Kitsch » Paintings

Who is Maggie?

Who is Maggie? Allee, I’m hoping you or one of your kitsch admirers might recognize the subject matter, technique and name. Without su...

Doe Eyed Girl

This kitshy painting hung in my husbands mothers house for many years. I am not sure who the artist is. It is hard to make it out....

Amen painting

A man came to my door a few years ago selling paintings. I thought this was so tacky that I actually liked it. It reminded me of the velvet ...

Bar Hounds

This 1950 print by Constance Depler Coleman (who, by the way, is still alive and churning out art) is entitled, “Bar Hounds” and...

Fish Heads

I saw this painting at a flea market over the summer. The fellow saw me admiring it and told me his friend brought it back from “Thail...

kind of ugly painting

I couldn’t decide if this painting was ugly or kitschy so I bought it and hung it in my bedroom. I got it at the Fairfax flea mkt....

Beads On Velvet Xmas Tree

This is the real deal, the genuine article. This lovely wall hanging is composed of beads, buttons, brooches, bits of colored broken glass a...

Pop Culture Kitsch

I keep her housed beside the Patridge Family board game and a dandy little book – “Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative” by Herber...

Retro Recycled

This is a wacky do-it-yourself project I picked up at a yard sale years ago. The pop-ish floral image is actually painted on the glass lens ...