About American Primitive Gallery
The Eye to discover remarkable art and antiques has been the cornerstone of American Primitive Gallery. Aarne Anton has been presenting an eclectic mix of American Folk Art, antique objects as art, and Outsider Art by self taught artists for over 30 years. Among our past notable exhibitions were Signs of the Times, Weathervanes and Whirligigs, Mask Images, The Sports Show, Carved Canes, Obsessive & Accumulative Art, The Horse Show, Cast and Forged Iron, Cats and Dogs, Figures in Folk Art, Carnivals and Arcades, Visions of Space & UFOs in Art, and Folk Erotica. We are al...Read More
Featured Pieces
Eugene Andolsek Kaleidoscopic Drawing
By Eugene Andolsek
Located in New York, NY
Eugene Andolsek was a self-taught artist who created intricated geometric drawings using colored inks on graph paper. He worked at his kitchen table after work at the Rock Island Rai...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
Stone Sculpture of Snake and Frog
Located in New York, NY
Carved in deep relief on stone is an undulating snake approaching a frog. There are smooth carved leaves as well on the textured stone carved by an unknown folk artist.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
Terry Turrell Painting Crosswalk
By Terry Turrell
Located in New York, NY
Terry Turrell lives with his dogs and cats who will often hang out on his garage studio. They appear in some of his paintings as well as other neighborhood animal friends. For Terry,...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Eugene Andolsek Mapping His Mind
By Eugene Andolsek
Located in New York, NY
Eugene Andolsek (1921-2008) was a self -taught artist from Pennsylvania who created kaleidoscopic pictures much of his life in secret. He did his drawings at the kitchen table to rel...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Sam Gant Painting FLY SEE FLYING
By Sam Gant
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gant (1955-2000) was an African-American painter in the SF Bay area who became known despite his disabilities being deaf and mute. This is a large painting on unstretched canvas ...
Category
1990s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Purvis Young Painting Basketball Players
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
A Purvis Young painting on found plywood panel of a group of basketball players with outstretched arms reaching high for the ball. Colorfully and loosely painted with exaggerated pro...
Category
1990s American Modern Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Terry Turrell Painting Hide Away
By Terry Turrell
Located in New York, NY
Painting on wood panel by self -taught artist Terry Turrell of his dream state vision. Much of this painting from his white series is worked by scratching through the white paint to ...
Category
2010s American Modern Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Terry Turrell Painting Message Machine
By Terry Turrell
Located in New York, NY
Painting on wood panel by self-taught artist Terry Turrell of thought and dreams. Much of this painting was done by Terry drawing into the painted surface by scratching and scraping ...
Category
2010s American Other Paintings
Materials
Paint
Carved Wood Folk Art Girl
Located in New York, NY
Harold Ibach and his wife were not able to have children but Harold could carve so he made an imaginary daughter he called Kitty. Kitty was carved and pieced of wood and meticulously...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
"Monetary Gods" Voting Machine with Tissue Issue Scroll by Edward Nagrodzki
By Edward Nagrodzki
Located in New York, NY
Edward Nagrodzki was an inventor, self-taught artist and political activist during the time of Nixon and Gov. Rockefeller. This is an ironic sculptural assemblage
inspired by Nagrod...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Outsider Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
"The Death of Innocent" Ink Drawing by Charles Bennefiel
By Charles Benefiel
Located in New York, NY
During a period living in New Mexico Charles Benefiel did a series of harrowing drawings that incorporated antiques dolls that he inherited from his grandmother.
It was a difficult ...
Category
1990s American Outsider Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Carved Wood Carnival Seal
Located in New York, NY
Painted wood seal of carved and pieced wood. The seal is of stylized form with a pair of fins. Red markings to the head. Mounted over a black metal base.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
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