Antique folk art primitive

Barnes Foundation Collection: American, Pennsylvania German. House and Bird on a Tree -- The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia is home to one of the world's greatest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist and early modern paintings.

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Folk Art Sculpture of a Dancing Lady, Hand Carved Wood with Original Painted Decoration, European Naive School, c.1930, 15 ¼” high x 10 ¼” wide x 3” deep . Provenance: Private Collection, France. British and European Folk Art, available at Robert Young Antiques

Continuing a major series on American Folk Art featuring 21 postings. Folk Art encompasses art produced by artists and ordinary folk with little or no training in the arts, and is traditionally utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic. The period I’m covering is the C18th and C19th. See parts 1-3 also for earlier works. Note: Follow me on Twitter for notice of updates @poulwebb This is part 4 of a 21-part post on American Folk Art: This post looks at Frakturs (see description…

COLORFUL ANTIQUE AMERICAN FOLK ART DOG PAINTING CARVING.

Christie’s Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, taking place in New York on January 24th, 2020, is the cornerstone of Christie’s Americana Week. The significant Folk Art selection includes a magnificent Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks, portraits by Joshua Johnson, and cigar store figures from the Dubnoff Collection. The important furniture offerings include the Collection of Ralph and Bobbie Carpenter and a stellar Newport Queen Anne mahogany high chest-of-drawers. The sale…