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S. Bennington Building, Folk Art Lithograph by Jack Hofflander
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - S. Bennington Building, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 23/30, Image Size: 22 x 30.5 inches, ...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

Protector Spirit
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Ceramic

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...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Gouache

Noche Crist Goddess Sculpture
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind Goddess sculpture by Noche Crist (1909-2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Catalogue of a postumous retrospecti...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

Howard Finster Signed “Cheetah” Wood Cut-Out Sculpture, 1991
Located in Chattahoochee Hills, GA
A distinctive and visually dynamic cut-out sculpture by American folk art icon Rev. Howard Finster (1916–2001), titled “Cheetah” and numbered 20,000,342. Created in 1991, this hand-p...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Original Modernist Relief Sculpture by Ron Hitchins
Located in London, GB
A striking and completely unique abstract fibreglass sculpture from the artist's own home. Year: unknown (Ron was active from the mid 1960s to the early 2000s) Colour: Concrete Fram...
Category

1960s Folk Art Art

Materials

Fabric, Fiberglass, Paint, Board

Mending , African American Woman Folk Artist, Houston, Dallas, Blues Museum Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, in fabrics bowl, 'Ruth Mae McCrane' (American, 1929-2002) and dated upper center, in calendar, February 1989. Ruth Mae McCrane taught...
Category

1980s Folk Art Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Whimsical French Folk Art, Naive, Oil Painting Madeline Marie Christine Clavier
Located in Surfside, FL
MADELINE CHRISTINE CLAVIER (1913-2015) Signature: Signed lower right & titled verso Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: The collection of the artist's family Marie Christine Clavier was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1913 to French parents and lived there for her formative years. She returned to France as a teenager and began to study painting. Her work quickly developed into whimsical paintings of poetry and songs – harmonized in a unique and distinct painting technique. Her work has an impasto feel and a folk art, outsider artist sensibility to it. Similar in style to Maik and other fantasy realists who use animals, flowers and foliage in their artworks. Marie Clavier painted ro herself rather than for profit as she was quite independently wealthy. She exhibited extensively in the United States in the 1970s especially across Connecticut and New York, showing at various galleries and cultural centres. She had numerous solo exhibitions in the 1970’s- notably at the Maison Francaise in New York and New York University. She showed at Galerie Bernheim Jeune in Paris. She won many awards for her work including Gold Medals and Palme D’Or medals. In 1988 the prestigious art publisher Leopard D’Or produced catalogue book on her life and work – by this point she had virtually given up painting. She died in 2015 aged 102. Bernheim-Jeune gallery is one of the oldest art galleries in Paris. Opened on Rue Laffitte in 1863 by Alexandre Bernheim (1839-1915), friend of Delacroix, Corot and Courbet, it changed location a few times before settling on Avenue Matignon. The gallery promoted realists, Barbizon school paintings and, in 1874, the first impressionist and later post-impressionist painters. It closed in 2019. In 1901, Alexandre Bernheim, with his sons, Josse (1870-1941), and Gaston (1870-1953), organized the first important exhibition of Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris with the help of art critic Julien Leclercq. In 1906, Bernheim-Jeune frères started presenting works by Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Paul Cezanne, Henri-Edmond Cross, Kees van Dongen, Henri Matisse, Le Douanier Rousseau, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Amedeo Modigliani, Maurice Utrillo and Georges Dufrenoy. From 1906 to 1925, art critic Félix Fénéon was the director of the gallery and was instrumental in bringing in the art of Georges Seurat and Umberto Boccioni. In 1922, an exhibition brought together works by Alice Halicka, Auguste Herbin, Pierre Hodé, Moise Kisling, Marie Laurencin, Henri Lebasque, Fernand Leger and Henri Matisse. The gallery now exhibits painters and sculptors in the tradition of the École de Paris and artists such as Jean Carzou, Shelomo Selinger or Pollès. Her style is a recognizable, cheerful, whimsical and a happy creation. 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. 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...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sal Hays (not Hayes)
Located in Red Bank, NJ
Outsider artist Scott Harbison imagines a world of curious alien beings and wide-eyed mutant animals, naively navigating unknown territory. His mischievous figures are activated by s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Board

"Protector One" Folk Art Crow Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Richly textured with whimsical appeal, this late 20th century wooden crow is a delightful example of naive American sculpture. Poised mid-caw, the crow's wings are outstretched, read...
Category

Late 20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Spirit of the Night
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Italian Neoclassic Wood Stand with Tole Flowers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Italian carved wood remnant with classical form and a worn silver leaf finish holding a tole bouquet with flowers and leaves with a perfect time worn patina.
Category

20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Copper and Brass Tortoise Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical life size tortoise or turtle sculpture or object of art handcrafted in brass and copper in a stylized modern form. Attributed to Bustamante.
Category

20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Brass, Copper

Men Talking at a table, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Men Talking at a table, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Descrip...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girl with Cat
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Work is untitled and signed. Measures 22" x 12". Painting is casein paint and plaster on board. Catalogue of an exhibition in 2008 at the...
Category

1960s Folk Art Art

Materials

Acrylic

Girl with Cat
Girl with Cat
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Cyrano, Folk Art Etching by Charles Bragg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - Cyrano, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 8.25 x 7.5 inches, Size: 15 x 11...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Etching

Musicians in the Street, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Musicians in the Street, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Description: An oil paint...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pouring Coffee, Modern Oil Painting on Canvas by Jaimendes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jaimendes, Brazilian (1939 - ) Title: Pouring Coffee Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 16 in. x 13 in. (40.64 cm x 33.02 cm)
Category

1980s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Wedding Dance, Signed Acrylic on Paper by Jovan Obican
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wedding Dance Jovan Obican French/Yugoslavian (1918–1986) Date: circa 1970 Acrylic on Paper, signed l.l. Size: 24.5 x 19 in. (62.23 x 48.26 cm) Frame Size: 29 x 23 inches
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Acrylic

Winter Wonderland Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Snowy oval shaped landscape of a barn and a cozy log cabin in a scenic winter wonderland by Ginger Sammell (American, 20th Century). Presented in a c...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

UFO ca. 1913, Folk Art Lithograph by Edward M. Plunkett
Located in Long Island City, NY
Edward M. Plunkett, American (1922 - 201?) - UFO ca. 1913, Year: 1981, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, AP 30, Image Size: 14.5 x 23.5 inches, Siz...
Category

1980s Folk Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Ceremonial Hunting Shirt - Yoruba, Nigeria, " Glass Beads, Shells, Cloth
Located in Milwaukee, WI
For the Yoruba people of Nigeria, beads and shells are applied to ceremonial garments and headdresses. Beads are an important part of Yoruba culture. henry John Drewal has written th...
Category

1940s Folk Art Art

Materials

Fabric, Glass, Found Objects

Cactus Fruit Sellers, Folk Art Oil on Canvas Painting by Jalal Gharbi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Cactus Fruit Sellers, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed upper right, Size: 36 x 48 in. (91.44 x 121.92 cm), Descripti...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Don Quixote, Folk Art Etching by Charles Bragg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - Don Quixote, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 10 x 8 inches, Size: 15 x ...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Etching

Gemini from the Zodiac of Dreams Series, Lithograph by Judith Bledsoe
Located in Long Island City, NY
Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Gemini from the Zodiac of Dreams Series. Year: circa 1970, Medium: Lithograph with Embossing, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 21 x 14.5...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

Spring Balloons, Folk Art Screenprint by Jack Hofflander
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - Spring Balloons, Year: 1978, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 30, Image Size: 22 x 30 inches, Size: ...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Screen

Early Days Lower East Side, Folk Art Lithograph by Ari Gradus
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ari Gradus, Israeli (1943 - ) - Early Days Lower East Side, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 27 x 18 inches, Size: 30 in. ...
Category

1980s Folk Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

Walden Pond in Winter, Folk Art Screenprint by Kay Ameche
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kay Ameche, American (1904 - 2005) - Walden Pond in Winter, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 40, Image Size: 17 x 21 inches, Size:...
Category

1980s Folk Art Art

Materials

Screen

Post and Thistle, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Post and Thistle, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 17.5 x 13 inches,...
Category

1980s Folk Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

Justice Department, Folk Art Etching by Charles Bragg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - Justice Department, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 9 x 12 inches, Size...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Etching

Market Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
Vibrant market scene with vibrant impasto brushstrokes.
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Bhutanese phalluses"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In this bright creation of mine, I released a kaleidoscope of emotions through a bright spectrum of colors and dynamic shapes. Each curve and shade sings a song of freedom and joy. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Purvis Young Painting, Estate of the Artist
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Purvis Young (1943-2010) Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; materials: American; paint on fabric Dimensions (H, W, D): 13"h, 18"w; 34.5"h, 30.75"w frame Additional Information: Provenance: Gallery 721, Larry Clemons, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Private Collection, Aventura, Florida. 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...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Fabric, Paint

Man with Flower and Birds, Oil on Board Folk Art Painting by Jovan Obican
Located in Long Island City, NY
Man with Flower and Birds Jovan Obican French/Yugoslavian (1918–1986) Date: circa 1980 Oil on board Size: 9 x 7 in. (22.86 x 17.78 cm) Frame Size: 9.75 x 7.25 inches
Category

1980s Folk Art Art

Materials

Oil

"The Gold Witch" – Colorado Modernist Semi-Abstract Oil by Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
“The Gold Witch” is a striking original semi-abstract oil painting by mid-20th century Denver artist Edward Marecak. The composition features an abstracted female figure, rendered in...
Category

1980s Folk Art Art

Materials

Oil

by Appointment, Folk Art Etching by Charles Bragg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - By Appointment, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 7 x 10 inches, Size: 14...
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1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Etching

Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Jovan Obican Klezmer Jazz Musician
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Other Subject: People Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: 35" x 16.5 Dimensions w/Frame: 35.5" x 17.25 This depicts a Jazz or Klezmer musician. This one is a banjo or guitar player. The last photo shows it in a group of three that I have available. This listing is for the one painting. The artist Jovan 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. JOVAN OBICAN Cannes, France, b. 1918, d. 1986 Jovan Obican (1918-1986) artist, painter, sculpture and mosaic ceramic artisan was born in Cannes, France, to his Yugoslavian parents. From childhood on, Jovan practically devoted himself to art, scratching designs into the dirt when paper was unavailable. He trained with many recognized teachers and with many styles. He finished his training, imbued with the spirit of his native country, the people, their legends, and their philosophy. It has been said that his work has a "timeless quality" and a naive, folk art, outsider art brut quality, child-like primitive style. Obican is identified with his style the world over, a style that is simple yet sophisticated; child-like yet masterfully adult; a style that tells a story with psychological, philosophical or sociological overtones. His funny little people are always colorful, full of spirit, living with music and birds to bring them happiness. Best known for his depictions of folklore and traditional costumes rendered in a playful, childlike style and for his happy Jewish wedding scenes. He often used bright colors and black outlines in his renderings of figures and animals, giving his work an illustration-like quality. Thematically, the artist’s work is similar to Marc Chagall and Jean Dubuffet for its dreamlike images and so-called naïve style of painting. Over the course of his career, the artist maintained a studio in Boca Raton, Florida and Dubrovnik, Croatia—part of former Yugoslavia— where he developed an interest in Eastern Europe’s Jewish culture. Many of his mature works depict Jewish traditions and ceremonies, including traditional Jewish weddings, the dancing of the Hora, and traditional music. There is a display of his works in his former Dubrovnik studio. His style is a unique conglomerate of tradition, history, legends, heroes, old customs and folklore. It is a self-standing style, recognizable, cheerful, whimsical and a happy creation. 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...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Purple Pansies in Cup, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Purple Pansies in Cup, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 14 x 10 inches, Si...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

Beach at Brighton, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Beach at Brighton, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 18/30, Image Size: 15.5 x 20 inches, ...
Category

1980s Folk Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

Sag Harbor Antique Shop, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Sag Harbor Antique Shop, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 12 x 15.5 ...
Category

1980s Folk Art Art

Materials

Lithograph

Challah, Folk Art Etching with Aquatint by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Challah, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 45/120, Size: 10 x 11.75 in. (25.4 ...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Etching

Jacmel Harbor
Located in Miami, FL
Haitian Artist Préfète Duffaut is part of a rare breed of painters who have an instantly recognizable style. This is no easy feat to have achieved. With tens of thousands of painter...
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1950s Folk Art Art

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Masonite, Oil

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Dress Carlos Merida
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing...
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1940s Folk Art Art

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Screen

Lemon Winter, colorful humorous woman and dog
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 Folk Art Art

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Oil, Canvas

Spring Bouquet, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Spring Bouquet, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm), ...
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1970s Folk Art Art

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Lithograph

HM Lewis Building, Folk Art Screenprint by Jack Hofflander
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - HM Lewis Building, Year: 1979, Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil, Edition: AP 30, Image Size: 22 x 30 inches, Size: 26 in. x 33 in....
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1970s Folk Art Art

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Screen

Feeding the Horse a Carrot
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Reginald Wilson, American (1909-1993) Title: Feeding the Horse a Carrot Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 3...
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1950s Folk Art Art

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Canvas, Oil

Country Balloon Fair, Folk Art Screenprint by Jack Hofflander
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - Country Balloon Fair, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 30, Image Size: 22 x 30 inches, S...
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1980s Folk Art Art

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Screen

Harness Racer at Belmont Park 1884, Philadelphia
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Watercolor on paper, signed lower right Agustus Knoller and dated 1884. Inscribed on the reverse in pencil "This trotting came off Aug 15th 1884 at Belmont Park...
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1880s Folk Art Art

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Oil

Ft. Point, San Francisco, CA, Folk Art Screenprint by Kay Ameche
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kay Ameche, American (1904 - 2005) - Ft. Point, San Francisco, CA, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 40, Image Size: 12 x 25 in, Si...
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1980s Folk Art Art

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Screen

Herbs on Pink Background, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Herbs on Pink Background, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 20 x 14.5...
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1980s Folk Art Art

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Lithograph

Orient Point, Folk Art Screenprint by Ted Jeremenko
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ted Jeremenko, Yugoslavian/American (1938 - ) - Orient Point. Year: circa 1985, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 175, Image Size: 21 x 34 inches, Size: 30...
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1980s Folk Art Art

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Screen

"Santiago in Nicho, " Mexican Folk Art, Carved Painted Retablo from circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Santiago in Nicho" is a carved and painted wooden retablo by an unknown Mexican folk artist. This piece features a man on a white horse inside a niche. The doors, which feature flow...
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Early 1900s Folk Art Art

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Wood, Paint

Barren (American Depression) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Landscape, Photography
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Barren (American Depression) - 1997 44x59cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inv...
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1990s Folk Art Art

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Contemporary landscape oil painting lake trees sky reflection signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Summer Whisper" is an original oil painting by Robert Richter. The artist signed the piece on the back. This painting depicts a view over a serene lake. The painting has carved part...
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Early 2000s Folk Art Art

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Wood, Oil

Magic Hour (Musica Poetica) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Magic Hour (Musica Poetica) - 1997 44x59cm, Edition 4/10. Archival C-Print, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Arti...
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1990s Folk Art Art

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Magic Hour (Stranger than Paradise) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Magic Hour (Stranger than Paradise) - 1999 44x59cm, Edition 3/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist In...
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1990s Folk Art Art

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

"Kente Cloth Ashanti Tribe, Ghana, " Silk and Cotton Weaving created circa 1970
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This silk and cotton fabric was made by an unknown Ashanti artist. It features green and orange accents. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group of the Akans in Ghana, a fairly new nation, barely more than 50 years old. Ghana, previously the Gold Coast, was a British colony until 1957. It is now politically separated into four main parts. Ashanti is in the center and Kumasi is the capital. The Ashanti have a wide variety of arts. Bark cloth was used for clothing before weaving was introduced. With weaving, there is cotton and silk. Women may pick cotton...
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1970s Folk Art Art

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Cotton, Silk

Mother s First Cousin Returning Home to Georgia After Visiting Us for a Week
Located in Atlanta, GA
Columbia, South Carolina-based artist, Wendell George Brown creates quilts that explore the traditions of African American quilt-making and Negro Spirit...
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2010s Folk Art Art

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Fabric, Acrylic

The Jungle, Contemporary Acrylic Painting on Canvas by George Rhoads
By George Rhoads
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Rhoads, American (1926 - ) Title: The Jungle Year: 1968 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 54.5 x 72 in. (138.43 x 182.88 cm)
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1960s Folk Art Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

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