About Renaissance Man Antiques
Renaissance Man Antiques is America's only antique gallery to focus on pieces that celebrate the beauty and power of the human figure, and many of them are Art Deco or Mid-Century in style. We offer paintings, prints, drawings, bronzes, ceramic and glass pieces, and other antiques that include male and female nudes, allegorical subjects, portraits and architecture-related pieces. Most of the pieces we offer are unique or rare, and we love to share our knowledge, so you will see that our descriptions are as detailed as possible. We encourage visits by appointment, and ...Read More
Featured Pieces
"Triton with Dolphin", Art Deco Low Bowl in Blue with Aquatic Creatures, France
By Roger Mequinion
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and striking, this unique low bowl or plate depicts a form of Triton that is part man, part horse and part fish -- known as an ichthyocentaur -- who is cavorting in the sea with...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Seduction by a Satyr", Large, Rare Art Deco Sculpture with Nudes by Camus
By Jean Camus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, rare and affecting, this sensual bronze by Jean-Marie Camus depicts a nude satyr figure seducing a nude female figure laying prostrate before him, beguiled by the music from h...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Male Nudes at Midnight", Rare Laguna Beach Box w/ Male Bathers, 1951-52
By Pat and Covey Stewart
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare and striking example of Pat and Covey Stewart's "Bathers" series of ceramic pieces, this box depicts four male nude figures -- two on the lid and two in the interior -- bathin...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
"Nudes and Hounds", Unique and Striking Art Deco Low Bowl, 1920s, Italy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Somehow charming and yet highly sophisticated and elevated, this footed, low bowl or plate features four tiers of lithe female nudes, each accompanied by a lean hound or dog on a lea...
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Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Materials
Ceramic
"Golden Fish in a Dark Blue Sea", Art Deco Bowl/Dish by Auguste Heiligenstein
By Auguste Heiligenstein
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and unique, this footed bowl or dish depicts two golden fish, incised into the clay and then glazed in gold, swimming in a dark blue sea flecked with deep green. The artist w...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Ceramic
"Tunisian Man in White Shirt", 1930s Watercolor Painting by Porter Woodruff
By Porter Woodruff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piercing and powerful portrait of a Tunisian man with an open-necked shirt provides a glimpse into the life of artist Porter Woodruff in North Africa. Woodruff was best known fo...
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Vintage 1930s Tunisian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nudes Riding Deer", Superb Art Deco Vase by Mayodon in Blue, Green and Gold
By Jean-Leon Mayodon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in jewel tones -- sapphire blue, emerald green, and gold -- this footed urn or vase by the great Jean-Leon Mayodon depicts a line of three female nudes riding Art D...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"The Fall of Icarus", Dramatic 1940s Painting w/ Male Nude by Emlen Etting
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia artist Emlen Etting returned again and again to the theme of Icarus Falling, in part because it gave him an opportunity to depict the nude male in motion. This is the fi...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Pipe Fitters", 1951 Paean to the Working Man by Gere, Wisconsin Painter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although this painting dates to 1951, a few years after the Works Progress Administration (WPA) period ended in the 1940s, this tight composition of two pipe fitters doing their work...
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Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nudes with Guitars", Mid Century Painting w/ Male Nudes by Christopher Clark
By Christopher Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in tones of ruddy-burnt sienna, gray and white, this unusual painting by Christopher Clark depicts two nude guitarists -- or perhaps a single guitarist in two pos...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Breton Fishing Village, " Art Deco Masterpiece Vase by Leduc for Sevres, 1934
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest pieces of Art Deco porcelain we have ever seen, and probably the greatest work ever executed by Adrien Leduc for Sevres, this large double-gourd vase depicts in gre...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
"Circus", Large and Ambitious Painting by John B. Lear w/ Male Nudes, 1965
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This early and ambitious watercolor painting by John B. Lear shows the growing scale and detail of his best work, here incorporating three nude and semi-nude male figures in a surrea...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
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