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Early 20th Century Southern American Folk Art Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating and intriguing early 20th century Southern American folk art panel, found in
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

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
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Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Plywood

Alabama Surreal Folk Art Oil Painting African American Woman, Flower Headdress
By Maltby Sykes
Located in Surfside, FL
" written on the stretcher verso It is a Surrealist Folk Art figure of an African woman oil painting on
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Folk Art Mexican Boy Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

Folk Art Mexican Girl Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

"The First Time on Telephone" Black African American Folk Painting
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rambling on My Mind: Black Folk Art of the Southwest, organized by the Museum of African-American Life
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

Outsider Art oil on canvas by John Jones titled 'Auntie's Ass"
Located in Asheville, NC
Americana Folk Outsider Art oil on canvas by African American Artist, John Jones, circa 1990s-early
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban The painting
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1990s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Holy Rain & video, a vernacular folk painting by a self-taught African American
By P-Nut
Located in Charleston, US
the inspiration for his folk painting of African Americans' catching rain water. "Holy Rain" depicts
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Video

Painting on Canvas, "Portrait of a Woman" by Miller
Located in Dallas, TX
Portrait painting of an African American woman with flowers in her hair. Canvas size is 16" x 20
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Vintage Late 19th Century Canvas Circus Carnival Midway Folk Art Sideshow Banner
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Great example of American folk art banner painting. The Great American African Camel Back Horse and Two
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Antique Early 1900s American Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Canvas

Latin American Folk Art Family Portrait Colombian Naive Painting, Color Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
Folk art, Naive, Latin American art , Family portrait in the style of a Chinese ancestor portrait
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1970s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil

"Mamas Shock" African American Black Folk Artist LEON COLLINS OF TEXAS
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
quickly in the art business. Word of their “folk” art quickly spread. Their paintings hang from coast to
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"MOTHER AND DAUGHTER" TEXAS BLACK FOLK ART FRAMED 38 x 26 AFRICAN AMERICAN
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
at his shop. Both Leon and Molly Bee were quickly in the art business. Word of their “folk” art
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Wedding (Authenticated Clementine Hunter Framed Black Folk Art Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rosenak, Museum of American Art Folk Art Encyclopedia “Clementine Hunter,” Wikipedia, Web, Mar. 2016 Alice
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1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Andes Mountains Peru South America, " Joseph Yoakum, Black Folk Art Landscape
By Joseph Yoakum
Located in New York, NY
different accounts of his background, he was, throughout his life, classified as an African American
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1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
(born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
(born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Artist Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a mix of biblical
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Wine & Cigarettes Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a mix of biblical
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Antique African American School Folk Oil Painting Signed
Located in New York, NY
An antique American School Folk Art oil painting on canvas depicting an African American fisherman
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint, Canvas

Large Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Oil Painting Jazz Great "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong
Located in Surfside, FL
Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Mod Bull Jewish Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
verso. Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for
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1980s Folk Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Sports Basketball Arena Coca Cola Sign
Located in Surfside, FL
pencil on paper verso Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Moses Bible Painting Self Taught Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
in background. Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting King David Self Taught Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
. Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Artist Circus Fire Eater, Tiger
Located in Surfside, FL
.. Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

'Mending', African American Woman Folk Artist, Houston, Dallas, Blues Museum Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
center, in calendar, February 1989. Ruth Mae McCrane taught art for 33 years while painting in her spare
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1980s Folk Art Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Jovan Obican Klezmer Jazz Musician
By Jovan Obican
Located in Surfside, FL
as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Jovan Obican Klezmer Jazz Musician
By Jovan Obican
Located in Surfside, FL
, and their philosophy. It has been said that his work has a "timeless quality" and a naive, folk art
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Jovan Obican Klezmer Jazz Musician
By Jovan Obican
Located in Surfside, FL
as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Lazar Obican French Scarecrow Clown
Located in Surfside, FL
quality" and a naive, folk art, outsider art brut quality, child-like primitive style. Obican is
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. This one
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20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed
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20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed
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20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed
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20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed
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20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed
Category

20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed
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20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Magic Realist Surrealist Latin American Naive Fantasy Painting
By German Ramon Duron Lanza
Located in Surfside, FL
Magic realist fantasy painting in the manner of Ernst Fuchs and Arik Brauer. Naïve art is any form
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Naive European French Folk Art Jovan Lazar Obican Tapestry Wall Hanging Weaving
Located in Surfside, FL
American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished from the self
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Sepik 'panggal' sago spathe or tree bark painting of an ancestral figure
Located in Amsterdam, NL
East-Sepik Province, Keram River, early 20th century The painting in non-binded pigment on sago
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Early 20th Century Papua New Guinean Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

"Master (Utopia), " Charcoal drawing on Paper, Folk Art, Signed in Black Frame
Located in Houston, TX
, Bert Long decided to devote himself entirely to art in the late 1970’s. Bert began to explore folk art
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1990s Folk Art Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

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

African American School Portrait Pastel Painting Signed
Located in New York, NY
An American School Folk Art pastel painting on paper depicting a portrait of an Afro American boy
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

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
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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
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Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Plywood

Doyle Lane Mid-Century Modern Rare Colored Glass Ceramic Pottery Square Form
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
California California African American Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum Huntington Library, San
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Doyle Lane California Studio Pottery Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Three Bead Set
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
Oakland Museum of California California African American Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum Huntington
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
). Hungarian Peasant art, children fairytale themes, in psychedelic pop colors of the era. This framed painting
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
). Hungarian Peasant art, children fairytale themes, in psychedelic pop colors of the era.This painting that
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Dign Rootz" Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Black Joe Jackson
By Black Joe Jackson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joe Jackson (American, 1922-1997) was a self taught African American Folk Artist. Born near Atlanta
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Vintage 1980s North American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Plywood, Paint

Tigers Animal Paradise Tropical Jungle Painting Surrealist Art Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons and butterflies in a surrealist magic realism
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20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Sleepless Night, " Mixed Media City Landscape Painting on Paper
Located in Houston, TX
, Bert Long decided to devote himself entirely to art in the late 1970’s. Bert began to explore folk art
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1990s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

High Wire, bright color oil painting circus theme, vertical composition
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Puerto Rico, and especially Mexico. Basso is particularly drawn to Latin American art, channeling its
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Early 2000s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Zebras and Daisies, Flower Field Jungle Painting Surrealist Art, Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
Original Painting Op Art Zebras in a field of daisy flowers in a lush tropical jungle setting
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Leopards Nude Venus Animal Paradise Jungle Painting Surrealist Art Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons and butterflies in a surrealist magic realism
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Other/Brotherhood, " Acrylic and Charcoal Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Houston, TX
. Bert began to explore folk art and assemblage to create a unique body of work, attracting the attention
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1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic

"A Good Witch, " Acrylic and Charcoal Mixed Media Painting on Paper in Wood Frame
Located in Houston, TX
’s. Bert began to explore folk art and assemblage to create a unique body of work, attracting the
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1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic

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