Appraisal: 1890 Folk Art Seated Figure Wood Carving, from Salt Lake City Hour 3. In Salt Lake City Hour 3, Karen M. Keane appraises an 1890 folk art seated figure wood carving. Funding for ANTIQUES ...

NEW ROADS, La. (KLFY) — If you visit New Roads, Louisiana looking for the guy who creates wood art, or if you travel out of the country and see a 3-dimensional art piece made out of cypress wood, nine ...

Barry Cohen’s 30-year involvement with American 19th-century folk art was reflected in the artworks he constructed and the artifacts he collected. The artist’s boxed constructions, which were ...

The hardest thing about filling a room with “folk art” is that no one knows exactly what folk art is. “It’s a term to be struggled with,” says Meredith Affleck, manager of the upcoming exhibition at ...

Collecting folk art is an area within our antique hobby that might be the best bet for holding its value during these tough economic times. Folk art is many things and spans the entire spectrum of ...

Folk artist Isaac Smith typically woke up at his Oak Cliff home around 7 a.m. and drank a beer before picking up an ax and a knife to spend the rest of his day carving animals out of wood. Smith, 72, ...

It took Zhang about half a month to finish this wood-block, featuring patterns of dancing lions. [Photo/VCG] Zhang Liansheng, a 72-year-old man from the Kaifeng city of Henan province, is a folk ...

Two shows introduce a forgotten innovator who fused modernism, folk art and documentary to portray his beloved New York scene. By Roberta Smith HUNTINGTON, N.Y. — In the early decades of the ...