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Style: Outsider Art
Outsider Art Judaica Synagogue or Tomb in Israel
By Rebecca Levy
Located in Surfside, FL
A classic example of whimsical folk art done with raw and unbridled emotion for Israel and Judaism. Done in a Naive manner with beautiful Hebrew calligraphy drawing and vintage autom...
Category

Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Gouache

Celluloid Manga Characters 1
Located in Genève, GE
Original ink and gouache cello with sketch White wooden frame with plastic protection 32.5 x 42.5 x 3.5 cm
Category

Late 20th Century Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Ink, Gouache

SCHOOL DAYS (PAINTING OF WOOD)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on wood. Hand signed on front by the artist. Frame size 37.25 x 28.25 in. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reas...
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

Untitled Acrylic and Marker Outsider Art Surrealist Dreamscape
By Hilda Arvey
Located in Surfside, FL
Hilda Arvey started painting at the age of 70. Self Taught, Art Brut, Outsider artist. Mother of celebrated Chicago artist Phyllis Kresnoff.
Category

Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Island Lilac Hugs, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Elegant lilacs blossom in artist Pamela Hoke's dazzling floral piece. A joyous escape of wonder of this particular species exudes t...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Gingko Hug, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Pamela Hoke exhibits a striking image of a Gingko leaf. A potent painterly expression of the much adored and documented anci...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Apples original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this oil on wood panel painting, Robert Richter places the viewer at the foot of a path that wraps around and beyond a small apple tree. The tree, with its ruby apples...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Christmas on 42nd Street, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Nothing captures the excitement of New York City like Christmas ornaments in and around Times Square," says artist Leroy Burt. "Thi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Ducking and Diving. Naive School Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Ducking and Diving. More joyful art from Welsh artist Therese James Just enjoy the happiness and simplicity and wish that you were there Deep Box Canvas
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Waiting, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Using her signature folk art style, artist Jessica JH Roller captures a tranquil scene of a woman sitting on the shore, looking out longingly at the sea. A q...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Chipmunks, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This painting depicts a pair of cheerful woodland creatures," explains artist Kira Yustak. "Two chipmunks scamper around on a log in the forest. It's a great...

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21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Morning Sun Bonsai, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A bonsai tree glows in morning light, with rays of sun shining through the branches. "The painting is meant to show joy in the new day as it arrives with a po...

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21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"First Snow, " Framed Winter Landscape Oil on Wood, Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter depicts a view of a hill in winter, with a tree and craggy rocks in the immediate foreground in high contrast to the grey-white of the recent snowfal...
Category

Early 2000s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Cactus Garden, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
I have a succulent in a ceramic sugar skull pot in my kitchen and painted it from life. It has a wonderful expression on its face, and I enjoy the spikey succulent growing from the top like hair.


About the Artist
Kira Yustak paints fantastical scenes that come from her childhood memories, dreams, and the natural world. Each piece feels like part of a larger narrative of an alternative reality, rendered in a style she describes as comic realism. She feels art must trigger something inside the viewer’s soul.Kira currently lives in New Jersey and finds inspiration in the work of Lowbrow, Folk, and Surrealist artists.


Words that describe this painting: sugar skull, cactus, houseplant, garden, plants, day of the dead, succulent, still life, still life, representational, primitive, acrylic painting, green


Cactus Garden...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Early Morning, Serengeti Search, Africa, Animal, Cheetah, Mixed Media, triptych
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Early Morning, Serengeti Search is inspired by Jan Coutts's travels to the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation areas of Tanzania. Mixed media triptych on...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Silver

Bluebird Spring garden setting large female figure soft warm Grey violet yellow
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an oil painting on jute canvas mounted on a cradled wood board. It is signed and dated by the artist on reverse. The texture is rough yet dense with a strong balance of light...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Jute, Wood, Oil, Canvas

Strip Mall original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting, 'Strip Mall,' contains the humor common to Robert Richter's oeuvre, presenting a view of the kind of strip mall and parking lot so common to contemporary life. Each st...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Large Purvis Young Painting, Estate of the Artist, 93"W
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Purvis Young (American, 1943-2010) Marking(s); notes: signed Materials: painted wood Dimensions (H, W, D): 24"h, 93"w (work is not framed) Additional Information: Provenance: This work is from the personal collection of Anthony Romano, one of the two guardians appointed to the artist in the later part of his life. Purvis Young (1943–2010) was a self-taught American artist from Miami’s Overtown neighborhood, known for his raw, expressive paintings on found materials that explore themes of social justice, spirituality, and everyday urban life. His work resonates with the visual urgency of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the narrative power of Thornton Dial, and the outsider spirit of Bill Traylor and Sister Gertrude Morgan...
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20th Century Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Garden Chairs original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter presents the viewer with something of a still life. Not unlike the early cubist paintings of Picasso and Braque, which often focused on the vibrant c...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Tower of Slumber fantasy male and female figures engaged in Hercularian feats.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This painting is one of various works by the artist depicting narratives in a narrow vertical format primarily influenced by the works of the German artist Max Beckmann . It is a lar...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Outsider artist painting: They Came Upon A Midnight Clear
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...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Rapunzel by the Sea, fairy tale narrative, colorful whimsical fantasy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rapunzel figure narrative, colorful *ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical w...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Fish Hatchery, " Original Framed Architectural Oil on Wood by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fish Hatchery" is an original oil painting on wood by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter. It is signed on the back and its frame was created and hand-carved by the artist, making it in...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Hitchhikers, turtle boys children soft dreamy green colors bamboo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Imaginary story, fable or fairy tale-like narrative of young boys hitchhiking on the back of a turtle signed and dated on reverse side. ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly or...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Stickball Team sports related group male figures earth and red colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The painting hardens back to the artist's memory of stickball played on YYC streets. The rough texture is created by pumice like material mixed with the primer. It is on wood signed ...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Eden Lockdown, colorful humorous nude woman with apple and snake
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on linen on mounted board outsider pastel on archival paper *ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking f...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

Marché Cluny - Market at Cap-Haitien - Haitian Street Art
Located in Miami, FL
A bustling street scene of everyday life in front of the famed Marché in Cap-Haïtien is rendered in Sénèque This is a relatively early work by Obin's signature brightly colored and flat naive style. Signed lower right. Provenance: Galerie Issa - Port-Au-Prince, Haiti - Owned by Issa El Saieh of later named El Saieh Gallery Sénèque Obin...
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1950s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Summer Grass, " Original Bright Treed Landscape Oil on Wood by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Summer Grass" is an original oil painting on wood by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter, signed on the verso. The frame was hand-carved by the artist, making it an integral part of the...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Misguided Drone Lives Happily Ever After in the Fine State of New Jersey
Located in New York, NY
Scott likes to think of his work as what it might look like if an overly observant 5 year old kid from New Jersey left hieroglyphics for alien life forms to discover. A mixture of ...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Oil Crayon, Wood Panel

the waiting room, colorful narrative w 4 women and a little boy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
large scale colorful Oil on canvas narrative painting of little boy surrounded by four ethnically diverse women in formal evening gowns.
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Free man with no nation
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Deconstructivism
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Feast and Famine
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Gene
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

Burnt Bridges Broken Hearts
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Duck in Farm with Horse, Goat and Chickens. Children s book illustration.
Located in Miami, FL
The beloved couple Alice and Martin Provensen were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books. Martin Provensen creat...
Category

1960s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Bulldog Barks at Bull, Chicken, Goat, Horse and Donkey, Naive art
Located in Miami, FL
Alice RoseProvensen and Martin Provensen were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books together, 19 of which they also wrote and edited According to Alice, "we were a true collaboration. Martin and I really were one artist. The Provensens were a runner-up for the 1982 Caldecott Medal as illustrators of A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard (who won the companion Newbery Medal). Two years later they won the Caldecott for The Glorious Flight, the story of aviator Louis...
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1960s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Red Grass Original Oil on Wood Painting, Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter presents the viewer with a deep and vibrant field of red grass. Indeed, the term 'field' here is apt, as the large expanse of red in the painting see...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

International feminism Mohammad Ariyaei 21st Century Iranian art outsider art
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed by the artist
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

The Hypnotist large oil painting multiple figures violet and green colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Statement from Stephen Basso about “The Hypnotist” : “Some years ago I took a cruise for the first and probably the last time.I did not enjoy the experience but one night a show feat...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Eye-Mart, " Original Framed Tree Cityscape Oil signed by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Eye-Mart" by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter is an original oil painting on wood, signed on the verso. The frame is hand-carved by the artist, making it an integral part of the piece. It depicts a familiar suburban scene: a lone tree with lush green leaves stands front and center with a beige strip mall in the distance, perhaps across the street. The eponymous Eye-Mart sign...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Navigator, bright color oil painting of figure, boats, water
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Three s a Crowd, whimsical colorful pastel on toned paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Three's a Crowd, whimsical colorful pastel on toned paper A Brooklyn native, much of Basso's wildly imaginative artwork was inspired by travel to Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and especiall...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

"Couple Tree, " Original Bright Landscape Oil on Wood signed by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Couple Tree" is an original oil painting on wood by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter, signed on the verso. The frame was created and hand-carved by the artist, making it integral to ...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Soutine s Purveyor, humorous butcher with meat, food
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, wry wit and fear...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pillow Fight, colorful humorous nude women
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on linen on mounted board outsider pastel on archival paper *ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking f...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

Nude on the Edge#2, colorful, whimsical imaginative nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Glory and Grandeur art history strong black female figure topical subject
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on linen on mounted board *ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works a...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Transport
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left. In this richly imaginative painting by Julian Nemethy reimagines the Hudson River day liner not merely as a vessel of transport, but as a dreamscape in motion. The steamboat, rendered with meticulous precision, glides through a river that shimmers magically—beneath a sky alive with imaginative playful clouds Nemethy’s signature style is on full display: whimsical flourishes, exaggerated perspectives, and a near-naïve attention to detail that invites the viewer into a world where nostalgia and fantasy intertwine. The day liner becomes a symbol of freedom and wonder, a floating stage for the American imagination. It’s a celebration of movement, memory, and the enduring romance of the Hudson. Contemporary artist Julian Nemethy is the son of artist Albert Nemethy, and his work can be distinguished from that of his father by the use of fantastical elements, extreme use of color and detail, and whimsical touches. Julian Nemethy is one of the many artists in the Nemethy family. Born in Hungary, his parents fled the Communist regime in the mid-1950s when Julian was a small child. He was one of six siblings who were raised by their father. In high school, Julian taught himself to paint, and felt he had found his vocation. In the 1980s, he moved to the Smokey Mountains of...
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1980s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Existential Cyclist human condition humorous male figure on bicycle blue
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Signed and dated on reverse oil on wood panel . This work had a rough surface texture. Some similarity to Botero quality
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Velvet Highway (Hwy. K), " Oil on Wood signed on Verso by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Velvet Highway (Hwy. K) is an original oil painting on wood by Robert Richter. The artist signed the painting on the back. This painting depicts a highway in Wisconsin as it weaves ...
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Early 2000s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Untitled
By Rosalind Brodoff
Located in Branford, CT
Untitled, oil on wood panel. ROSALIND BRODOFF 1926 - 2017 Rosalind Brodoff was born in The Bronx NY, January 11, 1926, the second of 6 children, 4 sisters and one brother. Althou...
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1970s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil

purple hat, social observation, portrait of woman with red hat,
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Congregation (original mixed media on paper)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Artwork size 11 x 8.5 inches. Frame size approx 17 x 15 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificat...
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Pen

Acrylic on Canvas: Charm School
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 Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, ABS

"Denkbilder, " Mixed-Media Sculpture, 2021
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box derby cars of his youth, eac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard, Canvas, Mixed Media

"Spring Meadow, " Oil on Wood signed by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Meadow" is an original oil painting by Robert Richter. The artist signed, stamped his initials, and titled the piece on the back of the painting. This painting depicts an exp...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Crown Jewels, colorful, figurative, outsider, narrative, three women, hats
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil n canvas Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, wr...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Balance, Whimsical female with flowers, roses, bright golden sky
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
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2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Slippery Crustacean, humorous, bright color oil painting of boy and lobster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagination, wry wit and fear...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Outsider Art paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Outsider Art paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, green, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Robert Richter, Therese James, Purvis Young, and Stephen Basso. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Acrylic Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Outsider Art paintings, so small editions measuring 3 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $183 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $2,210.

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