Defreitas.dk Folk Art

Fairy tales do come true, and here they are: Eleven brightly colored hand-painted panels with classic nursery rhymes. A group of 11 vintage folk art painted children's nursery rhyme panels in oil are classic. These early to mid-century nursery rhyme panels include "Simple Simon," "Jack Be Nimble," "Little Bo Peep...

This vintage hand-colored lithograph by artist Swankar Hanumann depicts a traditional Kachina (Katsina) doll, a central figure in Hopi and Pueblo ceremonial traditions. The doll is s...

An Hispano-Portuguese 19th century oil on board depiction of "The Crucifixion". The baroque icon style painting depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ outside the city walls of Jerusalem, north of Mount Zion...

A 19th century oil painting of a Danish landscape representing an Industrial area with person in 18th Century clothes. This antique artwork is sig...

A striking, energetic piece of original abstract artwork dating from the 1960s/70s. Acrylic and oil have been used to create bold lines and brushwork on the canvas giving the piece a...

Mid 20th Century Balinese Painting on silk fabric, Framed. Vintage large Balinese art painting, from Ubud, Bali acrylic on silk. Beautiful artwork by the Indonesian artist from Ubud. Painted in Peliatan, Ubud Bali by VJ. Kupur as signed on the bottom left hand corner. Balinese Folk Festival ceremonial procession, Ink and acrylic paint on canvas. Batuan painting evolved in the 1930s after a group of local villagers tested different forms with ink-washed paintings upon black backgrounds. These paintings often reveal Batuan’s cultural life, directly through their elements of line, shape, and tone. Meticulous design, craftsmanship, and strong visual impression are characteristic of the style. The painting comprise individual shapes which are painted in a precise and systematic manner that does not leave any empty space. The complexity of the paintings is inevitable as each of the strokes, lines, gradations, the characters or the subjects forms a delicate unity that finely balances the figure-filled canvas. Various gradations of colors separate different sections of the painting. The landscape is enticing and endless. About Bali Art...

Beautiful 19th C Fruktur by Martha Geist The poem on the Fruktur (watercolor) is re-written below. "If my name heaven is my station, This world is my habitation. Christ is my ...

A very beautiful early 17th century oil on board painting of Saint Eugene - The Archbishop Of Toledo, Spain. Wonderful brushwork and intricate detail....

Painting: 2.5"w 3"h Framed: 7.5"w 8"h 2.5"d Artist: Libby Johnson Gifted from the artist to our store founder, Dixon Smith. This painting is a small, finely detailed landscape that ...

Presenting an enigmatic oil on canvas painting created by an unknown Danish artist made in 1956. This captivating artwork showcases a woman bathing her feet in a bathroom, and it is ...

A unique original portrait painting of a dog named “Ike” by the late Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem. The artist captures this dog of Patricia Goetzinger ...

Polly King (1901-1993) American Born: U.S. Polly King was a painter and sketcher with a special love of travel and water. Born in West Virginia, King mo...