#folkartist

[katrynamankoart]

Personal artwork sketch "Illusory tenderness of some most sophisticated desires" mixed media (watercolours + gauche + colored pencils)

[scribblesartcollective]

Horace Pippin was a self taught black American painter. He was born in Pennsylvania to Harriet Pippin, his father's identity remains unknown. While born in West Chester, Pennsylvania he grew up in Goshen, New York but would later return to the city of his birth as an adult.

Horace drew as a boy. Drawing horses and jockies at Goshen's racetrack. He would continue to draw even as he served in World War I. His note books showing soldiers and trench warfare in pencil. He was a member of the third battalion of the 369th Infantry Regiment. Or, the Harlem Hellfighters or Black Rattlers. It consisted mainly of black Americans, but also included men from Canada, the West Indies, Cuba, Peurto Rico, and more. Along with the 370th, it's known for being one of the first African-American regiments to serve in WWI. They spent the most time in frontline trenches than any other American unit, and suffered the most casualties. "I did not care what or where I went. I asked God to help me, and he did so. And that is the way I came through that terrible and Hellish place. For the whole entire battlefield was hell, so it was no place for any human being to be"

Horace's Career began in earnest in 1920. Partly to rehabilitate his arm, injured by a sniper's short during the war. He submitted a couple paintings to a local art show put on by the Chester County Art Association where he was quickly noticed. A solo Exhibition was organized and he was put in contact with museum curators and prominent art dealers. While his popularity only climbed, he sadly lived a relatively short life. Dying at only fifty-eight years old in 1946. His artwork spanned many subjects including racism, war, religion and history. But also intimate quiet scenes of the lives of black Americans. People sitting together for a meal or playing games, living their lives. His last painting, The Park Bench, was left unfinished in his studio. And like his more intimate pieces, it has a the same intimate quality. Peering into a life, a small snapshot of living. If you'd like to know more about Horace or see more of his work: Smithsonian Archive - Horace Pippin Memoire

How Art Saved His Life: Story of Horace Pippin Horace Pippin: From War to Peace

Barnes Takeout: Art Talk on Horace Pippin’s Supper Time

[gentlefolkfiber]

I've been very lax about posting over the past couple of weeks. I took a bit of time to do some very much needed organizing around the house, and deal with a few life things...but, I promise, things are in the works!☺️ New dolls coming soon, and some webshop updates! https://www.etsy.com/shop/GentlefolkFiber https://thegentlefolkfiberstudio.bigcartel.com #gentlefolkfiber #somethingnewiscoming #artdollmaker #artdollsofinstagram #artdoll #fiberartist #fiberartdoll #fiberarts #folkartist #folkartdoll #folkart #slowstitching #modernembroidery #modernfiberart #moderndoll #subversivestitch #broidery #woolart #woolapplique #handwork #handembroidery #handstitched #handsewing #handmadedolls #handmade #softsculpture #softsculpturedoll #sewingproject #workinprogress #myart https://www.instagram.com/p/Cop72B1vgu-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sansanstudios]

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[jaymichael-official]

@carolinespence_ Live in Poage park, pop up concert. Proud to have her in our neck of the woods! Great folk/pop music. She is a natural, awesome singer-songwriter.🎤🎶🎸☺️ #indymusicians #indymusicscene #outdoorconcert #indymusic #folkmusic #folkartist #indymusician #indymusicshowcase (at Poage Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci3lhAeJnIg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[hadriandordelly]

Party chaos #surrealism #selfie #artdrawing #Artnews #artist #artbrut #artoon #kunstler #kunstwerk #kunst #outsiderart #marginalart #painting #folkartist https://www.instagram.com/p/CiyRdyuO3Z9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[authindia]

Learn to create the basic level design associated with renowned traditional Phad paintings of Rajasthan with Sourabh Soni, a professional Phad painting artist from Bhilwara, Rajasthan who have learned the art from National Awardee Kalyan Joshi. He has been practicing the art from last 10 years and have exhibited his paintings in many Group Shows in Rajasthan. Originated in Bhilwara region of Rajasthan Phad paintings are rhe part of an elaborate depiction of song-and-dance performance by a pair of balladeers, usually a priest and his wife – called bhopa and bhopi – belonging to the Rabari tribe of nomadic cattle and camel herders. Book your seat today. Link in bio. #workshopalert #design #artsofindia #rajasthan #interiordesign #craftsofindia #workshops #indianart #indianfolkart #folkpainting #folkart #traditionalpainting #traditionalart #workshop #paintingclass #phadpainting #phadart #folkartist #rajasthaniart #artcommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/CirySMXBtXm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[robertomastroianni]

#outsiderart Mohammad Ariyaeii, acriylic and water color on cardboard, 100x70cm. Courtesy @polysemiegalerie #mohammadariyaeiii #selftaught #Painter #tehranart #contemporaryart #contemporary_paintings #iran_art_gallery #iranianpainters #artcollector #artbrut #naiveart #folkartist #nonacademicart #selftaughtartist #outsiderartfair #rawvisionmagazine#galeriepolysémie #cavinmorrisgallery #badpainting #artbrutmuseum #primitive #primitiveartgallery #rawart #americanvisionaryartmuseum #talkart #j_lgallery #swaygallerylondon #cphoutsiderartgallery #rawvisionmagazine #artdubai #badpainting (at Galerie Polysémie) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chx4QUYN07c/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[insoulart]

Rajasthani miniature Art 🐪 #insoulart #insoul_art_gallery #insoulart_studio #insoul_art #miniatureartwork #miniatureartist #miniatureart #miniatures #miniaturepainting #miniaturepainter #folkartist #folkart #traditional #traditioalart #traditionalartwork #homedeco #homedecor #homedesing #home #homedecoration #homedesign #homedecorating #interior #interiorstyling #interiordesigner #interiorinspiration #interiordecorating #interiors #arte #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg2C6XDvufM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[peacelovelivelife13]

🌱Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden🌱 . Back in April, @witchywomandesigns told me we had to visit @howardfinstersparadisegarden which I never knew existed. It was pretty cool & any folk art lover would highly appreciate it. It’s definitely a little fun maze 👹 . . . #howardfinster #paradisegarden #art #folkart #georgia #northga #northgeorgia #adventure #trippyart #funart #thingstodo #museum #folkartist #museums #georgiatravel #georgiatravelmoments #daytrip #artist #artwork (at Howard Finster's Paradise Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgkPrDIOjjc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lokdharohar2022]

Lok Dharohar Udaipur - Folk Dance Show in Udaipur, Udaipur Folk Dance

[scribblesartcollective]

William Edmondson was born sometimes in 1874 on a plantation in Tennessee. The exact date is unknown as it was recorded only in a family bible that was destroyed in a fire. He was born into the Jim Crow South to previously enslaved parents working as sharecroppers where they earned $12 a month. William had little or no education, as he lacked access to it given his social status. When his father died when he was 16, he left Davidson County for Nashville where he worked railway. Following an injury though, he began work as a custodian at a hospital and worked there until it closed in 1931. With those wages, he was able to buy a modest home where he lived with his mother and sister, and occasionally other relatives. You might find yourself asking where the art begins? It might surprise you to learn William would not enter the world of sculpture until he was 60 years of age. As a child, William would say he saw angels and god spoke to him, and as an older man he said that he began to sculpt following a vision from god.  "I was out in the driveway with some old sculptures of stone when I heard a voice telling me to pick up my tools and start to work on a tombstone. I looked up in the sky and right there in the noon daylight, he hung a tombstone out for me to make. I knowed it was God telling me what to do."

He began with tombstones made of discarded limestone from demolitions but soon began branching out into ornamentation and decoration. He even sold them. A sign in his front yard read "Tomb-Stones. For Sale. Garden. Ornaments. Stone Work WM Edmondson" As it should already be very clear, William was a deeply religious man and his work was greatly influenced by his faith as well as a nearby Calvinist Baptist congregation nearby. His work depicted biblical characters, animals and even local prominent community leaders such as lawyers and preachers. And also, popular figures like Jack Johnson and Eleanor Roosevelt. His largest and only architectural work, stood in his backyard. A sculpture of Noah's Ark, made of four carved tiers of limestone. One day, an art enthusiast from Peabody College, Sidney Hirsche happened to be wandering through Edgehill where William lived and came across the sculptures. A collector, Hirsche knew he had found something special, and became one of William's greatest supporters. His work which was largely given to and bought by friends and neighbors, was now being purchased by the elite of Nashville, for their gardens and offices. It gardened serious attention, from Harper's Bazaar to the Museum of Modern Art. But also adversity, a friend of a friend of Hirsche, photographer Louise Dahl-Wolfe tried to publish her photographs of William's sculptures to William Randolph Hearst, but a racist, he would not publish the work of black artists. Luckily, better heads prevailed elsewhere. The Museum of Modern Art, in 1937 exhibited his work as a one man show. A first for a black artist.

William was incredibly prolific despite having a career of only about fifteen years, he's thought to have made some 300 works of art. He died in his home in Nashville after months confined to a bed from illness. He's buried in Nashville's oldest cemetery, Greenwood Cemetery (then Mount Ararat Cemetery), but the exact site of his final resting place, like the exact date of his birth, has been lost in a fire.

William, like many outsider artists, is sometimes buried under reductive adjectives such as primitive. But while his figures are stout and emphatic, they are in fact sophisticated, especially given how late and how short a career he had. If you would like to see more of William's work or learn more about his life: A ‘Holy Grail’ of American Folk Art, Hiding in Plain Sight SAAM - William Edmondson Curious Nashville: Where Famed ‘Outsider’ Artist William Edmondson Lived And What’s There Now The Sculpture Of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments And Stonework

[gentlefolkfiber]

More shots of some of my pieces from opening night. ☺️ Thanks for the opportunity! Caught My Eye runs during the first 3 weeks of February at the Creamery Arts Center in Springfield, Mo. https://www.etsy.com/shop/GentlefolkFiber https://thegentlefolkfiberstudio.bigcartel.com #caughtmyeye #gentlefolkfiber #artdollmaker #artdoll #artdolls #fiberartist #fiberartdoll #fiberarts #textileart #softsculpture #softsculpturedoll #folkartist #folkartdoll #folkart #narrativestitch #subversivestitch #modernembroidery #modernfiberart #moderndoll #handwork #handembroidery #handmadedolls #slowstitching #slowstitch #woolart #woolapplique #supportsmallbusiness #artcommunity #womensart #firstartshow https://www.instagram.com/p/CoQoT-4JYgC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[unitedspaceflag]

#porträt #portraitmalerei #portraitpainting #portraiture #portraitzeichnung #portrait #portraitdrawing #outsiderart #outsiderartist #naivekunst #naivdraw #naivemalerei #naiveartist #selftaughtartist #folkartist #folkart #randomircosmotisch #picassostyle https://www.instagram.com/p/CfRBWe2oigm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kossitas72]

Finishing some order from this week. One of my favorites "Best Grandmother Ever" #decorativeplate #daisy #folkart #folkartist https://www.instagram.com/p/Ceeqd5fuSba/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jaymichael-official]

Looking forward to when @hungrytownmusic comes back to Texas!! #hungrytown #indymusic #folkmusic #folkartist #musicians #concert #tour (at Waco, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgaCsiipiQr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=