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Place of Origin: Canadian
4 Bronze Brutalist Figurative Head Art Sculptures, Circa 1920
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Four striking brutalist bronze sculptures of heads, incredibly well executed by a talented and likely well trained hand but are unsigned by the artis...
Category
Early 20th Century Brutalist Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
$2,400 Sale Price / set
63% Off
Carved Soapstone Sculpture of a Seated Inuit Holding a Bone Narwhal Tusk & Fish
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved Black Soapstone of Seated Inuit figure, holding a carved bone Narwhal tusk in one hand and a carved bone fish in the other.
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
Inuit Soapstone Sea Lion
Located in Mexico City, MX
A big Inuit soapstone sculpture depicting a sea lion. The sculpture is signed on the bottom by an unidentified artist and numbered 202266. With Canada Eskimo Art...
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
$2,200
Large Folk Art Outsider Art TOTEM 42"H
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This massive TOTEM pole is an incredible example of outsider Folk Art. The pole was carved by Lair Forster in Ottawa in 1938 and is an eccentric interpretation of one of the iconic Thunderbird TOTEM Poles of Alert Bay. The painting on the wings is bold in yellow and red, and the designs are fascinating and recall modernist paintings of the period. The eyes of the thunderbird...
Category
1930s Native American Vintage Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
D.W. Nichol Signed Hand Carved Wood Duck Decoy, Male Cinnamon Teal
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work, a male cinnamon teal, hand carved and painted by renowned duck decoy artist D W Nichol. Beautifully crafted and decorated.
The work is signed "Male Cinnamon Teal...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mid-Century Era Molded Fiberglass Carnival Clown Head or Midway Game Component
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This whimsical clown head is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1965 in the period Mid-Century carnival style. The head...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Fiberglass
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 Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Burlap, Pine
Czeslaw Budny Modern Abstract Constructivist Marble Sculpture Stone Base Signed
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This contemporary abstract marble sculpture is by Czeslaw Budny, a Polish-Canadian artist in the constructivist style circa 2022. This unique sculpture i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Marble
Vintage Canada Goose Decoy
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Canada standing Goose Decoy on bent nail legs, by carver of birds and working decoys William "Roy" Mill (1902-1982), Kensington, Prince Edward Island.
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Folk Art Painting on Panel - 'Odd's & Sod's by Winifred' - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage folk art painting on wood panel - signed WINIFRED in the lower right corner - titled Odd's & Sod's by Winifred on the back of the pan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
D. HOUSE - 'Bottoms Up' - Watercolor & Colored Graphite - Canada - Late 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
D. HOUSE - 'Bottoms Up' - Vintage watercolor painting with colored graphite on watercolor paper - signed lower right - titled lower left - finished with three vintage contrasting bev...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
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 Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Burlap, Pine
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 artist George Edouard Tremblay of Quebec Canada in approximately 1940 in his period Folk Art style. The rug or mat is done with wool on burlap which has been mounted on masonite board and framed in a rustic styled wooden frame. The rug depicts a winter woodland scene of a horse and sleigh and sugar shack...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Burlap, Pine
Vintage Signed Quebec Folk Art Carved Burlwood Wall Sculpture of a Bearded Man
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This folk art wall sculpture is signed by Noel Guay a Quebec wood carver of Canada and dates to approximately 1960 and done in the Quebec folk art styl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Pine
J. RILEY - Folk Art Still Life Painting - Framed - Canada - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
J. RILEY - Vintage acrylic still life painting on canvas covered panel - signed lower right - untitled - contained in a solid oak frame with white pickled finish - Canada - mid/late ...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oak
Pair of 1938 Andre Bourgault Miniatur Carved Wood Statues Couple Rocking Chairs
By Andre Bourgault
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of very small original Andre Bourgault statues hand carved and stamped
Please note the delivery fee listed is just a guide, it ...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$239 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Late 19th Century Quebec Paint Decorated Plant Stand, circa 1890
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Quebec paint decorated plant stand or bucket bench, circa 1890, pine slat construction with three shelves, fluted backsplash and apron, and deli...
Category
1890s Folk Art Antique Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Ancient carved minimalist Inuit Soapstone Sculpture, early 1900
By Inuit
Located in Bilzen, BE
An antique minimalist Inuit figurine, Alaska, carved steatite with a beautiful old original patina
Early 1900
Height 8.5 cm, length 9 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Native American Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Folk Art Carved Panel of Two Brothers Titled: "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage folk art carved panel is signed in several places by an unknown artist, and presumed to have originated from North America, likely Canada, but possibly the United States...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Czeslaw Budny Signed Modern Abstract Constructivist Marble Sculpture Base
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This contemporary abstract marble sculpture is by Czeslaw Budny, a Polish-Canadian artist in the constructivist style circa 2022. This unique sculpture i...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Marble
Set of 7 Mid-Century Era Painted Wood Carnival Folk Art Sign Box Letters
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of seven Folk Art wooden box letters were made in Canada is circa 1965 and were once mounted on a carnival sign for either a ride or an at...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Alaskan Black Diamond Hand Carved Wood Totem Pole by Vic Yeoda
Located in San Diego, CA
A fine example of an Alaskan Black Diamond hand carved wood totem pole by Vic Yeoda, circa 1980s. The Totem stands and 5.5" H with a 6" wingspan...
Category
Late 20th Century Native American Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Inlaid Game Board with Inlaid Fish, Initials, Dated 1863
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century inlaid game board, upper section with fish motif, initials "O.S.A.L." and date of 1863; lower section with elongated diamond, maple and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Maple, Oak
Ron Aleck Carved Wood Plaque, Pacific North West Coast, 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Ron Aleck Wood Carving Plaque, Pacific North West Coast, 20th Century. Signed to the back.
Category
20th Century Native American Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$576 Sale Price
53% Off
Native Nootka Totem by Rick Williams, 2 Foot
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Rick Williams (Nootka / Nuu-chah-nulth, b. 1955). 2 Foot Red Cedar Seattle Pole" painted wood sculpture hand carved by Rick Williams and signed with titl...
Category
20th Century Native American Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
M PLASKETT - Folk Art Autumn Landscape Painting - Signed - Framed - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
M. PLASKETT - Vintage folk art autumn landscape oil painting on prepared pressed paper board - signed lower right - vintage painted & gilt soft wood frame - Canada - mid 20th Century...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Finely carved Mid Century North West Coast Carved Wood Mask Expressive Face
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Very finely carved face mask, probably from the North West Coast of the US or Canada. Created mid 20th century or earlier, the artist is unfortunately unknown. Carved light wood, p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Schooner Model Sail Boat "Patsy-Ann"
Located in Montreal, QC
Beautiful vintage schooner scale model sail boat, built 1" to 1' by Donald Miller, 183 Oxford street winnipeg, Canada. Accompanied with owner's document.
Category
20th Century Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Lane Gordon Thorlaksson Canadian Studio Pottery Vase with Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Canadian studio pottery vase decorated in light blue glazes with an associated pottery stand by Lane Gordon Thorlaksson (Canadian, 1...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Original Painted Signed and dated 1818 Pantry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Early & original painted signed & dated 1818 pantry box with the lid. This finely decorated pantry box is in very good condition.Probably from Europe.
Category
Early 19th Century Adirondack Antique Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
The Surgeon and the Photographer by Geoffrey Farmer, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Surgeon and the Photographer by Geoffrey Farmer. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2015. First Edition hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Publish...
Category
2010s Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Paper
"Wallace" Skating at the Park, Fine Craft Painted Rabbit, Canada, Circa 1997
Located in Chatham, ON
"Wallace" Skating at the Park - Fine craft raw wood sculpture with a painted finish highlighted with India ink - made from a solid pine branch with...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Softwood, Paint
Pacific Northwest Coast Tlingit Shaman's Grizzly Tooth Pendant, circa Late 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic Northwest Coast Tlingit tribe shaman's pendant carved from Grizzly Tooth with jeweled/ beaded eyes likely acquired from Western/ European traders.
We were told this pi...
Category
19th Century Antique Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Teeth
Vintage Cape Dorset Inuit Stone Carving of a Seal, Unsigned, Canada, C.1960's
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Cape Dorset Inuit soapstone (also called Steatite) carving of a seal - featuring fine simplified carving and details accentuating the form of the a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Inuit Soapstone Figural Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Eskimo figural soapstone carving.
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
$995 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Grenfell Type Hooked Tapestry on Burlap, Canada, Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Grenfell type hooked wool tapestry on burlap backing - likely intended as a cushion cover (unfinished) - hand worked with dramatic colors - unsigned - Canada - circa 1980's.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Burlap
J. RILEY - Floral Still Life Painting - Framed - Canada - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
J. RILEY - Vintage acrylic still life painting on canvas covered panel - signed lower left - untitled - contained in a solid oak frame with white pickled finish - Canada - mid/late 2...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Folk Art Terracotta Pinch Pot Bud Vase - Signed - Canada - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Folk Art studio pottery terracotta pinch pot bud vase - hand formed ceramic body with carved/textured exterior - navy blue glaze with...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Ditidaht/Nuu-chah-nulth Totem by Raymond Williams
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
(1933-1988) This finely crafted wood totem pole is by Ditidaht/Nuu-Chah-Nulth master carver Raymond Williams, the father of the current generation of William's carvers. The carved totem pole features and eagle, frog, and an orca. Signed on back. Also marked "hand carved Indian made from the Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, Seattle, WA 1899." 19"H x 5"
Raymond Williams was the son of Sam Williams...
Category
1950s Native American Vintage Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Cedar
Early 20th Century Native American North West Coast Eagle Comb
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th Century Native American North West Coast Eagle Comb
The eagle has a frog in its claws which is “holding” a whale. Carved with classic Nort...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
JEAN ROYSTON - 'Seafarers-Old & New' - Vintage Acrylic Painting - Canada - C1980
Located in Chatham, ON
JEAN ROYSTON - 'Seafarers - Old & New' - Vintage acrylic painting on artist's canvas panel - signed by the artist lower right - titled verso - Canada - circa 1980's.
Excellent vinta...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
R. S. Macdonald, 'Raven Stealing the Sun', Framed Drawing, Canada, C.2001
Located in Chatham, ON
R. S. MACDONALD (Unknown/Unidentified Artist) - 'Raven Stealing the Sun' - Aboriginal colored pencil drawing on paper - original metal frame with single matte board and glass - title...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Native American Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Dana Claxton Fringing the Cube, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Dana Claxton: Fringing the Cube by Grant Arnold, Monika Kin Gagnon and Olivia Michiko Gagnon. Figure 1 Publishing, Vancouver, 2019. 1st Ed hardcover. Know...
Category
2010s Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Signed Soapstone Carving of an Inuit by Quanaq Mikkigak
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An Inuit carving of a man signed on the base. Great Color. It appears to be a soapstone carving. Great color and striations.The man is approx 4.5 inches tall and approx 1x2.5 inches...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Stone
D.G. BENNETT - 'U.S. White Tailed Deer' - Painted Wood Plate - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
DAVID G. BENNETT - 'American White Tailed Deer' - Vintage hand painted folk art wood plate/charger - solid lathe turned pine - signed front - signed and titled back - Canada (Wasaga...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
Large Antique Quebec Hand Carved Wooden Sculpture of St. Anthony & Jesus
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very large and well executed hand carved pine sculpture was done is unsigned, but believed to have been done in Quebec Canada in approximately 1850 in the period Early Victorian...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Fantastic Monumental Double Handled Round 19th Century Dough Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This wonderful worn dough bowl or trencher is in wonderful condition with a beautiful mellow patina. It has a small old tin repair on the right handle and a minor crack that runs thr...
Category
Early 19th Century Country Antique Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Pine
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Wrought Iron Welder's Trade Sign
Located in Montreal, QC
This large double side Welder's Mask Sign hung outside a iron mongers work shop boldly visible for the coming and going. Supported by heavy chains the mask sign was eerie and a bit sinister and not for the faint hearted. The banging and trunking of metal being forged into their desired shapes, along with sparks flying through the soot filled air. You only dared to enter if you were ready to conduct business in the creation of your project.
Antique trade signs...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Iron
1950s Era Large Metal Letters
Located in Surrey, BC
only an "O" "l" x 2 left
Two sets of custom-made metal letters made for the Wilkinson steel plant in Vancouver for a new office in 1950. The company ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$875 / item
Superb Antique Folk Art Parquetry Casket Styled Writing Box or Lap Desk
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This exquisite antique parquetry writing box or lap desk is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1900 in a Folk Art style. The box itself, including th...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Two Eskimo Inuit Carvings Youtie Sudloo
Located in Palm Springs, CA
2 signed Eskimo Inuit carvings of 2 women wearing amauti - a specialized jacket for carrying babies. They are signed by YOUTIE SUDLOO (1946-) The taller...
Category
20th Century Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Stone
$780 Sale Price / set
37% Off
Huibert Sabelis 1979 "Young Lovers" Abstract Art signed and numbered 35/100
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Huibert Sabelis 1979 "Young Lovers Two" Abstract Art signed and numbered 35/100
Original Serigraph with certificate of authenticity in envelope on back of picture.
Image 16W x 18H
Category
1970s Vintage Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Paper
$1,276 Sale Price
20% Off
Inuit Soapstone Seal
Located in Mexico City, MX
An Inuit green seal. The piece has a signature: "Kilabuk".
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
20th Century Mask God of the Undersea World by Stanley Clifford Hunt
By Stan Hunt
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th Century Mask God of the Undersea World by Stanley Clifford Hunt Signed
A striking, graphic mask in the immediately identifiable North West Coast tradition.. The mask is expert...
Category
1970s Other Vintage Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Cedar, Paint
Chief William Jeffrey, Pacific Northwest Eagle Feast Bowl
Located in Savannah, GA
Chief William George Jeffrey
(British Columbia, 1899-1995)
Eagle Feast Bowl, circa 1970s
19 inches wide by 12 ¼ inches deep by 6 ¼ inches tall
Category
1970s Vintage Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Carved Soapstone Sculpture of an Inuit Leaning Forward, Holding Bag at Feet
Located in Nantucket, MA
Carved Black Soapstone Inuit figure stooped over, grasping a bag at his feet.
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Soapstone
Ed Russ Killer Whale
By Russ
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Ed Russ carved argilite. Known as one of the best carvers, very fine attention to details. Signed bottom 1998.
Category
1990s Anglo-Indian Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Stone
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Three Inuit Sculptures One Signed with Inuit Canada Sticker
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lot of three inuit sculptures. The black one is signed and I have given up trying to decipher the carver. It also has the official Canadian sticker....
Category
20th Century Canadian Folk Art
Large Percisionist ModerN Oil Painting on Canvas by Allan Lorne Hecker
By Allan & Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Percisionist ModerN Oil Painting on Canvas by Canadian artist Allan Lorne Hecker,,Titled "A Calder walking to the park" Hand executed.. Great use of color, TEXTURE and space..
Category
2010s Modern Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Outsider Art Santa Claus, Acrylic On Paper.
Located in Chicago, IL
Just in time for the season, an outsider art child like Santa Claus painting done in acrylic on brown paper. Framed in a red lacquered wood and g...
Category
Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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