Folk Art Paintings
FOLK ART STYLE
Folk art is a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Antique, new and vintage folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, duck decoys, portraiture and paintings, carnival art and quilts.
Quilts are a quintessential part of American folk art but their roots are international, with quilting dating back to Ancient Egypt. The practice spread to Europe and was especially prominent in the Middle Ages, with one of the oldest surviving examples being the Tristan quilt made in Sicily in the 14th century. They were made as bedcovers and clothing, including as a layer for knights to wear beneath their armor. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
Elsewhere, the vast range of work associated with Mexican folk art includes masks made by Mexican craftspeople for traditional celebrations and ceremonial dances. Mexican masks are part of the country’s folk-art traditions that go back thousands of years and play a role in festivals and theater.
Works in the folk art tradition are valuable because of the skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of antique, new and vintage folk art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Folk Art
Period: Late 20th Century
Vintage Caribbean Watercolor Painting on Paper - Initialed - Unframed - C. 1994
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Caribbean watercolor painting on paper - initialled lower right and dated - unframed - circa 1994.
Good vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration - bright & s...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Mose Tolliver Rattlesnake Painting on Wood Panel - Circa 1980's
By Mose Tolliver
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This is a wonderful naive painting on wood panel by the self-taught black artist
Mose Tolliver (1920-2000). It’s a great example of Mose’s unique folk-art style.
It features the rat...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood
Cuban Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas - Unsigned - Late 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
Cuban contemporary landscape oil painting on canvas applied to particle board - unsigned - untitled - wood frame - bearing a numbered official seal of the Ministry of Culture of Cuba...
Category
Late 20th Century Cuban Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Balinese Painting, Artwork, Folk Art, 1980s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Balinese Painting; Artwork; 1980s; Balinese Art; Bali; Folk Art;
Balinese painting, dating from the 1980s. Balinese art has traditionally called upon religion (Hinduism), people, and the island itself. Bali’s art...
Category
1980s Balinese Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
42x50 Vintage Signed Original Abstract Mid CenturymModern Folk Art Painting 1974
Located in Troy, MI
Massive abstract folk art painting signed by the artist and dated 1974
A colorful statement piece in greens and reds with yellow center eye detail
Presumably originated in the Santa...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Berthelis Myrbet Vintage Acrylic on Canvas Painting of a Haitian Harbor Scene
Located in Miami, FL
Colorful vintage acrylic painting of Haitian Harbor Scene of 3 huts and sailboats on canvas.
Signed by Artist and made In Haiti in the 1970.
Good vintage condition with signs of w...
Category
Late 20th Century Haitian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
“The Angel of Hope” Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Unknown Artist
Located in Pasadena, CA
"The Angel of Hope" is an unsigned painting drawing inspiration from art movements like primitivism and symbolism. The artist used very fine black lines, resembling loose hair, to cr...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Peaceable Jungle' by E. Maxime
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
'Peaceable Jungle' by E. Maxime
Haiti, Late 20th century
A vibrant masterwork 'Peaceable Jungle' by E. Maxime, hailing from Haiti and painted in the late 20th century. This visual...
Category
Late 20th Century Haitian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Metal
Canvas painting antique flowers
Located in Cantù, IT
Painting on canvas antique flowers Private Collection Domenico Rugiano
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Painting of a Lion By Branko Paradis
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Enchanting acrylic painting on canvas of a lion in a fantasy jungle setting executed in a charming naive style. Signed Paradis 82 in the lower left and presented in a wood frame.
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Folk Art Mural Landscape Painting by David Wiggins, circa 1990s
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art Mural Landscape Painting by David Wiggins, circa 1990s, an oil on canvas fanciful landscape painting inspired to a large degree by the Hudson River School murals painted by ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art 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 Tanzanian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
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 Tanzanian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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 Ethiopian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Outsider Painting in Acrylic of a Humpback Whale on Blue
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This is a great example of outsider art. This painting of a black humpback whale is painted on a masonite board. At the center is a black humpback whale with an open mouth and beady ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
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 Tanzanian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Watercolor Painting "Antique Perù and Magic Bolivia"
By Pit Piccinelli 1
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
"Antique Peru' and magic Bolivia", by Pit Piccinelli, an Italian painter who lived almost all his life in those countries, among indigenous people -
O/8171.
Category
Late 20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Untitled" Mixed Media Collage Painting by Loy Bolin
By Howard Finster
Located in Skokie, IL
Loy Bolin, "Untitled" Mixed media collage, circa 1980s.
Loy Bolin aka The Rinestone Cowboy 1909-1995. Known for his “Beautiful Holy Jeweled Home of The Rinestone Cowboy”. The walls-and ceiling were layered with cut and glued patterned panels of colored paper, tin foil and glitter on poster board. Loy was a street performer and wore elaborate suits when he preformed. Loy was on The Gong Show in the 1970’s. Loy said the patterns would come to him when he shut his eyes, after electro-shock therapy...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Glass, Pine, Paint, Paper
Large Vintage Framed Pichhavai Painting of Krishna, Radha and Gopis by Moonlight
Located in Morristown, NJ
Vintage Pichhavai painting on fabric of Krishna, Radha and female Gopis.
Krishna walking with Radha and the Gopis by moonlight. The colors, details...
Category
1970s Indian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
Large Oil Panting “Cleaning Fishes”, Social Realism Style
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Wonderful and interesting large social realism oil painting depicting fishermen and men and women at work, collecting and cleaning fishes.
We see the influence of folk art and socia...
Category
Late 20th Century Russian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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 Ethiopian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Caribbean Painting of a Boat with Figures in the Style of Orville Bulman
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical acrylic painting on canvas of a boat with a woman and three chickens in a basket executed in a delightful naive style, reminiscent of Orville Bulman...
Category
Late 20th Century Caribbean Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Vintage Framed Pichhavai Painting of Krishna Playing His Flute
Located in Morristown, NJ
Vintage Pichhavai painting on fabric of Krishna playing is flute with Radha and female Gopis gathered by his side. The colors, details and facial ex...
Category
1970s Indian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint
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 Ethiopian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Naive Ethiopian Genre Painting, 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
Naive Ethiopian Genre painting, 1970s
oil on canvas
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Ethiopian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Maxwell Mays Folk Art Oil on Canvas, Cascade Springs Colorado, 1983
By Maxwell Mays
Located in Morristown, NJ
Maxwell Mays (1918-2009) Painter and Illustrator. Signed and dated 1983, this large scale framed oil on canvas is a charming and detailed depiction of life in Cascade Springs, Colorado on a snowy day.
Maxwell Mays was born in Rhode Island in 1918, and focused his art on celebrating the landscapes of his home state. Known for their birds-eye perspectives and nostalgic style, Mays' prints have appeared multiple times on the cover of Yankee Magazine. His paintings hang in many establishments, including the University of Rhode Island, and are particular favorites of Rhode Island residents. Mays' artwork often depicts scenes from throughout Rhode Island and the surrounding areas of New England but he did produce works depicting communities from across America . Featuring town squares, farm lands, and harbors, Maxwell Mays' prints celebrate the Americana found in small towns.
A graduate of RISD, he began painting seriously while serving in the US Air Force in Brazil during WWII. His first one-man commercial show was at the Ferargil Gallery in New York in 1948. In the ensuing years he became notable for a number of highly successful art shows and magazine covers, and was a highly sought-after speaker and storyteller. As a successful businessman, he was Treasurer of Mays Manufacturing Company, a family business until its sale in the mid-1980s. He was Past President and Director Emeritus of the Providence Art...
Category
1980s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Charles Saül Framed Haitian Vintage Village Scene Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Miami, FL
An original framed acrylic on canvas painting of a Haitian village scene with people going back and forth, huts, and tall foliage and palm trees.
Signe...
Category
Late 20th Century Haitian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Naive Ethiopian Painting, Traffic in Addis Ababa, 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
Naive Ethiopian painting, Traffic in Addis Ababa, 1970s.
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Ethiopian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Michael Raburn "Dawsons View" Southwestern Landscape Signed Large Art Painting
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large, bold, signed, oil-on-canvas painting by Michael Raburn "Dawsons View".
Southwestern landscape signed original art.
Southwestern landscape large painting by highly regarded American artist Michael Raburn.
Hand-signed and title by the artist.
Oil acrylic on canvas stretched on wood.
Circa 1980's.
by Michael Raburn
December 29, 1951 ~ September 11, 2021.
Beautiful Arizona Sunset...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Naive Ethiopian Painting Hospital Scene, 1970s
Located in Budapest, HU
Naive Ethiopian Painting Hospital scene, 1970s
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Ethiopian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
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 Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Bernard Watercolor Columbian Woman Carries Fruit Basket Folk Art Ornated Frame
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Bernard Watercolor Framed behind Glass Columbian Young Woman carries a Fruit Basket on her Head.
Signed on Bernard, Copyright.
Wood Frame is whitewashed and ornate.
In vi...
Category
Late 20th Century Colombian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Original Cover of Mexican Comic "Sensacional de Maestros"
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this amazing original cover painted in gouache in excellent vintage condition, issue 291 "Al gato y al ratón jugabas con mi chon", circa 1990.
About the Sensacional Comics as part of the Mexican Culture:
"Sensacional" is the generic name of a handful of Mexican comics published at the end of the 1970s (1979 to be exact) and whose "boom" remained in force within the Mexican idiosyncrasy for around 20 years, (all the decade of the 80's and 90's) to then go downhill and "evolve", so to speak, until they become sexually explicit...
Category
1990s Mexican Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Fantastic Highly Detailed Large Painting by Julian Rockmore
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Incredibly detailed whimsical large canvas of a circus coming to an old American town, by artist Jullian Rockmore, signed lower left. Rockmore came from a family of artists and his w...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Surreal Painting, Roland Gautier
Located in London, GB
A large oil painting on ply board by French artist Roland Gautier. A surreal figurative observation of the female form facing a male body in the foreground. Colourful and bold with a...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Paint
Vintage Reverse Glass Mythical Seascape Painting from Madura Island, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A framed reverse glass painting from the island of Madura, off the Northeastern coast of Java. The painting depicts a mythical seascape with a bright array of colours. The painter wo...
Category
1980s Indonesian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood
Gabriel Cohen "L'Egypte Ancienne..." Naive Oil Painting on Metal
Located in Morristown, NJ
Gabriel Cohen (1933-2017) French/Israeli, "L'Egypte ancienne..." Naive-style oil painted on sheet metal with a crimped and painted edge forming the frame. The work is a fantastic dep...
Category
1980s Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
Surreal Figurative Painting, Roland Gautier
Located in London, GB
A large oil painting on ply board by French artist Roland Gautier. A surreal figurative observation of two forms with floating heads. A bold piece of qui...
Category
Late 20th Century French Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Paint
Original Cover of Mexican Comic "Sensacional De Maestros"
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this amazing original cover painted in gouache in excellent vintage conditions, circa 1990 issue 226 "Pecho a Pechito llegaré a hojalatear tu corazón".
About the Sensacional Comics as part of the Mexican Culture:
"Sensacional" is the generic name of a handful of Mexican comics published at the end of the 1970s (1979 to be exact) and whose "Boom" remained in force within the Mexican idiosyncrasy for circa 20 years, (all the decade of the 1980s and 1990s) to then go downhill and "evolve", so to speak, until they become sexually explicit...
Category
1990s Mexican Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Outsider Art "Animals and Castles" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970.
Fine example showcasing Del Favero's aptitude for creating fantastical landscapes. Contrasting oxen / bulls and flamingos with a castle backdrop creates an imaginary context removed from reality. Del Favero's marriage of fantasy and whimsy beautifully suits his Naïve painting style.
Singed on verso.
Bio from the Philadelphia Museum of Art:
Born Princeton, Michigan, 1910; died Greenwich, Connecticut, 1995
Bruno Del Favero moved from Michigan to northern Italy with his parents at age five, returning in 1928 and settling in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he married and remained for the rest of his days. He made his living as a mason, chauffeur, and landscape gardener. It is not known exactly when or why he began to paint his delicate and mysterious landscapes, but he was exhibiting in local art shows by the early 1970s and took himself seriously enough as an artist to join the Greenwich Art Society. He maintained a studio in the basement of his home, but never shared his art with his wife and five children. After the artist's death his family introduced his work to New York dealers Shari Cavin...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil on Canvas Caricature of a Group of Friends Signed Diehl 1973
Located in Pasadena, CA
Playful caricature commissioned by the center character (with a small panes green and black shirt) for his birthday when surrounded by his friends.
It's an oil on canvas.
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Original Signed Folk Art Painting by Robyn “The Beaver” Beverland
By Robyn Beverland
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unique original signed Folk Art painting by Robyn “The Beaver” Beverland. Signed and dated 1992. Measures: 22" x 12". Artist bio: Robyn “The Beaver” Beverland found great joy in many things but what he most loved was painting. Robyn painted his Folk Art pictures...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Plywood
Naive Illustrated Landscape in Bright Green-Yellow Colors by Nicole Fourcroy
Located in Salzburg, AT
Oil On Canvas Landscape Of Flowered Countryside With Villages And Animated Fields, Signed
Handmade shadow gap frame with gilding
Born March 26, 1926 in Luzarclus.
Nicole Four...
Category
1990s French Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Original Cover of Mexican Comic "Sensacional De Maestros"
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this amazing original cover painted in gouache in excellent vintage conditions, circa 1990 issue 129 "Sancho te encontr'e en la movidita Sancho".
About the Sensacional Comics as part of the Mexican culture:
"Sensacional" is the generic name of a handful of Mexican comics published at the end of the 1970s (1979 to be exact) and whose "Boom" remained in force within the Mexican idiosyncrasy for circa 20 years, (all the decade of the 1980s and 1990s) to then go downhill and "evolve", so to speak, until they become sexually explicit...
Category
1990s Mexican Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
'La Hacedora De Peces' by Postwar & Contemporary Venezuelan Artist Ender Cepeda
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This painting entitled "La Hacedora De Peces" (The Fish Maker) was hand-painted using oil paint on canvas by Venezuelan Artist Ender Cepeda. Cepeda i...
Category
Late 20th Century Venezuelan Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Modernist Folk Art Acrylic on Canvas "Quincy Market" W.N.Y. Artist George Grace
Located in Buffalo, NY
Quincy Market by George Grace,, western New York Artist..Amazing use of space ,,color.. shadows,,,
George Grace
Drawing, Painting, Sculpture
In June 2...
Category
1980s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Native American Hunter with his Mustang Oil Painting
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Native American Hunter with his Mustang oil painting on cannvas.
Original Contemporary oil painting canvas stretched on wood..
Signed on the right corner.
( illisible).
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Outsider Art "Man in Carriage" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel depicting a man in a horse-drawn carriage by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970.
Fine example showcasing Del Favero's ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Outsider Art "Animal Parade" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Circa 1970 oil on panel depicting a traveling pack of animals by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995).
Fine example sho...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Outsider Art "Indian and Caravan" Oil on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970.
Fine example showcasing Del Favero's aptitude for cre...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces at the Musee d'Orsay Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces at the Musee d'Orsay
by Anne Distel, Genieve Lacambre, Sylvie Gache-Patin, et al.
Musee d'Orsay Impressionist and Post-Impressioni...
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Oil Painting of an Asian Lady by Geri Perlman, 1993
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Paintings depicting portraits of a lady wearing a traditional sari style attire and head cover.
Looks like and Asian traditional attire, bright colors, probably Afghani or Persian or Indian lady...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Set of 6 Modernist Folk Art Oil on Wood Paintings Hand Executed by Endi Poskovic
By Fendi
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful set of 6 original oil paintings by Endi Poskovic. These works recently acquired from old warehouse space in Buffalo NY, apparently a studio spa...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood
"Glory Hole Antiques" Watercolor by Lorna Wildon, circa 1980
By Lorna Wildon
Located in Saint Louis, MO
A popular stop along old historic Route 66 - one of the original highways in the U.S. highway system that ran from Chicago to Los Angels - Glory Hole Antiqu...
Category
1980s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Outsider Art "Hunters" Oil and Acrylic on Panel by Bruno Del Favero
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil and acrylic on panel by acclaimed outsider artist, Bruno Del Favero (b. Italy 1910, d. USA 1995), circa 1970.
Fine example showcasing Del Favero's skill at layering textures along with an aptitude for creating fantastical landscapes. Adding out of place animals (in this case, a lion and a tiger) to an otherwise believable countryside setting for a deer hunt, creates an imaginary context removed from reality. Del Favero's marriage of fantasy and whimsy beautifully suits his Naïve painting style.
Signed on verso.
Bio from the Philadelphia Museum of Art:
Born Princeton, Michigan, 1910; died Greenwich, Connecticut, 1995
Bruno Del Favero moved from Michigan to northern Italy with his parents at age five, returning in 1928 and settling in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he married and remained for the rest of his days. He made his living as a mason, chauffeur, and landscape gardener. It is not known exactly when or why he began to paint his delicate and mysterious landscapes, but he was exhibiting in local art shows by the early 1970s and took himself seriously enough as an artist to join the Greenwich Art Society. He maintained a studio in the basement of his home, but never shared his art with his wife and five children. After the artist's death his family introduced his work to New York dealers Shari Cavin...
Category
1970s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mixed-Media Painting by Purvis Young, Untitled, Circa 1990
By Purvis Young
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed-media work by artist Purvis Young.
Acrylic on paper, plastic and white metal sign insert cover.
Folk Art painted in black, white, pink, yellow, red and green.
Work on found obj...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Metal
Untitled, Purvis Young Mixed-Media Painting, 1980s
By Purvis Young
Located in Miami, FL
Abstract mixed-media work by artist Purvis Young. Folk Art portraying bleeding and pregnant figures in a crowd, policemen on horseback and large blue eyes. Young used eyes as symbols...
Category
1980s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Paint, Reclaimed Wood
Purvis Young Original Painting "Procession" in Series #2, Signed
By Purvis Young
Located in East Hampton, NY
Depiction of a procession in oil on recycled curtain vinyl by acclaimed Miami street artist Purvis Young. Gustavo Olivieri sourced directly from Mr. Young while he was alive and enjo...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Folk Art paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique folk art paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage paintings created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include folk art, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with canvas, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Folk Art paintings made in a specific country, there are North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original paintings, popular names associated with this style include Purvis Young, Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo, M J Myers, and A. Tamme. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for paintings differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,380 and tops out at $2,600 while the average work can sell for $2,490.
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