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Folk Art Paintings

FOLK ART STYLE

Folk art is a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Antique, new and vintage folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, duck decoys, portraiture and paintings, carnival art and quilts.

Quilts are a quintessential part of American folk art but their roots are international, with quilting dating back to Ancient Egypt. The practice spread to Europe and was especially prominent in the Middle Ages, with one of the oldest surviving examples being the Tristan quilt made in Sicily in the 14th century. They were made as bedcovers and clothing, including as a layer for knights to wear beneath their armor. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.

Elsewhere, the vast range of work associated with Mexican folk art includes masks made by Mexican craftspeople for traditional celebrations and ceremonial dances. Mexican masks are part of the country’s folk-art traditions that go back thousands of years and play a role in festivals and theater.

Works in the folk art tradition are valuable because of the 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.

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 antique, new and vintage folk art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Folk Art
Naive Portrait of a Girl, English, Early 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful naive oil painting of a girl. Fabulous muted colors. The austerity of the image is matched by the simplicity of the antique bleached oak frame. I have chosen not to r...
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1840s English Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Oak

"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...
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1960s Israeli Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Folk Art Mountain Landscape Painting - Initialed & Dated - Canada - Circa 1956
Located in Chatham, ON
Mid Century folk art mountain landscape oil painting on artist's canvas board - unframed - initialed lower right - Canada - circa 1956. Good vintage condition - no loss - no apparen...
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting of Mother Mary & Jesus, 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful 19th-century Spanish Colonial Mexican Folk Art ex-voto retablo lámina painting featuring Mother Mary with the crowned infant Jesus Christ (standing on clouds) in her arms...
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19th Century Mexican Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Metal, Tin

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...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

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...
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19th Century Mexican Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Metal, Tin

Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting of Santo Niño de Atocha 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful 19th-century Spanish Colonial Mexican Folk Art ex-voto retablo lámina painting featuring Santo Niño de Atocha (also known as - Holy In...
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19th Century Mexican Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Metal, Tin

Antique Victorian P. Hackett Americana Watercolor Painting School Boy with Horn
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Victorian Americana watercolor portrait of a young boy dressed in blue and holding a horn. Signed P. Hackett on the back of the frame.
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19th Century Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Large Folk art /surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. Circus scene. " Burning Tent
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Folk art / surrealist Oil painting on canvas.. depicting circus scene. "Burning Tent".. Very well executed.. amazing detail..
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1950s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting of Mother Mary & Jesus, 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful 19th-century Spanish Colonial Mexican Folk Art ex-voto retablo lámina painting featuring Mother Mary with the infant Jesus Christ (faded and now almost a ghost-like figur...
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19th Century Mexican Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Metal, Tin

Outsider Art Painting titled Spielunkers, 3/10/09 RRD
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Outsider art painting using paper cutouts on masonite board titled Spielunkers, 3/10/09 RRD. Assemblage measures 25" wide, 2.25" deep and 8.5" high. We had the painting professiona...
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Early 2000s American Folk Art Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Outsider Art Painting titled E-Z FRIEZE-E3 2008 RRD
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Outsider art painting using paper cutouts on masonite board titled E-Z FRIEZE-E3 2008 RRD. Assemblage measures 49.25" wide, 2.25" deep and 7.25" high. We had the painting professio...
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Early 2000s American Folk Art Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Antique Monalisa handmade painted replica.
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Painted during 1972 and 1976. We offer this Antique Monalisa handmade painted replica signed by Lourdes Cúe.
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1970s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Linen

Outsider Art Painting titled The Pink Spider, 7-27-09 RRD
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Outsider art painting using paper cutouts on masonite board titled The Pink Spider, 7-27-09 RRD. Assemblage measures 33.5" wide, 2.25" deep and 13.25" high. We had the painting profe...
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Early 2000s American Folk Art Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Outsider Art Painting titled Triple Play, 3/10-3/16/2008 RRD
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Outsider art painting using paper cutouts on masonite board titled Triple Play, 3/10-3/16/2008 RRD. Assemblage measures 30" wide, 2.25" deep and 8.75" high. We had the painting prof...
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Early 2000s American Folk Art Paintings

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Wood, Paint

A. RUSHTON - Vintage Folk Art Oil Painting - Framed - Canada - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
A. RUSHTON - Vintage folk art oil painting on canvas covered panel - signed lower right - framed (likely original) - Canada - mid 20th c...
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Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Paintings

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Paint

Outsider Art Painting titled Meet The Seekers, 1-3-10
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Outsider art painting using paper cutouts on masonite board titled Meet The Seekers, 1-3-10. Assemblage measures 13.25" wide, 2.25" deep and 29.75" high. We had the painting professi...
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2010s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Old Vintage Pair Native American Folk Art Portraits Signed JP Macett
Located in South Burlington, VT
Vintage pair (2) Folk Art or Outsider Art Portraits of Native Americans. The female displays braided hair and a necklace with pendant of possible an acorn or shell; the male with a ...
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20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Wood, Oak

Framed Oil on Canvas Floral Portrait Painting of Roses in Green, White and Pink
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Lovely portrait painting in green, light pink, yellow and white. A lush leafy bouquet of flowers is painted on a green background. The bouquet sits in a white vase with trellis patte...
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20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Enchanting Folk Art Painting of Rooster on Tin
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Enchanting self taught art from Kentucky of a country rooster with the words Fresh Eggs scrawled boldly, all on distressed tin mounted on board. Was probably used as a roadside sign.
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1950s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Tin

Antique Black Americana Portrait American Lawyer, Signed 1862
Located in South Burlington, VT
Black Americana Antique Folk Art or Outsider Art Portrait Black American Lawyer, Signed June 10, 1862 This is an original historical and detailed hand incised work of art on wood p...
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19th Century American Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Wood

NYC Artist MARGARET LAYTON, PAINTING AND Iron SCULPTURE "WINDOW WASHER"
Located in Buffalo, NY
Margaret Layton (American, 20th century)"Parker Street" New York City Gouache on board, Iron Sculpture "window washer " circa 1950s Amazing Greenwich Village Building by artist Ma...
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1950s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Metal, Iron

Beautiful large José María de Servín Painting of Stylized Cello Player
Located in Mexico, DF
José María de Servin was born in La Piedad, Michoacán in central Mexico in 1917. As a small child, he moved with his family to Guadalajara, Jalisco State, Mexico. He studied paintin...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings

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Burlap

19th Century Mexican Religious Retablo
Located in Ross, CA
Antique Mexican retablo made in 1890 which includes a woman praying to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Framed in wooden frame ornately carve...
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1890s Mexican Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Tin

Large Modern Abstract Impasto Oil Painting on Board, "Night Club" Jazz
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Modern Abstract Impasto Oil Painting on Board, "Night Club" Jazz,,Unfortunately illegible signature. Great use of color, space, movement, depicting night club "jazz" scene, Mus...
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1950s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Masonite, Paint

Memento Mori American 19th Century
Located in Hudson, NY
Rare American folk-art Memento Mori of Hiram Aluro Hill, died age 11, 1845. Good penmanship, watercolor and albumin glaze with borders intact. Foster brothers of Boston frame. This was purchased from...
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Early 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Wood, Paper

Four Meissen Porcelain Plaques Depicting the Four Seasons
Located in London, GB
This delicately detailed set of four allegorical porcelain plaques portrays family scenes within the theme of the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Spring can be ide...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Metal

Painting on Wood Panel by Mose Tolliver
Located in San Antonio, TX
"Pairatoe ThuSA" (title is difficult to decipher) painting on wood panel by American artist Mose Tolliver (1925-2006), signed on the bottom lower left. Mose Tolliver is considered one of the most highly regarded American self-taught artists. Starting in the 1960s, Tolliver began painting, hanging his work in his front yard, selling them for a few dollars each. He signed them "Mose T," with a distinctive backward "S." Today, many of those paintings are valued in the thousands of dollars. His paintings hang today at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Smithsonian Institution and the New Orleans Museum of Art.Tolliver's work has been shown at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and placed at the forefront of the art world by being included in the exhibition, Black Folk Art...
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1980s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Wood, Paint

J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Beer Mug, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Beer Mug, Oil on Wood A colorful oil painting depicting a beer drinking folksy Bavarian man in his sunday robe. Painted on wood with pastel colors around 1950s. Framed with wooden carved and gilded frame in Baroque style. Painted by J. Gruber. Signed in the lower left corner. Alpine oil...
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Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood

Signed Original "Raggedy Ann" Watercolor c. 1928
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Don't miss out on a truly unique, once-in-a-lifetime piece of genuine folk art. This endlessly whimsical watercolor features an intriguing playful still life of Johnny Gruelle's icon...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

20th Century Folk Art Original Painting
Located in New York, NY
Striking acrylic painting depicting New England town. A haunting figure appears in the corner. A unique, and unusual scene. Signed by artist.
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1960s North American Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Acrylic

J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Beer Mug, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Beer Mug, Oil on Wood An colorful oil painting depicting a beer drinking folksy Bavarian man in his sunday robe. Painted on wood with pastel colors around 1950s. Framed with antique wooden gilded frame...
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Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood

Inge Woelfle - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Inge Woelfle - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man, Oil on Wood An colorful oil painting depicting a folksy Bavarian man in his sunday robe. Painted on wood with pastel colors around 1950s. Framed with wooden carved and gilded frame in Baroque style. Painted by Inge Woelfle. Signed on the right top corner. Alpine oil...
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Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Paintings

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Wood

J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Wine Glass, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
J. Gruber - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Wine Glass, Oil on Wood An colorful oil painting depicting a wine drinking folksy Bavarian man in his sunday robe. Painted on wood with pastel colors around 1950s. Framed with antique wooden gilded frame...
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Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Paintings

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Wood

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...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Wood

Vintage Swedish Painting of Klara sjö
Located in Oxford, GB
This swedish watercolour of Klara sjö is a canal in central Stockholm believed to be 1920/30s watercolour on paper a work of art by G or C Hagen unknow artist offers a beautiful wint...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Paper

Monumental Modern Abstract Painting by Valery Kleverov (A.A. Kaebep) Russian 75
Located in Buffalo, NY
KLEVER Modernist Abstract Painting - (A.A. Kaebep) (Klever) (Russian, 20th Century), dated, 1975. Signed and dated lower right corner "AA Kaebep '75". (translated form Russian) Kl...
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1970s Russian Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Inge Woelfle - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Pipe, Oil on Wood
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Inge Woelfle - Portrait of a Bavarian Folksy Man with Pipe, Oil on Wood An colorful oil painting depicting a pipe smoking folksy Bavarian man in his sunday robe. Painted on wood with pastel colors around 1950s. Framed with wooden carved and gilded frame in Baroque style. Painted by Inge Woelfle. Signed on the right top corner. Alpine oil...
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Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Paintings

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Wood

Oil Painting “Palaios” 1969
Located in Oxford, GB
This unique "Palaios" art painting by MW Saunders is a timeless piece dating back to 1968, featuring intricate artwork and vibrant colours. Perfect for any collector or art enthusias...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Wood

Swedish folk art watercolour “Kungsklippan", 1932
Located in Oxford, GB
This Swedish folk art watercolour farm house located in Kingsklippan, Sweden on winter scene is a unique and timeless piece of art. Crafted with an aged brown tone, the painting has ...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Paper

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...
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Late 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Paintings

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Pine, Paint

Painting Rural Feast, oil, hardboard, Oto Dobovišek, Yugoslavia 1973
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Immerse yourself in the charming and whimsical world of rural life with this captivating painting of style Naive Art by Oto Dobovišek (born in Maribor in 1920), an artist from Yugosl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Folk Art Paintings

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Paint

Diptych paintings in the style of Naive art, Oto Dobovišek, Yugoslavia 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Immerse yourself in the charming and whimsical world of rural life with this captivating set of two diptych paintings of style Naive Art by Oto Dobovišek, an artist from Yugoslavia i...
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Mid-20th Century Slovenian Folk Art Paintings

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Paint

Painting portrait Sad Clown, oil, hardboard, Oto Dobovišek, Yugoslavia 1989s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
This oil painting, titled "Sad Clown," is a remarkable piece of Naive art created by Oto Dobovišek in Yugoslavia during the 1980s. This folk art portrait beautifully captures the poi...
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Mid-20th Century Slovenian Folk Art Paintings

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Paint

Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Board by WNY Artist Kathrin Langley
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Board by WNY Artist Kathrin Langley titled boy at the beech..Well executed,, great use of color, texture . Katherine...
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1960s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Plywood, Paint

Portrait Miniature In Graphite American 19th Century
Located in Hudson, NY
This is a very beautiful , highly detailed and well executed portrait of a woman. Created in the early nineteenth century with graphite on paper. The sitter can be seen with a book in her hand and a ring on her finger. She is sitting in a painted fancy chair by the window with the drape pulled back...
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Early 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Wood, Paper

Colonial Mexican Folk Art Ex-Voto Retablo Painting of Saint Rita De Cascia 1800s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful 19th century Spanish Colonial Mexican Folk Art ex-voto retablo lámina painting featuring Saint Rita De Cascia. Santa Rita is almost always depicted as she is here, with a trickle of blood and a thorn deeply embedded in her forehead. According to legend, in the year 1441, during a sermon on the Crown of Thorns, Santa Rita prayed so intently that a thorn detached itself from her crucifix and lodged itself in her forehead. For the next fifteen years, she bore this external sign of stigmatization and union with Christ. It was said her wound became so disturbing to view, that she spent the latter part of her life in isolation and prayer. At her canonization ceremony in the year 1900, Santa Rita de Cascia was bestowed the title of Patroness of Impossible Causes. In Mexico, Santa Rita is widely venerated as the Patroness Saint of mothers, abused wives, and heartbroken women. In this work, she is flanked by two small male figures representing her two beloved sons (notice the fine attention to the paintings of their faces and their glowing rosy red cheeks). She holds a large crucifix in one hand and a flagella whip, symbolizing her practice of mortifying the flesh, in her other hand. The work is hand painted on metal (likely tin). Ex-votos and retablos are often placed above the altars in churches or family shrines as votive offerings made in the form of religious pictures...
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19th Century Mexican Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Metal, Tin

Large Italian Painting of a Merchant Ship "The Venetian Workers' Society Offers"
Located in Katonah, NY
A unique work of art, this charming painting was hand painted in Italy in the mid-19th century. Created to promote The Venetian Workers' Society, this large hand-painted oil paintin...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Glass, Wood

Signed Watercolor El Equipal Folk Art Painting by Luis Ricardo Amendolla, 1980's
Located in Deland, FL
Signed Watercolor "El Equipal" Folk Art Painting by Luis Ricardo Amendolla, Mexico, c. 1980's About: Introducing a true Mexican Folk Art masterpiece: a signed original watercolor du...
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1980s Mexican Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Glass, Paint, Paper

Folk Art Figure by Mr. Eddie with Bamboo Frame
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
American, 1947 Colorful portrait in a mix of folk-pop art by American artist Edwin Weaver Jr, or 'Mr. Eddie', framed in cut bamboo. Bright color and texture define this framed fresco...
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1970s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Bamboo, Plaster

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Thompson Yulidjirri Emu Bird Bark Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original indigenous painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Thompson Yulidjirri, (C1930-2009). The painting is made with natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark and mounted to a backing for display. It was created in Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land, in 1977. Provenance: This piece is from the Kelton Foundation Collection (Richard Kelton Collection located in Santa Monica, California) of important Australian Indigenous Works of Art and was acquired in 1982. Thompson Yulidjirri was an Aboriginal Australian artist of the Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. He was renowned for his wide knowledge of ancestral creation narratives and tribal ceremony. His works can be found in many prominent collections and museums including: The Australian Museum, Sydney The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia The National Gallery of Australia The National Gallery of Victoria The National Museum of Australia A beautiful, striking, and original work. Would be a great addition to any Australian Aboriginal Indigenous Peoples art...
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1970s Australian Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Australian Indigenous Aboriginal Art Thompson Yulidjirri Figural Bark Painting
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, unique, and very engaging original indigenous painting by Australian Aboriginal artist Thompson Yulidjirri, (C1930-2009) featuring two Mimi figures. The painting is made with natural earth pigments on eucalyptus bark and affixed to a Hessian board backing for display. It was created in Oenpelli, Western Arnhem Land, in 1977. Provenance: This piece is from the Kelton Foundation Collection (Richard Kelton Collection located in Santa Monica, California) of important Australian Indigenous Works of Art and was acquired in 1982. Exhibited: 'Abstract Reality: Australian Dreamtime Art', Modern Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA, 17 January – 16 April 1989. Inscribed on verso 'RKB28 No.3373' (likely Kelton collection accession number information) Thompson Yulidjirri was an Aboriginal Australian artist of the Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. He was renowned for his wide knowledge of ancestral creation narratives and tribal ceremony. His works can be found in many prominent collections and museums including: The Australian Museum, Sydney The Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia The National Gallery of Australia The National Gallery of Victoria The National Museum of Australia A beautiful, striking, and original work. Would be a great addition to any Australian Aboriginal Indigenous Peoples art...
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1970s Australian Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Burlap, Wood, Paint

Midsummer Night
Located in Greenwich, CT
An 18th century folk-art painting on board in wonderful colors including dusty blues and oranges, depicting finely attired characters in period costumes in a bacchanalian outdoor fes...
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1790s Italian Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Wood

English 19th Century Diorama in Gilt Frame
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A rare 19th Century diorama of a riverside scene made in England circa 1890. This unique piece captures a moment in time and a place setting cen...
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19th Century English Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Paint

John Taylor Pen & Watercolor Self Portrait, Albany NY c1805-06
Located in Milford, NH
A wonderful American folk art pen and watercolor self portrait of John Taylor, Albany, NY, circa 1805-6. Taylor has drawn himself as a fashionable, industrious young man seated at hi...
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Early 1800s American Antique Folk Art Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Sally Morgan Signed Australian Aboriginal Art Original Painting Marble Bar Pool
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, large original acrylic painting on canvas by Australian Aboriginal artist/author/ activist/dramatist Sally Morgan titled "Marble Bar Pool." The work is signed, dated (...
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1990s Australian Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Framed and Glazed Ink and Watercolour by Desmond Walduck
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Framed and Glazed Ink and Watercolour by Desmond Walduck Desmond Walduck is a comic book artist known for his work on Dan Dare 1920-1995 This painting is of The Herron and the Fis...
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1980s Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Paper

Framed and Glazed Ink and Watercolour by Desmond Walduck
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Framed and Glazed Ink and Watercolour by Desmond Walduck Desmond Walduck is a comic book artist known for his work on Dan Dare 1920-1995 This painting is of A Horse Woman Riding B...
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1980s Vintage Folk Art Paintings

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Paper

Folk Art paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique folk art paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage paintings created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, wall decorations, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paint, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art paintings made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Europe pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original paintings, popular names associated with this style include Purvis Young, M J Myers, Babette Baronne Roth, and Charles Moore. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for paintings differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $65 and tops out at $38,000 while the average work can sell for $1,825.

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