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Folk Art For Sale
Style: Folk Art
Style: Federal
Folk Art Wedding Chest, Anno 1905
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Wedding Chest in pastel shades, Eastern Europe, anno 1905, with roses and targets on a red background. A fine example of this particular type of box found in present-day eastern Roma...
Category
Early 1900s Romanian Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Federal Grain Painted and Stenciled Document Box 19th Century American
Located in Hudson, NY
A spectacular and fine, dovetailed poplar, rosewood grain painted and ebonized document box. The gold stenciling is of a very fine quality. Retains the original fire gilded steel bai...
Category
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Folk Art
Materials
Gold, Steel
Swedish Painter Hanna Bundin 1950s
Located in Oxford, GB
This Swedish painting by a recognised artist Hanna Bundin still life / modernist.
About the Artist
Hanna Brundin (1914- 2000) was a Swedish artist .
B...
Category
1950s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
NOËL GUAY - Vintage Folk Art Pine Pig Sculpture - Canada - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
ATELIER NOËL GUAY - Vintage pine sculpture of a pig - featuring a well modelled form with an intricately chiseled coat, large drooping ears and closely cropped tail - unvarnished fin...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Antique German Hand Painted Cabinet, Anno 1812
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A beautiful cabinet from the rural south of germany, dating from 1812. The cabinet was probably given as a wedding present. This cabinet is made of solid pine and is hand painted in ...
Category
1810s German Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century Ventriloquists dummy attributed to Herber Brighton
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Ventriloquists dummy attributed to Herber Brighton
A rare example of an early 20th century ventriloquists dummy attributed to Herber Brighton. In sailors’ uniform...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Unusual Primitive 19th Century Swedish Chair
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Unusual primitive and sculptural early 19th century Swedish / Scandinavian folk art chair. Ca 1800 Sweden.
Category
Early 19th Century Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Early 20th century English estate made decoy duck
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English estate made decoy duck.
A true example of an early 20th century English estate made decoy duck form, with glass eyes. With a wonderful, moveable head with ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Tall Painted Carved Wood Folk Art Crane with Drift Wood Legs
Located in New York, NY
Tall Painted Carved Wood Folk Art Crane with Drift Wood Legs is an exquisite and captivating piece of artistic craftsmanship. Standing at an impressive height of 56 inches, this maje...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood
British Sailor's Woolwork with Four Ships Sailing Under Star Light
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork with Four Ships Sailing Under Star Light,
Circa 1860-75
The unusual large British sailor's woolie depicts a scene from the Crimea War...
Category
1860s English Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Pair of Folk Art Collages Paintings of Partridges in Tramp Art Frames
Located in Munich, DE
This charming pair of collages of a male and a female partridge has been skilfully made out of feathers. The game birds have been set in a colourful landscape surround painted in watercolours. The paintings have been mounted by the last owners in oat coloured passe - partouts with white boardes...
Category
1880s Austrian Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Feathers
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
Folk Art Portrait Miniature by Patrick Wybrant American Circa 1854
By Patrick Wybrant
Located in Hudson, NY
Watercolor on paper, young boy in a dress by Patrick Wybrant, circa 1850s. Purportedly a child of a prominent Boston Family.
Provenance: Property from the Collection of Maggie Cohen, New York City
Overall: 8-1/2"h x 7-1/2"w
Sight: 5-1/2"h x 4-1/2"w
This item can be viewed in person at The Berkshire Galleries in Great Barrington Massachusetts.
Patrick Wybrant was born in Rathdrum, County Wicklow in 1816. He painted in Great Britain from 1849 to 1852, spent approximately three years in the United States. During that time he painted watercolor portraits for prominent Massachusetts families. Wyrat returned to work in Yorkshire around 1855-1856. He may have continued to work until his death, in Knaresborough, West Riding...
Category
1850s American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Paint
19th Century Swedish Wrought Iron Candlestick
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Good early 19th century Swedish / Scandinavian folk art wrought iron candlestick. Ca 1800 Sweden.
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Iron
"Untitled" by Moshe Katz Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in San Diego, CA
Highly textured portrait of a jewish man. This piece is fascinating, original and signed.
Moshe Katz was born March 2, 1937 in Bucharest, Romania. With his parents, he fled the Nazis...
Category
1960s Israeli Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sand Mountain Alabama Canning Jar circa 1890 Attributed EE McPherson Shop
Located in Mobile, AL
Sand Mountain Alabama pottery is well known, oft curated and infrequently available on the market. The variety of glazes, forms and makers is remarkabl...
Category
1890s American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Gwen, a Named British Sailor's Woolwork
Located in Downingtown, PA
British Sailor's Woolwork or Woolie,
The Gwen,
Circa 1875
The small British sailor's woolie depicts a starboard view of the brigantine Gwen sailing on a calm blue sea and flying...
Category
1870s English Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Brown Ceramic Vase, Folk Art, Czechoslovakia, 1950s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful vintage vase, made of ceramic with glazed finish. Interesting design and color combination. The vase is in a brown shade of color with a blue details on the neck of the vas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Slovak Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Sailor's Woolwork Woolie of Gaff-Rigged Sloop with Two Other Ships
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork Woolie of Gaff-rigged Sloop,
Circa 1870
The British sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a starboard side view of a gaff-rigged sloop under full sail against a clou...
Category
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wool
British Sailor's Woolwork with Sea Rescue
Located in Downingtown, PA
Sailor's Woolwork with Sea Rescue,
Circa 1865-75.
The rare sailor's woolwork or woolie depicts a real life incident. It is titled "The Boats and Crew of H.M.S. Arethusa Rescuing the Crew from the Brig George Duncan...
Category
1860s English Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Handmade Round Western Cow Hide Mat
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handmade vintage south western leather cow hide round table mat.
Cowhide patchwork handcrafted from small pieces of leather and sewn together to create a beautiful pattern in shades...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Tribal Instinct, Outsider Artist Assemblage with Skull and Various Found Objects
By Rick Farrell
Located in Chicago, IL
A found object is a natural or man-made item, or fragment of an item that is found by an artist and kept because of some intrinsic interest the artist sees in it. Beginning with Picasso, who incorporated newspapers and matchboxes into his cubist collages and constructions, this idea has been carried forward. It was popular with the Dada and Surrealist movements and with such great artists as Damien Hurst and Henry Moore. Here, self-taught artist Rick Farrell...
Category
2010s North American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Wire
Early 20th Century Jigger Doll “Norman”
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Jigger Doll “Norman”
We are proud to offer a charming early 20th century hand carved English articulated jigger doll, whom we have lovely names Norman. Norman i...
Category
1930s British Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Pine
1950s Light Up Double Sided Beer Mug Yellow Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
1950's light up double sided beer mug sign. It works.
Category
1950s North American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Metal
American Folk Art Iron Flying Witch & Bat Motif Weathervane, Museum Mounted
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
American folk Art iron fying witch & bat motif Weathervane, Museum Mounted
A fine example of Americana, a large scale vignette of a Witch flying on her broom, a shooting star and b...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Antique Cast Iron Black Lamb Doorstop
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique cast iron lamb doorstop.
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Men's Club Bar Plaque / Sculpture
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A large vintage plaque / sculpture of a women breast cast in aluminum and mounted to a thickly carved satin black wooden plaque, from a private men's club...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Early 19th Century Monumental Pottery Eagle Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing Folk Art sculpture of 19th century sewer tile or pottery eagle was from a private collection in New England. This item is on a custom made cast...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Large Mexican Folk Art Wrought Iron Rooster Weathervane, c. 1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large circa 1940 Mexican Folk Art wrought iron rooster weathervane presented on a rustic reclaimed wood base.
Features a sheet metal rooster perche...
Category
1940s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wrought Iron, Sheet Metal
Midcentury Masai Shield, Kenya/Tanzania
Located in Schagen, NL
Masai Shield hand painted with pigments on (Cow)hide. This stunning elliptical graphic shield was probably owned by a warrior herder as younger warriors w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kenyan Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Hide
Large Early Folk Art Lincoln
Located in Peekskill, NY
The wood carving on this life-size Lincoln is amazing with a beautiful patina. It came out of a good Connecticut Folk Art collection. The body is primitive and was made to be covered...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Handmade Patchwork "Cross Roads" Quilt in Pink Patterns
Located in Copenhagen K, DK
USA, Vintage
Antique "Cross Roads" quilt with multiple colors and pink border.
This crisp, sturdy cotton stars quilt is hand pieced and hand quilted with a variety of early mi...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Massive Rustic Folk Art Painted Patina Tin Owl Sculpture with Wooden Base
Located in Houston, TX
Large scale folk art style tin owl sculpture with a painted patina. Attached to a wooden base to ensure that the sculpture is stable.
Category
20th Century Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Tin
19th Century Agile Painted Wooden Figure
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
According to tradition earlier at Schackenborg Castle. Similar figure of a soldier, is to be found at the Danish National Museum.
Schackenborg Castle came to belong to the Schack family 11 generations ago. The last count had no children...
Category
19th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ancient Folk Work, Pair of Painted Plaster Grotesques Characters
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ancient folk work, pair of painted plaster grotesques characters.
Measures: H: 71 et 69 cm
(repairs and splinters).
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Louis Auguste Dechelette 1964 "Mixing Poison"
By Louis Auguste Dechelette
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Louis-Auguste Dechelette (1894-1964) acrylic on board titled "Mixing Poison". It is signed lower right and bears an exhibition label on the back. It also has a christies lot number taped on the back from a 2010 sale in which it was bought in. This is a delightful folk art painting.
Biography
Plasterer and painter by trade, Louis-Auguste Déchelette was discovered in 1941 by Robert Rey, director of Fine Arts and was very successful. He exhibited for the first time in 1942 at Galerie Jeanne Bucher. his paintings tend to political trends, street scenes and campaigns, always animated with funny characters, and marked in their subject and composition, a bit of black humor.
Exhibitions
1942 Galerie Jeanne Bucher. Paintings of Louis Déchelette
1944 Galerie Jeanne Bucher. André Bauchant...
Category
1960s French Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of Elizabeth Van Dyck Vosburg by Pieter Vanderlyn (The Gansevoort Limne
By Gansevoort Limner
Located in West Chester, PA
Portrait of Elizabeth "Betje" Van Dyck Vosburg., c. 1725. Unsigned, in original frame; accompanied by a Van Dyke family bible printed in Amsterdam in 1702. Condition: Minor repairs, ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier American Folk Art Antique 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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