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Style: Folk Art
I am NOT a Threat (Fawn)
Located in Nashville, TN
Ford William is a self-taught folk/outsider artist, who began making art after coming to terms with chronic mental health issues that had plagued him all his life. The piece was made...
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Metal

Always Punch Down
Located in Nashville, TN
Ford William is a self-taught folk/outsider artist, who began making art after coming to terms with chronic mental health issues that had plagued him all his life. The piece was made...
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Metal

Trapped in Symbolic Flight (Polarized Flight)
Located in Nashville, TN
This piece can be hung on the wall or can be placed directly on a shelf or other flat surface as a sculpture. Ford William is a self-taught folk/outsider artist, who began making ar...
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Metal

Farm and Figures, Figurative Folk Art Oil Painting with Houses and Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on board painting by Martin Saldana (1874-1965) titled 'Farm and Figures'. Presented in a custom frame measuring 21 ½ x 26 ¼ inches; image size is 14 x 19 ⅛ inches. Titled by the artist verso. Dark green background with flowers, houses, and hills with two figures in the upper left corner holding hands. Painted with colors of orange, white, purple, and yellow. Painting is in good condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. About the Artist: Born Mexico 1874 Died 1965 Born in 1874, Saldaña grew up at Rancho Neuvo in Mexico. In 1950, at the age of 76, he began attending children's art classes at the Denver Art Museum. For the next fitfteen years, Saldaña Imaginatively documented whimsical memories from his childhood in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, portraying ranch life, landscapes, and his great love of animals. The prolific artist painted every day, completing a new piece about every three days and amassing an impressive body of work for the former cook at the Denver landmark, the Brown Palace Hotel. Saldaña’s vibrant palette and geometric figures are reminiscent of the tapestries of his Mexican heritage and the paintings, primarily in oil, are innocent and endearing. Saldaña is considered to be a outsider artist, a folk artist who is self-taught, whose work is simple, direct, and high personal. Works Held: Denver Art Museum, University of Wyoming Art Museum, The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, International Folk Art Museum, Neuss In Aberthor Museum, Stedelijk Museum ©David Cook Galleries...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Set of Four Digital Paintings of Dog Breeds
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Charming group of four digital paintings of dog breeds executed in a unique naive folk style, printed on cotton fine art archival paper and presented u...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Art

Materials

Cotton, Digital

A Beautiful Day
By Nellie Mae Rowe
Located in Missouri, MO
A Beautiful Day, 1978 by Nellie Mae Rowe (American, 1900-1982) Unframed: 9" x 12" Framed: 11.25" x 14.25" Signed and Dated Lower Left Nellie Mae Rowe ...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Crayon, Pastel, Paper, Graphite

African Tingatinga School Painting on Board of Two Elephants
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This playful painting on masonite of two elephants reaching up a tree with birds is boldly signed Hasani 1978. Painted with bicycle paint in the distinctive naive Tingatinga style.
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Paint

African Tingatinga School Painting on Board of an Elephant & Mangos
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Here we have an amusing painting on masonite of an of an elephant with fruit trees, signed at the bottom center R.N. Millanzi. Painted with bicycle paint in the distinctive naive Tin...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Paint

African Tingatinga School Painting on Board of an Elephant
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Here we have a delightful painting on masonite of an elephant and two birds, indistinctly signed in the lower left. Painted with bicycle paint in the distinctive naive Tingatinga style.
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Paint

African Tingatinga School Painting on Board of a Leopard and Cub
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Here we have a whimsical painting on masonite of a leopard and cub with birds and trees, indistinctly signed in the lower right. Painted with bicycle paint in the distinctive naive T...
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Paint

Paraguayan Ink Drawings from the Chaco #3, Paper, Indigenous Artists, Rare
Located in Houston, TX
THE GALLERY PURCHASED AND FRAMED THE DRAWINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE INDEGINIOUS ARTISTS IN THE CHACO.. PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO THE ARTIST TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY AND ART CAREER. The drawings are floating on a mat behind conservation glass. More detailed images can be provided. Articles can be found by Googling " Fondation Cartier Paraguay" One of Efacio Avarez's drawing was displayed in Asuncion. See photo below. These are Ink Drawings from Paraguay which are very difficult to obtain. I heard about them from a South American collector who is on the Top 200 Art Collectors in the World List. Most of the research is in Europe. These are done by the indigenous people in the Chaco Region of Paraguay. Efacio Alvarez...
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Au Reve (The Dream)" Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
I’m sure many of us recall saying prayers before bedtime. Therese’s little girl is cwtched up with her dog, probably hoping she hasn’t forgotten anybody! A really sweet painting that...
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

"Rock-Ola Car, " Mixed-Media Sculpture, 2019
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald uses his works as a means of resurrecting the idyllic worlds he once found in the industrial surroundings of his youth. Raised in Grand Rapids...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Art

Materials

Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Antique Swiss Music Box
Located in Missouri, MO
*PLEASE INQUIRE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND/OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO SEND A VIDEO WITH THE MUSIC PLAYING. Beautiful Antique Swiss Music Box, Inlaid ...
Category

Late 19th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Metal

"Dying to Live, " Mixed Media Acrylic and Charcoal drawing on Paper
Located in Houston, TX
In this Bert Long work, a stimulating and vibrant background is contrasted by an expressive charcoal rendering of a twisting tree. The tree’s lack of leaves ...
Category

1990s Folk Art Art

Materials

Acrylic, Charcoal, Paper

"What Would I Paint to Put in a Purple Frame, " Abstract Acrylic Paint on Wood
Located in Houston, TX
Bert Long’s sense of humor is apparent in this piece. This monochromatic painting features an entirely non-objective purple background, and is enclosed in wh...
Category

1990s Folk Art Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"Sleepless Night, " Mixed Media City Landscape Painting on Paper
Located in Houston, TX
This intimate, yet highly energetic, artwork is a timeless example of Long’s exceptional style. Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a successful master chef, Bert Long...
Category

1990s Folk Art Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

"Master (Utopia), " Charcoal drawing on Paper, Folk Art, Signed in Black Frame
Located in Houston, TX
This charcoal drawing by Bert Long Jr. features various locks, numbers, and a paintbrush constellating around Long’s trademark abstracted eye symbol. The sym...
Category

1990s Folk Art Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

"A Good Witch, " Acrylic and Charcoal Mixed Media Painting on Paper in Wood Frame
Located in Houston, TX
Certainly one of Bert Long’s more humorous artworks, "A Good Witch" exemplifies affection for sincerity, despite obvious levity. Bert L. Long Jr., was self...
Category

1990s Folk Art Art

Materials

Acrylic, Paper, Charcoal

"Other/Brotherhood, " Acrylic and Charcoal Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Houston, TX
This colorful artwork is one in a series of studies leading up to Long’s major ice sculpture installation Other in May of 2000. Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a successful master chef, Bert Long...
Category

1990s Folk Art Art

Materials

Charcoal, Acrylic, Paper

"Vase of Afterlife, " Colorful abstract Monoprint in Black Frame
Located in Houston, TX
This large monotype print effectively portrays Bert Long’s iconic style. Furnished with his notorious abstracted eye and gestural style, this work demonstrat...
Category

1990s Folk Art Art

Materials

Monoprint, Paper

"Painting the Paint, " Monoprint, Colored, Framed
Located in Houston, TX
This large monoprint demonstrates Bert Long’s affection for introspection. Referring to the paint as both an action and an object underscores the fluidity of...
Category

1990s Folk Art Art

Materials

Paper, Monoprint

"Untitled, " Charcoal and Pastel Drawing on Paper, Folk artist, Framed and Signed
Located in Houston, TX
Composed of charcoal and pastel, this drawing is a simple, yet lively expression of Long’s playful sensibility. Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a successful master chef, Long decided to devote himself entirely to art in the late 1970’s. Bert Long...
Category

Early 2000s Folk Art Art

Materials

Pastel, Paper, Charcoal

"Other/Kosovo, " Acrylic and Charcoal Drawing on Paper, Abstract, Folk Artist
Located in Houston, TX
This mixed media painting on paper is one in a series of studies leading up to Long’s major ice sculpture installation Other in May of 2000. Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a successful master chef, Long decided to devote himself entirely to art in the late 1970’s. Burt Long...
Category

Early 2000s Folk Art Art

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic

Fim M Nan , Haitian Art, Silence of the Lambs, Top Haitian Artists, Folk Art
Located in Houston, TX
This painting is done inside his home and his cousin Fim is playing some type of ball game with his daughter Nan. Jean Voiltaire Hector paints in straight lines and very few curves in the paintings. as you can see in the two paintings offered by the gallery on 1stdibs. This painting and the other one (SOLD)were used in the film "The Silence of the Lambs". The frame is the original frame from Haiti. You will notice the same objects in both of the paintings offered on 1stdibs. Jean Voltaire...
Category

1990s Folk Art Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the cultures of many different states in Mexico, including Oaxaca, Chiapas, Jalisco and Veracruz. Carlos Mérida (December 2, 1891 – December 21, 1985) was a Guatemalan artist who was one of the first to fuse European modern painting to Latin American themes, especially those related to Guatemala and Mexico. He was part of the Mexican muralism movement in subject matter but less so in style, favoring a non-figurative and later geometric style rather than a figurative, narrative style. Mérida is best known for canvas and mural work, the latter including elements such as glass and ceramic mosaic on major constructions in the 1950s and 1960s. One of his major works, on the Benito Juarez housing complex, was completely destroyed with the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, but a monument to it exists at another complex in the south of the city. Carlos Mérida was born Carlos Santiago Ortega in Guatemala City to Serapio Santiago Mérida and Guadalupe Ortega Barnoya. He later changed his name what is known by as he thought it was more sonorous. His brothers and children also took the Mérida name later on. He was of mixed Spanish/Maya-Quiché heritage which he promoted during his life. As a young child, Mérida had both music and art lessons, and his first passion was music, which led to piano lessons. He studied at a trade school called the Instituto de Artes y Oficios, then the Instituto de Ciencias y Letras. Here he began to have a reputation for the avant garde. Merída’s first trip to the United States was in 1917, where he met writer Juan José Tablada. Mérida made several trips to Europe over his lifetime to both study art and work as an artist and diplomat. His early trips in the 1920s and 1930s put him in touch with both avant garde movements in Europe as well as noted Latin American artists, especially those from Mexico. His last trip was in 1950s. In 1963, he donated canvases, graphic pieces and mural sketches to the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Merida was one of a number of artists such as Diego Rivera and Gerardo Murillo who became committed to promoting the handcrafts and folk art of Mexico and Central America, with a particular interest in those of Guatemala, often featuring Mayan textiles or elements in their decoration in his artwork. He died in Mexico City at the age of 94 on December 21, 1985. As there was little opportunity for artists in Guatemala, in 1910, Mérida traveled to Paris with a friend named Carlos Valenti on a German cargo ship. From then until 1914, he lived and worked in Paris and traveled much of Europe. This put him in touch with European avant garde artists such as Van Dagen, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian as well as Latin American artists studying in Europe such as Diego Rivera, Jorge Enciso, Ángel Zárraga and Dr. Atl. He exhibited his work in venues such as the Independent Salon and the Giroux Gallery in Paris. Mérida has forty five exhibitions in the United States and eighteen in Mexico from 1928 to 1948. These included an exhibition with Rufino Tamayo at the Art Center of New York (1930), the John Becker and Valentine galleries in New York (1930), the Club de Escritores de México and the Galería Posada in Mexico City (1931), the Stendhal Gallery and the Stanley Rose...
Category

1940s Folk Art Art

Materials

Screen

Lady Reaching for the Sun, Oil Painting by Huong
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Huong Title: Lady Reaching for the Sun Year: 1994 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Frame Size: 65 x 47 inches ; 119 x 165 cm
Category

1990s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Charming Vintage 1970s French Naive Paris Street Scene Folk Art Style Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
in the manner of Michel Delacroix, A charming French Naif cityscape painting depicting a lively Parisian corner with a trolley, a clown with balloon...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint

The Boy with a Mask, Mexican Artist, Hand Finished Lithograph, Printed in Paris
Located in Houston, TX
Jorge Martinez is a Mexican artist who was the founder of the Guadalajara College of Fine Arts. Boy with a Mask was painted in Paris,France in 1985. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Art

Materials

Charcoal, Color Pencil

Chiroptera Faciem
Located in Santa Monica, CA
India ink
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Art

Materials

India Ink

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the cultures of many different states in Mexico, including Oaxaca, Chiapas, Jalisco and Veracruz. Carlos Mérida (December 2, 1891 – December 21, 1985) was a Guatemalan artist who was one of the first to fuse European modern painting to Latin American themes, especially those related to Guatemala and Mexico. He was part of the Mexican muralism movement in subject matter but less so in style, favoring a non-figurative and later geometric style rather than a figurative, narrative style. Mérida is best known for canvas and mural work, the latter including elements such as glass and ceramic mosaic on major constructions in the 1950s and 1960s. One of his major works, on the Benito Juarez housing complex, was completely destroyed with the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, but a monument to it exists at another complex in the south of the city. Carlos Mérida was born Carlos Santiago Ortega in Guatemala City to Serapio Santiago Mérida and Guadalupe Ortega Barnoya. He later changed his name what is known by as he thought it was more sonorous. His brothers and children also took the Mérida name later on. He was of mixed Spanish/Maya-Quiché heritage which he promoted during his life. As a young child, Mérida had both music and art lessons, and his first passion was music, which led to piano lessons. He studied at a trade school called the Instituto de Artes y Oficios, then the Instituto de Ciencias y Letras. Here he began to have a reputation for the avant garde. Merída’s first trip to the United States was in 1917, where he met writer Juan José Tablada. Mérida made several trips to Europe over his lifetime to both study art and work as an artist and diplomat. His early trips in the 1920s and 1930s put him in touch with both avant garde movements in Europe as well as noted Latin American artists, especially those from Mexico. His last trip was in 1950s. In 1963, he donated canvases, graphic pieces and mural sketches to the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Merida was one of a number of artists such as Diego Rivera and Gerardo Murillo who became committed to promoting the handcrafts and folk art of Mexico and Central America, with a particular interest in those of Guatemala, often featuring Mayan textiles or elements in their decoration in his artwork. He died in Mexico City at the age of 94 on December 21, 1985. As there was little opportunity for artists in Guatemala, in 1910, Mérida traveled to Paris with a friend named Carlos Valenti on a German cargo ship. From then until 1914, he lived and worked in Paris and traveled much of Europe. This put him in touch with European avant garde artists such as Van Dagen, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian as well as Latin American artists studying in Europe such as Diego Rivera, Jorge Enciso, Ángel Zárraga and Dr. Atl. He exhibited his work in venues such as the Independent Salon and the Giroux Gallery in Paris. Mérida has forty five exhibitions in the United States and eighteen in Mexico from 1928 to 1948. These included an exhibition with Rufino Tamayo at the Art Center of New York (1930), the John Becker and Valentine galleries in New York (1930), the Club de Escritores de México and the Galería Posada in Mexico City (1931), the Stendhal Gallery and the Stanley Rose...
Category

1940s Folk Art Art

Materials

Screen

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the cultures of many different states in Mexico, including Oaxaca, Chiapas, Jalisco and Veracruz. Carlos Mérida (December 2, 1891 – December 21, 1985) was a Guatemalan artist who was one of the first to fuse European modern painting to Latin American themes, especially those related to Guatemala and Mexico. He was part of the Mexican muralism movement in subject matter but less so in style, favoring a non-figurative and later geometric style rather than a figurative, narrative style. Mérida is best known for canvas and mural work, the latter including elements such as glass and ceramic mosaic on major constructions in the 1950s and 1960s. One of his major works, on the Benito Juarez housing complex, was completely destroyed with the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, but a monument to it exists at another complex in the south of the city. Carlos Mérida was born Carlos Santiago Ortega in Guatemala City to Serapio Santiago Mérida and Guadalupe Ortega Barnoya. He later changed his name what is known by as he thought it was more sonorous. His brothers and children also took the Mérida name later on. He was of mixed Spanish/Maya-Quiché heritage which he promoted during his life. As a young child, Mérida had both music and art lessons, and his first passion was music, which led to piano lessons. He studied at a trade school called the Instituto de Artes y Oficios, then the Instituto de Ciencias y Letras. Here he began to have a reputation for the avant garde. Merída’s first trip to the United States was in 1917, where he met writer Juan José Tablada. Mérida made several trips to Europe over his lifetime to both study art and work as an artist and diplomat. His early trips in the 1920s and 1930s put him in touch with both avant garde movements in Europe as well as noted Latin American artists, especially those from Mexico. His last trip was in 1950s. In 1963, he donated canvases, graphic pieces and mural sketches to the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Merida was one of a number of artists such as Diego Rivera and Gerardo Murillo who became committed to promoting the handcrafts and folk art of Mexico and Central America, with a particular interest in those of Guatemala, often featuring Mayan textiles or elements in their decoration in his artwork. He died in Mexico City at the age of 94 on December 21, 1985. As there was little opportunity for artists in Guatemala, in 1910, Mérida traveled to Paris with a friend named Carlos Valenti on a German cargo ship. From then until 1914, he lived and worked in Paris and traveled much of Europe. This put him in touch with European avant garde artists such as Van Dagen, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian as well as Latin American artists studying in Europe such as Diego Rivera, Jorge Enciso, Ángel Zárraga and Dr. Atl. He exhibited his work in venues such as the Independent Salon and the Giroux Gallery in Paris. Mérida has forty five exhibitions in the United States and eighteen in Mexico from 1928 to 1948. These included an exhibition with Rufino Tamayo at the Art Center of New York (1930), the John Becker and Valentine galleries in New York (1930), the Club de Escritores de México and the Galería Posada in Mexico City (1931), the Stendhal Gallery and the Stanley Rose...
Category

1940s Folk Art Art

Materials

Screen

Six Pattern Plate
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rachel Hubbard Kline Six Pattern Plate Medium: Stoneware, underglaze, glaze Year: 2021 Size: 1 3/8" x 8 1/8" x 8 1/8" Description: Wheel-thrown plate with hand-painted textile patter...
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze

Butterfly
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Ross Bonfanti Butterfly, 2015 Concrete, mixed media 10 x 16 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches (25.4 x 41.3 x 6.4 cm)
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Concrete

"Feed Me, " Mixed Media Acrylic and Charcoal Figurative Drawing on Paper
Located in Houston, TX
This work bears striking achromatic depiction of a face, contrasted by a vibrant and colorful section of watermelon. The simplicity and levity of the watermelon helps offset the emot...
Category

Early 2000s Folk Art Art

Materials

Charcoal, Paper, Acrylic

"Untitled, " Mixed Media Acrylic and Charcoal Abstract Drawing on Paper
Located in Houston, TX
The imagery in this work appears to be a rope pulling a colorless curtain away to reveal a gnarled tree trunk before a crimson background. Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist,...
Category

Early 2000s Folk Art Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Charcoal

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the cultures of many different states in Mexico, including Oaxaca, Chiapas, Jalisco and Veracruz. Carlos Mérida (December 2, 1891 – December 21, 1985) was a Guatemalan artist who was one of the first to fuse European modern painting to Latin American themes, especially those related to Guatemala and Mexico. He was part of the Mexican muralism movement in subject matter but less so in style, favoring a non-figurative and later geometric style rather than a figurative, narrative style. Mérida is best known for canvas and mural work, the latter including elements such as glass and ceramic mosaic on major constructions in the 1950s and 1960s. One of his major works, on the Benito Juarez housing complex, was completely destroyed with the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, but a monument to it exists at another complex in the south of the city. Carlos Mérida was born Carlos Santiago Ortega in Guatemala City to Serapio Santiago Mérida and Guadalupe Ortega Barnoya. He later changed his name what is known by as he thought it was more sonorous. His brothers and children also took the Mérida name later on. He was of mixed Spanish/Maya-Quiché heritage which he promoted during his life. As a young child, Mérida had both music and art lessons, and his first passion was music, which led to piano lessons. He studied at a trade school called the Instituto de Artes y Oficios, then the Instituto de Ciencias y Letras. Here he began to have a reputation for the avant garde. Merída’s first trip to the United States was in 1917, where he met writer Juan José Tablada. Mérida made several trips to Europe over his lifetime to both study art and work as an artist and diplomat. His early trips in the 1920s and 1930s put him in touch with both avant garde movements in Europe as well as noted Latin American artists, especially those from Mexico. His last trip was in 1950s. In 1963, he donated canvases, graphic pieces and mural sketches to the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Merida was one of a number of artists such as Diego Rivera and Gerardo Murillo who became committed to promoting the handcrafts and folk art of Mexico and Central America, with a particular interest in those of Guatemala, often featuring Mayan textiles or elements in their decoration in his artwork. He died in Mexico City at the age of 94 on December 21, 1985. As there was little opportunity for artists in Guatemala, in 1910, Mérida traveled to Paris with a friend named Carlos Valenti on a German cargo ship. From then until 1914, he lived and worked in Paris and traveled much of Europe. This put him in touch with European avant garde artists such as Van Dagen, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian as well as Latin American artists studying in Europe such as Diego Rivera, Jorge Enciso, Ángel Zárraga and Dr. Atl. He exhibited his work in venues such as the Independent Salon and the Giroux Gallery in Paris. Mérida has forty five exhibitions in the United States and eighteen in Mexico from 1928 to 1948. These included an exhibition with Rufino Tamayo at the Art Center of New York (1930), the John Becker and Valentine galleries in New York (1930), the Club de Escritores de México and the Galería Posada in Mexico City (1931), the Stendhal Gallery and the Stanley Rose...
Category

1940s Folk Art Art

Materials

Screen

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the cultures of many different states in Mexico, including Oaxaca, Chiapas, Jalisco and Veracruz. Carlos Mérida (December 2, 1891 – December 21, 1985) was a Guatemalan artist who was one of the first to fuse European modern painting to Latin American themes, especially those related to Guatemala and Mexico. He was part of the Mexican muralism movement in subject matter but less so in style, favoring a non-figurative and later geometric style rather than a figurative, narrative style. Mérida is best known for canvas and mural work, the latter including elements such as glass and ceramic mosaic on major constructions in the 1950s and 1960s. One of his major works, on the Benito Juarez housing complex, was completely destroyed with the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, but a monument to it exists at another complex in the south of the city. Carlos Mérida was born Carlos Santiago Ortega in Guatemala City to Serapio Santiago Mérida and Guadalupe Ortega Barnoya. He later changed his name what is known by as he thought it was more sonorous. His brothers and children also took the Mérida name later on. He was of mixed Spanish/Maya-Quiché heritage which he promoted during his life. As a young child, Mérida had both music and art lessons, and his first passion was music, which led to piano lessons. He studied at a trade school called the Instituto de Artes y Oficios, then the Instituto de Ciencias y Letras. Here he began to have a reputation for the avant garde. Merída’s first trip to the United States was in 1917, where he met writer Juan José Tablada. Mérida made several trips to Europe over his lifetime to both study art and work as an artist and diplomat. His early trips in the 1920s and 1930s put him in touch with both avant garde movements in Europe as well as noted Latin American artists, especially those from Mexico. His last trip was in 1950s. In 1963, he donated canvases, graphic pieces and mural sketches to the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Merida was one of a number of artists such as Diego Rivera and Gerardo Murillo who became committed to promoting the handcrafts and folk art of Mexico and Central America, with a particular interest in those of Guatemala, often featuring Mayan textiles or elements in their decoration in his artwork. He died in Mexico City at the age of 94 on December 21, 1985. As there was little opportunity for artists in Guatemala, in 1910, Mérida traveled to Paris with a friend named Carlos Valenti on a German cargo ship. From then until 1914, he lived and worked in Paris and traveled much of Europe. This put him in touch with European avant garde artists such as Van Dagen, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian as well as Latin American artists studying in Europe such as Diego Rivera, Jorge Enciso, Ángel Zárraga and Dr. Atl. He exhibited his work in venues such as the Independent Salon and the Giroux Gallery in Paris. Mérida has forty five exhibitions in the United States and eighteen in Mexico from 1928 to 1948. These included an exhibition with Rufino Tamayo at the Art Center of New York (1930), the John Becker and Valentine galleries in New York (1930), the Club de Escritores de México and the Galería Posada in Mexico City (1931), the Stendhal Gallery and the Stanley Rose...
Category

1940s Folk Art Art

Materials

Screen

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Dress Carlos Merida
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the cultures of many different states in Mexico, including Oaxaca, Chiapas, Jalisco and Veracruz. Carlos Mérida (December 2, 1891 – December 21, 1985) was a Guatemalan artist who was one of the first to fuse European modern painting to Latin American themes, especially those related to Guatemala and Mexico. He was part of the Mexican muralism movement in subject matter but less so in style, favoring a non-figurative and later geometric style rather than a figurative, narrative style. Mérida is best known for canvas and mural work, the latter including elements such as glass and ceramic mosaic on major constructions in the 1950s and 1960s. One of his major works, on the Benito Juarez housing complex, was completely destroyed with the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, but a monument to it exists at another complex in the south of the city. Carlos Mérida was born Carlos Santiago Ortega in Guatemala City to Serapio Santiago Mérida and Guadalupe Ortega Barnoya. He later changed his name what is known by as he thought it was more sonorous. His brothers and children also took the Mérida name later on. He was of mixed Spanish/Maya-Quiché heritage which he promoted during his life. As a young child, Mérida had both music and art lessons, and his first passion was music, which led to piano lessons. He studied at a trade school called the Instituto de Artes y Oficios, then the Instituto de Ciencias y Letras. Here he began to have a reputation for the avant garde. Merída’s first trip to the United States was in 1917, where he met writer Juan José Tablada. Mérida made several trips to Europe over his lifetime to both study art and work as an artist and diplomat. His early trips in the 1920s and 1930s put him in touch with both avant garde movements in Europe as well as noted Latin American artists, especially those from Mexico. His last trip was in 1950s. In 1963, he donated canvases, graphic pieces and mural sketches to the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Merida was one of a number of artists such as Diego Rivera and Gerardo Murillo who became committed to promoting the handcrafts and folk art of Mexico and Central America, with a particular interest in those of Guatemala, often featuring Mayan textiles or elements in their decoration in his artwork. He died in Mexico City at the age of 94 on December 21, 1985. As there was little opportunity for artists in Guatemala, in 1910, Mérida traveled to Paris with a friend named Carlos Valenti on a German cargo ship. From then until 1914, he lived and worked in Paris and traveled much of Europe. This put him in touch with European avant garde artists such as Van Dagen, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian as well as Latin American artists studying in Europe such as Diego Rivera, Jorge Enciso, Ángel Zárraga and Dr. Atl. He exhibited his work in venues such as the Independent Salon and the Giroux Gallery in Paris. Mérida has forty five exhibitions in the United States and eighteen in Mexico from 1928 to 1948. These included an exhibition with Rufino Tamayo at the Art Center of New York (1930), the John Becker and Valentine galleries in New York (1930), the Club de Escritores de México and the Galería Posada in Mexico City (1931), the Stendhal Gallery and the Stanley Rose...
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1940s Folk Art Art

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Screen

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing and costume styles from around Mexico. The illustrations depict the cultures of many different states in Mexico, including Oaxaca, Chiapas, Jalisco and Veracruz. Carlos Mérida (December 2, 1891 – December 21, 1985) was a Guatemalan artist who was one of the first to fuse European modern painting to Latin American themes, especially those related to Guatemala and Mexico. He was part of the Mexican muralism movement in subject matter but less so in style, favoring a non-figurative and later geometric style rather than a figurative, narrative style. Mérida is best known for canvas and mural work, the latter including elements such as glass and ceramic mosaic on major constructions in the 1950s and 1960s. One of his major works, on the Benito Juarez housing complex, was completely destroyed with the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, but a monument to it exists at another complex in the south of the city. Carlos Mérida was born Carlos Santiago Ortega in Guatemala City to Serapio Santiago Mérida and Guadalupe Ortega Barnoya. He later changed his name what is known by as he thought it was more sonorous. His brothers and children also took the Mérida name later on. He was of mixed Spanish/Maya-Quiché heritage which he promoted during his life. As a young child, Mérida had both music and art lessons, and his first passion was music, which led to piano lessons. He studied at a trade school called the Instituto de Artes y Oficios, then the Instituto de Ciencias y Letras. Here he began to have a reputation for the avant garde. Merída’s first trip to the United States was in 1917, where he met writer Juan José Tablada. Mérida made several trips to Europe over his lifetime to both study art and work as an artist and diplomat. His early trips in the 1920s and 1930s put him in touch with both avant garde movements in Europe as well as noted Latin American artists, especially those from Mexico. His last trip was in 1950s. In 1963, he donated canvases, graphic pieces and mural sketches to the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Merida was one of a number of artists such as Diego Rivera and Gerardo Murillo who became committed to promoting the handcrafts and folk art of Mexico and Central America, with a particular interest in those of Guatemala, often featuring Mayan textiles or elements in their decoration in his artwork. He died in Mexico City at the age of 94 on December 21, 1985. As there was little opportunity for artists in Guatemala, in 1910, Mérida traveled to Paris with a friend named Carlos Valenti on a German cargo ship. From then until 1914, he lived and worked in Paris and traveled much of Europe. This put him in touch with European avant garde artists such as Van Dagen, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian as well as Latin American artists studying in Europe such as Diego Rivera, Jorge Enciso, Ángel Zárraga and Dr. Atl. He exhibited his work in venues such as the Independent Salon and the Giroux Gallery in Paris. Mérida has forty five exhibitions in the United States and eighteen in Mexico from 1928 to 1948. These included an exhibition with Rufino Tamayo at the Art Center of New York (1930), the John Becker and Valentine galleries in New York (1930), the Club de Escritores de México and the Galería Posada in Mexico City (1931), the Stendhal Gallery and the Stanley Rose...
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1940s Folk Art Art

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Screen

The I Can Not Station
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Child Leaving Its Mother
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category

Late 20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bochurim Dancing 770 Chabad Synagogue Judaica Jewish Chassidic Art Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Hasidic Folk Art Painting, Chabad Lubavitch 770 Eastern Parkway Synagogue Students dancing to greet the Moshiach (Messiah) MICHAEL GLEIZER Selected Personal Exhibitions 2019 Exhibition of Paintings, Amsterdam Whitney Int Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA. 2019 Exhibition of Paintings, “Global Contemporary Art”, MAMAG Modern Art Museum, Castle Hubertendorf, Austria. 2019 Exhibition of Paintings, Amsterdam Whitney Int Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA. 2017 Exhibition of Paintings, Beaute Du Matin Calme Gallery, Paris, France. 2016 Exhibition of Paintings, Agora Art Gallery, New York, USA. April, 2012 Exhibition of Paintings, The Chassidic Art Institute, New York, USA. Jan 2004 Exhibition of Paintings, The Chassidic Art Institute,New York, USA. Jan, 2000 Exhibition of Paintings, The Gallery of B. Cardozo School of Law, New York, USA. Febr, 1998 Exhibition of Paintings, The Chassidic Art Institute, New York, USA. Sept, 1996 Exhibition of Paintings, The National Arts Club, New York, USA. April, 1994 Exhibition of Paintings, Yeshiva University Museum and CHAI, The Gallery B. Cardozo School of Law, New York, USA. March, 1993 Exhibition in the Rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C USA. June, 1992 Exhibition of Paintings, Chassidic Art Institute, New York, USA. April, 1984 Exhibition of Graphics and Paintings Dedicated to Sholem Aleichem, "Sovietische Heimland" Magazine Office, Moscow, Russia. March, 1983 Exhibition of Graphics and Illustrations, Lithuanian Writers' Union, Vilnius, Lithuania. May, 1982 Exhibition "Motives of the old Podol", Graphics, Ivan Franko Library, Kiev, Ukraine. Selected Books Publications 1993 "Michael Gleizer", Paintings, Zev Markovitz, Silvia Hershkovitz, Aaron Berman, CHAI, New York, USA. 1992 "Michael Gleizer", Graphics, V.Zavalishin, Kiev, Ukraine. Selected Publications 2/18/2004 Article by Richard McBee “The Jewish Press Magazine” New York, USA. July, 2003 Article by Mikhail German, “22”, Russian Magazine, Jerusalem, Israel. Feb 2003 Article by Leonid Soroka, “Alef” International Russian Magazin, Jerusalem, New York, Moscow Feb 2002 Article by Elena Keshman, “Kreschatik” International Russian Magazin, Munchen, Germany. 6/09/97 Article by Grigory Kanovich, “Forward”, New York, USA. 2/07/97 “The Ladder to the Sky” by Grigory Kanovich, “Kaleydoskop”, Tel-Aviv, Israel. 6/00/96 “Michael Gleizer Jewish Art Emerges from the Soviet Shadows”, by Judith Broder Sellner, “CHAI today” Magazine, Miami Beach, USA. Article by Jan Kalish, "The Jewish Week". New York, USA. 12/9/94 "The Hassidic Art Institute", by Robin Cembalest, "World of Lubavitch", Toronto, Canada. 3/94-8/94 "Russian Artist Show at Cardozo", by Silvia Hershkovitz, "Perspective" Magazine, New York, USA. 4/22/94 "At Work in the Chassidic Art Institute", by Robin Cembalest, "Forward." New York, USA. 4/17/94 “Crown Heights Gallery Focuses on Jewish Rituals", by Jan Kalish. "New York Newsday", New York, USA. 4/15/94 "Artist Michael Gleizer Marks Manhattan Debut", by Basha Oka, "The Jewish Press", New York, USA. 4/11/94 "Preserving Jewish Art in Life...
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20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Oil, Plywood

The mask
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Acrylic

Revelation
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raimundo de Oliveira, Brazilian (1930 - 1966) Title: Revelation Year: 1963 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 28.5 in. x 39.5 in. (72.39 cm x 100.33 cm)
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1960s Folk Art Art

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Oil

Fumble Fingers
Located in Kansas City, MO
Artist : Casey Whittier Title : Fumble Fingers Materials : Earthenware, mason stains, enamel, microbeads Date : 2017 Dimensions : 16 in x 16 in x 4 in Description : ceramic sculpture with chainmail base Casey Whittier received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from the University of Colorado Boulder. Her work investigates the fine line between the need to preserve and a desire to re-imagine, re-configure and re-contextualize the world around her. Utilizing a variety of forming methods and clay bodies, Whittier recreates elements from nature, unites the landscapes of her reality with the landscapes of daydreams, exploits the visceral qualities of clay, and ponders the power of shared experience. Through shifts in material, Whittier makes space for metaphorical possibilities to rise to the surface. An exploration of touch and intuitive making is deeply embedded in her studio practice and community-based projects. Ceramic, sculpture, contemporary ceramics, contemporary sculpture, mixed media, textiles, weaving, ceramic artists, contemporary art, fine art, women artists, midwest artists...
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2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Dragon Fantastico - Fantastic Dragon Alebrije - Mexican Folk Art - Wood Carving
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
Dragon Fantastico - Fantastic Dragon Alebrije This Mexican Fantastic Dragon Alebrije made with Copal wood, wood carving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with acryl...
Category

2010s Folk Art Art

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Winter Night in City Park
Located in Austin, TX
Title: Winter Night in City Park Artist: Fannie Lou Spelce Year: 1979 Size: 14" x 18" Medium: Oil on Linen Framing: Framed Condition: Excellent Signature...
Category

Late 20th Century Folk Art Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

ARROW AND BULL ROARER, wood folk art orange brown white Charlie Willeto Navajo
Located in Santa Fe, NM
ARROW AND BULL ROARER, wood folk art orange brown white Charlie Willeto Navajo Charlie Willetto (Diné/Navajo 1897-1964) ARROW AND BULL ROARER wood, paint, unique 17.5” x 5.5” x 2” ...
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1960s Folk Art Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Standing Figure, Charlie Willetto Navajo Folk Art wood black white green orange
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Standing Figure, Charlie Willetto Navajo Folk Art wood black white green orange Charlie Willetto (Diné/Navajo 1897-1964) Untitled Standing Figure (black and white on metal stand) wo...
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1960s Folk Art Art

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Wood

8'' Vasija Cactus / Ceramic Mexican Folk Art from Mata Ortiz
By Jaime Villa Lopez
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE Artisan: Jaime Villa Lopez Carved polychrome jar decorated with a sgraffito and geometric design. - Dimensions: 8" x 13" in or...
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2010s Folk Art Art

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Ceramic, Clay

Fossil Ship
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Sampler by Elizabeth Uncle, Aged 11, National Girls School
Located in Missouri, MO
This is a traditional American sampler created in 1871 by Elizabeth Uncle, Aged 11 while attending the National Girls School.
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1870s Folk Art Art

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Textile

Lost Vegas
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and drawings, whose style defies convenient labels. Abstract, surreal, cartoonish, sci-fi fantastic, metaphysical, apocalyptic-Baroque - all of these fit but also fall short of fully describing his art." (Edward M. Gomez, "Futuristic Forms Frolic Under Eerie Texan Skies...
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1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A HALT BY THE WAYSIDE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CURRIER AND IVES A HALT BY THE WAYSIDE, ca 1870 (Conningham 2694) Lithograph with original color. 1 - 1 1/2 inch margins. Image 8 x 12 1/2 Inches, sheet 10 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches. Ge...
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1870s Folk Art Art

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Lithograph

Eagle's Nest
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and drawings, whose style defies convenient labels. Abstract, surreal, cartoonish, sci-fi fantastic, metaphysical, apocalyptic-Baroque - all of these fit but also fall short of fully describing his art." (The Living Arts, June 13, 2000, p. B2) Valton Tyler was born in 1944 in Texas, where "the industrial world of oil refineries made a long-lasting impression on Valton as a very young child living in Texas City." (Reynolds, p. 25) After leaving Texas City, Valton made his way to Dallas, where he briefly enrolled at the Dallas Art Institute, but found it to be too social and commercial for his taste. After Valton's work was introduced to Donald Vogel (founder of Valley House Gallery), "Vogel arranged for Tyler to use the printmaking facilities in the art department of the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where the young artist essentially taught himself several demanding printmaking techniques. 'It was remarkable,' Vogel says. 'Not only did he learn complicated etching methods, but he was able to express himself powerfully in whatever medium he explored.' Vogel became the publisher of Tyler's prints. Among them, the artist made editions of some 50 different images whose sometimes stringy abstract forms and more solid, architecturally arresting elements became the precursors of his later, mature style." (Gomez, Raw Vision #35, p. 36) "Eagle’s Nest" is Plate Number 37, and is reproduced in "The First Fifty Prints: Valton Tyler" with text by Rebecca Reynolds, published for Valley House Gallery by Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, Texas, 1972. In "The First Fifty Prints," Reynolds provides the following quote from the artist regarding this print: “The structure on the right is an architectural symbol for an eagle. It is also like a machine that is igniting the shape on the left. Below, the egg that is coming out of the chute is a child which will evolve into another architectural eagle...
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1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Rag Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Neighborhood
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Hold On
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined p...
Category

1970s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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