Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
23
4
to
1
18
8
27
26
27
12
4
1
1
1
5
18
4
4
9
5
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
14
9
6
4
3
16
13
8
6
2
1
Technique: Hand-Crafted
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.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Tin
Traditional “Pita” Belt and Buckle
Located in Mexico City, MX
Traditional “Pita” Belt and Buckle
Pita comes from the fiber of the big maguey
Or large Mexican cactus and is hand inlaid
With Mexican charro designe. The remaining
Leather is ha...
Category
2010s Mexican Arts and Crafts Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Leather
19th Century English Folk Art Tree Form Painted Heads
Located in London, GB
19th Century English Folk Art Tree Form Painted Heads
An unusual pair of late 19th Century English folk art painted natural wooden form figures. We hav...
Category
1890s British Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Artisan abstract nail art, Netherlands 1950s
Located in ECHT, NL
Abstract artisan folk art wall hanging. It is made of wood with nails hammered into it in a rectangular grid. The nails are hammered in at differ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
British Sailor's Large Woolwork Woolie of a Sailing Ship
Located in Katonah, NY
This large 19th century sailor's Woolie of a British line-of-battle ship, circa 1840is
is hand embroidered with woolen yarn. It depicts a British naval ship under full sail with can...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wool
Paul Walker - Outsider Art Checkerboard
Located in Savannah, GA
Paul Edward Walker
(American, b.1949)
Checkerboard
oil on board
signed “Art by Paul Walker”, “Nov. 97, Savannah, GA”
26 by 20 inches; ¾ inches deep
Paul Walker is a Savannah, G...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Paul Walker - Outsider Art Box and Fan
Located in Savannah, GA
Paul Edward Walker
(American, b.1949)
Box and fan
signed on side P.E.W. ‘94
box: 8 ¾ inches wide by 5 ½ inches deep by 2 ½ inches tall
Paul Walker is a Savannah, Georgia outside...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Antique Early 20th Century Folk Art Found Object Memory Jug
Located in Seguin, TX
Antique circa 1918 folk art memory jug. Stoneware pottery jug covered in found objects. Objects include, shells, crystals, stones, Heinz 57 pickl...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Stone, Rock Crystal
1930s Dada Photomontage Collage in the Style of Hannah Höch
By Hannah Höch
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Charming photomontage collage of girls at play with dogs, cats and birds in foreground.
Whimsical happy work of art in the manner of Hannah Höch. Not sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
American Sampler Under Glass with the Original Gilt Birdseye Maple Frame, C 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
American sampler under glass with the original gilt Birdseye maple frame, Early 19th Century. Alphabet and Numerals. Signed by maker Maria Nuttall Age 7.
Category
1830s American American Empire Antique Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Linen, Glass, Birdseye Maple, Giltwood
American Sampler Under Glass with the Original Gilt Birdseye Maple Frame, C 1820
Located in Hollywood, SC
American sampler under glass with the original gilt Birdseye maple molded edge frame, Early 19th Century. Signed by maker Mary Ann Browning, Age 12.
Category
1820s American American Empire Antique Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Glass, Birdseye Maple, Giltwood, Linen
American Antique Folk Art Flying Eagles Heraldic Trunk, 1900
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an old New England collection.
An elaborate antique american folk art pyrography wood trunk. This highly detailed suitcase is hand craft...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Brass
Mid 20th Century Folk Art Cowboy Rodeo Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 20th century Folk Art cowboy Rodeo Whirligig, circa 1940s to 50s, comprising four carved and painted cowboys mounted on horseback riding in a circle a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Copper
Early 20th Century English Fairground Panels
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English fairground panels
We share what we love, and we love this matched pair of charming English metal sheet, hand painted fai...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
"The Bird Cane", Unusual Early 20th Century Walking Cane
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century walking cane
We are proud to offer a highly unusual walking cane made from aged bamboo. This unique and artistic object has naturally taken the form of a bird. ...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Bamboo
Antica Incudine Bicornia
Located in Felino, IT
antica incudine Bigornia o Bicornia. in acciaio temprato, montata su ceppo antico. pulita e trattata con ovatrol. adatta come oggetto decorativo. non presenta ne difetti ne crepe. pe...
Category
1820s European Brutalist Antique Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Steel
20th Century Outsider Art Portrait of an American Soldier
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A small oil painting on canvas. It is a naive portrait of an American soldier in uniform. It appears to be framed in a handmade oak frame along with ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Canvas, Oak
Felted Wool Body Pillow Tahoe Fabric by JG Switzer
Located in Sebastopol, CA
Milled by hand in JG Switzer's design workshop, and made of Shetland sheep wool listed on the Livestock Conservancy list as an "at risk" breed. Merino and local wool from within our own Fibershed (defined as a 100 mile radius of the workshop) also are used to make this pillow.
Rich, natural undyed brown, grey and cream sheep fleece is "painted" on a canvas of wool. No two alike, as each item is hand-painted. These designer pillows...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Apprentice Shoes
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Apprentice Shoes
A rare and delightful pair of leather early 20th Century hand crafted apprentice shoes. One of the smallest examples we have seen to date.
...
Category
1930s British Victorian Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Leather
Mid Century Abstract Sculptural Carved Stone Figures by Artist Louise Abrams
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic carved stone depicting multiple configurations of a couple embracing. Handmade and carved by outsider artist Louise Abrams. Beautiful green...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Stone
Once Known as the Fish People 1986 Folk Art by Pat Mervis Schwartz
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Quite charming folk art assemblage by the noted artist Pat MMervis Schwartz. Dated 1986, signed and titled “Once Known as the Fish People”. It is i...
Category
1980s American Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Not Disturbing, Assemblage with Old Drill and Ceramic Figurine
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 intinsic 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, artist Rick Farrell...
Category
2010s North American Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal, Wire
Woodstock Era Titillating Avant-Garde Collage Assemblage
Located in Ferndale, MI
Are you avant garde or derriere? A slightly bawdy assemblage speaking to women's sexual liberation of the 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper, Wood
Early 20th Century English Scratch Built Toleware Horse and Cart Model
Located in London, GB
“Where thers muck thers money”
Early 20th century English scratch built toleware horse and cart model
A wonderful example of a unique Folk Art scratch-built horse and cart model. This item is made from metal sheets, toleware and old enamel advertising signs. It would likely have been placed on a shop counter to obtain donations from customers. The carts cover...
Category
1930s Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Tin
Terracotta Sculpture by Barbara Tribe, St Ives, 1960s
By Barbara Tribe
Located in London, GB
Terracotta sculpture call "TOTEM" signed and dated by Barbara Tribe, 1966.
Barbara Tribe (1913-2000) was a Australian-born sculptor who spent much of her life living and working in St Ives (Cornwall UK).
She was the first sculptor and the first woman artist to be awarded the coveted New South Wales Traveling...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Earthenware
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 Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal, Wire
Kinetic Sculpture Henry Philippe Loustau
By Henry Phillipe Loustau
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An unusual hand carved bed by the noted and accomplished artist Henry Philippe Loustau. We contacted the artist and he was commissioned to do this piec...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Related Items
19th Century POW Shoe Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
19th Century POW shoe snuff box
We are proud to offer a 19th century POW carved wooden snuff box, The toenails have likely been replaced over time. T...
Category
1880s Unknown Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Gate in form of a Face
Located in Darnestown, MD
One of a kind iron gate in the shape of an elongated face. It would be functional as a gate but would also be terrific hung indoors as a piece of outsider art.
The movable earrings...
Category
Early 20th Century American Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron
c1900 Folk Art Tramp Art Box
Located in Downham Market, GB
An antique tramp art box.
A beautiful & early piece of tramp art, intricately layered in the traditional manner with notch carved wooden strips & finished with a pressed brass lion r...
Category
1890s British Rustic Antique Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine
Peter Hunt Cape Cod Folk Art Painted Watermelon Tray, Signed
By Peter Hunt
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large hand-painted watermelon metal tray by Massachusetts folk artist, Peter Hunt.
Hand-signed on front anno domini 1960 par pierre le chasseur d'orleans.
Hand signed on verso Welc...
Category
1960s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Hand Carved Folk Art Walking Cane with Red Bird
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage circa 1940s hand carved Folk Art cane by Fritz Rummler (1888-1983) Fredericksburg Texas. Branch of a tree carved into a bird with his feet...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Mexican Religious Folk Art Ex-voto Retablo Arcangel San Miguel
Located in Forney, TX
A framed vintage oil on tin ex-voto retablo Arcangel San Miguel, Spanish Colonial Mexican religious folk art.
Primitive hand-painted tin panel, marked Guanajuato, Mexico, dated 19??, offered to Arcangel San Miguel (Archangel Michael), with hand-written inscription in lower margin. Professionally framed and matted.
An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or a divinity, given in fulfillment of a vow (hence the Latin term, short for ex voto suscepto, "from the vow made") or in gratitude or devotion. Usually praying for a family member or close friend, with pictorial depicting that persons situation. The term ex-voto is usually restricted to Christian examples.
Ex-votos are placed in a church or chapel where the worshiper seeks grace or wishes to give thanks. The destinations of pilgrimages often include shrines with the walls decorated with ex-votos.
Ex-votos can take a wide variety of forms. They are not only intended for the helping figure, but also as a testimony to later visitors of the received help. As such they may include texts explaining a miracle attributed to the helper, or symbols such as a painted or modeled reproduction of a miraculously healed body part, or a directly related item such as a crutch given by a person formerly lame. There are places where a very old tradition of depositing ex-votos existed, such as Abydos in ancient Egypt.
Ex-voto paintings, especially in the Latin world, there is a tradition of votive paintings, typically depicting a dangerous incident which the offeror survived. The votive paintings of Mexico...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Tin
American Folk Art Cowboy and Horse Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tall one of a kind cowboy and horse spinning whirligig American Folk Art piece. Most likely from a larger folk art environment. Sheet steel constructi...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
Mid 20th Century Folk Art Cowboy Rodeo Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 20th century Folk Art cowboy Rodeo Whirligig, circa 1940s to 50s, comprising four carved and painted cowboys mounted on horseback riding in a circle a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Copper
British Sailor's Woolwork of Three Royal Navy Ships, Circa 1885
Located in Downingtown, PA
British sailor's woolwork of three royal navy ships
Circa 1885
The British sailor woolwork depicts an unusual scene of three different types of Royal Navy Ships which are all flying the White...
Category
1880s English Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wool
Folk Art Outsider Screen Room Divider Shelf Studio Indian Modern
Located in Ft Lauderdale, FL
Folk Art screen, room divider or shelf reclaimed studio Indian modern
A one-off design by Calcutta, India-based artist P. Mohanta. Purchased in earl...
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Carved Wood Chain
Located in Chicago, IL
Don't let your eyes fool you, you're not looking at a boring iron chain. This is a stunning early 20th century American Folk Art fourteen foot long wooden chain...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
20th Century Outsider Art Portrait of an American Soldier
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A small oil painting on canvas. It is a naive portrait of an American soldier in uniform. It appears to be framed in a handmade oak frame along with ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Canvas, Oak
Previously Available Items
A large pair of beautifully notched Tramp Art frames.
By Tramp Art
Located in New York, NY
These beautifully carved and notched pair of Tramp Art frames were purchased at Auction.
They were shipped directly to a master craftsman who ...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Arts and Crafts Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Aurelio Flores Mexico Tree of Life Art Pottery Candelabra Sculpture
By Aurelio Flores
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A rare, fine example of a Tree of Life candelabra by Aurelio Flores, circa 1950.
Aurelio Flores (1901-1987), the grandson of potters, began working as ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pottery
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 Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal, Wire
H 12 in W 8 in D 6 in
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Bird Cage
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Folk Art bird cage
We share what we love, and we love this charming early 20th century folk-art hand-crafted birdcage. Scratch built from found objects, with n...
Category
1920s British Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine
Early-20th Century Scratch Built Folk-Art Steam Locomotive Model
Located in London, GB
Early-20th century Scratch built folk-art steam locomotive model
A truly delightful example of an early 20th century scratch built folk-art steam...
Category
Early 20th Century British Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron, Sheet Metal
The Eyes Say It All, Assamblage with 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 intinsic 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, artist Rick Farrell...
Category
2010s North American Folk Art Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal, Wire
Gordon Chandler Chair, 2001
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A fabulous massive chair sculpture by the noted artist Gordon Chandler. It is signed and dated with a plate on the leg 2001. Numbered 1509. The artist us...
Category
Early 2000s American Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron
Artisan Iron Table
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Wonderful and whimsical artisan made iron table. Torch cut mythological or Zodiac figures on top with great patina. 32 inches in diameter and 16 inches tall. Good condition with pati...
Category
20th Century American Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century Scratch Build Fairground Amusement Arm
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century scratch build fairground amusement arm
We are proud to offer an unusual English fairground sculptural object, In the form of a fully extendable hand carved scratc...
Category
1930s British Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
Napoleonic Prisoner of War Straw Work Box
Located in London, GB
Napoleonic prisoner of war straw work box
A very fine antique Napoleonic prisoner of war straw work box, made from two sections of a lin...
Category
1850s French Folk Art Antique Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Straw
American Craft Walnut Bowl
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful craft vessel in walnut by the local Palm Springs artisan Ken Gamet. Made in 2021 in has great detail and presence. Signed on the base, and it is in excellent condition.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Walnut
Md-20th Century Scratch Build Figure
Located in London, GB
Md-20th century scratch build figure
We are proud to offer “You seen bolt” a mid-20th century fork art scratch-built figure of a fisherman. Made from old nuts and bolts this unusual...
Category
1950s British Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
French Dovetails Oak
Small Antique Wooden Cabinet
Set Of Mid Century Chests Of Drawers
Transition Style Cabinet
Antique Small Wooden Cabinet
Distressed Kitchen Cabinets
English Case Pieces Set
Antique Style Knobs
Distress Kitchen Cabinet
English Walnut Chest Of Drawers
France 1800 Oak
Small Wooden Antique Cabinet
Spanish Carved Storage Cabinets
Antique Chest Wood Pulls
Art Deco Door Panels
Antique French Bleached
Maple Chest On Chest
Small Industrial Storage