Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Hunting the Firebird - Mythological Illustration in Gouache on Heavy Cardstock Vibrant painting of a your man firing an arrow at the Firebird by S. Smirnoff (19th/20th Century). A y...

So elegant pair of Art Deco female nude nymph gouache on paper with airbrush by Gustave Kaitz (1913 - 1992.) The mirrored images form a perfect matching ...

CHARLEY GARRY "CAN CAN" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED FRENCH, C.1940 25.5 X 21 INCHES ORIGINAL FRAME: 30.5 X 26 INCHES Charley (Charles Achille) Garry 189...

HAROLD CHRISTOPHER DAVIES "PARIS" CHARCOAL, SIGNED AMERICAN, CALIFORNIA, C.1940S 24 X 18 INCHES Harold Christopher Davies 1891-1976 Harold Christopher Davies was a painter with whom art came first and commercialism last. Though he was a remarkably passionate and somewhat prolific artist, he resisted gallery representation until the age of eighty-four, just one year before his death. Davies began his formal art education at the age of fourteen, enrolling in the Corcoran Art Institute in Washington, D.C. Later he continued his studies at the San Francisco Institute of Art. An abstract expressionist, his style was directly influenced by Cezanne, Gorky and de Kooning. Being a man of intense dedication to his art, he kept extensive notebooks and sketchbooks in which he developed his own artistic and aesthetic philosophy, often through his candid critiques of other artist's works. Painting, for Davies, was not a means of earning his living. Though he exhibited frequently at various local colleges and museums, he never sought public recognition of his talent. He believed fame compromised the integrity of an artist's work. Davies earned his living as a businessman, eventually owning and operating his own chemical company. He lived a life of balancing his monetary obligations with the true love of his life: painting. After living in a variety of cities around the United States, Davies moved to Inverness...

FLETCHER MARTIN "NUDE WITH BLACK STOCKING" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AMERICAN, DATED 1940 30 X 25 INCHES CANVAS SIZE Original Frame Fletcher Martin ...

INGFRIED PAUL HENZE MORRO "PORTRAIT OF A RED HEAD" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED GERMAN, C.1950 39 X 35 INCHES Ingfried Paul Henze Morro 1925-2013 Henze ini...

INGFRIED PAUL HENZE MORRO "THE RIDE" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED GERMAN, C.1950 31 X 35 INCHES Ingfried Paul Henze Morro 1925-2013 Henze initially studied...

GREGORY ORLOFF "FEEDING THE HORSES" OIL ON PANEL, UNSIGNED AMERICAN. C.1940S 33.5 X 31.5 INCHES Gregory Orloff was born in 1890 in Kiev and began his early art training with painter Vyacheslav Korenev at the Kiev Academy of Art. He continued his studies in the United States, first at the National Academy of Design in New York with Charles Curran and Ivan Olinsky, and subsequently with Karl Buehr at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he absorbed his teachers’ preferences for figurative subjects, leisure themes, and the coloristic and decorative effects of Impressionism. Recalling his academic training, Orloff later stated that he had “to unlearn and undo what I had acquired.” Orloff made his mark in Chicago in the mid-1920s, exhibiting portraits and scenes of daily life with the Chicago Society of Artists, of which he was a member; the progressive Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists; and at the venerable annuals of the Art Institute of Chicago (1925–35); and other venues. Orloff’s early reputation rested largely upon his work in portraiture, which critics praised for showing a keen perception of subjects. He soon found the genre stultifying, however, and set his sights on more complex compositions in a variety of media. Many of Orloff’s paintings from the 1930s feature subjects drawn from daily urban life, leisure, and entertainment with an optimism and accessible narrative style characteristic of American scene painting. Spring Song(1930 or 36) evokes a reassuring vision of urban life and racial relations in Chicago at this time. Set against the backdrop of a row house, three young children chant a familiar tune on a front stoop, a key locale for social encounters in the city. Orloff’s interests in the human figure and composition are apparent in the interplay between the weighty, rounded forms of the children and the rigid horizontal and vertical architectural elements. A chromatic progression from the warm, earthy tones of the wagon and the boy’s clothing to the brilliant white dresses of the girl and doll at the top creates a further sense of spatial recession and movement on the canvas. Orloff similarly depicted a festive musical scene in Musicians at Century of Progress (1934), which highlights one of the fair’s numerous entertainment venues—a vast, raucous beer hall...

An important original watercolor by Hungarian artist Marcel Vertes depicting a woman in period clothes including a charming ornate floral hat. This incredible painting is in excellent condition and would come with a COA and appraisal. Marcel Vertes An Academy Award winning costume designer for Moulin Rouge, easel and mural painter, illustrator and scenic artist, Marcel Vertes was born in Hungary. His most active years professionally were 1933 to 1952, and he lived in both New York City and Paris, France. In Paris, he was a student at the Academy Julian. In New York, he was lauded for the original murals at the Cafe Carlyle...

FREDERICK BUCHHOLZ "CIRCUS INTERLUDE" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED AMERICAN, C.1940, EXHIBITED 20 X 28 INCHES Frederick H. Buchholz 1901-1...

ROLAND OUDOT "SERENADE" OILL ON CANVAS, SIGNED FRANCE, C.1940 23.5 X 21 INCHES Roland Oudot was born in Paris in 1897, He studied and taught at the ...

DANE CHANASE "JAZZ SINGER" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1940 21 X 30 INCHES Dane Chanase 1894-1975 Dane Chanase was born in Palermo, Italy. ...