Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Wedding Couple 1920s drawings with wheels that roll

with wheels that roll

It's a bit hard to tell but it seems it may have all be carved out of the one block of wood with the background painted behind the sails of the ship

19th century New England I believe

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Emile Bluteau Canadian Folk Art Wedding Couple 1920s drawings with wheels that rollI've had a few pieces by Canadian folk artist Emile Bluteau (of Eastern Townships, Quebec) over the years, and find a great deal of humanity and charm in his work. Bluteau, also a collector, began carving and making assemblages from scavenged and salvaged materials in the late 70s, first portraying birds and then "the human condition in all its moods and shapes" as described by Lyle Elder, a documenter of Canadian folk and outsider art. More about