Louis Icart is considered to be a symbol of the Art Deco movement through his brilliant sketches and prints.
Born in 1888 in Toulouse, France, Icart’s interest in art began at an early age. He was particularly drawn to fashion sketches and designs during the period when the fashion industry was undergoing a revolution from conservative 19th-century designs to the clingy simplicity of the early 20th century.
Icart worked in major fashion studios where his "L.I." initials on women’s clothing were highly regarded. While fighting in World War I, he continued to sketch on every available surface to ward off the anguish and agony of the war. He moved to Paris after the war to concentrate on painting and produced beautiful etchings. Icart’s prints were elaborate aquatints and drypoints done with great skill. They often portrayed women in sensual, erotic poses with an implication of direct sexuality.
By the 1920s, the Art Deco movement had gained great popularity in Paris, France. Icart’s etchings and paintings, though largely influenced by Impressionists such as Claude Monet, were synonymous with the Art Deco era. His drawings also reflected the brilliance of Symbolists such as Gustave Moreau; however, Icart preferred not to be identified with artistic movements.
Icart’s financial and artistic success came in the late 1920s. His work was featured in fashion publications and design studios in Europe and the United States. His immensely popular images, which were considered phenomenal by 1925, included Laziness and Spilled Milk. Icart died on December 20, 1950, at his home in Montmartre, France.
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Elegantes - Place La Concorde - Art Deco Figurative Oil Painting by Louis Icart
By Louis Icart
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed art deco figurative oil on board circa 1930 by French painter Louis Icart. This beautiful work depicts a two elegant ladies in Place la ...
Oil, Board
'Place De La Concorde, Paris' Antique oil painting on canvas
By Louis Icart
Located in St. Albans, GB
Louis Icart (1880-1950) Canvas Size: 18 x 22" (46 x 55cm) Outside Frame Size: 26 x 30" (65 x 76cm) Signed and titled on the reverse. When Louis Icart returned to Paris after his s...
Oil
$6,500
H 30 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
"The Sumatran Tiger" - Original Oil Painting of an Endangered Big Cat
By Lindsey Kustusch
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch's "The Sumatran Tiger" is a stunning handmade original oil on wood panel artwork, with dimensions of 30 x 30 x 1.50 inches. Created in 2023, this piece stands as a p...
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,957
H 17.5 in W 24.5 in D 2.5 in
Painting of Mountain Path by Lake in Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist
By Robert B Higgins
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Mountain Path by Lake in Ireland by 20th Century Irish Artist Art measures 16 x 9 inches Frame measures 24.5 x 17.5 inches A beautifully atmospheric mid 20th century Ir...
Oil, Board, Canvas, Wood
$481
H 21.26 in W 31.89 in
Emmanuel Aubain (1872-1965) A Landscape, signed oil painting
Located in Paris, FR
Emmanuel Aubain (1872-1965) A Landscape Signed lower left Oil on canvas transefered on cardboard panel In quite good condition, some abrasions in the r...
Oil
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By Gwen Wong
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Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Gold Leaf
$45,000
H 40 in W 35 in
"Leaf Pattern" Jessie Arms Botke, Yellow Leaves, Bamboo Forest, Sandhill Cranes
By Jessie Arms Botke
Located in New York, NY
Jessie Arms Botke Leaf Pattern, circa 1930 Signed lower right Oil on Masonite 30 x 25 inches Charlotte Yarbrough, Santa Paula, California Private Collection, Oregon William A. Karge...
Masonite, Oil
$750
H 10 in W 8 in D 0.5 in
"Rye", Small-Scale Contemporary Oil Painting of a Cat
By Kay Seohyung Lee
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Rye" is an original piece by Kay Seohyung Lee made from oil on panel. This piece measures 10"h x 8"w x 0.5"d and comes with a gallery-issued Certificate of Authenticity and is signe...
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,800
H 12 in W 14 in
Antique American 1910 Oil on board Painting Seashore Island Beach Women framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
This evocative oil painting by Richard Sigafoos presents a solitary coastal rock formation rising against a softly illuminated seascape. Rendered with confident, expressive brushwork...
Oil, Board
$2,690
H 17.33 in W 19.69 in D 1.58 in
Art Deco pair of Oil on panel “Basque Customs”, C. Vidaime, Spain
Located in Valladolid, ES
An elegant pair of oil paintings on panel depicting traditional and rustic scenes, titled “Basque Customs,” created by the Spanish painter C. Vidaime around the beginning of the 20th...
Wood
$1,800
H 7.25 in W 9.25 in D 1 in
"Almost Home" Solebury Bucks County PA Twilight Snow Scene Oil Painting Framed
By Christopher Willett 1
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered home by Solebury, Bucks County PA. Willett has portrayed this charming scene in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and h...
Oil, Board
$750
H 8 in W 10 in D 0.5 in
"Mark's Pigeon 1", Intimate Contemporary Bird Portrait, Oil on Panel
By Kay Seohyung Lee
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Mark's Pigeon 1" is an original piece by Kay Seohyung Lee made from oil on panel. This piece measures 8"h x 10"w x 0.5"d and comes with a gallery-issued Certificate of Authenticity....
Oil, Panel
Country Road
Located in Sheffield, MA
Samuel David Landau American, 1895-1979 Country Road Oil on board 12 by 15 ¾ in, w/ frame 18 by 22 in Signed lower right Samuel David Landau was born in Warsaw, Poland, and emigrat...
Oil, Board
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H 19.62 in W 14.75 in
Art Deco Horses and Nude Figures, Gouache on Paper, Framed, 1930s
By Bela Kadar
Located in Miami, FL
This work is an exceptional example of Kádár's mature Cubist style. It's effortlessly designed around a complex composition of nude men and women tending to horses in a surreal landscape with Greek columns, friezes and marshmello clouds set against a rich blue saturated sky. Kádár was a Hungarian painter influenced by Der Blaue Reiter...
Gouache, Paper
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H 14.97 in W 17.92 in
"Café place Blanche", 20th Century Oil on Canvas by French Artist Louis Icart
By Louis Icart
Located in Madrid, ES
LOUIS ICART French, 1888 - 1950 CAFÉ PLACE BLANCHE signed "Louis Icart" (lower left) titled, inscribed, signed and located "- Café place Blanche - / XVI-77 / L. I, / Paris" (on the r...
Canvas, Oil