African American Folk Art Hand-Carved Wooden Hand-Painted Tiger Sculpture
By Isaac Smith
Located in Portland, OR
Hand-carved and signed wooden tiger sculpture by celebrated African-American folk artist Isaac Smith (1944–2016).
Wood, Acrylic
Antique Hand-Stitched Southern Quilt, African American Folk Wall Art, 63" x 73"
Located in Barrington, IL
Dimensions: 63” x 73” Date of Manufacture: 3rd Quarter of the 1800s Place of Origin: United States Material: Cotton, wool Condition: Original condition with some wear throughout ...
Wool, Cotton
African or African American Wood Sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
I thought this was a piece of American folk art. I am now told that it’s possibly African in origin.
Hardwood
African American Pine Burr Quilt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Exceptional African American pine burr quilt. All hand quilted and pieced. Found in Selma, Alabama. Fantastic color placement and design. These quilts were made with leftover fabric ...
Textile
“40 Acres and a Mule” Satirical Folk Art Painting, American School, 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
The work bears comparison to American genre paintings of the same period, including the narrative scenes of William Sidney Mount, albeit without Mount’s sympathetic realism, as well ...
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
African American Improvisational Strip Quilt, Circa 1955
Located in Amsterdam, NY
Presents beautifully and retains exceptional visual impact. African American quilt, Gee’s Bend quilt, Gee’s Bend style, improvisational quilt, strip quilt, American folk art, South...
Cotton
Early 20th Century African American Crazy Quilt, Hand-Pieced Wool
Located in Barrington, IL
Dimensions: 77.5” x 77.5” Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: United States Material: Wool, Cotton Condition: Good The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU: 2079...
Wool, Cotton
$2,800
Alabama Surreal Folk Art Oil Painting African American Woman, Flower Headdress
By Maltby Sykes
Located in Surfside, FL
It has "Maltby Sykes, 1911- for Leon" written on the stretcher verso It is a Surrealist Folk Art figure of an African woman oil painting on canvas Attributed to Maltby Sykes (1911-1...
Canvas, Oil
$2,000
Folk Art Mexican Girl Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"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 soci...
Burlap, Oil
$2,000
Folk Art Mexican Boy Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"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 soci...
Burlap, Oil
$55,000
"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
His work is found in the collections of the American Folk Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the High Museum of Art, the National Museum of African American History and Culture...
Masonite, Oil
"The First Time on Telephone" Black African American Folk Painting
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Subsequently, he had a dual exhibition with fellow Texas artist George White at Objects Gallery in San Antonio; was shown in the Southwest Ethnic Arts Society's inaugural exhibitio...
Crayon, Mixed Media
$1,400
"Mamas Shock" African American Black Folk Artist LEON COLLINS OF TEXAS
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins Born Galveston Texas Artist Image Size: 28 x 21.75 Medium: Oil "Mama's Shock" Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 36 x 24 ...
Oil
$29,250Sale Price|25% Off
Trucks in the City African American Self-Taught Florida Outsider Folk Art Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
Trucks in the City by African American, Folk, Self-Taught, Florida, Outsider Art Purvis Young Urban Young was an American artist from Miami.
Oil, Board
$3,500
'Mending', African American Woman Folk Artist, Houston, Dallas, Blues Museum Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, in fabrics bowl, 'Ruth Mae McCrane' (American, 1929-2002) and dated upper center, in calendar, February 1989. Ruth Mae McCrane taught art for 33 years while pai...
Paper, Gouache
$1,400
African Wood Sculpture
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very kool piece of African art. I am not exactly sure how old, but from bottom of base I would guess 1st quarter of 20th century. It is all wood and depicts what I believe is an Afri...
Wood
"MOTHER AND DAUGHTER" TEXAS BLACK FOLK ART FRAMED 38 x 26 AFRICAN AMERICAN
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins (Born 1930) Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 38 x 26 Medium: Oil Stick on Canvas "Mother and Daughter" Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota T...
Oil
"Bouquet, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Stone
"Caress of Water, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Stone
"Pompeii, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Stone
"Beach-Combed Mochaware, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Stone
"Iridescence, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Stone
"Bouquet" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Stone
"Caress of Water" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Stone
"Beach-Combed Mochaware" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Stone
"Iridescence" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Stone
"Pompeii" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Ceramic, Stoneware
Folk Art Island Painting; Savannah African-American Rudy Bostic
By Rudolph Valentino Bostic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A folk art painting by Savannah artist Rudolph Valentino Bostic. Bostic is a self-taught artist from Savannah, Georgia who works on cardboard often using house paints or acrylics or ...
African American Puppet
Located in Summerland, CA
African American Puppet
Wood with hand stitched linen trousers and cotton plaid shirt.
Hand painted face.
Wood, Fabric
Horse Polo Painting by Southern African American Rudy Bostic
By Rudolph Valentino Bostic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very lively and interesting horse painting depicting polo horses and riders by Rudolph Valentino Bostic. Bostic is a self-taught Savannah, Georgia artist who works on cardboard wi...
Girl With Chicken And Dog
By Lorenzo Scott
Located in Charleston, SC
Girl With Chicken And Dog black art Black artist Black art gallery African american art African american artist African american painting African-american art African-american paint...
Canvas, Oil
Unavailable
H 36 in W 38 in
Holy Rain & video, a vernacular folk painting by a self-taught African American
By P-Nut
Located in Charleston, US
The multimedia work, "Holy Rain" includes a 1 1/2 minute Video of self-taught P-Nut talking about the inspiration for his folk painting of African Americans' catching rain water. "H...
Acrylic, Video
African American Boy Bust
Located in Summerland, CA
Circa 1920 Wood and original polychrome. African American bust wearing yellow cap. Sits on a wooden platform.
Wood
Modern African American Folk Art Acrylic Large Painting on Canvas
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This large acrylic painting on canvas brings together both a modern and folk element depicting common elements with bold, contrasting colors. An amazing statement piece that works we...
Canvas
Harriet Rosendale Painting
By Harriet Rosendale
Located in Westport, CT
Oil on canvas "mother with Child" African American folk art original frame Artist featured in the "new Yorker" magazine 1959
Mid-20th Century African American Hand-Stitched Southern Quilt
Located in Barrington, IL
Dimensions: 60” x 90” Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: Southern United States Material: Cotton Condition: Good The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU 2009 ...
Cotton
African American Concentric Squares Work Clothes Quilt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very bold African American Concentric Squares Work Clothes Quilt. Made from discarded work shirts by Eunice Taylor, Winston County, Alabama, Circa 1940.
Sold
H 31 in W 24.5 in
Alabama Surreal Folk Art Oil Painting African American Woman, Flower Headdress
By Maltby Sykes
Located in Surfside, FL
It has "Maltby Sykes, 1911- for Leon" written on the stretcher verso It is a Surrealist Folk Art figure of an African woman oil painting on canvas Attributed to Maltby Sykes (1911-1...
Canvas, Oil
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H 31 in W 8 in
African American Boy with Ball, Realist Painting Folk Art Outsider
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
At the very least, hopefully, these vignettes of experience will help to provide insight into some African American lifestyles and serve as an inspiration to my students and others t...
Oil, Board
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H 29 in W 23 in
Folk Art Mexican Boy Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"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 soci...
Burlap, Oil
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H 29 in W 23 in
Folk Art Mexican Girl Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"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 soci...
Burlap, Oil
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H 24 in W 30 in
African American Realist Painting 3 Ladies Folk Art Outsider Art Andrew Turner
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
He was included in the seminal show PHILADELPHIA (PA). Woodmere Art Museum. In Search of Missing Masters: The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection of African American Art.
Oil
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H 29.5 in W 7.5 in
African American Girl with jump Rope, Realist Painting Folk Art Outsider
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
At the very least, hopefully, these vignettes of experience will help to provide insight into some African American lifestyles and serve as an inspiration to my students and others t...
Oil, Board
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H 37 in W 37 in D 4 in
"Going to America" African Slave Ship by Black folk artist F.L. Doc Spellmon
By Doc Spellmon
Located in San Antonio, TX
Doc Spellmon and Ruth Mae McCrane at The Museum of African-American Life and Culture - Dallas, Texas. 1996.
Mixed Media, Oil
Large Wood Carved African American Man Folk Art Bust
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Nicely carved form of an African American Gentleman--likely a sharecropper. Simple, yet very well executed carving. The shoulders were carved and put together in pieces. It almost...
Gesso
African Polychrome Seagrass and Silk Woven Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
African polychrome seagrass and silk woven basket. Beautiful round shape with geometric designs woven into the sides. Very fine craft work, great Folk Art tribal collector piece. D...
Silk, Seagrass
"China Cabinet, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Stone
American Indian Folk Art Walking Stick
Located in Southampton, NY
African Folk Art Walking Stick
Mahogany
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H 12.5 in W 19.75 in D 10.25 in
Folk Art Bill Potts African American Found Object, Cowboy Dan Bronco Busting Man
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This painted wood "diorama" The Rodeo Cowboy Dan The Bronco Busting Man by African American sculptor Bill Potts is a fantastic example of the well know sculptors work. He takes a sce...
Wood
"China Cabinet" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed.
Ceramic, Stoneware
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H 29 in W 26 in D 7.75 in
French Bronze African American Boy Playing Banjo "What a Fly" E. Guillemin, 1870
By Émile Guillemin
Located in Charleston, SC
French Bronze Cold Painted African American boy playing banjo resting on squared molded plinth. "What a Fly", signed E. Guillemin ( 1842-1907 ), Late 19th Century
Bronze
Antique Hand-Stitched Quilt, African American Folk Art, Civil War Era
Located in Barrington, IL
This particular quilt comes from the collection of a Civil Rights attorney who has spent decades practicing in Alabama and Georgia, with a devoted interest in preserving African Amer...
Wool, Cotton
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H 49 in W 51 in D 34.5 in
Southern United States African American Chip Carved Folk Art Church Altar
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Amazing work of African American folk art. Very detailed and many layers of original paint surface.
African American Improvisational "Cross T" Temperance Quilt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
African American attributed black and white improvisational "Cross T" temperance quilt, Georgia, circa 1920s. Temperance quilts were made by women's temperance groups to be sold to r...
Cotton
African American Abstract Quilt, Attributed to Gees Bend, AL
By Lucy Mooney
Located in Santa Monica, CA
African American abstract quilt. Attributed to Lucy Mooney Gees Bend, Alabama, circa 1930-1940. The Backing is made from 100 pound welfare sacks issued by the US Government "The...
Wool, Cotton