Self-taught Peter Hunt (1896-1967) started painting thrift shop furniture with peasant designs ... and he sold his folk art to important socialites, including Helena Rubenstein, who promoted ...

Self-taught Peter Hunt (1896-1967) started painting thrift-shop furniture with peasant designs ... and he sold his folk art to important socialites, including Helena Rubenstein, who promoted ...

The Brookline-based couple were pioneer folk art collectors and filled their farmhouse with objects that delighted and fascinated them: wonderful painted furniture, unusual rocking chairs ...

The show includes a self-portrait and an exceptional painting ... Kentucky furniture and silver," Pennington said. As impressive as the antiques are, the newer Kentucky art is every bit as ...

He grew up attending flea markets and antique shows throughout New York and New England with his parents, with a special interest in Folk Art and painted furniture. In his early 20s, while ...

The painting comes to the sale from the Honorable J ... and includes examples of early American furniture, folk art and metalware. The proceeds of the sale of the Gail-Oxford Collection will benefit ...

APPRAISER: You call him Chucky, okay, well, he doesn't look like Chucky in the movie, but it's what they call an American folk art rag doll ... beautifully painted face. He's a painted oilcloth ...

Named for the family who raised 10 children there, The Harper House, a recently restored sharecropper house in Washington County, will hold its grand opening as a new folk-art center Saturday ...

Although Murphy was not as experienced at carving as he was at painting, he decided to give ... who also makes folk art furniture and is a master of color. He loves to use unexpected combinations ...