Early american folk art

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1800s Shadow Box Depicting a Bearded Man Reading 13.3 x 13.3 x 4.4 cm This is a beginning 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 and includes a lot of paintings (much of the painted folk art was commissioned portraits of family members from rural…

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Tavern, pub, and coffee shop signs today come in many different shapes and sizes and usually hang on recognizable objects that are more or less

Doug Frati was born in Maine in 1954. His youth was spent growing up in a small rural town located on the banks of the Sebasticook River. “My grandmother had an old farm there, built by her grandfather, she lived alone and worked in the woolen mills. Her barn was full of cows, chickens, sheep, … Continue reading "Doug Frati"

Welcome to Grace for Daisy Folkart. My inspiration comes from early American folk art landscapes, designs, and motifs. Rufus Porter style is my specialty!

Artist/maker unknown, American

Early 19th century painting of two love birds on flowering tree, 8 x 10", period frame, 9.15 x 11.4" high..

Learn the answer to the question: "What is folk art?" Not easily described, we can nonetheless look at some of its unifying characteristics.