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"CHURCH" TEXAS BLACK FOLK ARTIST
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Medium
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"ROADSIDE CAMPOUT" BLACK FOLK ARTIST MULTIMEDIA
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black
Category

20th Century Impressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"ALAMO" BLACK FOLK ARTIST Leon collins
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 36 x 24 Medium
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"GOLFING" BLACK FOLK ARTIST Leon collins
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Medium
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"THE GUITARIST" TEXAS BLACK FOLK ARTIST
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins (Born 1930) Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 36 x 24 Medium: Oil on
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"WILD DOG" BLACK FOLK ARTIST Leon collins
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Medium
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"WOMAN AND CHILD" TEXAS BLACK FOLK ARTIST
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 36 x 24 Medium
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"BULL AND BIRD" BLACK FOLK ARTIST Leon collins
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Medium
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"MISSION IN TEXAS" BLACK FOLK ARTIST Leon collins
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 22 x 34 Frame Size
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"TAMALE CART" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS ARTIST
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self
Category

20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon

"WATERMELON TIME" Premier Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks Died 1988
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self
Category

1980s Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"SIGN OF PEACE" TEXAS BLACK FOLK ARTIST PEACH PIPE
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 36 x 24 Medium
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"MOUNTAIN HOME" PREMEIR BLACK FOLK ARTIST JOHNNY BANKS DIED 1988
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self
Category

20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil

"THE BANKS" PREMEIR BLACK FOLK ARTIST JOHNNY BANKS DIED 1988
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black
Category

20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Mixed Media

"PUPPY LOVE" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS (1912-1988)
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self-taught
Category

20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil

"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
Category

1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"ON PAYDAY" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS (1912-1988)
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self-taught artist
Category

20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon

"NEIGHBORHOOD POOL HALL" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS (1912-1988)
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self
Category

20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon

"THE LONELY WILD" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO TEXAS (1912-1988)
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self-taught
Category

1970s Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon, Mixed Media

"VISION IN MY MIND BIG MAMA" BLACK FOLK ARTIST Leon collins
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 36 x 24 Medium
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"THE HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST" BLACK FOLK ARTIST FROM SAN ANTONIO (1912-1988)
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black
Category

20th Century Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon, Mixed Media

Folk Art Painting by Black Joe Jackson, Titled "We Be Pickn Sum Flars" US 1960's
By Black Joe Jackson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large-scale painting by folk/outsider artist Black Joe Jackson (American, 1922-1997) . Jackson's
Category

Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Plywood

Harding Black Texas Artist Signed Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Pitcher
By Harding Black
Located in Studio City, CA
striking. Harding Blacks Exhibitions include: San Antonio Local Artists Annual Exhibition (1939-42
Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

A Boisterous Inn Drinking Affair Painting Outsider Folk Artist Gloria Laposka
Located in South Burlington, VT
by Self Taught Outsider Surrealist Folk Artist Gloria Antoinette Laposka (1922-2015) Said Laposka
Category

Late 20th Century American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Canvas

Blonde Maiden And Friends Tavern Painting Outsider Folk Artist Gloria Laposka
Located in South Burlington, VT
Colored Hand Painting An oil painting on canvas panel by Self Taught Outsider Surrealist Folk Artist
Category

Late 20th Century American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Canvas

Vintage Painting by Black Joe Jackson (US 1922-1997) Titled "Zetn Now"
By Black Joe Jackson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage outsider painting on plywood by American Folk artist Black Joe Jackson (US 1922-1997). The
Category

Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Plywood

Vintage Painting by Black Joe Jackson (US 1922-1997) Titled "Gon Ta Skol"
By Black Joe Jackson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage outsider painting on plywood by American Folk artist Black Joe Jackson (US 1922-1997). The
Category

Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Plywood

UNIDENTIFIED FRENCH ARTIST, 19 c. Winter landscape with birds
Located in Copenhagen, DK
UNIDENTIFIED FRENCH ARTIST, 19 c. Winter landscape with birds. Painting of high quality. Signed
Category

Antique 19th Century Paintings

Unknown English artist, 1800s. Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unknown English artist, 1800s. Oil on canvas. Indistinctly signed. English port lot with fishermen
Category

Antique 19th Century English Paintings

Vintage Signed Studio Pottery Vase from Mid-Century, Artist Stamped
Located in Norton, MA
The black and orange squared bottle-shaped vase stands 11.25". Incised details. The artist's stamp
Category

Vintage 1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Stoneware, Pottery

Oil on canvas, landscape with people, presumably French artist. Indist. signed
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Oil on canvas, landscape with people, presumably French artist. Indistinctly signed 91 (1891) The
Category

Antique 19th Century French Paintings

Oil on Canvas, 19th Century Unknown Artist, Fireplace with Women and Children
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Oil on canvas. 19th century, unknown artist, fireplace with women and children. Good condition, 57
Category

Antique 19th Century Unknown Paintings

"I came to love it" by Danish artist Boris de Freitas year 2001
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Boris de Freitas has been painting since the early 1990´s. The pictures often dwell in a spiritual expression towards an image of forever being
Category

Early 2000s Danish Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Modernist Oil Painting on Canvas by Alice (Alicia) Makara .1925-2007 WNY Artist
By Alice Colonieu
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Oil Painting on Canvas by Alice (Alicia) Makara .1925-2007 WNY Artist..
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Artist’s Model Bust of a Very Young Smiling Boy, signed and dated
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Artist’s Model Bust of a Very Young Smiling Boy, signed and dated This is a very attractive hand
Category

Vintage 1960s Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Clay

Artist’s Model Bust of a Young Girl in a Panama Hat, not signed
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Artist’s Model Bust of a Young Girl in a Panama Hat, not signed This is a very attractive hand
Category

Vintage 1960s Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Clay

“Fulana De Tal” (So And So) 2008 Acrylic On Canvas By Puerto Rican Artist Quetz
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very sensual, striking and dream-like painting by celebrated Puerto Rican Artist Quetzalcoatl
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Gyroflexaeon Wall Sculpture by Noted Woodstock Artist
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A most unusual wall sculpture or hanging by the noted woodstock artist Michael Heinrich. A Google
Category

20th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Train on Track with Smoke by Brutalist Artist Chet Blacketer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful and Heavily Patinated, very large example of Brutalist - a train on a track. The entire piece is a solid unit, very stable and also quite heavy. In the manner of Jere, ...
Category

20th Century Brutalist Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

Multi Metal "Roosters" Sculpture, Original Work Signed by Artist, Gerard Bouvier
Located in New Orleans, LA
Multi Metal "Roosters" Sculpture, Original Work Signed by Artist, Gerard Bouvier.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal

Artist made art glass plaque with fish motif, 20th century.
Located in View Park, CA
An artist-made art glass plaque featuring underwater motif, probably late 20th century. Showcases
Category

20th Century Unknown Post-Modern Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Art Glass

Mid Century Abstract Sculptural Carved Stone Figures by Artist Louise Abrams
Located in Port Jervis, NY
by outsider artist Louise Abrams. Beautiful green stone chiselled out to a smooth finish. Carved on
Category

Vintage 1970s American Modern Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Stone

Western Style Silver Plate Concho Belt by Artist and Jeweler Kit Carson
By Kit Carson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderous creative take on the traditional Concho Belt by renown artist and jeweler Kit Carson
Category

Late 20th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Silver Plate

"THANKSGIVING" Black Folk Art! Premier Black Texas Artist Johnny Banks Died 1988
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Creativity: Five Black Texas Folk Artists, sponsored by the Museum of African-American Life and Culture and
Category

1980s Folk Art Mixed Media

Materials

Color Pencil, Ink, Mixed Media

Antique English Folk Art Naive Portrait of Lady in Blue with Dark Wood Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
, her hair styled elegantly. The artist’s folk style gives the painting a naive quality, enhancing its
Category

Mid-19th Century Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Folk Artists Biographical Index, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Folk Artists Biographical Index. Detroit: Book Tower, 1987. First edition hardcover. 496 pp. Guide
Category

20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

"To Hell with Ho Chi Minn" Naive, Folk Painting by Self-Taught Artist
By Elias Telles
Located in Wellesley, MA
"To Hell with Ho Chi Minn," Folk/Naive Painting, Acrylic on Board with Artist's Painted Wood Frame
Category

2010s Folk Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media

"The First Time on Telephone" Black African American Folk Painting
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
1989, Banks was included in the exhibition Innate Creativity: Five Black Texas Folk Artists, sponsored
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

Modernist Folk Art Acrylic on Canvas "Quincy Market" W.N.Y. Artist George Grace
Located in Buffalo, NY
Quincy Market by George Grace,, western New York Artist..Amazing use of space ,,color.. shadows
Category

Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

'Lovers in a Doorway', American Folk Art, Outsider artist, Figural painting
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'J.P.' and painted circa 1975; additionally titled 'The Lovers' verso and initialed. A humorous and breezy view of various figures interacting on a sidewalk.
Category

1970s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"HOME SWEET HOME" BLACK FOLK ART MULTI MEDIA JOHNNY BANKS (1912-1988) SAN ANT.
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
the greatest Texas folk artists of all time. The following information was compiled and submitted by
Category

20th Century Impressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

American artist. Unique ceramic sculpture of Native American.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
American artist. Unique ceramic sculpture of an Native American. Indistinctly signed. Dated 1933
Category

Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Figurative Original Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Hector Frank
By Hector Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
one Cuba’s foremost living artists, Havana born Hector Frank. Now, in his artistic practice, Hector
Category

2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper

Artist’s Model, Bust of a Young Woman on a Slate Block
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Artist’s Model, Bust of a Young Woman on a Slate Block This is a very attractive hand made piece
Category

Vintage 1960s Folk Art Busts

Materials

Clay

"Daddy Playing in the Mud" San Antonio Texas Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
the exhibition Innate Creativity: Five Black Texas Folk Artists, sponsored by the Museum of African
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

"The Sarari Hunt for the Man Eating Tiger " Texas Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
the exhibition Innate Creativity: Five Black Texas Folk Artists, sponsored by the Museum of African
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

Vintage Black/Red Bali Topeng Dance Mask Indonesia Hand Carved Balinese Artists
Located in Naples, FL
This vintage black/red Bali Topeng dance mask is a true piece of art, hand carved from wood by
Category

Mid-20th Century Balinese Masks

Materials

Wood, Paint

Vintage Black/Gold Bali Topeng Dance Mask Indonesia Hand Carved Balinese Artists
Located in Naples, FL
This vintage black/gold Bali Topeng dance mask is a true piece of art, hand carved from wood by
Category

Mid-20th Century Balinese Masks

Materials

Wood, Paint

Ones Own Hand by Artist Hector Frank
By Hector Frank
Located in New Hyde Park, NY
Acrylic and collage on canvas, titled "Ones Own Hand", by Cuban Artist Hector Frank. Hector
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cuban Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Ones Own Hand by Artist Hector Frank
Ones Own Hand by Artist Hector Frank
H 51 in W 47 in D 1.5 in
O.G Ventres "Still Life" circa 1890 'Listed Artist'
Located in Billerica, MA
O.G Ventres "Still Life" circa 1890 (Listed Artist). Subject is demonstrated oil on canvas; a bowl
Category

Antique 1890s American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 13, 2024
    The artist known for the black-and-white optical illusion art called Movement in Squares is Bridget Riley. Riley states that she draws inspiration for her spectacular abstractions expressed in paintings and prints largely from nature, which she defines as a “dynamism of visual forces — an event rather than an appearance.” The British artist produced her iconic piece, Movement in Squares, in 1961. Find a wide range of Bridget Riley art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    Frank Stella is the artist who became famous for his series of black paintings in the late 1950s and early 1960s. These works featured bands of black paint separated by thin, precise stripes of bare canvas. At a time when contemporary painting was all about wild gestures, thick paint and formal abandon, the “Black Paintings” created a sensation. Explore a range of Frank Stella art on 1stDibs.