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Paintings For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Hudson River School
Fashion Illustration of Elegant woman in Bob Mackie dress perhaps for Cher
Located in Miami, FL
Most likely done for Cher. Gouache and watercolor on Arches paper. There is some minor undulation of the paper suface but only visible under raking light. Nicely framed and read...
Category

1980s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Under the Palisades, 1899
Located in New York, NY
Jasper Francis Cropsey paints a view out from the Palisades onto the Hudson River in his artwork entitled, “Under the Palisades.”
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mountain Stream
By Henry Boese
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
In Mountain Stream, Henry Boese presents a majestic and serene vision of the American wilderness. A crisp, rushing stream flows through the heart of the composition, cascading over r...
Category

Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Sandy Beach, Cohasset, 1860
Located in New York, NY
Winckworth Allan Gay paints a scenic coastal scene from an elevated perspective overlooking a wave-filled beach below in his work entitled, “Sandy Beach, Cohasset.”
Category

Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cat and Cockerel, Oil and Gold on Panel by Georges Manzana Pissarro, 1925
Located in London, GB
Cat and Cockerel by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961) Oil and gold on panel 65 x 94 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 37 inches) Signed and dated, Manzana Pissarro 1925 This work is accompanied by ...
Category

1920s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gold

Australian 20th Century oil painting of figures on riverside track, Norman Lloyd
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Norman Lloyd (Australian, 1894 – 1983) Figures on a riverside track Oil on canvas Signed ‘NORMAN LLOYD’ (lower right) 18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.8 cm.) Norman Lloyd (1894–1983) was an A...
Category

20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Glamour illustration, Golden Age of Hollywood
Located in Miami, FL
Caption: "He proposed this morning right after the alarm clock went off." From the Estate of Charles Martignette Signed lower center unframed
Category

1940s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Art Deco nude young woman in mirror Modernist portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura M. GREENWOOD (1897-1951). Nude Woman with Tropical Plant Interior, ca. 1930's Oil on artist panel, 16 x 20 inches. Signed lower right. Would benefit from a cleaning. Origi...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

View of Lake Champlain, c. 1857 by James MacDougal Hart (American: 1828–1901)
Located in New York, NY
JAMES MCDOUGAL HART (1828–1901) View of Lake Champlain, c. 1857 Oil on canvas 26 3/16 x 36 1⁄4 inches Signed lower center Exhibition History: National ...
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rocky Seashore
By Lemuel D. Eldred
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Rocky Seascape" by Lemuel D. Eldred is a captivating painting that masterfully captures the raw beauty and power of the sea. Eldred, an accomplished 19th-century American marine art...
Category

Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Hua Lian Still Life Original Oil Painting "Everything Goes Well"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Everything Goes Well Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 16 x 18 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: Thi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Woman with Jewelry
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Richard Clague was sent to school in Geneva to study painting with Jean-Charles Ferdinand Humbert (1813-1881) where Richard developed a preference for landscape painting. Following his father's death in December, 1836, he received a substantial inheritance which allowed him to continue his studies. After completing his studies, he travelled to Morocco, Algiers and other destinations in the Middle East where he kept a sketchbook (now in the New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana) and developed an interest in Oriental subject matter. Although he was largely trained in Europe, he settled in Louisiana, becoming part of the "Bayou School".He regularly painted with William Buck...
Category

Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Deschmacker, Young Woman Lying By The Sea, Watercolor
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Watercolor by Paul-Alex Deschmacker, France, 1920s. This watercolor is in the classical period populated by mythological characters of Paul-Alex Deschmacker, itself becoming part of ...
Category

1920s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Hawley, Pennsylvania
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right: RABlakelock
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Female hunter stalks Stag, Art Deco Brooklyn Daily Eagle Sunday Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Post cubist work with the perfect balance of component parts. The work is rendered with meticulous precision. It's quite simply a masterful piece of graphic design. Signed lower c...
Category

1920s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Spring, c.1930 art-deco gouache by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Spring Gouache 26 x 15 cm Provenance: Family of the artist A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illustrator, and designer best known for h...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Graphis International Poster, magazine cover design by W. C. Gibbs
Located in London, GB
W.C. Gibbs Graphis International Poster Gouache 30 x 23 cm Signed bottom right Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell Graphis is a renowned international journal of visual commu...
Category

1940s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Les fleurs du mal by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Fleurs du Mal(The Flowers of Evil) Signed "Erté" (lower right) Inscribed 114.6 (en verso) Gouache on paper Captivating and vibrant, this colorful gouache entitledFleurs du Mal showcases Erté's masterful creativity and keen eye. Inspired by Les Fleurs du mal, the famed volume of poems by French writer Charles Baudelaire, this ensemble marries light purple and green floral motifs with the suggestive form of red lips poised for a smooch. This daring yet feminine appearance encapsulates the Art Deco allure for which the artist's creations are cherished. The sophisticated arrangement emanates the fundamental richness and theatricality that can only be accomplished by Erté, often hailed as the "Father of Art Deco." First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several themes to create original fashion sketches...
Category

20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Indian Summer
By John Williamson
Located in New York, NY
Monogrammed and dated lower right: JW. 71; on verso: Indian Summer / By Jw. Williamson / N. Y. 1871 –
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dinner and a Movie, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Do you remember going to the Drive-In theater? The waitresses would bring piping hot popcorn, hot dogs and drinks to your car window while you and your friends or family enjoyed the ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Jacques Martin Ferrieres 'French 1893-1972' Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
Jacques Martin Ferrieres (French, 1893-1972) A delightful landscape of mountains with agricultural fields with a river and colorful trees. The pallet and texture make this a special art piece as it is probably done with knives and tools other than brushes. Probably vineyards in the countryside of France. Executed in 1926 Oil on canvas Dimensions: 81 x 65 cm (32 x 25 in.) Framed: 37.5 x 31.25 Inches signed lower right “Jac Martin Ferrieres...
Category

1920s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Midsummer ballet suite.Dancer and sun dial, Gerard Tunney, Original Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Gerard Tunney Midsummer Ballet Suite. Dancer and Sun Dial Original Figurative Painting Acrylic Paint on Canvas Canvas Size: H 30cm x W 40cm x D 2cm Sold Unframed Please note that ins...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Night Glow
Located in New York, NY
Ralph Albert Blakelock was a romanticist American painter known primarily for his landscape paintings related to the Tonalism movement.
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

New England Sunrise, 1910 by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)
Located in New York, NY
"New England Sunrise," 1910 by Hudson River School painter Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932) is oil on artists card-stock and measures 9.75 x 14 inches. The work is signed by DeForest and dated Sept. 17, 1910 at lower left. The work is framed in an elegant, period appropriate frame, and ready to hang. Lockwood de Forest was born in New York in 1850 to a prominent family. He grew up in Greenwich Village and on Long Island at the family summer estate in Cold Spring Harbor. As was customary for a cultivated family in the Gilded Age, the de Forests made frequent trips abroad. Excursions to the great museums, which were prominent on the de Forests agenda, deepened the young Lockwood's familiarity with European painting and sculpture. Though he had begun drawing and painting somewhat earlier, it was during a visit to Rome in 1868 that nineteen-year-old de Forest first began to study art seriously, taking painting lessons from the Italian landscapist Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844–1905). More importantly, on the same trip, Lockwood met one of America’s most celebrated painters, (and his maternal great- uncle by marriage) Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), who quickly became his mentor. DeForest accompanied Church on sketching trips around Italy and continued this practice when they both returned to America in 1869. Early on in his career, de Forest made a habit of recording the date and often the place of his oil sketches, as to create a visual diary of his travels. Lockwood’s profession as a landscape painter can be primarily attributed to Frederic E. Church and his belief in the young artist’s talent. De Forest often visited Church in the Hudson River community of Catskill where, in addition to sketching trips and afternoons of painting, he assisted with the architectural drawings and planning of Olana. In 1872, de Forest took a studio at the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York. During these formative years de Forest counted among his friend’s artists such as Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–80), George Henry Yewell (1830–1923), John Frederick Kensett (1816–72), Jervis McEntee (1828–91), and Walter Launt Palmer (1854–1932). Over the next decade de Forest experienced success as a painter. He exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design in 1872, and made two more painting trips abroad, in 1875–76 and 1877–78, traveling to the major continental capitals but also the Middle East and North Africa. His trip to the Middle East and the library at Church’s home, Olana, established his interest in design during his mid-twenties. From about 1878 to 1902, landscape painting was overshadowed by his activities and preoccupation with East Indian architecture and décor, a style that became quite fashionable in late nineteenth century America. From 1879-1883, de Forest founded Associated Artists along with Louis Comfort Tiffany, Candace Wheeler...
Category

Early 20th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mistinguett by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Mistinguett Signed "Erté" (lower right) Stamped "Composition originale" (en verso) Gouache on paper Erté designed this costume fo...
Category

20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Large vintage oil painting on canvas, R.Young, ballerina, signed, framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an original oil painting on canvas by R.Young, depicting a ballerina sitting on the floor and wearing pointe shoes. Signed in a lower right corner R.Young. The painting has ...
Category

Late 20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil

Waldorf Astoria Art Deco Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Artist Charles Perry Weimer employs thin black horizontal lines that intersect with thin black vertical lines. The result is a triumph of design w...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Pen

Contemporary Art Deco Impiglia painting "Frieze I"
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A new work by the indelible Giancarlo Impiglia, the artist credited with the reinvention and reinterpretation of Art Deco. Born in Rome, Impiglia moved to New York in the 70s, wher...
Category

2010s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Arthémis by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Arthémis Signed “Erté” (lower right) Inscribed No. 4.8 (en verso) Gouache on paper This original gouache from the creative mind ...
Category

20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

MADELEINE (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...
Category

1950s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Conte Hindou En Blanc By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Conte Hindou en blanc Signed “Erté”(middle right) Inscribed "No. 76 / Conte Hindou 1922" (en verso) Gouache on paper Designed fo...
Category

20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Arabian Nights, Sea Monster - The Thousand and One Nights
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
Arabian Nights, Sea Monster - The Thousand and One Nights Gustaf Tenggren - Attributed - unsigned, unframed. Good condition with very sl...
Category

1940s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Road-Side View (View in Wisconsin)
Located in New York, NY
Label on stretcher bar: No. 175. / AMERICAN ART-UNION. /Road-Side View / Painted by / Seth Eastman / Distributed December 20, 1850.
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

Flowers in a Pot by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 61x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Fernand Blondin (1887-1967) was a Swiss painter and teacher, celebrated for his depictions of idyllic rural life, interiors, female nudes, portraits, still-lifes, religious subjects ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Niagara Falls
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left: R. Gignoux
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

The storm, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
PAINTING NAME: Waves MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas SIGNED BY: Preethi Mathialagan CONDITION: New - Excellent! DIMENSION: 48"x24"x1.5" Dominant Colors: Sea blue, turquois...
Category

2010s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Art Deco Glamorous woman in Purple Evening Dress - Golden Age of Hollywood
Located in Miami, FL
Framed Size 28.5 x 21 Jaro Fabry was a brilliant illustrator with a defined style of his own. There is not a brushstroke out of place in his works that appear loosely rendered. He is best known for his depiction of Golden Age of Hollywood...
Category

1940s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Paper

Marina Grande, Capri, with Figures
Located in New York, NY
Prominent Luminist Hudson River School painter.
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

Art Deco Horses and Nude Figures
Located in Miami, FL
This work is an exceptional example of Kádár's mature Cubist style. It's effortlessly designed around a complex composition of nude men and women tending to horses in a surreal landscape with Greek columns, friezes and marshmello clouds set against a rich blue saturated sky. Kádár was a Hungarian painter influenced by Der Blaue Reiter...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Summer Hills, Hunter Mountain
Located in New York, NY
Dated lower right: Sept. 67
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

Final - La Gamme - Russian Art Deco Fashion Design
Located in London, GB
ERTE (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 St. Petersburg 1892-1990 (Russian/French) Title: Final - La Gamme Technique: Original Hand Signed Gouache on paper size: 31.4 x 15.4 cm / 12.4...
Category

Early 1900s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Rambles in the Wye Valley, Original Artwork for Book Cover, Railway Art
By Gwynn
Located in London, GB
Gouache on paper Image size: 12 x 15 ¼ inches (30.5 x 39 cm) Art Deco frame This rare original artwork was used as the book cover for Hugh E. Page's 'Rambles in the Wye Valley' (1951). The Wye Valley is an area of outstanding natural beauty straddling the border between England and Wales. The internationally important protected landscape covers parts of the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire and is particularly recognised for its limestone gorge scenery and dense native woodlands.
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Indian Encampment
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower left in arrowhead: R. A. Blakelock
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Oil

New Chess Tiles, Purple and Coral Squares on Black, Primary Geometry, Abstract
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...
Category

2010s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Rag Paper

Lifts and Stairs Galore, c.1930 underground poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Lifts and Stairs Galore Gouache 53 x 33 cm c.1930 Signed lower right Provenance: Family of the artist A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, ...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

A Summer Gathering
By Ambrose Andrews
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. An itinerant portrait, miniature, and landscape painter, Ambrose Andrews had a wide-ranging career geographically that saw him in many regions including New York (1829-31), Connecticut (1837), Texas (1837-1841) and Louisiana (1841-42). After 1844, he was active in St. Louis, New York City, Buffalo, New York, Vermont and Canada. He was born in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and in 1824, attended the National Academy of Design. Andrews exhibited paintings at the Republic of Texas Capitol...
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Waterfall Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura Greenwood (1897-1951) Waterfall Landscape, ca. 1925 Oil on artist board, measuring 16 x 20 inches; 23 x 27 inches framed measurement. Signed lower right. Condition: the pi...
Category

1920s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil

Art Deco Coulple Magazine Story Illustration, RedBook The Saturday Evening Post
By Seymour Alling Ball
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower left: Seymour Ball Inscribed upper left: To Morris E Weiss with best wishes Seymour Ball" Matted not framed
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board

Fog, 1927 art deco poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Fog Gouache 19 x 13 cm c.1930 Signed to the bottom right and inscribed 'Design for a Poster Entitled "Fog".' Provenance: Family of the artist A.E. Halli...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Fly Fising in a Mountain Stream
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. Albert Nemethy Jr.'s pastel paintings beautifully capture the essence of nature, showcasing his mastery of light, texture, and atmo...
Category

1990s Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Synthetic Paper

Antique American Hudson River School Colosseum Italian Oil Painting Landscape
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American Hudson River School artist working in Italy. Oil on canvas. Framed nicely. No signature found.
Category

1860s Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flowers in a Vase by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 60x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Fernand Blondin (1887-1967) was a Swiss painter and teacher, celebrated for his depictions of idyllic rural life, interiors, female nudes, portraits, still-lifes, religious subjects ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

R.B. FELTRAP, Oil on canvas, Nude, 1937
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas signed R.B.FELTRAP, France, 1937. Nude. With frame : 101.5x82.5 cm - 40x32.5 inches ; without frame : 92x73 cm - 36.2x28.75 inches. Format 30F. Signed and dated "R.B.Fe...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman with a butterfly in her hat. Colliers Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
A wonderful and charming cover concept as an attractive young women stares at a beautiful butterfly caught in the netting of her hat. Fabry executes the work with his stylised loos...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Art Deco Begonia and houseplants Still Life interior
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura M. GREENWOOD (1897-1951). Still Life with Portrait, ca. 1930's Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches. Unsigned. Excellent condition. Would benefit from a cleaning. Original condit...
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil

Arabian Nights - Guard and Sitting King - Islamic Golden Age - Gustaf Tenggren
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
One Thousand and One Nights - It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights. What is notable about this work is how magnificently composed, designed, and rendered it is. Its l...
Category

1950s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Conte Hindou En Noir By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Conte Hindou en noir Signed “Erté”(middle right) Inscribed "Inscribed 1922" (en verso) Gouache on paper Designed for a 1922 show at the Folies Bergère, Erté draws inspiration from the splendors of India in Conte Hindou (Hindu Story). The central bare-chested figure, adorned with a resplendent jewel-encrusted headpiece and draped in cascading pearl...
Category

20th Century Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Contemporary Art Deco Impiglia painting "Frieze II"
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
A new work by the indelible Giancarlo Impiglia, the artist credited with the reinvention and reinterpretation of Art Deco. Born in Rome, Impiglia moved to New York in the 70s, wher...
Category

2010s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Art Deco Painting Romantic Couple on Rocks
Located in Miami, FL
Fact: There is no one alive today who can paint and draw as good as Dean Cornwell. Why? It takes a lifetime of training, work and commitment to be a great academic artist. Unfortunat...
Category

1920s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Oil

Niagara Falls 1870s Large Panoramic Oil Painting New York State And Ontario
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Alexandre Le Bihan. French ( b.1839 - d.1924 ). Niagara Falls. Oil On Canvas. Signed Lower Left. Image size 23.2 inches x 49.2 inches ( 59cm x 125cm ). Frame size 28.9 inches x 55.1...
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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