Renaissance Man Antiques

This bold and vivid lamp from the late 1920s captures a phenomenon that started in the late 19th century and continued into the Art Deco period -- female figures dancing with flowing veils and fluttering fabrics. Loïe Fuller began the trend in the 1890s and early 1900s, and later Ruth St. Denis danced with veils and diaphanous fabrics in America. Here, the body of the lamp -- produced by Muncie pottery...

Like so many WPA sculptures from the 1930s and 40s which valorized and celebrated the American worker, this classic wall-mounted work depicts a lumberjack at rest, his ax at his feet...

This scene of a nude young knight riding a pale horse, his left arm raised high with an olive branch, surrounded by nude courtiers and putti all hand painted in a jewel-toned array o...

A superb example of Sweden's elegant take on Art Deco -- sometimes referred to as Swedish Grace -- this cup or beaker was designed by Erik Fleming and made by Norrahammars Bruk for t...

Sleek and sensual, this large, extraordinary porcelain sculpture was created by Kai Nielsen, Denmark's leading figurative sculptor in the first decades of the 20th century. Nielsen w...

Rare and stunningly detailed, this brass box covered with low-relief scenes illustrating swells enjoying the high life of the late 1920s was made by the Aerozon company in Berlin. O...

A masterpiece of figural, Mid Century drawing, this depiction of a nude male figure leaning forward was made by Paul Goadby Stone, who was active in ...

Moody and atmospheric, this surrealist painting by James Owen Mahoney depicts a pair of heavily robed figures walking by a white, stuccoed building with a tower overhead -- no doubt ...

Designed by Buckley MacGurrin and woven by Atelier Pinton, one of Aubusson's renowned weavers, this large tapestry depicts a noble Aztec leader, arrayed in a splendid headdress and holding symbols of his office. The colors of the wool yarn used for this piece are still vibrant and vivid, and the tapestry virtually glows 60 years after it was made. MacGurrin studied and exhibited in Paris for years, but had roots in the Midwest and is strongly identified with California as well. He served as a Hollywood set designer in the 1920s before going to Paris, and again for Paramount Studios when he returned to California in the 1930s, but he also exhibited at the Stendahl Art Galleries and Dalzell Hatfield Gallery in Los Angeles. MacGurrin worked with the Federal Art Project during the Depression, eventually becoming the supervisor for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara, and executed a number of murals in Southern California, including a set for the Los Angeles County Art Museum. Dalzell Hatfield worked with an array of artists -- including Jean Goodwin Ames, Reynold Arnould, Mary Bowling, Russell Cowles, Edgar Ewing, Michael Frary, Richard Haines, Jean Lurcat, Dan Lutz...

This highly important study -- entitled "Calvarymen Crossing a River" -- was made for the 1939 WPA mural by Jared French installed in the main Richmond post office, one of his first ...

Brilliantly conceived and executed by one of Sweden's masters of the modern style we now call "Art Deco", this watercolor and gouache painting consists of a body of text offering wor...

One of the rarest, and finest, 20th century images of nude male figures in the open air, this print by Georg Jahn depicts a pair of young men taking their horses to the edge of a lak...