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Lifesize original Goldscheider polychrome terracotta figure of a young boy
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in New York City, NY
wearing knickers, a jacket and a cap.
Vienna 1890's
The young African American boy is seated with hands
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"Daddy Playing in the Mud" San Antonio Texas Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Folk Art of the Southwest, organized by the Museum of
African-American Life and Culture in Dallas in
Category
1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Mixed Media
"The Sarari Hunt for the Man Eating Tiger " Texas Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Folk Art of the Southwest, organized by the Museum of
African-American Life and Culture in Dallas in
Category
1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Mixed Media
Folk Art Island Painting; Savannah African-American Rudy Bostic
By Rudolph Valentino Bostic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A folk art painting by Savannah artist Rudolph Valentino Bostic. Bostic is a self-taught artist
Category
Late 20th Century American Paintings
Horse Polo Painting by Southern African American Rudy Bostic
By Rudolph Valentino Bostic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very lively and interesting horse painting depicting polo horses and riders by Rudolph Valentino
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Holy Rain
video, a vernacular folk painting by a self-taught African American
By P-Nut
Located in Charleston, US
the inspiration for his folk painting of African Americans' catching rain water. "Holy Rain" depicts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Video
Time for Lunch
By Don Dennis
Located in Nashville, TN
This watercolor on paper depicts a small African American boy hurriedly making his way on the hot
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
$495
Thornton Dial Sr. "Bird" Painting
By Thornton Dial, Sr.
Located in Wyomissing, PA
Museum of Contemporary Art and the American Folk Art Museum in New York in 1993, and the Museum of Fine
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Thornton Dial, "Lady Holds the Long-Necked Bird" Painting
By Thornton Dial, Sr.
Located in Wyomissing, PA
Museum of Contemporary Art and the American Folk Art Museum in New York in 1993, and the Museum of Fine
Category
1990s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Watercolor
Jimmy Lee Sudduth Painting of a Dog
By Jimmy Sudduth
Located in New York, NY
African American self-taught artist Jimmy Lee Sudduth 1910-2007 has been recognized as an original
Category
1990s American Outsider Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Plywood
Purvis Young, "Untitled"
By Purvis Young
Located in Chicago, IL
of collage and painting, utilizes found objects and the experience of African Americans in the south.
Category
20th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Wood
$4,200
Purvis Young, "Untitled"
By Purvis Young
Located in Chicago, IL
of collage and painting, utilizes found objects and the experience of African Americans in the south.
Category
20th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Wood
$3,500
Gathering on the Mountains, signed upper right corner
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
the experience of African Americans in the south. A self-taught artist, Young gained recognition as a
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
The Irish Potato Famine
by Markey Robinson
By Markey Robinson
Located in Belfast, GB
in County Mayo the painting depicts women folk attempting to harvest the failed crop.
Markey
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
"Redemption" Painting by Purvis Young
By Purvis Young
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
of collage and painting, utilizes found objects and the experience of African Americans in the south
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Textile, Paint
Purvis Young Painting White Horses and Heads
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
Museum of Art, and the American Folk Art Museum.
Signed upper right.
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Contemporary Art
Materials
Masonite
The Irish Potato Famine
by Markey Robinson
By Markey Robinson
Located in Great Britain, Northern Ireland
famine. Set in County Mayo the painting depicts women folk attempting to harvest the failed crop
Category
20th Century Northern Irish Paintings
Girl With Chicken And Dog
By Lorenzo Scott
Located in Charleston, SC
american artist
African american painting
African-american art
African-american painting
African-american
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sisters Jumping Rope
By Lorenzo Scott
Located in Charleston, SC
american artist
African american painting
African-american art
African-american painting
African-american
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alabama Surreal Folk Art Oil Painting African American Woman, Flower Headdress
By Maltby Sykes
Located in Surfside, FL
" written on the stretcher verso
It is a Surrealist Folk Art figure of an African woman oil painting on
Category
1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
African American Boy with Ball, Realist Painting Folk Art Outsider
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
, these vignettes of experience will help to provide insight into some African American lifestyles and
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
African American Realist Painting 3 Ladies Folk Art Outsider Art Andrew Turner
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
Tanner Moore Collection of African American Art.
September 28, 2008-February 22, 2009. Artists: Henry
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Folk Art Mexican Girl Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Folk Art Mexican Boy Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
African American Girl with jump Rope, Realist Painting Folk Art Outsider
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
, these vignettes of experience will help to provide insight into some African American lifestyles and
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"God Help Us" Outsider Art Oil on Canvas by John Jones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming, comical oil on canvas by African American Artist, John Jones (circa late 1990s-early
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Harriet Rosendale Painting
By Harriet Rosendale
Located in Westport, CT
Oil on canvas "mother with Child" African American folk art original frame Artist featured in the
Category
Vintage 1950s American Paintings
Large Modern Abstract Oil Painting by Wilhelmina Godfrey, circa 1968
By Verner Panton, Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey
Located in Buffalo, NY
Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine.
Godfrey’s paintings often depicted the African American experience living
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Latin American Folk Art Family Portrait Colombian Naive Painting, Color Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
Folk art, Naive, Latin American art , Family portrait in the style of a Chinese ancestor portrait
Category
1970s Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil
Untitled, African American Girls, Realist Painting
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
others to continue the legacy of African American participation in the arts."
“My paintings combine the
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Going to America" African Slave Ship by Black folk artist F.L. Doc Spellmon
By Doc Spellmon
Located in San Antonio, TX
African-American Life and Culture - Dallas, Texas.
1996.
In: Art in America (July 1996). Brief review of
Category
1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Funeral Procession (Authenticated Clementine Hunter Folk Art Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
painted four to five thousand paintings, which were boldly colored images in folk art style of plantation
Category
1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Contemporary Modern Oil on Canvas by Le Roi Johnson, Buffalo, NY
By LeRoi C. Johnson
Located in Buffalo, NY
commercial art and his sophisticated African Art Collection of thirty years. He successfully fuses geometric
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Funeral Procession (Authenticated Clementine Hunter Folk Art Painting, Large)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hunter painted four to five thousand paintings, which were boldly colored images in folk art style of
Category
1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Playing Cards (Superb Authenticated Clementine Hunter Folk Art Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
paintings, which were boldly colored images in folk art style of plantation life in Louisiana. Her subjects
Category
1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern African American Folk Art Acrylic Large Painting on Canvas
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This large acrylic painting on canvas brings together both a modern and folk element depicting
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
(born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Horse Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
(born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Circus Trapeze Artist Acrobats
Located in Surfside, FL
Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a mix of biblical
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Wine
Cigarettes Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that draws from a mix of biblical
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Melrose Plantation (Clementine Hunter Folk Art Painting, auth. by Tom Whitehead)
Located in New Orleans, LA
paintings, which were boldly colored images in folk art style of plantation life in Louisiana. Her subjects
Category
1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Fight (Clementine Hunter Folk Art Painting, auth. by Tom Whitehead)
Located in New Orleans, LA
painted four to five thousand paintings, which were boldly colored images in folk art style of plantation
Category
1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Wake (fine provenance! Framed Clementine Hunter Black Folk Art Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rosenak, Museum of American Art Folk Art Encyclopedia
“Clementine Hunter,” Wikipedia, Web, Mar. 2016
Alice
Category
1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Mod Bull Jewish Woman Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
verso.
Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for
Category
1980s Folk Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Sports Basketball Arena Coca Cola Sign
Located in Surfside, FL
pencil on paper verso
Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting King David Self Taught Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
.
Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Moses Bible Painting Self Taught Outsider Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
in background.
Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Gouache Painting Outsider Artist Circus Fire Eater, Tiger
Located in Surfside, FL
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Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that
Category
1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Large Malcah Zeldis Folk Art Oil Painting Jazz Great "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong
Located in Surfside, FL
Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred Brightman; 1931) is an American folk art painter. She is known for work that
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Two Riding Through The Woods" Black Texas Folk Artist Johnny Banks African
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rambling on My Mind:
Black Folk Art of the Southwest, organized by the Museum of
African-American Life
Category
1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Mixed Media
Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Jovan Obican Klezmer Jazz Musician
By Jovan Obican
Located in Surfside, FL
as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Jovan Obican Klezmer Jazz Musician
By Jovan Obican
Located in Surfside, FL
, and their philosophy. It has been said that his work has a "timeless quality" and a naive, folk art
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Jovan Obican Klezmer Jazz Musician
By Jovan Obican
Located in Surfside, FL
as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Lazar Obican French Scarecrow Clown
Located in Surfside, FL
quality" and a naive, folk art, outsider art brut quality, child-like primitive style. Obican is
Category
1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Category
20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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
Category
20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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
Category
20th Century Outsider Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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