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Technique: Painted
19th Century Seascape with Lighthouse
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century seascape with lighthouse, circa 1890, an oil on canvas view of a white-washed lighthouse tower on a small offshore rocky ledge, most...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Unusual Hand Carved Clown Motif Umbrella, Paragon, S. Fox & Co
By S. Fox & Co.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Hand Carved Clown Motif Umbrella, Paragon, S. Fox & Co
Category
1920s English Folk Art Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Moroccan Folk Art Metal and Parchment Wall Shade Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Art pieces could...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
"Embrace" Luba Headrest Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The Luba people of Zaire believed that ancestors visited them through dreams. This belief led to elaborately worked headrests, known as "seats of dreams." Such headrests were used to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of Original Hand-Painted Wooden Fairground Signage, circa 1950s
Located in Faversham, GB
When in use, the panels were linked together with couplings to form an oval shape and the mechanics of the fairground ride would sit within the centre....
Category
20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Scandinavian Modern Sculpture Signed by Ulrica Hydman-Vallien
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ulrica Hydman-Vallien can certainly not be accused of being ordinary. Her design has had its own style ever since the beginning of her artistic career. Already when Ulrica was 17 years old she became a student at the College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, and went on to further study in the USA and Mexico. This bold and funny sculpture...
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Spanish Provincial Style Carved Horse Head Wall Plaque Sign
Located in Queens, NY
Spanish Provincial (20th Cent) style painted and carved horse head wall plaque/sign (La Taberna Caballoblanco) (Related item: 049724D).
Category
20th Century Renaissance Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Pennsylvania 1854 Fraktur
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Birth announcement for Daniel Konig, Allentown PA 1854. Nicely framed and matted. Condition consistent with age. Overall size 23" by 27" Image size 16' by 13.5".
Category
1850s American American Colonial Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Late 18th Century Naive American School Gouache Marine, Estate Scene Maritime
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A late 18th/early 19th century gouache on paper landscape, an unusual composition with passing ships two large naval, small rowing and sail boats centred by a large country estate.
It has the feel of being American in origins, but we could be wrong. Some creasing lines are apparent, but apart fro that is good untouched condition, housed in a period maple and gilt slip frame and glazed.
Provence By descent from Douglas Shepherd (1922-1989), a designer and architect working on public houses for the brewery firm Ind Coope. He was heavily influenced by and was a serious collector of Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau, including leading designers and artists such as Charles Ashlee and Jessie M King...
Category
Late 18th Century American Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
František Mořic Nágl - Czech 1889-1944. Prayer Service In Theresienstadt Ghetto
Located in New York, NY
A spiritually moving painting by František Mořic Nágl depicting a group of Jewish men gathered in prayer, in the Theresienstadt Ghetto's makeshift sacred space. The men wear traditional prayer shawls...
Category
1940s Czech Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Handcrafted Parchment African Red Art Wall Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shade.
Ir...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
19th Century Game Board in Original Painted Red and Black Original Surface
Located in Lambertville, NJ
19th century game board in original painted red and black original surface. Hand painted red and black with gold lines between boxes. Nice old...
Category
19th Century American Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
American Brass Spot Light on Telescopic Barber Pole Tripod Stand, NY, Circa 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass Nautical Swivel spot light on telescopic barber pole tripod stand, Troy, NY. Late 19th century. Original candle and has been electrified.
Category
1880s American American Empire Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Brass
American Odd Fellows Lodge Black Wood Counter Folk Art Grain Painted Hourglass
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great 19th century American folk art counter with original grain painted surface. Fantastic Hourflassl painted design. Open back. Very solid and sturdy counter. Please note the red c...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folky Store Display Horse
Located in Nantucket, MA
Painted black with a red saddle, glass eyes and hairm. Missing one of its stirrups, the stirrup is carved from wood and is hanging from its original thick canvas. The ears which were...
Category
Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Dan Mask from Ivory Coast, Africa, 1950
Located in Buffalo, NY
Dan Mask from Ivory Coast, Africa,, MID 20TH CENTURY.. gREAT COLOR / PATINA..
Category
1950s Ivorian Tribal Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Moorish 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
Charming Hand Made Folk Art Tractor.. aluminum wrapped painted wood
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming Hand Made Folk Art Tractor pull toy,,, Aluminum wrapped and painted wood.. Amazing patina.. paint , surface,, Great design.
Category
1920s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Handcrafted North African Art Wall Sconce in Red and Yellow
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These Moroccan Art pieces could be used as wall lamp s...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Art Deco era Gas Station Advertising Sign Atlantic Oil
Located in Ferndale, MI
Art Deco themed gas station advertising sign for Atlantic Oil (two sided).
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Large African Tribal Art Metal and Parchment Wall Shade Sconce
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large African Tribal Art parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large triangle hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface.
These ethnic Art pieces could be used as wall lamp shade or decorative wall hanging.
Great folk art African...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Tribal Painted Folk Art
Materials
Iron
African Bantu Art, Expressive, Surrealistic Gouache by Marcel Gotène 1980s
Located in Salzburg, AT
The famous painter, Marcel Gotène (Icon of the contemporary Bantu art)
combines surrealistic impressions with modern tapisserie elements.
Born in 1935 in Yaba, Republic of Kongo - d...
Category
1980s Congolese Modern Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Handmade Concrete Bird
Located in Houston, TX
Found in England, this hand made concrete bird will add whimsy and joy to any setting. When found we were told "I believe them to be crazy renderings of ...
Category
20th Century European Painted Folk Art
Materials
Concrete
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 Italian Hand-Carved and Painted Cherub
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century Italian hand-carved and painted cherub presents a charming, colorful and adorable rendering of a young winged cherub, holding a spiral torchere in one hand that can be u...
Category
1870s Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Walnut
Late 19th Century French Victorian Carved Polychrome Wooden Crown Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian red, white, and gold painted and carved crown wall plaque with fleur de lis design.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Gold
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
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
American Legion Baseball and Basketball Folk Art Paintings
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of baseball and basketball paintings found in a Midwestern American Legion hall. These were proudly displayed behind the legion hall bar. Grea...
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Folk Art
Antique Painted & Decorated Chest with Drawers
Located in Lancaster, PA
Beautiful chest of drawers made of pine and retaining the original red painted finish with polka dots in dark green and yellow. Period brass hardware. Pennsylvania, dated on inside, ...
Category
1840s American Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Berlin Iron, Brass
Pair of Vintage Polychrome Carved Hardwood Models of Recumbent Horses
Located in Los Angeles, CA
pair of Vintage polychromes decorated carved hardwood models of recumbent horses each wearing harness on naturalistic base. Beautiful patina with sligh...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Hardwood, Paint
Pair of Canadian Folk Art Carved Japanese Internment Camp Figures or Sculptures
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of Folk Art carved figures is believed to have been made by a Japanese immigrant to Canada either while or after being interned by the Canadian government during the Second World War. The male carved figure is hand painted in vibrant colors and the base reads: June 11, 1942" and "Ontario" underneath. The nude female carving...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Softwood
Swedish Armchair
Located in Vosselaar, BE
19th century Scandinavian armchair in beech and linnen. This charming armchair was made in Sweden in the local neoclassical style. As common practice in this region the chair is pain...
Category
Late 19th Century Scandinavian Neoclassical Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Beech
"Cantonese Iron Kung Fu" Ghanaian Movie Poster, c. 1985
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Bryan Leung, "Cantonen Iron Kung Fu" was a martial arts film from Hong Kong made in 1979. Frequently, theaters in Ghana were unable to import off...
Category
1980s Ghanaian Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Lynn Basa Encaustic Black and White Stripe Panel "Doppleganger" 2013
Located in Manhasset, NY
Lynn Basa encaustic black and white stripe panel "Doppleganger" (signed and dated) 2013. Oil / beeswax on panel.
This is part of our extensive collection ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Peter Arvidson Post Modern Modernist American Painter 'the Lovers" 1993, Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by listed Contemporary artist Peter Arvidson.
The thick imposto and color choices create a whimsical but striking ...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Lynn Basa, Abstract, Encaustic Painting, Black, White, Canvas, Wax, 1990s
Located in Manhasset, NY
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 Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Large Bamana Marionette Figure of Charming Police Man, African Figure
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Bamana marionette figure of a charming police man. African figure retains original paint, amazing patina, also retains original fabric wrap. (outfit).
Category
20th Century African Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Massive Hand Painted High School Track and Field Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage track and field sign from the early 1970s. Hand painted red sign with yellow lettering. Taken down from a California high school. Horizontal wo...
Category
1970s American Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Ink and Watercolor Signed Charles Levier Young Woman in Port
Located in ARGENTEUIL, FR
Ink and watercolor of beautiful dimensions signed Charles LEVIER (1920 - 2003) to frame. On the back, a futuristic pencil sketch.
Young woman with bouquet of flowers at the port
...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Unusual 20th Century Kachina "style" Doll of a Navajo Figure with Large Hands
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Painted cottonwood Kachina "style" doll depicting a Navajo, circa 1940s. It is in good condition, with bright color. Kachina dolls were usually created to teach Hopi children the var...
Category
1940s American Native American Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
American Odd Fellows Lodge Wood Red Counter Folk Art Grain Painted Gavel
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great 19th century American Folk Art counter with original grain painted surface. Fantastic Gavel painted design. Open back. Very solid and sturdy counter.
Gavel counter dimensio...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Anonymous Abstract Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Scandinavian Maritime Painting Oil on Panel in Warm Colors by Noren Nils Martin
Located in Salzburg, AT
Maritime painting in oil on plate by Noren Nils Martin (1907 Västervik - 1998 Uppsala)
The scene on the water is calm and is characterized by warm colors.
The boat is already ashor...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
"A + L" Car & Jacket by Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Folk Art Hand Painted Cannon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Folk Art toy cannon in original black and red paint, circa 1930s, USA. Very minor paint loss throughout and edge loss to shield, as pictured.
Category
1930s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Metal Brutalist Stylized Figurative Sculpture Marked "Ann"
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large metal mid-century sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately 1965 in a Brutalist style. The sculpture is do...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Brutalist Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
"Cut-Rate Liquor Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
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 Painted Folk Art
Materials
Crystal
Modernist Abstract oil painting on canvas by WNY Artist Polly King
By King
Located in Buffalo, NY
Polly King
(1901-1993)
American
Born: U.S.
Polly King was a painter and sketcher with a special love of travel and water. Born in West Virginia, King mo...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Drafting Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the Industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids, MI, he looks to the raw beauty and inherent potential of his manufacturing hometown as an endless source of creative inspiration. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature versions of soap box cars...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Early 19th C Irish Provincial School Naval Officer Lieutenant Henry Anderson
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An early 19th century British/Irish provincial school oil on canvas painting
Three Quarter Length Portrait of a Naval Officer, possibly Lieutenant Henry Anderson, housed within a gi...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Baga a-Bamp Bird Headdress with Canoe
Located in Chicago, IL
This graceful sculpture of a long-necked bird is a headdress known as "a-Bamp," worn during ritual masquerades of Baga adolescents in Guinea. With strong themes of defiance, these ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Guinean Tribal Painted Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Green and Copper Hand Guilded Wallpaper, Non-Repeating Mural, Made by Hand in UK
By Custhom
Located in London, GB
Igneous is a design made from carbon powder and using Custhom’s innovative process of hand-foiling wallpapers, creates a unique distressed or highly polished finish in a wide range o...
Category
2010s English Modern Painted Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Modernist Painted Steel and Black Marker Graffitied Sculpture, Metzen/Merisola
By John Metzen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Abstract painted steel and black marker Graffitied sculpture, by John Metzen/ Michael Merisola, Welded and painted steel, Great color proportion ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Large Contemporary / Modernist Folk Art Oil on Canvas by M J Meyrs C.2008
By M J Myers
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large oil on canvas painting by M J MYERS... depicting bar scene,, Amazing use of color ,space and texture,,, Born in Buffalo, NY and raised in the city of Tonawanda, MJ Myers attended the State University at New Paltz where he received a Bachelors of Fine Arts with a concentration in Drawing and Painting and a minor in Art History.
Deeply embedded in the Buffalo art world, Myers works as an art handler for the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, UB Anderson Gallery, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Darwin D.Martin house. His work has been shown at multiple galleries as well as in many performances by the Buffalo, NY performance troupe Torn Space Theater.
In 2014, MJ performed his first wedding painting...
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique English Regency Period and Styled Hand Painted Toleware Tea Caddy
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique English toleware tea caddy dates to circa 1820 and done in the period Regency style. This tea caddy is constructed of tin with a cast i...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Painted Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Monumental Acrylic on Canvas Linear Series by Roy O.Anderson / Birchfield Penny
By Anderson
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic 1970s image. Acrylic on canvas. Linear Series hand executed by Roy O. Anderson. Amazing use of color, space.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
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