Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic.

As a phenomenon that can chronicle a move towards civilization yet rapidly diminish with modernity, industrialization, or outside influence, the nature of folk art is specific to its particular culture. The varied geographical and temporal prevalence and diversity of folk art make it difficult to describe as a whole, though some patterns have been demonstrated.

Antique folk art

Logo of the Folk Art Museum Lok Virsa in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Antique folk art is distinguished from traditional art in that while it is collected today based mostly on its artistic merit; it was never intended as a category to be art for art’s sake. Examples include: weathervanes, old store signs and carved figures, itinerant portraits, carousel horses, fire buckets, painted game boards, cast iron doorstops and many other similar lines of highly collectible "whimsical" antiques.

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Putting ships into bottles began as one of several occupations for seamen with time on their hands who were faced with the tedium of long sailing voyages.

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See also:

  • The Folk Art Society of AmericaThe Folk Art Society of America
    folkart.org
    A non-profit organization which advocates the discovery, study, documentation, preservation and exhibition of folk art, folk artists and folk art environments.
  • The Orange ShowThe Orange Show
    orangeshow.org
    A non-profit organization founded to preserve, present, promote and popularize the artistic expressions of ordinary people.
  • Florida FolkFlorida Folk
    fiu.edu
    A text-photography documentary about self-taught, outsiders artists living in Florida.
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does anyone know of some kind of folk art in which cut out wood is used?
Q. wanting to start my own business trying to get ideas i paint folk art want to paint on wood cut outs any ideas?
Asked by someoneyoudontknow - Sun Dec 31 01:12:52 2006 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. if you have a band saw or a jig saw the sky is the limit try shapes that might originally have a use such as a breadbox, mail box outer shell, things that people in your area use on a daily basis look into some of the country living catalogs and see what is being done when you find something go for it and sooner or later other things will appeal to you. good luck in the new year
Answered by doc - Sun Dec 31 02:25:54 2006

Where does folk art originate from?
Q. Where in Latin America does it come from? Please help, thanks.
Asked by Maya - Tue Dec 8 20:47:17 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments
books or paintings of good folk art?
Q. like or plants and birds. like decorative.
Asked by chloe - Sun Jan 13 21:13:00 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. For books on Folk Art, try your local library. I am sure that if they don't have any on hand at their particular site, they will gladly point you in the right direction or order them from another library for you.
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