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Style: Folk Art
Parapluie XX Acrylic Painting by Henry Walsh, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
Parapluie XX by Henry Walsh [2022] Parapluie XX by Henry Walsh is an original acrylic painting on a wooden board that features a man with an umbrella on a walk. Henry Walsh’s work begin with snapshots of busy life and by a process of elimination, he refocus’ on the image and on the elements that encapsulate a sober thoughtfulness. Additonal information: Original Acrylic on Wooden Board Image size: H:11 cm x W:11 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:11 cm x W:11 cm x D:0.3 cm Frame Size: H:19.5 cm x W:19.5 cm x D:3.5 cm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. Henry Walsh artist's works are available to buy online with Wychwood art and in our art gallery. Henry Walsh was born 1978 in Norwich, England and spent his childhood in the Suffolk countryside. Henry studied art at Ipswich College in Suffolk, and then Loughborough University in Leicestershire. In 2000 he moved to London to find work that would further his art career and help to maintain his painting. In Spring 2011 Henry and his family moved from London to the High Peak in Derbyshire. Henry is now a freelance artist & designer concentrating more time to his painting. Artist and painter Henry Walsh comments “My work begins with snapshots of busy city life and by a process of elimination I refocus the image on elements that encapsulate a sober thoughtfulness." "Scattered throughout the hustle and bustle of concrete life, like pools among the rocks, are the parks and squares that provide us with a place to breathe and a time to think. It is a fundamental need of a sane society to be able to stop once in a while and wander from the routine, lift our heads and look at the sky or take in our regular surroundings with a fresh insight.” “Sitting on the top deck of a London bus, I let my mind stroll over the lives of the people on the street, they obtain new life stories; I’m placing myself in their...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Board

Portrait in Wildflowers, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller paints a woman sitting on the ground with her legs crossed. Vibrant wildflowers in pink and red thrive all around her. "Summer is in ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Windy Sheep and Blowy Boats, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
A blustery day on the Welsh coast. Acrylic on canvas Signed
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"A Boat Called Hope." Contemporary Naive School Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Chirpy, bobbing boats are a large part of the Welsh coastline narrative. These little boats set out daily to catch a crop of shellfish and fish. Each craft is cheerfully painted and ...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bali Jungle Village Procession, Indonesian Figural
Located in Soquel, CA
Lively and detailed depiction of a procession of Balinese figures in the Ubud regional style (Cremation Ceremony) by I Dewa Putu Sugi (Indonesian, b. 1931). ...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Our Last Day Of Summer
Located in Brecon, Powys
The artists reflection on her childhood days. Catching the last of the summers warmth on the beach. Acrylic on canvas. Unframed 16" x 12" 2022
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Salt and Grain Sellers, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Salt and Grain Sellers, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 36 x 40 in. (91.44 x 101.6 cm), Descript...
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Perfect Moment
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic on canvas. Signed. Ready to hang
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Saturday Night, Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Another great work from the artist's dancing series.
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Overholser Family, 1890, Sterling, Illinois" Streeter Blair, 1949 Painting
Located in New York, NY
Streeter Blair Overholser Family, 1890, Sterling, Illinois, 1949 Signed, titled, and dated lower left Oil on canvas 8 x 10 inches Primitive painter St...
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1940s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moonless and Fishing Boat Bobbing Sea (Under Milk Wood)
Located in Brecon, Powys
Dylan Thomas's writing and Therese James's beautiful, colourful seashore paintings are so well suited to one another. Both have complex observations ...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

19th century English Folk Art Cottage landscape with figures playing by a pond
Located in Woodbury, CT
A very well painted classic English Folk art painting of figured playing by the pond with ducks and a rural cottage. This style of painting...
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1840s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Food Sellers in the Market, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Food Sellers in the Market, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Des...
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Wishing On A Star." Naive School Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
What a touching acrylic on canvas painting from great Welsh Naive School artist Therese James.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

19th century English folk art, Town scene with soldier my a monument and church
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted and very unique oil on a card of an English town landscape with figures, soldier, monument, and a boy on his way to a school with a hoop and stick. Possible painted for...
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1840s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Filipina Girl Playing the Harp
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait of a Filipino girl playing a harp by an unknown artist (20th Century). This piece is done in the style of traditional Filipino art, with ...
Category

1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Local Cuisine, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Local Cuisine, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 10 x 21 in. (25.4 x 53.34 cm)
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1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

‘Young Woman And Vase’ by Steven H. Rehfeld - Large Figurative Female Nude Model
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954) "Young Woman and Vase", 2015 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. About the Artist: Steven is now on...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Acrylic Paint, Oil Stick on Cradled Panel: "I Picked Up Dinner"
Located in New York, NY
In 2018, I became a painter. An artist.  I am a product of the '70s and I spent my life in the fine state of New Jersey—the most wonderful state of them all.  As a result of stuff th...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Women with Flowers, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Women with Flowers, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 9.25 x 27.5 in. (23.5 x 69.85 cm)
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1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Acrylic on Canvas: Tongue Tied
Located in New York, NY
Scott Harbison grew up in northern New Jersey, and had an early fascination with cartoons. Somewhat introverted, he seemed to daydream his way through ...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Preparing Food, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Preparing Food, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Description: An...
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rest by the Wayside, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Rest by the Wayside, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm), Description: "Rest by the Waysi...
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Belly Dancer, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Belly Dancer, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 40 x 36 in. (101.6 x 91.44 cm), Description: An unfinished oil painti...
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Messenger" Symbolic Ocre and blue Acrylic paint Figure Folk Art painting.
Located in Segovia, ES
"Messenger" (Mensajero). Symbolic Ocre and blue Acrylic paint Figure Folk Art painting. Acrylic/wood panel. Dimension art: (H) 41 x (W) 30 x (D) 5...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

The Devil s in the details
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mid Century Expressionist Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fabulously colorful combination of abstract expressionist and outsider art. Most likely done in the 1950s or 60s signed lower right it appears to be a mixed medium on board. Very si...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Mary Dwyer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton_Seneca Falls 1870s_2014_acrylic on board,
Located in Darien, CT
These new paintings illuminate individuals of the American Suffrage Movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B Wells and Alice Paul, each one intelligent, brave and incredibly relentless in the struggle to attain voting rights for American women. This series of paintings portrays the ardent women involved in the American Suffrage Movement which led up to the 19th Amendment...
Category

2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"El Niño" Retablo – New Mexico-Style Contemporary Spanish Colonial Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This original retablo painting, titled "El Niño", is a striking contemporary work by Colorado-based artist Michael Blatnik. Inspired by the devotional traditions of Spanish Colonial ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pottery Sellers, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Pottery Sellers, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 36 x 40 in. (91.44 x 101.6 cm), Description: An oil painting of...
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The future of man
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acyrlic
Category

2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

A total lack of wit
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

A face you ve sworn you ve seen before
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Wanted a substitute
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Cluster Fuck
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Twenty two and sixty six
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and pencil on paper Signed and dated, l.c. Also inscribed "E-2000-1" in pencil, verso This work is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
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Early 2000s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

The subtle laws of attraction
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Dog-Gods of War are Never Satisfied
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Born in 1979 San Diego based artist Mike Maxwell has built a loyal following with his signature stone-blue faces, gloomy churches & beautiful windmills. Self-taught & continuously im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Housewives Choice, A-Z Alphabet Sampler Mixed Media Painting Collage
By Christine McArthur
Located in Surfside, FL
Housewives Choice, A-Z a cute Folk Art Alphabet of kitchen utensils and cooking implements rendered in a whimsical naive style. CHRISTINE McARTHUR was born in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, in 1953 and studied at Glasgow School of Art between 1971 and 1976. She taught and produced book illustrations before turning to paint full time. she was elected a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute and in 1995 a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. McArthur has been the recipient of a number of awards including The Scottish Arts Council Award and the Glasgow Society of Women Artist Trust Fund Award. She has exhibited widely in the UK, particularly in London and Scotland, as well as in Russia, Hong Kong, Her early work was primarily in oil and she became well known for her large scale still life paintings on canvas. In the late 1980s she began to work in oil pastel and watercolour but more recently she has reverted to oil, as well as acrylic and collage. She has exhibited widely with solo exhibitions in the Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, and Ainscough Gallery, London, among others. AWARDS S.E.D. travelling scholarship 1975, and 1976, Arts Council Award 1979, and 2004. Glasgow Society of Women Artist’s Trust Fund Award, Lauder Award; R.G.I., N.S. Macfarlane Award; Alexander Graham Munro prize, RSW. Christine McArthur was awarded Scottish Education Department travelling scholarships in 1975 and 1976 and was elected a member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1990. In 1995 she was elected a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. In 1997 John Lewis commissioned four large murals – each 6ft x 15ft - for the Glasgow store in 1999. In 2002 she received a commission from John Lewis for murals for the extension to their Peter Jones store, Sloane Square, London. Solo Exhibitions from 1984 - present include: Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington; Sue Rankin Gallery, London; Fine Art Society, Glasgow; Portland Gallery, London; Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow; Ancrum Gallery, Roxburgh; Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh; Courtyard Gallery, Crail; John Martin Gallery, London; Gertsey Gallery, Moscow; Gertsey Gallery, Atlanta, USA; Lemon Street Gallery, Cornwall; Ainscough Gallery, Devon; Thackeray Gallery, London Private and Corporate Collections include: Lord Irvine of Lairg; Scottish Arts Council; Glasgow Caledonian University; Arthur Anderson; Scottish Nuclear PLC; University of Strathclyde...
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache

Mid Century Carved Marble Flute Player
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century carved marble flute player by Rodney Marshall Winfield (American, b. 1925). Presented in a rustic wooden frame. Unsigned. Image size: 14"H x 10"W. Framed: 20"H x 16"W. Wear to frame and age wear to marble. A painter in acrylic, designer in stain glass and silver, sculptor and long-time teacher, Rodney Winfield has had a diverse career. He was born in New York City. As a young man, he was artistically inclined and composed music, drew and painted, danced, wrote poetry and created sculpture. Choosing to focus on art, he enrolled in Cooper Union School in New York City. From 1953 to 1970, he was a stain-glass designer for Emil Frei...
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Marble

Flea Market, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Flea Market, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 11 x 21 in. (27.94 x 53.34 cm)
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1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Magic Realist Surrealist Latin American Naive Fantasy Painting
By German Ramon Duron Lanza
Located in Surfside, FL
Magic realist fantasy painting in the manner of Ernst Fuchs and Arik Brauer. Naïve art is any form of visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition. Naïve art is recognized, and often imitated, for its childlike simplicity and frankness. Paintings of this kind typically have a flat rendering style with a rudimentary expression of perspective. One particularly influential painter of "naïve art" was Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), a French Post-Impressionist who was discovered by Pablo Picasso. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. Museums devoted to naïve art now exist in Kecskemét, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Jaen, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Vicq France and Paris. "Primitive art" is another term often applied to art by those without formal training, but is historically more often applied to work from certain cultures that have been judged socially or technologically "primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished from the self-conscious, "primitive" inspired movement primitivism. Another term related to (but not completely synonymous with) naïve art is folk art. There also exist the terms "naïvism" and "primitivism" which are usually applied to professional painters working in the style of naïve art (like Paul Gauguin, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee). At all events, naive art can be regarded as having occupied an "official" position in the annals of twentieth-century art since - at the very latest - the publication of the Der Blaue Reiter, an almanac in 1912. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, who brought out the almanac, presented 6 reproductions of paintings by le Douanier' Rousseau (Henri Rousseau), comparing them with other pictorial examples. However, most experts agree that the year that naive art was "discovered" was 1885, when the painter Paul Signac became aware of the talents of Henri Rousseau and set about organizing exhibitions of his work in a number of prestigious galleries. The Earth Group (Grupa Zemlja) were Croatian artists, architects and intellectuals active in Zagreb from 1929 to 1935. The group included the painters Krsto Hegedušić, Edo Kovačević, Omer Mujadžić, Kamilo Ružička, Ivan Tabaković, and Oton Postružnik, the sculptors Antun Augustinčić, Frano Kršinić, and the architect Drago Ibler. A term applied to Yugoslav (Croatian) naive painters working in or around the village of Hlebine, near the Hungarian border, from about 1930. Some of the best known naive artists are Dragan Gaži, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić, Krsto Hegedušić, Mijo Kovačić, Ivan Lacković-Croata, Franjo Mraz, Ivan Večenaj and Mirko Virius. Camille Bombois (1883–1970) Ferdinand Cheval, known as 'le facteur Cheval' (1836–1924) Henry Darger (1892–1973) L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (1860–1961) Nikifor (1895–1968) Poland, Horace Pippin (1888–1946) Jon Serl (1894-1993) United States Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) Scottie Wilson (1890–1972) Gesner Abelard (b. 1922) Jan Balet (1913–2009) Michel Delacroix (b. 1933) France Howard Finster (1916–2001) Ivan Rabuzin (1921–2008) Spontaneous Art Museum in Brussels Art en Marge Museum in Brussels MADmusée in Liege International Museum of Naive Art of Brazil in Cosme Velho, Rio de Janeiro Gallery Jacques Ardies in São Paulo Musée international d'art naïf de Magog in Magog Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb Gallery of Croatian Naïve Art...
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Rabbi Israeli Painting Signed Hebrew Jewish Star
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a signed portrait painting done in an outsider, folk art, expressionist style. it is signed in Hebrew, also marked with a Jewish star. this is from a collection of works by the same hand. they are all signed. Some have markings to the back of the paper. they have some age to them. They bear similarities to artists as dissimilar as Moshe Tamir, Mane Katz and an Israeli version of Purvis Young. In this piece the artist choice of colors is muted yet powerful. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin and even Yefim Ladyzhensky had naive periods. The most well know of the strict naive artists are Shalom of Safed, Irene Awret, Gabriel Cohen, Natan Heber, Michael Falk and Kopel Gurwin. Naïve art is any form of visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition. Naïve art is recognized, and often imitated, for its childlike simplicity and frankness. Paintings of this kind typically have a flat rendering style with a rudimentary expression of perspective. One particularly influential painter of "naïve art" was Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), a French Post-Impressionist who was discovered by Pablo Picasso. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. Museums devoted to naïve art now exist in Kecskemét, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Jaen, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Vicq France and Paris. "Primitive art" is another term often applied to art by those without formal training, but is historically more often applied to work from certain cultures that have been judged socially or technologically "primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished from the self-conscious, "primitive" inspired movement primitivism. Another term related to (but not completely synonymous with) naïve art is folk art. There also exist the terms "naïvism" and "primitivism" which are usually applied to professional painters working in the style of naïve art (like Paul Gauguin, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee). At all events, naive art can be regarded as having occupied an "official" position in the annals of twentieth-century art since - at the very latest - the publication of the Der Blaue Reiter, an almanac in 1912. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, who brought out the almanac, presented 6 reproductions of paintings by le Douanier' Rousseau (Henri Rousseau), comparing them with other pictorial examples. However, most experts agree that the year that naive art was "discovered" was 1885, when the painter Paul Signac became aware of the talents of Henri Rousseau and set about organizing exhibitions of his work in a number of prestigious galleries. The Earth Group (Grupa Zemlja) were Croatian artists, architects and intellectuals active in Zagreb from 1929 to 1935. The group included the painters Krsto Hegedušić, Edo Kovačević, Omer Mujadžić, Kamilo Ružička, Ivan Tabaković, and Oton Postružnik, the sculptors Antun Augustinčić, Frano Kršinić, and the architect Drago Ibler. Art brut, primitive art, primitive, art naïf, naïve art. Outsider art. A term applied to Yugoslav (Croatian) naive painters working in or around the village of Hlebine, near the Hungarian border, from about 1930. Some of the best known naive artists are Dragan Gaži, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić, Krsto Hegedušić, Mijo Kovačić, Ivan Lacković-Croata, Franjo Mraz, Ivan Večenaj and Mirko Virius. Camille Bombois (1883–1970) Ferdinand Cheval, known as 'le facteur Cheval' (1836–1924) Henry Darger (1892–1973) L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson (1860–1961) Nikifor (1895–1968) Poland, Horace Pippin (1888–1946) Jon Serl (1894-1993) United States Alfred Wallis (1855–1942) Scottie Wilson (1890–1972) Gesner Abelard (b. 1922) Jan Balet (1913–2009) Michel Delacroix (b. 1933) France Howard Finster (1916–2001) Ivan Rabuzin (1921–2008) Spontaneous Art Museum in Brussels Art en Marge Museum in Brussels MADmusée in Liege International Museum of Naive Art of Brazil in Cosme Velho, Rio de Janeiro Gallery Jacques Ardies in São Paulo Musée international d'art naïf de Magog in Magog Croatian Museum of Naïve Art in Zagreb Gallery of Croatian Naïve Art...
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Most of my dreams are about sleeping
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on board
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Building a memory in space, time, and mind
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

No jest, no gesture
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

I Don t Remember Waking Up
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Joy, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Joy, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower left, Size: 8.75 x 19.5 in. (22.23 x 49.53 cm)
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1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Emperor, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Emperor, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 22 x 9.75 in. (55.88 x 24.77 cm)
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1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Women and Children, Folk Art Acrylic Painting by Ernani Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Women and Children, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 11.25 x 22 in. (28.58 x 55.88 cm)
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1990s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Naive European French Folk Art Jovan Lazar Obican Tapestry Wall Hanging Weaving
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazar Obican 1944-2004 Tapestry, mixed media applique on woven background Taking The Bird Away, Folk Art, Dimensions: H 80 cm (32.25 in.) x W 58 cm (23in.) The artist Lazar Obican iconic style is child-like yet masterfully adult; a style that tells a story with sociological overtones. His funny little people are always colorful, full of spirit, living with music and birds to bring them happiness. This is not an aubusson style but a pieced applique, quilt like style on a wool woven background. Mid century modern textile art...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"En Oriente" (In the East). Symbolic Paint. Folk Art Landscape.
Located in Segovia, ES
"En Oriente" (In the East). Symbolic paint. Folk Art Landscape by spanish artist Raquel Fariñas. Acrylic mixed media/ wood panel, 62 x 50 x 4 cm. In inches: 24.41" x 19.69" x 1.57" ...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"New York"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In creating this work, I combined naive charm with elements of surrealism and pop art to evoke a mixture of whimsy and contemplation. Vibrant acrylic colors dance with comic exuberan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Listed American Female Folk Art Layered Constructed Sculptural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Sculptural folk art piece by listed artist Sharon Yavis. This work is constructed by applying layers of wood to create an almost three dimensional effect ...
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1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Mid Century Haitian Painting on Board by E. Abelard
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage Haitian acrylic painting on board executed in an unusual minimalist modern style with houses, trees and people. Signed E. Abelard and presented in a mahogany frame.
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20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"En El Ser", (In The Being). Symbolic Paint. Folk Art Landscape with figures.
Located in Segovia, ES
"En el Ser" (In The Being). Symbolic paint. Folk Art Landscape with figure by spanish artist Raquel Fariñas. Acrylic mixed media/ wood panel, 40 x 50 x 4 cm. In inches: 15.75" x 16....
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Descanso" (Rest). Symbolic Paint. Folk Art Landscape.
Located in Segovia, ES
"Descanso" (Rest). Symbolic paint. Folk Art Landscape by spanish artist Raquel Fariñas. Acrylic mixed media/ wood panel, 69 x 60 x 4 cm. In inches: 27.17" x 23.62" x 1.57" The paint...
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2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

The Mean Hippies (Drawing with Rattlesnake Warrior and Red Rebels) Outsider Art
By Alex O Neal
Located in Surfside, FL
Paper measures 21 X 33 inches Born and raised in Mississippi, Alex O'Neal graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In the Eighties, his formal education overlapped regular visits with Mississippi self-taught artists, including Mary T. Smith, Luster Willis, and Son Ford Thomas. He later immersed himself in art brut collections and European art brut in Switzerland, Germany, and France. His work is also inspired by African-American self-taught outsider art. O'Neal's drawings and paintings have been shown at The Drawing Center, New York; BRIC, Brooklyn; P.S.122, New York; Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY; Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta; Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS; Centre d’Art des Pénitents Noirs, Aubagne, France; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans; Chicago Cultural Center; Ecomuseu, Valls d'Aneu, Spain; Amory Arts Center, West Palm Beach; Huntsville Museum of Art, AL; Rockefeller Art Center, SUNY Fredonia; ART LA; Field Projects, New York; LOG at Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC; and Linda Warren Projects, Chicago. His work is in volumes 16, 38, and 104 of New American Paintings. His paintings and drawings idiosyncratically depict circumstances that associate Americans, i.e. dysfunction, nature worship, cults, homegrown terrorism, Hollywood, reverence for Native America. There is formal influence from stylization found in Romanesque fresco, early American portrait painting...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

What Are They Looking At ? Sexy Nude Naive Caribbean Art , Swimming Pool Party
Located in Miami, FL
A young man at a crowded upper-class Haitian swimming pool attracts attention. We see him only from the back in a Magritte-like pose. The transfixed expressions of some of the nubile bare-breasted bathing beauties and one man with his hands down his pants give us a clue that the mystery man is special. This is a fascinating work packed with drama and overflowing with pent-up emotion.
Bigaud's narrative is as complex as his figural composition of lookers and swimmers. Notice the sight lines of the lookers go back to front while the two swimmers go from left to right. The twenty-two figures are contained in the rectangular shape of the pool, which is pushed to the front of the picture plane. The cars of the pool partygoers are seen in the background with one witness. He is fully clothed and is most likely a chauffeur. The fully clothed female at the pool offering food is a servant. A boxy-looking radio with a pack of cigarettes and the style of the cars give glue to the date. Most Haitian art depicts average working people. The pool party departs from that tradition and shows life of the Haitian upper class. Most likely, this was painted in Petion-Ville. The higher the elevation in Port-au-Prince the more wealthy the homes. Although the artist's painting technique may be described as naive or lacking polish.
 t's one of the reasons why the work radiates charm and interest. The painting is oversized with huge dimensions of 55 x 48 and will be a statement in any room. Wilson Bigaud is considered to be a Haitian master. The condition is good. Three repaired one-inch issues on the extreme center and upper right edge. Visible only on close inspection. Otherwise presents very well and is elegantly framed, ______________________________________ Haitian master Wilson Bigaud is renowned for works portraying everyday life and rites of passage—vodou rituals, fortune-tellers, weddings, cockfights, and carnivals—with voluminous figures and lucid colors. Born in Port-au-Prince, in 1946 Bigaud was among the first to attend DeWitt Peters’s Le Centre d’Art d’Haïti, where he studied with Hector Hyppolite...
Category

1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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