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Style: Outsider Art
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 Outsider Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Idora Ghost #11, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In 2016 I inherited an envelope of old photographs my mother had taken at a closed and soon to be demolished icon of my area, Idora Park. This old amusement p...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art

Materials

Mixed Media

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 Outsider Art

Materials

Gouache

"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 Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

Side Show Exile - Original Pop Art Animal Painting by Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Joan Mostyn Lewis, Female artist, Claxby, Lincolnshire landscape
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderful image painted in a naive style but with great flair and eye for composition. A most attractive piece. Joan Mostyn Lewis (born circa 1925 - 2012) Boggle lane, Claxby, Lin...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art

Materials

Oil, Board

"Carousel"
Located in Washington, DC
Silkscreen work by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Marked in pencil 28/30 lower left. Printed in 1973 by the artist. Image is from her "Carrousel" series. Catalogue of a postumous retrospe...
Category

1970s Outsider Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Carousel"
"Carousel"
$315 Sale Price
30% Off
The Devil s in the details
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now" Ralph Fasanella (1914-_1997) "Victory and After,” gouache on paper. Signed, titled...
Category

1940s Outsider Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

American School New York City Abstract Outsider Artist Animal Abstract Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible Outsider Artist Barry Johnson presents a new series of canvas paintings from his creatures series. Wild Colors! Utterly unique compositions....
Category

1980s Outsider Art

Materials

Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Man with Big Smile - New Yorker Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
If a smile is an expression of momentary happiness, then the female in this cartoon appears driven to turn a moment into a more extended period of time. Leave it to Gahan Wilson to ...
Category

Early 2000s Outsider Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Unknown Girl in Venice Beach (California Blue Screen)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Unknown Girl, Venice Beach (California Blue Screen) Edition of 10, 44x59 cm. Archival hand-printed by the artist, based on a Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist ...
Category

1990s Outsider Art

Materials

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

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.
Category

Early 2000s Outsider Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Indonesia
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original Alexander McVickar Mixed media, acrylic, and found object multi-panel painting.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Indonesia
Indonesia
$1,404 Sale Price
35% Off
The future of man
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acyrlic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

A total lack of wit
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Shares" - Abstract Geometric Outsider Art in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract patterned work by Geanna Shattuc (American, b. 1963). Consisting of overlapping rectangular shapes, this piece is simultaneously repetitive and...
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Paper, Felt Pen

"Fruit" Still Life - Post-Impressionist Outsider Art - Acrylic on Heavy Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and textured still life by Diana Mallett (American, b. 1981). A bright yellow banana and bright red apple sit on a multicolored surface, against a dark blue background. This pie...
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

With the grace of Gorky
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

A face you ve sworn you ve seen before
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

The Fountain of Youth
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909-2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Acrylic painting is made with plaster on wood, which gives the painting a wonderful texture and depth. Painting is signed and titled on reverse "The Fountain of Youth...
Category

1990s Outsider Art

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Acrylic

Wanted a substitute
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

Cluster Fuck
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

Uneasy lies the head
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

Twenty two and sixty six
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

The game is fixed
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

The subtle laws of attraction
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

Pandas are the Future, GRRR
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil paint.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art

Materials

Oil

I ll guess you ll go for nothing if you really wanna go that far
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Alpha 1
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original multi-panel Alexander McVickar Acrylic and mixed media painting. Measurements include 1/2 in spacing between each panel.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Alpha 1
Alpha 1
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
"Pills" - Outsider Pop Art - Woodblock on Paper (#5/5)
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant multi-layer woodblock print by Robin Blake (American, 1955). Three layers of neon ink (yellow, magenta, and blue) form a zoomed-in composition of pills. The bright colors cre...
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Woodcut

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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

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 Outsider Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Crossing Over 3
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Polaroid transfer, unique 1/1 print.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art

Materials

Polaroid

Crossing Over 3
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
"Sitting Bull Goes To Washington"
Located in Washington, DC
Silkscreen work by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Work is from from her "Sitting Bull Goes to Washington" series. Marked in pencil 15/18 lower left. Printed in 1976 by the artist. Catalo...
Category

1970s Outsider Art

Materials

Paper

Incident on Cabbage Hill
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 Outsider Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Galaxy Craze (California Blue Screen) - analog
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Galaxy Craze (California Blue Screen) 20x25cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid, Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 1...
Category

1990s Outsider Art

Materials

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

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 Outsider Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Workers Inspiration
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil paint
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Oil

Most of my dreams are about sleeping
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on board
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Oil, Board

God Ahead / Organisational Hierarchy
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Two separate works, sold together
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

Building a memory in space, time, and mind
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

No jest, no gesture
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

I Don t Remember Waking Up
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and spray paint
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Counterfeit detector
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

A history tethered with chains and locks
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

Wood Grain
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic Work made in collaboration with artist Rob Banks
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

The bi-polar nature of every instance
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Painted with Mikes unique process distressing the paint as he layers it.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art

Materials

Acrylic

Guns ´n Roses - Sidewinder - Diptychon - 2 vintage hand-prints, mounted
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Guns ´n Roses (Sidewinder), diptych - 2005, 98x97cm each, 100x200cm installed, Edition 1/5. 2 analog C-Prints, printed on Fuji Crystal Archive paper (matte), hand-printed by th...
Category

Early 2000s Outsider Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Polaroid

Jill - based on a Polaroid, Portrait, Contemporary, Women
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Jill (High Desert) - 2017 20 x 24 cm, Edition of 10, Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Inventory No. 20920. Not mounted. Stefan...
Category

1990s Outsider Art

Materials

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

Annika Liljedahl Smoking Ghosts Textile
Located in New York, NY
Annika Liljedahl (Swedish, b. 1946) After The Party, 1978 Mixed media in acrylic casing Frame: 30 3/4 x 25 x 1 1/2 in. Case: 33 1/4 x 27 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. Signature stitched lower righ...
Category

1970s Outsider Art

Materials

Mixed Media

"Couple in Woods, " Original Framed Forest Oil on Wood signed by Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Couple In Woods" is an original oil painting on wood by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter. The artist signed the piece on the back, and hand-carved the ...
Category

Early 2000s Outsider Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Acrylic Paint, Oil Stick on Wood: "Lice"
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

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Joe, Lance, Moe or Less
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 Outsider Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Board

Untitled PL 63-02
Located in Pine Plains, NY
An early drawing by this unique visionary artist, post Harvard Graduate School and concurrent with his apprenticeship to Frederick Kiesler
Category

1960s Outsider Art

Materials

Ink

Carpathian Ancestor
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Painting is on casein paint on plaster on board. Catalogue of a postumous retr...
Category

1960s Outsider Art

Materials

Wood, Casein, Plaster

Jarrah Wood Bowl
Located in Phoenix, AZ
turned jarrah wood Anthony Bryant began woodturning in 1973 after discovering an old 19th Century treadle lathe in his father's workshop. He was immedia...
Category

Early 2000s Outsider Art

Materials

Wood

Large 1960s French Art Brut Lithograph Bold Black White Op Art Philippe Dereux
Located in Surfside, FL
Printed by Pierre Chave, Vence, published by Bianchi Frères in Nice, France ink on watermarked chiffon de Mandeure paper, hand signed in pencil lower right, "PH Dureux," numbered 4/5...
Category

1960s Outsider Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Lithograph

The Tapestry of Consciousness by Rehfeld - Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954) 'Quantum Identities: The Tapestry of Consciousness' 2022 Oil paint, Tissue paper, Newsprint, Ripped canvas, Wood The artist signed the back of...
Category

2010s Outsider Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Oil, Newsprint, Tissue Paper

Untitled PL 63-03
Located in Pine Plains, NY
An early drawing by this unique visionary artist, post Harvard Graduate School and concurrent with his apprenticeship to Frederick Kiesler
Category

1960s Outsider Art

Materials

Ink

Outsider Art art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Outsider art 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 art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, pink, green, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Robert Richter, Stefanie Schneider, Therese James, 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, so small editions measuring 2.75 inches across are also available. Prices for art 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 $100 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $1,842.

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