Deconamic Wall Decorations

American intra-war artist and illustrator Porter Woodruff (1894-1959). Arabian Horse scene, oil and gold leaf on board with chalky gouache. Signed Woodruff on lower right of painting. Signature somewhat obscured by frame. His Art Deco-influenced paintings are highly decorative and appealing, the compositions complex and well-thought out. The gold leaf background is decorative and elegant. His are rare Modernist paintings by an artist who found himself at the very heart of design, fashion and celebrity life in the early part of the century. Label at back for Pitt & Scott Ltd London - well known for its expertise in handling antiques, works of art and fragile artefacts. Dimensions: 11.5"h x 15.5"w (sight) 12.5"h x 17.5"w (frame) Porter Woodruff, was an illustrator artist and contributor to Vogue Magazine and Home & Garden (including covers for both). He was one of five artists stationed in Paris in 1923 for Vogue. Woodruff spent considerable time in Tunisia, North Africa, residing with his romantic partner, Romanian socialite George Sebastian. Sebastian owned a lavish, coastal property in then-trendy Hammamet, near Tunis on the Mediterranean. Sebastian fell in love with the simple beauty of the quiet fishing port of Hammamet and was the first of the international set of the times to build his villa there. He started a trend that has never ceased. Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have claimed Dar Sebastian to be ”the most beautiful house I have ever seen”. American and European intelligentsia and upper-crust were attracted to the area between the wars. The artists Cocteau, Elsa Schiaparelli, Paul Klee, Andre Gide, the Sitwells, and Cecil Beaton enjoyed visiting, partying, and undertaking what someone once described as indulging the opportunity to do 'some rather elaborate sinning'. Other visitors included Art Deco designer Jean-Michel Frank, Wallis Simpson, Somerset Maugham, and Greta Garbo, among others. The onset of war disrupted this scene and it never truly regained its former glory. Dar Sebastian was requisitioned by the 'Desert Fox', German General, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel...

Art Deco painting depicting panther in the wild. Unusual dimensional treatment with all the paint. Look closely at the texture of this piece. In an original frame that also has a pai...

A very decorative painting depicting two swans. Painting on silk.

Helca Martele A La Main Hammered Enamel Painting Renoir Vue de Cagnes. Item features hand hammered enamel over copper picture after the impressionis...

French Painting Hardcover collectible art book by Charles Stuckey– January 1, 1997 by Charles Stuckey (Author) Hardcover · 320 page Stuckey examines...

A rare artwork of the Spring Goddess in the art nouveau style with various gemstones. The painting was done on the back of glass and applied with quartz to create the iridescent background. The Goddess finely painted, delicately inlaid with natural gemstones. She wears a long mermaid...

Benjamin Jorj Harris, Newman Decor - American Art Deco airbrush painting on illustration board - featuring an over-sized group of white gardenia blossoms ...

Exceptional oil painting on canvas of very intriguing subject of human with great paint texture. Beautiful object of art for wall hanging. Frame is not included.

Painting "Boat at sea", oil on canvas. Signed E. Svaneby Year : 1931 Very good condition. dimensions height 40 cm width 48 cm without frame, height 30 cm, width 38 cm

Antique oil painting of boat at sea in giltwood frame Unsigned, this oil painting on canvas is framed in a chippy, giltwood frame. The oil does have age signs with some peeling and...

Decorative painting by Hanneke De Neve, Holland, circa 2016. Acrylic on silk fabric. Framed in a beautiful gold leaf wood frame with a linen liner.

A very large Art Deco style full length portrait of an elegantly dressed beautiful young woman. The woman in this painting is Millie Stokes. Oil on canvas in original silver gilt wood frame. Signed Frederic Tellander...