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Art Deco Paintings

ART DECO STYLE

Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.” 

ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
  • Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
  • Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
  • Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory

ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.

Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.

The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)

Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.

From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.

The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.

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Style: Art Deco
Impressionist Paiting Titled “La Seine a Rouen” by French Artist Roger Bertin
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An impressionist oil on canvas showing day to day Industrial and merchant shipping activity on the Seine at the town of Rouen France right on the cusp of the break out of World War II 1939, The canvas is by Roger Bertin. It is signed and dated on the left hand corner of the canvas. The artist also inscribed the word Rouen with his signature leaving no doubt where the work was executed. The painting is presented in a gilded period frame, Bertin was born in Paris in 1915. His godfather was the poet and painter Max Jacob...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Painting by Richard Ranft, Young Woman and Pierrots Costumes
Located in Antwerp, BE
Jeune Femme et Costumes des Pierrots, Junge Frau mit Harlekin und pierrot, circa 1900. Richard Ranft. Painter of landscapes, engraver, illustrator and poster artist. (Swiss 1862-19...
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Early 1900s Swiss Antique Art Deco Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

"Ice Skating, " Fabulous, High Style Art Deco Painting for B. Altman Dept. Store
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest examples of illustration art and Art Deco painting we have ever offered, this elegant and sophisticated view of New Yorkers skating arm in arm on a frozen pond or l...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Carnival in Manchester, " Atmospheric, WPA-Era Painting with Carousel by Gernand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A celebration of 1930s America, full of atmosphere and color, this painting by John Gernand depicts a carnival in Manchester, New Hampshire, including a carousel, Ferris wheel, tents...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Bellerophon and Pegasus" Striking Art Deco Painting with Male Nude Mythological
By Bryson Burroughs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable scene depicting the moment when Bellerophon was about to lasso the flying figure of Pegasus after the creature paused for a drink below was painted in 1926 by Bryson ...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Vision of Angels, " Important Night-Time Scene, WPA Era, African American Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although not signed, this brilliant scene of a nude black male figure, marvelling at a vision of angels in the heaven from his position on the ground...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Fruit Pickers, " Fabulous, Fauvist-Hued Painting, Hawaii or California by Poole
By Horatio Nelson Poole
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Horatio Nelson Poole, famed for his scenes of Hawaii and California, this brilliantly-hued gouache shows a group of women picking fruit, likely oranges or lemons, their ba...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Redhead, " Striking 1940s Portrait of Young Man by John Menihan
By John C. Menihan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This portrait of a young man with vivid red hair, blue eyes and a ruddy complexion was painted by John C. Menihan, one of the most renowned portraitists and watercolorists of his day...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Dance Around Crystal Mountain, " Remarkable Art Deco Painting with Nudes, 1945
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps the most remarkable of all the crystal paintings made by Milton Bond in the 1940s, this depiction of beautiful nude figures, male and female, forming a symmetrical circle aro...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Farmer with Scythe, " Depiction of American Worker by U.S. Capitol Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drenched with sun and full of optimism, this depiction of a shirtless farm worker, with scythe in hand, is a high-spirited paean to the American laborer, at a time when the Works Progress Administration and other institutions were commissioning murals that celebrated industry, agriculture and commerce. Here, the worker is lean and strong, and his face shows signs of sunburn from his hours in the open. The painter was Allyn Cox, son of the famous muralist Kenyon Cox...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Male Youth at Sunset, " Vivid Art Deco Painting by Dunbar Beck, WPA Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunningly executed in deep tones of cobalt blue, burnt sienna, oxblood and jet black, this depiction of a partially nude male youth standing at an open window at sunset was painted ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Jesse Crawford at the Paramount Theater Organ, " Illustration Painting by Boyd
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary painting brings together two remarkable talents -- John Rutherford Boyd, the superb painter and illustrator, who captures this scene -- and Jesse Crawford, one of ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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French Art Deco Painting Exotic Woman Holding a Dove Signed Chasquest Dated 1930
Located in Miami, FL
Vivid and striking, this Classic Art Deco watercolor of an exotic female figure holding a bird in one hand was painted by Chasquest, perhaps as a costume design for a Hollywood produ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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"Tropical Fish and Giant Clam, " Brilliant Art Deco Painting of Undersea Life
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with a brilliant palette and very fine detail, this depiction of a tropical fish swimming above a strand of seaweed and a giant clam, surrounded by a cloud of bubbles, is a c...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Nudes with Arched Bridge, " WPA Period Painting by Rodda, 1930s
By Larry Rodda
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Suffused with the rich, subdued colors of the WPA period, this painting by Maryland artist Larry Rodda depicts a male and female nude couple sitting on a grassy spot overlooking an a...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Industrial, " Collection of Ironworker Paintings and Drawings by Garth, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable ensemble of paintings, studies and prints, collected together as a kind of scrapbook page by John Garth, celebrates the American ironworker. It includes no fewer than...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Federal Building, Century of Progress Exposition, " Brilliant Art Deco Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most vivid and compelling accounts of the famed Century of Progress Exposition, which opened in Chicago in 1933, this view of the iconic Federal Building was painted in the second year of the fair by a Pennsylvania artist. The brilliantly-lit Art Deco...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Michèle Demedts Large Ooil on Canvas, signed Demedts, circa 1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michèle DEMEDTS (1958-) , large oil on canvas signed DEMEDTS, Circa 1990
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1990s Belgian Art Deco Paintings

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"Newark Industrial Exposition", Poster Design Celebrating the American Worker
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly juxtaposing the silhouette of an factory worker, with his sledgehammer, against the backdrop of an industrial landscape in beautiful hues of purple, lemon yellow and tang...
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1910s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Quarry Men, " Striking Art Deco-WPA Depiction of 1930s Laborers, Rockport
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The painter Iver Rose is best known for his work which brought attention to the plight of workers in Depression Era America. This painting of quarry workers in Rockport, Massachusett...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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French Art Deco Oil Painting on Canvas by Gustave Florot, circa 1930
By Gustave Florot
Located in Houston, TX
Beautifully executed French Art Deco female nude oil on canvas, signed by listed artist Gustave Florot, circa 1930.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

"Music, " High Accomplished Painting with Multiple Nudes by Conner, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This detailed and highly-finished study by John Ramsey Conner for an allegorical painting depicts a relaxed grouping of nude figures executed in pale tones of ivory, mossy green and ...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Tony, " Superb 1940s Portrait of Male Youth by Marion Huse, Hawthorne Pupil
By Marion Huse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking in conception and execution, this half-portrait of a handsome, blue-eyed young man -- his back to a mirror and his arm folded over a chair -- was painted by Marion Huse, who...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

Art Deco Velvet Persian Lady Wall Hanging
By Grant Simon
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco (1928) vertical painted velvet wall hanging of Persian lady with 2 urns (attributed to GRANT SIMON).
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Velvet

"Utopian Motif, " Lovely Art Deco Painting with Frieze of Agrarian Labors, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and ethereal, reminiscent of the pale, ideal compositions of Puvis de Chavannes in France and America, this utopian vista depicts a series of figures gathering fruit and grain, all in formal classical poses like an ancient, early Renaissance painting...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Black Figure in Yellow Room, " 1930s Portrait by Student of Thomas Hart Benton
By Trew Hocker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived and executed by Trew Hocker, an important muralist who was strongly influenced by Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, this portrait of a young African American m...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"New Mexico Scene, " Large and Rare Landscape with Adobe Church
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In 1943, when the Second World War still raged a continent away, Eleanor Reed painted this beautiful and haunting view of the New Mexico landscape, featuring a rosy-toned adobe churc...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Mermaids in the Depth of the Sea, " Art Deco Painting with Brilliant Color, 1931
By Elaine Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most brilliantly painted, high style Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this vivid depiction of three nude mermaids, amidst a tangle of seaweed, rising bubbles and f...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Large Art Deco Painting Signed Gueret
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Art Deco painting signed Gueret. Technique mixte, in a solid oak frame. Coming from a cafe of Nantes.
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Paintings

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Paint, Oak

"Salome, " Important Art Deco Painting by Dunbar Beck, WPA Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Depicting a Salome who is both ravishing and terrifying, with her auburn tresses rising up as if on fire, this remarkable work was painted by Dunbar Beck, famed for his WPA and New Y...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Nude with Scimitar, " Fabulous, Sensual Art Deco Painting by Forster, 1929
By E.H. Forster
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of drama and intrigue, both sensual and classical, this depiction of a female nude tiptoeing toward a curtain being pulled aside by a threatening, unseen figure, has all the noc...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

"Distribution" Fabulous, Large Art Deco Allegorical Mural with Male Nude
By Charles Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of American allegorical painting celebrating the nation's trade and commerce, this gorgeous, high energy view of a major port, bustling with sailing ships, steam shi...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Dance by the Sea, " Stunning, Sun-Drenched French Art Deco Painting
By Louis Rigal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of joy and sunlight, this depiction of a nude male and female couple dancing on the edge of the sea with a ruined Greek temple below them, was painted by Louis Rigal, one of Ame...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

Reclining Female Nude by Micao Kono, Art Deco, France, 1933
By Micao Kono
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful reclining female nude by Mikao Kono (1900-1979). Oil on paper pasted on canvas. Signed and dated XXXIII (33) in red bottom left. Dimension: 46 x 38cm (without frame), 52...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Paper

Stylized Art Deco Gouache of a Woman, France, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
France, 1920s Art Deco Gouache on paper Stylized portrait of a woman in profile on geometric background in grey, black and cream tones. 20 x 16 framed.
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

French Art Deco Painting Woman Holding a Flower Signed Chasquest
Located in Miami, FL
Vivid and striking, classic French Art Deco watercolor of an exotic woman holding a flower in one hand was painted by Chasquest, perhaps as a costume design for a Hollywood productio...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Large Pair of Theatre Backdrops - France, 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Impressive pair of oil on canvas theatre decors/murals depicting a bourgeois interior at two different periods. The grisaille represents the interior in the 19th century, whereas...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

Boris Solotareff, Double-Portrait, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
Boris Solotareff (Russian, 1889-1966) was a Russian painter, who was active in Switzerland and France; but spent the majority of his career in New York City, where he became a natura...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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French Oil on Canvas, Reclining Nude, Second Quarter of the 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
The oil painting depicting a nude female in a state of relaxation, her hair styled in the fashion of the Art Deco period, in period molded and ebonized frame with gilt rabbet.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

Witold Gordon Gouache "Park Row Theater - Vanity Fair"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gouache by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See”...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

Important Self-Portrait as a Gentleman by French Artist Pierre Deval circa 1920s
By Pierre Deval
Located in Peabody, MA
An important self portrait of the artist Pierre Deval, (1897-1993) as a young romantic landowner in the 1920s posing in riding attire at his newly purchased 17th century bastide (or ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

"Mangbetu Coming to Market, " Large Art Deco Master Painting by Paul Travis
By Paul Travis
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when fine art and natural history museums commissioned artists to travel the world to draw, paint and sculpt the native cultures they saw, Paul Travis' travels to Africa we...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Seated Black Man, " Rare and Fine WPA-Style Painting attributed to Walker Evans
By Walker Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Walker Evans is world-renowned for his Depression-era photographs of ordinary men and women across America, many of them taken while serving as “information specialist” in t...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Walking the Cows" Important Social Realist Painting by Sternberg, 1944
By Charlotte Joan Sternberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A cross between Grant Wood and Paul Cadmus, this remarkable American regional scene painting depicts a young man in a white t-shirt walking a group of cows down a country lane with p...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Pioneers and Indians in Battle, " Large, Extraordinary Art Deco Mural
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold, high-energy and striking, this Art Deco mural depicts a battle in 19th century America, with an Indian chief on horseback in full battl...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Boris Solotareff, Portrait of Mr. Lautenberg, Oil on Canvas Painting, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
Signed en verso B. Solotareff, Lautenberg. Original period frame, made personally by the artist. Dimensions (without frame): Height 16” Width 12 ½”. Dimensions (with frame...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Georg Kirsta, 1927 Art Deco Nude Portrait
By George Kirsta
Located in Sharon, CT
Beautifully painted in the deco manner of Tamara De Lempicka. Kirsta, a Russian artist escaped to Western Europe during the revolution, pursued a career as a painter and theatrical s...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Nude Bather, Dominican Republic, " 1930s Tropical Scene Watercolor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Wilmot Heitland, one of America's great watercolorists in the 1930s, this sun-drenched depiction of a native Dominican, nude and stepping toward a pool of water, captures ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Watercolor

Wallpaper Design, France, Art Deco, 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
Wallpaper design. Watercolor painting on paper representing a Chinese landscape, France, Art Deco, 1920s. Dim: 49.5 x 49.5cm excl frame. Another wallpaper design is available with a matching pattern and representing Chinese masks...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Family of Swans Wall Panel in the Manner of Jean Dunand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful lacquer wall panel depicting a family of swans with waterlilies with a gold leaf border. In the manner of Jean Dunand.
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Helene Girod de L'Ain Oil Painting, Titled "Children in front of the Sea"
Located in Miami, FL
Original oil painting signed Helene Girod de L'Ain, titled "Enfants devant la Mer" and dated 1926. This beautiful painting will enhance any bedroom wall, ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Pan in Paradise, " Superb Art Deco Mural Study by Petersen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously detailed and voluptuously painted, this superb depiction of pan playing his pipes in a paradise full of extravagant life -- including rabbits, squirrels, crested birds and...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

Fantastic Painting, Oil on Canvas by Viktor Maria Cortezo, Dated 1934
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oil on canvas by Viktor Maria Cortezo (1908-1978), signed lower right and dated 1934, in excellent condition.  
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1930s Spanish Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Bräuner, Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated 53
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bräuner, Oil on canvas signed and dated 53.
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1950s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Negro Night Club, " 1945 Painting Depicting African American Social Life
By Adalie Margules Brent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and lively depiction of a crowded cafe scene in 1945, this painting by Adalie Margules Brent depicts a slice of Black America at the end of World War II, probably in New ...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Lion and Bull, " Art Deco-Medieval Decorative Painting in Greys and Burnt Sienna
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A marvelous example of Romanesque-Medieval bas relief sculpture interpreted by an American artist in the 1920s, this painting on fabric was executed by Dunbar Beck, the famous muralist. The painting, on one length of cloth, is in two parts -- one portion depicts a bull being attached by a lion, the other depicts a scrolling rope motif. According to a notation on the reverse, both paintings were done for a production of "Oedipus Rex," perhaps in California. Beck was an important muralist at this time, executing a mural for the US Post Office...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

Max Ernest Clart, Large Oil on Canvas, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Max Ernest Clart, large oil on canvas, circa 1960.
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1960s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Art Deco Era Oil on Canvas Painting Wildflowers by Emil Fiala Vienna, 1930s
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco oil on canvas painting motif wildflowers by Emil Fiala 1930s, Austria. This presented oil on canvas painting by Emil Fiala shows a motif with wildflowers. This stunning pain...
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1930s Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Art Deco Paintings

Art Deco paintings might not have been as abundant as other decorative art forms when the movement first materialized in the early 1900s, as there wasn’t a painting-specific component of the 1925 Parisian exhibition that gave way to the term Art Deco. But many artists — such as those working as magazine illustrators, glass artists or sculptors — embraced the characteristics of the fashionable style even if painting wasn't their primary medium.

While sculpture and painting were initially secondary Art Deco media, Art Deco paintings were still lively and rich. As part of a reaction against the organic forms and floral motifs that underpinned Art Nouveau, Art Deco painters introduced geometric abstraction and distortion in their work. Painters working in the Art Deco style were inspired by Cubist forms and the bright colors of Fauvism, and an offshoot of Art Deco painting emerged in the 1930s as murals, a way to decorate buildings in the United States after the Great Depression.

Dunbar D. Beck, Witold Gordon, René Buthaud and Emil Fiala are some of the painters associated with Art Deco that you can find on 1stDibs.

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