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Style: Art Deco
Les fleurs du mal by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Fleurs du Mal(The Flowers of Evil)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed 114.6 (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Captivating and vibrant, this colorful gouache entitledFleurs du Mal showcases Erté's masterful creativity and keen eye. Inspired by Les Fleurs du mal, the famed volume of poems by French writer Charles Baudelaire, this ensemble marries light purple and green floral motifs with the suggestive form of red lips poised for a smooch. This daring yet feminine appearance encapsulates the Art Deco allure for which the artist's creations are cherished. The sophisticated arrangement emanates the fundamental richness and theatricality that can only be accomplished by Erté, often hailed as the "Father of Art Deco."
First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several themes to create original fashion sketches...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Etude De Décor, Don Pasquale By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Etude de décor (Study of decor)
Signed “Erté”(lower right)
Inscribed "Don Pasquale" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Erté reimagines...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Les Dragons by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Les Dragons
(The dragons)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 358" (en verso)
Gouache and gold on paper
Erté masterfully ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gold
Costume Oriental by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Costume Oriental
Signed “Erté”(lower right)
Inscribed "No. 19" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Titled Costume Oriental, this ensemble epitomizes Erté's signature fusion of Eastern and Western aesthetic elements. The attire features grey pantaloons enveloped by a vivid red skirt adorned with intricate white Orientalist motifs. The bodice, a geometric tapestry of black and white stripes, is composed of narrow horizontal black bands juxtaposed with glittering gemstones. This visual harmony is accentuated by a trio of diamond shapes vertically aligned on the chest. The crowning element is a gem-encrusted turban, surmounted by three red fan shapes, lending the headpiece the appearance of a striking medallion.
This sartorial masterpiece is an authentic Erté creation for the 1926 rendition of George White's Scandals, staged at the Heilig Theatre in Portland, Oregon. The revue initially debuted at the Apollo Theatre in New York City on June 30, 1924, enjoying a run of 196 performances before embarking on a tour. Orchestrated by George White from 1919 to 1939, the Scandals series distinguished itself through its timely comedy and exceptional choreography, a testament to White's expertise as a dancer. In contrast to the more lavish Ziegfeld Follies,Scandals offered a streamlined yet sophisticated experience. The Sixth Edition was particularly remarkable for its artistic collaborations: Erté designed the scenery and curtains, while George Gershwin composed the musical score, which included the classic "Somebody Loves Me." The production featured an ensemble of notable performers, including Nyra Brown and the Leeland Sisters.
The artist, Russian-French visionary Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990), popularly known as Erté, began his artistic journey in the culturally rich city of St. Petersburg, where he developed an early fondness for ballet and theatrical performances. He moved to Paris in 1912 to study architecture, and quickly found his creative niche in crafting fantastical costumes for the city’s bustling nightlife. Erté‘s expertise, refined under the guidance of the famed Paul Poiret, captured the attention of Harper’s Bazaar, marking the beginning of a significant partnership that spanned from 1915 to 1936. The artist also designed sets for notable cinematic masterpieces including Ben Hur and La Bohème, and created sets and costumes for cabarets, operas and other performances at the Folies-Bergères, Bal Tabarin, the Théâtre du Bataclan and Le Casino de Paris. Often remembered as the “Father of Art Deco,” Erté was a trailblazer whose colorful creations shaped the groundbreaking Art Deco era more than any other, leaving an indelible mark on the history of art and design. His artworks reside in prestigious museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Painted 1926
Paper: 12“ high x 9 wide
Frame: 19 1/4“ high x 16 1/8” wide x 5/8" deep
Exhibitions:
M.S. Rau, New Orleans, Erté and the Era of Art Deco, October 14, 2023 - January 3, 2024
Provenance:
Private collection, Paris
Christie's South Kensington: Sale, 2014
Bouret Gonzalez Collection
Sydney and Sibyl Colefax...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Ailerons de Requin by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Ailerons de Requin(Shark Fins)
Inscribed "n°1.491" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
In 1928, Erté undertook the creation of stage desi...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Gysie by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Gysie
Signed "Erté"(lower right)
Inscribed "No. 5442" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
An enthralling pink gown by Erté is namedGysie,...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Eunuque by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Eunuque
Signed "Erté"(lower right)
Inscribed "No. 13" (en verso)
Gouache and silver on paper
< br>This costume was designed for th...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Silver
La Prêtresse by Erté
By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
La Prêtresse - Danseuse sacréeThe Priestess - Sacred Dancer
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed "Les Rois des Légendes / N°3 / L...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Silver
Le roi de Lahore by Erté
By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Le roi de Lahore
(The King of Lahore)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed "Les Rois des Légendes / No. 11 / Le Roi de Lahore /...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Conte Hindou En Noir By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Conte Hindou en noir
Signed “Erté”(middle right)
Inscribed "Inscribed 1922" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Designed for a 1922 show at the Folies Bergère, Erté draws inspiration from the splendors of India in Conte Hindou (Hindu Story). The central bare-chested figure, adorned with a resplendent jewel-encrusted headpiece and draped in cascading pearl...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Mistinguett by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Mistinguett
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Stamped "Composition originale" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Erté designed this costume fo...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Le Roi Mage Gaspard by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Le Roi Mage Gaspard
Mage King Gaspard
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed "Les Rois des Légendes / N°3 / Roi Mage Gaspard / Date : 28 Février 1919 / No. 222" (en verso)
Ink and gouache on paper
A testament to Erté's pioneering creativity, this elaborate costume design was created for a 1919 production of Les Rois des Légendes, a performance that showcased a variety of legendary kings from throughout history. One of the three Magi, Gaspard or Gaspar (also known as Casper), was a legendary Magi who, alongside Melchior and Balthasar, paid homage to the baby Jesus. Gaspard is often depicted as an Indian king...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Couronne de laurier by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Couronne de laurier
The Laurel Wreath
Signed "Erté"(lower right)
Inscribed "No. 34.3" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Erté conceive...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Mah-Jongg by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Mah-Jongg
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 363" (en verso)
Gouache and gold on paper
Erté's artful depiction in gold...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gold
Les Bambous by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Les Bambous
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 361" (en verso)
Gouache and gold on paper
Erté renders a stylish gold an...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gold
Art Deco Spring Flowers - British 1930's art floral still life oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British Art Deco floral oil painting is by noted Cornish artist Philip Rashleigh, who used the name Frank for exhibition purposes. The Rashleighs were an old and disti...
Category
1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Eros by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Eros
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Gouache and silver on paper
Eros is historically portrayed as a mischievous, winged youth armed ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Silver
Princesse d'Asie by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Princesse d'Asie
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Watercolor and ink on paper
Erté reinvigorated the Orientalist imagery of 19th-centu...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Le fiancé by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Le fiancé
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed "Les Rois des Légendes / No. 13 / Le Fiancé / 28 févr...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Betty by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Betty
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Stamped "Erté, Romain de Tirtoff" (en verso)
Inscribed N°114.4 (en verso)
Gouache on paper
This...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Dame D'honneur De La Princesse By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Dame d'Honneur de la princessl(Maid of Honor to the princess)
Inscribed "n°1.529" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
In 1929, Erté maste...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Portrait of Christine Bonnar the Artist's Wife - British Art Deco Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
This alluring Art Deco portrait oil painting is by former British Newlyn artist John Da Costa. Painted circa 1930 the painting is of Christine Bonnar, the artist's wife. She was the ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl with glasses. Circa 1920. Double portrait. Spalmach Gino (Rome, 1900-1966)
Located in Firenze, IT
Girl with glasses. About 1920-30. Double portrait. Spalmach Gino
(Rome, 1900 - 1966). Painted on two sides: on one side the young woman with glasses is represented, in charcoal/penci...
Category
1920s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Conte Hindou En Blanc By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Conte Hindou en blanc
Signed “Erté”(middle right)
Inscribed "No. 76 / Conte Hindou 1922" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Designed f...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Petit Chinois by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Petit Chinois
Signed “Erté”(lower right)
Inscribed "No. 19" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
This costume was designed for a charact...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Pamela Abercromby - British Art Deco 30's portrait oil painting lady in green
Located in London, GB
A large and stunning Art Deco oil on canvas portrait in gallery condition which depicts a lady in a green art deco dress. Painted in 1933 it is a fine evocative thirties portrait pa...
Category
1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arabian Nights, Sea Monster - The Thousand and One Nights
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
Arabian Nights, Sea Monster - The Thousand and One Nights Gustaf Tenggren - Attributed - unsigned, unframed. Good condition with very slight toning.
Category
1940s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Hunting Lady - British thirties art female portrait oil painting horse riding
By David Murray Urquhart
Located in London, GB
A fine portrait oil painting by noted Scottish artist David Murray Urquhart. Painted circa 1930 the portrait is of a woman in horse riding gear and has wonderful tones and brushwork....
Category
1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Violet Ann Gilbert - British 1920s art oil painting exh Paris Salon
Located in London, GB
A stunning portrait oil painting of Violet Ann Gilbert which was painted by James Peter Quinn in 1929 and was exhibited at The Paris Salon of that year. A beautiful portrait of a young woman from the nineteen twenties. In excellent condition and framed in the original period frame. This is a fine painting by a noted listed artist and a great example of an early 20th century portrait painting.
Signed lower left.
Provenance. Exhibited at the Paris Salon 1929, labels verso.
Condition. Oil on canvas in excellent condition, image size 40 inches by 30 inches.
Housed in its original gallery frame, framed size is 47 by 37 inches. Excellent condition.
James Peter Quinn (1869-1951) was born on 4 December 1869 at 60 Bourke Street, Melbourne, third son of John Quinn, restaurant-keeper born in Antigua, West Indies, and his English wife Ann, née Long. Little is known of Quinn's childhood and early education; both parents died when he was young. His guardians apprenticed him to an engraver, but he undertook part-time studies at the school of design, National Gallery of Victoria, under Frederick McCubbin in 1887-89, and at the school of painting under George Folingsby and Bernard Hall in 1890-93. Awarded several student prizes, he won the gallery's travelling scholarship in 1893. Quinn went to London in 1894 but quickly left for Paris where he studied at the Académie Julian, at the Académie des Beaux-Arts under Jean Paul Laurens, and with Colarossi and Delécluse. He returned to London about 1902 and married fellow art-student Blanche Louise Guernier there on 29 September. By 1904 he had exhibited with the Royal Academy of Arts and went on to establish a reputation as a highly successful portrait painter. His finest and most sensitive work was produced before 1910. His family were the subjects of many paintings, including 'Mère et Fils', awarded an honourable mention at the Old Salon, Paris, in 1912. He also painted many self-portraits. His many commissioned works included portraits of Joseph Chamberlain, the Duchess of York and, later, the Duke of Windsor. In 1918-19 he was an official war artist with the Australian Imperial Force in France, and exhibited war paintings at the Grafton Galleries, London. In 1919, with George Coates, he was an official artist to the Canadian War Records. He was a council-member of the London Portrait Society, and a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, exhibiting regularly with them and the Royal Academy, and in Paris with the Old and New salons. Quinn's sudden return to Australia in December 1935, alone, followed the death of his gifted artist-son René. He held exhibitions at the Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, in 1936 and the Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery the next year. Quinn ostensibly returned as an acclaimed artist, was invited to rejoin the Victorian Artists' Society he had joined first in 1888, and was its president (but for one year) in 1937-50. Yet a coolness existed. Though he had little in common with the modernist painters of the period, his commitment to a tolerant brotherhood of artists found no allies among the aggressively conservative old guard. In 1937 he clashed publicly with (Sir) Robert Menzies who in opening a V.A.S. exhibition denigrated modern art. In spite of the affection felt for him by many artists and students, Quinn was somewhat isolated. He continued to exhibit, winning the Crouch prize, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, in 1941. In the mid-1940s he taught briefly at the National Gallery school. A lover of good food, wine and conversation, Quinn delighted in mixing with all classes. Frequenting the haunts of journalists, writers and the more Bohemian fringe, he was easily recognizable with his bow tie, grey curly hair and cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. Survived by one son, he died of cancer on 18 February 1951 at Prahran and was buried in St Kilda cemetery. His war portraits are held by the Australian War...
Category
1920s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reclining nude - British Art Deco 30s female portrait oil painting female artist
By Dora Crockett
Located in London, GB
A stunning exhibited 1934 nude female portrait by Dora Crocket (Countess Lewenhaupt). The portrait depicts a nude woman reclining in a sensual pose against a background of red and bl...
Category
1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
White Peonies floral still life Dyf like provenance art deco period ocean liner
Located in Norwich, GB
This charming and exuberant posy of peonies immediately made me think of similar works by Marcel Dyf - but it is actually a work by the ultimate master of art deco...
Category
1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Art Deco Fashion Illustration Ink and Gouache Drawing by Edouard Halouze
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an Art Deco original illustration drawing, hand-painted with ink and gouache on paper, designed by French artist Edouard Halouze. The artwork features two stylish female mode...
Category
1920s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Louis PASTOUR (1876-1948) French Post Impressionist 1928 Art Deco Period
Located in Holywell, GB
Louis PASTOUR (1876-1948)
Cannes 1928
A delightful painting of a coastal landscape depicting fishing boats and figures on a beach near Cannes by the French post impressionist artis...
Category
1920s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunflower Floral Arrangement - French 1930's Art Deco flower oil painting
Located in London, GB
This vibrant French Art Deco floral oil painting is by noted French artist Jacques Emile Blanche. Painted circa 1930, the palette is of wonderful tones of yellow and orange with spla...
Category
1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait with Cat - Scottish 1920's Art Deco Oil Painting female artist
By Helen Margaret MacKenzie
Located in London, GB
A stunning original Art Deco oil painting on canvas by noted British artist Helen Margaret MacKenzie. It is very evocative of the 1920’s Art Deco period and depicts the artist in a ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Elizabeth Exley - British Art Deco 1930's portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted artist James Robert Granville Exley and provenance is by family descent. The sitter is Elizabeth Exley, possibly his wi...
Category
1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life of Fuchsias, Geraniums and Marionettes - British 30's oil painting
By Herbert Davis Richter
Located in London, GB
This charming British still life floral oil painting is by Herbert Davis Richter. Painted circa 1930 it is a vibrant and interesting arrangement of fuchsia and geraniums in a vase ne...
Category
1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arabian Nights - Guard and Sitting King - Islamic Golden Age - Gustaf Tenggren
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
One Thousand and One Nights - It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights. What is notable about this work is how magnificently composed, designed, and rendered it is. Its l...
Category
1950s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Tulips, Art Deco Still Life on Canvas of Tulips in a Vase in an Interior
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Art Deco still life of a vase of tulips in an interior by Auguste Mallard. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a period patinated wood frame.
A colourful and strong painting of an interior view, a table with books and as the centre piece a beautiful blue ceramic vase with twisted handles holding a magnificent bouquet of brightly coloured tulips. Mallard has captured the abandon of the blooms in the vase, the way tulips twist and furl raising and lowering their beautiful colourful petals. The colours of the flowers really stand out against the more muted tones of the background, curtain and table. A very elegant and stylish painting.
This painting has the feel of some of the still life works from the same period by Tamara de Lempicka who was a contemporary of Mallard painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Seguaro, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
An abstracted vision of the Seguaro cactus, prevalent in the American south-west. Floral motifs have always worked well as a vehicle for abstraction. Just ask Georgia O'Keefe. :: Pai...
Category
2010s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Volcanic Warriors, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A frieze of figures who resemble warriors appears in a pool of red., a color which symbolizes the fierce nature of this encounter, which may have possibly occurred during a volcanic ...
Category
2010s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Female Torso And Portrait Of The 1920s. Double Sketch On Canvas.
Located in Firenze, IT
Female torso and portrait of the 1920s. Double sketch on canvas.
The very rough canvas, similar to jute, is painted both on the front and on the back.
The painting is in good conditi...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, ABS
1910's Art Deco Erte Gouache Painting Original Hand Signed Rare French Costume
By Erté
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare original signed Art Deco gouache on paper by Erte (Romain de Tirtoff)
.
This stunning theatrical costume design is signed Erte at the lower right.
The piece is 20 by 18 fram...
Category
1910s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Archival Paper, Gouache
Art Deco Fantasy Charcoal Drawing Lithograph Print by Adolf Uzarski
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning charcoal drawing lithograph print on paper depicting a fanciful lion kidnapping a young woman was designed by Adolf Uzarski (1885-1970), a German artist. This drawing i...
Category
1910s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Art Deco Female Nude By George J. Illian
Located in Norwood, NJ
Female nude by George John Illian (1894-1932), American exhibited at the Salmagundi Club Annual Exhibition. George John Illian born in 1894 and was largely inspired by the 1900s and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
MADELEINE (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)
By Erté
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...
Category
1950s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Au Cafe
By Francois Chabrier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FRANCOIS CHABRIER
“”AU CAFE"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1960
32.5 X 39.5 INCHES
Framed 41 x 48 inches.
François Chabrier
Born 1916
François Chabrier was born in 1916 in Bel...
Category
1960s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Neo Deco – 04-07-23, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Second One This oil painting ‘Neo Deco – 04-07-23’ is the second one in the series under the same name. The first one was a first attempt to put my ever growing series into ...
Category
2010s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jonah before Nineveh
By David Sharir
Located in Jerusalem, IL
The art of David Sharir draws upon many elements. He has found inspiration from such forms of art as the calligraphy of Torah scribes, medieval Hebrew manuscripts...
Category
1960s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Life Magazine Art Deco Showgirls Cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Showgirls Cartoon for Life Magazine, 1934. Ink, watercolor and gouache on heavy illustration paper, matting window measures 16.5 x 13 inches; sheet measures 19 x 15 inches; Matting panel measures 20 x 23 inches. Signed lower right. Very good condition with discoloration and toning in margins. Unframed.
Provenance: Ethel Maud Mott Herman, artist (1883-1984), West Orange NJ.
For two decades, she drew almost 600 cartoons for The New Yorker with female characters that commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony.
In the mid-1920s, Harold Ross, the founder of a new magazine called The New Yorker, was looking for cartoonists who could create sardonic, highbrow illustrations accompanied by witty captions that would function as social critiques.
He found that talent in Barbara Shermund.
For about two decades, until the 1940s, Shermund helped Ross and his first art editor, Rea Irvin, realize their vision by contributing almost 600 cartoons and sassy captions with a fresh, feminist voice.
Her cartoons commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony, using female characters who critiqued the patriarchy and celebrated speakeasies, cafes, spunky women and leisure. They spoke directly to flapper women of the era who defied convention with a new sense of political, social and economic independence.
“Shermund’s women spoke their minds about sex, marriage and society; smoked cigarettes and drank; and poked fun at everything in an era when it was not common to see young women doing so,” Caitlin A. McGurk wrote in 2020 for the Art Students League.
In one Shermund cartoon, published in The New Yorker in 1928, two forlorn women sit and chat on couches. “Yeah,” one says, “I guess the best thing to do is to just get married and forget about love.”
“While for many, the idea of a New Yorker cartoon conjures a highbrow, dry non sequitur — often more alienating than familiar — Shermund’s cartoons are the antithesis,” wrote McGurk, who is an associate curator and assistant professor at Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. “They are about human nature, relationships, youth and age.” (McGurk is writing a book about Shermund.
And yet by the 1940s and ’50s, as America’s postwar focus shifted to domestic life, Shermund’s feminist voice and cool critique of society fell out of vogue. Her last cartoon appeared in The New Yorker in 1944, and much of her life and career after that remains unclear. No major newspaper wrote about her death in 1978 — The New York Times was on strike then, along with The Daily News and The New York Post — and her ashes sat in a New Jersey funeral home...
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1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Rambles in the Wye Valley, Original Artwork for Book Cover, Railway Art
By Gwynn
Located in London, GB
Gouache on paper
Image size: 12 x 15 ¼ inches (30.5 x 39 cm)
Art Deco frame
This rare original artwork was used as the book cover for Hugh E. Page's 'Rambles in the Wye Valley' (1951). The Wye Valley is an area of outstanding natural beauty straddling the border between England and Wales. The internationally important protected landscape covers parts of the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire and is particularly recognised for its limestone gorge scenery and dense native woodlands.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache
French Art Deco Society Portrait, Beauty in a Hat
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French art deco pastel portrait by Louis-Jean Beaupuy. The work is signed and dated bottom right. Presented in carved and gilded wood frame.
Beaupuy has captured all the charm and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Flower labyrinth
Located in Zofingen, AG
Flower labyrinth
Original floral painting on canvas 70x70 cm
Category
2010s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Treasure
Located in Zofingen, AG
The work "Treasure" is painted with oil paints on canvas. This work is a symbol of the fullness of life in all its manifestations. Pomegranate is an ancient eastern emblem of the sun...
Category
2010s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peace Message
Located in Singapore, SG
This painting sends a message to the world to maintain peace for the welfare of mankind. There is the figure of a woman who is standing alone with her eyes staring at the future, on ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Lost World
Located in Zofingen, AG
I dedicate this picture to my garden, lost among winter snowdrifts. It is winter now, and somewhere under a pile of snow my flowers are sleeping, the insects that pollinate them are ...
Category
2010s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
Quiet Life
Located in Zofingen, AG
Still Life Quiet Life reflects the mood of the evening of a summer day. Flowers bloomed in the garden near the house. The lights were turned on. Butterflies flew to the light. The da...
Category
2010s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Ginette', French Art Deco Portrait
Located in Cotignac, FR
French oil on canvas portrait of a young beauty by Charles Alexandre René Picart Le Doux. Signed and dated bottom right. There is an exhibition label with number and title 'Ginette' ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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