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Period: 20th Century
French Modernist Cubist Painting Architectural Study
Located in Cirencester, GB
Architectural Study of a Grand Stone Archway
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
sta...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Alpine Landscape Oil Painting with Tyrolian Mountain Village
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Alpine Landscape Oil Painting with Tyrolian Mountain Village
A large vintage oil painting depicting an Alpine landscape with Tyrolian mountain village. Painted on cardboard with pastell colors. Framed with antique decorative gilded frame. On the left base signed by the artist "K. Votteler". Painted in the area of Tyrol or south Germany, early 20th century. A high quality antique oil painting which will highlight your Alpine cabin wall decoration.
The Biedermeier period runs parallel to the Romantic period and both are characterized by similar features. Domesticity, closeness to nature, folksiness and need for harmony are buzzwords of this time. The focus is on the simple, the conservative and the tried and tested. There is little experimentation and more observation and enjoyment. The art style is kept very realistic and shows great similarity to photography. Domestic idyllic representations, beautiful landscape and impressive portraits are the most popular topics for oil paintings...
Category
German Biedermeier 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
French Modernist Cubist Painting Sailboats on the Coast
Located in Cirencester, GB
Sailboats on the Coast
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
signed faintly lower right
stamped verso
A breezy day on the North F...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Vintage Los Castillo Knob / Pull
Located in San Antonio, TX
Beautiful vintage knob or pull designed by Los Castillo from Mexico is made of brass and inlaid with mother of pearl and lapis and malachite stone. This ...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Hunt Brother Circus & Wild West Show Three-Sheet Broadside, circa 1900-1910
Located in York County, PA
Three-sheet, narrow, vertical broadside, made to advertise Hunt Brothers Circus and Wild West Show ca 1900-1910. With the bold headlines “Buffalo Ranch”...
Category
American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Bernard Howell Leach Studio Pottery Vase with Stylized Patterning
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional English studio pottery vase decorated with stylized patterning by renowned British potter Bernard Howell Leach (British, 1887-197...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Tribal Dance Shield, Tutsi, Rwanda
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Tutsi Ceremonial dance shield.
Rwanda-Burundi
Second quarter, 20th century.
Wood, natural pigment
Measures: 20” long x 7 1/4” wide x 4” deep (50.5 x 18 x 10 cm).
Provenance: Col...
Category
Rwandan Tribal Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
George Edouard Tremblay Folk Art Hooked Rug, Mat or Tapestry of a Winter Scene
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This framed hooked rug or mat was done by the well known George Edouard Tremblay of Quebec Canada in approximately 1940 in his period Folk Art style. The rug or mat is done with wool...
Category
Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Wool, Burlap
Oil on Canvas Painting of Beach And Shoreline by C. Holginger
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
American Mid-Century Modern Painting by Cecile Holginger. The oil painting is illustrating a beach and shoreline and is signed by the artist. The painting is un-framed.
Category
Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English Folk Art Figure
We share what we love, and we love this early 20th Century example of an English doubl...
Category
European Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Original Wood Carved SHOW Majorette Letterpress Triangle Poster Company
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Large hand carved circus or carnival SHOW letterpress with wonderful and graphic carved majorette. This wood cut was made by the Triangle Poster Compan...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Central European Figurative Sculpture
Located in High Point, NC
This cheery and enigmatic figure stands in a natural contrapposto pose, with her arms clasped above her head as if to shield her eyes from the sun. Made in Central Europe, the concre...
Category
Czech Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Concrete
Rolf Palm Signed Swedish Midcentury Scandanavian Minature Vase for Mölle Sweden
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and darkly glazed miniature vase by Swedish master ceramicist/designer Rolf Palm for Mölle, Sweden. This gem features a Classic shape with tiny spines and a rich glaze th...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-Century Rectangular Rope Mirror Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet
Located in Austin, TX
Rectangular nautical rope mirror Audoux Minet, circa 1960.
Measure: height / 26.5 inches on 10.8 inches.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Rope, Mirror
Unicorn by Dominique Pouchain
Located in Lasne, BE
Ceramic in the shape of a unicorn by Dominique Pouchain.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Caucasus Verneh Kilim Rug, Caucasian Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a large Antique Verneh Kilim from the Caucasus region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Of the four countries that make up the Caucasus, Azerbaijan produces the most kilims, and the land has a long history of weaving. The nomadic tribes wove kilims and carpets as well as a wide range of storage bags and sacks, such as saffrash, khurgin and chula, and donkey and horse trappings. Smaller bags...
Category
Caucasian Kilim 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
American Wall Sculpture in Bronze Signed by Giovanni Schoeman, 1970s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous wall sculpture of cast bronze and other mixed metals in the Brutalist style made by Giovanni Schoeman (1940-1980s).
The wall sculpture is called "Cyclone" and shows an imaginary city of futuristic skyscrapers with few people. Many impressive details.
Schoeman was a South African sculptor...
Category
American Brutalist Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Gilt Carved Camphor Wood Toys
Located in Pomona, CA
Rare find antique Chinese gilt wooden carved adult toys. It is 100 percent hand made hand carved from Camphor wood with gilt painting on it. They are the cou...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rare 1950s Childs Size Carousel Motorcycle
Located in Peekskill, NY
This item is a lot smaller than it looks in the pictures. The handlebars are less that 2 foot tall. Its sized for a small child but has the proportions of a full size motorcycle. Tha...
Category
German Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Warren MacKenzie Signed Studio Pottery Ceramic Tenmoku Glazed Footed Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous work by 20th century master American and renowned Minnesota studio potter/artist Warren MacKenzie.
The three-footed tenmoku glazed bowl is signed/ stamped along the foot rim by MacKenzie and features a unique decorative pattern. The dark, rich glaze radiates in the light.
This work would a great addition to any Warren Mackenzie or modern pottery/ ceramic collection or eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting.
A student of both famed ceramic artists Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, Mackenzie is credited with bringing the functional Japanese Mingei tradition and craft to the United States and spreading it through his own art and teaching mentorship during his long tenure at the University of Minnesota.
Along with being named a Regent’s Professor, and a fellow of the International Academy of Ceramics, the highly decorated and awarded MacKenzie was the first to receive the Minnesota Governor’s Award in Crafts in 1986. He later received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Crafts Council in 1997 and a year later he was honored with the Gold Medal from the American Crafts Council.
His work can be found in numerous collections and museums including:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
The National Folk Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England
Contemporary American Crafts...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Silk Animal Motif Herekeh Mini Rug
Located in New York, NY
Fine Turkish silk one of a kind Herekeh rug with a beutiful pictorial animal design on an ivory field.
Measures: 2' x 2'11'.
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Folk Art Figurative Carvings
Located in Hudson, NY
A great set of 13 hand-carved figures each with an individual face depicting a different figure. Varying in size from 6 in to 13 in height. Found an upstate New York.
Category
American Folk Art Antique 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Scottish Bagpiper's Bonnet on Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful yet strong early 20th century Scottish bagpiper's bonnet with a woven wool checkerboard headband and decorated with a large black ostrich feather plume and a white feather hackle, mounted on a turned wood stand.
Category
Scottish 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Feathers
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting, French River Town
Located in Cirencester, GB
Watercolor and ink French landscape of a town and bridge spanning a river
by Bernard Labbe (French Mid-20th century)
original watercolor and ink on paper
Size: 6.4 x 9.4 inches
u...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Massive Birch Burl Bowl
Located in Farsta, SE
Truly massive primitive root bowl
From Sweden, made out of burl birch in 1970.
Category
Swedish Brutalist 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Birch, Burl
Composition Mask of Mythical God
Located in Chicago, IL
Composition mask of a classic mythical face.
Category
Italian Antique 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Composition
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting, Mother and Child
Located in Cirencester, GB
Sepia ink and watercolor study of a mother holding a child against a backdrop of a town bridge
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original sepia ink and watercolor on paper...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century Toy Step, Step Bike
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique step bike - antique toy step.
This child's bike step dates 1900 - 1920.
We found this one out of a collection which came from a castle - royal house.
It's a collectable antique bike , antique bicycle, antique vélo...
Category
Belgian Art Nouveau 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Kadjar Lacquered Paper Mache Box
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful lacquered paper mache box decorated with imaginary animals (that look like cats) and plant motifs.
The box seems to take the shape of a vege...
Category
20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Winchcombe Studio Pottery Slip Ware Baking Dish
By Michael Cardew
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine vintage Winchcombe press-molded baking dish decorated with trailed slip designs attributable to Michael Cardew (British, 1901-1983) and probably ...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
SS United States Sign Notice and Information for Passengers
Located in Hanover, MA
Hefty enameled solid aluminum framed passenger safety and information sign from Passenger Stateroom 139 on the Main deck of the SS United States.
Fo...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Ewe Kente
By Green Grove Weavers
Located in Glasgow, GB
This is a fine old piece of Royal Ewe Kente from arpund 1930.
Kente textile is a Royal Textile of the Ewe people of Ghana . This piece would have been worn...
Category
Ghanaian Tribal Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Wooden Decoy Duck on Stand, circa 1910
Located in Hastings, GB
Beautiful early 20th century French decoy duck. Hand carved in wood and hand painted, the decoy has a movable head that can be turned left or right, it is a...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Bold Master Work "Bullet Man" Handmade and Hand Glazed, Eva Fritz-Lindner
Located in South Burlington, VT
This is a fine and unusual handmade, hand painted and hand glazed Mid-Century Modern ceramic anthropomorphic effigy of a round form known as "Bullet Man" by the now deceased master d...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Vintage Cape Dorset Inuit Stone Carving of a Seal, Unsigned, Canada, C.1960's
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Cape Dorset Inuit soapstone (also called Steatite) carving of a seal - featuring fine simplified carving and details accentuating the form of the a...
Category
Canadian Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Early 20th Century Mexican Alms Box
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this early 20th century Mexican Alms box.
Category
Mexican Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1920s English Pair of Nautical Candelsticks in Silvered Bronze
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of English nautical candlesticks from the 1920s, lost wax casting in silvered bronze. Made in 3 pieces: a base surrounded by a rope and to wh...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Richters German Anchor Stone Blocks Building Toy
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Richters German Anchor blocks building toys / Der Geschickte Baumeister
Made in Rudolstadt, Germany, circa 1900.
Wooden box with printed paper labe...
Category
German Baroque Antique 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Quartz
Japanese Bamboo and Wicker Fruit Basket/Folk Art
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-265 handmade bamboo and wicker fruit basked with dark wicker woven bottom.
Category
Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo
20th Century French Modernist Cubist Painting, French Panorama View
Located in Cirencester, GB
Watercolor and ink panoramic South of France Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
Original watercolor and ink on paper
Size: 5.75 x 11.75 inches
Unsigned , stampe...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Antique American Navajo Ivory Tribal Rug
Located in New York, NY
A highly decorative 20th-century American Navajo rug with a geometric tribal design with pink, cream ,camel and brown accents
Measures: 3'5'' x 6'2''.
Category
American Native American 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Southern American Folk Art Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating and intriguing early 20th century Southern American folk art panel, found in Mississippi, depicting a figure with what appears to be African tribal headgear, and wearing a white collared shirt with black suit jacket. The line work and attention to detail is extraordinary and mysterious, with the artist choosing to incorporate a natural knot in the board to form the mouth of the figure, and the left half of the drawing showing shading, but seemingly left unfinished. The frame is not terribly old, and is constructed from splatter-painted boards...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
French Modernist Cubist Painting Figure by the Harbour
Located in Cirencester, GB
Figure by the Harbour
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
unsigned
stamped verso
The addition of the figure in red is a feature...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Vintage Raj Hand-Crafted Stuffed Cotton Embroidered Elephant, India, 1950
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Raj Hand-Crafted Stuffed Cotton Embroidered Elephant, India, 1950.
Anglo Raj vintage hand-crafted stuffed cotton embroidered elephant, India, 1950.
Handmade in Rajasthan, India, colorful fabric elephant toy.
Vintage small elephant stuffed cotton embroidered and decorated with small mirrors, great collector piece.
Anglo Raj, small stuffed elephant...
Category
Indian Anglo Raj 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Fabric
Hand Hooked Room Size Log Cabin Rug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine room size log cabin hand hooked American rug is in fine condition with a couple tiny small fabric losses that are not noticeable. The backing has a new linen or muslin back...
Category
American Adirondack Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Folk Art Springerle Rolling Pin
Located in Houston, TX
This vintage carved wood rolling pin is used to make Springerle, a type of German biscuit with an embossed design made by pressing a mold onto rolled ...
Category
German Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Puppet Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century English folk art puppet figure
We share what we love, and we love this early 20th century articulated folk art puppet figure. Made from hand carved pin, The base (handle) moves up and down to animate the puppets head. Arms are moved with the sticks. Original linen clothes...
Category
European Folk Art Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Large Oil on Canvass Nude Painting by Alan Brassington
Located in London, GB
A large and impressive oil painting of a male nude, by acclaimed British artist Alan Brassington. This dates from the late 20th century.
Alan Brassington specialises in portraits an...
Category
British Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Aubusson Style Large Tapestry Decorative Pillow
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large decorative French Aubusson style tapestry pillow backed with silk velvet.
Beautiful vintage French Provincial pillow with Aubusson style roses and decorative floral bouquet.
...
Category
French French Provincial 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Walnut Hand Mirror by Dean Santner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Studio Craft hand mirror featuring a walnut handle and frame with glass mirror.
Dimensions
11.25" width x 5.75" depth x 1.5" height.
Condition
Exc...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Walnut, Mirror
Glen Lukens Signed Early Midcentury Glazed California Pottery Weed Pot Vase
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
A very rare early work featuring a dark chocolate brown glaze by master Mid-Century Modern ceramist/potter Glen Lukens whose work has become quite collectible and relatively scarce and difficult to find.
The work is signed and dated (1924) by Lukens on the underside (we have only seen one other piece dated this early and that piece is in the Forrest Merrill Collection).
Lukens was the founder of the University of Southern California (USC) Architectural School’s Ceramics Department where he helped establish and promote clay pottery as a universally acceptable art form. The current popularity of Studio Pottery and ceramics is widely accepted to have started with Lukens who is oft credited with being one of the first artists to raise the stature of Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery within the art world.
Lukens is famed for his experiments with various glazes and glazing techniques. His influence and glazes can be clearly seen in the works of Otto and Gertrud Natzler, Beatrice Wood, James Lovera, etc. He was also known for combining bright, colorful textile glazes (using natural, organic materials and elements he found in the Mojave Desert, Palm Springs, and Death Valley to make what he referred to as "California Colors") with the rough and raw clay surfaces of his often rudimentary forms and vessels.
Lukens currently has an award in his name (Glen Lukens Award) at the University of Southern California's School of fine Arts.
A very rare, unique, and truly special work This piece would be a tremendous stand-out addition to any collectors of Lukens' work or Mid-Century Modern ceramics collection or eye-catching accent piece in about any setting, modern or otherwise. A must-have.
Lukens work can be found in various museum collections including:
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Huntington Library...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Painting on Canvas Nautical Scene
Located in Seattle, WA
Painting on canvas nautical scene.
Dimensions. 59 W ; 1 1/2 D ; 20 H.
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
1961 Advertising Sign MARTINI BLANC , Apéritif Beverage
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage " MARTINI BLANC " or WHITE MARTINI Metal Advertising Sign.
This Tin Sign has a gold colored metal frame, is mounted on Cardboard and dates from 1961.
This Sign for the famous Italian Drink was made in Belgium for the Belgian Market by Etabl. J. Schuybroek S.A. Hoboken-Anvers ( Belgium ).
It is in good but used condition.
If you keep the sign in a certain angle to heavy light , you will see stains of teh old wrapping paper.
Do view all our items ,
we do have a matching Rossi Sign...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Tin, Other
Antique Rashwan Malatya Kilim Anatolia Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Southern Anatolian Antique Rashwan Kilim from the Malatya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
It is a large, 4 meters long Kilim with two halves attached...
Category
Turkish Kilim 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Vintage Framed Painting
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage framed painting. Serene scene Impressionist painting on canvas country side.
Dimensions. 22 1/2 W ; 17 1/2 H.
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
French Modernist Cubist Painting Vibrant Street Scene
Located in Cirencester, GB
Vibrant street scene
by Maurice Mazeilie (French, 1924-2021)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
signed lower right
stamped verso
A robustly coloured and lively scene ...
Category
French 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Other
Set of Four 20th Century Folk Art Carved Decoys in Custom Wall Mounts
Located in Chicago, IL
A spirited and playful set of four 20th century American Folk Art wood decoys each with hand carved bodies and heads supported by natural contorted branch necks that add instant indi...
Category
American Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Folk Art Stitched Woven Floral Labyrinth Star Sawtooth Quilt Blanket
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique hand stitched blue and white bedspread / blanket / coverlet / quilt with sawtooth border and blocks embroidered with woven interlocked eight po...
Category
Folk Art 20th Century Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
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