Bidspirit auction | Folk Artist Floretta Emma Warfel

Folk Artist Floretta Emma Warfel Hand Painted Textiles - Neighbors - Floretta Emma Warfel - Neighbors. 25.5” x 44”. Signed with the initials F.E.W. and hand painted on orange fabric, this piece depicts a busy neighborhood scene. An Amish man greets a woman on the sidewalk, two women chat in the foreground as another woman comes out onto the porch and others are seen peering out the windows. Bright blue sky, yellow sun and colorful dotted flowers can be seen in the background. Born in Dushmore, PA in 1906, Floretta Emma Warfel began painting in her early sixties with the suggestion of a young neighbor. Using ballpoint tubes of paint and most often used cloth for canvas, she constructs colorful landscapes that are distorted and good humored. Mrs. Warfel's paintings combine scenes from her native Pennsylvania, memories of farm life, and a vivid imagination. For further information see, N.F. Karlins ”Floretta Emma Warfel: A Folk Artist in Embroidery Paint on Cloth”, Pennsylvania Folklife, Autumn, 1989.