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Large Shadow Box with Vintage Zulu Art Beadwork

Leon Collins (Born 1930) Galveston / Navasota Texas Artist Image Size: 38 x 26 Medium: Oil Stick on Canvas "Mother and Daughter" Leon Collins Birthdate Unknown Galveston / Navasota T...

Johnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Size: 11 x 14 Frame: 17 x 20 Medium: mixed media Dated 1979 "The Lonely Wild" Biography Johnny Banks (1912-1988) In my opinion one of the greatest Texas folk artists of all time. The following information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk...

Johnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 10.5 x 13.5 Frame Size: 17.25 x 20.25 Medium: Multimedia "Tamale Cart" Biography Johnny Banks (1912-1988) In my opinion one of...

Johnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 14 x 22 Frame Size: 21 x 29 Medium: mixed media Circa 1970s "The Safari Hunt for the Man Eating Tiger" Biography Johnny Banks (1912-1988) In my opinion one of the greatest Texas folk artists of all time. The following information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self-taught artist, the son of Charlie and Cora Lee (McIntyre) Banks, was born on November 7, 1912, near Seguin, Texas. At the age of five his parents took him to San Antonio, where he attended Holy Redeemer School until the age of nine, when his parents were divorced and John returned to his grandparents' farm near Seguin. From childhood Banks's favorite pastime was drawing pictures on his Big Chief tablet. He later recalled, "As a kid I used to lie flat on my stomach, drawing and drawing. . . . My mother had to kick me off the floor to sweep." While helping out on his grandparents' farm, Banks completed the tenth grade before striking out on his own. His favorite activities during his youth were singing in a gospel quartet and playing baseball. In his adult years he worked in oilfields and cotton fields, drove a truck, and tended a San Antonio service station. During World War II he joined the army; he held the rank of sergeant and was stationed in the Philippines. After the war he returned to San Antonio, where he worked as a custodian at Kelly Air Force Base, at Fort Sam Houston, and at a local television station. Banks married Edna Mae Mitchell in 1928, and they had five children. The marriage ended in divorce around 1960. In 1963 he married Earlie Smith. His art career began in 1978 while he was recuperating from an illness for which he had been hospitalized. Banks's wife admired her husband's drawings and secretly took several of them to a San Antonio laundromat. There she hung the drawings on the wall, offering them for sale at the price of fourteen dollars. They were purchased and taken to a gallery for framing. Quite by chance, a San Antonio physician and collector of works of art by black artists...

This substantial mid-century mosaic panel depicts a procession of Navajo-style Yei figures—often referred to as Yei Dancers or Rainbow Guardians—executed in mixed media including cer...

A vibrant and highly collectible original contemporary Aboriginal painting by Australian Indigenous artist James P. Simon, beautifully presented in an impressive custom Lucite shadow...

Dating to the mid-20th century, this colorful Hmong textile is a classic example of the appliqué technique used for the traditional cloth known as paj n...

Capture a piece of Southeast Asian heritage with this exquisite antique Hmong "Paj Ntaub" (flower cloth). This museum-quality textile features breathtakingly intricate reverse appliq...