Early American Folk Art Paintings

Just shipped another by the light of the moon painting to a family in pennsylvania.

Early american folk art paintings.

Sep 9 2018 explore leslee shepler s board early american paintings followed by 1446 people on pinterest. Folk art paintings and folk art portraits early american folk art paintings and folk art portraits were commonly done in various styles. Hard to see a lot of the detail in the photo. Early american folk art paintings folk art portraits.

I have studied the styles of many famous folk art painters as well as not so famous folk art painters. There is often overlap or contested ground with naive art but in. As a self taught artist i have always been fascinated by early american history including the folk art style of painting that went along with it. One style was referred to as primitive.

See more ideas about american painting american folk art folk art painting. Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture definitions vary but generally the objects have practical utility of some kind rather than being exclusively decorative the makers of folk art are normally trained within a popular tradition rather than in the fine art tradition of the culture. Handmade early american folk art creations primitives primitive primitive folk art primitive folk art designs primitive country folk art art folk primitive. The style varied from artist to artist.