“George Washington”
By Howard Finster
Located in Warren, NJ
Howard Finster George Washington Wooden Sculpture Painted. In good condition measures 10x7
20th Century Howard Finster Art
Wood
Best known for his Paradise Garden, which he built in Pennville, Georgia, Howard Finster was a self-taught artist whose folksy brand of postmodern art strongly reflected the gregarious personality he was known for. Energetic and fantastical, Finster's paintings and prints come alive with spectacular detail and color. His work is crowded with text, Surrealist figures and miniature crosses, eyeballs, birds and stars.
A baptist minister by trade until his formal retirement in 1965, Finster spoke of an inspiration that came to him from on high. He experienced visions and claimed to hear the word of God in childhood, and often referred to himself as a “stranger from another world.” His visions led to a body of work he termed “sacred art,” a numbered series of thousands of paintings with strong religious overtones that took the form of text excerpts from the Bible and his own sermons. Finster painted portraits of Elvis Presley, James Dean and Abraham Lincoln, along with angels, devils, aliens and folklore figures like Santa Claus.
Prior to painting, Finster started constructing Paradise Garden, his most ambitious work, in the 1960s. A testament to human innovation and a tribute to God, this two-acre art environment consisted of varied recycled materials, concrete and sculptures. Its walls and walkways were embedded with TV tubes, bicycle parts and other found objects and scrap bits of metal sourced from Finster's repair business.
Finster began to exhibit his riveting folk art in 1976, when several of his pieces were included in “Missing Pieces: Georgia Folk Art, 1770-1976,” hosted at the Atlanta Historical Society and the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences in Savannah, among other institutions. The artist and his Paradise Garden were featured in the 1983 music video for American rock band R.E.M.'s song “Radio Free Europe.” Soon afterward, Finster was commissioned by another band, Talking Heads, to design the cover for the act’s Little Creatures album. Although he already had a fairly large local following, this exposure gave Finster's work national attention.
Finster died in 2001, leaving behind a legacy of what is now known as outsider art that could fill entire museums — more than 46,000 sculptures, paintings, prints and other works. The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, holds the largest collection of Finster's work.
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“George Washington”
By Howard Finster
Located in Warren, NJ
Howard Finster George Washington Wooden Sculpture Painted. In good condition measures 10x7
Wood
$4,783
H 45.28 in W 16.93 in D 11.82 in
Tire d’aile (avec Natacha) by Cécile Raynal - Stoneware sculpture, wood, pigment
By Cécile Raynal
Located in Paris, FR
Tire d’aile (with Natacha) is a unique smoke-fired stoneware sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 115 × 43 × 30 cm (45.2 × 16.9 × 11.8 in). This scul...
Pigment, Stoneware, Wood
$13,162
H 59.06 in W 59.06 in D 5.91 in
Ubik by Lesley Hilling - Contemporary salvaged wood Sculpture
By Lesley Hilling
Located in DE
This piece gradually transitions in tone from white through grey into black, creating a delicate and intricate structure that houses small artifacts of memory. The found objects and ...
Wood, Found Objects
The Busty Dog
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. Dive into the whimsical realm of mystique with this utterly enchanting totem. Crafted with meticulous detail, this...
Clay, Wood, Glaze
$2,619
H 27.56 in W 23.63 in D 13.78 in
Wall sculpture, hand-carved cow, eucalyptus and chainsaw, natural wood
By Alvaro de la Vega
Located in Carballo, ES
Hand-carved eucalyptus wood sculpture by the artist Álvaro de la Vega (1954, Lugo, Spain) in 20006. It is part of a series of sculptures of bodies and animals made with chisel and ha...
Stainless Steel
$1,800
H 10.5 in W 14.5 in D 6 in
Vintage Chinese Wicker Horned Animal From the Shanghai Collection
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout vintage Chinese horned animal with a removable lid ambitiously handcrafted in woven reed or wicker with carved wood highlights. From the famed Shanghai Collection.
Organic Material, Wood
$48,000
H 91 in W 79 in D 3 in
Feminist Contemporary Fabric Mixed Media Sculptural Tapestry - Fascist Five 937
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Fascist Five 937 - Feminist Contemporary Fabric Mixed Media Sculptural Tapestry Fascist Five 937 is from Linda Stein's Armored for Today's Events series, which advocat...
Metal
$47,000
H 36 in W 61 in D 26 in
"Cow and Ballerina, " Painted Wood Sculpture signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cow and Ballerina" is an original painted wood sculpture by Schomer Lichtner. It features a high-kicking ballerina standing on the back of a cow. The artist signed the piece. 36" x 61" x 26" art Milwaukee artist, Schomer Lichtner passed away on May 9, 2006 at the age of 101. He continued to amaze and create with his whimsical paintings of ballerinas and cows. He and his late wife Ruth Grotenrath, both well-known Wisconsin artists, began their prolific careers as muralists for WPA projects, primarily post offices. Schomer Lichtner was well known for his whimsical cows and ballerinas, such as his "Ballerina Dancing on Cow" sculpture below. The late James Auer, art critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel referred to Lichtner as the artist laureate of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the official artist of the Milwaukee Ballet. Lichtner also painted murals for industry and private clients. Schomer was a printmaker and produced block prints, lithographs, and serigraph prints. His casein (paint made from dairy products) and acrylic paintings are of the rural Wisconsin landscape and farm animals. He became interested in cows when he and Ruth spent summers near Holy Hill in Washington County. According to David Gordon, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Schomer Lichtner had a tremendous joie de vivre, " joy of life," and expressed it in his art. Schomer Lichtner was nationally known for his whimsical paintings and sculptures of black- and white-patterned Holstein cows...
Wood, Paint
$25,000
H 12.5 in W 3.75 in D 3.5 in
Standing Female Nude After Archipenko, Cubist Wood Sculpture, 1910s
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Female Nude After Alexander Archipenko Negress (La Negresse) Wood carving, c. 1913 Unsigned Provenance: the Artist's Estate Brenda Kuhn (his daughter) Kennedy Ga...
Wood
$10,759
H 59.06 in W 59.06 in D 5.91 in
High Density by Lesley Hilling - Contemporary salvaged wood Sculpture
By Lesley Hilling
Located in DE
About the Artist: Lesley Hilling is a self-taught English artist known for her intricate constructions made entirely from salvaged wood and found objects. Her work reflects a deep c...
Wood, Found Objects
$2,632
H 18.51 in W 14.18 in D 15.75 in
Wall sculpture, hand-carved lion, eucalyptus and chainsaw, natural wood
By Alvaro de la Vega
Located in Carballo, ES
Hand-carved eucalyptus wood sculpture by the artist Álvaro de la Vega (1954, Lugo, Spain) in 20006. It is part of a series of sculptures of bodies and animals made with chisel and ha...
Stainless Steel
$45,000
H 69 in W 77 in D 2 in
Feminist Contemporary Sculptural Tapestry - Femininities: Body Language 897
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Femininities: Body Language 897 - Feminist Contemporary Sculptural Tapestry Femininities: Body Language 897 is from Linda Stein's Sexism series, which advocates an exp...
Metal
$52,000
H 53.5 in W 18 in D 8.5 in
Linda Stein, Knight of New Beginnings 1294 - Contemporary Mixed Media Sculpture
By Linda Stein
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein started her Knights of Protection series in 2002 after being forced to evacuate her New York downtown studio for a year post-9/11. Stein's Knights are shield-like forms ...
Stone, Metal
More Than A Piece Of Cloth
By Howard Finster
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION More Than A Piece Of Cloth 1990 Screeenprint 26 x 36 in. Edition of 100 Pencil signed, numbered, and titled
Screen
Sold
H 22.5 in W 13.75 in
Howard Finster "Heavens of Olika" Folk Art Painting 1996
By Howard Finster
Located in San Francisco, CA
Howard Finster "Heavens of Olika" Folk Art Painting 1996 Oil on board. Dimensions 11" x 20". The frame measures 13.75" x 22.5". Signed and dated by th...
Acrylic, Board
Angel's Paradise
By Howard Finster
Located in Miami, FL
This is one of Finster early and more desirable works. Work is Signed lower right, Howard Finster
Oil
Folk Art Angel
By Howard Finster
Located in Buffalo, NY
You are viewing a fantastic one of a kind hand carved hand painted wooden sculpture by listed American Folk Artist Howard Finster! For forty years, Howard Finster was a minister. A...
Wood, Acrylic
Elephant
By Howard Finster
Located in Buffalo, NY
You are viewing a fantastic one of a kind hand carved hand painted wooden sculpture by listed American Folk Artist Howard Finster! For forty years, Howard Finster was a minister. ...
Acrylic, Wood