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Antique Swedish Rare Folk Art Panel, Early 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This delightful Swedish Folk Art panel is a scene of colorful figures outdoors enjoying nature
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint, Paper

Antique Swedish Rare Folk Art Panel, Early 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Wonderfully colorful scene of female figures dressed in full length gowns and the males in cloaks. They are dancing and celebrating. From Småland closed to Vaxjø, Sweden. The panel...
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint, Paper

Primitive Folk Art Witch Painting
Located in Sheffield, MA
-kind example of early folk art.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Paintings

Folk Art Painting of Donkeys
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A rustic and funky painting of donkeys in the Folk Art style. Light heartedly painted on board and
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Early 20th Century Unknown Rustic Paintings

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Wood

Folk Art Painting of Lincoln
Located in North Egremont, MA
Oil on Canvas painting of Abraham Lincoln, signed and dated '23
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

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Canvas

Pair of Early 19th Century Italian Folk Art Naive Paintings
Located in Minneapolis, MN
On Offer a charming pair of early 19th Century paintings of Rebecca at the well and David playing a
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Antique 19th Century Italian Paintings

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Canvas

Remarkable Early Primitive Folk Art Theorum Picture
Located in London, GB
Hand Painted Fabric and Various Media Depicting Agricultural and Symbolic Motifs and Verse
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Antique 19th Century English Paintings

Turkish Folk Art Painting of Ship on Lid of Wooden Trunk
Located in New York City, NY
Turkish Folk Art painting of ship on lid of wooden trunk.
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Early 20th Century Turkish Paintings

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Wood

Early 1900s Desert Landscape by Pasadena Artist Gertrude Remy
Located in Pasadena, CA
Lovely landscape by California artist Gertrude Remy was born in 1906 and lived in Pasadena and Palm Desert.
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Early 19th Century Painting of a Boy
Located in Tacoma, WA
Early 19th century Austrian painting of a boy in a woodland setting. In original
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Antique 19th Century Austrian Paintings

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Paint, Canvas

Fine Geometric Double Opening Tramp Art Frame with Cat Paintings
Located in Manalapan, NJ
Fine geometric embellished tramp art double opening frame with two folk art paintings of black and
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Folk Still Life: Blue Fish in a Green Basket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and terrific still life of four fish in a woven basket, watercolor on glazed cotton; in a 19th century gold leaf frame. It was accompanied by a note stating that it was made cir...
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Early Swedish Bonad Fragment
By Sunnerboskolan
Located in Sheffield, MA
Bonad from the Sunnerbo school, Sweden circa 1800, illustrating the biblical story of Jacob and his family. The upper image shows family members at a feast, probably a wedding. In th...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Paintings

Early Portrait of a Woman
Located in Sheffield, MA
An early portrait of a woman, oil on canvas, unsigned. An unusual feature is the inscription
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Paintings

Early 18th century Chinese wedding scene
Located in Norwalk, CT
Wonderful Chinese Gouache painting of a Chinese wedding
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Paintings

Great Pair of Impressive Boxer Paintings
Located in Pasadena, CA
A classic set showing the opponents squared off in separate images done in a pleasing pallet in detailed original period frames. Done with a good hand showing nice definition includi...
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Early 20th Century Paintings

Early 20th Century Monumental Mural on Canvas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wall-sized oil on un-stretched canvas. Possibly a theater backdrop. Unsigned.
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Antique Early 19th Century American Paintings

Armorial Hatchment Painting
Located in London, GB
Continental, Armorial Hatchment Painting. Dated 1776. Hatchment paintings were a custom
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier European Paintings

Seascape Oil Painting
Located in Hudson, NY
Seascape painting signed C Th Rasmussen, Ringsted, Denmark
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Early 20th Century Danish Paintings

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Canvas

18th c. Italian Painting
Located in Houston, TX
18th c. Italian Painting
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Paintings

Early 1900 s French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
paper, unframed Top painting : 4.5x 6.5 inches, signed bottom left Bottom painting: 4.5 x 6.5 inches
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Early 20th Century Paintings

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Other

Early 1900 s French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
the female French artist, Marie Amelie Chautard-Carreau (late 19th/ early 20th century) and it came
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Early 20th Century Paintings

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Other

Pair of Early Naive Portraits
Located in Sheffield, MA
Portraits of Orsmus Taft, (1795-1880), and his wife, Margaret Smith Taft, (1801 - ?), oil on canvas, original painted frames, artist unknown. The Tafts were married on 10/14/1821 and...
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Antique 19th Century American Paintings

Early 1900 s French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
Watercolour on paper, unframed Measures: Painting: 9 x 12.5 inches Delightful early 20th century French
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Early 20th Century Paintings

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Other

Early 1900 s French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 8 x 5.75 inches Delightful early 20th century French
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Early 20th Century Paintings

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Other

Early 1900 s French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 10.5 x 8 inches Delightful early 20th century French
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Early 20th Century Paintings

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Other

Early 1900 s French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
Watercolour on paper, unframed Painting: 9.75 x 14 inches Delightful early 20th century French
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Early 20th Century Paintings

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Other

Early 1900 s French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
Watercolour on paper, unframed Painting: 9.25 x 12.75 inches Delightful early 20th century French
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Early 20th Century Paintings

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Other

Early 1900 s French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, GB
watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 5 x 7.5 inches Delightful early 20th century French watercolour
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Early 20th Century Paintings

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18th century Spanish oil painting
Located in Houston, TX
An 18th century restored Spanish painting of Santa Ursula
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Mexican Paintings

The Surrender of Breda (After Velazquez) Large Framed Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive oil painting on canvas in original hand carved silvered frame, entitled
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Early 20th Century Paintings

Canvas painting of a man fishing
Located in Houston, TX
This charming piece of art would look lovely in a library, office, or any where a little interest
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Early 20th Century Paintings

Large American Still Life Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
American still life signed by S. Hanson Trent and dated 1907. A fine tablescape of various fruits in and around a glass compote, along with a drink, and wedge of cheese. Excellent qu...
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

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Canvas

Large and Early David Sharpe Watercolor
By David Sharpe
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a fanciful abstraction done in watercolor by outsider artist David Sharpe. We have three pieces in this series. The image size is 16" x 12" and is in a silver leafed frame. ...
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Vintage 1970s American Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Early 1900s Woodlands Scene Signed Reinhardt
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unframed canvas backdrop. Signed Reinhardt in lower righthand corner. Deer among the rocks and trees.
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Vintage 1920s Paintings

Two Art Deco Portraits by C. Salmon, 1930
By C. Salmon
Located in Raalte, NL
Set of two beautiful painted canvases from 1930 depicting two famous people from history, the left is Godefroid IV (1061-1100) and the right is Clovis (465-511) made by C. Salmon, bo...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Fabric

Paul Schaan (1857-1924) French Oil On Panel Painting Depicting Of Cardinals Play
Located in Pasadena, CA
19th Century French Oil On Panel Painting Depicting Of Cardinals Playing Board Game. Paul Schaan
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

Cowboy with Cigarette, Oil Painting on Uncut Hide
Located in Essex, MA
Oil painting og cowboy rolling cigarette while cattle behind him rest, all on uncut hide. Painting
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

A 18th Century Painting Of A English Gentleman
Located in Hudson, NY
A PROFILE PAINTING OF A ENGLISH GENTLEMAN, WITH DRAMATIC LIGHTING.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Paintings

Dark Wood Framed Green Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dark wood framed green landscape of pine tree in foreground and three houses.
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Paintings

Marie Chautard-Carreau, Fine Early 20thc French Impressionist, Daffodils
Located in Cirencester, GB
watercolour on paper, unframed Painting: 11 x 8 inches Delightful early 20th century French watercolour
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Late 20th Century Paintings

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Other

Oil Painting of the English and Dutch Fleet
Located in Salisbury, GB
An oil painting on canvas of the English and Dutch fleet bombarding Algiers to free the white
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Antique 1850s British Early Victorian Paintings

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900 s
Located in Cirencester, GB
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful
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Early 20th Century Victorian Paintings

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Other

Oil painting Saint Nicholas Basilica Amsterdam view by Fernand Laval 1928
By Claude Monet
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
This painting represents Saint Nicholas Basilica in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was painted by
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Early 20th Century French Other Paintings

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Canvas

Swedish Bonad with Three Panels
By Sunnerboskolan
Located in Great Barrington, MA
draperies and abstract patterns. A fascinating piece of Swedish Folk Art. Tempera on homespun fabric, newly
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Antique Early 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Paintings

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Fabric

Swedish Bonad Fragment with Man in a Tree
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Fragment of a Swedish bonad showing Zacchaeus in a tree with two men standing by. Probably from the Sunnerbo school, circa 1845, with floral decoration and blue striations filling th...
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Paintings

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Paper

Swedish Annunciation Bonad
By Sunnerboskolan
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Early Swedish bonad, circa 1820, depicting the angel Gabriel visiting Mary as she reads. Just above
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Paintings

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Paper

Portrait of a Country Gentleman
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A extremely well painted oil on canvas 19th century portrait of a old country gentleman wearing a bowler hat and holding a stick, oil on canvas with wonderful mute colours and incred...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Folk Art Paintings

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Paint

Swedish Bonad with David Taking Saul s Spear
By Sunnerboskolan
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Fragment of a Swedish bonad dated 1818 showing the moment in 1 Samuel when David comes upon the sleeping Saul and secretly takes his spear and his water bottle. The artist enhances t...
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Paintings

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Fabric

Swedish Bonad with Three Figures
By Sunnerboskolan
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Fragment of larger Swedish bonad dated 1818 and illustrating the transfiguration of Jesus with Moses and Elijah on either side. We see the three men on a mountain top with the light ...
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Paintings

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Fabric

Old Testament Bonad Fragment
By Sunnerboskolan
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A section of a Swedish bonad dated 1818 showing a scene from the Book of Genesis in which Joseph flees from Potiphar’s wife, leaving his cloak behind. The lower panel shows part of a...
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Paintings

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Burlap

Bonad Fragment with Three Horses
By Sunnerboskolan
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Fragment of a Swedish bonad, circa 1830, showing three saddled horses, part of a longer row. This is probably an illustration of Joseph’s brothers coming to him in Egypt for relief f...
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Paintings

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Paper

Bonad by Femsjö Per Svensson
By Femsjö Per Svensson
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Bonad from Småland, circa 1830, painted by Femsjö Per Svensson (1787-1862), showing the journey of the Magi. Oil on canvas/burlap, in original condition with no restoration. A very s...
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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen Original Charcoal Drawing Serb Refugees, 1915
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in London, GB
French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker. This charcoal drawing shows a group of Serbian civilians and
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Early 20th Century French Paintings

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Paper

Night Mother
Located in New York, NY
A haunting work of solitary contemplation.
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Early 20th Century Paintings

Watercolor: Gone Fishing
Located in New York, NY
Images of two men fishing. Inscribed "Too Bad", probably referring to the one that got away.
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Original 1930 s Vintage Motor Car Racing Original Drawing Signed Dated
Located in Cirencester, GB
Wonderful original pencil drawing depicting a vintage motor car racing scene from the 1930's. The drawing is by - "K. B. White" - a British illustrator and motoring artist who wa...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings

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Other

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Early Folk Art Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of early folk art paintings available for sale. Each of these unique early folk art paintings was constructed with extraordinary care, often using fabric, paint and canvas. Early folk art paintings have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Early folk art paintings are generally popular furniture pieces, but folk art, Victorian and Georgian styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made early folk art paintings over the years, but those made by Helene Herslow, A. C. Contreras and A. David are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Early Folk Art Paintings?

Early folk art paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,561, while the lowest priced sells for $1 and the highest can go for as much as $1,042,875.
Questions About Early Folk Art Paintings
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