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Painted Backdrop with Ballet Theme for Residential Theatre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and beautifully painted, this painted backdrop for theatre, perhaps for a residential
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Contemporary impressionistic triptych with bursts of color against pale backdrop
By Jessica Zoob
Located in London, GB
worked as a theatre designer at countless venues including the Bristol Old Vic, the Royal National
Category

2010s British Organic Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Paint

Rosy Granite Coast (II), Original painting, Landscape, Abstract, Modern
By Mary Scott
Located in Deddington, GB
Minack Theatre, with the backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean beyond. The artist wants to transport the viewer
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"A New Day"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
sensibilities peek through as they pose against period backdrops. Each canvas suggests a story, prompting us to
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Venice"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
sensibilities peek through as they pose against period backdrops. Each canvas suggests a story, prompting us to
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"You're My Hero"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
sensibilities peek through as they pose against period backdrops. Each canvas suggests a story, prompting us to
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Sky's the Limit"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
sensibilities peek through as they pose against period backdrops. Each canvas suggests a story, prompting us to
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Mapquest"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
sensibilities peek through as they pose against period backdrops. Each canvas suggests a story, prompting us to
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ship Entering the Canal" by Dutch Artist Cossaar
By Jacobus Cornelis Wyand Cossaar
Located in Dallas, TX
of the Pulchri Studio in The Hague. Cossaar started his professional career as a theatre stage
Category

Early 20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Meissen Candlestick with Figurines Gardener Children Model R 185, circa 1870
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
romantic ruin as well as a small leafy tree visible behind the figurines, looking like a theatre backdrop
Category

Antique 1870s German Rococo Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

"To be by Your Side"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
sensibilities peek through as they pose against period backdrops. Each canvas suggests a story, prompting us to
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Success Story"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
sensibilities peek through as they pose against period backdrops. Each canvas suggests a story, prompting us to
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Where Two Paths Meet"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
sensibilities peek through as they pose against period backdrops. Each canvas suggests a story, prompting us to
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Golden Age"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
sensibilities peek through as they pose against period backdrops. Each canvas suggests a story, prompting us to
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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Immersion -Original contemporary abstract painting- modern artwork- decor art
Located in London, Chelsea
painting. Against this backdrop, one small red grid and one small yellow shape stand out, adding contrast
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tide Pools, Porthcurno Beach, Cornwall. Lamorna Valley Colony. Cornish Plein Air
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
. Nowadays it is also the backdrop of the iconic Minack Theatre. The painting focuses on the pools of sea
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life with Cakes - Scottish 1950s art still life oil painting female artist
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
This vibrant still life oil painting is by Scottish artist Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1950 the
Category

1950s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

1987 Modern British oil painting of two nudes in a studio by Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
energy and playfulness. Set against a varied green backdrop, the nudes in the foreground command
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20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"End of the Day" colorful mixed media painting of fishing boats
Located in Edgartown, MA
, Peck was commissioned to recreate these scenes as a backdrop for the production of ‘“Fallen Angel,” for
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2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Menemsha Hills" colorful mixed media painting of fishing boats
Located in Edgartown, MA
, Peck was commissioned to recreate these scenes as a backdrop for the production of ‘“Fallen Angel,” for
Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Still Life (Geometric Figure II)
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
mountains to the Pacific Ocean and all the streets in between served as the backdrop for his creative
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Still Life (Geometric Figure II)
Still Life (Geometric Figure II)
H 19.75 in W 23.75 in D 0.65 in
Seascape, Geometric Figure #2
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
backdrop for his creative expression. Dave divided his artwork equally between landscapes, people and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Seascape, Geometric Figure #2
Seascape, Geometric Figure #2
H 17.35 in W 14.5 in D 0.65 in
Geometric Figure #4
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
mountains to the Pacific Ocean and all the streets in between served as the backdrop for his creative
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Geometric Figure #4
Geometric Figure #4
H 17.35 in W 14.5 in D 0.65 in
Large French Expressionist Oil Painting, Girl, Poupèe, the Doll, Ecole de Paris
Located in Surfside, FL
artist, poet and lithographer) is known for ballet troupe set design and theatre backdrop painting and
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century historical genre oil painting of a courtship
By Henry Gillard Glindoni
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
, helping him to paint theatre scenery. To supplement his income, he began sketching portraits of the actors
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

France LimitedEdition 1878Mignot 9LeadFigurines BoxSet Can-CanStageBar Curiosity
Located in Chicago, IL
nine miniature hand-painted lead and pewter cabaret figurines was originally a one-of-a-kind "depose
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Late 20th Century French Curiosities

India a Pair of Collectable Prints early 20th C Gods Goddess Epics Ancient
Located in Norfolk, GB
and a time when the theatre was an important space for getting across messages to the public at large
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Measuring, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ascending, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pale Light, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Threshold, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Tailors Wife, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Somewhere in Kazmierz, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
digitally marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Couple In The Street, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
digitally marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Once Upon A Time, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Tailor, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Potato Eaters, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Kindness of Strangers, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
digitally marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Shacharis Morning Prayers, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
digitally marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted, and photographed the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Dream, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Mystery and Melancholy of a Street, limited edition photograph, signed
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Choshech Darkness, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

An Intervention, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Working Morning, limited edition photograph, signed, archival pigment ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
marrying dollhouse-size dioramas with live models. First, I built, painted and photographed the sets in my
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Gillian Bradshaw Smith in Studio
By Fred W. McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
painted backdrops for publications and photographers. This work evenually led to a connection with the
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1970s Street Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Ode to Munch's 'The Scream'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
’” depicts a non-binary subject trapped in an infinite scream against a New Orleans backdrop. This piece
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ode to Munch's 'The Scream'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
’” depicts a non-binary subject trapped in an infinite scream against a New Orleans backdrop. This piece
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ode to Munch's 'The Scream'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
’” depicts a non-binary subject trapped in an infinite scream against a New Orleans backdrop. This piece
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Geometric Figure #25
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
backdrop for his creative expression. Dave divided his artwork equally between landscapes, people and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Geometric Figure #25
Geometric Figure #25
H 14.85 in W 17.85 in D 0.65 in
Geometric Figure #22
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
mountains to the Pacific Ocean and all the streets in between served as the backdrop for his creative
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Geometric Figure #22
Geometric Figure #22
H 14.5 in W 17.35 in D 0.65 in
Geometric Figure #23
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
mountains to the Pacific Ocean and all the streets in between served as the backdrop for his creative
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Geometric Figure #23
Geometric Figure #23
H 17.35 in W 14.25 in D 0.65 in
Geometric Figure #21
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
mountains to the Pacific Ocean and all the streets in between served as the backdrop for his creative
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Geometric Figure #21
Geometric Figure #21
H 14.5 in W 17.35 in D 0.65 in
Theatre Backdrop
Located in Kent, Ct
This italian garden theatre backdrop creates such a fabulous environment. It was painted in the 20
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Theatre Backdrop
Theatre Backdrop
H 168 in W 144 in
Theatre 1. Portrait Painting Acrylic Colors Grey Mysterious Impressionism Modern
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
viewers to notice the intimate places where things are living lives of their own on the backdrop of a
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Tempera

Theatre 2. Portrait Painting Acrylic Colors Grey Mysterious Impressionism Modern
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
viewers to notice the intimate places where things are living lives of their own on the backdrop of a
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

Pair of 19th Century Painted English Trick Scenery Boards as the Queen’s Guard
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The very rare pair of metamorphic trick scenery boards each hinged and hand-painted to wood and
Category

Antique 1880s English Folk Art Carnival Art

Materials

Pine

THE HAT TRICK, Original, Mixed Media on Wood, Historical look, Contemporary take
By Jana Nicole
Located in London, GB
to fuse them with architectural salvage and abstract backdrops, often evoking a myriad of emotions
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Stencil

Portrait of David Garrick as Richard III (Act 5)
By Nathaniel Dane-Holland
Located in New Orleans, LA
reproduced for the theatre-going public of the eighteenth century. The original work, which measures seven by
Category

18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Remains of Winter
By Erik Hall
Located in Bellevue, WA
contrast. Some works look as if they could be the backdrops for theatre performances of Greek Tragedies
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Remains of Winter
H 42 in W 54 in D 3 in
Post Season
By Erik Hall
Located in Bellevue, WA
usage of dramatic shading and contrast. Some works look as if they could be the backdrops for theatre
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Post Season
H 96 in W 48 in D 2 in
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Find many varieties of an authentic painted theatre backdrop available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of canvas, ceramic and fabric, every painted theatre backdrop was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a painted theatre backdrop — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A painted theatre backdrop, designed in the Baroque or Rococo style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made painted theatre backdrop has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Meissen Porcelain are consistently popular.

How Much is a Painted Theatre Backdrop?

A painted theatre backdrop can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,649, while the lowest priced sells for $350 and the highest can go for as much as $48,764.