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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
$520 Sale Price
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"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
"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 Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
John Roland Brown, Panorama of Cape Town From Signal Hill, Circa 1910
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A monumental early 20th century landscape by South African artist John Roland Brown (1850–1923), depicting a panoramic view of Cape Town from Signal Hill. Executed with meticulous de...
Category
1910s Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Paint
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
Naive Ethiopian Painting, Greatest Scenes of Religion, Society and History 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
Naive Ethiopian painting, The Greatest Scenes of Religion, Society and History.
Oil on Canvas
Measures: 100 x 190 cm
s.b.r.
with Ge'ez language ...
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage 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
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
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
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
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
1970s Portrait of a Man with a Fez Framed with Floral Motifs and Inlays
Located in Marbella, ES
Oil on panel painting of a man's bust in profile, with a beard and a red fez, against a plain light blue background. The portrait, signed in the lower left corner, stands out for its...
Category
Late 20th Century African Paintings
Materials
Wood
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
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
$9,585 Sale Price
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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
$1,458 Sale Price
41% Off
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
Abstract North African Market Watercolor
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a watercolor showing an abstract view of a North African marketplace, including a woman with many vases
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian African Paintings
Materials
Paint
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
Bomolo Oil on Canvas African "Airport" Art
By (after) Jackson Pollock
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bomolo oil on canvas abstract painting signed bottom right 1960. Known in it's day as Airport Art, Local Artists would sell their paintings to Tourists. Ma...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Paint
$340 Sale Price
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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
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
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
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
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
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
$1,087 Sale Price
25% Off
African Tingatinga school, oil painting of two bird, signed Massani 1978
Located in Påarp, SE
A Tingatinga painting by unknown artist from 1978. Signed Massani. It is painted on masonite and has a thin black frame.
Naive motif in bold colours with two birds.
The painting h...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Masonite, 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
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
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
$6,000 Sale Price / set
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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
"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
Mid-century Modernist Blue Red Women Singing by Puzant Godjamanian circa 1958
Located in Melbourne, AU
An original oil on artist's linen over cedar stretcher with original cedar frame. An early work of Egyptian modernism by master of colour, Puzant Godjamanian...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Linen, Cedar
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
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
"Vijay Path" Ghanaian Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Vijaypath was a Bollywood action hit in 1994. It's critically acclaimed soundtrack topped charts across the world and became one of the most recognizable in India's history. The film's international success is evident in this hand-painted advertisement...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern African Paintings
Materials
Fabric
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
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
$2,014 / item
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
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
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
$618 Sale Price
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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
1950s Urban Scene Under an Arch on a Street in an Eastern North African City
Located in Marbella, ES
Oil painting depicting an urban passageway covered by an imposing architectural arch, characteristic of North African medinas. The composition features multiple figures dressed in tr...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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
$1,387 Sale Price
25% Off
Joseph Misraki, Egypt, born in 1895 “Reclining Nude”
By Joseph Misraki
Located in Sheffield, MA
Joseph Misraki
Egypt, born in 1895
“Reclining Nude”
Oil on canvas
30 by 40 in. W/frame 39 by 49 in.
He was a member of the salon d’Autom...
Category
1940s Vintage African Paintings
Naive Ethiopian Painting Hospital Scene, 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
Naive Ethiopian Painting Hospital scene, 1970s
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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
$1,387 Sale Price
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1970s Signed Painting of a Portrait of an Oriental Woman
Located in Marbella, ES
Oil on canvas framed in a gold molding depicting a seated Ethiopian woman in an interior setting with a geometric background. The figure is dressed in traditional clothing and poses ...
Category
Late 20th Century African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1950s Painting of a Street Scene with Figures & a Traditional Maghrebi Courtyard
Located in Marbella, ES
Oil painting on canvas depicting a lively urban scene in what appears to be a North African medina. In it, several figures dressed in traditional clothing walk or converse under the ...
Category
1950s Vintage African Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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
$9,585 Sale Price
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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
Moorish Antique Watercolor on Paper of French Algeria
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Remarkable 19th century watercolor on paper depicting a sunny day in french Algeria with figures, horses and a dog in the distinctive architecture. Presented under glass in a gilt wo...
Category
19th Century Moorish Antique African Paintings
Materials
Paint
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