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92 Cards in this Set
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"Dennis Searle Chest"
William Searle in Ipswich 1663-1680 @ the Met Symmetrical tripartite with flowerpot |
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"Cupboard"
Peter Blin in Wethersfield, CT 1670-1690 @ Yale University Art Museum Ebonized turnings, sunflower motif |
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"Hadley Chest" (or "Mary Pease Chest")
John Pease Jr. in Enfield, CT (Conn River Valley) ca. 1714 @ MFA Boston Mary Pease of Enfield married Thomas Abbe in 1714. Her father was a joiner; had tulips and leaves |
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"Redware Plate with Sgraffito Ornamentation"
John Neis in Montgomery County, PA 1810 @ Philadelphia Museum of Art Redware covered in glaze and slip (added calcium) and scratched off in a pattern; man on horse with flower |
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"Painted Chest with Drawers"
John Bieber in Berks County, PA 1789 @ Barnes Foundation Has hearts, ornamental grain painting makes pine look like a richer wood such as mahogany |
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"Fraktur"
Johann Heinrich Otto in Pennsylvania 1779-1800 @ the Met Often has crowns, mermaids; little drawings that were given to children for doing well; water color or ink on paper |
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"Exselenc Georg General Waschingdon and Ledy Waschingdon"
Sussel-Washington Artist in Lancaster County, PA 1780 @ AARFAC Rosy cheeks and cartoon bodies |
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"Fireboard"
Jared Jessup in Bernardson, MA 1813 @ Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Floral fireboard; covers over hearth to block out bugs/weather; oil paint on wood |
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"Battle of Bunker Hill"
Winthrop Chandler 1777 @ MFA Boston Extensive landscape in the background; placed in the most important room of the house to show wealth; painted on plaster about the fireplace |
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"The White House"
Rufus Porter 1824 @ The White House Historical Association Water color paint on plaster; replacement for expensive european wallpapers; can be extension of overmantel |
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"Stencil Wall Fragment"
Moses Eaton, Jr. 1830 @ Smithsonian Cheap replacement for european wall paper; itinerant wall stenciler |
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"Peace"
William Rush in Philadelphia 1805 @ Independence Seaport Museum Figurehead; built onto bow of ship |
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"Lady With a Scarf"
Isaac Fowle in Boston 1820 @ Bostonian Society Figurehead; built onto bow of ship |
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"Billet Head"
Unknown Artist in Northeast 19th Century @ MFA Boston Elaborate gold decoration |
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"The Ship Susan in the Pacific Ocean"
Frederick Myrick 1829 @ Peabody Essex Museum Scrimshaw; created during downtime by sailors/whalers |
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"Whaling Scene"
Edward Burdett 1830 @ Nantucket Historical Society Scenes with whales on them are the most valuable |
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"Mrs. Samuel Chandler"
Winthrop Chandler 1780 @ National Gallery of Art Also does overmantels; attempts stylistic fabrics but the drapes look fake |
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"One Shoe Off"
John Brewster 1807 @ Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY Brewster was deaf and mute; did portraits of children so if they died they would be remembered |
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"Lady With Her Pets"
Rufus Hathaway 1790 @ the Met Usually people wearing hats; always has people in the same pose; not good at drapery; married daughter of a subject and became a doctor |
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"Harriet Leavens"
Ammi Phillips 1815 @ Harvard Art Museum From the Border Limner Period; almond-shaped eyes, full off-centered mouths, heavy outlining, few props, plain background |
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"Girl in Red Dress with Cat and Dog"
Ammi Phillips 1830-35 @ American Folk Art Museum From Kent Limner Period; bright colors with figures emerging from dark backgrounds; created for quick production |
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"Lucy Hartshorn"
William Matthew Prior 1836 @ Old Sturbridge Village Did both flat and academic paintings for different prices |
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"Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Otis and Child"
Joseph H. Davis 1834 @ the Met Shows Mr. Otis reading (wealth); fraktur-like (water color on paper); shows profiles |
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"Joseph Moore and Family"
Erastus Salisbury Field 1839 @ MFA Boston Wrong carpet angle; pointy ears and stubby fingers; books show knowledge and wealth |
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"Unidentified Couple"
William King 1810 @ Historic New England Hollow-cut silhouette; donated by Wiliam Sumner Appleton; started off as quick accurate gifts to give to family members |
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"Laura Dewey Bridgman"
Auguste Edouart 1843 @ National Portrait Gallery Full body silhouette |
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"Philadelpha Band Sampler"
Rebekah Jones 1750 @ Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, PA Created under the tutelage of Ann Marsh; Practicing needlework (like a final exam); carnations and roses, geometric; "love the lord" |
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"Sampler"
Rebecca Carter in Providence 1788 @ Esmerian Collection Created while a student as Mary Balch's School; shows the State House |
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"Mourning Picture"
Sally Miller in Litchfield, CT 1811 @ the Met Student at the Litchfield Female Academy; Weeping willows and funerary monuments |
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"Washington Crossed Here"
Edward Hicks 1833 @ Mercer Museum Painted sign copied from book; before he started doing the Peaceable Kingdoms |
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"Peaceable Kingdom from the Branch"
Edward Hicks 1822-25 @ Yale University Art Museum Example of "Border Kingdom"; copies bridge from map of USA; includes peace treaty between colonists and native americans; quaker |
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"Peaceable Kingdom"
Edward Hicks 1845 @ San Francisco Museum of Art Example of "Late Kingdom"; children are less important, ox is in the center, lion looks tired and cheetah has arched back |
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"Appliquéd Quilt"
Partially Mary Heidenroder Simon in Baltimore, MD 1847 @ MFA Boston Baltimore album quilt; each block is assembled by a different woman then put together; done by the community |
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"Pieced Quilt"
Amish Community in Lancaster County, PA 1875 @ Philadelphia Museum of Art Made to raise money for the community; bright colors look like modern art which makes it more desireable for collectors; eight-pointed star |
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"Cleveland Hendricks Crazy Quilt"
Unknown Artist 1885 @ American Folk Art Museum Celebrates the inauguration of Grover Cleveland in 1885; silk and cotton textiles, pieced, embroidered and appliqued |
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"Overshot Coverlet"
Unidentified Weaver Early 19th Century @ MFA Boston Created on 4-harness look (at home); made in 2 pieces then stitched together; geometric pattern (warp and weft) |
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"Double Weave Jacquard"
Workshope of James Alexander in New York State 1828 @ the Met Client name in corner; use of jacquard cards; opposing colors on opposite side; patriotic symbols |
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"Double Weave Jacquard Coverlet"
Harry Tyler 1838 @ the Met Woven in 2 pieces then stitched together; lion and picket fence; exact replica in different colors (because of the jacquard cards); switches from British lion to American eagle |
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"Liberty Pattern Jacquard"
Ira Hadsell in Palmyra, NY 1853 @ American Folk Art Museum No central seam; lost the stiffness of previous examples; victorian aesthetic (but patriotic) |
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"Cigar Store Indian"
John M. Cromwell in New York City 1850 @ New York Historical Society Shop figure; tobacco is associated with native americans; figures on wheels so they can be moved outside during shop hours |
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"Shop Figure"
Shop of S. A. Robb in New York City 1883-1910 @ American Folk Art Museum Ideology of separate gender spheres; male pastimes (baseball, horse track betting, etc) |
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"Shop Figure"
Wm. Demuth and Co. 1880 @ DeYoung Art Museum, San Francisco, CA Manufactured of cast zinc; conquest of forcing natives into submission; indian maiden is a symbol of america |
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"Louisine Havemary and Her Daughter Electra"
Mary Cassatt 1895 @ Shelburne Museum Shows relationship between Electra Havemeyer Webb and Mary Cassatt from a young age; parents were involved in purchasing art (mainly impressionists) |
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"Granda Moses and Electra Havemeyer Webb"
1957 @ Shelburne Museum Photograph; figures seen with the bear that Electra had shot; shows relationship with Grandma Moses |
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"Master's Carpet"
John Ritto Penniman (attributed) 1820-25 @ National Heritage Museum Masonic image used to educate new members of ideas and teachings; usually very large; precursor to powerpoint |
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"Missionary Map"
Unknown Artist Late 19th Century @ Hemphill Collection, National Museum of American Art Adventist chart explaining William Miller's prophecy about the second coming of Jesus; used to educate people and convert general public (on side of the road, etc) |
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"Carousal Tiger'
Daniel Müller Before 1903 @ Shelburne Museum Made for the Dentzel Carousal Company |
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"Carousal Pig"
Salvatore Cernigliaro 1905 @ MFA Boston Made for the Dentzel Carousal Company |
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"Carousal Greyhound"
Charles Looff 1905 @ MFA Boston |
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"Carousal Horse"
Charles Camel 1914 @ American Folk Art Museum |
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Henry Chapman Mercer
The Mercer Museum - erected 1913-1916 Puts white numbers on everything; remains of preindustrial USA, pennsylvania german, tiles; concrete with tile; not art, just a collection |
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Henry Ford
Henry Ford Museum - 1929 Mimics Philadelphia's Independence Hall; made Greenfield Village (idealized town) based off of his biography; wanted one of everything; not art, just a collection |
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Edward Duff Balken
"Polly Maxson of Stephentown, NY" Unidentified Artist 1815 @ Princeton University Art Museum Gift of Balken Born into Pittsburgh Steel Industry; summer country house in the Berkshires; a lot of Ammi Phillips; low art, not high art |
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"Woman at the Piano"
Elie Nadelman 1917 @ MoMA Poland to USA; interested in "peasant arts" on both sides of the Atlantic; sort of like the Grimm Brothers (interested in the folk stories); Museum of Folk and Peasant Arts |
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Hamilton Easter Field
"Making Music" Bernard Karfiol 1938 @ Private Collection (interior of one of the houses in Ogunquit showing folk art on the walls) Ogunquit Colony (summer retreat for NYC artists) |
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Edith Halpert
"Americana" Charles Sheeler 1931 @ The Met Downtown Gallery's merging of folk and modern art; gives pieces to museums to raise publicity and sell more; "American Ancestors" exhibit |
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"Woven Coverlet"
Charlotte Angus 1940 @ National Gallery of Art Watercolor drawing done for the Index of American Design; after great depression; hired artists, made new jobs |
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"Face Jug"
Burlon Craig in Catawba County, NC 1975 @ Philadelphia Museum of Art Hemphill liked these; new take on the classic jugs, reinterpretation, not used for functionality, only for visual purposes |
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"Pine Tree Quilt"
Unidentified Artist 1890-1910 @ International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln, Nebraska |
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"Poppy Quilt"
Artist Unknown 1912 @ International Quilt Study Center Based upon a design by Marie Webster published in Ladies Home Journal |
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"American Red Cross Quilt"
New York State Supporters of the American Red Cross 1918 @ Private Collection "Red Work Quilt" made as a fundraising device; red cotton floss on white background |
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"Salt-Glaze Half-Gallon Jug"
Nicholas Fox in North Carolina Early 19th Century @ Mint Museum Southern potters use salt glaze; has imperfections |
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"Storage Jar"
David Drake (Dave the Potter) in Edgefield, SC 1862 @ Smithsonian Institution Enslaved African American potter; signed his name and puts quotes; big pots |
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"St. Catejan"
José Rafael Aragón 1796-1862 @ Museum of New Mexico Retablo (panel paintings of saints and holy figures) |
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"San Rafael Arcángel"
Frank Applegate 1920 @ Regius University White but trained to produce these pieces; bulto (3D polychrome wood sculptures, usually of a religious iconic nature) |
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"Our Lady of the Light"
José Delores López 1936 @ Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Encouraged by Applegate to sell to tourists |
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"Our Lady of the Light"
Gloria Lopez Cordova 1997 @ Smithsonian José Lopez's granddaughter; still alive; modern representation of José's work for tourist purposes |
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"Folk Art Collectors"
Luis Tapia 1992 @ Private Collection Satirical version of tourists that changed the folk art scene |
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"Hoosick Bridge 1818"
Grandma Moses Before 1940 @ Private Collection Worsted wool embroidery; a way to pass time once she had retired |
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"The Old Oaken Bucket"
Grandma Moses 1943 @ Fennimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY Memory paintings of idealized times; like Edward Hicks |
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"Thanksgiving Turkey"
Grandma Moses 1943 @ the Met Memory paintings |
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"Minute Maid Articulated Figure"
Unidentified Artist 1950s @ Smithsonian, Hemphill Collection |
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"Temptation of Adam"
Edgar Tolson 1974 @ Smithsonian, Hemphill Collection Torn between sin and religion; carved when he stopped drinking |
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"Herbert Wade Hemphill, Jr."
Howard Finster 1978 @ Smithsonian, Hemphill Collection Same guy that did the REM and Talking Heads covers; crazy |
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"Cabin Home and Garden of Eden"
Samuel Perry Dinsmoor in Lucas, Kansas Erected 1907-1928 Biblical/religious imagery, populist politics and mausoleum; became a tourist attraction; made after retirement |
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"Watts Towers"
Simon Rodia in Los Angeles, California Erected 1930-1954 Immigrant construction worker; started after he stopped drinking; cement covered steel rods encrusted with shells, glass and ceramics |
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"Dickesville Grotto"
Mathias Wernerus in Dickeysville, Wisconsin Erected 1920-1950 German immigrant, priest of Holy Ghost Church; influenced by Father Paul Doberstein; concrete with shells, glass, ceramics; patriotic |
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"Figures and Construction with Blue Border"
Bill Traylor 1941 @ American Folk Art Museum African american slave; outsider artist; discovered by Charles Shannon after he retired; liked men with hats |
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"Lamb's Wife"
Sister Gertrude Morgan 1960 @ Louisiana State Museum Domestic and nurse, heard voice of God to start painting, then to stop; New Jerusalem (shows new world when Jesus comes back from death) |
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"Design Made At Airlie Gardens"
Minnie Evans 1967 @ Smithsonian Gatekeeper at coastal estate of wealthy family; time to draw in down time; organix and leaf designs punctuated with heads and eyes, later religious figures; shown in galleries while still alive |
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"Benson and Hedges in a Barbershop"
Eddie Arning 1971 @ Smithsonian, gift of Alexander Sackton Had schizophrenia, pit in nursing home; drew for therapy; fully filled in with crayon, weird serpent things on faces; discovered by Sackton; stopped drawing when he left the nursing home |
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"Head of Christ"
Shields Landon Jones 1978 @ Milwaukee Art Museum Makes things from logs after he retires from railroad work; tries drawing and fails; not a crazy |
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"Arts"
James Harold Jennings 1986 @ Private Collection Lived in a complex of school buses; brightly colored moving compositions created out of scrap lumber and house paint; eventually made smaller ones with women in short skirts, devil being sat on, motorcycles |
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"Panther Hollow, Pittsburgh"
John S. Kane 1929 @ Carnagie Museum of Art Taught himself how to draw with books; copied different parts of photos and drew them into one to get the ideal perspective |
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"Jesus Christ the Iceman"
Ralf Fasanella 1956 @ American Folk Art Museum Father delivered ice (ideal working man), mother was anti-fascist; made works about unions and the anti-fascist movement; work declined when issues did |
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"The Lord Will Deliver His People Across Jordan"
Howard Finster 1976 @ Smithsonian, Hemphill Collection Had visions to paint, became priest; first made paradise gardens (where REM filmed their music video); buds with Hemphill |
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"Talking Heads View the Whole World"
Howard Finster 1985 @ Collection of David Byrne Named best album cover of the year by Rolling Stone |
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"Apocalyptic Scene with Philosophers and Historical Figures"
Rev. McKendree Robbins Long 1959 @ North Carolina Museum of Art Souther, religious themes, agitated formal composition; not considered an outsider artist by our standards because he was formally trained |
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"The Good Shepherd"
Rev. McKendree Robbins Long 1960-1965 @ Private Collection Copied from mid-twentieth century visual culture but added threatening animals and the wounds of self-sacrifice/guilt |
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"Untitled (We Will Slam Them With Our Wings)"
Henry Darger 1950-70 @ American Folk Art Museum Institutionalized but escaped; lived in room alone and made giant manuscripts; The Story of the Vivian Girls with creatures and girls with penises |
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"Untitled (Superchief)"
Martin Ramirez 1954 @ American Folk Art Museum Homeless Mexican with schizophrenia placed in state hospital; drew transportation and tunnels; collected by Dr. Pasto and found/sold by Nutt at Sacramento State |
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"The Throne of the Third Heaven"
James Hampton 1950-64 @ Smithsonian Monument to Jesus in a city of monuments; made in unheated garage in DC; made out of furniture, cardboard, foil, paint, etc |
