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By Google Arts & Culture. John Younie Luyster (ca. 1838) by Ammi Phillips Chrysler Museum of Art. Discover what makes this artistic style so unique. Folk art has a long history and there is no...
Explore the vision and creativity of America's untrained and vernacular artists in SAAM's collection of folk and self-taught art. See works by James Hampton, Grandma Moses, Thornton Dial, and more than 400 other artists.
14 de jul. de 2023 · Americana Insights highlights the best examples of traditional American folk art from Colonial times to the early 20th century—objects of extraordinary beauty, created with purpose by skilled, artful hands.
Galleries for Folk and Self-Taught Art. SAAM’s collection of folk and self-taught art represents the powerful vision of America’s untrained and vernacular artists. Represented in the museum’s collection are pieces that draw on tradition — such as quilts — as well as artworks that reveal a more personal vision.
Folk art in the United States developed in the late 18th and early 19th centuries after the Revolutionary War when settlers revived artistic traditions from their home countries. Folk art includes artworks created by and for a large majority of people.
The American Folk Art Museum is an art museum in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, at 2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at 66th Street. It is the premier institution devoted to the aesthetic appreciation of folk art and creative expressions of contemporary self-taught artists from the United States and abroad.
The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection of folk and self-taught art represents the powerful vision of America’s untrained and vernacular artists. SAAM is one of the only major museums to clearly advocate for a diverse populist and uniquely American voice within the context of what is traditionally considered great art.
