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British Naive Art

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Majestic Lion
Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Majestic Lion

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Majestic Lion

Located in Bristol, GB

MAJESTIC LION Size: 45 x 55 cm (including frame) Oil on board A charming contemporary naïve style painting, executed in oil onto panel by British artist Matt Rix.

Category

2010s Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Golden Leopard
Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Golden Leopard

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Golden Leopard

Located in Bristol, GB

GOLDEN LEOPARD Size: 38 x 48 cm (including frame) Oil on board A charming contemporary naïve style painting, executed in oil onto panel by British artist Matt Rix.

Category

2010s Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Naive British Contemporary Painting Two Polar Bears in Winter Landscape
Naive British Contemporary Painting Two Polar Bears in Winter Landscape

Naive British Contemporary Painting Two Polar Bears in Winter Landscape

By Ben Powell

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Polar Bears in the Snow by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed acrylic on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 20 inches provenance: private collection of this artists wor...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

‘The Violinist in Spring’ Naïve British Oil Painting Musician Dora Holzhandler
‘The Violinist in Spring’ Naïve British Oil Painting Musician Dora Holzhandler

‘The Violinist in Spring’ Naïve British Oil Painting Musician Dora Holzhandler

By Dora Holzhandler

Located in London, GB

‘The Violinist in Spring’ Naïve British Oil Painting Musician Dora Holzhandler British, 2000 Canvas: Height 50cm, width 41cm Frame: Height 68cm, width 59cm, depth 4cm Painted by Dor...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ebony, Oil

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting by Matt Rix - Hanging Sloth
Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting by Matt Rix - Hanging Sloth

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting by Matt Rix - Hanging Sloth

Located in Bristol, GB

HANGING SLOTH Size: 44 x 54 cm (including frame) Oil on board A contemporary painting that presents a whimsical depiction of a sloth suspended upside down from a gently curving tree...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Huge 20th Century British Naive Welsh Oil Painting Village Life in Winter Snow
Huge 20th Century British Naive Welsh Oil Painting Village Life in Winter Snow

Huge 20th Century British Naive Welsh Oil Painting Village Life in Winter Snow

By Ben Powell

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Winter in the Village by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 40 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Oil - Annunciation
Early 20th Century Oil - Annunciation

Early 20th Century Oil - Annunciation

Located in Corsham, GB

The painting has nods to the Byzantine frescoes, European folk art and the 19th Century naive School of British art.

Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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English Naive School Painting
English Naive School Painting

English Naive School Painting

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H 11 in W 14.5 in D 0.25 in

English Naive School Painting

Located in London, GB

English, c.1864 11" high x 14.5" wide A wonderful example of genuine British naive art of the mid C19th. Painted in oils on pine panel, this work is proudly inscribed to verso "D...

Category

Antique 19th Century English Paintings

A Group of Three Fine and Impressive Naive School Family Portraits
A Group of Three Fine and Impressive Naive School Family Portraits

A Group of Three Fine and Impressive Naive School Family Portraits

Located in London, GB

The highly decorative painted wood and cast gesso frames, with oval insets, are original to the paintings and are themselves remarkable examples of vernacular art. This is a genuinel...

Category

Antique 19th Century British Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint

Pair of Late 19th Century Naïve Oil on Panel Paintings of Greyhounds
Pair of Late 19th Century Naïve Oil on Panel Paintings of Greyhounds

Pair of Late 19th Century Naïve Oil on Panel Paintings of Greyhounds

Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex

Wonderful examples of British naïve art. England circa 1895 priced as a pair.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Paintings

Materials

Wood

Naive Folky British Sailor's Woolwork Ship Woolie
Naive Folky British Sailor's Woolwork Ship Woolie

Naive Folky British Sailor's Woolwork Ship Woolie

Located in Downingtown, PA

Great Color & Style! Naive Sailor's Woolwork woolie, circa 1875 The sailor's woolie depicts a portside view of a three-masted British Royal Navy Vessel under sail upon a varie...

Category

Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

Naive British Sailor's Woolwork of a Sloop
Naive British Sailor's Woolwork of a Sloop

Naive British Sailor's Woolwork of a Sloop

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H 17.5 in W 22.5 in D 1.5 in

Naive British Sailor's Woolwork of a Sloop

Located in Downingtown, PA

British Sailor's Woolwork of a Sloop, Circa 1875 The British sailor's woolwork depicts a port side view of a fore and aft rigged single mast ship called a sloop. The ship is underw...

Category

Antique 1870s Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

"Montauk Point Lighthouse" Contemporary British Naive School Painting

"Montauk Point Lighthouse" Contemporary British Naive School Painting

By Therese James

Located in Brecon, Powys

From the "Living The Dream" Series comes Therese James' lovely painting of this most iconic of lighthouses. Standing on the easternmost point of Long Island it's New York States fir...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Contemporary Original British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Greyhound
Contemporary Original British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Greyhound

Contemporary Original British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting - Greyhound

Located in Bristol, GB

GREYHOUND Size: 34 x 39 cm (including frame) Oil on board A very endearing and engaging canine composition of a greyhound, painted in a naïve style in oil onto panel by British arti...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Naive British Sailor's Woolwork of a Two-masted Schooner
Naive British Sailor's Woolwork of a Two-masted Schooner

Naive British Sailor's Woolwork of a Two-masted Schooner

Located in Downingtown, PA

British Sailor's Woolwork of a Two-masted Schooner, Circa 1875 The naive sailor's woolwork depicts a port side view of a two-masted schooner under sail. The hull in black and red an...

Category

Antique 1870s English Folk Art Nautical Objects

Materials

Wool

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting by Matt Rix - Sloth
Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting by Matt Rix - Sloth

Contemporary British Naïve Style Animal Oil Painting by Matt Rix - Sloth

Located in Bristol, GB

The style is intentionally naïve and pared back, with flattened forms and simplified anatomy that draw on folk art influences.

Category

2010s Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

19th Century Naive Oil on Board of S.S Great Britain
19th Century Naive Oil on Board of S.S Great Britain

19th Century Naive Oil on Board of S.S Great Britain

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Small oil on board circa 1860. Shows the famous steam ship S.S great britain making for the open sea. Painted with inscription ' the S.S great britain bound for australia august 18...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century European Victorian Paintings

19th Century Oil on Canvas Dogs Creating Mischief in the Kitchen
19th Century Oil on Canvas Dogs Creating Mischief in the Kitchen

19th Century Oil on Canvas Dogs Creating Mischief in the Kitchen

Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex

Signed and dated lower left: J. Cochlan 1883 British naive Provincial art. Oil on canvas. Framed.

Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Very Large, Contemporary Modern British, Cornish Naive Outsider Art of St Ives
Very Large, Contemporary Modern British, Cornish Naive Outsider Art of St Ives

Very Large, Contemporary Modern British, Cornish Naive Outsider Art of St Ives

By Simeon Stafford

Located in Harkstead, GB

A very large, wonderful image of this well know Cornish view painted in the highly appealing Naive style of Simeon Stafford. A swirl of activity on sea and land; a dozen different pi...

Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

British Sailor's Naive Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship H.M.S. St George
British Sailor's Naive Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship H.M.S. St George

British Sailor's Naive Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship H.M.S. St George

Located in Downingtown, PA

British Sailor's Woolwork of Royal Navy Ship H.M.S. St George, Circa 1860 A naive sailor's woolie with a Portside view of the H.M.S St. George, named below on a red banner, th...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Folk Art Decorative Art

Materials

Wool

'Prize Sow and Piglets'
'Prize Sow and Piglets'

'Prize Sow and Piglets'

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H 9 in W 15 in

'Prize Sow and Piglets'

Located in London, GB

A delightful work of British Naive Art.

Category

Antique 19th Century English Paintings

Rare Georgian Full Bodied Cockerel Weathervane
Rare Georgian Full Bodied Cockerel Weathervane

Rare Georgian Full Bodied Cockerel Weathervane

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H 23.5 in W 17.5 in D 6.5 in

Rare Georgian Full Bodied Cockerel Weathervane

Located in London, GB

Of Unusual Reductive Stylised Form Untouched and Naturally Patinated Copper English, c1800 Closely similar to the documentary example illustrated and described in James Ayres...

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Antique 19th Century English Weathervanes

Folk Art Portrait of A Young Boy
Folk Art Portrait of A Young Boy

Folk Art Portrait of A Young Boy

Located in London, GB

This is an exceptional anonymous painting from the British Naive and Folk Art tradition which has a timeless unpretentious charm.

Category

Antique 19th Century English Paintings

British Folk Art Naive Model of an Airship R101, Brass, Trench Art, 1930s
British Folk Art Naive Model of an Airship R101, Brass, Trench Art, 1930s

British Folk Art Naive Model of an Airship R101, Brass, Trench Art, 1930s

Located in Totnes, GB

Wonderful naive Folk Art model of the British airship R101.

Category

Vintage 1930s British Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Brass, Copper

Set of Four British Naïve Ship Pierhead Paintings
Set of Four British Naïve Ship Pierhead Paintings

Set of Four British Naïve Ship Pierhead Paintings

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H 11.25 in W 15.25 in D 0.5 in

Set of Four British Naïve Ship Pierhead Paintings

Located in London, GB

Set of Four Pierhead Ship Paintings By James Scott Maxwell Finely detailed pen, ink and watercolour on paper In bespoke handmade frames, British, early twentieth century. 11.5" ...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century English Paintings

Last Walk Watercolor by Karen Bates Naive British Contemporary Painter
Last Walk Watercolor by Karen Bates Naive British Contemporary Painter

Last Walk Watercolor by Karen Bates Naive British Contemporary Painter

Located in FR

Walking with Sooty who is an 'imaginary' dog created by Karen Bates Naive British Contemporary Painter Karen Bates b1964. A published writer who has lived a varied life.... She has b...

Category

2010s Folk Art Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Here With Me by Karen Bates Naive British Contemporary Painter
Here With Me by Karen Bates Naive British Contemporary Painter

Here With Me by Karen Bates Naive British Contemporary Painter

Located in FR

Here With Me who is an 'imaginary' dog created by Karen Bates Naive British Contemporary Painter Karen Bates b1964. A published writer who has lived a varied life.... She has been a ...

Category

2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

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British Naive Art For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate piece of british naive art for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Modern style, while we also have 3 Modern versions to choose from as well. Finding the perfect item from our selection of british naive art may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a choice in our collection of british naive art to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, blue and more. Creating an object in our assortment of british naive art has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Simeon Stafford and Therese James are consistently popular. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and watercolor.

How Much is a British Naive Art?

The price for a piece of british naive art in our collection starts at $514 and tops out at $4,500 with the average selling for $618.