About Renaissance Man Antiques
Renaissance Man Antiques is America's only antique gallery to focus on pieces that celebrate the beauty and power of the human figure, and many of them are Art Deco or Mid-Century in style. We offer paintings, prints, drawings, bronzes, ceramic and glass pieces, and other antiques that include male and female nudes, allegorical subjects, portraits and architecture-related pieces. Most of the pieces we offer are unique or rare, and we love to share our knowledge, so you will see that our descriptions are as detailed as possible. We encourage visits by appointment, and ...Read More
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Featured Pieces
"Adam", Glass Sculpture with Standing Male Nude, Nybro, Sweden
By AB Nybrofabriken 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and beautiful, this cast and etched glass sculpture depicts the standing nude figure of Adam, deeply embedded in the glass, who glows when light passes through from above. He i...
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Vintage 1980s Swedish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
"Great Architect of Life", Art Deco Mural Study w/ Nude Mercury, Ocean Liner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of Art Deco painting, teeming with life and allegory, this study for a wall mural -- probably for a travel-related company's lobby in Southern California -- feature...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
1936 Best Picture Award to Selznick for "Viva Villa", Italian Stile Littorio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An important symbol of the international success of Hollywood in the 1930s, and a superb example of the Stile Littorio or Italian Rationalist design that prevailed during the rule of...
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"White and Gold Peacock", Rare Mid Century Porcelain Sculpture, Sgraffito Glaze
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted and glazed by Waylande Gregory, one of America's greatest sculptors and ceramicists before and after World War II, this white and gold peacock is distinguished by a lovely w...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Inkwell w/ Chinese Jade and Carnelian and Silver Mounts by Edward Farmer, 1920s
By Edward Farmer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Memorialized as an art and antique dealer and "collector of Chinese jades and porcelains" in a 1942 obituary in the New York Times, Edward Farmer, like his father, traveled to China ...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Inkwells
Materials
Jade, Silver
"Sculpting the Nude, " Monumental and Important Painting, Denmark, Belle Epoch
By Oscar Matthiesen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly capturing the intensity and artistry of the sculptor at work, this large and important painting by Oscar Matthiesen depicts his subject with wild, unkempt hair and a lean...
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Antique Early 1900s Danish Belle Époque Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Adam", Handsome, Lustrous Bronze of Crouching Nude Male, After Bartlett
By Paul Wayland Bartlett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The remarkable bronze of "Adam," crouching in fear and shame after being expelled from Eden, is one of the finest nude male bronzes ever sculpted by an American artist. The original...
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Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Corn Dance, Pueblo Tradition", Masterpiece of Art Deco Southwestern Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and vividly-hued view of a traditional Pueblo dance -- the Tablita -- this Art Deco painting by Louise Morris includes several female figures wearing tablitas, or headdre...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Art Deco Head in Blue and Brown", Striking 1933 Drawing by Radio City Designer
By Ted Weidhaas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic Art Deco drawing was made by Ted Weidhaas, famous for his work in American theater, and in particular for inventing the contour or convoluting curtain for Radio City Mus...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Flying Phoenix", Bold Mid Century Porcelain Box in Gold, White and Black
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This heavy porcelain, lidded box by Waylande Gregory depicts a crested Phoenix bird in flight, its feathers dotted in black and its wing lined in gold. Gregory was one of America's ...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
"Passing the Baton", Rare Bronze Sculpture with Male Nude Athletes, Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
With their chiseled physiques and angular faces, this bronze sculpture of two nude male figures passing the baton at the height of a relay race is the epitome of stylized Art Deco ar...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Aviator", Classic Art Deco Bronze Sculpture w/ Nude Male, after Focht
By Frederic Focht
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic, highly streamlined bronze with a nude male figure angled toward the sky illustrates a genre of Art Deco sculpture that was pioneered by Frederic Focht (this example is...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
