of A Young Girl Seated Beside Her Dog
Located in Incline Village, NV
Early 19th century, superb, and oversized, this fine quality American folk art portrait, oil on
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Antique 1820s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

19th Century Folk Art Painting of a Gentleman Attributed to Horace Bundy
Located in Wiscasset, ME
frame that complements it well. Horace Bundy was an itinerant American portrait painter. He is
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Antique 1830s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Antique Black Americana Portrait American Lawyer, Signed 1862
Located in South Burlington, VT
Black Americana Antique Folk Art or Outsider Art Portrait Black American Lawyer, Signed June 10
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood

Portrait of Two Children
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful early 19th century large oil on canvas naive portrait of two children, a boy and a girl
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19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Circassian courtisane, in original 19th century frame, orientalist
Located in DEVENTER, NL
In original 19th century frame Dimesions excl. frame: 48 x 37 cm. Dimensions incl. frame: 56 x 45 cm
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19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Folk Art Oil on Canvas, circa 1830 Attributed to S.V.D. Schans, Unsigned
By S.V.D. Schans
Located in Incline Village, NV
children in both paintings have identical eyebrows. Unlike many early 19th century folk art portraits
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Antique 1820s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

American Antique Folk Art Flying Eagles Heraldic Trunk, 1900
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an old New England collection. An elaborate antique american folk art pyrography wood trunk
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Brass

Oil on Canvas Folk Art Painting "Young Girl With Her Dog and Flowers" Ca 1835
Located in Incline Village, NV
painting is unattributed (as with the preponderance of folk art portraits of this period), but my instincts
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Antique 1830s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Standing
Located in Cirencester, GB
in the last twenty years of the 19th century, when he was greatly influenced by the work of American
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Seated
Located in Cirencester, GB
century, when he was greatly influenced by the work of American artist William Edward Norton. Four
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Male Nude, Seated
Located in Cirencester, GB
the 19th century, when he was greatly influenced by the work of American artist William Edward Norton
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Leaning
Located in Cirencester, GB
own spare time. Many of his landscapes were produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Seated
Located in Cirencester, GB
produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century, when he was greatly influenced by the work of
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Standing
Located in Cirencester, GB
time. Many of his landscapes were produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century, when he was
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Antique Portrait Sketch of Female Nude Standing
Located in Cirencester, GB
own spare time. Many of his landscapes were produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Seated
Located in Cirencester, GB
produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century, when he was greatly influenced by the work of
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Kneeling
Located in Cirencester, GB
landscapes were produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century, when he was greatly influenced by the
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Back View
Located in Cirencester, GB
own spare time. Many of his landscapes were produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Forward Pose
Located in Cirencester, GB
the 19th century, when he was greatly influenced by the work of American artist William Edward Norton
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Standing Facing
Located in Cirencester, GB
time. Many of his landscapes were produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century, when he was
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Male Nude, in Profile
Located in Cirencester, GB
produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century, when he was greatly influenced by the work of
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Male Nude, Back View
Located in Cirencester, GB
the 19th century, when he was greatly influenced by the work of American artist William Edward Norton
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Antique Portrait Sketch of Reclining Female Nude 'Double Sided'
Located in Cirencester, GB
time. Many of his landscapes were produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century, when he was
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude Rear View Seated
Located in Cirencester, GB
landscapes were produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century, when he was greatly influenced by the
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

English Antique Portrait Sketch of Female Nude Seated 'with Additional Image'
Located in Cirencester, GB
landscapes were produced in the last twenty years of the 19th century, when he was greatly influenced by the
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Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

19th Century American Folk Art Pair of Male and Female Portraits
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of American Folk Art (19th Century) mahogany and birdseye maple framed oil painting portraits
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Maple, Paper

Peruvian Cuzco Colonial Painting St Michael Oil on Canvas 19th C
Located in London, GB
A fine 19th century full length portrait of St Michael standing with his sword raised. South
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Antique Mid-18th Century Peruvian Paintings

Materials

Paint

Allegory of The Wheat Harvest (19th-century Folk Art Child portrait)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Allegory of a Wheat Harvest (Portrait of young child), ca. 1850, by unknown American artist. Oil
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19th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Mary Dwyer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton_Seneca Falls 1870s_2014_acrylic on board,
By Mary Dwyer
Located in Darien, CT
the American Folk Art tradition with an abstract modernist aesthetic. The inspiration of her work
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2010s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Large Antique American Southern Folk Art BLUE EYED SIBLINGS Portrait Painting
By Thomas Sully
Located in New York, NY
Probably one of the most amazing detailed American 19th century folk art paintings I have ever
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1870s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Harness Racer at Belmont Park 1884, Philadelphia" by Agustus Kollner
Located in Wiscasset, ME
) was a distinguished 19th-century Philadelphia artist, etcher, engraver, and lithographer who started
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Antique 1880s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Mary Dwyer, Nast vs. Boss Tweed, 1870s, 2013, Acrylic Paint, Wood Panel
By Mary Dwyer
Located in Darien, CT
Fascinated by American history, Mary Dwyer blends the American Folk Art tradition with an abstract
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21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

J. Alden Weir Hand Made Studio Sign Branchville Connecticut
Located in Garnerville, NY
American Impressionists. However, his art education began with training in the traditional basic styles and
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Antique Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Signs

Materials

Iron

Mary Dwyer, Ida Tarbell, 2017, watercolor on paper, Suffragists and Journalists
By Mary Dwyer
Located in Darien, CT
American history, Mary Dwyer blends the American Folk Art tradition with an abstract modernist aesthetic
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2010s Feminist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Mary Dwyer, Nellie Bly, 2017, watercolor on paper, Suffragists and Journalists
By Mary Dwyer
Located in Darien, CT
American history, Mary Dwyer blends the American Folk Art tradition with an abstract modernist aesthetic
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2010s Feminist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Mary Dwyer, Rachel Carson, 2017, watercolor on paper, Suffragists and Journalists
By Mary Dwyer
Located in Darien, CT
American history, Mary Dwyer blends the American Folk Art tradition with an abstract modernist aesthetic
Category

2010s Feminist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

30 Star Antique American Parade Flag, Wisconsin Statehood, ca 1848-1850
Located in York County, PA
(1861-1865) are extremely rare, comprising less than one percent of 19th century flags that have
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Cotton

34 TUMBLING STARS on an ANTIQUE AMERICAN FLAG, CIVIL WAR PERIOD, 1861-63, KANSAS
Located in York County, PA
, if not even before that day—a practice that became common during the latter 19th century. This star
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Antique 1860s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Wool

American Miniature Folk Art Portrait Of a Young Gentleman
Located in Hudson, NY
Stunning little american folkhart water color of a young gentleman. Sitting with his arm over the
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Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Drawings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Paint

Mervin Jules Folk Singer Portrait, Signed
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
Mervin Jules (American, 1912-1994) Folk Singer, 20th century Oil on masonite 18 x 7 1/2 in. Signed
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Antique Victorian American Folk Art Portrait Oil Painting Woman Children
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional large Mid-19th century American School Victorian Folk Art portrait. The painting
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Hardwood, Giltwood, Paint

Suzanne Benton, Male Grace, 2017, Monoprint
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
miniature painting, South Asian Folk Art, Korean Lore and Legend, Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Medieval
Category

2010s Symbolist Portrait Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Maiden and the Night, 2017, Monoprint
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
miniature painting, South Asian Folk Art, Korean Lore and Legend, Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Medieval
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2010s Symbolist Portrait Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Over the Shoulder, 2017, Monoprint
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
miniature painting, South Asian Folk Art, Korean Lore and Legend, Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Medieval
Category

2010s Symbolist Portrait Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Renaissance Maiden, 2017, Monoprint
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
miniature painting, South Asian Folk Art, Korean Lore and Legend, Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Medieval
Category

2010s Symbolist Portrait Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Child of Fortune, 2017, Monoprint
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
miniature painting, South Asian Folk Art, Korean Lore and Legend, Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Medieval
Category

2010s Symbolist Portrait Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Suzanne Benton, Suspended in Time, 2014, Monoprint
By Suzanne Benton
Located in Darien, CT
miniature painting, South Asian Folk Art, Korean Lore and Legend, Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Medieval
Category

2010s Symbolist Portrait Prints

Materials

Monoprint

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19th Century American Folk Art Portraits For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of 19th century American folk art portraits is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct 19th century American folk art portraits — often made from canvas, fabric and wood — can elevate any home. 19th century American folk art portraits have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 19th Century. 19th century American folk art portraits bearing Folk Art or Neoclassical hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Ammi Phillips produced beautiful 19th century American folk art portraits that are worth considering.

How Much are 19th Century American Folk Art Portraits?

19th century American folk art portraits can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $4,000, while the lowest priced sells for $695 and the highest can go for as much as $55,000.