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Israeli Modernist Tel Aviv Jaffa Port Folk Art Fisherman with Boat Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished from the self
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Violin Player", Acrylic and Found Objects on Panel, African-American Subject
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
Cotton Picking with African House (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
"Blue Star 10 Special" Abstract 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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Found Objects
Doyle Lane Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Pottery Red Yellow Glaze Textured Pendant
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
Angeles County Museum of Art
Oakland Museum of California
California African American Museum
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Doyle Lane Midcentury Tactile Red Orange Crackle Glaze Rare Form Dish
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
California African American Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Huntington Library, San Marino
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Doyle Lane Midcentury Tactile Red Orange Crackle Glaze Large Bead
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
Angeles County Museum of Art
Oakland Museum of California
California African American Museum
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Doyle Lane Midcentury Set of Five Multicolored Tactile Crackle Glaze Beads
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
museums including:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Oakland Museum of California
California African
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Doyle Lane Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Orange Black Glaze Ceramic Pottery Tile
By Doyle Lane
Located in Studio City, CA
museums including:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Oakland Museum of California
California African
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children
s Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Large Collage Painting Miami Outsider Artist Purvis Young Abstract Outsider Art
By Purvis Young
Located in Surfside, FL
and painting, utilizes found objects and the experience of African Americans in the south. Purvis
Category
1990s Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Cardboard
Large Collage Painting Miami Outsider Artist Purvis Young Abstract Outsider Art
By Purvis Young
Located in Surfside, FL
and painting, utilizes found objects and the experience of African Americans in the south. Purvis
Category
1990s Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Cardboard
Large Oil Painting Haitian Modern Master Caribbean Music Tropical Scene
By Gregory Vorbe
Located in Surfside, FL
europe. His work is known for its unique blends of caribbean, american indian, and african culture. He is
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Persian Canadian Shirin Sahba Whimsical Fauvist Naive Painting Woman in Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see Tribal art). This is distinguished
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Original Painting Lions Playing Chess in Jungle Surrealist Art, Gustavo Novoa
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons and
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Outsider Art Figurative Portrait
By Leon Kennedy
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative outsider figurative portrait of a black man by African-American folk and outsider
Category
1990s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Permanent Marker, Tempera
Art Deco Ecuadorian Rug by Olga Fisch
By Olga Fisch
Located in New York, NY
, Fisch had traveled throughout the Mediterranean, South America and Africa. Finally, the couple settled
Category
Mid-20th Century Ecuadorean North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
Original Painting "Spring Walk" Tropical Jungle Painting Panthers
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
Large Original Painting "Parallel Universe" Tropical Jungle Painting Leopards
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
Original Painting "Courtship" Tropical Jungle Painting Lions Zebra 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
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Original Painting "Deal" Tropical Jungle Painting Lion, 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
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (abstract expressionist collage painting)
By Elsie Driggs
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Precisionist painters, including Louis Lozowick, Ralston Crawford and others, came on the American Art scene
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Soul Searching" Large Jungle Painting 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, Paint
Original Painting "Take-Off" 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
Materials
Acrylic
Purvis Young, Spirit Horse Rider, 1980s
By Purvis Young
Located in Miami, FL
nationwide, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Smithsonian, The American Folk Art Museum, the
Category
Late 20th Century American Outsider Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Purvis Young, Overtown Street Party, 1980s
By Purvis Young
Located in Miami, FL
, blends of collage and painting, utilized found objects and portrayed the experience of African Americans
Category
Late 20th Century American Outsider Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
"Leopard Reflections" Animalia Tropical Jungle Painting 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, Paint
Wash Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
painting by one of America's most famous folk artists, Clementine Hunter. Importantly, since there are
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Pile Folk Art Rug Caverna Series Giraffes
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, 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
Christmas Turkey
the General
s Daughter painting by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
army, including a six-month stretch in the Rif War of 1920 in Northern Africa. His artistic career
Category
1960s Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
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
Butcher, colorful whimsical food charcter
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Puerto Rico, and especially Mexico. Basso is particularly drawn to Latin American art, channeling its
Category
1990s Folk Art Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Handwoven Tapestry Wool Folk Art Rug Weaving Wall Hanging Olga Fisch
By Olga Fisch
Located in Surfside, FL
, I started another collection of North African folk art." When Lincoln Kirstein, then director of the
Category
20th Century 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
Vintage African Barbershop Sign "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 African Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Mr. Man" Hand Painted African Barbershop Sign
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 African Paintings
Materials
Wood
Over Populated Village by Mark Anthony Mulligan
Located in Morton Grove, IL
poster.
29” w x 24” h with frame.
Outsider art. Folk art.
Mark Anthony Mulligan grew up in a large
Category
1990s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
JAZZ DREAM MAKER-1960
By Frank Escalet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
on impressionistic folk art . Wood, paper, metal, oil, acrylic, water colors and fabric are his
Category
1980s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Horses and Dancers by Purvis Young
By Purvis Young
Located in Morton Grove, IL
and painting, utilizes found objects and the experience of African Americans in the south. A self
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Board
Twilight Horses by Purvis Young
By Purvis Young
Located in Morton Grove, IL
life and work. His work is found in the collections of the American Folk Art Museum, the Corcoran
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Foreign Soil, " acrylic and tempera on canvas 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
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Tempera
Sanford Biggers African American Geometric Abstraction signed silkscreen Framed
By Sanford Biggers
Located in New York, NY
African American folk traditions, Buddhism, African and European sculptural traditions, and the margins of
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"Let
s Pray About It - Philippians 4:6, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, instead there is a calmness in their manners.
Art: 13.75 x 12 in
Contemporary African American and
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Other Medium
"Suddenly I Saawww...Polka Dots And Mooonnbeams..." Acrylic by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
a glass of vibrant yellow liquid.
36" x 24" art
Contemporary African American and Native American
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Healing Process, " Abstract Figurative Acrylic on Canvas by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Custom framing is available
Contemporary African American and Native American Hertiage Artist, Reginald
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Bats Exiting Cave, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
African American and Native American Hertiage Artist, Reginald K Gee, is known for Neo-Expressionism
Category
1990s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
Aspen Grove, Large Scale Beautiful Landscape Snow Scene
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
Gustavo Novoa "First Meeting" Two Leopards in a Bamboo Jungle Scene
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
Materials
Canvas
"Prudent Distance" Lions with Zebras in Jungle Scene
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons.
Novoa
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Lotus Secret" Leopards At River Edge In Jungle
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons.
Novoa
Category
1990s Animal Paintings
Partners
By Gustavo Novoa
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
with the zebra. Panthers and pandas share the shade with African monkeys and American raccoons. Novoa
Category
1990s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
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
GOING TO CHURCH Signed Lithograph, Southern Landscape, African American Heritage
By William Tolliver
Located in Union City, NJ
GOING TO CHURCH was the very first limited edition print created by the self-taught African
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
GOING TO CHURCH Signed Lithograph, Southern Landscape, African American Heritage
By William Tolliver
Located in Union City, NJ
GOING TO CHURCH was the very first limited edition print created by the self taught African
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
GOING TO CHURCH Signed Lithograph, Southern Landscape, African American Heritage
By William Tolliver
Located in Union City, NJ
GOING TO CHURCH was the very first limited edition print created by the self taught African
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Flowers Next To Public Waterfall, " Acrylic on Canvas signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
African American and Native American Hertiage Artist, Reginald K Gee, is known for Neo-Expressionism
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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