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Folk Art For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Folk Art
Mid-Century Prison Art Box from Cigarette Packs
Located in Forney, TX
A rare vintage prison art box, mid-20th century, colorful round folk art box with removable lid, handmade from a large tin can and cigarette packs.
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Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Found and Salvaged Steel House Structure on a Reclaimed Steel Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of spare parts come together ...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Mid-Century Era Inuit Soapstone Carving of a Standing Hunter
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This well executed sculpture is signed by an unknown artist and originated from Canada and dates to approximately 1960 and done in the Mid-Century Inuit style. The sculpture is compo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
Northwest Coast Mask
Located in Sharon, CT
A midcentury hand crafted wood mask in traditional NorthWest Indian
Style.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Hand Carved Wooden Smoker Gnome Figure, Vintage German Black Forest Folk Art
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful hand carved wooden smoker figure, found at an estate sale in Nuremberg, Germany. We believe that this piece is from around 1930s or older. A nice addition to any room. Beau...
Category
1930s German Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
African Hand Crafted Zebra Hide Zulu Shield with Leather Lashing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An original Zulu Shield made of Zebra Hide and lashed with woven leather. The inside back is made of wood, and handle portion was cured, covered and painted red - there are some con...
Category
20th Century African Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Zebra Hide, Wood, Paint
Carved and Decorated Sperm Whale Figure, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Carved Sperm Whale, circa 1900, a fine and early hand carved figure of a sperm whale with carved and painted detail to open jaw, in original black paint with highlights. A ve...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Pair of Large Japanese Ceramic Shi-Shi Dog Roof Tiles, Bizen Kiln, 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Large Japanese Ceramic Shi-Shi Dogs roof tiles, Bizen kiln, 20th c.
Bizen kiln is one of the oldest and well known kilns in Japan. This is a very unusual pose of Shi-Shi Do...
Category
20th Century Japanese Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Found and Salvaged Steel House Structure on a Reclaimed Steel Plate, Wooden Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of found steel is reworked and...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Large South Indian India Asian Original Pichwai Painting of Elephant Procession
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous, quite large and decorative, engaging South Indian Asian (India) Pichwai and/or gouache painting in a heavy two-sided acrylic frame featuring an evening Maharaja roy...
Category
20th Century Indian Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Silk, Paint
Alan Wallwork Studio Pottery Split Pod Sculpture
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Stoneware studio pottery 'split pod' form designed by Alan Wallwork (British, 1931-2019) and dating from around 1980. The heavily made sculptural pod sta...
Category
1980s English Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Mexican Burnished Clay Hand Oaxaca Sculpture Mixtec Ceramic with Red Face
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This Mexican red ceramic clay hand sculpture is a piece by artist Manuel Reyes. Made with clay from Oaxaca and Zacatecas, painted with oxides from the reg...
Category
2010s Mexican Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Miniature Model Wooden Canoe, American Circa 1950's
Located in Incline Village, NV
While this model canoe might have been used as a salesman sample, whereby merchants, carried it from town to town to encourage sales, it was more than likely used as a demonstration ...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Framed John Smith's Beer Sign, 1970s
By Rob Otten
Located in Antwerp, BE
Framed John Smith's beer sign.
Original old advertising sign for the famous Pale Ale Beer, dated 1976.
It's English beer of the brewery John Smith's Tadc...
Category
Late 20th Century Belgian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Other, Tin
WWII Trench Art Artillery Shell Bullet Coin Ashtray
Located in Forney, TX
A fascinating Word War II trench art sculptural ammo ashtray.
Typically hand-crafted by a soldier from found objects during their down time at war, especially in the trenches of WW1...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Folk Art Suede Leather Giraffe Stuffed Animal
Located in Ferndale, MI
Vintage 1970s tan suede leather spotted Giraffe stuffed animal complete with sewn-on plastic eyes and lashes and a mane made of black yarn. All seaming is tight. No stains.
Category
1970s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Suede, Nylon, Yarn, Plastic
Marble Chess Set
Located in Richmond, VA
Beautiful vintage black and white marble chess board with brass inlay and 32 chess pieces.
Dimensions:
Board measures 9.75 in wide (24.76 cm)
Pieces measure between 1 in tall (2.54...
Category
20th Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Brass
Carved Wooden Milliners Head, Vintage Italy, circa 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable unique wood carved head. Italy, 1930s or older. Ideal decoration item, used in the displaying and making of hats. Hand carved from wood. Nice display piece in any room. Foun...
Category
1930s German Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Clay Bust of a Child by Philippe Seené, 2004 set on Bronze Life size s
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Clay Bust of a Child by Philippe Seené, 2004 set on Bronze
Life size signed bust of a cherubic child, the bust is made in clay and is set into a bronze plinth, the signatur...
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Swedish painted 19th century spinning wheel
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish painted 19th century spinning wheel circa 1864.
Beautiful piece of traditional swedish history. Being a small model with a foot peddle this machine was likely to used to sp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Found and Salvaged Steel House Structure on a Reclaimed Steel Plate, Wooden Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of found steel is reworked whi...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
19th Century American Folk Art Game Board
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century American folk art game board is a quintessential example of the ingenuity and aesthetic appeal found in traditional American crafts. Composed of alternating walnut ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Vintage Folk Art Timber Rabbit Poly Chromed Carved Wood
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Folk Art timber rabbit, circa 1940s, Canadian. Long ears with folded arms with a Picasso style head. The rabbit is sitting upright on it's haunches poly-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Carved Wooden Milliners Head, Vintage Italy, circa 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Adorable unique wood carved head. Italy, 1930s or older. Ideal decoration item, used in the displaying and making of hats. Hand carved from wood. Nice display piece in any room. Foun...
Category
1930s German Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood
20Thc Canadian Goose Copper Weather Vane on Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20Thc Copper & brass flying geese weather vane.This Canadian goose weather vane is a latter version of the 19thc weather vane.
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Late C19th Italian Oil On Board Cat Painting With Bark Folk Art Frame
Located in London, GB
Late C19th Italian oil on board cat painting.
Wonderful and rustic scene depicting four cats chasing a frog with folk art style bark frame. Signed Saglio Rossini Joseph. In good con...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Wooden statue of a warrior
Located in NANTES, FR
Tall statue depicting a warrior in wood with brass inlays. Great patina.
Do not hesitate to ask me for a shipping quote.
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th century fairground figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century fairground figure
In the form of Benito Mussolini this early 20th century hand carved French fairground knockdown figure is in original untouched condition. With ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Set of 4 Small Swedish Folk Art Chairs, Early 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of four Swedish 18th Century Folk Art chairs
Set of 4 smaller chairs with its old vintage patina in pine. "Allmoge", the Swedish word for Folk Art, is exactly what these four ea...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
American Country Tole Gold Clock Sign
Located in New York, NY
American Country (19th Century) painted tole gold trimmed double sided clock sign in the form of a pocket watch.
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Large Sculptured Greyhound Dogs
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Pair of Large Sculptured Greyhound Dogs
This Super pair of Dogs has a good patina they appear to be made with an old polished steel finish
They are in very good condition with a bea...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Clay
19thC Nautical Six Spoke Solid Brass Yacht Steering Wheel. American, Circa 1870
Located in Incline Village, NV
This 19th century American solid brass ship steering wheel was, more than likely, from a yacht. Fishing and commercial boats were more inclin...
Category
1870s American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Large Painted Folk Art Hobbyhorse with Sea Glass Eyes
Located in Middleburg, VA
Late 19th Century Large Painted Folk Art Hobbyhorse with Sea Glass Eyes. America, 1880-1900. Measures: 26.5" H, 33" W, 11" D
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Mid 1800s Zinc Automaton Elephant
Located in Peekskill, NY
175 years ago this was created as a fountain that worked on water and counter weights. The elephant can now be plugged in and runs on dry land using a motor, cables and gears. The he...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Folk Art Wood Horse Pull Toy
Located in Garnerville, NY
Fantastic hand crafted carved wood horse pull toy. Possibly made from scraps of wood during the Depression Era resembling a Trojan Horse of sorts. Carved pine. There are few nails us...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Four ceramic boxes by Cloutier, France, 1960's
Located in Paris, FR
Four ceramic anthropomorphic boxes by Cloutier.
Two "smalls" Diam. 12.5 cm, H. 19 cm
Two a bit bigger Diam. 15cm, H. 21 cm
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Nineteenth Century 55 Wood Address Sign
Located in Garnerville, NY
Nineteenth Century '55' wood sign. Old wood relief sign with wonderfully weathered gold and black paint. A nice accent piece or if your address just happens to be 55 Main Street, Any...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Ceramic owl vide-poche by Olivier Pettit, France, 1960's
By Olivier Pettit
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic owl vide-poche by Olivier Pettit, signed
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic vide-poche by Roger Capron, France, 1970's
By Roger Capron
Located in Paris, FR
Vide-poche by Roger Capron, black ceramic, signed
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Painting of a Young Child - Oil on Board
Located in Centennial, CO
A charming vintage oil on fiber board painting of a young child with a blue and white cup and a piece of bread (?). Painted in shades of warm brown, pinks, maroons and whites. Surfac...
Category
1930s Unknown Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
20th Century American Folk Art Canada Goose on Custom Steel Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
This 20th-century American Folk Art masterpiece is a life-size Canada goose that captures the essence of rural creativity and cultural heritage. Its outstretched wings, crafted from ...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Driftwood
Serenity Bliss Medium Tan & White 180X270 cm Handknotted Rug
By JAIPUR RUGS
Located in Milano, IT
Can a rug be the key to transforming your space into a sanctuary of tranquility? Discover 'Serenity Bliss,' a hand-knotted marvel . With a tone-on-tone palette, it instantly uplifts ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mexican Antique Arbol de la Vida Folk Art Candelabra Ceramic Day of the Dead
By Alfonso Castillo Orta
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Created by late master Alfonso Castillo Orta in 1999 in the town of Izucar de Matamoros, in the state of Puebla, Mexico. The traditional "arboles de l...
Category
1990s Mexican Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Acrylic
1834 Light Blue Floral Painted Blanket Chest
Located in Albignasego, IT
Tyrolean painted chest dated 1834
Measurements: H. 73m – L. 127cm – D. 56cm
Period: 1834
Origin: Tyrol
Essence: Fir
Painted chest, entirely made of fir wood.
On the front there is ...
Category
1830s Italian Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Fir
Spanish Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting Catholic Saint 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful 19th-century Spanish Colonial Mexican Folk Art ex-voto retablo lámina painting featuring an unknown Spanish Roman Catholic Saint.
The work is hand-painted on metal (li...
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Tin
Collection of (3) Native American Folk Art Canoes
Located in Chicago, IL
Collection of (3) Native American Folk Art Children's Toy Canoes most likely made between the 1940's and 1950's. Two of the Folk Art Children's Canoes were made from Birchbark, while...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Birch
American Patinated Copper Full Bodied Stork Directional Weathervane
Located in Chicago, IL
American full bodied patinated copper stork directional weathervane. Sitting a top a contemporary iron stand. Believed to be of the 19th century.
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Steel, Tin
Two Swedish 19th Century Trough with Originalpaint from Northern Sweden
Located in Boden, SE
Two Swedish 19th century Folk Art Trough with untouched original paint from Lulea Norrbotten, Northern Sweden.
Painted English red wood trough.
The trough is in untouched original ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Neuclosis By Antonio Grediaga Kieff, 1974
Located in Madrid, ES
Neuclosis by Antonio Grediaga Kieff, signed and numbered 2/6
This extraordinary work of art is expertly crafted in bronze and features a unique abstract form. The sculpture stands o...
Category
1970s Canadian Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Brass
Snow Man By Antonio Grediaga Kieff, 1977
Located in Madrid, ES
Snow Man by Antonio Grediaga Kieff, signed and numbered 3/9
This extraordinary work of art is expertly crafted in bronze and features a unique abstract form. The sculpture stands on...
Category
1970s Canadian Modern Vintage Folk Art
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Puente de Arzobispo Talavera Handmade Ceramic Glazed Lebrillo Bowl
Located in Escalona, Toledo
Lebrillo ceramic bowl made by hand.
Its origin is in Puente del Arzobispo, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain.
The basin is preserved in excellent condition.
The ceramics of Puente...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Traditional Hardwood Crocodile Carving, Nigeria, cira 1970s
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Decorative Folk Art hand-carved hardwood crocodile, with lots of details in the carving. Nigeria, circa 1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
Swedish 19th Century Folk Art Oil Painting With Kids
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish naive oil painting with the original frame, from the 2nd part of the 19th Century.
This folk art work on canvas represents kids and a dog playing by a courtyard, opening the...
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Large Antique Wire & Canvas Paint Decorated Canadian Duck Decoy
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and fine example of a Folk Art Decoy in all original distressed condition. Antique paint decorated canvas and wire construction with original hook on verso.
Dimensions: 25" ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wire
19th Century Swedish Folk Art Kubbestol Carved Chair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Hand-Carved Scandinavian Folk Art Kubbestol Chair, 19th Century
A kubbestol is a traditional Scandinavian chair made from a log. Notice the intricate carving throughout including th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Berlin Iron
19th Century American Burl Wood Horse Hoof Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
This remarkable 19th-century American Folk Art vessel, expertly carved from a natural burl to resemble a horse's hoof, is a quintessential example of Folk Art's imaginative and uncon...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Large Figurative African Mangbetu Anthropomorphic Vessel / Jar
Located in Studio City, CA
This is a fantastic piece likely made by the Mangetu tribe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is finely detailed and quite large and hefty. These pieces were originally made...
Category
20th Century Congolese Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Folk Art Sea Horse Hooked Rug, circa 1960
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Folk Art Sea Horse Hooked Rug, circa 1960, featuring a family of three variously sized and colored sea horses swimming against a variegated bl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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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