Early American Folk Art Paintings

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Early american folk art paintings. It was quite common for both young boys and also girls to be painted wearing dresses. Just shipped another by the light of the moon painting to a family in pennsylvania. It is a christmas present for the woman s parents. Early american folk art paintings.

Hard to see a lot of the detail in the photo. I have studied the styles of many famous folk art painters as well as not so famous folk art painters. Folk art paintings and folk art portraits early american folk art paintings and folk art portraits were commonly done in various styles. 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. 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. See more ideas about american painting american folk art folk art painting. One style was referred to as primitive.