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Style: Folk Art
Blue and White Stripe Zebra Painting on Wood
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A gorgeous painting of a zebra in blue and black. This piece features the outline of a zebra in black, painted on a blue and white striped background. This piece is painted on wood a...
Category
2010s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wire
Oil Painting on Canvas of a 16th Century Building
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Architectural oil painting on canvas of Heydon Hall executed in a rustic naive style with contrived aging and presented in a maple frame. Signed Dan Dunton.
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Vintage Boho 1958 Original Portrait of Man
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This captivating original portrait is a distinctive piece of mid-century outsider or Folk Art, dated 1958 by the artist (signature visible). The work features a stylized depiction of...
Category
1950s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Pair of Vera Alabaster
Russian
Original Folk Art Oil Paintings on Canvas
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of oil paintings on canvas are done by the well known portrait and landscape Russian artist, Vera Alabaster in circa 1940 in a Folk Art style. The paintings depict a Jamaic...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Abstract Folk Art Painting by Michael Davis
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Abstract Folk Art painting on canvas by Michael Davis. Painting measures 35.5" wide, 2.25" deep and 35.5" high.
Category
1980s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
NITA SLATER - "Running Sea" - Folk Art Oil on Panel - Framed - Canada - C. 1954
Located in Chatham, ON
NITA SLATER - "Running Sea" - Vintage Folk Art oil painting on panel - signed lower right - signed and titled verso - dedicated verso - ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Canadian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Still Life Oil On Artist Board
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Still life oil on artist board depicting a Holy Bible casting it's reflection on the table top surface and covered with a cascade of flowers and foliage.
Presented in a two-tone wo...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Early Watercolor View of a Sailor with Pet Bird, circa 1800
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique watercolor view of a sailor with pet bird, circa 1800, a lovely detailed painting of a sailor seated in rough chair, tenderly spoon feeding a finch pe...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Colorful Still Life Portrait of Table and Grapes in Blue Purple Red and Brown
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Beautifully rendered still life of an artist's tablescape with grapes and painting materials. Striking textural background on walls. Oil on board, unsigned, mid-20th century. Dimensi...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Haitian Painting on Canvas of a Still life by Gabriel Alix
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout vintage Haitian acrylic painting on canvas of a still life with fruit, executed with a spirited naive flair by noted artist Gabriel Alix. Present...
Category
Mid-20th Century Haitian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Cane, Acrylic, Wood
WPA Painting Featuring Visitors to the Zoo
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Great WPA period painting featuring visitors to the zoo with aviaries in the background, possibly NYC. Some of the visitors have a very Botero feel. Oil on canvas, unframed measuring...
Category
1930s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
$1,540 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century American Folk Art Pair of Male and Female Portraits
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of American Folk Art (19th Century) mahogany and birdseye maple framed oil painting portraits of man with paper and lady with book (signed).
Category
19th Century American Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Maple, Paper
Vintage Boho 19th Century Folk Art Portrait of Man
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This captivating 19th-century American folk art oil portrait captures the essence of a bygone era, depicting a distinguished gentleman with a serious yet inviting gaze. Rendered with...
Category
19th Century American Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Textile, Giltwood, Paint
Vintage African Folk Art Painting on Canvas of Animals
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking Tanzanian painting on canvas executed in the distinctive Tinga Tinga style, using bicycle paint as a medium, depicting animals in a landscape with a blazing sunset. Signed M...
Category
Late 20th Century Tanzanian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mixed-Media Painting by Purvis Young, Untitled, Circa 1990
By Purvis Young
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed-media work by artist Purvis Young.
Acrylic on paper, plastic and white metal sign insert cover.
Folk Art painted in black, white, pink, yellow, red and green.
Work on found obj...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Metal
“Barque Archibald Russell 1905” Oil on Canvas Painting by John Richard Perry ME
Located in Westfield, MA
This striking oil on canvas depicts the famed barque Archibald Russell under full sail, cutting confidently through open water with a smaller vessel trailing behind. Painted in 1984 ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
“Tall Ship Under Sail” Oil on Canvas by John Richard Perry ME 1984
Located in Westfield, MA
This evocative oil on canvas depicts a majestic tall ship pressing forward under full sail, its crisp white canvas set against a dramatic, cloud-laden sky and rolling blue sea. Paint...
Category
1980s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Harness Racer at Belmont Park 1884, Philadelphia" by Agustus Kollner
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Watercolor on paper, signed lower right Agustus Knoller and dated 1884. Inscribed on the reverse in pencil "This trotting came off Aug 15th 1884 at Belmont Park...
Category
1880s American Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Portrait of the Whaleship Charles W. Morgan, by James Cree, circa 1910
Located in Nantucket, MA
Portrait of the Whaleship Charles W. Morgan, by James Cree (1867 – 1951), artist active in the New Bedford area from 1910 to about 1932, a watercolor of the iconic American whaleship under sail.
The MORGAN is the most famous Yankee whale ship, and the only surviving 19th Century whaleship from the age of sail...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Original Cover of Mexican Comic "Sensacional de Maestros"
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this amazing original cover painted in gouache in excellent vintage condition, issue 291 "Al gato y al ratón jugabas con mi chon", circa 1990.
About the Sensacional Comics as part of the Mexican Culture:
"Sensacional" is the generic name of a handful of Mexican comics published at the end of the 1970s (1979 to be exact) and whose "boom" remained in force within the Mexican idiosyncrasy for around 20 years, (all the decade of the 80's and 90's) to then go downhill and "evolve", so to speak, until they become sexually explicit...
Category
1990s Mexican Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Felicien Rops (Belgium, 1833-1898) Oil Board, Village Landscape In Winter
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An exceptionally well painted antique oil on board painting by Belgian artist Felicien Rops whom lived and was active during the 19th century. The painting is a landscape scene depi...
Category
19th Century Belgian Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Framed Sepia Tone Watercolor Landscape, 1887
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A framed original watercolor landscape painting. Sepia tone watercolor depicting a tree alongside a riverbank. Illegible signature, dated 1887. Professionally framed and matted with ...
Category
1880s American Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
18th Century Watercolor of a Great Sword Duel in Germany
Located in Wiscasset, ME
A truly rare and remarkable scene of hundreds of swordsmen meeting in a towns square. The circle is closed around the two in the duel, each of whom have drawn blood. German school 18...
Category
1750s German Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
19th Century Folk Art Mechanical Clock Painting
Located in Allerum, SE
19th century Folk Art Mechanical Clock Painting with a view of a square in a little town. Painted on wood panel in a gilded frame. Clock maker and artist unknown. Ca 1830 - 50, proba...
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Native American Hunter with his Mustang Oil Painting
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Native American Hunter with his Mustang oil painting on cannvas.
Original Contemporary oil painting canvas stretched on wood..
Signed on the right corner.
( illisible).
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Wonderful Folk aRT / outsider art Oil on Board painting by Charles Moore
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful Folk aRT / outsider art Oil on Board painting by Charles Moore ."Tattoo Legs" .Western nEW yORK aRTIST,,
Category
2010s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil Painting of an Asian Lady by Geri Perlman, 1993
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Paintings depicting portraits of a lady wearing a traditional sari style attire and head cover.
Looks like and Asian traditional attire, bright colors, probably Afghani or Persian or Indian lady...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Oil on Canvas Oasis, African Zebras by Kindrie Grove, 1999
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Very large oil on canvas, Oasis, African Zebras by Kindrie Grove, Canadian Artist.
Large oil painting that depicts a group of zebras drinking peacefully...
Category
20th Century Canadian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Fantastic Highly Detailed Large Painting by Julian Rockmore
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Incredibly detailed whimsical large canvas of a circus coming to an old American town, by artist Jullian Rockmore, signed lower left. Rockmore came from a family of artists and his w...
Category
1980s North American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Portrait of a Cabin Boy with Ship in the Distance
Located in Wiscasset, ME
19th century portrait of a cabin boy with ship in the distance. Great folky appeal.
Category
1870s American Antique Folk Art Paintings
Saidi Nakoko, African Tingatinga School Painting, Oil on Canvas, 1970s, Framed
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Saidi Nakoko, Tingatinga, Tanzania, 1970s
Oil on canvas
Work signed by the artist
Working dimensions 44/33
Framed work
Tinga Tinga is an art style originating from East Africa. It w...
Category
1970s Tanzanian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$694 Sale Price
51% Off
Pair of Paintings of Boy and Girl
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming pair of oil paintings on canvas of a boy and a girl, one with a doll and one with watermelon. Executed in a naive style once seen hard to forget. Signed Manuel Velazquez and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
$5,800 / set
Framed Korean Folk Painting of General Guan Gong
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean folk Shamanism watercolor on textile matted with woven brocade and presented in a wood frame with an oriental style metal hanging hardware. The painting was estimated to be from early 20th century circa 1910-1930s. It depicts Guan Yu (160-220AD), a legendary Chinese warrior and general from Eastern Han Dynasty. Long worshiped in China as a deity, across all three major religions, Guan Gong...
Category
Early 20th Century Korean Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Textile, Brocade
Agustin Gainza Oil Painting "Wedding at The Havana Cathedral c1880"
Located in Miami, FL
Agustin Gainza Oil Painting "Wedding at The Havana Cathedral c1880"
Offered for sale is a large oil painting on canvas by Cuban-American artist Agustin Gainza. The painting is sig...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$7,500 Sale Price
50% Off
Naive Ethiopian Painting for the 79th Anniversary Italo-Ethiopian War in 1975
Located in Budapest, Budapest
Mengistu Haile Mariam and other Generals looking at the celebrators
oil on canvas painting, 90 x 190 cm
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Ethiopian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$9,494 Sale Price
20% Off
Palm Tree Painting on Canvas with Seashell Frame
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming palm tree painting on canvas with a mixed media approach using oil, gouache, and watercolor. Featuring a three-dimensional folky sea shell and sea life...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Salum Mussa, African Tingatinga School Composition, Oil on Board, 1970s
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Salum Mussa, Tanzania, 1970s
Oil painting on board
Work signed by the artist
Work dimensions 61/61
Unframed work
Salum Mussa Mzee Lumumba (1926-1999) was one of Edward Saidi Ting Ti...
Category
1970s Tanzanian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
$665 Sale Price
53% Off
"Glory Hole Antiques" Watercolor by Lorna Wildon, circa 1980
By Lorna Wildon
Located in Saint Louis, MO
A popular stop along old historic Route 66 - one of the original highways in the U.S. highway system that ran from Chicago to Los Angels - Glory Hole Antiqu...
Category
1980s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large Oil Panting “Cleaning Fishes”, Social Realism Style
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Wonderful and interesting large social realism oil painting depicting fishermen and men and women at work, collecting and cleaning fishes.
We see the influence of folk art and socia...
Category
Late 20th Century Russian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Large Square Impasto Rooster Painting by Von
Located in Redding, CT
Large Square Impasto Rooster Painting by Von. Unframed . Perfect for a kitchen or farmhouse.
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint
Vintage Boho Purvis Young Abstract Figurative Oil on Canvas
By Purvis Young
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Imbue your space with the raw, kinetic energy characteristic of celebrated American outsider artist Purvis Young. Hailing from the rich artistic lineage of Miami’s Overtown district,...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage Primitive 1960s Original Landscape Oil on Board
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Evoke nostalgic warmth and homespun charm with this delightful Vintage Primitive 1960s Landscape Painting. This authentic original artwork, rendered on a sturdy board, captures the i...
Category
1960s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
"Crystal Hunt" Ghanaian Movie Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
Starring Donnie Yen, "The Bruce Lee of the 90s," "Crystal Hunt" was a martial arts film from Hong Kong made in 1991. Frequently, theaters in Ghana were unable to import official post...
Category
Late 20th Century Ghanaian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Purvis Young Original Painting "Procession" in Series #3, Signed
By Purvis Young
Located in North Miami, FL
Depiction of a procession in oil on recycled curtain vinyl by acclaimed Miami street artist Purvis Young. Gustavo Olivieri sourced directly from Mr. Young while he was alive and enjo...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Old cubist
face
painting
Located in Haaltert, BE
Old cubist 'face' painting, acryl on canvas. France 1960' s, signed but unreadable. In very good condition with some traces of time.
Category
1960s French Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Naive Illustrated Landscape in Bright Green-Yellow Colors by Nicole Fourcroy
Located in Salzburg, AT
Oil On Canvas Landscape Of Flowered Countryside With Villages And Animated Fields, Signed
Handmade shadow gap frame with gilding
Born March 26, 1926 in Luzarclus.
Nicole Fourcroy-...
Category
1990s French Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$2,088 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Seascape with Lighthouse
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century seascape with lighthouse, circa 1890, an oil on canvas view of a white-washed lighthouse tower on a small offshore rocky ledge, most...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Hand Painted Wall Decoration Chart Depicting the Story of a Murder Ballade
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Hand Painted Wall Decoration Chart Depicting the Story of a Murder Ballad
A rare hand painted wall decoration chart showing a murder ballad. Used to illustrate a steet Ballad in whi...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Purvis Young Original Painting "Procession" in Series #1, Signed
By Purvis Young
Located in North Miami, FL
Depiction of a procession - oil on recycled curtain vinyl by acclaimed Miami street artist Purvis Young. Gustavo Olivieri sourced directly from Mr. Young while he was alive and enjoy...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Folk Art Maine Rocky Coast Seascape, by D. A. Fisher, circa 1900
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Folk Art Maine rocky coast seascape, by D. A. Fisher (1867 - 1940), circa 1900, an oil on board seascape with gentle combers breaking on rocks on the foreground, with two sloops sailing in the background, signed lower right. The reverse retaining the label for Frost & Adams Academy Boards, Artists' Tube Colors, etc. , dealers in fine art materials in Boston from 1869 to 1921. There is also a label from The Thomas Co, Picture Framing, Washington D.C.
D.A. Fisher lived in Portland Maine and was a prolific painter of primarily marine landscapes, with subjects focused primarily in southern Maine, but also Massachusetts and New Hampshire. While his work is quite similar and sympathetic with "The Brushians," a group of about 16 artist from Portland that painted on outings around Casco Bay...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Other
Nantucket Watercolor of Old North Wharf, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nantucket Watercolor of Old North Wharf, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of shell lane down center of ol...
Category
1940s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Naive Ethiopian Genre Painting, 1970s
Located in Budapest, Budapest
Naive Ethiopian Genre painting, 1970s
oil on canvas
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Ethiopian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$3,797 Sale Price
20% Off
Seascape with Ship Racing a Barkentine, by C.A.S. Orne, 1920
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Seascape with square-rigged ship racing a Barkentine, by C.A.S. Orne, 1920, a watercolor on paper stormy seascape with two square-riggers running before the wind, with choppy...
Category
1920s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Watercolor Painting "Antique Perù and Magic Bolivia"
By Pit Piccinelli 1
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
"Antique Peru' and magic Bolivia", by Pit Piccinelli, an Italian painter who lived almost all his life in those countries, among indigenous people -
O/8171.
Category
Late 20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
$569 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Watercolor Seascape with Shipwreck
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique seascape with shipwreck on a rocky shore, mid-19th century, a watercolor on paper seascape with a shipwrecked brig on the rocks, with another squall rolling in on horizon, un...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Pastel Portrait of a Woman with Dark Hair and Purple Top, 1960s - Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Portrait of a woman with dark hair on paper. Drawn using pastel chalk, the subject of this piece is a woman with a bouffant with short dark brown hair gazing at the artist. She wears a high neck purple top...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Nantucket Old North Slip Watercolor by Doris
Richard Beer, circa 1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nantucket Old North Slip watercolor by Doris & Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of Old North Slip (Wharf), signed in pencil power right. Doris and Richard Beer (1898-1967 and 1893-1959 respectively) produced a well-known series of watercolor miniatures featuring popular Nantucket scenes. Working at their Wharf Head Studio on Old North Wharf for 18 years, the couple worked together on these copyrighted creations, photo-duplicating Doris's line sketch and Doris and Richard completing the watercolor.
One of a large collection of beer watercolors...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
Large Danish Folk Art Church Procession Painting, circa 1960s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large impressive Folk Art acrylic painting of a haunting, moonlit, church procession is signed by the Danish born artist and dated 1963. There is one small tear in the canvas as shown. Frame is aluminum and wood. This artist's work also includes our listed Folk Art Angel...
Category
1960s American Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Aluminum
Naive Ethiopian Painting Circle of Life
Scene of the Year
, 1970s
Located in Budapest, Budapest
The upper two lines show Months of Year form September to February and March to August, below the scenes of life.
with Ge'ez language inscriptions.
Category
1970s Ethiopian Vintage Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$3,797 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Boho Original Purvis Young Painting on Door
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This captivating vintage painting by Purvis Young showcases the artist’s signature expressive style, with dynamic brushstrokes and vibrant colors that bring life and movement to this...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
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