folk art

American  

noun

1. artistic works, as paintings, sculpture, basketry, and utensils, produced typically in cultural isolation by untrained often anonymous artists or by artisans of varying degrees of skill and marked by such attributes as highly decorative design, bright bold colors, flattened perspective, strong forms in simple arrangements, and immediacy of meaning.

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folk art British  

noun

1. the visual arts, music, drama, dance, or literature originating from, or traditional to, the common people of a country

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Other Word Forms

• folk-art adjective
• folkartist noun

Etymology

Origin of folk art

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

The audio memes in particular sparked an interest in folk art, which she says wouldn’t have otherwise grabbed their attention.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lili Todd is an L.A.-raised illustrator and ceramic artist based in Yucca Valley whose work reflects her inherently optimistic spirit and interest in folk art, traditional craft and risograph printing.

From Los Angeles Times

There are ventures that celebrate fast food, Finnish folk art, Skid Row, skateboarding, historical glass, vertebrate zoology and more.

From Los Angeles Times

These are ventures — often one-person crusades — that celebrate fast food, Finnish folk art, Skid Row, skateboarding, vertebrate zoology and more.

From Los Angeles Times

Time was when such work would have been siloed in collections of “Outsider Art” or folk art.

From New York Times