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Large Pair of Theatre Backdrops - France, 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Impressive pair of oil on canvas theatre decors/murals depicting a bourgeois interior at two
Category

20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

Large Pair of Theatre Backdrops - France, 1940s
Large Pair of Theatre Backdrops - France, 1940s
H 102.37 in W 118.12 in D 0.04 in
Painted Backdrop with Ballet Theme for Residential Theatre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and beautifully painted, this painted backdrop for theatre, perhaps for a residential
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Large French Expressionist Oil Painting, Girl, Poupèe, the Doll, Ecole de Paris
Located in Surfside, FL
artist, poet and lithographer) is known for ballet troupe set design and theatre backdrop painting and
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Immersion -Original contemporary abstract painting- modern artwork- decor art
Located in London, Chelsea
painting. Against this backdrop, one small red grid and one small yellow shape stand out, adding contrast
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rosy Granite Coast (II), Original painting, Landscape, Abstract, Modern
By Mary Scott
Located in Deddington, GB
Minack Theatre, with the backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean beyond. The artist wants to transport the viewer
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Menemsha Hills" colorful mixed media painting of fishing boats
Located in Edgartown, MA
. Peck captured the era’s spirit of freedom and decay in her many prints, paintings and collages. In 1991
Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

19th Century historical genre oil painting of a courtship
By Henry Gillard Glindoni
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
in the 17th century, the painting features authentic costumes and objects from the period against the
Category

19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"End of the Day" colorful mixed media painting of fishing boats
Located in Edgartown, MA
. Peck captured the era’s spirit of freedom and decay in her many prints, paintings and collages. In 1991
Category

2010s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Midnight Stroll" abstract mixed media painting of a cat with blue background
Located in Edgartown, MA
. Peck captured the era’s spirit of freedom and decay in her many prints, paintings and collages. In 1991
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"The Neighbors Cat" abstract mixed media painting of a back and white cat
Located in Edgartown, MA
. Peck captured the era’s spirit of freedom and decay in her many prints, paintings and collages. In 1991
Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

1987 Modern British oil painting of two nudes in a studio by Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
energy and playfulness. Set against a varied green backdrop, the nudes in the foreground command
Category

20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Cakes - Scottish 1950s art still life oil painting female artist
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
This vibrant still life oil painting is by Scottish artist Doris Zinkeisen. Painted circa 1950 the
Category

1950s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

DeCastelli Painting Room Divider in Multi color by Alessandra Baldereschi
By DeCastelli, Alessandra Baldereschi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A large screen designed as a theatre curtain represents imaginary natural landscapes on both sides
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Paintings and Screens

Materials

Metal

"A New Day"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peregrine Heathcote’s paintings conjure a world of intoxicating glamour and intrigue, slipping
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Venice"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peregrine Heathcote’s paintings conjure a world of intoxicating glamour and intrigue, slipping
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"You're My Hero"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peregrine Heathcote’s paintings conjure a world of intoxicating glamour and intrigue, slipping
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Sky's the Limit"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peregrine Heathcote’s paintings conjure a world of intoxicating glamour and intrigue, slipping
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tide Pools, Porthcurno Beach, Cornwall. Lamorna Valley Colony. Cornish Plein Air
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
. Nowadays it is also the backdrop of the iconic Minack Theatre. The painting focuses on the pools of sea
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Success Story"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peregrine Heathcote’s paintings conjure a world of intoxicating glamour and intrigue, slipping
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Where Two Paths Meet"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peregrine Heathcote’s paintings conjure a world of intoxicating glamour and intrigue, slipping
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Mapquest"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peregrine Heathcote’s paintings conjure a world of intoxicating glamour and intrigue, slipping
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"To be by Your Side"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peregrine Heathcote’s paintings conjure a world of intoxicating glamour and intrigue, slipping
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mid 20th Century, Belgium, Antwerp Street to Cathedral of our Lady
By Leonard Machin Rowe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
backdrop. Belgium and Luxembourg were two of Rowe's favourite destinations for his painting trips
Category

1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Mid 20th Century Belgium, Ostend Church and Harbour
By Leonard Machin Rowe
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
painting of theatre production stage scenery. He had a love of painting in watercolour for his own
Category

1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Golden Age"
By Peregrine Heathcote
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Peregrine Heathcote’s paintings conjure a world of intoxicating glamour and intrigue, slipping
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seascape, Geometric Figure #2
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
perfecting his skills at drawing, painting and ceramics, with a special emphasis in printmaking. His early
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Seascape, Geometric Figure #2
Seascape, Geometric Figure #2
H 17.35 in W 14.5 in D 0.65 in
Geometric Figure #4
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
, painting and ceramics, with a special emphasis in printmaking. His early works from the late 1940s and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Geometric Figure #4
Geometric Figure #4
H 17.35 in W 14.5 in D 0.65 in
Still Life (Geometric Figure II)
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
, painting and ceramics, with a special emphasis in printmaking. His early works from the late 1940s and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Still Life (Geometric Figure II)
Still Life (Geometric Figure II)
H 19.75 in W 23.75 in D 0.65 in
"Ship Entering the Canal" by Dutch Artist Cossaar
By Jacobus Cornelis Wyand Cossaar
Located in Dallas, TX
learned while painting his early stage backdrops.
Category

Early 20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Canvas

John Inigo Richards RA (Attributed), Landscape With Country Track & Figures
Located in Cheltenham, GB
scene painter at Covent Garden Theatre, his bucolic backdrops brought colour and context to numerous
Category

18th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Paper

John Inigo Richards RA (Attributed) Landscape With Country Track & Figures
Located in Cheltenham, GB
scene painter at Covent Garden Theatre, his bucolic backdrops brought colour and context to numerous
Category

18th Century Romantic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Paper

DeCastelli Painting Room Divider in Black & Green Color
By DeCastelli, Alessandra Baldereschi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A large screen designed as a theatre curtain represents imaginary natural landscapes on both sides
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Metal

Salvador Dali: Take It: Estate Edition Photograph [Iconic Surrealist, Modernist]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí
Category

1970s Surrealist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

India a Pair of Collectable Prints early 20th C Gods Goddess Epics Ancient
Located in Norfolk, GB
lithographs that have been coloured to look like oil paintings. In the case of these two, early 20th century
Category

Early 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Iconic Aarons Estate Photograph of Surrealist Salvador Dali: 'Take It'
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

'Dali's Party' Estate Edition, ft Surrealist Salvador Dali in New York
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

'Dali's Party' Estate Edition, ft Surrealist Salvador Dali in New York
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Salvador Dali: Take It: Estate Edition Photograph [Iconic Surrealist, Modernist]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Persistence of Memory, was completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

Gillian Bradshaw Smith in Studio
By Fred W. McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
and painting, a five year study. She worked in Dallas, Texas making paintings, creating embroidered
Category

1970s Street Art Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Ode to Munch's 'The Scream'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
’” depicts a non-binary subject trapped in an infinite scream against a New Orleans backdrop. This piece
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ode to Munch's 'The Scream'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
’” depicts a non-binary subject trapped in an infinite scream against a New Orleans backdrop. This piece
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ode to Munch's 'The Scream'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
’” depicts a non-binary subject trapped in an infinite scream against a New Orleans backdrop. This piece
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Salvador Dali's Party, Estate Edition Photograph [Surrealist Dinner, Green+Red]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
completed in August 1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Salvador Dali: Take It: Estate Edition Photograph [Iconic Surrealist, Modernist]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) before
Category

1960s American Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Lambda

'Dali's Party, ' Estate Edition, ft Surrealist Salvador Dali in New York
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Salvador Dali's Party, Estate Edition Photograph [Surrealist Dinner, Green+Red]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish
Category

1950s Surrealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Salvador Dali's Party, Estate Edition Photograph [Surrealist Dinner, Green+Red]
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1931, and is one of the most famous Surrealist paintings. Dalí lived in France throughout the Spanish
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Geometric Figure #25
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
perfecting his skills at drawing, painting and ceramics, with a special emphasis in printmaking. His early
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Geometric Figure #25
Geometric Figure #25
H 14.85 in W 17.85 in D 0.65 in
Geometric Figure #22
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
, painting and ceramics, with a special emphasis in printmaking. His early works from the late 1940s and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Geometric Figure #22
Geometric Figure #22
H 14.5 in W 17.35 in D 0.65 in
Geometric Figure #23
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
, painting and ceramics, with a special emphasis in printmaking. His early works from the late 1940s and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Geometric Figure #23
Geometric Figure #23
H 17.35 in W 14.25 in D 0.65 in
Geometric Figure #21
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
, painting and ceramics, with a special emphasis in printmaking. His early works from the late 1940s and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Geometric Figure #21
Geometric Figure #21
H 14.5 in W 17.35 in D 0.65 in
Landscape
By Dave Fox
Located in San Francisco, CA
, painting and ceramics, with a special emphasis in printmaking. His early works from the late 1940s and
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Landscape
Landscape
H 18.75 in W 22.85 in D 1 in
Theatre Backdrop
Located in Kent, Ct
This italian garden theatre backdrop creates such a fabulous environment. It was painted in the 20
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Theatre Backdrop
Theatre Backdrop
H 168 in W 144 in
Theatre 1. Portrait Painting Acrylic Colors Grey Mysterious Impressionism Modern
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
characters of Bondarev’s paintings, i.e. the ladies, are not real people, but rather belong to the artist’s
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Tempera

Theatre 2. Portrait Painting Acrylic Colors Grey Mysterious Impressionism Modern
By Sergey Bondarev
Located in Paris, FR
characters of Bondarev’s paintings, i.e. the ladies, are not real people, but rather belong to the artist’s
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

Portrait of David Garrick as Richard III (Act 5)
By Nathaniel Dane-Holland
Located in New Orleans, LA
impresario David Garrick in his premier role as Richard III. Nathaniel Dance’s painting, exhibited at the
Category

18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Post Season
By Erik Hall
Located in Bellevue, WA
usage of dramatic shading and contrast. Some works look as if they could be the backdrops for theatre
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Post Season
H 96 in W 48 in D 2 in
Red Tree Commission
By Erik Hall
Located in Bellevue, WA
contrast. Some works look as if they could be the backdrops for theatre performances of Greek Tragedies
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Northwest Commission
By Erik Hall
Located in Bellevue, WA
contrast. Some works look as if they could be the backdrops for theatre performances of Greek Tragedies
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Remains of Winter
By Erik Hall
Located in Bellevue, WA
contrast. Some works look as if they could be the backdrops for theatre performances of Greek Tragedies
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Remains of Winter
H 42 in W 54 in D 3 in
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Theatre Backdrop Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are several options of theatre backdrop paintings available for sale. Today, if you’re looking for Impressionist editions of these works and are unable to find the perfect match for your home, our selection also includes contemporary. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the theatre backdrop paintings on 1stDibs that include elements of black, gray, brown, blue and more. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Mark Knoerzer, Reuven Rubin, Slim Aarons, Peregrine Heathcote and Dave Fox are consistently popular. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.

How Much are Theatre Backdrop Paintings?

The average selling price for theatre backdrop paintings we offer is $2,990, while they’re typically $264 on the low end and $190,415 for the highest priced.