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Creator: Dunbar D. Beck
Dealer: Renaissance Man Antiques
"Floating Man, " Important Art Deco Painting with Nude Male by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Dunbar Beck, one of America's most accomplished and successful muralists, this painting of a half-nude man floating over a succession of dancing couples below was one of a...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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Paper, Paint
"Children of the Crucible", Striking Art Deco Mural by Beck, T. Roosevelt quote
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important and very rare mural study, executed in oil on canvas, was painted by Dunbar Beck in the 1930s, evidently for a project that was never completed. The painting depicts i...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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"The Return of Thomas Pickering, " Important WPA-Period Oil Painting by Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this fully realized oil on canvas study by Dunbar Beck was executed in preparation for his lobby painting at the US Post Office...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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"Salome, " Important Art Deco Painting by Dunbar Beck, WPA Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Depicting a Salome who is both ravishing and terrifying, with her auburn tresses rising up as if on fire, this remarkable work was painted by Dunbar Beck, famed for his WPA and New Y...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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Canvas
"Music with Conch and Lyre, " Study for White House Piano by Dunbar Beck, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most important embellishments to the White House during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration was the gift of an important grand piano by the Steinway company, embellished with painted scenes by Dunbar Beck. Beck is best known for his WPA work...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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"Orpheus Over the Globe, " Important Mural Study for 1939-1940 NY World's Fair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Dunbar Beck, one of America's finest muralists in the 1930s and 1940s, this classic example of Art Deco stylized allegorical painting served as a study for a series of mur...
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1930s American Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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"Standing Male Nude, " Preparatory Drawing by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This ethereal drawing by Dunbar Beck demonstrates his mastery of the human figure, with antecedents in Renaissance and Pre-Raphaelite paintings. Beck was one of America's most accomp...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
"Battle of the Gods, " Mural Preparatory Drawing by Dunbar Beck, Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of drama and a tour de force of figurative drawing heavily influenced by Renaissance masters, this piece was made by Dunbar Beck in preparation for a large mural painting...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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Paper
"Come Muse Migrate, " Art Deco Study for White House Piano, with Whitman Poem
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously conceived and vividly hued, this study for the lid of the famous grand piano given by the Steinway Company to the White House in 1938, during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration, was painted by Dunbar Beck, inspired by a famous poem by Walt Whitman. The painting quotes two lines from Whitman's "Song of the Exposition," later included in "Leaves of Grass":
Come Muse migrate from Greece and Ionia,
For know a better, fresher, busier sphere, a wide, untried domain
awaits, demands you.
Beck is best known for his WPA work...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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"Nude Male and Draped Female, " Study for Painting by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Always a master draftsman, this lovely drawing by Dunbar Beck demonstrates his mastery of the human figure, with antecedents in Renaissance and Pre-Raphaelite paintings. The drapery ...
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1930s American Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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Pencil, Paper
"Nude with Totem Pole, " Rare Surrealist Drawing by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for his WPA and World's Fair murals, this drawing is a rare example of Dunbar Beck's foray into Surrealism. His depiction of a nude male facing a Totem pole with one arm o...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
"Male Youth at Sunset, " Vivid Art Deco Painting by Dunbar Beck, WPA Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunningly executed in deep tones of cobalt blue, burnt sienna, oxblood and jet black, this depiction of a partially nude male youth standing at an open window at sunset was painted ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
Exotic Bird Frieze, Art Deco Decorative Painting by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In a superb example of Art Deco decorative painting influenced by Medieval motifs, this frieze painting by famous muralist Dunbar Beck is saturated wit...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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"The Return of Timothy Pickering, " WPA Mural Study Painting, 1939
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this mural study by Dunbar Beck was executed in preparation for his lobby painting at the US Post Office in Danvers, Massachusetts. Until it...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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Gouache
"Lion and Bull", Art Deco-Medieval Decorative Painting in Greys and Burnt Sienn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A marvelous example of Romanesque-Medieval bas relief sculpture interpreted by an American artist in the 1920s, this painting on fabric was executed by Dunbar Beck, the famous muralist. The painting, on one length of cloth, is in two parts -- one portion depicts a bull being attached by a lion, the other depicts a scrolling rope motif. According to a notation on the reverse, both paintings were done for a production of "Oedipus Rex," perhaps in California. Beck was an important muralist at this time, executing a mural for the US Post Office...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Dunbar D. Beck Furniture
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Fabric
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"Nude Male Torso, " Important Painting by Dunbar Beck, 1930s
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