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Although frequently unwittingly realized, the academic criteria that comprise the principles of fine art are not the primary concern of the folk artist. Colonial portraiture, later deemed folk art painting, was pictographic documentation signifying the subjects’ social status. The primitive painter had little concern for the confines of fine art.

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Adam and Eve Original oil painting on canvas 1998 16x20 ... more
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