Folk Art
Folk Art For Sale
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Caribbean Painting of a Boat with Figures in the Style of Orville Bulman
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical acrylic painting on canvas of a boat with a woman and three chickens in a basket executed in a delightful naive style, reminiscent of Orville Bulman...
Category
Late 20th Century Caribbean Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
American Hooked Duck Rug
Located in New York, NY
A handmade decorative American hooked rug from the middle of the 20th century with a few jolly ducks floating on a colorful striped field
The condition is really nice. No stains, no...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Country Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wool, Jute
Trireme Greek Model Ship, Museum Quality
Located in Bafra, 55
This historical ancient Greek trireme ship model is made of high-quality wood and handcrafted with great care and effort. At 26.3 inches in length, 5.1 inches in width, and 11.8 inch...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Turkish Arts and Crafts Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Signed Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask of Chujo, Early Showa Period
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theatre.
The mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and is signed by the maker, clearly a mast...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Australian Aboriginal Art Carved Wood Log Bone Totem Coffin with Skull Design
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite engaging hand carved wood with hand painted ochres on a hollow wooden log coffin with skull and bone designs.
This piece is from the famed Kelton Collection...
Category
20th Century Australian Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Chiwara Headdress, Bamana 'Bambara' People, Mali
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century Chiwara Headdress, Bamana (Bambara) People, Mali
Chiwara headcrests represent the antelope spirit who taught the Bamana people ...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Circular Antique Butcher Block
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Crafted by hand with great surface. markings showing age and heavy use, recently clened an restored and ready to use.
Category
1940s Mexican Primitive Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Handwoven Moroccan Berber Pillow
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan ethnic handwoven tribal throw pillow made from a vintage rug.
The front of this Berber pillow and the back are made from a different rug, fron...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Folk Art Mosaic Bottle
Located in Garnerville, NY
A beautiful and complex folk art mosaic bottle. Clear glass milk bottle that is covered in countless fragments, broken porcelain, jewelry, Bakelite, g...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
18th Century Primitive Folk Art Baroque Era Unique Pine Cabinet Chimney Cupboard
Located in Zagreb, HR
Stunning sculptural piece of furniture, a rustic wabi sabi folk art primitive cabinet, "chimney cupboard", from the 18th century.
One of a kind antique rustic piece with loads of...
Category
18th Century European Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Ararat Rugs Anatolian Yastik Rug Revival Turkish Wagireh Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This small piece exhibits a forceful design on a small scale in a small area. These kinds of small Turkish yastiks or mats are found which contain an extraordinary amount of power wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Oushak Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Trompe L'oeil Hyperrealism Oil Painting Abstract Surrealist Photo Realist Art
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Trompe L'oeil Hyperrealism oil painting abstract surrealist photo realist art of early country living.
This charming vintage trompe l’oeil scene i...
Category
20th Century Italian Country Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Marvelous Antique Carved Wood Locksmith Trade Sign
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A wonderful early 20th century carved mahogany locksmith trade sign in the shape of a large key. Makes an unexpected piece of wall art as a found object with tons of character.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Edo Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask Otobide 17th-18th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful, wonderfully aged, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater. The naturally faded beauty and unique character drew us to this mask immediately.
The mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood, clearly by a master of his trade.
We believe this mask is of the Noh theatre character Otobide.
This mask dates back to the Edo Period (1603-1868). It comes with a wooden storage box (which may have been added at a later date).
A rare, unique, and exquisite mask. Finely carved and executed. Would be a great addition to any Japanese or Asian art/artifacts collection or an eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting.
Mask dimensions: 7.7" high, 5.7" wide, 2.1" deep...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Ararat Rugs Senna Rows of Flowers Rug, 18th Century Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the book Antique Rugs of Kurdistan A Historical Legacy of Woven Art, James D. Burns, 2002 nr.28. This was an exclusive example of offset rows of flowers designed 18th Century rug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Aylesford Pottery the Friars Red Glazed Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish The Friars Aylesford Pottery studio pottery vase decorated in red glazes dating from the 20th century.
The Aylesford pottery was founded in 1954 by David Leach who taught...
Category
20th Century English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Ararat Rugs Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Geometric Design Revival Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This geometric lattice pattern rug has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme-designed 15th-century rug from the Mamluk era, Cairo region, Eygpt. These designs have o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Vintage Hand Painted on Wood Advertising Sign for Golf Equipments, 1920s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This vintage sign for collectors is truly special. Made of wood with relief decorations and hand painted. The advertising sign was dedicated to the golf attire and equipment.
Category
1920s Scottish Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Moroccan Folk Art Parchment Wall Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These vintage hand crafted Folk Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shade or just decorative wall Art.
Iron frame covered with hide parchment which has been hand painted with red, safron, yellow and tan in henna tribal tattoo designs and has a decorative iron surround are perfect for soft subtle lighting.
These Folk Art lamp shades sit over your existing wall light fitting.
There are no electrics within the lampshade.
They will look great over an electric fitting or just as an African Tribal Art wall decoration.
Large African Tribal wall shade: 23" H x 11" W x 6" D.
Handcrafted and hand painted in Marrakech, Morocco by women artist.
Great conversation curiosity Tribal Art piece.
One of a kind design, there are 3 pieces available in the same shape they are listed individually.
Art & Craft from Morocco.
African Wall Decor...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Stan Bitters Signed Large Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pottery Haniwa Sculpture
By Stan Bitters
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, beautifully glazed, quite rare, and special double-faced "Haniwa" pottery sculpture by American California studio pottery master ceramists Stan Bitters whose work was instrumental in shaping the organic modernist movement in the 1960s.
Bitters received his Bachelor of Arts degree in painting from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1958.
He also studied under Peter Voulkos at Otis College. After graduating, he worked for Hans Sumpf as the company's resident artist. During this time he created architectural murals, tiles, birdhouses, planters, and sculptural objects – designs that would earn him recognition later on as a pioneer of the organic modernist craft movement - many still some of the most iconic designs today.
Stan Bitters' work was featured as a part of the prestigious California Design series of exhibitions and annuals that chronicled art and design in California from 1954-1976. His works were also featured as part of a group show entitled Golden State of Craft 1960-1985 at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, CA. This show was part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, an unprecedented collaboration of more than 60 museums and other cultural institutions in Southern California, celebrating the birth of the Los Angeles art scene. Bitters' work was also exhibited at Heath Ceramics' Boiler Room...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Ceramic Vase by Robert Heraud, circa 1970-1980
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic vase by Robert Heraud.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed under the base.
Circa 1970-1980.
Unique piece.
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
George Edouard Tremblay Folk Art Hooked Rug, Mat or Tapestry of a Winter Scene
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This framed hooked rug or mat was done by the well known George Edouard Tremblay of Quebec Canada in approximately 1940 in his period Folk Art style. The rug or mat is done with wool...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Burlap, Pine
Japanese Naruko Kokeshi Folk Art Wood Doll by Kumagai Otsu
Located in London, GB
Japanese Kokeshi folk art wood doll by Kumagai Otsu. There are ten types of Kokeshi doll, this is the Naruko variety. Measuring height 23.5 cm / 9.25 inches by diameter at the base 5...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
James Bama "the Drift on Skull Creek Pass", Limited Edition Numbered Lithograph
Located in Morristown, NJ
James Bama (American Artist, 1926-2022) "The Drift on Skull Creek Pass", offset print lithograph from the original photorealistic painting, pencil signed lower right and numbered 54/...
Category
1990s American American Classical Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century, Antique Wooden Rocking Horse
Located in Leuven , BE
The rocking horse was made in the first half of the 20th century in the United Kingdom. The ears and the reigns are in light brown leather. The main and the tail of the horse are mad...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
19th C Oakwood Counter Top Cigar Store Indian Statue, Netherlands
Located in Leuven , BE
The cigar store Indian originated as a tradition, not in the United States but in Europe, where carved “Virginie men,” as Europeans called native Americans, were used for advertising...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pima American Indian Basket
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine tightly woven Pima American Indian basket in unusual geometric pattern is in fine condition. The scale is so wonderful with a nice aged patina.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Folk Art
Materials
Fur
Antique Tribal Dance Shield, Tutsi, Rwanda
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tutsi ceremonial dance shield.
Rwanda-Burundi
Second quarter, 20th century.
Wood, natural pigment
Provenance: Colonial period collection, Belgium...
Category
Early 20th Century Rwandan Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Benin Kingdom Ebony Carving of a Young King Oba, Nigerian
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Wonderful hand carved ebony hardwood figure of a young Benin man, possibly a
future King Oba
Excellent traditional Benin artistic carving
A delightful piece
Circa 1970
Height 13...
Category
Late 20th Century Beninese Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
Pair of Mirrors, 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of mirror from 1960
From Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Dayak Iban Shield
Located in London, GB
A rare hand carved Dayak tribal shield from Kalimantan/Borneo, Indonesia. These shields were made by the Dayak Iban tribes for real fighting use and ceremonial rites. Wonderfully car...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Primitive Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ikat Textile from Sumba Island Stunning Tribal Motifs, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Ikat textile originates from the Island of Sumba, Indonesia. It is hand-woven using naturally dyed yarns via a method passed on through generations. It features a stunning array...
Category
1950s Indonesian Other Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Yarn
Yei Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic American Indian weaving is a Yei and is in very good condition.The colors are very subtle and calming.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Adirondack Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Arabian Middle Eastern Dallah Moorish Coffee Pot
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century Middle Eastern traditional Arabian tinned copper and brass Dallah coffee pot.
Moorish Coffee pot hand-hammered copper with riveted brass fi...
Category
Late 19th Century Omani Islamic Antique Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Mexican Carved Hand Chair in the Style of Pedro Friedeberg, circa 1960
Located in Camden, ME
A finely detailed studio carved cocobolo hand chair crafted in Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico, circa 1960.
The Studio carved hand has an incised love line and life line.
The artist ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Cocobolo
French Modern Carved Pine Sculpture of a Standing Monkey
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Modern Carved Pine Sculpture of a Standing Monkey
A well carved figure of a crouching monkey with the arms resting on the legs.
Raised on an eboinzed wood base.
Category
20th Century French Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Pine
Folk Art Animal Painting Brown and White Cats and Mouse Oil on Panel
Located in Munich, DE
This charming naive painting of two cats, one with a white fur, one with a reddish brown tiger fur, has been painted on a wooden panel using oil paints. It was painted around the las...
Category
1890s French Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Cast Iron Bank, Which is a Bank Building, ca. 1900
By Kenton
Located in Petaluma, CA
A very nice original cast iron bank, which is a bank building. Not repainted, or touched up. That is most important to any collector.
A neat little e...
Category
Early 20th Century American Other Folk Art
Materials
Iron
French, Modernist Cubist Painting Bustling Paris Street Scene
Located in Cirencester, GB
Bustling Paris street scene, Paris.
By Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021).
Watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed.
unsigned.
Stamped verso.
Measures: painting: 9.8 in...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Other
Primitive Rustic Minimal Italian Wrought Iron Wheels Wooden Cart Side Bar Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful Italian rustic primitive country wooden cart with front holder and wrought iron and wooden side wheels in original aged natural color giving the rich and beautiful patina t...
Category
20th Century Italian Primitive Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Gabon Kota Mahongwe Hongwe Bwete Reliquary Guardian Figure Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly fantastic, engaging, and uniquely made African Kota Mahongwe Hongwe Reliquary Guardian Figure/ Sculpture made by the Kota (Bakota) pe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Square Painted Wood German Children’s Rattle Blocks
Located in New York, NY
Square painted wood German children’s rattle blocks. Four wood painted blocks in yellow, red and green designed with an internal rattle element suitable for infants. Germany, 1930s.
Category
1930s German Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large 1810 Half Hull Sailing Ship Model with Rare Bowsprit
Located in Hollywood, FL
This is a very unique large 1810 half Hull Sailing Ship model with rare bowsprit.
I'm told its very very rare to find one of these with a Bowsprit Mermaid.
Category
1810s American American Colonial Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Danese Milano 16 Pesci Toys in Solid Oak Wood by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
16 Pesci is a wooden puzzle, cleverly designed to produce 16 different fish shapes, with just one continuous cut, from a single piece of wood. It is one of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Wooden Brutalist Ladder, Dayak People, Borneo
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Raw wooden ladder, primitive art of the Dayak people, Borneo, dating from the 1940s.
This ladder was designed to climb into a Dayak house. Nice patina of the wood left by time and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Italian Naive Flower Painting
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A anonymous Italian 19th century flower painting, oil on wood. The flowers in a gold colored bouquet vase with a scrolled base. Resting o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Peter Voulkos Signed Large California Studio Pottery Stoneware Charger Plate
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly fantastic, large, heavy charger/plate/platter by American master potter/artist Peter Voulkos who is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic pottery pieces and sculptures...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
“Musician Series “ Painting by Lorraine Cohn
Located in Seattle, WA
“Musician Series “ Painting by Lorraine Cohn
Dimensions. 16 W ; 1 1/2 D ; 11 H.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Grey Wolf Kachina Doll Hand Carved Signed by Artist
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully detailed and decorated wolf figure Kachina doll with fur.
Signed by the artist on the base.
From a collection of Native American objects an...
Category
20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Fur, Leather, Wood, Paint
Antique English Folk Art Toy Horse
Located in London, GB
Utterly charming one of a kind wooden folk art horse. Totally scratch built from glorious elm and oak with leather bridle. Made in England during the early part of the 20th century. ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood, Elm, Oak
Antique South American Colonial Copper Brass Turkey Censer Latin Americana Peru
Located in London, GB
Antique South American Colonial Copper Brass Turkey Censer Latin American
Peru or Bolivia
19th century
H 26 cm 24 m 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches approx.
Condition: Good ( one of the nut...
Category
Mid-19th Century Peruvian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Brass Winch
Located in Norwell, MA
Yacht Winch mounted to a rope carved mahogany base. Polished and lacquered.
Overall Dimensions: 7"H x 10"D. 10 pounds.
Category
19th Century North American Antique Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Hand Carved Wooden Makonde Mask from Mozambique, Tanzania, circa 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved wooden Makonde Mask From Mozambique, Tanzania Circa 1950s. Mozambican Makonde masks represent ancestral spirits who temporarily return to earth to appear in dances that c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mozambican Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Black Forest Hand Carved Black Walnut Christ Figure Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1056 hand carved black walnut figure of Christ from a tree branch.
Category
1930s German Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Carved and Painted Wooden Horse
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
19th century carved and painted wooden horse
This is a superb piece of Folk Art, superbly carved in wood, the paint is original, it is quite br...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Framed Painting Representing Bohemian Gypsy Cartomancer, Signed Callewaert, 1940
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Painting of a Gypsy, Bohemian woman drawing the cards.
Representation of a Cartomancer and Fortune Teller.
Oil on canvas.
Very well represented.
fine and pleasant features.
Delicate work.
Signed lower right by M. Callewaert
circa 1940
Maurice CALLEWAERT is a Belgian artist born in Belgium in 1900 and died in France in Paris in 1986. Belgian painter from West Flanders...
Category
1940s Belgian Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Fabric Board by Verner Panton for Mira Spectrum, 1970S
Located in Lasne, BE
Wooden frame containing a fabric board by Verner Panton. Signed Verner Panton. Wear due to time and age of the board.
Category
1970s Danish Space Age Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Folk Art Figurative Carvings
Located in Hudson, NY
A great set of 13 hand-carved figures each with an individual face depicting a different figure. Varying in size from 6 in to 13 in height. Found an upstate New York.
Category
Early 1900s American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage, New and Antique Folk Art
Folk art refers to a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Vintage, new and antique folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, portraiture and paintings, carnival art, quilts and duck decoys.
American folk art is frequently valued because of the traditional skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of folk art on 1stDibs.
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