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  2. Peter Hunt (folk artist) - Wikipedia

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    Peter Hunt (born Frederick Lowe Schnitzer; 1896 in East Orange, New Jersey – 1967 in Cape Cod ), was an American artist whose work is described as folk art or primitive art. He gained recognition for his art in the 1940s and 1950s when his decorated, refinished furniture was featured in magazines such as Life, House Beautiful, and Mademoiselle.

  3. Appalachian folk art - Wikipedia

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    Appalachian folk art is a regional form of folk art based in the Appalachian region in the United States. In an article about the contemporary form of this art, Chuck Rosenak stated, "the definition of folk art is obscure". [1] Folk art is a way to convey the feelings and mannerisms of cultures through handmade visual art and communicates a ...

  4. Grandma Moses - Wikipedia

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    Anna Mary Robertson Moses(September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), or Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age. Moses gained popularity during the 1950s, having been featured on a cover of Time Magazinein 1953, was a ...

  5. Clementine Hunter - Wikipedia

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    1940–1980. Known for. Paintings of Black Southern life. Clementine Hunter (pronounced Clementeen; late December 1886 or early January 1887 – January 1, 1988) was a self-taught Black folk artist from the Cane River region of Louisiana, who lived and worked on Melrose Plantation . Hunter was born into a Louisiana Creole family at Hidden Hill ...

  6. Folk art of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Folk art includes artworks created by and for a large majority of people. It is defined by artistic expressions in a practical medium that has a specific purpose or continues a certain tradition important to a community of people. [1] It includes hand crafted items such as tools, furniture and carvings, and traditional mediums such as oil ...

  7. Folk art - Wikipedia

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    The makers of folk art are typically trained within a popular tradition, rather than in the fine art tradition of the culture. There is often overlap, or contested ground with 'naive art'. "Folk art" is not used in regard to traditional societies where ethnographic art continue to be made. The types of objects covered by the term "folk art" vary.

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