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"A Short Story", Important Painting & Poem, Stephen Tennant & Siegfried Sassoon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable both esthetically and historically, this delicate and atmospheric watercolor and ink painting by Stephen Tennant illustrates a short poem by...
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Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Paintings
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"Stoking the Engine", Painting for Coca Cola on "Uses of Coal" for 1949 Campaign
By Lyman Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Important both historically and artistically, this painting by Lyman Anderson of a railroad engineer feeding the engine with a fresh supply of coal was commissioned by the Coca Cola ...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Smelling the Rose", Stunning Painting by Marie Laurencin in Gray & Taupe, 1930
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful and affecting, this gentle depiction of a young woman holding a rose, her hair embellished with clusters of pearls and her dress evincing a fashionable patchwork of colors à la Paul Poiret, is by Marie Laurencin, and was painted as the basis for a print she issued. Laurencin -- whose paintings are being celebrated in a major exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia now -- is known for her focus on lovely women painted in delicate shades of blue, pink and gray, with dark eyes and blushing lips, as here. This painting, executed in gouache and watercolor, may have served as a study for a larger painting in oil...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
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"Calla Lily and Purple Hills", Social Realist Painting of Oklahoma Landscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and richly-hued example of American Scene painting, this depiction of a yellow calla lily framed by undulating hills in tones of purple and red was painted by Richard Taflinger. The artist's celebration of his native Oklahoma landscape...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Greek Goddess", Original Art Deco Painting for "L'Odyssée" by Schmied, 1928
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This richly detailed painting of a Greek goddess in Classical robes, standing atop a flight of steps with two heavily veiled attendants below, was made by François-Louis Schmied, one...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
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"Under the El", WPA-Era Painting of Philadelphia Market by Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in a palette of canary yellow, orange-red, browns and blues, this WPA-period painting of an open-air market under the Market-Frankford elevated train line ("the El") in Philadelphia was executed by Dorothy Van Loan...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Labor", Handsome WPA-Era Painting with Nudes by Muralist Lichtenauer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Because Joseph Mortimer Lichtenauer is best known for his public murals, it's not surprising that this easel painting -- with its frieze-like array of nude and Classically dressed fi...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Standing Male Nude", Rare, Early Painting by Paul Goadby Stone, 1949
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely accomplished, this lovely male nude by Paul Goadby Stone is the earliest piece we have ever offered by the artist. Although it has the a...
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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"Design for Art Deco Rug", Geometric Painting in Deep Pink, Blue and Gray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly stylized and rich with geometric forms -- including concentric circles, stacks of triangles and a lightning bolt motif -- this original painting was clearly made for an Art De...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
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"Pueblos", Classic WPA-Era Mural Study with Native Americans for Los Angeles, CA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of WPA-period mural painting, executed by Verona Burkhardt for the Immigration and Naturalization Center in Los Angeles, depicts five Pueblo Indians in the foreground and a magnificent landscape of canyons and Pueblo dwellings in the background. This served as a study for one of five large canvases she delivered to California in 1941 or 1942, but the building was cordoned off due to America's entrance into World War II. Burkhardt (or Burkhard) was the daughter of two important artists and was introduced to painting and crafts at an early age. In her prime, she won seven U.S. Government mural commissions in national competitions for buildings in Wyoming, Montana, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. She settled in Grand Junction...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Shepherd with Staff", High Style Art Deco Painting by Schmied, Book Illustrator
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This elegant and lovely depiction of a shepherd with his staff, clearly influenced by classic Greek painting and pottery, was made by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two lead...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
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"Sant Petro", Cubist/Art Deco Painting of Church w/ Palm Trees, Blue and Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in tones of blue, green and warm brown, this fractured view of a church and palm trees along the Mediterranean, the building's tower and apse depicted in a golden...
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Vintage 1950s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
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"Young Aegean Islander", Painting of Greek Youth, Ruddy Brown & Blue, PAFA
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This vivid and large portrait of a young, sunburned Greek man, painted in a palette of deep blue, red and ruddy skin tones, was painted by Julius Bloch in 1961. The artist spent hi...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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"Zeus and Gods of Olympus", Art Deco Masterpiece by Schmied for "L'Odyssee"
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This magnificent depiction of Zeus presiding over the gods of Olympus was painted by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two leading artists specializing in high-end book design ...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
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"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe
By Anne Walker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exuberant and vividly painted, this painting depicts the circus big top on the edge of a small town, with a wagon to one side, a pair of elephants waiting for their moment, and two c...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Knockout", Superb Art Deco Painting by François-Louis Schmied, Book Designer
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This superb depiction of two nude male boxers at the height of their fight, one knocking out the other, was painted by François-Louis Schmied, one of ...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
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"Mercury in Golden Glow", Important Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nude by Schmied
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This unusual presentation of Mercury, the Greek god of speed and communications, was painted by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two leading artists specializing in high-end b...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
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"Playing Ball", Superb Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes by François-Louis Schmied
By François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This vivid and sensual painting of two nude male figures, each ready to toss a ball into the air, was executed by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two leading artists speciali...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
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"Story of Pennsylvania", Large Art Deco Masterpiece for Finance Bldg, PA Capitol
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and remarkable masterpiece from the heyday of Art Deco mural painting, this colorful and detailed study was made by Eugene Savage in preparation for an enormous ceiling mural...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Nude with Golden Hair", Striking Male Nude by du Bois, Tony Award Winner
By Raoul Pene du Bois
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Diminutive and striking, this Mannerist male nude by Raoul Pène du Bois, the great Broadway designer, depicts a confident figure in the full bloom of youth, with golden hair and blus...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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"Bulls and Grasshoppers", Original Art Deco Painting for Wallpaper Design, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly executed in primary colors -- scarlet, deep sky blue, yellow and white -- this original painting (not a pochoir) depicts an interwoven array of Egyptian symbols -- including Apsis the bull, symbol of fertility; grasshoppers, and ancient column capitals. Executed in France, probably as the basis for a 1920s wallpaper design, the firm's name and the artist's name are both signed in ink or pencil. In the 1920s, archaeological expeditions led by Howard Carter and others in Egypt led to the discovery in 1922 of the treasure of Tutankhamun...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
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"Nudes with Fruit Bowl", French-Influenced 1940s Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by Raoul Dufy, Marie Laurencin and Hollywood set designs, this striking depiction of two nude female figures around a table with a bowl of fruit was painted in 194...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"The History of Los Angeles", Important Art Deco Mural Study w/ Major Landmarks
By Alexander Rosenfeld
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A late entry in America's string of public murals painted in the 1930s, 40s and 50s telling the story of various towns and regions, this 1962 Art Deco study b...
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Vintage 1960s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Hands Off the Americas", 1942 Study by Hansen for MOMA Poster Competition
By Ejnar Hansen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and important, this vivid study was painted by Ejnar Hansen for a poster competition sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art in New York entitled "Hands Off the Americas" in 1942,...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Young Man in Taxco", Portrait of Shirtless Mexican Youth, 1930s oil on canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in glowing, deep ruddy and brown tones, this sensitive portrait of a young man in Taxco was painted by Ralph Dwight Ayer in the ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Nude Bathers at Swan Hill", Painting of Male Nudes by Ernest Smith, Australia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pale and enigmatic, this lovely modern painting of three male nude bathers -- and a fourth in the distance -- on the sandy shore of a mountainous lake was painted by Ernest Smith. Smith is known for his figural paintings in Australia...
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Early 2000s Australian Modern Paintings
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"Young Woman in Blue Dress", Stunning 1940s Portrait of Blonde Female
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fresh and vibrant portrait of a young woman with glowing blond hair and a blue 1940s frock is one of the finest World War II vintage portraits we have ever offered. Her complex...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Satyr and Nymph", Art Deco Masterpiece Painting with Nudes in Paradise, 1932
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most sensual and brilliant Art Deco paintings in the French manner that we have ever offered, this idyllic scene of Satyr and Nymph, lounging under a fruited tree with lush fields in the distance, was painted by Gheorghe Labin in 1932. Labin was one of Romania's avant-garde artists in the 1920s and 1930s, and clearly he trained in Paris, because the lush scene, brilliant palette, and confident brush strokes indicate an intimate familiarity with the leading painters associated with what we now call Art Deco. This painting was entered into the Salon Bucarest in 1932, in a period when Labin exhibited with Mattis Teutsch, the de facto leader of Romania's modern painters, together with Corneliu Baba...
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Vintage 1930s Romanian Art Deco Paintings
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"South Seas Stories", Bold Art Deco Maquette for Jack London Collection, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly painted in a palette of spring green, jet black and mango, this very strong Art Deco maquette for a book cover was painted in the late 1920s by a promising artist -- Helene Ha...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Ninth Symphony", Art Deco Paean to Beethoven's Masterpiece by Renowned Muralist
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Filled with Sturm und Drang and packed with allegory and higher meaning, this remarkable Art Deco painting by Eugene Savage celebrates and interprets B...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins", Study for Queens Supreme Courthouse Mosaic
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entitled "Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins" and teeming with allegory, this Art Deco study for a major mosaic was painted by Eugene Savage for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1930s Works Progress Administration project in Queens, New York. The central figure with a hand mirror may represent Narcissus, who would personify "vanity," one of the sins, and at the bottom of the scene is a winged devil who seems to be opening a door to a fiery world below. To the right is a figure near a chest full of gold and coins, and the entire scene is surmounted by a reclining female nude.
Savage is best known for a spectacular set of murals illustrating the history and lore of Hawaii commissioned by Matson Shipping Line for the S.S. Lurline, executed in the 1940s but not installed until the 1950s. The artist also painted other series of murals and paintings, include an enormous mural...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Afternoon of a Faun", Bold Art Deco Painting Inspired by Debussy, Ballet Russes
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a series of Art Deco paintings made by Eugene Savage in the 1930s to visualize and dramatize great works of Classical music, this painting celebrates "Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy, which later inspired the great ballet by Serge Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes. Savage, who became celebrated for his ambitious allegorical murals across America, packs the panting with a vividly-hued landscape populated by a series of mythological figures, including a drunken faun...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Europa and the Bull", Bold Art Deco Depiction of Mythological Theme by Darcy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the wildest and most free-spirited depictions of the Europa and the Bull legend we have seen, this painting by Georges Darcy shows Europa with a wi...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings
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"Nudes in the Surf", Atmospheric Painting with Male Nudes and Horses
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Continuing a tradition going back decades, Josef Pieper painted a series of seaside scenes with multiple nude male figures, riding and leading horses along the shore, their strong bodies...
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Paintings
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"Justice Triumphant", Mural Study for Queens, Ny Courthouse, circa 1941-1942
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking example of WPA mural art, this study for one of the murals proposed for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1930s Works Progress Administration project in Queens, New York -- was painted by Eugene Savage. Like many paintings from the period, the study is teeming with allegory and symbolism, surmounted at the top by the figure of Justice with a long sword, spurning businesspeople at her feet who offer gifts and favors. Savage is best known for a spectacular set of murals illustrating the history and lore of Hawaii commissioned by Matson Shipping Line for the S.S. Lurline, executed in the 1940s but not installed until the 1950s. The artist also painted other series of murals and paintings, include an enormous mural...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Nobel Prize for Peace", Pair of Mural Paintings by Savage, "Trust Law Labor"
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and remarkable, this pair of mural paintings -- perhaps serving as studies for much larger paintings -- were made in connection with the Nobel Prize for Peace by Eugene Savage, arguably America's leading Art Deco muralist in the 1930s and 40s. One painting is dedicated to the Nobel Prize, while the other is entitled "Trust-Laws-Labor-Peace." Both are centered around elegant female figures in Classical garb, one showing her with a sword, vanquishing an octopus while flanked by laborers and symbols of industry. Savage is best known for a spectacular set of murals illustrating the history and lore of Hawaii commissioned by Matson Shipping Line for the S.S. Lurline, executed in the 1940s but not installed until the 1950s. The artist also painted other series of murals and paintings, include an enormous mural...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Two Philosophers", 1948 Painting with Two Male Nudes by Arthur Kampf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Serving, perhaps, as a commentary on the futility and horror of war, this allegorical painting of "Two Philosophers" was made by Arthur Kampf in 1948-49, shortly after the end of World War II and toward the end of his long life. Kampf was known for his historical and allegorical paintings, including a large scene showing a group of nude soldiers...
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Vintage 1940s German Art Deco Paintings
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"To the Fifth Symphony", Art Deco Masterpiece, Ode to Beethoven by Savage
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and vivid Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this dramatization of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was made by Eugene Savage, probably in the 1930s at the h...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Neptune's Kingdom", Elaborate Art Deco Painting with Mermaids, Hippocampi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
High style and highly-stylized, this Art Deco painting by Bruno Seuchter presents an aquatic scene teeming with life, centered around Neptune with his trident held high. Surrounding ...
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Paintings
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"Brotherly Love", Art Deco Masterwork in Gold for Elks Memorial, 1926
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A true Art Deco masterpiece, painted as a final study for one of a series of large murals for the National Elks Memorial in Chicago, finished in 1926, this large gold-hued scene depi...
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Vintage 1920s Art Deco Paintings
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"Zodiac w/ Helios and Cornucopia", Fabulous Art Deco Mural Study by Savage
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Eugene Savage -- arguably, America's most successful and prolific muralist in the Art Deco style, with important surviving paintings dating from the 1920s to the 1950s -- this study was made for a Zodiac-themed ceiling mural. The round painting features a night sky jeweled with bands of stars, and featuring several mythological figures such as Helios with his chariot and Cornucopia. Savage is best known for a spectacular set of murals illustrating the history and lore of Hawaii commissioned by Matson Shipping Line for the S. S. Lurline, executed in the 1940s but not installed until the 1950s. The artist also painted other series of murals and paintings, include an enormous mural...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"America, Old and New", Mural Painting W/ Industrial Scene, George Browne, 1926
By George Elmer Browne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted a decade before the start of the Works Progress Administration, but presaging its fascination with the growth and development of the American scene, this large mural study was painted by George Elmer Browne in 1926. Like the Social Realism paintings...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Male Youth with Pole", Superb Painting of Male Nude by Sigvard Mohn, 1910s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sensitively painted with a rich but subdued palette and dramatic lighting, this large painting of a male youth leaning on a long pole was made by Sigvard Mo...
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Vintage 1910s American Beaux Arts Paintings
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"Bedouin with Keffiyeh", Handsome Portrait of Arab Male Figure, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted toward the end of the Great Depression, this striking portrait of a handsome bedouin with a traditional headdress featuring a red and whit...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Female Figure with Bouquet", Art Deco Watercolor Painting by Alice Szegedy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely, high style Art Deco painting depicts a pale female figure in blond ringlets, an elaborate mid-19th century dress and a straw hat dangling from her arm, holding a lovely bouquet with lilies of the valley and roses. Approaching her from the left is an exotic turbaned figure holding a tray laden with more flowers. The entire scene is painted in pale violet and yellow...
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Vintage 1920s Hungarian Art Deco Paintings
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1916 Exhibition Catalogue Study by Sonia Delaunay for Stockholm Gallery
By Sonia Delaunay
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vividly-hued and remarkable example of early abstract art which demonstrates the fascination that Sonia and Robert Delaunay had in color theory and intersecting geometries, this wa...
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Vintage 1910s French Art Deco Paintings
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"Nasturtium, " Watercolor by Louis Comfort Tiffany for Stained Glass Window, '21
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in vivid tones of yellow-orange, mossy green, warm red and deep blue -- echoing the rich tones of the stained glass he employed -- this rare and gorgeous watercolor by Louis Comfort Tiffany was clearly painted to inspire and guide the design of one of his stained glass windows featuring the nasturtium flower. In the earliest years of his career in the decorative arts, Tiffany served as the primary designer for his firm, inspired by ancient Byzantine and Roman glass as well as the bounty of American flowers and trees to be found in his native Northeast. As his business grew and it was necessary for him to oversee the work of many artists and artisans, he came to rely on others to develop most designs, such as Frederick Wilson for his figural church windows and Clara Driscoll...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Nouveau Paintings
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"Waiting at the Station" Superb 1943 American Scene Painting, Indianapolis
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly atmospheric and winning, this American Scene painting of three young men waiting for the next train in downtown Indianapolis -- perhaps...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Youth with Pipes and Valves, " Sensitive Portrait of Young Man, Dorothy Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this WPA-period portrait of a young man in an unusual setting -- perhaps a boiler room or plumbing closet -- was executed by Dorothy Van Loan...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Industry, " Art Deco Painting with Stylized Gears and Structure for Fortune Mag
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of Art Deco-era painting which celebrated American manufacturing with stylized images of gears and Industrial architecture, this gouache painting by Paolo Garrett...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Livestock Farm Scene, " WPA Mural Study with Farmhands Handling Hay and Feed
By Rollin Crampton 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of Social Realist art was painted by Rollin Crampton as a study for a WPA mural -- perhaps never executed -- in the 1930s, when he was s...
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Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Paintings
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"Maternal Love, " Gorgeous 1930s Art Deco Painting with Mother and Two Sons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most beautiful and tender depictions of maternal love from the Art Deco period that we have ever seen, this richly-toned oil painting by Gino ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Five Josephs, " Important Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes, Provincetown, 1930s
By William L'Engle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinary example of Art Deco painting with allegorical meaning -- like so many murals painted in the 1920s and 1930s -- this large work by William L'Engle depicts five nude male figures laboring in the field, symbolizing life in Provincetown, Massachusetts. A Black male figure in the foreground is planting crops, while two other figures in the distance are pulling a rope, perhaps alluding to fishing boats tied up at the dock, while another nude seems to be sinking into sleep beneath a pier -- all with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the background. L'Engle called this "The Five Josephs," perhaps referring to Joseph of Arimathea and other figures in the New Testament. William L'Engle was a towering figure in the Provincetown art colony, and was extremely well connected with America's artistic elite, starting with his trip to Europe as a young man with Waldo Pierce and George Biddle. Over time, William and his life Lucy became close to a wide range of important figures in painting, theater and the arts, including Charles Hawthorne, Eugene O'Neill, Gerrit Beneker, John Dos Passos, Edmund Wilson and Mary McCarthy, William and Marguerite Zorach, Edna St. Vincent-Millay, Charles Demuth, Childe Hassam, George Biddle, Edwin Dickinson...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Jungle Book, " Important Painting w/ Male Nude by Barbier for Schmied, 1918
By George Barbier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant reminder of how early the Art Deco style we know today emerged in France, this vividly-painted depiction of Mowgli, the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book," widely acclaimed around the world, was painted by Georges Barbier around 1918. The young man is shown here fully nude...
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Vintage 1910s French Art Deco Paintings
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"New Mexico River Valley, " 1920s Painting, Black, Green & Blue, Attr. Applegate
By Frank Applegate 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This superbly painted view of the mountains framing a river valley in northern New Mexico is attributed to Frank Guy Applegate, who lived and worked in the state during the 1920s, and is known for his watercolors -- such as this -- that present strong, abstracted views of the local landscapes, all in vivid colors and bold strokes of paint. Applegate was considered one of the New Mexico Modernists, and was accompanied on some of his painting forays by B.J.O. Nordfeldt, Andrew Dasburg and Josef Bakos. Applegate also had enormous respect for the culture and artistry of the native people, and encouraged a revival of the Pueblo style...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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"The Gymnasts, " Important Mid-Century Painting of Soviet Athletes by Talberg
By Boris Alexandrovich Talberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This beautifully executed mixed-media painting by Boris Talberg (or Thalberg) was clearly executed in preparation for one of the artist's most famous works -- "The Gymnasts...
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Vintage 1950s Russian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
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"Woman with Scarf, " High-Style Art Deco Illustration in Gold, Green & Pink
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superbly painted in a brilliant palette of gold, deep pink, green and gray, this quintessential Art Deco illustration depicts a golden female figure with a fashionable hat...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
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"Provincetown Dock Scene, " WPA-Era Painting w/ Fishermen by Sterne in Red & Blue
By Maurice Sterne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of WPA-era painting that celebrates the American worker, this dockside scene in Provincetown, Massachusetts by Maurice Sterne depicts ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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"NIKE at Waldemarsudde, " Depiction of Stockholm Landmark, Art Deco Masterpiece
By Georg Pauli
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Arguably the greatest work of Georg Pauli, one of Sweden's leading Modernist painters in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, this Art Deco-Cubist work depicts the great Nike sculpture on the grounds of the home of Prince Eugens on Cape Waldemar in central Stockholm (known in Swedish as Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde). The Prince was a great collector of modern art in the early 20th century, and today his home is a museum and much-beloved landmark in Stockholm. This painting shows the sculpture in the foreground, and in the background is a jumble of houses, factory chimneys and institutional buildings, the Swedish flag...
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Paintings
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"Nude Male Bathers, " 1930s Watercolor Painting of Nude Figures, Blue & Tan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Strikingly and vividly painted in watery tones of blue, green, tan and rose, this watercolor painting by Jean Paul Slusser depicts three nude male bathers...
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Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Paintings
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