Peter Hunt Furniture

Fun whimsical Peter Hunt water color. Wonderful example of his work and signed . Peter Hunt grew up in East Orange, New Jersey in a tenement house. Hunt served in France during World War I . On returning time in artsy Greenwich Village, he moved to Provincetown, Massachusetts in the late 1920s . Bringing along his parents Ma and "Pa" (Edward C.) Hunt . Pa Hunt began painting in 1929, and his naïve art oil painting Peter Hunt's Antique Shop, 1930-34 was acquired by the MOMA in 1941.[2] In the 1930s, Hunt expanded his business to include several storefronts and workshop space called "Peter Hunt's Peasant Village...

Drop leaf tea or serving cart from the shop of Peter Hunt . While this piece is not signed it is clearly the work of his shop . I purchased from the estate of a Peter Hunt collector along with a few other Hunt pieces . Drop leaves are 9 and 7/8" wide . Original caster wheels are functional but do have flat spots . The work of Peter Hunt is best described as folk art or naive art . Born in New Jersey lived briefly in Greenwich village after WW1 . He gained recognition after moving to Provincetown in the late 1920s . The 1930s 40s and 50s saw his star rise . Popular for his art form of taking refinished furniture...

Peter Hunt hand-painted step-back cupboard, cabinet, Cape Cod, 1944; With overall paint decoration, with two doors over a cabinet door, inscribed and dated "Anno Domini 44" h. 71 w. 22-1/2 d. 18-1/2 in. Provenance: Descended through a Greenwich, CT estate to current owner Peter Hunt (Born Frederick Lowe Schnitzer, 1896, East Orange, New Jersey - Died 1967, Cape Cod, Massachusetts) was an American artist whose work is described as folk art or primitive art. He gained recognition for his art in the 1940s and 1950s when his decorated, refinished furniture...

Fun whimsical Peter Hunt water color. Accomplished Provincetown artist following WWII into the 1960s.

Large rare Peter Hunt hand painted Folk Art chest signed and dated 1944 A rare Folk Art hand painted large chest by Peter Hunt (1896-1967). Noted Cape Cod artist...

A wonderful Folk Art polychrome dome-top or tombstone wooden framed beveled mirror with applied snow covered tree crest and fourteen applied wooden angels, hand painted by well known Cape Cod Folk Art artist Peter Hunt (1896-1967). Hunt became a fixture in Provincetown, Massachusetts as a folk artist and furniture director at his collection of shops known as Peasant Village...

A charming hand painted walnut mirror with hat pegs, by noted Cape Cod folk artist Peter Hunt, dated "Anno 1944", along with the word "Ovince", referring to Provincetown, MA. Include...

These lovely benches were painted by the American folk artist Peter Hunt, who was renowned for colorfully painted furniture in the 1940s and 1950s. These benches are painted, front a...

Provincetown Rhode Island artist Peter Hunt applied his art to found and handmade items, second half of the 20th century.

Peter Hunt, 1898-1967. Provincetown and Orleans Mass., U.S.A.

Folk painted modernist trash can by Peter Hunt 1898-1967. Provincetown and Orleans Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Folk painted mirror by Peter Hunt, 1898-1967. Provincetown and Orleans Massachusetts, U.S.A.