Folk art

Folk Art describes a wide range of objects that reflect the craft traditions, and traditional social values, of various social groups. Folk artists are generally self-taught. For the most part, "Folk Art" would exclude works executed by professional artists and sold as "high art" to the society's aristocratic elite.

A category of art that overlaps with Folk Art is Naive art.

Folk Artists

• Edward Hicks
• Grandma Moses
• Joshua Johnson
• William Edmondson

See also

• Chinese folk art
• Yakshagana
• Outsider Art (includes a glossary of related—and often confused—terms describing art produced by nonprofessionals)

External links

• The Rochester Folk Art Guild The website for a residential craft community located in upstate New York, specializing in folk art.

• http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/folk.html