Big-spending collectors warm to folk art fever

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 4, 1990 ;   Anne Gilbert;   787 words ...For collectors in the antiques world, folk art is the ultimate high, the pricey status...dollars. So important has the field of folk art collecting become that Christie's Auction...opened a separate department just for folk art. At Sotheby's Jan. 27 American Folk Art...

Folk art as communal culture and art proper

Art Education;  July 1, 1999 ;   Delacruz, Elizabeth Manley;   787 words ...Attitudes about folk art have undergone a remarkable transformation...refined, com plex, and important. Interest in folk art reflects a growing concern not only for the nature and value of folk art but also for the manner in which folk art...

Folk art beauty in the eye of the collector

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 14, 2001 ;   ANNE GILBERT;   663 words ...Folk art is called "naive" and often rightly so...pottery-old and new-became classified as "folk art." You can spend a little or a lot. However...ask yourself, "Did someone's kid do it?" Folk art comes in many guises. Twentieth century...

Nave Museum's display 'reaches out to the beholder': Folk Art exhibit runs...

Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX);  November 15, 2006 ;     616 words ...Byline: Aprill Brandon Nov. 15--The new Folk Art exhibit opening this week at the Nave...invariably brings up the question: Just what is folk art? The answer? Well, how much time do you have? Defining what is, or is not, folk art is not as easy as one would think. Even...

Folk Art

Canadian Encyclopedia;    J. RUSSELL HARPER;   787 words ......RUSSELL HARPER Canadian Encyclopedia 01-01-2002 Folk Art Author: J. RUSSELL HARPER Folk art embraces a wide range of artistic works, a mixture...innovation. Although varied definitions abound, folk art in general falls into 2 categories: cultural...

Recapturing America's heritage: retailer's guide to folk art.

Gifts & Decorative Accessories;  March 1, 1989 ;   Sagurton, Maria;   787 words ......America's Heritage Retailer's Guide to Folk Art In the midst of a society surfeit of electronic...American studios and factories and reflects folk art that reaches back into time to incorporate...contemporary living. Not necessarily handcrafted, folk art nonetheless comprises nearly ...

The things we do...A new journal about Ukrainian folk art

Ukrainian Weekly, The;  March 10, 2002 ;   Tracz, Orysia Paszczak;   787 words ......The 03-10-2002 The National Union of Folk Art Masters of Ukraine unites the best folk...more do you want to know about Ukrainian folk art? You have the stuff around the house...about the older, historical aspects of folk art. What about the folk art being made now...

Folk art fanatics

Southwest Art;  July 1, 2000 ;   Winsted, Manya;   787 words ......HER FAVORITE DUCK DECOY ARTIST DIED IN 1946, THE FOUNDER of the Museum of American Folk Art wrote that folk art had ceased to exist. The so-called demise of folk art was blamed on the new reliance on machine-made goods as well as the rise of art...

PFALTZGRAFF HOLDS A FESTIVAL TO FETE 20 YEARS OF FOLK ART.

HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network;  July 30, 2001 ;   Webb, Carla;   232 words ...YORK, Pa.-To celebrate Folk Art's 20th anniversary, Pfaltzgraff hosted...dinners, auctions and crafts. Twenty-eight Folk Art collectors from around the country, many of whom are members of the Folk Art News (FAN) club, gathered for the festival...

The Lure of American Folk Art

Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  June 1, 2008 ;   Jailer-Chamberlain, Mildred;   787 words ...NOT THAT LONG AGO, folk art admirers and serious collectors were...But in recent years, attitudes toward folk art have taken a turn, including the introduction...Shelburne, Vermont, defines an aspect of folk art's current appeal. "While the art itself...

Unwary buyers of folk art can get sophisticated fakes

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 20, 1991 ;   Anne Gilbert;   508 words ...When it comes to some of the folk art offerings at auctions and shows, I am struck...said, "But he isn't wearing anything!" Today, folk art aficionados seem to heap praise on anything called "folk art." At a recent antiques show, one dealer proudly...

At PCA&D, recognizing folk art

Sunday News Lancaster, PA;  September 21, 2003 ;   Cris Foehlinger;   766 words ......how to carry on the tradition. So is it folk art? A new course of study being offered at...answer the question, "What is American Folk Art?" "Is it what people decorate with or...pay for on the roadshow?" Seibert, the folk art expert, asked. "My definition is that...

A look at American folk art

Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  November 1, 2000 ;   Jailer-Chamberlain, Mildred;   787 words ......through the years to the present. This is folk art; created by untrained artists and by some...their work-a-day crafts. It is likely that folk art has gifted the American scene since the...colony in Ogunquit, Maine, discovered folk art portraits, decoys, weather vanes and metal...

Is That Funky Piece Folk Art or Trash?

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 8, 1994 ;   Anne Gilbert;   520 words ......picky, and technical, the category of folk art is a good place for collectors to start. What is and what isn't classified as folk art can provoke heated discussions among serious...Collectors' Guides to American Antiques on folk art, just about anything can be included...

Encyclopedia of American Folk Art

The Journal of American Culture;  December 1, 2004 ;   Howell, Joyce Bernstein;   732 words ...Encyclopedia of American Folk Art Gerard C. Wertkin, Editor. New York...2004. The Encyclopedia of American Folk Art includes one very manageable volume...cultural background of three centuries of folk art in America. This comprehensive reference...