Purvis Young

Purvis Young, Four Heads and a Truck, Painting on Plywood

Acrylic on wood of six heads by Purvis Young. From the artist to Vanity Novelty Garden, Tamara Hendershot To Rising Fawn Folk Art, The Jimmy Hedges Collection of Outsider Art.

Acrylic on wood painting of an angel over the city by Purvis Young. From the artist to Vanity Novelty Garden, Tamara Hendershot To Rising Fawn F...

Acrylic on wood of an angel playing the piano by Purvis Young. From the artist to Vanity Novelty Garden, Tamara Hendershot To Rising Fawn Folk Art, The Jimmy Hedges Collection of O...

Acrylic on canvas of nine heads by Purvis Young. From the artist to Vanity Novelty Garden, Tamara Hendershot To Rising Fawn Folk Art, The Jimmy Hedges Collection of Outsider Art.

Painting and drawings glued into book by Purvis Young.

Painting glued into a sketchbook by Purvis Young.

Bold San Francisco Abstracted Still Life Composition in Oil on Board Bold still life composition by Frank Koci (Czech-American, 1904-1983). A table is set with a jug of wine and a bowl of fruit and a landscape in the background. It is composed of several layers of paint, with bold outlines. In some areas, paint has been scraped away to create additional texture. In broad terms, you can describe Koci’s paintings as a series of “people-scapes,” wherein people are shown having relationships (some fleeting, some enduring) with fellow humans. A better term is probably “preludes” — wherein each painting sets the stage for something momentous that will occur in the very next frame. In the best Kocis, the tension is palpable. Signed in the lower right corner "Koci". Presented in a wood frame. Board size: 13"H x 30"W x .5"D Born in 1904 in Pilsen Czechoslovakia to a widowed mother. Koci grew up in poverty. Leaving Pilsen at 17 he was already too sophisticated about arts and literature, drama, and polished...

One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Acrylic painting is made with plaster on wood, which gives the painting a wonderful texture and depth. Painting is signed and titled on reverse "La Ronde...

Important one of a kind work by Noche Crist (1909 - 2004). Shaped painting titled " Flower Caryatid", acrylic paint, wood, plaster and mirror. Noche ...

One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Painting is on casein paint on plaster on board. Catalogue of a postumous retr...

One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909- 2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Painting is made with casein on plaster on wood. Catalogue of a postumous ret...

Ford William is a self-taught folk/outsider artist, who began making art after coming to terms with chronic mental health issues that had plagued him all his life. The piece was made...