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Style: Art Deco
Period: 20th Century
Petit Chinois by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Petit Chinois
Signed “Erté”(lower right)
Inscribed "No. 19" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
This costume was designed for a charact...
Category
20th Century Art Deco
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Vosguien Blue Line multilayer glass
Located in Miami, FL
Monumental Gale
Émile Gale
Vosguien Blue Line multilayer glass vase: blue, green, brown, and yellow
21 x 6 in
Perfect condition
Category
20th Century Art Deco
Materials
Glass
Still Life of Fuchsias, Geraniums and Marionettes - British 30's oil painting
By Herbert Davis Richter
Located in London, GB
This charming British still life floral oil painting is by Herbert Davis Richter. Painted circa 1930 it is a vibrant and interesting arrangement of fuchsia and geraniums in a vase ne...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Oil
Falcucci's 1929 Original advertising poster Veuve Amiot Grands Vins Mousseux
Located in PARIS, FR
Step into the enchanting world of vintage poster art, where Robert Falcucci's 1929 masterpiece for Veuve Amiot Grands Vins Mousseux captures a moment of shared elegance and romance. This poster not only celebrates the allure of sparkling wine but also showcases the artistic finesse of its creator, Robert Falcucci.
Robert Falcucci, a celebrated French poster artist, was renowned for his ability to infuse his creations with sophistication and timeless charm. His artwork often celebrated life's pleasures, and the 1929 poster...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
ORIGINAL VINTAGE POSTER JOB
By Punk Posters
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH
Brand: RIVE GAUCHE LITHO , INC.
Title: JOB
Type of Advertising: CIGARETTES PAPER
SIZE: 56" X 41"
Date of Creation: 1990-1998
Country of Manufacture: France
Origin...
Category
1990s Art Deco
Materials
Lithograph
ERTE "LA DANSEUSE" 1986, BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"Femme de luxe" (Bronze)
by
Erte
Type: Sculpture
Media: Patina on Bronze
Dimensions: 13 3/4" High
Year Produced: 1986
Edition Size: 500 Numbered, 35 AP
Edition Number: 13/500
In Exce...
Category
1980s Art Deco
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of a 1920's Lady - American Art Deco female portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
American artist Henry R Rittenberg painted this lovely 1920's Art Deco portrait oil painting. The painting is a standing half length portrait of a lady in a black coat with a white f...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Oil
ORIGINAL VINTAGE POSTER L'OIE D'OR
By Punk Posters
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER,
Brand: RIVE GAUCHE LITHO , INC.
Title: L'OIE d'OR
Type of Advertising: Food
SIZE: 53" X 39"
Date of Creation: 1990-1998
Country of Manufacture: France
O...
Category
1990s Art Deco
Materials
Lithograph
ERTE 'RUE DE LA PAIX' SIGNED & NUMBERED BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
ERTE "Rue de La Paix" Signed/Numbered BRONZE SCULPTURE
By
Erte
Type: Sculpture
Media: Patina on Bronze
Image Dimensions: 14 x 6.75 x 3.25 inches
Year Produced: 1987
Edition Size: 241...
Category
1980s Art Deco
Materials
Bronze
Henri de Laurencin's 1928 original advertising poster - Priceless-oil !
Located in PARIS, FR
In the captivating world of vintage poster art, Henri de Laurencin's 1928 original poster for "Automobiliste! Voici la Priceless-Oil, Adoptez-là!" takes us on a journey back in time to an era when automobiles were icons of modernity and adventure. This poster not only promotes a brand of motor oil but also showcases the exceptional talent of its creator, with printing by Ateliers Gaillard in Paris.
Henri de Laurencin, a notable French graphic artist during the Art Deco period, was known for his ability to blend elegance with modernity in his works. His creations ranged from posters to illustrations and reflected the aesthetics of the time.
The 1928 poster...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Portrait of a Lady - British Roaring Twenties Art Deco female portrait red chalk
Located in London, GB
This is a very pretty sanguine chalk drawing on paper of a young woman dated 1923 by Count Mario Grixoni. Executed by one of the leading artists of the day it is a very striking and...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Chalk
Can Can Dancers - British Art Deco drawing Burlesque women dancers VG provenance
By Frank G. Howes
Located in London, GB
A large, detailed Art Deco pencil charcoal impressionist depiction of Can Can dancers which was executed circa 1956 by Frank G Howes. Excellent provenance.
Signed lower right.
Prov...
Category
1950s Art Deco
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Bogota's Glory
Located in PARIS, FR
Bogota's Glory
by Henri Bouchard (1875-1960)
Sculpture in bronze with a nuanced yellow-brown patina
Signed "H. Bouchard" on the base
Cast by "Siot" (stamp)
France
circa 1927
height...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Bronze
original advertising poster for James Hopps & Son's "Il Marsala Classico"
Located in PARIS, FR
Circa 1930 original poster for James Hopps & Son's "Il Marsala Classico" stands as a stunning visual masterpiece that transports us back in time to an era of elegance and tradition. ...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Reclining Nude - British 40's art nude female portrait Royal Academician artist
Located in London, GB
An original circa 1940 drawing painted by Royal Academy artist Christopher Sanders. A fine example of a Modern British nude drawing by an artist who exhibited hundreds of times at Th...
Category
1940s Art Deco
Materials
Chalk, Pencil
Pamela Abercromby - British Art Deco 30's portrait oil painting lady in green
Located in London, GB
A large and stunning Art Deco oil on canvas portrait in gallery condition which depicts a lady in a green art deco dress. Painted in 1933 it is a fine evocative thirties portrait pa...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Oil
ERTE "FEMME DE LUXE" 1990, BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"Femme de luxe" (Bronze)
by
Erte
Type: Sculpture
Media: Patina on Bronze
Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 7"
Year Produced: 1990
Edition Size: 500 Numbered, 12 AP, 2 HC
Edition Number: ...
Category
1990s Art Deco
Materials
Bronze
ORIGINAL VINTAGE POSTER PIPE
By Punk Posters
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH ON PAPER
Brand: RIVE GAUCHE LITHO , INC.
Title: Pipe
Type of Advertising: Cars
SIZE: 52" x 40"
Date of Creation: 1990-1998
Country of Manufacture: France
Original...
Category
1990s Art Deco
Materials
Lithograph
ERTE "THE MYSTIC" 1984, BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"The Mystic" (Bronze)
by
Erte
Type: Sculpture
Media: Patina on Bronze
Dimensions: 17 x 14 x 9 1/4"
Year Produced: 1989
Edition Size: 375 Numbered, 37 AP
Edition Number: 92/375
In Exc...
Category
1980s Art Deco
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of Elizabeth Exley - British Art Deco 1930's portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely British Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted artist James Robert Granville Exley and provenance is by family descent. The sitter is Elizabeth Exley, possibly his wi...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Oil
L V Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a young woman, 1928, oval pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950)
Portrait of a young woman
Pastel on paper
38 x 28 cm (oval)
Framed under glass in a vintage framing : 45 x 35 cm
A label on the back "1928 Portrait de femme Etude au pastel de Guirand de Scévola" (see photographs please)
This pastel study is of course not signed, as the label on the back of the frame gives its attribution to Guirand de Scévola and, equally interestingly, the date 1928, but in fact the artist's style and execution are immediately recognisable without the need for a signature.
This type of woman with a bun is typical of the models the artist loved. Her mysterious air recalls his Symbolist period, and pastel is hisr preferred medium because it lends itself to all the characteristics typical of his art.
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950) was a French painter.
He was student of Fernand Cormon and Pierre Dupuis...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Pastel
Philippe Petit's 1927 Art Deco poster for Clotilde & Alexandre Sakharoff Ballet
By Philippe Petit
Located in PARIS, FR
Philippe Petit's 1927 Art Deco poster for Clotilde & Alexandre Sakharoff is a mesmerizing piece of visual art that captures the essence of an era known for its opulence and artistic ...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Portrait of a Lady - Roaring twenties art female portrait chalk drawing
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful sanguine chalk drawing portrait of a young woman, by Count Mario Grixoni, dated 1922. Executed by one of the leading artists of the day, it is a very striking and...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Chalk
1935 Original poster by A. M. Cassandre "Sweepstakes Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe"
Located in PARIS, FR
The original poster by A. M. Cassandre for the 1935 "Sweepstakes Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe" is a masterpiece of advertising art. Cassandre, the famous French poster artist, created a...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
White Peonies floral still life Dyf like provenance art deco period ocean liner
Located in Norwich, GB
This charming and exuberant posy of peonies immediately made me think of similar works by Marcel Dyf - but it is actually a work by the ultimate master of art deco...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Oil, Board
Music (attributed)
By Philip Kran Paval
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This sculpture is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s
Music (attributed), brass and wire construction, c. 1936, 28 x 14 x 5 inches; perhaps exhibited at Hollywood Riviera Gallery, 1936 (third prize); provenance includes Estate of Jon Spencer Helfen (Los Angeles, CA
About the Sculpture
In 1935, Philip Paval bought a box of metal in a “blind auction.” Paval, a painter, sculptor, and jeweler, had hoped the box contained silver. To his dismay, it was brass. Seeing an opportunity, Paval started to make sculptures from the brass sheets. His subjects included Cinema, Hollywood, Radio, Dance, Aviation and Music. The works were well-received with the Hollywood crowd and critically acclaimed. Actor and comedian, Ben Bard, purchased four of them for his theater, and novelist and screenwriter, Vicki Baum ordered four more for her drawing room. Movie director King Vidor also purchased them. Los Angeles Times art critic, Arthur Millier, described Paval’s “contraptions” as “ingenious, decorative, different.” Paval exhibited these works for several years in the late 1930s, including at the American Artists’ Congress Gallery in Los Angeles in an exhibition called Formalism and Abstraction in 1938 and at a solo show at Stendahl Galleries in 1939. The appeal of these works must have been irresistible, as a 1936 Los Angeles Times article noted, “Two feet of brass art has been stolen from the Hollywood Riviera Galleries. The work is an abstraction. It portrays the spirit of music and rested on the grand piano in the main hall. The work of Philip Paval, it won third prize in the current gallery exhibition at the gallery.” One can only wonder whether this is the “contraption” which was pilfered from the gallery nearly one hundred years ago. Given the description of the work, its subject matter and size, it seems likely.
About the Artist
Philip Paval was a sculptor, painter, and jeweler. Born in Denmark, Paval was apprenticed to a silversmith and studied art in Denmark. He immigrated to the US in 1919 and first worked as a merchant seaman in New York. The following year, Paval settled in Los Angeles where he later opened his own jewelry shop featuring works he designed and produced. Paval became a favorite in the entertainment world, making a good living selling silver...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Brass
1933 Original vintage poster by Cappiello Baudin La Cuisinière des Cuisinières
Located in PARIS, FR
Step into the alluring world of vintage poster art, where Leonetto Cappiello's 1933 masterpiece, "Baudin La Cuisinière des Cuisinières" (Baudin, the Cook of Cooks), invites us to cel...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Art Deco D'Argental cameo glass vase
Located in Miami, FL
A monumental acid-etched cameo Art Noveau red and yellow art glass scenic vase. Beautiful Art Deco-Art Nouveau decorative vase. Condition is good, with wear commensurate with age and...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco
Materials
Glass
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
Materials
Gouache
French Art Deco Original Gouache Illustration Drawing by Raymonde Hacker
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Art Deco illustrative drawing, hand painted in ink and gouache on blue laid paper. The design includes a collection of fashion accessories, handbags, gloves, hats, and perfu...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Untitled (Two Standing Nudes, one seated nude)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Two Standing Nudes, one seated nude)
Graphite on wove paper, heightened with color, c. 1930
Unsigned
From a sketchbook created while the artist was working in Paris
Condition: Very good
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Dawson's Auction, Morris Plains, NY, 2001
Boris Lovet-Lorski
Lithuanian/Russian/American
1894-1973
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894. His mother died when he was age three. His father was affluent and owned real estate. Boris grew up in a privileged environment. He studied architecture and then fine arts at the Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, Russia (now Saint Petersburg). Following the revolution in 1917 and its aftermath, Boris immigrated to Boston to live with his brother. In the 1920’s, his stylized, Art Deco inspired sculptures, lithographs, and paintings proved to be popular among the American elite. He exhibited frequently, holding his first solo exhibition in Boston, 1920. In the following years, Boris exhibited in New York at Marie Sterner Gallery, Jacques Seligmann Galleries and Wildenstein and Company. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1932 where he befriended Joseph Hecht, and was exposed to the works of Pablo Picasso, Ossip Zadkine, Contantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. In 1932 he returned to America where he became a citizen later in the decade.
Lovet-Lorski exhibited in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists (New York), the National Academy of Design (New York), and the Lotos Club (New York), as well as several Parisian salons. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Musée Luxembourg, Bibliotèque Nationale, and the Petit Palais in France, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (A more extensive list of his works in museums follows) He is considered one of the most successful and recognized sculptors of his generation. His creative influence can be seen in many of his contemporary artists.
He died in Los Angeles in 1973.
Regarding his iconic Art Deco sculptures of Cretan Dancers:
“The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.”
Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12.
Lovet-Lorski created sculptures of the following major figures
I.J. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland
Arturo Toscanini, Italian Conductor
Lilian Gish, Actress
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. M. C. Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos
President Abraham Lincoln
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense
Pope Pius XII
Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician
General Charles De Gaulle, President of the Fourth and Fifth Republic, France
John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959
President John F. Kennedy
Works by Lover Lorski are in the following public collections:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Art Institute of Chicago
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
British Museum, London
Boston University
Brooklyn Museum
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sam Francisco...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Graphite
Reclining nude - British Art Deco 30s female portrait oil painting female artist
By Dora Crockett
Located in London, GB
A stunning exhibited 1934 nude female portrait by Dora Crocket (Countess Lewenhaupt). The portrait depicts a nude woman reclining in a sensual pose against a background of red and bl...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Oil
Circa 1920 Original poster by Cappiello - Les Pansements "La Croix Soleil"
Located in PARIS, FR
Leonetto Cappiello, a pioneering figure in the world of poster art, left an indelible mark on advertising through his innovative and captivating designs. Among his exceptional creati...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Jaffa Vase
By René Lalique
Located in Miami, FL
Rene Lalique (1860-1945)
Jaffa Vase
Frosted and polished glass
Size: 8 x 12 in
René Lalique was a seminal French glass designer known for his Art Nouveau and Art Deco perfume bottle...
Category
20th Century Art Deco
Materials
Glass
Original Vintage Travel Poster Villard De Lans Paradise Art Deco Roger Broders
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Villard de Lans Children's Paradise / Le Paradis Des Enfants featuring a stunning Art Deco design by the notable French artist Roger Broders (1883-...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Paper
Original "Mercurey Kina" art deco vintage poster lithograph
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Mercurey Kina” vintage lithographic poster.
Linen backed in B condition but ready to frame.
Artist: Paul Mohr. Printer: Edia Paris. Signatur...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Lithograph
Paris International Exhibition w Eiffel Tower, Silver Gelatin B and W Photograph
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency MONDIAL> Paris, March 31st, 1937, showing International Exhibition Construction w...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Girl with glasses. Circa 1920. Double portrait. Spalmach Gino (Rome, 1900-1966)
Located in Firenze, IT
Girl with glasses. About 1920-30. Double portrait. Spalmach Gino
(Rome, 1900 - 1966). Painted on two sides: on one side the young woman with glasses is represented, in charcoal/penci...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Sunflower Floral Arrangement - French 1930's Art Deco flower oil painting
Located in London, GB
This vibrant French Art Deco floral oil painting is by noted French artist Jacques Emile Blanche. Painted circa 1930, the palette is of wonderful tones of yellow and orange with spla...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Oil
Sprewo's vintage travel poster for Jugoslovenski Aero Transport (JAT) Istanbul
Located in PARIS, FR
Sprewo's vintage travel poster for Jugoslovenski Aero Transport (JAT) is a visual treasure capturing the essence of 20th-century travel. Promoting flights to Istanbul, it's a snapsho...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
ORIGINAL VINTAGE POSTER LE PETIT DAUPHINOIS
By Punk Posters
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH
Brand: RIVE GAUCHE LITHO , INC.
Title: LE PETIT DAUPHINOIS
Type of Advertising: News Paper
SIZE: 58" x 43"
Date of Creation: 1990-1998
Country of Manufacture: Fr...
Category
1990s Art Deco
Materials
Lithograph
1935 Original Art Deco poster by Cassandre - Dubo, Dubon, Dubonnet
Located in PARIS, FR
"In triptych form, the mythical Dubo, Dubon, Dubonnet is in a way the ancestor of the animated gif! A simple, poetic visual narrative wrapped in a humorous tone. A silhouette darkens as the Dubo, Dubon, Dubonnet sequence progresses. Some say that it's these gestures and features that have given rise to our image of the aperitif. Cheers, Cassandra!
Today, the Evin law would forbid this type of alcohol promotion, but that hasn't stopped this poster from becoming a cult image, taken up and quoted by every generation of graphic designers. Dubonnet is a brand of vermouth flavored mainly with cinchona, available in red and white. It was created by French chemist Joseph Dubonnet. It was in Paris, near the future site of the Garnier opera house, that Joseph Dubonnet developed his cinchona wine in 1846. To combat malaria, he developed this bitter-tasting medicine, which he masked with a strong-tasting decoction of herbs and spices. Soldiers in the Foreign Legion...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
British Aeronaut EWC Perry circa 1910, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography by ROL
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency ROL Paris taken circa 1910 with British aeronaut E.W.C. Perry. We see the aviator in an experimental machine fro...
Category
1910s Art Deco
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Original poster - Jeunes Gens, Engagez-vous dans les Troupes de la Métropole
Located in PARIS, FR
Coulon's circa 1930 poster, bearing the message "Jeunes Gens, Engagez-vous dans les Troupes de la Métropole" (Young people, enlist in the troops of the metropolis) for the Ministry o...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Au Cafe
By Francois Chabrier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FRANCOIS CHABRIER
“”AU CAFE"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1960
32.5 X 39.5 INCHES
Framed 41 x 48 inches.
François Chabrier
Born 1916
François Chabrier was born in 1916 in Bel...
Category
1960s Art Deco
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paris, Decorative Art Exhibition 1925, The Samaritaine Pavilion Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
A unique original silver gelatin black and white photography.
The International Decorative Arts Exhibition in Paris, October 1925. Along with the Seine River, The Department Store "S...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1932 Originale travel poster for Hamburg American Line's round-the-world cruise
Located in PARIS, FR
Hein Kaske's original poster, created in 1932 for Hapag and the Hamburg American Line's round-the-world cruise on the three-screw "Reliance", is a rema...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Raisins vase, model 8878
By René Lalique
Located in Miami, FL
René Lalique was a seminal French glass designer known for his Art Nouveau and Art Deco perfume bottles, chandeliers, vases, and jewelry. Widely revered and influential in the decora...
Category
20th Century Art Deco
Materials
Glass
Falck's 1939 original poster for the Musée de l'Homme at the Palais de Chaillot
Located in PARIS, FR
Roger Falck's 1939 original poster for the Musée de l'Homme at the Palais de Chaillot and the Nouvelle Salle d'Amérique is a captivating piece of art and historical documentation. Th...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Preliminary study for Cretan Dancer bronze sculpture
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary study for Cretan Dancer bronze sculpture
Unsigned
Graphite on tracing paper, 1930-1934
Sheet size: 6 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches
Created while the artist was woring in Paris, c. 1930
“The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.”
Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12.
Regarding the artist:
Boris Lovet-Lorski
Lithuanian/Russian/American
1894-1973
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894. His mother died when he was age three. His father was affluent and owned real estate. Boris grew up in a privileged environment. He studied architecture and then fine arts at the Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, Russia (now Saint Petersburg). Following the revolution in 1917 and its aftermath, Boris immigrated to Boston to live with his brother. In the 1920’s, his stylized, Art Deco inspired sculptures, lithographs, and paintings proved to be popular among the American elite. He exhibited frequently, holding his first solo exhibition in Boston, 1920. In the following years, Boris exhibited in New York at Marie Sterner Gallery, Jacques Seligmann Galleries and Wildenstein and Company. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1932 where he befriended Joseph Hecht, and was exposed to the works of Pablo Picasso, Ossip Zadkine, Contantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. In 1932 he returned to America where he became a citizen later in the decade.
Lovet-Lorski exhibited in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists (New York), the National Academy of Design (New York), and the Lotos Club (New York), as well as several Parisian salons. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Musée Luxembourg, Bibliotèque Nationale, and the Petit Palais in France, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (A more extensive list of his works in museums follows) He is considered one of the most successful and recognized sculptors of his generation. His creative influence can be seen in many of his contemporary artists.
He died in Los Angeles in 1973.
Regarding his iconic Art Deco sculptures of Cretan Dancers:
“The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.”
Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12.
Lovet-Lorski created sculptures of the following major figures
I.J. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland
Arturo Toscanini, Italian Conductor
Lilian Gish, Actress
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. M. C. Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos
President Abraham Lincoln
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense
Pope Pius XII
Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician
General Charles De Gaulle, President of the Fourth and Fifth Republic, France
John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959
President John F. Kennedy
Works by Lover Lorski are in the following public collections:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Art Institute of Chicago
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
British Museum, London
Boston University
Brooklyn Museum
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sam Francisco...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Graphite
Portrait of a Woman - British Art Deco style female portrait
By Stefani Melton Fisher
Located in London, GB
A really lovely early 20th century British watercolour and chalks portrait on paper by Stefani Melton Fisher. It depicts in a realistic palette a beautiful young woman and was painte...
Category
20th Century Art Deco
Materials
Chalk, Watercolor
Chiens Cup
By René Lalique
Located in Miami, FL
Rene Lalique (1860-1945)
Chiens Cup, also called Grayhound
Opalescent molded-pressed white glass
4 x 10 in
Literature:
Appears in the 1928 catalog. Deleted from the catalog in 1932
...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Glass
Design for Women’s Hat & Gloves
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 1940s fashion study featuring a woman seated with hat and gloves. Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Founder of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of...
Category
1940s Art Deco
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Women’s Black Coat, Blum’s Vogue
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 1940s fashion study featuring a woman in a Blum's Vogue ad. Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Founder of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chica...
Category
1940s Art Deco
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
L V Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Man writing at his desk , Signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950)
A Man writing at his desk, 18th century interior scene
Pastel on paper
Signed upper right
20.5 x 15.8 cm
Framed under glass : 37 x 31.5 cm
It is known that Guirand de Scevola was very interested in the Palace of Versailles and its Old Regime atmosphere, that he often painted it and that he participated in the Versailles Revival movement at the beginning of the century. This probably led him to paint scenes in the 18th century style, for which he was particularly well known and which are still sought after.
What is striking is the modernity of the execution of our pastel, which obviously contrasts with its subject in the style of the 18th century. Guirand de Scevoal is a great colourist and he proves it here with eclat, by building up his composition with white pastel highlights, contrasting with brown and black. There is something of the northern painters in this treatment of light. All this, as always with him, is very subtle. The light radiating from the window is almost an abstract notation, but it gives meaning to this interior scene.
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950) was a French painter.
He was student of Fernand Cormon and Pierre Dupuis...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Pastel
Female Torso And Portrait Of The 1920s. Double Sketch On Canvas.
Located in Firenze, IT
Female torso and portrait of the 1920s. Double sketch on canvas.
The very rough canvas, similar to jute, is painted both on the front and on the back.
The painting is in good conditi...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco
Materials
Canvas, Oil, ABS
Louis PASTOUR (1876-1948) French Post Impressionist 1928 Art Deco Period
Located in Holywell, GB
Louis PASTOUR (1876-1948)
Cannes 1928
A delightful painting of a coastal landscape depicting fishing boats and figures on a beach near Cannes by the French post impressionist artis...
Category
1920s Art Deco
Materials
Oil
Roger Irriera's vintage travel poster for the Chemins de fer Algériens de l'État
Located in PARIS, FR
Roger Irriera's vintage travel poster for the Chemins de fer Algériens de l'État, highlighting Biskra as the "queen of Zibans," is a captivating portal to a bygone era of North Afric...
Category
1930s Art Deco
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
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