What are the characteristics of Mexican folk art?

Mexican folk art can be characterized by vibrant colored paintings and jewelry designed with floral motifs. Lush forests and animals, especially birds, are featured in Mexican folk art, which is a blend of Indigenous and European methods and skills. You’ll find a variety of Mexican folk art from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.

Mexican Amate Folk Art

Mexican Village Paintings

Paper Art Mexico

Watercolor Mexico

Edalinda Perez VelazquezFiesta en Xalitla / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame, 2014

$1,000

H 20 in W 28 in

Fiesta en Xalitla / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame

By Edalinda Perez Velazquez

Located in Jesus del Monte, MX

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Edalinda Perez Velazquez Picture painting with Chinese ink and acrylics over Amate Paper. - Dimensions: 28" x 20" x 2" in or 72 x 51 x 4 cm - ...

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2010s Folk Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paint, Paper, Watercolor

Alejandro Diaz NavaFestividades Virgen de Guadalupe / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame, 2017

$1,400

H 37 in W 28 in D 2 in

Festividades Virgen de Guadalupe / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame

By Alejandro Diaz Nava

Located in Jesus del Monte, MX

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Alejandro Diaz Nava Picture painting with Chinese ink and acrylics over Amate Paper. - Dimensions: 28" x 37" x 2" in or 72 x 93 x 4 cm - Weigh...

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2010s Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paint, Paper, Watercolor

Carlos Alberto Rutilo OrtizCARLOS ALBERTO RUTILO ORTIZ HAND PAINTED MEXICAN FOLK ART

$850

H 28.75 in W 21 in

CARLOS ALBERTO RUTILO ORTIZ HAND PAINTED MEXICAN FOLK ART

Located in Dallas, TX

Carlos Alberto Rutilo Ortiz. Hand Painted Mexican Folk Art on Amate Paper. Guerrero, Mexico.

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21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paint

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Edalinda Perez VelazquezIndependencia de Mexico / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame, 2014

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H 21 in W 29 in

Independencia de Mexico / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame

By Edalinda Perez Velazquez

Located in Jesus del Monte, MX

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Edalinda Perez Velazquez MASTERPIECE Picture painting with Chinese ink and acrylics over Amate Paper. - Dimensions: 29" x 21" x 2" in or 74 x...

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2010s Folk Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paint, Paper

Edalinda Perez VelazquezMi Pueblo / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame, 2014

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H 20 in W 28 in D 2 in

Mi Pueblo / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame

By Edalinda Perez Velazquez

Located in Jesus del Monte, MX

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Edalinda Perez Velazquez Picture painting with Chinese ink and acrylics over Amate Paper. - Dimensions: 28" x 20" x 2" in or 72 x 51 x 4 cm - ...

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2010s Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paint, Paper, Watercolor

Santiago Alejandro CelisPreparando festividades del nacimiento / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Nativity, 2016

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H 37 in W 29 in D 1 in

Preparando festividades del nacimiento / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Nativity

By Santiago Alejandro Celis

Located in Jesus del Monte, MX

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Santiago Alejandro Celis FONART 1st. Place Category Vegetable Fibers FONART 1st. Edition National Award "De Principio a Fin Tradiciones Popular...

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2010s Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paint

Alejandro Diaz NavaVista de Xalitla / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame, 2017

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H 28 in W 36 in

Vista de Xalitla / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame

By Alejandro Diaz Nava

Located in Jesus del Monte, MX

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Alejandro Diaz Nava Picture painting with Chinese ink and acrylics over Amate Paper. - Dimensions: 36" x 28" x 2" in or 92 x 72 x 4 cm - Weigh...

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2010s Folk Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Paint

Javier Martinez PedroNacimiento en Xalitla / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame Nativity, 2016

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H 18 in W 26 in D 2 in

Nacimiento en Xalitla / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame Nativity

By Javier Martinez Pedro

Located in Jesus del Monte, MX

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE Artisan: Javier Martinez Pedro FONART 2nd. Place Category Popular Painting FONART 1st. Edition National Award "De Principio a Fin Tradiciones Populares M...

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2010s Folk Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Alejandro Diaz NavaOfrendas para mis muertos / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame, 2016

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H 27 in W 37 in D 2 in

Ofrendas para mis muertos / Amate Paper Mexican Folk Art Painting Frame

By Alejandro Diaz Nava

Located in Jesus del Monte, MX

FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Alejandro Diaz Nava FONART 3rd. Place Category Popular Painting FONART 1st. Edition National Award "De Principio a Fin Tradiciones Populares Mexic...

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2010s Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Paint

Colorful Green and Red Mexican Amate Folk Art Figurative Landscape Painting, 20th Century

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H 16.25 in W 20.25 in D 1.25 in

Colorful Green and Red Mexican Amate Folk Art Figurative Landscape Painting

Located in Houston, TX

Richly hued Mexican Amate (bark) folk art painting depicting a village with animated people, plants, and animals.

Category

20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mexican Amate Hand Painted Folk Art Painting

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H 19.25 in W 26.25 in D 1 in

Mexican Amate Hand Painted Folk Art Painting

Located in Chicago, IL

Hand painted bark framed in white lacquered wood and violet mat. Beautifully colored Mexican folk art village scene. Work inside the mat measures 14" wide by 11" high.

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Vintage 1960s Mexican Paintings

Pair Colorful Amate Folk Art Paintings

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H 30.5 in W 22 in D 1 in

Pair Colorful Amate Folk Art Paintings

Located in Chicago, IL

Painted in vivid white, red, green, blue and yellow on bark paper, these two mid-century Mexican folk art paintings each depict a pair of colorful tropical birds in a tree, pursued i...

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Vintage 1960s Mexican Paintings

Vintage Mexican Amate Painting

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H 21 in W 29.5 in

Vintage Mexican Amate Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

A nicely detailed mid 20th century Mexican amate painting -- a village scene with trees, animals, vendors, foliate motifs and graphic borders. Ink on boiled and flattened bark paper....

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Vintage 1940s Mexican Paintings

Mexican Amate Bark Paper Decorative Art.

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H 15.5 in W 46.25 in

Mexican Amate Bark Paper Decorative Art.

Located in Oakland Park, FL

Number:2 Rectangular with circles. Lienzos decorativos en papel Amate. Mexican Amate bark paper decorative art, Ready to frame. Publa, Mexico

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Vintage 1970s Mexican Tribal Art

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Roxana y Jesus Hernandez8" Loteria Purpura / Wood carving Mexican Folk Art Sculpture, 2017

$2,400

H 9 in W 8 in D 9 in

8" Loteria Purpura / Wood carving Mexican Folk Art Sculpture

By Roxana y Jesus Hernandez

Located in Jesus del Monte, MX

FREE SHIPPING TO WORLDWIDE! Artisan: Roxana y Jesus Hernandez MASTERPIECE Made with Copal wood, woodcarving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with acrylic paintin...

Category

2010s Folk Art Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Mexican Arbol de la Vida Tree Life Dolls ColorFolk Art Ceramic Clay Candelabra

$3,550

H 17.33 in W 16.15 in D 7.88 in

Mexican Arbol de la Vida Tree Life Dolls ColorFolk Art Ceramic Clay Candelabra

By Marco Antonio Castillo

Located in Queretaro, Queretaro

This colorful tree of life (árbol de la vida) with a toy like aspect is a unique piece by Marco Antonio Castillo, son of renowned artist Alfonso Castillo. Hand made with natural clay...

Category

2010s Mexican Folk Art Toys

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Enedina Vasquez CruzEl Bien contra el Mal / Ceramics Mexican Folk Art Clay, 2017

$2,145Sale Price|35% Off

H 19 in W 19 in D 13 in

El Bien contra el Mal / Ceramics Mexican Folk Art Clay

By Enedina Vasquez Cruz

Located in Jesus del Monte, MX

Artisan: Enedina Vaszquez Cruz MASTERPIECE Made with natural clay. Hand-modeled technique and cooked in a wood-fired oven. - Dimensions: 19" x 19" x 13" in or 47 x 49 x 34 cm - ...

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2010s Folk Art Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Clay

Carlos Merida 11945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico, 1945

$950

H 17.75 in W 12.9 in

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico

By Carlos Merida 1

Located in Surfside, FL

This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various typ...

Category

1940s Folk Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

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On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate piece of mexican amate folk art for your needs in our varied inventory. Making the right choice when shopping for an item from our selection of mexican amate folk art may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right choice in our collection of mexican amate folk art is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, beige and brown. Creating an object in our assortment of mexican amate folk art has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Alejandro Diaz Nava, Edalinda Perez Velazquez, Santiago Alejandro Celis and Javier Martinez Pedro are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in paint, watercolor and paper — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Mexican Amate Folk Art?

The price for a piece of mexican amate folk art in our collection starts at $575 and tops out at $1,750 with the average selling for $1,250.

Questions About Mexican Amate Folk Art

What are the characteristics of Mexican folk art?
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1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
Mexican folk art can be characterized by vibrant colored paintings and jewelry designed with floral motifs. Lush forests and animals, especially birds, are featured in Mexican folk art, which is a blend of Indigenous and European methods and skills. You’ll find a variety of Mexican folk art from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.