Folk Art
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Ohio Amish Blue & Pink Star Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ohio Amish blue & pink broken star quilt in pristine condition. Very fine quilting and piece work. Notice the fine hand stitched saw tooth binding.
Category
1940s American Adirondack Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Old Vintage Pair Hand Painted Happy Snow Elves Couple Lighting Lanterns
Located in South Burlington, VT
Very Nostalgic opportunity, memories of a wintery childhood past.
America's fondest childhood memories conjure up this remarkable Pair (2) of old, plump delightfully vintage and liv...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Hebe's Bust Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
This exceptional piece meticulously reproduces Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen's oeuvre realized in 1806 and preserved at the Thorvaldsen Museum ...
Category
2010s Italian Folk Art
Materials
Other
Dora De Larios Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Large Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, rare, and unique large stoneware vase by famed Mexican American California studio art potter Dora De Larios.
De Larios was born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents. She grew up in the artistic Silver Lake district near downtown Los Angeles amongst Mexican and Nisei Japanese immigrants. As a result, De Larios was heavily influenced by ancient American...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Paul Soldner Large Raku Fired Mid-Century Modern Vessel Wall Relief Sculpture
By Paul Soldner
Located in Studio City, CA
An amazing and unique piece by renowned American pottery and ceramic master Paul Soldner who in the 1950s was Peter Voulkos' first student and who later became famed for developing the technique now known as "American Raku...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Danese Milano Due, La Pera Print by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
La Pera is a two-colour silkscreen print and is part of the Nature Series (Serie della Natura). The choice of this archetypal subject matter and the form and t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Monumental Sponge Ware Pottery Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This huge signed Roseville sponge ware pottery mixing bowl is in pristine condition. These large size bowls are super rare and in fine condition is even be...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Navajo Two Gray Hills Area Rug, Trading Post Textile, Gray Ivory, Black, Brown
Located in Denver, CO
Navajo Area Rug, Two Gray Hills, Trading Post Era weaving made of wool , measures 81 ¾ x 46 ¾ inches.
This textile is well suited for use on the floor a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Native American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Eat or Tea Large Scale 1950s American Porcelain Enameled Steel Letters Sign
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Superb large scale American 1950s porcelain enameled metal letters, over 24" high, originally used as exterior signage from Chicago. EAT or TEA or ETA or ATE, 3 individual heavy gauges pressed and folded cold-rolled steel letters...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Fine 19th Century White Marble Sculpture of “Rebecca at the Well”
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Fine 19th century white marble sculpture of “Rebecca at The Well” depicting a Classical maiden wearing a robe, with one breast semi-exposed, stan...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Antique Folk Art
Materials
Marble
French Modernist Cubist Painting Figures in a Village
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figures in a Village
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
Gentle composition of a rural village scene wit...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Other
Yoruba Nigeria African Royal Beaded Headdress Crown on Lucite Stand
Located in North Hollywood, CA
West African hand beaded head dress crown from Yoruba, Nigeria.
This artistic beautiful and functional art piece is covered with beads in turquoise, orange, green, yellow red, blue ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Porcelain Sculpture "Solctice", Exclusivity for Aurélien Gendras
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain sculpture entitled "Solstice".
Unique piece.
Signed under the base.
2022.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
French Modernist Cubist Painting Storm Approaching Paris
Located in Cirencester, GB
Steps Into The Town, steep stone steps lead figures down amongst town buildings.
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique Dallah Arabic Middle Eastern Coffee Pot
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century Middle Eastern traditional Arabian tinned copper and brass Dallah coffee pot.
Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased copper with riveted brass...
Category
Late 19th Century Omani Islamic Antique Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
American Copper Full Bodied Pig Directional Weathervane on Stand, circa 1880
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Copper full bodied pig directional weathervane resting on squared iron stand, late 19th century.
Category
1880s American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Iron, Zinc
Porcelain Sculpture "Solctice", by Mart Schrijvers, 2023
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain sculpture entitled "Solstice" .
Unique piece.
Signed under the base.
2022.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Mexican Tonala Hand Painted Colorful Pottery Dove
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery dove Folk Art.
Rita Tilleya Yelapa Mexico hand painted ceramic bird dove.
Warm earth tone polychrome color...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
21st Century Hook Magazine Holder Leather Basket with Fabric Handmade in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Pinetti elegant basket made with upcycled leather with inside fabric in linen and cotton is part of Hook collection.
The frame is composed of a grid-like structure of leather belts ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Fabric, Leather
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting Labbe, Town Landscape
Located in Cirencester, GB
Town landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original ink and watercolor on paper
size: 11.75 x 8.5 inches
signed, stamped verso
Condition: very good and ready to b...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Other
Italian Marble Backgammon and Chess Board Game, 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Italian marble backgammon and chess board game, 1960s
Play this beloved centuries old games in style!
An Italian vintage marble backgammon in one side and chess board in the other side
inlay with onyx.
Italy, circa 1960 gorgeous black, rose and white marble onyx backgammon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Onyx, Marble
Clyde Burt Signed Large Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Ceramic Art Bowl
By Clyde Burt
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite impressive large, heavy, hand-decorated bowl by Ohio-born Midwest American master potter/ artist Cyde Burt who early in his career studied under Maija Grotell...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
French Cast Stone Statue of Diana
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French Cast Stone Statue of Diana
A Large reconstituted stone Statue of Diana, Diana is the goddess of the countryside and hunters, she sitting on a t...
Category
Early 20th Century Classical Greek Folk Art
Materials
Cast Stone
Beacon Blanket with Navajo Design
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Blue, Beige, and White Beacon Blanket with Navajo Design.
Category
20th Century American Adirondack Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting, French River Town
Located in Cirencester, GB
Watercolor and ink French landscape of a town and bridge spanning a river
by Bernard Labbe (French Mid-20th century)
original watercolor and ink on paper
Size: 6.4 x 9.4 inches
u...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Other
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting, French Panorama View
Located in Cirencester, GB
Watercolor and ink panoramic South of France Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
Original watercolor and ink on paper
Size: 5.75 x 11.75 inches
Unsigned , stampe...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Other
Wall Sculpture in Glazed Stoneware Entitled « Le Crapeau », Anne Barrès, 1977
By Anne Barrès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Wall sculpture in glazed stoneware entitled « Le Crapeau » by Anne Barrès.
Artist signature on the back « Anne Barrès ». 1977. Unique piece.
Can be displayed both indoors and outd...
Category
20th Century Beaux Arts Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Rope
Inuit Stone Carving of a Otter with Shell Signed Drake
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This is a wonderful Inuit carving of an otter playing with a shell. 7” long by 3” by 3” tall. Signed on bottom.
Category
Late 20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Stone
French Modernist Cubist Painting Fishing Boats by Coastal Fortification
Located in Cirencester, GB
Fishing boats by Coastal Fortification
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
Gentle composition of a coast...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Other
Mid-Century Coin Operated Horse Ride
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-century coin operated horse ride for kids (of all ages).
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
French Modernist Cubist Painting Sailboats on the Coast
Located in Cirencester, GB
Sailboats on the Coast
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
signed faintly lower right
stamped verso
A breezy day on the North F...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Other
Mercurio Bust
Located in Milan, IT
An extraordinary, renowned oeuvre of the Mannerist period, this stupendous bust depicts Mercury, or Hermes, the son of Zeus and nymph Maia who served as the messenger of gods in Gree...
Category
2010s Italian Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Mosaic Garden Panel by Emile Taugourdeau
Located in Houston, TX
A Mosaic garden panel by Emile Taugourdeau dating from the third quarter of the 20th century. Taugourdeau was a self-taught folk sculptor who worked from the late 1940s through the 1...
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Concrete
Otto & Gertrud Natzler Signed Soft Pearl Green Blue Glazed Midcentury Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
Another sublime work by famed pottery masters Otto and Gertrud Natzler. This round-shaped, eggshell thin-walled bowl was hand thrown and formed by Gertrud and glazed by Otto with a beautiful pearl green/blue glaze. The bowl radiates in the light.
This work is sure to give aesthetic pleasure for years to come and would be an amazing addition to any Natzler or modern ceramic collection...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Large Glazed Stoneware Screen Composed of 84 Modular Elements, Anne Barrès, 2010
By Anne Barrès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large glazed stoneware screen composed of 84 modular elements by Anne Barrès.
2010.
Unique piece.
Can be displayed both indoors and outdoors.
H : 95.5’ x 93.7’ inches (claustr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts Folk Art
Materials
Metal
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting, Mother and Child
Located in Cirencester, GB
Sepia ink and watercolor study of a mother holding a child against a backdrop of a town bridge
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original sepia ink and watercolor on paper...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Other
French Modernist Cubist Painting Architectural Study
Located in Cirencester, GB
Architectural Study of a Grand Stone Archway
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
sta...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Other
Collection 1900s Edwardian Miniature Tin Toys Farm Animals People and Park Trees
Located in Haarlem, NL
Large collection of tin 1900s Edwardian miniature toy figures.
A few tin houses a shed, gazebo's, flower arches, lots of trees and shrubs. Dovecote, pretty fences, a bench, a parrot tree, a birdcage, a plant Stand, a fountain, farm animals and lots of human figures in Edwardian clothing
about:
29 trees (trees shrubs, palmtrees)
11 decorative fences
2 arches
18 figures (girl with dog, a couple, lady with...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Tin
Wall Sculpture Entitled «Tressage» in Porcelain, Stoneware and Rope, Anne Barrès
By Anne Barrès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Wall sculpture entitled « Tressage » in porcelain, stoneware and rope by Anne Barrès.
Circa 1970-1980.
Unique piece.
H : 36.6’ x 20.0’ x 2.7’ inches.
Approximate dimensions.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Wall Sculpture Entitled «Tressage» in Porcelain, Stoneware and Rope, Anne Barrès
By Anne Barrès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Wall sculpture entitled « Tressage » in porcelain, stoneware and rope by Anne Barrès.
circa 1980-1990.
Unique piece.
H : 31.5’ x 31.9’ x 3.9’ inches.
Approximate dimensions.
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century English Oil on 2 Canvases of St. Margaret
Located in Madison, MS
This large abstract oil painting by Andrew Vass was painted in 20th century England. It was painted on two canvases that have been stitched together and framed to make one large canv...
Category
20th Century English Post-Modern Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Antique English Tole Tray with Orientalist Painting
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty 19th century English oval tole tray with two cut out handles featuring a colorful orientalist oil painting complete with figures in a boat architecture and tropical setting ins...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Folk Art
Materials
Metal
French Modernist Cubist Painting Fishing Boats on the Coast
Located in Cirencester, GB
Fishing boats by the Coast
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
signed lower right
stamped verso
Appealing painting in slightly ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Other
Blue Yellow Rumi Abstract Painting
Located in New York, NY
Blue Yellow Rumi Abstract Painting.
Category
20th Century Modern Folk Art
Peter Shire Exp Signed Post Modern Ceramic California Pottery Splatter Cup, 1979
By Peter Shire
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work by famed Los Angeles (Echo Park), California-based artist Peter Shire who was a founding member (along with Italian designer Ettore Sottsass and others) of The Memph...
Category
1970s American Post-Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Danese Milano Quattro, La Pantera Print by Enzo Mari
Located in Hicksville, NY
La Pantera is a four-colour silkscreen print and is part of the Nature Series (Serie della Natura). The print is part of a study to transform an image into ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Large Porcelain Biscuit Screen with Four Adjustable Leaves, Anne Barrès, 2010
By Anne Barrès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large porcelain biscuit screen with four adjustable leaves by Anne Barrès.
Artist signature on the back. circa 2010. Unique piece. Patinated metal structure. H : 76.6’ x 24.8’ x 3.5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Glazed Stoneware Sculpture Entitled «L’éffondrée Bleue», Anne Barrès, circa 2010
By Anne Barrès
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed stoneware sculpture entitled « L’éffondrée bleue » by Anne Barrès.
circa 2010. Unique piece.
H : 22.4’ x 25.6’ x 27.5’ inches.
Approximates dimensions.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
French Modernist Cubist Painting Figure by the Harbour
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figure by the Harbour
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
The addition of the figure in red is a feature...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art
Materials
Other
Kazuko Matthews Signed Flattened Green Glazed Sculptural Pottery Vase Vessel
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, gorgeously formed, striking work by Japanese American, California architectural potter/ artist Kazuko Matthews.
The large green glazed vase/ sculptural vessel with applied features is signed on the base by Matthews.
Mathews previously studied with famed ceramists couple Otto and Vivia Heino at Chouinard and also with Raku master potter Paul Soldner at Scripps College...
Category
20th Century American Modern Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Traditional English Painting Water Mill in Winter Snow with Horse
Located in Cirencester, GB
Artist/ School: Norman A. Olley ( British, 20th Century, 1908-1996), dated 1990, signed to the front and inscribed verso
Title - "Snow Bound" Road to the Green, Water Mill. Englis...
Category
Late 20th Century English Folk Art
Materials
Other
Vintage Inuit 'Two Faced' Stone Carving, Signed, Canada, Mid-20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Inuit 'two faced' stone carving - fine Modernist carving with spare decoration - signed PAUL (in Roman) on the base - Canada - mid 20th century.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Moroccan Ceramic Bowl with Lid Tajine from Fez Polychrome
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan large ceramic decorative serving bowl tajine polychrome with leather, stones and metal overlay with conical overlay lid.
The bottom is a circular ceramic bowl and the top of the tagine is distinctively shaped into a cone.
Handcrafted and hand painted with Moorish designs by artisans in Fez Morocco.
Great decorative Moroccan Folk ceramic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Painting Oil Naive Cutter Boat Spirit Alfred Wallis Oil Length 40cm 16"
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Cutter pz17 in full sail past a lighthouse
Board length 24cm., 9 1/2", height 21cm., 8 1/4"
Floated on a cream mount in a recycled black moulded frame with some losses Length 40cm.,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Mid-Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Ararat Rugs Gerous Bidjar Wagireh Pendant Rug Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The most dramatic of the Gerous ( Garrus, Gerus, Garus ) carpets are those with an “asymmetric” design. Only a section of the original is shown, in the same way, many Lotto carpets w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Revival Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Mid-Century Rectangular Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rectangular nautical rope mirror Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Measure: height / 26.5 inches on 10.8 inches.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Mirror
Quimper French Hand Painted Faience Pottery Flask
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish French faience pottery hand painted flask with a Breton figure by Quimper and dating from the latter 19th century. The small rounded flask has a ...
Category
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Andrea Patrisi 'Naples 1954'
Located in Salò, IT
Andrea Patrisi (Naples 1954), Amalfi Coast, oil on canvas, measures 100x150 cm, framed measures 108x158 cm, depth 4 cm.
The painting is signed lower right and on the reverse with th...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
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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