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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. This one
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

"Pool Hall", Acrylic Found Objects, African-American Outsider Artist
Located in Detroit, MI
Wayne Manns has been a lover of music and art his entire life. He is a self-taught “Outsider Artist
Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

Magic Realist Surrealist Latin American Naive Fantasy Painting
By German Ramon Duron Lanza
Located in Surfside, FL
Magic realist fantasy painting in the manner of Ernst Fuchs and Arik Brauer. Naïve art is any form
Category

20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"JAZZ MAN" BLACK FOLK ART JAZZ TRUMPET BLACK ORANGE WHITE LILA COCKRELL S COLLE
Located in San Antonio, TX
: The Grant Hill Collection of African American Art” These paintings have been featured all over the
Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Wash Day #5" by Black folk artist F.L. Doc Spellmon Painting on his palette
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 Abstract Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media, Oil

"Southern Gentleman" Unusal White Subject. Known for his African American
By William Aiken Walker
Located in San Antonio, TX
, African Americans, and dock scenes. The son of a prominent cotton agent, he was a true Southerner, born in
Category

1870s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

""Southern Pacific Railroad Depot" San Antonio Texas Black Texas Folk Artist
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
1987, and Rambling on My Mind: Black Folk Art of the Southwest, organized by the Museum of African
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

"The Living Dead" San Antonio Texas Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

America Man
Located in Chicago, IL
folk art in Africa. Each sign takes on the unique personality of its owner, expressing both their
Category

1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Fiberboard

Doyle Lane Signed Mid-Century Modern California Studio Pottery Weed Pot Vase
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
Art Oakland Museum of California California African American Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

"COTTON FARM" BLACK TEXAS FOLK ART ARTIST JOHNNY BANKS
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil, Crayon

Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children s Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
). Hungarian Peasant art, children fairytale themes, in psychedelic pop colors of the era.This painting that
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children s Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
). Hungarian Peasant art, children fairytale themes, in psychedelic pop colors of the era. This framed painting
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Tropical Jungle Paradise Painting Surrealist Art, Gustavo Novoa Animals, Flowers
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
Henri Maik. His animals were primitive and painted in lush and colorful Folk Art backgrounds. (they show
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original Painting Chinese Zodiac, Pig, Butterflies Surrealist Art, Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons and butterflies in a surrealist magic realism
Category

20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Zebras and Daisies, Flower Field Jungle Painting Surrealist Art, Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
Original Painting Op Art Zebras in a field of daisy flowers in a lush tropical jungle setting
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Zebras and Daisies, Flower Field Jungle Painting Surrealist Art, Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
Original Painting Op Art Zebras in a field of daisy flowers in a lush tropical jungle setting
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Zebra Lion Tiger Elephant Flowers Jungle Painting Surrealist Art Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons and
Category

1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Zebra Lion Tiger Elephant Flowers Jungle Painting Surrealist Art Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons and
Category

1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Elephant and Lions, Animal Paradise Jungle Painting Surrealist Art Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
along with Henri Maik. His animals were primitive and painted in lush and colorful Folk Art backgrounds
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Nude with Hand on Hip Leaning Against Chair" Joseph Delaney, African-American
Located in New York, NY
African-American artist Joseph Delaney was a folk-expressionist painter who loved New York City, both as a
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Original Painting "Swirls" Tropical Jungle Painting Lion Lionesses Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons. Novoa
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original Painting "By The Pond" Tropical Jungle Painting Zebras, Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons. Novoa
Category

20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cascade, Large Scale Modernist Oil Painting
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons. Novoa
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Market in Bahia, Brazil Oil Painting by Noted Folk Artist Didito of Maragujipe
By Didito
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
exhibition: 'Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints' arranged by Con/Vita, Popular art of the Americas, which has
Category

Late 20th Century Brazilian Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Spoken Shadows, Large Scale Modernist Southwest Adobe Painting
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons. Novoa
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original Painting "At The Edge" by Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons. Novoa
Category

20th Century Animal Paintings

Large Jungle Painting "8 Virtual Zebras" Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons. Novoa
Category

20th Century Surrealist Animal Paintings

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool, Metal Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
, I started another collection of North African folk art." When Lincoln Kirstein, then director of the
Category

1950s Folk Art More Art

Materials

Wool

Large Painting Photo Collage Martin Luther King African American Civil Rights
Located in Surfside, FL
the 1990s and earned an MFA in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 1993. He later
Category

1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

"International Great Northern The Texas Railroad Depot" San Antonio Texas
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self-taught artist, the son of Charlie and Cora
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

DREAMER, by Brenda Kingery, painting, Chickasaw, peach, black, abstract, stripes
Located in Santa Fe, NM
. While in Okinawa, Kingery taught painting, drawing, and Okinawan and folk art cultures at the University
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

"The Force or Bottom Bound , " Acrylic on Canvas - Figurative painting
Located in Houston, TX
devote himself entirely to art in the late 1970’s. He began to explore folk art and assemblage to create
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Plaster, Wood, Acrylic

"Narcissus" Lion and Lioness Tropical Jungle Painting Gustavo Novoa Lions
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons. Novoa
Category

20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Girl in Interior oil painting by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
of his one-man show at the Art Institute, showcases his powerful vision, daring aesthetic
Category

1930s Surrealist Interior Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Sunset Visitors" Lion and Lioness Tropical Jungle Painting Gustavo Novoa Birds
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons. Novoa
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Pillow or Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
, I started another collection of North African folk art." When Lincoln Kirstein, then director of the
Category

1950s Folk Art More Art

Materials

Wool

Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Pillow or Wall Hanging
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
, I started another collection of North African folk art." When Lincoln Kirstein, then director of the
Category

1950s Folk Art More Art

Materials

Wool

Wash Day, Melrose Plantation (Clementine Hunter, authenticated by Tom Whitehead)
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

Girl Giving Flowers to Jesus (Authenticated)
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

Farm Houses
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lively painting by one of America's most famous folk artists, Clementine Hunter. Importantly
Category

1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

Horses and Dancers
By Purvis Young
Located in Kansas City, MO
, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art, the National Museum of African American History
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paint, Board

Twilight Horses
By Purvis Young
Located in Kansas City, MO
the American Folk Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Folk Museum, the
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Metal

Child they had some people there
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lafayette. Studying African American history on the College level allowed him to gain an even further
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Bag Lady
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lafayette. Studying African American history on the College level allowed him to gain an even further
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Watch That Bean Juice
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lafayette. Studying African American history on the College level allowed him to gain an even further
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Casanovas Funeral
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lafayette. Studying African American history on the College level allowed him to gain an even further
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Shop Talk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lafayette. Studying African American history on the College level allowed him to gain an even further
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

You knew damn well I was bringing a jelly cake
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lafayette. Studying African American history on the College level allowed him to gain an even further
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Passing down of hats
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lafayette. Studying African American history on the College level allowed him to gain an even further
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

madame muse
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lafayette. Studying African American history on the College level allowed him to gain an even further
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Git somewhere and Siddown
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lafayette. Studying African American history on the College level allowed him to gain an even further
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

second time around
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lafayette. Studying African American history on the College level allowed him to gain an even further
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Beach Day"
By William Zorach
Located in Southampton, NY
This is a very early painting by William Zorach done mostly likely when he was a student at the
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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