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Place of Origin: African
African Senufo Korhogo Large Mid-Century Folk Art Mud Cloth Textile Painting
African Senufo Korhogo Large Mid-Century Folk Art Mud Cloth Textile Painting

African Senufo Korhogo Large Mid-Century Folk Art Mud Cloth Textile Painting

Located in Studio City, CA

A fantastic, wonderfully designed African tribal art Korhogo Textile painting by the Senufo people of Korhogo, Ivory Coast. Korhogo textile painting (This type of cloth painting c...

Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Paintings

Materials

Textile, Cotton, Paint

Vintage African Batik Wall Art, Hand Painted Textile Tapestry
Vintage African Batik Wall Art, Hand Painted Textile Tapestry

Vintage African Batik Wall Art, Hand Painted Textile Tapestry

Located in Barrington, IL

Vintage Asian Batik hand painted fabric art. The beautiful batik is a depiction of a pair of Masai couples in traditional tribal clothing. The batik is a wonderful example of a hand painted wall art. Batik is one of many methodologies of fabric art in a long and rich folk textile tradition around the world. It is a wax-resist type of dyeing operation where certain sections of a textile are pigmented while others are tied-off and shielded from coloring. Batik designs are created in various geometric motifs that have certain symbolism and convey status within society, but now too they use batik methods to achieve what in essence are paintings on fabric. Dimensions: 26” x 31” Date of Manufacture: 3rd Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: Africa Material: Textile Condition: Wear consistent with age and use The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU: 2264 Vintage Batik Painting...

Category

Late 20th Century African Paintings

Materials

Textile, Fabric

Tongue-in-Cheek Mounted Kuba Cloth Panel
Tongue-in-Cheek Mounted Kuba Cloth Panel

Tongue-in-Cheek Mounted Kuba Cloth Panel

Located in Chicago, IL

A provocative late 20th century Kuba cloth panel with a bold zigzag and diamond pattern woven in black and natural cut pile raffia surrounding a tongu...

Category

Late 20th Century Tribal African Paintings

Materials

Raffia

Large Original African Batik Painting Signed "Hamidi" Art on Fabric 88x79 cm
Large Original African Batik Painting Signed "Hamidi" Art on Fabric 88x79 cm

Large Original African Batik Painting Signed "Hamidi" Art on Fabric 88x79 cm

Located in Manzano, IT

Gorgeous and authentic large African Batik, made entirely by hand on cotton fabric using the traditional lost wax technique. The work is signed by artist Hamidi, known for his styl...

Category

Late 20th Century Tribal African Paintings

Materials

Fabric

Orientalist Oil on Canvas A Portrait of A Young Moroccan Girl
Orientalist Oil on Canvas A Portrait of A Young Moroccan Girl

Orientalist Oil on Canvas A Portrait of A Young Moroccan Girl

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Vintage Orientalist oil on canvas portrait of a young girl, painting depicting an orientalist girl dressed in traditional garments. Meticulous attention was given to every detail of ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Paintings

Materials

Wood

African Painting by Adingra
African Painting by Adingra

African Painting by Adingra

Located in Antwerp, BE

African painting stone on burlap by Adingra, 1983, France - Cote d'Ivoire. Measures: Height 61 cm, width 39 cm, depth 2 cm.

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern African Paintings

Materials

Sandstone

Mid-20th Century Moorish Style Moroccan Market Scene Oil Painting
Mid-20th Century Moorish Style Moroccan Market Scene Oil Painting

Mid-20th Century Moorish Style Moroccan Market Scene Oil Painting

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Moroccan Orientalist oil on canvas painting of a 19th century Moroccan market scene with an old men seating on a carpet selling old coins and a Moorish...

Category

Mid-20th Century Moorish African Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Naive Ethiopian Painting The first Italo-Ethiopian War, 1970s
Naive Ethiopian Painting The first Italo-Ethiopian War, 1970s

Naive Ethiopian Painting The first Italo-Ethiopian War, 1970s

Located in Budapest, Budapest

The painting captures the events of this battle: "Baratieri planned to execute an attack early morning 1st March Baratieri, to strike a surprise on the ethiopians, who outnumbered h...

Category

1970s Vintage African Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief

Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief

Located in Chicago, IL

An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida (Ivory Coast) hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched frame. This kerchief was not woven on ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Paintings

Materials

Raffia

Mid-20th Century Hand-Painted Oil: Moroccan Rug Market Scene
Mid-20th Century Hand-Painted Oil: Moroccan Rug Market Scene

Mid-20th Century Hand-Painted Oil: Moroccan Rug Market Scene

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Moroccan orientalist oil on canvas painting of a 19th century Moroccan rug market scene with an sellers seating on a pile of carpet and two other men wearing traditional colorful robes standing and checking the goods. The background depict an old house with wooden mucharabie and Moorish arches. Contemporary French oil on canvas orientalist painting of a Moroccan market...

Category

Mid-20th Century Moorish African Paintings

Materials

Canvas

African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century
African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century

African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century

Located in Milano, MI

Ancient Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This genre scene painting is divided into eighteen squares bordered by a black frame and divided into three lines. The scene depicts the story of a couple with three children through the stories of their domestic life and their rural activity; each box has a caption written in the Amharic language. In the first line: they grind; they drink; …illegible… while they spin; they bring water. In the second line: comb, cut your hair; treats your teeth; grind; they bring the wood; they bring water. In the third section: they prepare beer; they prepare bread; they cook bread; they prepare lunch; while they eat; while they drink. This canvas is painted in shades of ocher and is mounteed on a ebonized frame. Dates back to the late 1930s. The canvas show minimal tears and signs of wear but we can customize a restoration. The human figures are characterized by unrealistic proportions of the head and body and depicted in static positions. This sense of fixity and the narration in successive chapters in domestic environments make the paintings easily intelligible and suggestive. A particularly fascinating aspect of Ethiopian art...

Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Paintings

Materials

Canvas

African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century Battle Scene on Canvas
African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century Battle Scene on Canvas

African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century Battle Scene on Canvas

Located in Milano, MI

African Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This tribal folk art painting depicts a battle scene and the canvas is mounted on a parallelogram-shaped frame. It is a large battle painting...

Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Naive Ethiopian Genre Painting, 1970s
Naive Ethiopian Genre Painting, 1970s

Naive Ethiopian Genre Painting, 1970s

Located in Budapest, Budapest

Naive Ethiopian Genre painting, 1970s oil on canvas with Ge'ez language inscriptions.

Category

1970s Folk Art Vintage African Paintings

Materials

Canvas

African Bantu Art, Expressive, Surrealistic Gouache by Marcel Gotène
African Bantu Art, Expressive, Surrealistic Gouache by Marcel Gotène

African Bantu Art, Expressive, Surrealistic Gouache by Marcel Gotène

By Marcel Gotène

Located in Salzburg, AT

The famous painter, Marcel Gotène (Icon of the contemporary Bantu art) combines surrealistic impressions with modern tapisserie elements. Born in 1935 in Yaba, Republic of Kongo, di...

Category

1980s Modern Vintage African Paintings

Materials

Silver Leaf

Vintage Orientalist Oil Painting of Young Girl, Moroccan, 1960
Vintage Orientalist Oil Painting of Young Girl, Moroccan, 1960

Vintage Orientalist Oil Painting of Young Girl, Moroccan, 1960

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Vintage Orientalist oil on canvas portrait of a young girl, painting depicting an orientalist girl dressed in traditional garments. Meticulous attention was given to every detail of ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief

Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief

Located in Chicago, IL

An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched board. This kerchief was not woven on a loom, but ra...

Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal African Paintings

Materials

Raffia

Naive Ethiopian Painting for the 79th Anniversary Italo-Ethiopian War in 1975
Naive Ethiopian Painting for the 79th Anniversary Italo-Ethiopian War in 1975

Naive Ethiopian Painting for the 79th Anniversary Italo-Ethiopian War in 1975

Located in Budapest, Budapest

Mengistu Haile Mariam and other Generals looking at the celebrators oil on canvas painting, 90 x 190 cm with Ge'ez language inscriptions.

Category

1970s Folk Art Vintage African Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief

Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief

Located in Chicago, IL

An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida (Ivory Coast) hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched frame. This kerchief was not woven on ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern African Paintings

Materials

Raffia

"Cantonese Iron Kung Fu" Ghanaian Movie Poster, c. 1985
"Cantonese Iron Kung Fu" Ghanaian Movie Poster, c. 1985

"Cantonese Iron Kung Fu" Ghanaian Movie Poster, c. 1985

Located in Chicago, IL

Starring Bryan Leung, "Cantonen Iron Kung Fu" was a martial arts film from Hong Kong made in 1979. Frequently, theaters in Ghana were unable to import off...

Category

1980s Vintage African Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

"Universal Soldier" Ghanaian Hand-Painted Movie Poster
"Universal Soldier" Ghanaian Hand-Painted Movie Poster

"Universal Soldier" Ghanaian Hand-Painted Movie Poster

Located in Chicago, IL

Starring Jean Claude Van-Damme and Dolph Lundgren, Universal Soldier was a pulpy action/sci-fi from the early 1990s. The film's international success is...

Category

1990s African Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Naive Ethiopian Painting Circle of Life 'Scene of the Year', 1970s
Naive Ethiopian Painting Circle of Life 'Scene of the Year', 1970s

Naive Ethiopian Painting Circle of Life 'Scene of the Year', 1970s

Located in Budapest, Budapest

The upper two lines show Months of Year form September to February and March to August, below the scenes of life. with Ge'ez language inscriptions.

Category

1970s Folk Art Vintage African Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Crystal Hunt" Ghanaian Movie Poster
"Crystal Hunt" Ghanaian Movie Poster

"Crystal Hunt" Ghanaian Movie Poster

Located in Chicago, IL

Starring Donnie Yen, "The Bruce Lee of the 90s," "Crystal Hunt" was a martial arts film from Hong Kong made in 1991. Frequently, theaters in Ghana were unable to import official post...

Category

Late 20th Century Folk Art African Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"A Bridge of Dragon" Ghanaian Movie Poster, c. 1999
"A Bridge of Dragon" Ghanaian Movie Poster, c. 1999

"A Bridge of Dragon" Ghanaian Movie Poster, c. 1999

Located in Chicago, IL

Starring Dolph Lundgren, Bridge of Dragons was a pulpy action/romance from the late 1990s. The film's international success is evident in this hand-pain...

Category

Late 20th Century African Paintings

Materials

Wood

"Vijay Path" Ghanaian Movie Poster
"Vijay Path" Ghanaian Movie Poster

"Vijay Path" Ghanaian Movie Poster

Located in Chicago, IL

Vijaypath was a Bollywood action hit in 1994. It's critically acclaimed soundtrack topped charts across the world and became one of the most recognizable in India's history. The film's international success is evident in this hand-painted advertisement...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern African Paintings

Materials

Fabric

African Bantu Art, Expressive, Surrealistic Gouache by Marcel Gotène 1980s
African Bantu Art, Expressive, Surrealistic Gouache by Marcel Gotène 1980s

African Bantu Art, Expressive, Surrealistic Gouache by Marcel Gotène 1980s

By Marcel Gotène

Located in Salzburg, AT

The famous painter, Marcel Gotène (Icon of the contemporary Bantu art) combines surrealistic impressions with modern tapisserie elements. Born in 1935 in Yaba, Republic of Kongo - d...

Category

1980s Modern Vintage African Paintings

Materials

Silver Leaf