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Folk Art

made by hand, unsigned

Work made outside the academy, usually by people the academy never recorded. Where a name survives it is printed; where it does not, that is stated.

works 12artists 9dates 1799 – 1871entry free
← all halls
Portrait of man, black coat, white collar, hand in book.
Key work of the hall Ammi Phillips Cornelius Allerton 1821–22 · Oil on canvas
Gift of Robert Allerton
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
John Ritto Penniman Meetinghouse Hill, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1799 · Oil on canvas
Roxbury · 73.6 × 94 cm
Centennial Year Acquisition and Centennial Year Major Acquisition funds
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
William Bonnell J. Ellis Bonham March 5, 1825 · Oil on panel
United States · 30.5 × 24.9 cm
Estate of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Ezra Ames Mrs. Noah Smith and Family c. 1830 · Oil on canvas
United States · 160.5 × 112.7 cm
Bequest of Joseph Winterbotham
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
William Bonnell William Bonham March 4, 1825 · Oil on panel
United States · 30.5 × 24.9 cm
Estate of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on yellow poplar panel.
Artist unknown New England Country Seat 1800–20 · Oil on yellow poplar panel
New England · 58.6 × 91.8 cm
Gift of Robert Allerton
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Charles Spencer Humphreys George Franklin Archer and the Archer Residence 1871 · Oil on canvas
New Jersey · 62.2 × 76.5 cm
Through prior acquisition of the George F. Harding Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Artist unknown Emblems for Royal Crown Lodge No. 22 1810–15 · Oil on panel
United States · 63.5 × 80.7 cm
Gift of the Estate of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Erastus Salisbury Field Woman with a Green Book (Louisa Gallond Cook) 1838 · Oil on canvas
United States · 88.9 × 74.3 cm
Gift of the Estate of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
School of William Matthew Prior Portrait of Fred Adelbert Haywood February 16, 1848 · Oil on panel
United States · 35.6 × 26 cm
Gift of the Estate of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Ammi Phillips Mrs. Reuben Allerton (Lois Atherton) 1821–22 · Oil on canvas
New York · 83.8 × 69.9 cm
Gift of Robert Allerton
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on canvas.
Sheldon Peck William W. Welch c. 1837 · Oil on canvas
United States · 64.8 × 54.6 cm
Juli and David Grainger Fund
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain

Where you are

Folk Art in time, then in the building.
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1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 01 Renaissance and Before 1434 – 1610 02 The Seventeenth Century 1610 – 1695 03 The Barbizon School 1857 – 1871 04 Realism 1822 – 1906 05 Impressionism 1866 – 1893 06 Post-Impressionism 1881 – 1907 07 Modernism 1891 – 1920 08 Ukiyo-e 1744 – 1837 09 Pictorialism 1877 – 1903 10 Folk Art 1799 – 1871 · you are here Bar spans the earliest and latest work in the hall. Ticks are the individual dates in the hall you are in.
upper tier · +6.40 circulation spine void over court light drops to the tier below 06 Post-Impressionism 12 works · 18x12 m 07 Modernism 12 works · 18x12 m 08 Ukiyo-e 12 works · 16x12 m 09 Pictorialism 12 works · 18x10 m 10 Folk Art 12 works · 16x10 m you are here dn lower tier · +0.00 circulation spine court · open air 01 Renaissance and Before 12 works · 18x12 m 02 The Seventeenth Century 12 works · 18x12 m 03 The Barbizon School 7 works · 16x12 m 04 Realism 12 works · 18x10 m 05 Impressionism 12 works · 16x10 m up entrance 52 m 10 m N ▭ hall, width follows the size of the hang · ⌐ door · ▤ open-air court · ≡ stair upper tier · +6.40 circulation spine dn 06 Post-Impressionism 12 works 07 Modernism 12 works 08 Ukiyo-e 12 works 09 Pictorialism 12 works 10 Folk Art 12 works you are here lower tier · +0.00 circulation spine up 01 Renaissance and Before 12 works 02 The Seventeenth Century 12 works 03 The Barbizon School 7 works 04 Realism 12 works 05 Impressionism 12 works court · open air entrance 10 m N

Every work shown here is in the public domain and comes from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, published under its Open Access programme (CC0). Artist, title, date, medium and the museum’s own credit line are printed under each plate, and every plate links to the object record in Chicago. EPRIS Museum claims no rights in these images.