A brilliant reminder of how early the Art Deco style we know today emerged in France, this vividly-painted depiction of Mowgli, the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book,...

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Vintage 1910s French Art Deco Paintings

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"Jungle Book, " Important Painting w/ Male Nude by Barbier for Schmied, 1918

H 12 in W 9.5 in D 0.1 in

Stunning Art Deco Console Table, Lacquered Panel w/ Doves, France, 1940s

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Beautifully designed and constructed, this Art Deco console table features a bold and sophisticated lacquered relief panel at its center, featuring stylized doves and foliate motifs ...

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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Sideboards

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Wood

Stunning Art Deco Console Table, Lacquered Panel w/ Doves, France, 1940s

H 37.5 in W 57.5 in D 18 in

"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental 1930s Painting of Nude Male Oarsmen

Located in Philadelphia, PA

One of the most stunning and monumental depictions of male nude figures -- and male athletes -- ever accomplished in the Modern era, this large painting shows five nude rowers, relax...

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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings

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"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental 1930s Painting of Nude Male Oarsmen

H 88 in W 70 in D 2 in

"Gathering Fruit", Vividly-Hued Art Deco Painting with Nudes by Schulte

By Antoinette Schulte

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Painted by Antoinette Schulte, a widely-respected artist in New York, who exhibited and taught widely, this painting depicts male and female nudes sheltered by the boughs of a tree h...

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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

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"Gathering Fruit", Vividly-Hued Art Deco Painting with Nudes by Schulte

H 26 in W 19.5 in D 0.5 in

Rare Pair of Carved Aztec Art Deco Panels, Golden Mahogany

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Superb examples of an important strain of American modern design in the 1920s and 1930s -- Aztec and Mayan Deco -- these carved panels depict male and female figures surrounded by a ...

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Vintage 1930s American Decorative Art

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Mahogany

Rare Pair of Carved Aztec Art Deco Panels, Golden Mahogany

H 15.5 in W 13.5 in D 1.5 in

"The Return of Thomas Pickering, " Important WPA-Period Oil Painting by Beck

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this fully realized oil on canvas study by Dunbar Beck was executed in preparation for his lobby painting at the US Post Office in Danvers, ...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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"The Return of Thomas Pickering, " Important WPA-Period Oil Painting by Beck

H 19 in W 34 in D 1 in

"Bricklayer at Rest, " Monumental WPA Period Painting of Worker with Landscape

By Paul Ulen

Located in Philadelphia, PA

One of the finest depictions of an American worker from the 1930s that we have seen, this monumental painting of a shirtless bricklayer, resting against a curved brick niche, with a ...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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"Bricklayer at Rest, " Monumental WPA Period Painting of Worker with Landscape

H 64 in W 46 in D 1.5 in

"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s

Located in Philadelphia, PA

One of the most striking and remarkable Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this depiction of a group of 1940s sailors visiting a New Orleans brothel is full of boisterous energ...

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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s

H 40 in W 99.5 in D 1 in

"Budapest along the Danube, " Vivid 1930s Cubist Painting in Blues and Purple

By Aurel Richter

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Perhaps the finest work of Aurel Richter's (1870-1957) career, this vividly-painted, Art Deco - Cubist view of central Budapest in the 1930s depicts the pinnacled Liberty Bridge, the...

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Vintage 1930s Hungarian Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Budapest along the Danube, " Vivid 1930s Cubist Painting in Blues and Purple

H 27 in W 37.5 in D 1.25 in

"Couple with Apples", Swedish Copy of British Masterwork

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Charming and lovely, this quiet depiction of two young lovers sitting under a tree in 1942, while World War II was being waged not far away, was painted by G. Lundgren in Sweden and ...

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Vintage 1940s Swedish Art Deco Paintings

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"Couple with Apples", Swedish Copy of British Masterwork

H 32.25 in W 28 in D 1.25 in

"Zeus and Gods of Olympus", Art Deco Masterpiece by Schmied for "L'Odyssee"

By François-Louis Schmied

Located in Philadelphia, PA

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 ...

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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings

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"Zeus and Gods of Olympus", Art Deco Masterpiece by Schmied for "L'Odyssee"

H 13.75 in W 10.5 in D 1.5 in

"Bathers at the Shore, " Art Deco Painting of Swimmers by Karfunkle

By David Karfunkle

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Beautifully painted in muted tones of honey, soft blue and dusty pink, this evocative painting from the 1930s depicts two nude and semi-nude female figures along the seashore, framin...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Bathers at the Shore, " Art Deco Painting of Swimmers by Karfunkle

H 32.75 in W 24.5 in D 1 in

"NIKE at Waldemarsudde, " Depiction of Stockholm Landmark, Art Deco Masterpiece

By Georg Pauli

Located in Philadelphia, PA

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 gro...

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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings

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"NIKE at Waldemarsudde, " Depiction of Stockholm Landmark, Art Deco Masterpiece

H 31 in W 26.5 in D 1 in

"Afternoon of a Faun", Bold Art Deco Painting Inspired by Debussy, Ballet Russes

By Eugene Francis Savage

Located in Philadelphia, PA

One of a series of Art Deco paintings made by Eugene Savage in the 1930s to visualize and dramatize great works of Classical music, this painting celebrates "Afternoon of a Faun" by ...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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"Afternoon of a Faun", Bold Art Deco Painting Inspired by Debussy, Ballet Russes

H 48.5 in W 37.5 in D 1 in

"Conversing by the Scented Pool, " Gorgeous Art Deco Chinioserie Painting

Located in Philadelphia, PA

One of the most exotic and gorgeously colored Art Deco paintings we have ever seen, this scene of an elaborately robed Chinese couple, clearly of royal blood, conversing by a pool su...

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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

"Conversing by the Scented Pool, " Gorgeous Art Deco Chinioserie Painting

H 18.25 in W 12.75 in D 0.1 in

"Glory, " Rare Art Deco Bronze Celebrating World War I French Soldiers, 1934

By Jules Bernaerts

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Rare and striking, this bold, bronze allegorical sculpture is entitled "Glory" or "Gloire," and is a smaller version of a grand public sculpture -- the Monument des Fusiliers Marins ...

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