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Place of Origin: African
African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century
Located in Milano, MI
Ancient Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This genre scene painting is divided into eighteen squares bordered by a black frame and divided into three lines. The scene depicts the story of a couple with three children through the stories of their domestic life and their rural activity; each box has a caption written in the Amharic language. In the first line: they grind; they drink; …illegible… while they spin; they bring water.
In the second line: comb, cut your hair; treats your teeth; grind; they bring the wood; they bring water.
In the third section: they prepare beer; they prepare bread; they cook bread; they prepare lunch; while they eat; while they drink. This canvas is painted in shades of ocher and is mounteed on a ebonized frame. Dates back to the late 1930s. The canvas show minimal tears and signs of wear but we can customize a restoration.
The human figures are characterized by unrealistic proportions of the head and body and depicted in static positions. This sense of fixity and the narration in successive chapters in domestic environments make the paintings easily intelligible and suggestive.
A particularly fascinating aspect of Ethiopian art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
African Modernist Signed Oil on Board Painting
Located in Forney, TX
A framed original African midcentury oil on board painting, Democratic Republic of Congo, signed bottom right Atamb(?), (19)60, depicting abstract dancing figures, in a fiolated pati...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern African Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Monochrome Orientalist Oil Painting Titled High Noon Signed James Kinsella
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Exceptional monochrome Orientalist work depicting a man leaning on his donkey in an alleyway. Despite the impressionistic brush strokes the man's face appears almost photo realistic. Signed lower left by James Kinsella...
Category
1890s Antique African Paintings
Materials
Paint
Middle Eastern Horseman Print
Located in Queens, NY
Middle Eastern style gilt and red velvet framed print of Middle Eastern or North African horsemen bearing rifles.(as is)
Condition: (Previously punctured, repair slighly visable)
Category
20th Century Islamic African Paintings
Materials
Velvet
Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mbuti painting on Bark Cloth
Ituri Forest, DR Congo
20th century
34.75 x 12 ins. 87 x 30.5 cm
The eccentric biomorphic and linear geometries of Mbuti bark cloths, painted by women,...
Category
1960s Tribal Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Natural Fiber
Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mbuti painting on Bark Cloth
Ituri Forest, DR Congo
20th century
0.54 x 0.75m (1’9″ x 2’6″)
The eccentric biomorphic and linear geometries of Mbuti bark cloths, painted by women, ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Paintings
Materials
Natural Fiber
"The Dancer Salute" Expressionist Gouache by Austino Obi Okafor
Located in Pasadena, CA
Stunning gouache painting of a dancer-like figure by the artist Austino Obi Okafor. "The dancer salute" gives the artwork a full expressive dimension with their long span stretching ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern African Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century Battle Scene on Canvas
Located in Milano, MI
African Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This tribal folk art painting depicts a battle scene and the canvas is mounted on a parallelogram-shaped frame.
It is a large battle painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage African Folk Art Painting on Canvas of Animals
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking Tanzanian painting on canvas executed in the distinctive Tinga Tinga style, using bicycle paint as a medium, depicting animals in a landscape with a blazing sunset. Signed M...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art African Paintings
Materials
Paint
Moroccan Orientalist Oil Painting of a Rug Market
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan orientalist oil on canvas painting of a 19th century Moroccan rug market scene with an sellers seating on a pile of carpet and two other men wearing traditional colorful robes standing and checking the goods.
The background depict an old house with wooden mucharabie and Moorish arches.
Contemporary French oil on canvas orientalist painting of a Moroccan market...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moorish African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Oil on Canvas of "Bathsheba" by Émile Aubry
Located in Montreal, QC
Oil on Canvas of Bathsheba ( one of the wives of David ) by Émile Aubry (1880-1964) Signed: "Émile Aubry" France: circa 1928 Emile Aubry was born in Algeria but moved to Paris as a c...
Category
1920s Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
African Tingatinga school, oil painting of leopard and birds, 1970s
Located in Påarp, SE
A Tingatinga painting by unknown artist from the 1970s. Signed R.N Millanzi. It is painted on masonite and has a thin black frame.
Naive motif in bold colours with leopard, birds a...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
1976 Oil on Canvas by Artist, Roy Carruthers
By Roy Carruthers
Located in North Miami, FL
1976 Oil on canvas paint by artist, Roy Carruthers (1938) from South Africa. This painting is titled “Woman Dressing”. It is signed and dated by the artist. It is extremely big and very detailed. One of the best painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
C.P. Initials, Portait of African Girl, Charcoal on Paper, Signed Banzyville 1944
Located in Leuven , BE
C.P. Initials,Portait of African Girl,Charcoal on Paper,Signed Banzyville 1944,Framed,Signed and Dated
Category
1940s Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Paper
Moroccan Moorish Orientalist Oil Painting
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Orientalist oil on canvas painting of a 19th century Moroccan market scene with an old men seating on a carpet selling old coins and a Moorish...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moorish African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1996 Egyptian Sphinx on Papyrus Original Signed Painting by Monsef Labib
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Magical depiction of the Sphinx at Giza in Egypt as interpreted by artist Monsef Labib. Handcrafted in Cairo on genuine papyrus with intricate details, this 3-D impressionism is app...
Category
1990s Egyptian Revival African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Large African Painting by Ngasagras
Located in Antwerp, BE
Fantastic painting of an African market by Ngasagras who was a member of the Poto-Poto school in Brazzaville,Congo.This wonderful piece depicts a Market...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Paintings
Materials
Wood
Naive Ethiopian Painting for the 79th Anniversary Italo-Ethiopian War in 1975
Located in Budapest, HU
Mengistu Haile Mariam and other Generals looking at the celebrators
oil on canvas painting, 90 x 190 cm
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Mid Century Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Redding, CT
Large Mid Century abstract geometric painting.
African tribal vibes and colors. Brown with an off-white creamy blush/mauve background. This item can parcel ship for $55
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Authentic Vintage Painting Portrait on Canvas Woman Congo 1958
Located in Poperinge, BE
Nice vintage amateur painting, portrait of a Congolese woman, probably acrylic on canvas, signed T. Kamurna at the bottom right, marked on the back and...
Category
1950s Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Les Arts Traditionnels au Maroc by Dr. M. Sijelmassi, Hardcover Book in French
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Les arts traditionnels au Maroc.
(Traditional Arts in Morocco)
(French edition) By Dr. Mohamed Sijelmassi
264 pages, 317 large color photographs of jewelry, furniture, ceramics objec...
Category
Late 20th Century Arts and Crafts African Paintings
Materials
Paper
Very Fine and Large Orientalist Oil on Canvas Titled "Ashura Rituals, Tangier"
By Gordon B. Coutts 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gordon B. Coutts (Scottish/American, 1868-1937) A very fine and large orientalist oil on canvas titled "Ashura Rituals, Tangier" (Arabic: عاشوراء ʻĀshūrā’ - Urdu: عاشورا - Persian: عاشورا - Turkish: Aşure Günü). Signed and inscribed: 'Gordon Coutts/TANGIER' (lower right), circa 1920.
Provenance:
The Fisher Art Museum, University of Southern California.
Gordon Coutts led a peripatetic career, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, he then studied and travelled to Glasgow, London, Paris and Rome before settling in Melbourne, Australia in 1891. In 1896 he moved to Sydney, where he taught at the Art Society of New South Wales, before returning back to Europe in 1899. With the climate of northern Europe detrimental to Coutts' poor health, he moved with his wife, Alice Grey, to the United States where he became a frequent exhibitor at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. In 1920 he travelled to Tangiers, Morocco where, dressed as an Arab, he passed from tribe to tribe observing the lifestyle, customs and practices of the the village people and Bedouins.
The present work depicts the celebration of Ashura. The day of Ashura is commemorated by Shi'ite Muslims; "A day of pain, pilgrimage and pageantry, it is one of the holiest in their religion. The word Ashura means 10, and refers to the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. This is a period of mourning and cleansing, which marks the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad...
Category
Early 20th Century Other African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
African Tricolor Wall Mask
Located in Pasadena, CA
This mural mask takes the form of a stylized figure, possibly reflecting a dialogue between ritual function and aesthetic research. Carved in wood, its oblong shape evokes the vertic...
Category
Late 20th Century Primitive African Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Basket Fishing", Powerful Mid Century Painting with Shirtless Man, South Africa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This powerful depiction of a half-nude man capturing a fish in his conical basket -- much like men and women have done for centuries -- is painted in a rich, deep palette of warm bro...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Paint
Contemporary Painting by Well Rimo, Ivory Coast
Located in NICE, FR
Very large painting by the Ivorian artist Well Rimo. From the streets to the auction room, Rimo has had an exceptional career. In March 2023, he sold two of his paintings at auction,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
African Painting by Adingra
Located in Antwerp, BE
African painting stone on burlap by Adingra, 1983,
France - Cote d'Ivoire.
Measures: Height 61 cm,
width 39 cm,
depth 2 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern African Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
Alexandre Jacovleff (1887–1938), Portrait of a Young African Man, 1925
Located in Paris, FR
Alexandre Jacovleff (1887–1938), born in Saint Petersburg and later naturalized as French, was a prominent Russian painter. The son of a naval officer, he studied at the Imperial Aca...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mounted Shoowa Kuba Cloth Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking 20th century Shoowa Kuba cloth panel with a fantastic all-over interlocking meandering hook and knot pattern woven in black and natural flat-wea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Paintings
Materials
Raffia
Rare Framed Museum Quality Antique Ethiopian Talismanic Healing Parchment Scroll
Located in Atlanta, GA
A magic healing talismanic scroll from Ethiopia circa 19th century known as Tälsäm or yä bərana kətab. Presented in a custom frame, the scroll is rare in its complete and intact form...
Category
19th Century Archaistic Antique African Paintings
Materials
Wood, Animal Skin, Parchment Paper
Pair of 1950s African Ink Drawn African Framed Portraits Signed "Ute Alcortzo"
Located in Marbella, ES
Pair of 1950s African ink drawn portraits, framed and signed "Ute Alcortzo"
Measures with frame: 32x24x2cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century African Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Naive Ethiopian Genre Painting, 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
Naive Ethiopian Genre painting, 1970s
oil on canvas
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
WWII RAF Lancaster Bomber Painting
Located in Ongar, GB
A stunning oil on canvas of RAF Lancaster Bombers returning from a mission over Germany in WWII. It has exceptional quality and detail. By South African ...
Category
1990s African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mid century South African Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian mid century painting with an African motif. Painting is made on cotton canvas and mixture of tapestry and paint.
Panted by the ar...
Category
1950s Tribal Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paint
19th Century Egyptian Figures Continental Oil on Canvas
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of early 19th Century Continental School Oil on canvas. One portrays Egyptian Figures at a table with Hieroglyphics, and the other one a flute player and a singer. The scenes are from a funerary banquet, from the Tomb of Nenkhef. Both are framed in matching silver gild...
Category
18th Century Antique African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Albano Neves E. Sousa (Angolan, 1921–1995), Villagers, Oil On Canvas, Signed
By Albano
Located in Germantown, MD
Albano Neves E. Sousa (Angolan, 1921–1995), Villagers, Oil On Canvas, Signed And Dated '85 L.L.
Albano Neves e Sousa (1921, Matosinhos, Portugal - 1995, São Salvador, Brasil) was a portuguese-angolan painter, poet, writer and ethnographer. He was born in Portugal, living in Angola and, after 1975, in Brazil.
Albano Neves e Sousa is a key figure in Angolan art...
Category
Late 20th Century African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Vintage African Tribal Batik Painting with Elephants
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Signed Batik'ed textile painting of elephants. Un-identified African artist. Framed in brass behind glass.
Category
20th Century Tribal African Paintings
Materials
Textile
Saidi Nakoko, African Tingatinga School Painting, Oil on Canvas, 1970s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Saidi Nakoko, Tingatinga, Tanzania, 1970s
Oil on canvas
Work signed by the artist
Working dimensions 44/33
Framed work
Tinga Tinga is an art style originating from East Africa. It w...
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
F. Njiraini, 'Anger I Go', Oil Painting on Canvas, Kenya, circa 1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
F. NJIRAINI - 'Anger I Go' - mid-century Expressionist oil painting on canvas - signed lower left - titled verso - framed - Kenya - circa 1970's.
Excellent vintage condition - no ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Moroccan Orientalist Framed Giclee
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Orientalist Moroccan scene giclee painting of the King o Morocco.
French orientalist reproduction painting of Mohamed V coming back from exile with a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moorish African Paintings
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting by Bissy Riva "I'm Over Here"
Located in Essex, MA
"I'm Over Here" by Bissy Riva. It is an oil on canvas original contemporary painting measuring 35 inches wide by 40 inches high by 1 1/4 inches deep. Predo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern African Paintings
Materials
Paint
Midcentury Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Seaford, GB
🖼️ Midcentury North African Abstract Expressionist Oil on Paper Painting — Signed 1964
This Midcentury North African Abstract Expressionist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern African Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
"Tunisian Man in White Shirt", 1930s Watercolor Painting by Porter Woodruff
By Porter Woodruff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piercing and powerful portrait of a Tunisian man with an open-necked shirt provides a glimpse into the life of artist Porter Woodruff in North Africa. Woodruff was best known for his paintings and illustrations for Vogue magazine -- one of five American fashion illustrators who worked for the magazine -- as well as House & Garden. He was born in Tennessee, but spent much of his creative life in Paris and Tunisia, where he lived with Georges Sébastian, an important Hungarian-born, French orchestra conductor...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Paint
Tongue-in-Cheek Mounted Kuba Cloth Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
A provocative late 20th century Kuba cloth panel with a bold zigzag and diamond pattern woven in black and natural cut pile raffia surrounding a tongu...
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal African Paintings
Materials
Raffia
Bruce Onobrakpeya - Blue Base 1988 - Plastograph Engraving
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Bruce Onobrakpeya, Nigerian (1932)
Titled: Ubiebi Fude (Blue Base), Lagos,
Executed in 1988
Edition 5/45
Plastograph Deep Etching, framed, signed, titled and numbered
Dimensions: F...
Category
1980s Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Abu Simbel Hypostyle Hall Egyptian Painting on Papyrus
Located in Savannah, GA
A painting on papyrus of the Hypostyle Hall at Abu Simbel leading to the inner temple as it was before it’s rediscovery by Burckhardt.
Papyrus pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Egyptian African Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
"Puzzled" by Bissy Riva Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Essex, MA
"Puzzled" by Bissy Riva is an oil on canvas original contemporary painting measuring 30 inches wide by 40inches high by 1 1/4 inch deep.
iIbegan my career...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern African Paintings
Materials
Paint
Naive Ethiopian Painting Circle of Life 'Scene of the Year', 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
The upper two lines show Months of Year form September to February and March to August, below the scenes of life.
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Salum Mussa, African Tingatinga School Composition, Oil on Board, 1970s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Salum Mussa, Tanzania, 1970s
Oil painting on board
Work signed by the artist
Work dimensions 61/61
Unframed work
Salum Mussa Mzee Lumumba (1926-1999) was one of Edward Saidi Ting Ti...
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Paint
Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida (Ivory Coast) hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched frame. This kerchief was not woven on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Paintings
Materials
Raffia
Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched board. This kerchief was not woven on a loom, but ra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal African Paintings
Materials
Raffia
Dida Tie-Dyed Ceremonial Kerchief
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible and rare mid-20th century Dida (Ivory Coast) hand-plated Shibori tie-dyed raffia ceremonial kerchief mounted on a linen stretched frame. This kerchief was not woven on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern African Paintings
Materials
Raffia
Naive Ethiopian Painting The first Italo-Ethiopian War, 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
The painting captures the events of this battle:
"Baratieri planned to execute an attack early morning 1st March Baratieri, to strike a surprise on the ethiopians, who outnumbered h...
Category
1970s Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Saidi Nakoko, African Tingatinga School Painting, Oil on Canvas, 1970s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Saidi Nakoko, Tingatinga, Tanzania, 1970s
Oil on canvas
Work signed by the artist
Working dimensions 44/33
Framed work
Tinga Tinga is an art style originating from East Africa. It w...
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Oil Painting Juma Mozambique
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
Wonderful oil on canvas painting of Juma Mozambique, very well executed. Signed Juma to the bottom right hand corner. Dates from the late 20th Century....
Category
20th Century African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
20th Century Pair of Oil on Boards by Percy Wort of Natal South African Scenes
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of lovely little oil on boards by desirable South African artist, Percy Wort (Born 1900).
Early-20th Century, circa 1930, both signed on the front. Featuring scenes from Be...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Colonial African Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
1978 Oil on Canvas by Roy Carruthers
Located in North Miami, FL
1978 oil on canvas paint by artist, Roy Carruthers (1938) from South Africa. This painting is titled “A Message from Magritte”. It is signed and dated by the artist. It is extremely big and very detailed. One of the best painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Woman and Her Cat" Mixed Media Artwork by Rupert Picott
By Rupert Picott
Located in Pasadena, CA
The work is a lively portrayal of an African nude woman in her bedroom. Under the bed, a discontent cat harbors grudges against its owner robbing its yellow cushion. The painting is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern African Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
City on the Nile by Gazbia Sirry
Located in Richmond, VA
Original oil on canvas painting by Egyptian artist Gazbia Sirry, circa 1970.
Painting depicts a city landscape from the Nile River.
Acquired from the Washington DC estate of Esther ...
Category
1970s Egyptian Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
