Modern Folk Art
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Chelsea Pottery Studio Pottery Figural Courtroom Scene
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and unusual studio pottery model of a Courtroom scene by Chelsea Pottery, London and dating from the 20th century. The courtroom is modeled a...
Category
20th Century English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
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 Vintage Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stone
French Modern Carved Pine Sculpture of a Standing Monkey
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Modern Carved Pine Sculpture of a Standing Monkey
A well carved figure of a crouching monkey with the arms resting on the legs.
Raised on an eboinzed wood base.
Category
20th Century French Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Pine
Lidya Buzio Signed New York Artist Hand Painted Pottery Ceramic Vessel Vase 1980
By Lidya Buzio
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly wonderful and whimsical work by Uruguayan-born American ceramist Lidya Buzio. This work was done when she was at her most prolific during her time in New York in the 1970s/ 1980s. Buzio is best known for her uniquely hand painted scenes of New York rooftops...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Copper Clad Cedar Biomorphic Form by Bill Anson
By Bill Anson
Located in Palm Desert, CA
As part of his Copper Clad Cedar Collection, this one of a kind Biomorphic form by Bill Anson is a wonderful example of his mixed media work utilizing cedar...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Warwick Parker English Salt Glazed Studio Pottery Bottle Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine quality salt glazed studio pottery bottle flagon shaped vase by Dorset based potter Warwick Parker (b.1940) dating from the 20th century. Th...
Category
20th Century English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Large White and Grey Stoneware Ceramic Sculpture by Anne Bulliot Unique Piece
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Anne Bulliot
Signed under the base
Realised circa 1980
Original abstract white and grey ceramic sculpture by the french artist
Unique handmade...
Category
20th Century French Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Original Abstract Architectural Paper Sculpture by Lucien Petit Unique Piece
By Lucien Petit
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Lucien Petit
French unique handmade sculpture by the artiste Lucien Petit
Famous french ceramic artist
This piece realised in 2000 is a paper sculpture with mixed media
O...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Face Sculpture from Vallauris, Stoneware, signed by Isabelle Vigo
Located in Munich, DE
Signed stoneware sculpture by the French sculptor Isabell Vigo.
Raw , unglazed stoneware.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Al G. Barnes Animal Show Circus Original Poster Framed, United States, 1895
Located in Madrid, ES
Original framed poster of famous Al G. Barnes Circus "Animal show circus".
Category
1890s American Antique Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Inside Painted Crystal, "Harvest Year" Snuff Bottle by Zhang Zenlou, 2018
By Zhang Zenlou
Located in Tainan, TW
Zhang Zenglou was born in Hebei Province in 1956. He is a master of contemporary Chinese inside painted snuff bottle in Ji school. He is cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Large Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Munich, DE
Creative phantasy sculpture signed by the artist
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Inside Painted Crystal, "Scholars in Jiangnan" Snuff Bottle by Li Yingtao 2016
By Li Yingtao
Located in Tainan, TW
Li Yingtao, an owner of Yizhenzhai, was born in Hengshui City in 1963. He was praised as a Chinese master of splashing color in inside painting, a Master of Arts and crafts in Hebei Province, and the founder of splashing color techniques in inside painting. By now, he has been teaching and passing down this technique to his students.
Mr, Li Yingtao is one of the most outstanding disciples of the master of Chinese arts and crafts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rock Crystal
Peter Hayes Mother and Child Raku Fired Studio Pottery Sculpture
By Peter Hayes
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish studio pottery sculpture titled Mother and Child by renowned potter Peter Hayes and made around 1996. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular slate base and is abstr...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
20th Century Blue and White Stoneware Ceramic Decorativ Ebox by C Poulsen, 1980
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Charlotte Poulsen - La Borne
Unique piece signed at the base
Original stoneware ceramic decorative box by Charlotte Poulsen
Blue and white colors
Original perfect conditi...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
'Smile Through The Chaos', Outsider Artist Drew, 2021
Located in Hastings, GB
This piece is titled Smile Through The Chaos, painted in 2021 during lockdown and using an abandoned car park sign as the medium.
Measuring 183cm wide x 93cm Height
Drew is an 'Outsider' artist based on the Romney Marsh in Kent.Painting from his self built studio in the rural village of Lydd,
Drew's creativity sees the use of found and salvaged materials and media throughout his work.
This sustainable creativity sees the recycling of abandoned paints, varnishes and substitute base materials such as metal and wooden panelling...
Category
2010s British Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Wave Hand-Tufted Rug in Yellow by Verner Panton
By Verpan, Verner Panton
Located in Horsens, DK
Seven colored rectangular rug with organic pattern designed by Verner Panton.
Material:
100% New Zealand's wool
Hand-tufted
Color:
Yellow.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Chloé Noir, Black Cotton Silk Velvet Large Women Belt
By Chloé
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Chloé Noir, black cotton silk velvet large women belt.
Categories : Women
Category: Accessories
Sub-category: Belts
Designer: Chloé
Condition: Very goo...
Category
20th Century French Modern Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Faces in My Head, Outsider Artist Drew, 2020
Located in Hastings, GB
This piece is titled Faces In My Head, painted in 2020 during lockdown and using plywood as the medium.
Measuring 182cm wide x 75cm Height
Drew is an 'Outsider' artist based on the Romney Marsh in Kent.
Painting from his self built studio in the rural village of Lydd,
Drew's creativity sees the use of found and salvaged materials and media throughout his work.
This sustainable creativity sees the recycling of abandoned paints, varnishes and substitute base materials such as metal and wooden panelling...
Category
2010s British Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Masonic Lodge Rotating Sign Liberty Hall Strict Order Candle Holders
Located in GB
Wimbledon-Furniture
Wimbledon-Furniture is delighted to offer for sale this vintage Masonic Lodge rotating wood sign with brass candle holders
A g...
Category
20th Century English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Otto and Vivika Heino Monumental Ceramic Stoneware Pottery Tile Wall Plaque 1988
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed and exceptionally rare hand painted, earthenware three tile/panel plaque/ wall hanging by ceramics masters husband and wife artists Vivika and Otto Heino. Quite heavy and substantial in size. The couple was best known for their inspired designs and distinctive glazes.
This massive 3 tile plaque, which shows clear signs of Asian influence, is attached to a board for hanging. Again exceptionally rare in both scale and design. We have never seen another like this by the couple.
The work is signed and dated (1988).
Would be the crown jewel in any Heino collection and sure to stand out in any setting, modern or otherwise. Very unique. Very rare.
Dimensions: 47.5" high, 18" wide, 1.5" deep.
The piece is quite substantial and weighs 44 pounds.
The couple are winners of the following awards:
Gold Medal from the sixth Biennale internationale de céramique d'art, in Vallauris, France, (1978).
Silver medal from the International Ceramics Exhibitions in Ostend, Belgium, (1959).
Their work can be found in the following collections:
American Craft Museum, New York City, NY
County Art Museum and Craft Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Picasso Museum in Vallauris, France
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles
Mingei Museum, San Diego
Ventura County...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Derek Clarkson Brush Decorated Porcelain Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good and finely made studio pottery stoneware bottle vase of small size decorated with a repeat brush pattern of stylized insect like designs by Derek Clarkson...
Category
1970s English Vintage Modern Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Ed Edward Moulthrop Signed Large Turned Figured Tulipwood Centerpiece Art Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A magnificent work by 20th century master wood-turner/artist Ed Moulthrop who is recognized as the father of modern woodturning, and credited with moving woodturning from a simple cr...
Category
20th Century American Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Inside Painted Crystal, "Rainy Day" Snuff Bottle by Zhang Zenlou, 2012
By Zhang Zenlou
Located in Tainan, TW
Zhang Zenglou was born in Hebei Province in 1956. He is a master of contemporary Chinese inside painted snuff bottle in Ji school. He is cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Folk Art
Materials
Rock Crystal
Iron Crucifix Sculpture In The Style Of Regardt Van De Meulen
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish iron work sculpture of Christ hanging on the cross in the manner of Regardt van de Meulen and dating from the 20th/21st century. The crucifix stands on a rectangular w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Studio Ceramic Stoneware Vase
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A distinctive studio ceramic vase has a tall narrow shape, brown, with an outer glossy glaze and speckled white detailing. The cylindrical form contains an unglazed area at the neck ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Pottery, Clay
Inside Painted Crystal, "After Rain" Snuff Bottle by Fu Guoshun, 2014
Located in Tainan, TW
Fu Guoshun was born at Hebei in 1954. He was complimented as a Master of Chinese arts and crafts in 2012. It is the highest honor for an inside painting artist. There are only ten artists who earned this glory. He is also the director of China International Painting and Calligraphy Association, vice chairman of China Snuff Bottle Professional Committee, and vice-chairman of Hebei Inside painted snuff bottle Association. Since 1977, he has been studying the art of inside painting under Wang Xisan. Fu Guoshun is one of the best artists in Ji school.
Mr Fu Guoshun's inside paintings are exquisite. His works include landscapes, figures, animals, flowers, and birds to calligraphy with comprehensive skills. In addition, his professions are known for their elegance, flexibility, and light. With the three superb skills of poetry, calligraphy, and painting, there are only a handful of artists who can match up in the field of snuff bottles. It is difficult to find other artists who could compare his paintings from an artistic perspective when it comes to inside painted snuff bottles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Robin Welch Studio Pottery Panel Glazed Stonware Graduated Cylindrical Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish vintage British studio pottery stoneware vase of simple graduated rounded shape decorated in grey, pink and textured glazes by renowned potter Robin Welch...
Category
20th Century English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
"Long Lost" Is a Unique Spiritual Icon Painting Created in 2007
Located in Copenhagen, DK
An original signed acrylic painting on canvas by Danish-Grenadian artist Boris de Freitas (1969-) titled "long lost", 2007.
Category
Early 2000s Danish Modern Folk Art
Materials
Acrylic
Lake George Vintage Photograph, circa 1910
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual photograph, circa 1910-1920 where the letters Lake George are made of cutout photographs. Original frame-really a unique object with character and timeless character.
Lak...
Category
1910s North American Vintage Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Stoneware Silhouette Sculpture
Located in Denton, TX
Stoneware silhouette double sided sculpture.
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Richard Chapman English Hand Turned And Stained Oak Wood Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine English hand crafted large turned and carved oak wood vase by Richard Chapman (b.1951) and dating from the 20th century. The large bottle shaped...
Category
1990s English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Oak
French Modernist Commercial Butter Urn
Located in Denton, TX
French Deco glazed terra cotta ceramic butter jar with handles and Lid. Originally used in a restaurant.
Category
20th Century French Modern Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Domino Wall Mirror by Ciarmoli Queda Studio
Located in Milan, IT
Part of a collection of playful Domino-inspired pieces designed by Ciarmoli Queda Studio, this mirror will create a cohesive decorative pattern when displayed with the console in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Olinalá Mexican Traditional Lacquer, Silver Leaf and Oil Painting Art Urns
By ACOOCOORO
Located in Mexico City, MX
Three urns, two trays, one gourd.
Turned solid cedar wood; maque and lacquer carving; silver leaf; oil painting.
Commemoration, ceremony, and veneration of the ancestral are acts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Folk Art
Materials
Silver Leaf
Derek Clarkson Studio Pottery Brown Crystalline Glazed Bottle Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning Studio Pottery bottle vase decorated in crystalline glazes by Derek Clarkson (1928-2013) dated 2000. The porcelain bodied vase stands on a na...
Category
Early 2000s English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Three, Vintage, French, Pierrot Boudoir Doll Faces from the 1920s
Located in Vienna, Austria
What a wonderful discovery, rare Pierrot doll faces from the 1920s . All three pieces are in very good condition with minor age related flaws. These fabri...
Category
1920s French Vintage Modern Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Wood Thai Dancer Statue
Located in Pasadena, TX
6ft wood Thai dancer statue
Thai deity with mirrored accents throughout. Deity is holding a staff, with arm outstretched. Statue is hand carved.
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1970s Piaget Lady Watch in Gold and Jade
Located in Milan, IT
1970s Piaget lady gold watch, with the face watch in Jade, with original watch strap in alligator signed by Piaget.
In excellent condition, it works p...
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage Modern Folk Art
Materials
Jade, Gold
Olinalá Mexican Traditional Lacquer, Gold Leaf and Oil Painting Art Urns
By ACOOCOORO
Located in Mexico City, MX
Three urns, two trays, one gourd.
Turned solid tzalam (wild tamarind) wood; maque and lacquer carving; gold leaf; oil painting.
Commemoration, ceremony, and veneration of the anc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Steel Found Objects Brutal Wall Sculpture by Bruce Gray
By Bruce Gray
Located in Denton, TX
A mixture of nuts and bolts and scrap metal with gears welded together to make this Brutalist sculpture a real show stopper
Bruce Gray known for his art in many museums and private ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Elsa Benattar Large Glazed Lidded Studio Pottery Bottle Shaped Ewer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a very large collection of 20th and 21st century Studio Pottery we offer this large and stylish Studio Pottery streak tenmoku colored glaze lidded ewer by Elsa Benattar...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Lynn Basa, Abstract, Encaustic Painting, Black, White, Canvas, Wax, 1990s
Located in Stamford, CT
Lynn Basa Encaustic black and white stripe panel "Three Ways of Looking Black" (signed and dated) 2013, Encaustic on Panel.
This is part of our extensive ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Bust Ercole"Don't Hear", Small Table/Sculpture, Ceramic, Purist Blue Color Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
In Bassano ceramics have been produced for 300 years. In fact, from the 17th century this art has been developed in Veneto thanks to the presence of plastic clay, solder and kaolin i...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Advertising Sign for an Optician, from 1920s
Located in Vienna, Austria
Hand painted metal advertising sign for an optician.
The shield was attached to the facade on an optician shop and is painted with the same motive on both sides.
Signed from the si...
Category
1920s Czech Vintage Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Art Sculpture Wheel by Robert Loughlin '1949 – 2011'
Located in Voorburg, NL
Magnificent art work, acrylic on wooden wheel, painted by outsider artist extraordinaire Robert Loughlin in 2005. In very good condition, comes on a metal standard. Signed to verso ‘RL’. A certificate of originality is available on request.
In life, Mr. Loughlin was a furniture picker who sold Paul Evans tables to New York’s swankiest midcentury furniture shops. In death, he has gained a measure of immortality for his Dadaesque series of paintings, “The Brute,” which depicts a kind of Cro-Magnon James Dean with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
He is the misanthropic muse whose sole pleasures in life, aside from nicotine consumption, are plaid shirts, sex and a stiff drink.
Ostensibly, the Brute was inspired by Gary Carlson, a strapping Vietnam War veteran.
In September 2011, while in the middle of a bender, Mr. Loughlin, 62, was hit by a car as he crossed the highway near the Airstream trailer...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Cast Bronze Sculpture of Lounging Woman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This cast bronze sculpture depicts a woman, captured in a moment after she just finished a swim at her favourite lake. She’s gazing upon the view, reclining on a rock as she air drie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Neal French Terracotta Sculptural Standing Lady Figurine
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish terracotta sculptural figure of a lady by renowned sculptor Neal French dating from the latter 20th Century. The figure stands mounted on a wooden base and is simply modeled and in slight abstract wearing a long flowing dress with a matt terracotta colored finish. Neal French graduated from the Royal College of Art in London and worked for fifteen years as a designer, modeller and sculptor for Spode and Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. He then spent 20 years teaching at Hornsey College of Art and also did some work at Rye Pottery...
Category
Late 20th Century English Modern Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
2 Cats and a Bone, Outsider Artist Drew, 2021
Located in Hastings, GB
This piece is titled 2 Cats and a Bone, painted in 2020 during lockdown and using an abandoned car park sign as the medium.
Measuring 152cm wide x 84cm Height
Drew is an 'Outsid...
Category
2010s British Modern Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Set of 12 Custom Finely Framed Scottish Postcards, Vintage Catherine Reiss Inc
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of 12 custom framed Scottish postcards, vintage Catherine Reiss Inc. Six framed group of cards with two in each frame.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Contemporary Acrylic on Paper Multi-Color Painting, Signed KALM
Located in Miami, FL
Contemporary art piece using spray paint and acrylic dots on paper. Signed KALM.
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Ghidini 1961 Fan Mirror in Brass by Studio ITO
By Ghidini 1961
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Ghidini 1961 fan mirror in brass by Tomek Rygalik
Materials: Brass.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Mirror
Bowl Horse, Matt White Ceramic, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
In Bassano ceramics have been produced for 300 years. In fact, from the 17th century this art has been developed in Veneto thanks to the presence of plastic clay, solder and kaolin i...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pop Art Niki de Saint Phalle Inflatable Plastics Rhino Collectibles, France 1999
Located in Miami, FL
Pop Art Niki de Saint Phalle inflatable plastics Rhino collectibles, France, 1999.
Toys for happiness.
Category
1990s French Modern Folk Art
Materials
Plastic
Bowl Coco Camellias, Matt White Ceramic, Italy
Located in Treviso, Treviso
VG is dedicating a collection of ceramics to the genius of Coco Chanel, a leading figure in the story of modern fashion, and a designer who created a style famous for its simplicity ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Scale Tile Work by Harris G. Strong
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a master work by the artist Harris G. Strong, circa 1960. The pieces measures 43" x 73". In the original wooden frame.
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Elegant Bronze Horse Sculpture by Cocky Duijvesteijn, Signed and Numbered
Located in Voorburg, NL
A truly eye-catching bronze sculpture named ‘a Horse’, designed and made by Dutch Sculpture Artist Cocky Duijvesteijn van der Gun. Number 2 of 8 ever made, signed by the artist and n...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Modern Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Bright Bold Postmodern Cubist Abstract Portrait Painting, Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fabulous piece for the Postmodern art lover. This piece features cubist lines, bright bold colors and wonderful texture. It depicts a portrait of a figure, and is titled “Japanese Hair Salon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
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