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Buccellati Italian Sterling Silver Porto Claret Bar Jug Label
Buccellati Italian Sterling Silver Porto Claret Bar Jug Label

Buccellati Italian Sterling Silver Porto Claret Bar Jug Label

By Gianmaria Buccellati

Located in New York, NY

It was here that the young Mario learned the best in Italian goldsmithing traditions. At the end of the First World War, Mario decided that the time was right for him to set up his o...

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20th Century Italian Barware

Materials

Sterling Silver

Buccellati Italian Sterling Silver Gin Ornate Claret Bar Jug Label
Buccellati Italian Sterling Silver Gin Ornate Claret Bar Jug Label

Buccellati Italian Sterling Silver Gin Ornate Claret Bar Jug Label

By Gianmaria Buccellati

Located in New York, NY

It was here that the young Mario learned the best in Italian goldsmithing traditions. At the end of the First World War, Mario decided that the time was right for him to set up his o...

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20th Century Italian Barware

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce 'Meridiana' Floor Lamp in Brass and Marble
Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce 'Meridiana' Floor Lamp in Brass and Marble

Giuseppe Ostuni for O-Luce 'Meridiana' Floor Lamp in Brass and Marble

By O-Luce, Giuseppe Ostuni

Located in Waalwijk, NL

Born in Trieste, Italy in 1907, Giuseppe and his older brother Angelo Ostuni (1904-1981) grew up in turbulent times; in 1915 Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire during the Firs...

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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Marble, Brass

Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923) A peasant girl with her flock of Turkeys, drawing
Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923) A peasant girl with her flock of Turkeys, drawing

Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923) A peasant girl with her flock of Turkeys, drawing

By Gustave Fraipont

Located in Paris, FR

In 1905, he was appointed painter of the Navy. During the First World War, he made several compositions for the newspaper L'Illustration , including the monuments destroyed by the wa...

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1890s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor

Guido Andlovitz Lavenia, Elegant Vase in Glazed Ceramic, 1930s
Guido Andlovitz Lavenia, Elegant Vase in Glazed Ceramic, 1930s

Guido Andlovitz Lavenia, Elegant Vase in Glazed Ceramic, 1930s

By Guido Andloviz, Guido Andlovitz, Lavenia

Located in Milan, IT

He was born in Trieste to Edoardo, a chemist in Grado, and Carmela Pasqualis. During the First World War his family was displaced to Florence where he attended the Galileo Galilei T...

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Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Bronze Inkwell Sculpture "Les Moutons à L'abreuvoir" by Jules Moigniez
Bronze Inkwell Sculpture "Les Moutons à L'abreuvoir" by Jules Moigniez

Bronze Inkwell Sculpture "Les Moutons à L'abreuvoir" by Jules Moigniez

By Jules Moigniez

Located in Paris, FR

Moigniez's father kept casting his son's works after his death and upon his fathers death the foundry as well as all of the plasters and models were sold to Auguste Gouge, who contin...

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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Retour de Guerre
Retour de Guerre

Retour de Guerre

By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Located in San Francisco, CA

Between 1914 and 1918 he produced many lithographs depicting the first world war, especially the suffering of the civil population under the Germans occupation.

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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Located in San Francisco, CA

Between 1914 and 1918 he produced many lithographs depicting the first world war, especially the suffering of the civil population under the Germans occupation.

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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Evacues
Evacues

Evacues

By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Located in San Francisco, CA

Between 1914 and 1918 he produced many lithographs depicting the first world war, especially the suffering of the civil population under the Germans occupation.

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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gares
Gares

Gares

By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Located in San Francisco, CA

Between 1914 and 1918 he produced many lithographs depicting the first world war, especially the suffering of the civil population under the Germans occupation.

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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

l'Adieu (The Fairwell)
l'Adieu (The Fairwell)

l'Adieu (The Fairwell)

By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Located in San Francisco, CA

Between 1914 and 1918 he produced many lithographs depicting the first world war, especially the suffering of the civil population under the Germans occupation.

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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Serrer la Main (The Hand Check)
Serrer la Main (The Hand Check)

Serrer la Main (The Hand Check)

By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Located in San Francisco, CA

Between 1914 and 1918 he produced many lithographs depicting the first world war, especially the suffering of the civil population under the Germans occupation.

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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Candleholder, Candlestick Candelabra Pair by Georg Jensen, 925 Sterling Silver
Candleholder, Candlestick Candelabra Pair by Georg Jensen, 925 Sterling Silver

Candleholder, Candlestick Candelabra Pair by Georg Jensen, 925 Sterling Silver

By Georg Jensen

Located in Berlin, DE

The candelabra 324 was designed at the end of the First World War (1914-1918), at a time when unprecedented amounts of money were in circulation, trade flourished, and the silversmit...

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20th Century Candelabras

Materials

Sterling Silver

Across the River Barle: Early 20th Century Realist Oil on Board
Across the River Barle: Early 20th Century Realist Oil on Board

Across the River Barle: Early 20th Century Realist Oil on Board

By Sir Alfred James Munnings

Located in Stratford-Upon-Avon, GB

It was here when he became impressed with plein-air naturalism; this, together with his introduction to the racecourse in 1899, here began the start to his famous compositions. When...

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Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Early 20th Century English Fox Hunting Watercolor by Edwin Noble In Gilt Frame
Early 20th Century English Fox Hunting Watercolor by Edwin Noble In Gilt Frame

Early 20th Century English Fox Hunting Watercolor by Edwin Noble In Gilt Frame

Located in Dallas, TX

Noble also taught animal drawing and anatomy, reflecting the technical knowledge evident in the carefully observed animals portrayed in this work. During the First World War, Noble ...

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Early 20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Glass, Paper

Set of glasses “Bay”, blown glass, blue-green Bormioli Rocco, Postmodern, Italy
Set of glasses “Bay”, blown glass, blue-green Bormioli Rocco, Postmodern, Italy

Set of glasses “Bay”, blown glass, blue-green Bormioli Rocco, Postmodern, Italy

By Rocco Turzi Decoration

Located in Valladolid, ES

Its expansion and popularity increased during the First World War when it manufactured containers for medicines.

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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Crystal Serveware

Materials

Crystal

Cormorant
Cormorant

Cormorant

Located in PARIS, FR

After spending his childhood in Luxembourg, Auguste Trémont moved to Paris where he enrolled at the School of Decorative Arts in 1909. The First World War surprised him during a visi...

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Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Katabori netsuke in boxwood in the form of a tachibana orange
Katabori netsuke in boxwood in the form of a tachibana orange

Katabori netsuke in boxwood in the form of a tachibana orange

Located in PARIS, FR

After serving in the army during the First World War, he joined the staff of the British Museum from 1922 to 1926 under R.

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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Boxwood

1913 poster Officiel Paris-Spectacles - 7e année - Moulin Rouge, the Olympia...
1913 poster Officiel Paris-Spectacles - 7e année - Moulin Rouge, the Olympia...

1913 poster Officiel Paris-Spectacles - 7e année - Moulin Rouge, the Olympia...

Located in PARIS, FR

Today, it stands as a rich historical document, offering insight into the rhythms, tastes, and visual culture of Paris just before the upheavals of the First World War. Original Pos...

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1910s More Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Manju Netsuke in red lacquer carved using tsuishu technique
Manju Netsuke in red lacquer carved using tsuishu technique

Manju Netsuke in red lacquer carved using tsuishu technique

Located in PARIS, FR

After serving in the army during the First World War, he joined the staff of the British Museum from 1922 to 1926 under R.

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Lacquer

Nestuke in red lacquer carved in theform of a fan using the tsuishu technique
Nestuke in red lacquer carved in theform of a fan using the tsuishu technique

Nestuke in red lacquer carved in theform of a fan using the tsuishu technique

Located in PARIS, FR

After serving in the army during the First World War, he joined the staff of the British Museum from 1922 to 1926 under R.

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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Lacquer

1913 poster Officiel Paris-Spectacles - 7e année - Moulin Rouge, the Olympia...
1913 poster Officiel Paris-Spectacles - 7e année - Moulin Rouge, the Olympia...

1913 poster Officiel Paris-Spectacles - 7e année - Moulin Rouge, the Olympia...

Located in PARIS, FR

The 1913 poster Officiel Paris-Spectacles – 7e année (du dimanche 27 avril au samedi 3 mai) offers another vivid window into the extraordinary cultural life of Paris just before the ...

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1910s More Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Cambridge Midsummer Fair
Cambridge Midsummer Fair

Cambridge Midsummer Fair

By Sir Muirhead Bone

Located in Middletown, NY

A lovely impression of this rare image with excellent burr. During the First World War, the British War Propaganda Bureau appointed Bone as the first official British war artist in ...

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Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Drypoint

A Black taffeta evening jacket by Agnès-Drecoll Haute Couture - Paris Circa 1932
A Black taffeta evening jacket by Agnès-Drecoll Haute Couture - Paris Circa 1932

A Black taffeta evening jacket by Agnès-Drecoll Haute Couture - Paris Circa 1932

Located in Toulon, FR

Around 1910, her address was 27 rue Louis-le-Grand, before moving to 7 rue Auber. After the First World War, Madame Havet popularised the use of the turban; she developed practical d...

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1930s French Dinner Jackets

A Victorian silver armorial tray presented to Brig. General Sir Bertram Portal
A Victorian silver armorial tray presented to Brig. General Sir Bertram Portal

A Victorian silver armorial tray presented to Brig. General Sir Bertram Portal

By Charles Boyton

Located in Lymington, Hampshire

He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Hampshire. He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches.

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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Tableware

Materials

Silver

Hukin & Heath Pair of Silver Tilting Liquor Decanters
Hukin & Heath Pair of Silver Tilting Liquor Decanters

Hukin & Heath Pair of Silver Tilting Liquor Decanters

By Hukin & Heath

Located in Northampton, GB

It was popular between 1890 and 1910 during the Belle Époque period and before the First World War. It was a reaction against the academic art, eclecticism and historicism of 19th ce...

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Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Barware

Materials

Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver

Dutch Art Deco The Hague School coffee table with marble top, 1920s
Dutch Art Deco The Hague School coffee table with marble top, 1920s

Dutch Art Deco The Hague School coffee table with marble top, 1920s

Located in EVERDINGEN, NL

More sober than the imaginative Amsterdam School and more elegant and luxurious than De Stijl, this style is also called Dutch Art Deco. After the First World War, young designers su...

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Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Breccia Marble

Pair of Art Deco Bookends Signed P Kiss
Pair of Art Deco Bookends Signed P Kiss

Pair of Art Deco Bookends Signed P Kiss

By Paul Kiss

Located in NANTES, FR

…Paul Kiss is, without a doubt, one of our most original artistic ironworkers…" Excerpts from "Mobilier et Décoration, December 1925," pp. 21-27. After the First World War, Kiss ope...

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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends

Materials

Wrought Iron

Landscape 1927, By German Expressionist, Watercolor, Pupil Of Ferdinand Hodler
Landscape 1927, By German Expressionist, Watercolor, Pupil Of Ferdinand Hodler

Landscape 1927, By German Expressionist, Watercolor, Pupil Of Ferdinand Hodler

By Hans Brasch

Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE

There he formed a studio community with August Babberger and Rudolf Gudden in the Lichtenstein House at Römerberg 11. He served in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. In 1920, Bra...

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1920s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Victor Vissier French Soap Label  Framed w/ COA , 1940's
Victor Vissier French Soap Label  Framed w/ COA , 1940's

Victor Vissier French Soap Label Framed w/ COA , 1940's

Located in Plainview, NY

It was also a time of recovery and introspection after the horrors of the First World War, which saw significant shifts in the political world.

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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Mr. Pidgeon's Island, by Anthony Berkeley
Mr. Pidgeon's Island, by Anthony Berkeley

Mr. Pidgeon's Island, by Anthony Berkeley

Located in Middletown, NY

He served in the British Army during the First World War and worked as a journalist for many years, contributing to such magazines as Punch and The Humorist.

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Mid-20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Summer Fair - British art twenties Slade School oil painting village landscape
Summer Fair - British art twenties Slade School oil painting village landscape

Summer Fair - British art twenties Slade School oil painting village landscape

By Franklin White

Located in Hagley, England

He worked at the Admiralty making drawings in the Airship department during the First World War. In 1919 he re-entered the Slade and was shortly invited by Professor Tonks to join th...

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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mural Study, Early 20th Century American Impressionist Painting
Mural Study, Early 20th Century American Impressionist Painting

Mural Study, Early 20th Century American Impressionist Painting

By Abel Warshawsky

Located in Beachwood, OH

Both Warshawsky and his brother Alexander worked behind French lines during the first World War, decorating soldier huts and organizing events.

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Louis Icart Art Deco Engraving Musette 1927
Louis Icart Art Deco Engraving Musette 1927

Louis Icart Art Deco Engraving Musette 1927

By Louis Icart

Located in NANTES, FR

Trained in engraving, he presented his original works at the Salon des humoristes: his portraits of women, of Parisian women, began to seduce the public; he is compared to Paul-César...

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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Prints

Materials

Paper

Sunset in the Forest, c. 1910
Sunset in the Forest, c. 1910

Sunset in the Forest, c. 1910

By Oscar Lycke

Located in Stockholm, SE

He spent summers in Räfsnäs in the Stockholm archipelago during the First World War, and later returned to Sundsvall, often painting in the countryside around Liden.

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1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Daum Nancy Art Deco Wrought Iron Lamp
Daum Nancy Art Deco Wrought Iron Lamp

Daum Nancy Art Deco Wrought Iron Lamp

By Daum

Located in NANTES, FR

Today, Daum is the only industrial crystal manufacturer that uses the pâte de verre process for its glass objects and crystal sculptures. Following the First World War, Paul Daum be...

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Vintage 1920s Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Wrought Iron

1942 Heinkel "He 111K" German medium bomber plane identification poster WW2

1942 Heinkel "He 111K" German medium bomber plane identification poster WW2

Located in London, GB

Through development it was described as a "wolf in sheep's clothing"; due to restrictions placed on Germany after the First World War prohibiting bombers, it masqueraded as a civil a...

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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

L. Bessin and Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Lamp
L. Bessin and Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Lamp

L. Bessin and Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Lamp

By Paul-Lucien Bessin, Daum

Located in NANTES, FR

Today, Daum is the only industrial crystal manufacturer that uses the glass paste process for its glass objects and crystal sculptures. Following the First World War, Paul Daum bega...

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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Spelter

Deco Retro 1935 Tank Cocktail Ring In 18Kt Gold With 2.53 Ctw Diamonds Sapphires
Deco Retro 1935 Tank Cocktail Ring In 18Kt Gold With 2.53 Ctw Diamonds Sapphires

Deco Retro 1935 Tank Cocktail Ring In 18Kt Gold With 2.53 Ctw Diamonds Sapphires

Located in Miami, FL

Note: Immediately after the first world war, the creation of jewelry with geometric patterns inspired by the tracks of the war tanks became very fashionable.

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cocktail Rings

Materials

Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold

Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn, British Impressionist plein air oil landscape
Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn, British Impressionist plein air oil landscape

Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn, British Impressionist plein air oil landscape

By Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn

Located in Harkstead, GB

Interestingly, it is signed " von Glehn" which the artist was later to change to "de Glehn" in the face of anti-German sentiment leading up to the First World War. Wilfred Gabriel d...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A 1928 Caricature of Irish Politician Alexander Green by Artist Isa M. Macnie
A 1928 Caricature of Irish Politician Alexander Green by Artist Isa M. Macnie

A 1928 Caricature of Irish Politician Alexander Green by Artist Isa M. Macnie

Located in Chicago, IL

She did charity work to support the victims of the Titanic disaster and, during the First World War, nursing and the Red Cross. Her nephew, George Macnie, was killed in Macedonia in ...

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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Daum Nancy Large Art Deco Wall Lamp
Daum Nancy Large Art Deco Wall Lamp

Daum Nancy Large Art Deco Wall Lamp

By Louis Katona, Daum

Located in NANTES, FR

Today, Daum is the only industrial crystal manufacturer that uses the glass paste process for its glass objects and crystal sculptures. Following the First World War, Paul Daum bega...

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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Wrought Iron

Silvio Cavatorta Diminutive Desk with Companion Table in Walnut and Green Glass
Silvio Cavatorta Diminutive Desk with Companion Table in Walnut and Green Glass

Silvio Cavatorta Diminutive Desk with Companion Table in Walnut and Green Glass

By Silvio Cavatorta

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Silvio, one of thirteen children, started working for the family business after the First World War. He was the primary designer for Cavatorta, designing furniture for both home and ...

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Vintage 1950s Italian Desks

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Daum Nancy Art Deco Cornet Vase
Daum Nancy Art Deco Cornet Vase

Daum Nancy Art Deco Cornet Vase

By Daum

Located in NANTES, FR

Today, Daum is the only industrial crystal manufacturer that uses the glass paste process for its glass objects and crystal sculptures. Following the First World War, Paul Daum bega...

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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Cut Glass

"The Divers" Sepia Photograph After George Hoyningen-Huene
"The Divers" Sepia Photograph After George Hoyningen-Huene

"The Divers" Sepia Photograph After George Hoyningen-Huene

By George Hoyningen-Huene

Located in New York, NY

Divers features in a new retrospective book of his images, which also recounts his formative years as the son of an Estonian nobleman who fled the Russian revolution, to become a ser...

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20th Century European Art Deco Photography

Materials

Paper

Ballarina having make up applied by Cupid
Ballarina having make up applied by Cupid

Ballarina having make up applied by Cupid

Located in Fairlawn, OH

In 1905, in Boulogne (Hauts-de-Seine), he married a young artist, Hortense Vuischard, cousin of the painter Jules-Charles Aviat, to whom Georges was related . During the First World ...

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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Prisoners in Hungary - Original Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s

Prisoners in Hungary - Original Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s

By Pietro Morando

Located in Roma, IT

He meets Angelo Morbelli whose studio he frequents and temporarily shares the passion for pointillism.His love for drawing led him to produce numerous works, even using the poor mean...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Wave - Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s

The Wave - Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s

By Pietro Morando

Located in Roma, IT

He meets Angelo Morbelli whose studio he frequents and temporarily shares the passion for pointillism.His love for drawing led him to produce numerous works, even using the poor mean...

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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Under the Bombing - Original Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s

Under the Bombing - Original Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s

By Pietro Morando

Located in Roma, IT

He meets Angelo Morbelli whose studio he frequents and temporarily shares the passion for pointillism.His love for drawing led him to produce numerous works, even using the poor mean...

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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Wounded - Original Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s

The Wounded - Original Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s

By Pietro Morando

Located in Roma, IT

He meets Angelo Morbelli whose studio he frequents and temporarily shares the passion for pointillism.His love for drawing led him to produce numerous works, even using the poor mean...

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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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