1970s Outsider and Self Taught Art

Unknown artisan handmade folk art Mid-Century Modern 1970s Op-Art style wood bust made of 17 layered concentric biomorphic off white painted plywood panels. Plywood varies from 1/2" ...

Titled Only A Few Hours Away painting by Amon Rea. Wonderful rendering of the aspirational dreams of a young black child set in an extremely modest setting...

An impressive wood sculpture in the form of a mushroom. Wood fragments are assembled and all secured with wooden dowels. No nails or screws were used. Solid heavy piece. Measures 16....

Oil on panel depicting a coastal view with sailboats by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970s. Recognized f...

Oil on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970. Fine example showcasing Del Favero's aptitude for cre...

Oil and acrylic on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970. Fine example showcasing Del Favero's skill at layering textures along with an aptitude for creating fantastical landscapes. Adding out of place animals (in this case, a lion and a tiger) to an otherwise believable countryside setting for a deer hunt, creates an imaginary context removed from reality. Del Favero's marriage of fantasy and whimsy beautifully suits his Naïve painting style. Signed on verso. Bio from the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Born Princeton, Michigan, 1910; died Greenwich, Connecticut, 1995 Bruno Del Favero moved from Michigan to northern Italy with his parents at age five, returning in 1928 and settling in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he married and remained for the rest of his days. He made his living as a mason, chauffeur, and landscape gardener. It is not known exactly when or why he began to paint his delicate and mysterious landscapes, but he was exhibiting in local art shows by the early 1970s and took himself seriously enough as an artist to join the Greenwich Art Society. He maintained a studio in the basement of his home, but never shared his art with his wife and five children. After the artist's death his family introduced his work to New York dealers Shari Cavin...

Shizuye Violet Takashima,,, Oil and Lucite Surealist Painting titled Man and Bird..Shizuye Takashima was one of Canada’s foremost Nisei painters. B...

Appealing embossed work on thick paper by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Hand printed by the artist in the early 1970s. Signed lower right and titled "Blue Collagraph" lower left. Catalog...

Jungle acrylic still life of Haitian animals. Measures 25" H x 25" W x .75" D with frame. By Joel Gautier/Gauthier (Haitian, b. 1955)

Handmade elephant from India. Hand beeded.

Massive wooden sculpture measuring 68" tall! Wire frame with multicolored, hand-painted wooden blocks in the form of a man. Very impressive piece of sculpture. Excellent condition.

Cubist, Surrealist oil on canvas painting... signed and dated, RD 1971. Amazing use of color, extremely well executed.