United Kingdom - Folk Art

Original Fashion Design Illustration by Roz Jennings, British watercolor and ink on card, unframed size: 12 x 8.25 inches condition: very ...

Original Fashion Design Illustration by Roz Jennings, British watercolor and ink on card, unframed size: 12 x 8.25 inches condition: very good A beautifully colorful and chara...

Original Fashion Design Illustration by Roz Jennings, British watercolor and ink on card, unframed size: 12 x 8.25 inches condition: very good A beautifully colorful and chara...

"The City Fort" by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016) oil painting on board, unframed painting: 21.5 x 15 inches A fine 20th century oil painting by the lis...

"Notre Dame" by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016) signed bottom right oil painting on board, unframed painting: 14 x 10.5 inches A fine 20th century oil p...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

"Mother & Child" by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed painting: 8.75 x 6.25 inches A Fine oil painting by the listed...

"The Jetty" by Maurice Mazeilie (French) oil painting on card, unframed signed lower corner, stamped verso painting: 5 x 7 inches A delightful original oil painting by the 2...

"Still Life of Flowers" by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016) signed bottom right oil painting on board, unframed painting: 13.75 x 10.5 inches A fine 20t...

A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...

Milan Cathedral by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper, unframed size: 16.5 x 11.75 inches condition: very good and rea...

"The Harbour" by Camille Meriot (French 1887-1975) signed and dated 64' crayon drawing on paper paper : 6.5 x 9 inches Fine original French Impressionist painting by the ...

"Mother & Child" by Carlos Carnero (Uruguay/ French 1922-1980) signed verso watercolour/ gouache paint on parchment paper 25.5 x 20 inches provenance: the artists estate, Paris Fine original French drawing by the important and fascinating painter, Carlos Carnero (1922-1980). The painting has excellent provenance, having come from the artists estate sale in Paris. The artists close connection to one of the 20th centuries most important artists, Fernand Leger is of important significance, with his own work being widely collected and appreciated. The artist: Carlos Carnero (1922-1980), a native of Montevideo, emigrates to Paris and joins Fernand Léger's studio workshop at the end of the 1940s. Located on the Boulevard de Clichy, the workshop-school has some seventy-five students. At the end of his life, Léger elaborates a protest against Cubism advocates the return to the human figure. The head of the workshop, Nadia Khodasievich, brilliant painter, first pupil of Malevich, then of Leger in the mid-1920s, became the assistant thenthe mistress of this one and the wife in 1952. In the workshop, Carlos Carnero, soon nicknamed "Carlos" is noted for his talent and involvement. In addition to art education, the couple Léger entrusts the task of the secretariat of the workshop: movements of the stocks, inventory paintings, material organization of exhibitions. After the death of Léger in 1955, Carlos becomes very close to Nadia, rigorous in the construction of the posterity of the master. With his new companion Georges Bauquier, they found, on their own funds, the museum Fernand Léger de Biot - Carnero gives his assistance. Carnero's style is very close to that of his master, filled with joy and colorful dynamism. At the beginning of the 50's, he tried the cubisante figuration of the portraits of Picasso then adopts the abstract balances between lines, shapes and colors of Léger. Some dates: Classical studies in Montevideo (Uruguay). 1941 to 1946 School of Fine Arts, architecture section (Montevideo). 1947 Travel grant (Italy, Spain, France). 1948 Painting workshop at André Lhote workshop. 1949 Entered the Académie Fernand Léger, first student, then 1949 to 1955 Assistant-collaborator of Fernand Léger. 1955 to 1970 Collaborator of Nadia Khodasievitch and Georges Bauquier. Exhibitions: 1950 Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, Atelier Fernand Léger, Exposition collective, juillet 1950. 1951 Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Atelier Fernand Léger, exposition annuelle, décembre 1951. 1953 Salon des Artistes indépendants, Paris. 1953-1954 Galerie Gentilhommière, Paris, Groupe 53. 1957-1958 Première Biennale de la “Jeune Peinture”, musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, mai-juin 1957, Francfort, Montréal, 1958. 1959 “École de Paris” à Vienne, Linz, Gratz. Galerie de France, “Cinq peintres – Un sculpteur”. 1960 Galerie Création à Roubaix. Exposition personnelle. 1961 Galerie Pierre Weiller à Paris. Exposition personnelle. Salon des Réalités nouvelles. Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. Exposition personnelle, mai 1961. 1962 Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, “Antagonismes 2 - L’objet”, juillet-octobre 1962. Galerie Pierre Weiller, Paris, “Poèmes Peints”, mars-avril 1962. Exposition personnelle. Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris : “L’art latino-américain à Paris”. 1962-1963 Exposition de peinture contemporaine, Communauté européenne, Prix Marzotto. Italie, Allemagne, Belgique, France. Exposition des Artistes latino-américains, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. “Expressions Nouvelles”, Antibes. 1962 à 1965 Salon “Comparaisons”. L’Oeil de Boeuf, Galerie 7...

AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) watercolour / gouache size: 11 x 7.5 inches Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ French pa...

Artist/ School: English/ American School, 19th century, circa 1860's. Title: Isabella Grapes on the vine. Interesting inscription telling the history of the drawing and how the or...

Artist/ School: English School, 19th century, indistinctly signed lower corner. Title: botannical study of two apples with a branch next to them. Medium: watercolour drawing on...

French character portrait. French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper signed lower corner and dated 1960 Image : 12 x 9.5 inches Superbly decorative 1960'...

Portrait sketch original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996) studio stamped pencil drawing on paper, unframed Double sided 10.5x 8.25 inches provenance: private colle...

"Collage" by Bernard Herzog (French, b.1935) signed and stamped verso with catalogue number photo collage cut outs on paper, unframed overall paper: 25.5 x 20 inches Highly ...

Portrait sketch original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996) studio stamped pencil drawing on paper, unframed Double sided 10.5 x 8.25 inches provenance: private coll...

Portrait sketch original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996) studio stamped pencil drawing on paper, unframed Double sided 10.5x 8.25 inches provenance: private colle...

French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper inscribed verso stamped to the reverse Image : 12 x 9.5 inches Overall size: 25.5 x 19...

Inscribed verso size: 11 x 15 inches Superb original watercolour painting by the well listed and popular Irish painter, Frank Forty (1902-1996). The painting came from a private collection of this artists work. Frank Forty was an Irish painter best known for his landscapes of County Donegal and Kerry, as well as locations in England. He was born in 1902 and died in 1996. As well as being a Consultant Surgeon and a musician, Frank Forty was a highly accomplished and accredited artist, having exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists, the Medical Art...

French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper Inscribed verso stamped to the reverse Image : 25.5 x 19.5 inches Superbly decor...

"The Portrait" by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013) pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed paper size: 25 x 19.5 inches Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century Frenc...

"Abstract Composition" original Oil Painting on canvas by Yvette Dubois Habasque (1929-2016) signed front and back Dated: 2010 canvas: 7.5 x 13 inches Fine original abstra...

French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper inscribed verso stamped to the reverse Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait p...

"Portrait of a Young Lady" by Akos Biro (Hungarian 1911-2002) signed, oil painting on board, unframed painting: 15.75 x 12.75 inches provenance: the ...

"The Portrait" by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013) pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed paper size: 24.5 x 18.75 inches Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century Fr...

French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper stamped inscribed verso Image : 25.5 x 20 inches Superbly decorative 1960's Fren...

Portrait of a Man by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed and dated lower left 1934 oil painting on unstretched canvas, unframed Canvas: 19 x 16 inches Very decorative 1930's oil...

"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) set of 2 watercolor on paper, unframed Top painting : 5 x 7.75 inches, signed bottom right bottom painti...

"Abstract Design" by Arlette Martin (French, b.1924) signed and dated lower right hand-side, painting mounted on card, unframed painting: 2.75 x 6 inches card: 6.5 x 12 inch...

"Buildings" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) Set of 2. Watercolour on paper, unframed. Left painting : 5.25 x 3.25 inches bottom painting: 4.5 x 3 ...

Sunflowers on the Beach English School, early 1900's original watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed overall paper size: 7.75 x 11.25 inches From a large private ...

French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper stamped Image : 25.5 x 19.75 inches Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait pa...

French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper inscribed verso stamped on reverse Image: 25.5 x 19 inches Superbly decorative 196...

A large scale heraldic gilt lion off naive depiction, constructed around a pine carcass with a thick hessian and plaster/gesso skin. The original gilt is beautifully faded, the pl...

Rare to find, screens such as this would have been rolled down to separate the sleeping area and alcove in a traditional Tutsi household. The weaving, made from fine strands of grass...

A busy oil on canvas interior scene showing an exaggerated early 19th century social scene in the naïve self taught style. A military/naval officer is showing off his wooden leg ...

A Finely Carved Lime Spatula by an Unknown Master Carver Depicting a possibly unique Mother and Child (?) or Male and Female (?) Wood ebony with lime infill Massim Area, Papua New...

This unique and amazing Ecuadorian primitive piece is a whistle carved in a skull form, and dates to the formative stage from the woodland period. It measures 2 in – 5 cm wide, 2 ½ i...

A rare pair of French, turn of the century shop signs. These would have been used to advertise ceramics within the shop. Faiences - Fine, Tin Glazed Pottery Porcelaines - Porcelain ...

A delightful pair of floral still-life paintings, dating to the mid/second half of the 19th century. Oil on canvas and presented in period maple frames with gilt slips. Each painting...

A exceptional pair of hand embroidered silk animals (leopard & elephant), housed in faux rosewood frames and original marble paper backings. Very much in the naive, folk art aesth...

Three dimensional double-sided wooden hovis tea shop sign  A great piece of social history, this sign is in wood it has been made with applied large letters...

Original Signed Yachts in Harbour Oil Painting A desirable original decorative Oil on Canvas painting of Large Yachts and pewter signed “Muriel”, this is...

Resembling the upturned beak of a bird, the shape of this early twentieth-century title staff from the Chokwe culture in Angola exhibits a beautiful, simplistic form. A series of not...

This tall, elegant iron currency, from the Mumuye culture in Nigeria, dates back to the nineteenth-century. The currency displays a long, spoon-shaped form, with attractive spiral fe...

Every detail and feature of the beetle has been finely preserved in bronze, from its tiny claws to the pattern of striations on the insect's shell. Having been 'cast from life' by an Akan gold...

Edwardian wall hung shop sign, Kirbys’ wardrobes purchased A great piece of social history, this is a wooden sign painted on both sides and hanging on a blacksmith made Iron brack...

A fine 18th century Indo-Portuguese corpus, carved out of solid ebony. In very good condition with a good patina.

A Large Finely Carved ‘Cup Carrier’ of a Women with Child Superb colour and rich patina 
Wood Tschokwe, Democratic Republic of Congo Early 20th Century Size: 42cm high - 16½ ins ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare, stunning, original circa 1880 Swiss made Black Forest wood, whip hooks which has the original paint This is a fine exa...

Early 20th Century Hand Carved Folk-art Candle Stick A unique piece of early 20th Century folk art in the form of a hand carved geometric formed can...

Ancient Asian grain scoop bowl A tactile and lovely looking piece the bowl has a handle, it is made from a single piece of wood, it has flat bottom, a s...

St Paul’s Churchyard, City of London glass Edwardian Street Sign This is a City of London Street sign, it is set in its Cast Iron Frame, it is ma...

“The Classic Cars of the 50s” Shop Trade Display Shelf Good Collectors Piece, 50s Model Car Display shelf, in good condition The Shelf is 21” high, 19” wide and 5” deep CS188