Folk Art Painting: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Artist unknown, mid-20th century

Folk Art Painting: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
Artist unknown, mid-20th century

Tempera or gouache on board.
A vividly colored folk art interpretation of the biblical expulsion of Adam and Eve, rendered in a graphic, dreamlike style recalling the naïve symbolism of Henri Rousseau. A sword-bearing cherubim drives Adam and Eve away from the Tree of Life as a procession of animals looks on. Adam buries his head in his hands in a moment of shame and reckoning, lending the scene a poignant emotional core. Flattened forms, saturated color, and intuitive perspective give the composition a timeless, visionary quality.

Signed lower center.
Framed size: 20" × 16"