"Guinea Baboon, " Masterpiece of Art Deco Painting in Lacquer by Margat, 1938

One of the most sensual and brilliant Art Deco paintings in the French manner that we have ever offered, this idyllic scene of Satyr and Nymph, lounging under a fruited tree with lush fields in the distance, was painted by Gheorghe Labin in 1932. Labin was one of Romania's avant-garde artists in the 1920s and 1930s, and clearly he trained in Paris, because the lush scene, brilliant palette, and confident brush strokes indicate an intimate familiarity with the leading painters associated with what we now call Art Deco. This painting was entered into the Salon Bucarest in 1932, in a period when Labin exhibited with Mattis Teutsch, the de facto leader of Romania's modern painters, together with Corneliu Baba...

Inspired by "Kublai Khan," the famed Romantic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and one of a series painted by Milton Bond dating from the 1940s and 1950s, this depiction of a nude youth...

Arguably the greatest work of Georg Pauli, one of Sweden's leading Modernist painters in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, this Art Deco-Cubist work depicts the great Nike sculpture on the grounds of the home of Prince Eugens on Cape Waldemar in central Stockholm (known in Swedish as Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde). The Prince was a great collector of modern art in the early 20th century, and today his home is a museum and much-beloved landmark in Stockholm. This painting shows the sculpture in the foreground, and in the background is a jumble of houses, factory chimneys and institutional buildings, the Swedish flag...

This magnificent depiction of Zeus presiding over the gods of Olympus was painted by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two leading artists specializing in high-end book design ...

Filled with Sturm und Drang and packed with allegory and higher meaning, this remarkable Art Deco painting by Eugene Savage celebrates and interprets B...

Reminiscent of the work of Gerald Murphy in its use of strong colors and flat, highly-stylized forms, this depiction of a lifeguard in profile, a female ...

Created by Andre Margat in 1929, this gouache pastel painting depicts two baboons with bright and vivid colors. The vibrant red, orange and yellow tones; The baboons themselves have ...

André Margat is a French artist widely known for his representations of animals. He is a member of the 'Groupe des Douze,' an association of artists created in 1932 with the aim of presenting French animal art...

André Margat, (1903-1999). Eagle and snake, 1956. Pastel and gold-leaf on board. Measures: 25 5/8”x21 3/8 (framed: 33 1/3" x 29"). Signed ...

Jeanne Thiais Loubris (1906-2004) Rare oil on canvas titled " Buffles Africains " (African Buffalo). Titled and dated 1938 on the back. Measures: H:...

Jeanne THIAIS LOUBRIS – Art Deco African Buffalos 1938 Rare Oil on Canvas titled ” Buffles Africains ” (African Buffalo). Jeanne THIAIS LOUBRIS was a ...

Art Deco painting of Spanish dancer by Yves Diey.