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Man on the horse
By Purvis Young
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
life and work. His work is found in the collections of the American Folk Art Museum, the Corcoran
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
USA Hair Cuts
Located in Chicago, IL
folk art in 20th century Africa. Each sign was painted to take on the unique personality of the shop
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$1,580
The Boys
Located in Chicago, IL
folk art in Africa. Each sign takes on the unique personality of its owner, expressing both their
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Fiberboard
LONELY
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
was a self-taught African-American artist known for his expressive collages and paintings. Made on
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
$1,500
Freedom Fighters on Horses by Purvis Young
By Purvis Young
Located in Morton Grove, IL
the American Folk Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian Folk Museum, the
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Toda Raba #3, " Abstract Acrylic on Canvas signed by Reginald K Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
.
Contemporary African American and Native American Hertiage Artist, Reginald K Gee, is known for Neo
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Now Then We Are Ambassadors for Christ, " acrylic on canvas by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
" art
Contemporary African American and Native American Hertiage Artist, Reginald K Gee, is known for
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
This is the New Movement
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
strokes.
20" x 16" art
Contemporary African American and Native American Hertiage Artist, Reginald K Gee
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Boy During Thunderstorm, " Acrylic on Parchment Paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
-darts, and listening to the radio.
33" x 28" art
41" x 35 3/4" frame
Contemporary African American
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Acrylic
"Ginger Between Takes, " Acrylic on Parchment Paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
" x 28" art
42 3/4" x 37 3/4" frame
Contemporary African American and Native American Hertiage Artist
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Acrylic
"World
s First Billion Dollar Vase" Acrylic on Parchment Paper by Reginald K Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
looking at a green vase.
33" x 28" art
41" x 36" frame
Contemporary African American and Native American
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Acrylic
"Hikers Park North, " an Acrylic on Canvas signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
completely covered in yellow, orange, and red leaves.
16" x 20" art
Contemporary African American and
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ (2nd Corinthians 5:20)" Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
pattern.
47 3/4" x 35 3/4" art
Contemporary African American and Native American Hertiage Artist
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Where We Meet, " Acrylic on Canvas signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
American artist incorporates his own visionary images, symbols, and numerology into his art. Gee's
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"That Must
ve Been an Angel, " Acrylic on Canvas signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
.
22" x 28" art
Custom framing is available
Contemporary African American and Native American Hertiage
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Last Chair
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons.
Novoa
Category
1980s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Israeli Modernist Watercolor Landscape Signed in Hebrew
Located in Surfside, FL
has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now, artists like Yisrael Paldi, Nahum
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Love and War, " Acrylic on Processed Board
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
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Xica da Silva
By Mark Steven Greenfield
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Halo, Greenfield brings the stories of Black folk-saints, martyrs, freedom-fighters, survivors
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Three Black Vases (abstract expressionist still life)
By Elsie Driggs
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
painters, including Louis Lozowick, Ralston Crawford and others, came on the American Art scene during the
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Altitude 2000, Departure by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Featured in the Julio de Diego - Paintings and Drawings exhibition at the McNay Art Institute, this
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Purvis Young Outsider Art Painted Table Top Wall Art Signed Angel and Horses
By Purvis Young
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
collections of the American Folk Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the High Museum of Art, the National
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood
Jimmy Lee Sudduth Signed Original Mixed Media Painting of Schoolhouse
By Jimmy Sudduth
Located in Atlanta, GA
Museum of American Art, the Amercian Folk Art Museum in New York, the Corcoran Gallery, the High Museum
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Painted Ceramic Tile Pop Art Painting Italian Neo Figurative Painting
By Italo Scanga
Located in Surfside, FL
), an Italian-born American artist, was known for his sculptures, prints and, paintings, mostly created
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Abstract Painted Ceramic Tile Pop Art Painting Italian Neo Figurative Painting
By Italo Scanga
Located in Surfside, FL
), an Italian-born American artist, was known for his sculptures, prints and, paintings, mostly created
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
"The File, " Acrylic on Parchment Paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
" art
41" x 36" frame
Contemporary African American and Native American Hertiage Artist, Reginald K Gee
Category
1990s Contemporary Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Parchment Paper, Acrylic
"Untitled, " Multicolored Ink and Color Pencil Drawing by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
artist initialed and dated the piece in the lower right.
17" x 14" art
Contemporary African American
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Color Pencil
"Red Room Sipper, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
19 3/4" frame
Contemporary African American and Native American Hertiage Artist, Reginald K Gee, is
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"The Truce, " Abstract Figurative Oil Pastel on a Grocery Bag by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
3/4" frame
Contemporary African American and Native American Hertiage Artist, Reginald K Gee, is
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
Diagonal Matrix
original signed pastel drawing on grocery bag with mathematics
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
-Expressionist style. Born in Milwaukee in 1964 to Native American and African American parents, he is an
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Purvis Young Original Art, House Paint on Textbook Pages
By Purvis Young
Located in North Miami, FL
) paintings by Purvis Young. Purvis Young (February 4, 1943 – April 20, 2010) was an American artist from the
Category
Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Paint, Paper
Purvis Young Original Art, House Paint on Textbook Pages
By Purvis Young
Located in North Miami, FL
) paintings by Purvis Young. Purvis Young (February 4, 1943 – April 20, 2010) was an American artist from the
Category
Vintage 1980s American Folk Art Contemporary Art
Materials
Glass, Paint, Paper
Original Oil Painting on Canvas Belly Dance Scene Expressionist Middle Eastern 3
Located in Dayton, OH
transferred belly dance to the field of high art, perceiving it as the folk scenic dance allowing to get into
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Cavalry (original mixed media painting on canvas)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
the collections of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the American Folk Art Museum in New York, and
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Rubber
"Judge, " Original Green Serpentine Stone Sculpture by Corlet a Shona sculptor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
valleys of the Americas and the arid plains of Africa. There is a manmade ceramic product, also called
Category
Early 2000s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Abstract Geometric Cubist Painted Wood Sculpture Head Italian Neo Figurative Art
By Italo Scanga
Located in Surfside, FL
ordinary objects and created prints, glass, and ceramic works. Modern Italian abstract geometric folk art
Category
1980s Cubist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oil
Convoy (original mixed media on paper)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
was a self-taught African-American artist known for his expressive collages and paintings. Made on
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Long Haul (original mixed media on paper)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
was a self-taught African-American artist known for his expressive collages and paintings. Made on
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Walk together children"
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 Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Found Objects
African American Realist Painting Sunday Hat Folk Art Outsider Art Andrew Turner
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
the legacy of African American participation in the arts."
Folk Artist, Outsider artist, Folk Art. His
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
African American Realist Painting Sunday Hat 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, Canvas
African American Realist Oil Painting Baseball Outsider Folk Art Andrew Turner
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
the legacy of African American participation in the arts."
Folk Artist, Outsider artist, Folk Art. His
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
"Peter Walks The Water" Jesus and Peter Black African American Folk Painting
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
Oil Painting on Playwood by Purvis Young
By Purvis Young
Located in Delray Beach, FL
American Folk Art
Museum etc.
could hang horizontal or vertical.
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Plywood
"Texas Longhorn" Black Texas Folk Artist Johnny Banks African American
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
"Mr. Kuni
s Farm" Black Texas Folk Artist Johnny Banks African American
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
Venezuelan Naive Artist Feliciano Carvallo Oil Painting Latin African American
Located in Surfside, FL
anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Abstract Painting African American Outside Artist
By Americus Long
Located in Surfside, FL
Not much is known about African-American “Outsider Art” painter Americus Long. Long was self
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Large Folk Art Jewish Wedding Scene Branko Paradis Oil Painting Naive Judaica
By Branko Paradis
Located in Surfside, FL
his Naïve Art African Animals Collection. His work is in a Primitive style. Naïve art is any form of
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German Outsider Folk Art Oil Painting Nude Mermaid on Sofa
By Hajo Malek
Located in Surfside, FL
1969 worked in painting, gouache and linocuts. Expressionist Folk Art style.
Naïve art is any form of
Category
1990s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait by Folk Artist, Mose Tolliver
Located in Southampton, NY
Moses Ernest Tolliver was an African-American folk artist.
Tolliver was self-taught and signed his work
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint
Outsider Folk Art Expressionist Israeli Kibbutz Boy Painting Signed Hebrew 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
City with Harbor Scene, Folk Art Naive Oil on Canvas
By Fred (Fritz) Noyes
Located in Surfside, FL
life. His work is well represented in the Museum's collection of American fine and folk art. Naif Style
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clementine Hunter African American Folk Artist, circa 1950
s, Still Life
By Clementine Hunter
Located in Phoenix, AZ
images in the folk art style of plantation life in Louisiana. Her subjects included everyday activities
Category
Vintage 1950s Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Road Trip" Ethnic, Urban, Genre, Oil, Regionalism, African American, Signed L/L
Located in Detroit, MI
satirical effects in his African-American folk paintings, but that he wanted to achieve a new type of
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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