"Caught in the Frame » / A Folk Art Metal Wall Piece by Bernie

This artwork features an oil painting of the beach of Santa Monica. The artist depicts beachgoers and colorful sunshades on a cloudy day. The overall impression is joyful, like a Sunday get-together of family and friends. Dan Shupe was born in Colorado in the late 1930s. He grew up in Venice, California, where he started sculpting early. He took many trips to Mexico and was profoundly influenced by the local folk artists. Dan moved to the East Coast in the late 1950s, where he studied with Franz...

This brutalist metal round sculpture has an amazing patina and a very modern feel. The piece, composed of rusted nails, steel, and a wood base is heavily influenced by Brutalist aest...

" Two Birds" by Robert Bey This lithograph in black and white is the #2 of a study made by Robert Bey in 1972. It is dated, signed, and sits in a gold metal frame.  

Capistrano Gemma Taccogna, a Mexican artist of Italian descent, left a distinctive mark in folk art with her mastery of papier-mâché for the small one, and of ceramic for the big one, which she transformed into an illusion of porcelain. Her style is immediately recognizable: faces with clean features, large, stylized eyes outlined in black, and a playful approach to form. These two vases, attributed to Taccogna, evoke Russian dolls known as Matryoshkas, due to the way the faces are painted, associated with the archetype of the mother of a large family, a symbol of motherhood and fertility. The larger one, a mix of ceramics and papier-mâché, and the smaller one, entirely made of papier-mâché, share this common aesthetic, reinforced by generous, solid shapes. Their gazes seem to observe without truly concentrating, as if absorbed in a distant thought. This lack of focus gives them a presence that is both peaceful and enigmatic, suspended between wakefulness and dream. The relief necklaces, applied with a deliberately naïve touch, add a sculptural dimension to the whole. The matte, textured material contrasts with the porcelain-like visual effect. One of the vases is signed "Bunny Price" and dated 1964, while the other remains anonymous. However, their attribution is unquestionable. Presented together, these vases belong to the movement of the Mexican craft...

Beautiful hand-carved wooden work in high relief by Belgian woodcarver Lucien Janssens (1933-2024). This unique piece from 1989 shows an atmospheric rural scene, with a shepherd, his...

This large antique folk art hand carved wall hanging is unsigned but presumed to have been made in England in circa 1880 in the Victorian style. The wall sculpture commemorates the Royal Mail stagecoach which was used for long distance mail delivery in the mid-1800s. The carving is very intricately executed and depicts the Royal Mail coach...

1930s Folk Art, wood and metal airplane / fan... amazing design, working motorized fan blade, hand build and hand painted.

8-109 carved and painted wall panel. Andrew "Grandpa" Pfiender born 1909 died 1986 was an outsider artist from upstate NY. Used found objects to create his...