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Technique: Painted
Glazed Ceramic Figural Art Vessel
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A glazed ceramic art vessel in two parts. Decorated as a female head, the pedestal has eyes, cheek dimples and lips all glazed while the pedestal has moulded undulating polka dot dec...
Category
20th Century Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Dog Oil & Watercolor Signed Victoria 1986
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Signed Victoria 1986 watercolor is in fine condition and great frame original to the piece of art.
Category
Late 20th Century American Adirondack Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Wood
Large 19th Century Presentation Half Hull Model of a Whale Ship
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Presentation Half Hull Model of a Whale Ship, circa 1850, a large plank on frame model of a bluff-bowed and wide abeam whale ship. The model wa...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Signed and Dated Hand-Painted Tile Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing signed Parkinson Studio - 1990 Pamela J Brown this hand-painted horse head is on tile and original black painted wood frame.
Category
1990s American Adirondack Painted Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
1930s Folk Art, Wood and Metal Airplane / Fan
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930s Folk Art, wood and metal airplane / fan... amazing design, working motorized fan blade, hand build and hand painted.
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century American Sponge Ware Bake Dish / Pot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine example of 19th century sponge ware bake dish is in great as found condition. The rim has age wear but no chips or cracks throughout. Great crock...
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Large Modern Abstract Oil on Board by WNY Artist Kathrin Langley.
By Batty Langley
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Board by WNY Artist Kathrin Langley titled "ASUNDER" Albright Knox Art Gallery award winning painting.. Well executed,, great use of color, texture...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Early 20C Mounted Duck Decoy Heads 2
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely early 20c mounted duck decoy heads 2.
This consists of 5 Duck Decoy heads from circa 1920 mounted on a wooden plinth.
This piece came from a wealthy estate in Dallas, TX with the mansion being built by a stockbroker in 1929. He was an avid ‘duck hunter...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Painted Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Indonesian 'Wayang Golek" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This “Wayang Golek” is a visibly old shadow puppet carved using soft wood and cloth. It features an articulated head and arms connected to rods, the dress...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Elvis Presley Commemorative Mechanical Bank "Cleveland Rock and Roll" circa 2006
By Reynolds Toys
Located in Incline Village, NV
Made to commemorate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame located in Cleveland, Ohio, this cast aluminum mechanical bank depicts Elvis Presley in full gala attire, typical of Elvis, with wh...
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of Folky Thread and Buttons Painted Pantry Boxes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of folky original painted pantry boxes. One is larger then the other. The smaller of the two is carved buttons and the larger states thread on ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Country Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Moroccan Ceramic Vase from Fez with Blue Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan glazed ceramic vase from Fez.
Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy writing.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic is call...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Folky Iron Door Stop of Horse and Buggy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Folky original black painted cast iron door stop. This guy was found in the midwest but I'm sure its origin is Pennsylvania or Ohio.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Fruit Wooden Painted Italian 19th Century Folk Vernacular Set of 15 Pieces
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A rare set of 15 pieces of 19th century Italian painted wooden fruit, all life size.
Category
1860s European Folk Art Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Martin Sumers (1922-2012), Untitled, 1999 Figural Oil on Board
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Martin Sumers, “Untitled”, 1999.
Vibrant and electric Teals, Greens, Blues, Oranges and Peaches set within a Gold frame.
Oil on Board
Dimensions:
Frame: 26”H x 16.25”w x 2”D
Sit...
Category
1990s American Modern Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Important Chinese Pyrography Painting of “LUK YU” Famous Tang Dynasty Tea master
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a panoramic pyrography painting on panel: “Master Tea Ceremony” by then Living Treasure Fang Tzun or his workshop (1930-2000)
Inscribed “This year mid summer he painted in new
section of Yuan Ming...
Category
20th Century Chinese Arts and Crafts Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Group of Three 19th Century Sponge Ware Bake or Seafood Dishes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This group of three sponge ware bake dishes are in pristine condition and have great nice colors. All hand-painted and hard to find. Sold as a group.
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Large Sculpture / Wall Hanging Titled "PLAY" W.N.Y. Artist John Tracey
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful ,3-dimentional whimsical wall sculpture titled "PLAY" hand crafted by Western New York artist John Tracy..comprised of more than 1000 children's colorful wooden blocks, wheels,, shapes etc. After collecting for ten years ,John had this great idea to create a monumental piece of art which took him over 9 months to assemble... Pictures do NO justice!! This piece is Museum worthy.
John Tracey...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Sponge Ware Pottery Waste Bowls, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These extra large bowls could be used for many different purposes. Original they were used for waste bowls. They are in mint condition.
Category
Late 19th Century American Country Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Mexican Ceramic Jug Vase Fishes 1994 Dolores Porras Folk Art Decorative Vessel
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Dolores Porras Enríquez is widely known throughout Mexico and the world for being the creator of a technique rooted in the land of Oaxaca: pottery in natural color, glazed and decora...
Category
1990s Mexican Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
Oil by Luis Taberner Y Montalvo on Porcelain, 19th Century
By Luis Taberner y Montalvo
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Wonderful work of the great master Luis Taberner y Montalvo (1844 - 1900). This is one of the last works by the artist from Madrid who died just 4 years after painting it. Both for i...
Category
19th Century Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Howard Finster Falcon
By Howard Finster
Located in Richmond, VA
Early hand carved wooden falcon sculpture by American folk artist Howard Finster.
Finster was a Baptist minister from Georgia turned folk/outsider artist best known for his cover art...
Category
1950s North American Folk Art Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1930s Oversized Folk Art Wooden Gavel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique and large commemorative gavel given to Fred G. Fraser as Chef de Chemin de Fer in 1938 by the Promenade Nationale General Committee in Los Angeles, CA (a...
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Moroccan Tile with Arabic Writing in Brown
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan handcrafted decorative tile with hand painted Arabic writing in brown on ivory crackle glazed ceramic.
Arabic writing on ceramic tile hand pai...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Vera Alabaster 'Russian' Original Folk Art Oil Paintings on Canvas
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of oil paintings on canvas are done by the well known portrait and landscape Russian artist, Vera Alabaster in circa 1940 in a Folk Art style. The paintings depict a Jamaic...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Metal Bar Sign, "Mr. Pubb"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Not much is known about this rather cheeky round bar sign, metal painted bronze/gold, of a man in a top hat. Either the mystery man or the establishment, whi...
Category
20th Century American Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Trio of two Ducks and a Curlew - ancient wood carved and painted decoys
Located in TEYJAT, FR
A trio of two Ducks and a Curlew - ancient decoys used for shooting. Naively carved and painted. The curlew with evidence of gun shot.
Hand carved and painted. Paint now faded but a...
Category
Early 20th Century French Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Art by Cesar Bailleux "Het Venster, " 1988, Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
This Post Art work, title "Het Venster"of Cesar Bailleux, born in 1937 is a symphony of color. The application of paint and the colors remind the vitality of the work of the Cobra mo...
Category
Late 20th Century Dutch Organic Modern Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Large Mural of the Szechenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest Hungary
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous large painting, wall mural of the Chain Bridge in Budapest Hungary. 10 feet x 4 feet with all the trimmings that surrounds the Danube River. Bridge was mostly destroyed by f...
Category
1960s Hungarian Modern Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
19th Century miniature oil on board painting of edelweiss
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century miniature oil on board painting of edelweiss circa 1880.
Fine quality desktop painting of edelweiss, presented on a wooden easel.
Minor losses to paintwork.
Category
Late 19th Century Swedish Victorian Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Paint
19th Century Painted Bentwood Pantry Box
Located in Nantucket, MA
Round bentwood box made out of pine with lapped seams and iron
tacks, retaining its original robin egg blue paint
Good condition with appropriate edge wear
American, circa 1850.
Category
Mid-19th Century American Primitive Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Pine
"Senzo Titulo 'Michelangelo Antonioni'" by Patrick Fitzgerald, 2022
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box derby cars of his youth, each vehicle is an exercise in imagining the future through the lens of the past – or vice versa.
Built from found materials collected over the years, the car's futuristic form is layered with personal memories and keepsakes from the past. The most minute of details is always intentional – from the weathered finish to the fictitious sponsor to the miniaturized furnishings of the cramped interior.
This coloful vehicle entitled “Senzo Titulo” is a play upon the 1964 film "Il Deserto Rosso," or "Red Desert," by Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Pair Antique 19th Century Indian Miniature Mica Paintings C.1830
Located in London, GB
Pair Antique 19th Century Indian Miniature Mica Paintings C.1830
Indian Company School
A pair of 19th Century Indian mica gouache paintings on mica.
Depicting the water carrier and of a Purdah bullock...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Albert Chubac, Composition, Mixed-media on paper, Stamped, circa 1960, France.
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Albert Chubac, Composition,
Mixed-media on paper,
Stamped,
circa 1960, France.
Measures: Height 1m73, width 70 cm, depth 1 cm.
Albert Chubac was born in Geneva in 1920. After studying decorative...
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas c.1940's- 50's , "musical" MICHAEL
By Thomas Michael
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas,,, Not dated but my guess c.1940's-early 1950's , "musical themed ,, signed MICHAEL... Amazing use of colors,, space,, extremely well exec...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large Painted Decorative Wood And Metal “Etoile” Sign
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Decorative sign. In separate white painted metal capital letters with applied mirror fleur-de-lis motifs on the ends on a gray painted wood ground.
Dimensions: 74" L, 2" D, 12 1/...
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Yupik Yup'ik Native American Alaska Polychrome Wood Anthropomorphic Spirit Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, somewhat benevolent mask by the Yup'ik (Yupik) aboriginal, indigenous people of South-Western & South Central Alaska. The Yup'ik people, who are related to the Inuit peo...
Category
20th Century American Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Indian Chief Motif Porcelain Humidor, American, circa 1900
Located in Incline Village, NV
Fine quality hand painted porcelain humidor is in excellent all original condition with no chips, repairs, or overpaint; nice bright crisp paint and detail. No mark, but definitely American, circa 1900 era. Note the detail to the Indian's face and his elaborate headdress. Native American Indians were especially attracted to tobacco and related products and relished the opportunity to pose for pictures on that topic; note cigar store "Indians", match safes, and humidors. This is a very desirable and item of tobacciana with the Indian subject matter and the attractive multicolored hand painted Indian chief with headdress, probably of note but I have not been able to accurately identify him; quite possibly "Big Bow" an Indian warrior who has been identified on other similar objects. Grace Young...
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Asian Hand Painted Lacquered Temple Shrine Plaque Horses, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and intricate work likely originally from a Japanese temple. The hand painted scene depicts a single rider and group of frolicking horses set against a gorgeous countrysi...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Original Untitled Hard Edge Abstract Painting by Billy Criswell, circa 2004
Located in Glendale, CA
Original untitled hard edge abstract painting by Billy Criswell, circa 2004. Executed in paint and pencil on a wood framed canvas with artists signature on back. Purchased directly f...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Hand Painted Middle Eastern Qajar Style Picture Photo Album
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Middle Eastern Qajar early 1900s Persian style picture photo album, with hand painted miniature on the cover.
Middle Eastern scrapbook is hand painted with 22-karat gold, wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Moorish Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
L. Hjorth Ceramic Sculpture of a Boy in Blue
Located in New York, NY
Great Vintage Danish Stoneware Pottery from L. Hjorth of a young boy with a jug in respite. His soft blue palate and artistry makes this a unique 20th century sculpture. A great piec...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
19th Century French Jaspe Bowl Hand-Painted with Floral Motive
Located in Denton, TX
19th century French Jaspe bowl hand-painted with floral motive
From the Savoie region of France.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Faience
Modernist Stabile Sculpture by Graham Sears
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist stabile sculpture by Graham Sears.
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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 Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Gus George - Pin Up Drawing
Located in Branford, CT
Gus George - Pin up drawing on paper circa 1948. From a group of approx 20 works recently discovered in upper New York State.
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage Orientalist Oil on Canvas A Portrait of A Young Girl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Orientalist oil on canvas portrait of a young girl, painting depicting an orientalist girl dressed in traditional garments.
Meticulous atte...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
French 19th Century Toleware Bath / Planter
Located in San Francisco, CA
French 19th century Toleware bath / planter
Fantastic old tin tub that could also be a nice planter on your patio.
Painted with Americana style Arts & Cr...
Category
Late 19th Century French High Victorian Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
1970s Russian Folk Art Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Folk Art Oil on Canvas, circa 1830 Attributed to S.V.D. Schans, Unsigned
Located in Incline Village, NV
This American portrait descended through same family from 1830s until July 2012, when I acquired it from executor in Oregon. Early family had lived in New England. It is unusual to h...
Category
1820s American Folk Art Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , 5 feet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing ! Oversized Carved wood and painted Sheaffer Fountain Pen Store Display , Selling two pens. One 5" high 6 " in diameter.. other 50" h , 4" in diameter. Very well made, Qualit...
Category
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Victorian English Nautical Diorama Ship Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
English Country style Victorian diorama in oak case of sail/steam ship with small lighthouse.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Oak
Antique Viennese Bronze Sculpture, Oriental Nude Dancer, Belly Dance
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Viennese bronze sculpture. Oriental nude dancer.
Enchanting and decorative antique bronze sculpture.
Painted bronze on marble ba...
Category
19th Century Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 1960's Vintage Mexican Folk Art Terracotta Head Face Planter Plant Pots
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this rare and collectable pair of Mexican circa 1960’s hand painted terracotta larger planter pots
A very good...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Large Mid-Century Era Watercolor Painting of President Dwight & Mrs. Eisenhower
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and well executed original watercolor painting on masonite board is signed by a Jim Barclay, presumably from the United States, dating to 1964 and done in a period folk art style. The painting depicts President and Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Yupik Yup'ik Native American Alaska Polychrome Wood Anthropomorphic Spirit Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, somewhat benevolent mask by the Yup'ik (Yupik) aboriginal, indigenous people of South-Western & South Central Alaska. The Yup'ik people, who are related to the Inuit peoples, have a long history of ceremonial mask making. Yup'ik masks were originally and specifically designed by Shamans and made to be worn by these spiritual leaders in Winter tribal dances and sacred ceremonies. Traditionally, the masks were destroyed or discarded after use in these ceremonies. Very few of these masks survived. After Christian contact in the late 19th century, masked dancing was suppressed and the tradition all but died out. As more outsiders settled in Alaska at the turn of the century, masks were made by the Yup'ik people to sell or trade for necessary goods. It is likely that this mask was created some years later for this purpose.
In the 20th century, Yup'ik mask had a profound influence on many renowned surrealist artists including, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Leonora Carrington, Victor Brauner, and most notably Andre Breton who was an avid collector of Yup'ik masks.
This fantastic anthropomorphic mask is carved of lighter wood and hand painted/ decorated with pigment. The mask seems to represent some sort of smiling, benevolent spirit or character.
The mask is from a French collection. We were told that this mask, as well as others in the collection we have listed, was acquired originally in the 1950s-1960s in Alaska and the Yukon territory in Canada but as we have no way to verify or authenticate this. Please note we are listing the masks as decorative and not as actual tribal artifacts...
Category
20th Century American Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Unknown, Folksy Scenery with Cattles, Goats and Farmer's Wifes, Ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Oil painting folksy scenery with cattles, goats and farmer's wifes, ca. 1900s
A colorful antique oil painting depicting a bavarian farmers family with their cattles and goats. The scene is located beside an mountain lake in the alpine landscape. Oil on canvas late 19th century. Framed with wooden richly handcarved Black Forest frame. Paint partly with craquelure and peeled off (see detail pictures). A great addition to every folksy wall decor.
Alpine oil painting...
Category
Late 19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Scandinavian Set of Eight Sculpture Vases
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of eight sculpture vases. Each vase is hand colored shaped and sized. Vases can use for the flowers. We have 4 more vases like this.
Category
1860s Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
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