Folk Art Paintings

In response to a recent trip to North Wales by Therese .  A beautiful uplifting, spiritual soul food visit to a church outside Barmouth. Flat canvas - Acrylic on Linen Canvas

About this work: “Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (after David Martin), c. 1840” attributed to David Rent Etter (American, 1807-1880). A wonderful 19th-century portrait of Benjamin Fr...

Step into a dreamlike pastoral paradise with this enchanting mid-century oil on canvas by French artist Denise Collet. Titled "Girls and Ponies," this wo...

“La Loba” is a work about an inner movement through the space of memory, intuition, and the search for the self. The female figure seems to move through a forest of inner time, gradu...

This folk art painting of a red sleigh in winter is by Maud Lewis. Maud Lewis is perhaps the best-known and most beloved folk artist in Canada; indeed her work has attracted a large...

Therese James's ever popular views of daily Welsh life, drawn from the here and now and her personal recolections of growing up in Wales. Joyful art.

Indian hand-stitched Nakshi Kantha by Bangladesh artist Suraiya Rahman (1932–2018). Suraiya Rahman Untitled - Family Mixed Media on Cotton Cloth 14.5" x 14.5" c 1980's Signed bottom...

Vintage Floral Still Life - Cup with Cascading Flowers Detailed and moody still life of flowers in a ridged cup by Alan Inger (British b. 1901 d. 1978.) The background is full of de...

Vintage Floral Still Life - Cup with Stack of Flowers Detailed and moody still life of flowers in a ridged cup by Alan Inger (British b. 1901 d. 1978.) The background is full of dee...

You might need a pick-me-up of charming nostalgia about now. The bunting-draped red, white and blue gazebo. The American flag fluttering against clear sunny skies. And for an extra s...

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Symbolic of water's vitality, artist Kira Yustak depicts a sight of hands cupping water from a clear river. She paints the introspective piece with an absorbi...

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Rosemary, a black-and-white cat, sits gracefully, basking in the sun. A bank of red zinnias with bold, fan-like petals surrounds her, creating a striking cont...

Framed 29.5 X 37.25 sight 28.5 X 36.25 Hedva Yardeni was born in 1969 in Jerusalem to a traditional jewish family. She grew up in Jerusalem, Israel. During 2004 yardeni settled in ...

Inscribed indistinctly verso, 'Painted by H. Herneisen' (?) and dated 1916. Displayed in a period, polished walnut, swept frame. Framed dimensions: 26 H x 2 D x 39.75 W inches Paint...

On offer is a vibrant work of contemporary outsider folk art celebrating the seminal 1980s Washington, D.C. hardcore punk movement. The artwork juxtaposes classical 19th-century mili...

Naive Farmland Scene with Rolling Hills and Volcano - Original Oil Painting Patchwork farmland scene by Patricia A. Bannister (American b. 1959.) Along the hills which make up this ...

English Naive/ Folk Art School, 20th century oil on board, framed framed: 12 x 16 inches board: 11.5 x 14 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: overall very good

Valley Farm, 1943, oil on canvas board, signed and dated lower right, 18 x 24 inches Little is known about apparently untrained painter Elvie Viola Bolton Whited. A native of Arkan...

Painting on burlap by Jose Maria de Servin of an Abstract Naive Lion animal using bright colors and geometric patterns. In this piece the artist simplifies the representation of the ...

Lively and detailed depiction of a procession of Balinese figures in the Ubud regional style (Cremation Ceremony) by I Dewa Putu Sugi (Indonesian, b. 1931). ...

Genre: Latin American Subject: Children Medium: Mixed Media Surface: Paper Country: Mexico Dimensions include Frame: 36X26 The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican pai...

A wonderful image painted in a naive style but with great flair and eye for composition. A most attractive piece. Joan Mostyn Lewis (born circa 1925 - 2012) Boggle lane, Claxby, Lin...

Ralph Cahoon Jr.'s whimsical paintings are not only lighthearted and charming, they are also the hallmark of his creativity and imagination. His playful approach to painting and info...

Original acrylic on wooden panel painting by the well known American folk artist, Black Joe Jackson. Circa 1985. Signed vertically on the left side. Titled bottom left. Condition is...

Christ feeding the 5000 with food and kindness and love :: Painting :: Folk Art :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang...

Original mixed media painting on found wood panel. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Artwork Size: 29.25 x 13.75 inches. Frame Size: 37 x 20 inches. Artwork is in excellent c...

A compelling antique Mexican ex-voto retablo hand-painted on tin, depicting a miraculous healing and offering a vivid glimpse into Mexico's rich devotional folk art tradition. Create...

Outsider Art painting on Board. Bangladeshi Artist. Possibly exhibited at the 2005 Tate Modern exhibition 'Outsider Art' in London Shafique Uddin (Bangladeshi 1962 - ) Untitled Mixe...

Self taught outsider art by African American artist from New Orleans with work in major museum and private collections. White created a bold c...

French Impressionist oil on board of a wooded landscape presented in a period carved wood gilt and patinated frame with trade label to the reverse for a gallery in Grenoble. A charm...

Charming mid century or possibly earlier folk painting. It is an oil on board measuring 12 inches wide by 10 inches high. The frame measures 14 inches wide by 12 inches high.

Naomi Jones’s evocative figurative painting captures the essence of feminine serenity and nature-inspired symbolism. This soulful portrait features a peaceful woman with flowing aubu...

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A solitary horse stands prominently against a cream-colored background. Created with multiple layers of oil paint, the artwork boasts a unique texture, reveal...

Jose Antonio Velasquez, Honduran (1906 - 1983) - Una Calle en San Antonio de Oriente, Year: 1974, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower left, Size: 15.25 x 19.5 in. (38.74...

Striking Haitian acrylic painting on board depicting a busy street scene executed in a distinctive naive style with bold colors and plenty of action. Signed J N Robert and presented ...

An authentic dated 1927 Mexican ex-voto retablo honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, one of the most revered and iconic figures in Mexican religious and cultural history. Hand-painted in ...

Original acrylic on wooden panel by the well known American folk art artist, Black Joe Jackson. Circa 1985. Condition is excellent. Titled along the right side and titled along the...

Housewives Choice, A-Z a cute Folk Art Alphabet of kitchen utensils and cooking implements rendered in a whimsical naive style. CHRISTINE McARTHUR was born in Kirkintilloch, near G...

Whimsical acrylic painting on canvas of a lush jungle scene with elephants, flowers and a cat executed in a distinctive naive style. Signed and dated 75 and presented in a wood frame.

Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown, died 2025 Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 36 x 24 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Shegar" Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown-Died 2025 "The inspirati...

Signed A.H. Okun Genre: Judaica Subject: People Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: 11" x 14" Dimensions w/Frame: 15" x 19 3/4"

Bucks County Farm in Winter is a figurative landscape by Pennsylvania Folk Art painter, Jean Halter. The 12" x 16" oil on board painting is framed and signed "Jean Halter" in the lower right. Jean Harris Halter was born in 1916 and spent her youth between Thornburg, Pennsylvania where her father oversaw Harris plumbing, and Camden, South Carolina, where they also had a home. She studied art, among other things, in Converse College. In 1939 she married Robert Halter, a musician with a traveling big band, which he quit soon after marrying. While he was gone for three years with the Signal Corps in the South Pacific, Jean took care of their two little daughters, their kennel of Pulis, and began to paint antique chairs...

* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item * A beautiful late 19th century oil on board portrait of a terrier in a landscape, by H. Jackson. The work is inscribed by the artist on the reverse and dated 1898. Presented in it's original gilt frame and in very good original condition. A superb Victorian dog painting...

Fabulous oil on canvas in the style of the famous William Aiken Walker. The details of this painting are amazing and is the same subject matter of...

Kerry Smith Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x22in Framed Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1622 *Black frame with a mirror...

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"After a seemingly eternal summer, five little birds snug in their nest, silently enduring the chill and wind," describes artist Jessica JH Roller. The birds each carry a unique design, colored in similar hues of turquoise, black, beige, and brown. A bright band of orange and turquoise appears above the birds shifting into beige and dark green hues. A balanced composition painted in folk-art style with an energetic palette.

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A few months after Jessica JH Roller and her husband were married, they adopted two young Siamese cats from a shelter -- Tony and Larry. Jessica quickly fell deeply in love with the kittens and says the cats changed her. "They opened my eyes - I started to notice birds, trees, water, color, everything. It was as if the artist inside had been unleashed.” Jessica uses bold colors and primitive linework to create whimsical, expressive portraits. She intends to capture real or imagined moments that are both common and extraordinary.

Words that describe this painting: birds, winter, folk art, animals, primitive, nursery, kids, acrylicpaint, small, animals, primitive, acrylic painting, green

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Haitian artist Jacksin Mésidor painted this from his Caribbean coastal hometown of Cap-Haitien in the north of his native land. As Haitian folk art, the painting delivers an archityp...

This primitively rendered but admiring tribute to George Washington has a distinguished artistic lineage. The painter was undoubtedly in the presence of a much admired print engraved...

An exceptional dated 1955 Mexican ex-voto retablo depicting a heartfelt expression of gratitude to Saint Francis of Assisi for the restoration of a family home. Hand-painted on tin b...

An antique American folk art painting in its original period frame. Featuring a man walking his dogs in the woods with a stunning s...

Joyce Roybal, American (1955 - ) - Three Unicycles, Medium: Oil on canvas, signed lower right, Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.32 x 25.4 cm), Frame Size: 12.5 x 14.5 inches

Artwork on cardboard Brown wooden frame with light golden patina 55 x 47 x 4 cm

An extraordinary dated 1878 Mexican ex-voto retablo commemorating a miraculous recovery from life-threatening fevers, hand-painted in oil on tin by an anonymous folk artist. Rich in ...

MADELINE CHRISTINE CLAVIER (1913-2015) Signature: Signed lower right & titled verso Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: The collection of the artist's family Marie Christine Clavier was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1913 to French parents and lived there for her formative years. She returned to France as a teenager and began to study painting. Her work quickly developed into whimsical paintings of poetry and songs – harmonized in a unique and distinct painting technique. Her work has an impasto feel and a folk art, outsider artist sensibility to it. Similar in style to Maik and other fantasy realists who use animals, flowers and foliage in their artworks. Marie Clavier painted ro herself rather than for profit as she was quite independently wealthy. She exhibited extensively in the United States in the 1970s especially across Connecticut and New York, showing at various galleries and cultural centres. She had numerous solo exhibitions in the 1970’s- notably at the Maison Francaise in New York and New York University. She showed at Galerie Bernheim Jeune in Paris. She won many awards for her work including Gold Medals and Palme D’Or medals. In 1988 the prestigious art publisher Leopard D’Or produced catalogue book on her life and work – by this point she had virtually given up painting. She died in 2015 aged 102. Bernheim-Jeune gallery is one of the oldest art galleries in Paris. Opened on Rue Laffitte in 1863 by Alexandre Bernheim (1839-1915), friend of Delacroix, Corot and Courbet, it changed location a few times before settling on Avenue Matignon. The gallery promoted realists, Barbizon school paintings and, in 1874, the first impressionist and later post-impressionist painters. It closed in 2019. In 1901, Alexandre Bernheim, with his sons, Josse (1870-1941), and Gaston (1870-1953), organized the first important exhibition of Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris with the help of art critic Julien Leclercq. In 1906, Bernheim-Jeune frères started presenting works by Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Paul Cezanne, Henri-Edmond Cross, Kees van Dongen, Henri Matisse, Le Douanier Rousseau, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Amedeo Modigliani, Maurice Utrillo and Georges Dufrenoy. From 1906 to 1925, art critic Félix Fénéon was the director of the gallery and was instrumental in bringing in the art of Georges Seurat and Umberto Boccioni. In 1922, an exhibition brought together works by Alice Halicka, Auguste Herbin, Pierre Hodé, Moise Kisling, Marie Laurencin, Henri Lebasque, Fernand Leger and Henri Matisse. The gallery now exhibits painters and sculptors in the tradition of the École de Paris and artists such as Jean Carzou, Shelomo Selinger or Pollès. Her style is a recognizable, cheerful, whimsical and a happy creation. Naïve art is any form of visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition. Naïve art is recognized, and often imitated, for its childlike simplicity and frankness. Paintings of this kind typically have a flat rendering style with a rudimentary expression of perspective. One particularly influential painter of "naïve art" was Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), a French Post-Impressionist who was discovered by Pablo Picasso. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. Museums devoted to naïve art now exist in Kecskemét, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Jaen, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Vicq France and Paris. Another term related to (but not completely synonymous with) naïve art is folk art. There also exist the terms "naïvism" and "primitivism" which are usually applied to professional painters working in the style of naïve art (like Paul Gauguin, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee). At all events, naive art can be regarded as having occupied an "official" position in the annals of twentieth-century art since - at the very latest - the publication of the Der Blaue Reiter, an almanac in 1912. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, who brought out the almanac, presented 6 reproductions of paintings by le Douanier' Rousseau (Henri Rousseau), comparing them with other pictorial examples. However, most experts agree that the year that naive art was "discovered" was 1885, when the painter Paul Signac became aware of the talents of Henri Rousseau and set about organizing exhibitions of his work in a number of prestigious galleries. The Earth Group (Grupa Zemlja) were Croatian artists, architects and intellectuals active in Zagreb from 1929 to 1935. The group included the painters Krsto Hegedušić, Edo Kovačević, Omer Mujadžić, Kamilo Ružička, Ivan Tabaković, and Oton Postružnik, the sculptors Antun Augustinčić, Frano Kršinić, and the architect Drago Ibler. A term applied to Yugoslav (Croatian) naive painters working in or around the village of Hlebine, near the Hungarian border, from about 1930. Some of the best known naive artists are Dragan Gaži, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić, Krsto Hegedušić, Mijo Kovačić, Ivan Lacković-Croata, Franjo Mraz, Ivan Večenaj and Mirko Virius. Camille Bombois (1883–1970) Ferdinand Cheval, known as 'le facteur Cheval' (1836–1924) Henry Darger (1892–1973) L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson...

Joyce Roybal, American (1955 - ) - String Trio, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.32 x 25.4 cm), Frame Size: 12.5 x 14.75 inches

Outstanding portrait of two dogs. Sam Spode was an Irish painter of horse and dog portraits from the late 18th century through the early 19th century. His dog portraits are very rar...

Artist/ School: American School, mid 19th century, unsigned Title: Portrait of a Child dressed in a hat and their 'Sunday best', with small pet dog in a landscape. Medium: oil on ...

Seaside holidays are a folk memory for millions; whether it's memories of ice cream & candy floss, scary fairground rides or penny arcades. One of the mos...

Self taught outsider art by African American artist from New Orleans with work in major museum and private collections. White created a bold c...

The Pekingese Dog English Folk Art painting, circa 1930's watercolour painting on artist paper, framed Glass covering framed: 9 x 11.5 inches...