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Art Deco Paintings

ART DECO STYLE

Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.” 

ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Bold geometric lines and forms, floral motifs
  • Use of expensive materials such as shagreen or marble as well as exotic woods such as mahogany, ebony and zebra wood
  • Metal accents, shimmering mirrored finishes
  • Embellishments made from exotic animal hides, inlays of mother-of-pearl or ivory

ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.

Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.

The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)

Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.

From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.

The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.

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Style: Art Deco
Oil Painting on Panel, 20th Century, Vergani, Landscape
Located in Monza, IT
Oil painting on panel, 20th century, Vergani, landscape Refined and detailed oil painting on panel depicting a glimpse of "old" Bergamo, with characters. In good condition, as show...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Paintings

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Oil Painting on Panel, 20th Century, Vergani, Landscape
Located in Monza, IT
Oil painting on panel, 20th century, Vergani, landscape Refined and detailed oil painting on panel depicting a glimpse of "old" Bergamo, with ch...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Paintings

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École des Beaux-Arts Watercolor Painting Notre Dame Paris by Henri le Riche
By Henri Le Riche
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful original watercolor painting depicting Notre Dame Cathedral and the Seine in Paris, France. Painted by Henri Le Riche. Hand signed on the bottom left, pencil drawing of...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Paint, Wood

"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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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Oil on Canvas Signed, Roger Pierre
Located in London, GB
Unusual oil on canvas in the cubist style signed Roger Pierre. Although in the cubist style the colours and feel of the piece suggest it might have been painted as late as the 1940s....
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Antique Signed circa 1930 Belgium Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Boy Smoking
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1930's Belgium oil on canvas of young boy smoking which is part of a suite Please note the delivery fee listed is jus...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Antique Signed Brandsma Belgium Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Boy Part Set
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1930s Belgium oil on canvas of young boy in a cap which is part of a suite I have seven of these lifestyle, natural D...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Painting, Venice, Serenissima, A.M. Rossi, Oil on Canvas, hand-painted, Italy
Located in Wien, AT
Large-format painting depicting a canal in Venice, signed A.M. Rossi, possibly attributable to Alberto Maria Rossi, an Italian artist who lived from 1879 to 1965. The vertical format shows a beautiful perspective through an archway overlooking the canal. You can recognize a city view typical for Venice with buildings with chimneys, a bridge crossing the canal and the church towers that can be seen everywhere through the city of Venice, called the Serenissima. The ships and boats...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

20th Century French Oil Painting of a Longchamp Horse Racing by Eugène Pechaubes
By Eugene Pechaubes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A green-brown, vintage Art Deco French oil on canvas painting of a slightly cloudy, sunny day at the Longchamp horse racing track, painted by Eugène Pechaubes in the original wooden ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

1940s Swedish Cityscape Oil Painting of an Old Town Around the Stockholm Area
Located in London, GB
Framed in a simple gold frame circa 1935s-1940s oil painting of a cityscape view of Stockholm old town. Likely to be of the Riddarholmen area with i...
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20th Century Swedish Art Deco Paintings

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Paint, Wood

Vintage Art Deco Scenic Oil Painting
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Art Deco scenic oil painting architectural buildings blue bright birds animal professional framed. Dimensions. Overall 25 1/2 W; 21 1/2 H; A...
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1970s Vintage 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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1920s Hungarian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting Entitled "April Showers" by Graham McKean
Located in London, GB
Captivating modern oil on canvas painting of a business man and woman taking a romantic soujourn on a showery spring day. Signed lower right McKean, titled to rear and presented in a dark wooden stepped frame. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Unframed Height: 73 cm Unframed Width: 38 cm Condition: Excellent as new Condition Circa: Contemporary Materials: Oil on Canvas SKU: 299 ABOUT Graham McKean In 1996, after 17 years as a graphic designer, Graham McKean decided to commit himself totally to producing his oil paintings. Graham is presently registered as a self-employed artist, painting full-time from a W.A.S.P. studio at the harbour side in Irvine, Ayrshire. Graham McKean’s paintings have featured in numerous exhibitions and are increasingly appearing at the U.K.’s leading auction houses. His work has now become highly collectible and is held in prestigious private and public collections worldwide. Graham also supports a number of charities through events and auctions. A review by the late W. Gordon Smith...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Paintings

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Painted Canvas, Elegant in Art Deco Style, Contemporary Work
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Canvas painted in linen representing an elegant Art Deco style, on a background in green tones. Contemporary French work.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Paintings

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Still Life with Fruit Oil on Canvas, Isabella Lindner, 1930
Located in Albignasego, IT
Isabella Lindner – still life with fruit Measures: 44cm x 58cm - unframed 65cm x 80cm - with frame Oil on cardboard - 1930s Composition with fruit, jug and vases on a table...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Pair of Baboons by André Margat
Located in Miami, FL
Created by Andre Margat in 1929, this gouache pastel painting depicts two baboons with bright and vivid colors. The vibrant red, orange and yellow tones; The baboons themselves have ...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"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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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Nude with Parrot, " Brilliant Cubist-Art Deco Painting by Popczyk, Red and Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in a kaleidoscopic array of brilliant colors -- tangerine, emerald green, scarlet, deep sky blue and black -- this Cubist work depicts a nude female figure and a parrot sitting on a circular perch, surrounded by a crazy quilt of patterns. The artist -- Joseph Popczyk -- was known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism, and in this case the chevrons and wavy patterns of Art Deco can...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Benjamin Jorj Harris for Newman Decor, Galloping Horses
Located in Hanover, MA
Galloping Horses, airbrushed watercolor by Benjamin Jorj Harris (American, 1904-1957) for Newman Decor. Dimensions shown are for frame. Sight: 35...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Glass, Wood

"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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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Stormy Sea French Oil on Canvas, Yvonne Letourneux
Located in Albignasego, IT
Letourneux Yvonne – Storm in Provence. Measures: 22cm x 33cm - unframed 34cm x 45cm - with frame. Oil on canvas - 1930s. The stormy sea, the leaden color of the water, the ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Youth with Pipes and Valves, " Sensitive Portrait of Young Man, 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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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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White Flowers Arrangement by Clément Serveau
By Clément Serveau
Located in Miami, FL
A white flower arrangement with green hues. Signed by Clément Serveau. Dated 1937. Made in France This timeless oil on canvas, created by Clement Servenau in 1937, is a captivating work of art. The painting features a delicate bouquet of white flowers arranged in a vase, set against a pastel colors background. The precision and skill of the artist is evident in every brush stroke, creating a realistic and almost three-dimensional depiction. The curved edges of the vase, which glistens in the light. Its graceful shape adds a sense of balance to the composition, both in terms of texture and color. The flowers themselves seem almost alive, with the way that the petals and stamens catch the light and create a vibrant, lively atmosphere. The vibrant yellow and pink soft whites hues of the blooms stand out against the grays and pinks of the background. The overall effect of this painting is one of serenity and beauty, a quality that Clement Servenau undoubtedly aimed to achieve. His mastery of brushstroke and color is evident in this piece, making it a stunning example of his expertise. With its vibrant colors, beautiful details, and captivating composition, this oil on canvas from 1937 is certainly a timeless piece. Born in Paris in 1886, Clément-Serveau studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and also at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Luc-Olivier Merson. Whilst at the latter he received the Chevanard award. In 1905, he started exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants. After leaving the Ecole he developed his repertoire to include mural decorations...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Landscape Painting, Mountain Landscape Painting, Alps, Oil on Canvas, Art Deco
Located in Breganze, VI
This is an antique landscape oil painting, mountain landscape painting with snow, early XXth century.  It is an antique painting, from t...
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Early 20th Century French 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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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Lazarska Stéfania '1887-1977', Portrait of A Woman Signed and Dated 1934
Located in BARSAC, FR
Lazarska Stéfania (1887-1977) – Polish painter from the école de Paris Beautiful portrait representing a smiling woman wearing a hairstyle and hat typical of the 1930s. In its original Montparnasse...
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1930s Polish Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Still Life, Oil on Canvas, Signed and Framed, Norway, Late 1800s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
A melancholy painting of still life in late 1800s. Oil on canvas, signed and framed. From Norway, Scandinavia. Later frame.
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1890s Norwegian Antique Art Deco Paintings

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Art Deco Diana Tableau
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco oil on canvas painting depicting a female figure with a fawn.
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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1930s Finnish 'Young Woman in a Yellow Dress' Oil on Canvas Artist Llmari Aalto
By Ilmari Aalto
Located in London, GB
This beautiful painting was painted by Finnish artist Llmari Aalto who was largely known as an expressionist painter who went onto Cubism. Limari was o...
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20th Century Finnish Art Deco Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Fox in the Snow Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Albignasego, IT
Erwin Waldow - Fox in the Snow 60 x 80 cm - canvas without frame 70 x 90 cm - frame included Oil painting on canvas, signed lower right. 1920s era.
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Vase of Flowers with Fruit Oil Painting, Fitger Hermann
Located in Albignasego, IT
Fitger Hermann - Vase of Flowers with Fruit Measures: 32cm x 44cm - frame excluded 50cm x 62cm - with antique fir frame oil on canvas applied to cardboard - 1946 20th cen...
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1940s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Art Deco Tropical Oil Painting, Ruben Kupur
Located in Riverdale, NY
Large Rare Vintage 1940’s Artist Ruben Kupur Oil painting of Art Deco Tropical scene with herons within a scene of lush tropical orchids. Ruben Kupur was born In the Russian Federation...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Wood, Paint

"Jungle Book, " Important Painting w/ Male Nude by Barbier for Schmied, 1918
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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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Art Deco painting "Female Nude", French school of the 1930s
Located in Paris, FR
Art Deco painting in oil on canvas illustrating a young nude woman, pensive, half lying down, in front and the face resting on her right hand. Her skin is clear and she wears a short hairstyle in the fashion of the 30s. A certain light emanates from this work which takes up a classic theme of Western art: the female nude. This Art Deco painting is not signed but can be linked to the work of the French...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood

Willem Hendriks "The Old Well" Original Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas
By Willem Hendriks 1
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique oil painting was done by the well known Willem Hendriks of the Netherlands in approximately 1920 in his signature realistic style. The painting is an oil on canvas and is titled "The Old Well" and depicts a Dutch woman...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Paintings

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"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental 1930s Painting of Nude Male Oarsmen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most stunning and monumental depictions of male nude figures -- and male athletes -- ever accomplished in the Modern era, this large painting shows five nude rowers, relaxed and conversational, as they hold their oars and await the next round of competition. The figures are shown with flushed, ruddy complexions, contrasting with the fresh green of the grass and trees surrounding them. The artist, James Stroudley, presents his rowers as consummate modern British men...
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1930s British Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Antoine Blanchard Original Antique Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique origina painting was done by well known Anoine Blanchard of France in approximately 1920 in his signature Impressionistic style. The painting is done with oil pain...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Bernard Pothast Antique Original Oil Painting on Canvas of a Mother & Children
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique framed oil painting was done by Bernard Pothast of the Netherlands in approximately 1920 in his realistic style. The painting is done on canvas and depicts an interior scene of a Dutch mother in period dress with her children. The painting is framed in its original gesso frame with a small brass name plate...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Paintings

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Wood, Gesso, Canvas

Oil Painting Paris France Cityscape by Caroline Burnett, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful view of a street scene in Paris, France. This painting perfectly depicts life in Paris with its restaurants, busy streets, cafes, hotels, monuments, and wonderful archite...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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"Livestock Farm Scene, " WPA Mural Study with Farmhands Handling Hay and Feed
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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1930s North American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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'Jazz' Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting by Vera Jefferson
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
'Jazz' a Contemporary oil on canvas painting by Vera Jefferson depicting trumpets, saxophones and a double base amongst a stylised abstract background. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

French Art Deco Colored Lithograph of Woman with Wolfhounds, signed Renart
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful French Art Deco colored lithograph of a woman with two Russian wolfhounds signed Renart, in the style of Louis Icart. This handmade lithograph is hand colored and signed by...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Giltwood, Paper

Oil On Canvas Circular Art Deco Paintings Of The Smoky Mountains
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare circular Art Deco scenes of the Smoky Mountains with date and details rendered behind the paintings. Beautifully hand painted in vivid hues and original circular gilt frames. Em...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Art Deco Panther Painting, French, 1920s
Located in Oakland, CA
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...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Surrealist Lithograph "The Sharks" by Alain Mirgalet, France, circa 1990
By Alain Mirgalet
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Superb framed lithograph representing a swimming pool surrounded by colonnades with a couple of dolphins leaping out of the water in the background. We find in the foreground 2 sharks revolving around an old car (a Bugatti Type 57...
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1990s French Art Deco Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Emmanuel Fougerat, O/C Portrait of La Argentinita, ca. 1920
By Emmanuel Fougerat
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS: Height: 16.25 inches Width: 13.5 inches Depth: 2.25 inches Frame width: 2.5 inches ABOUT MODEL Encarnación López Júlvez, known as La Argentinita (Buenos Aires, March 3, 1898 – New York, September 24, 1945) was a Spanish-Argentine flamenco dancer (bailaora), choreographer and singer. La Argentinita was considered the highest expression of this art form during that time. López Júlvez was the daughter of Spanish immigrants in Argentina, where her father had a fabric business. While living there, two of her siblings died in a scarlet fever epidemic. Consequently, she was brought to the north coast of Spain in 1901, where she began to learn Spanish regional dances. When she was only four years old, she started learning flamenco from Julia Castelao. Her first public performance was at the age of eight at the Teatro-Circo de San Sebastián, in the Basque Country. She chose the name "La Argentinita" in deference to the famous flamenco dancer Antonia Mercé (La Argentina). After travelling throughout Spain as a child prodigy, she settled in Madrid to perform at Teatro La Latina, Teatro de la Comedia, Teatro de La Princesa, Teatro Apolo and Teatro Príncipe Alfonso. Her success led her to tour in Barcelona, Portugal and Paris, and then Latin America. In the early 1920s, she returned to Spain, where she worked in Madrid. Among her early performances was the 1920 premiere of Federico García Lorca's musical play El maleficio de la mariposa as "the Butterfly". She announced her retirement in 1926, but would quickly return to the show business as part of the artistic renewal that led her to the Generation of ‘27, in which she combined flamenco, tango, bulerías and boleros. She danced to the compositions of Manuel de Falla, Joaquín Turina, Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Maurice Ravel. She helped in the development of Ballet Español. Adapting pieces to popular tradition, she toured Europe, triumphing in Paris and Berlin and participating in the artistic movements of that time along with Spanish poets such as Rafael Alberti, Federico García Lorca, Edgar Neville and Ignacio Sanchez Mejias. Sánchez Mejías, an intellectual and bullfighter, was a married man and her lover. La Argentinita retired a second time to maintain her clandestine relationship with him. However, she would return to the stage with the aid of Sánchez Mejías, who participated in the search and employment of interpreters for her subsequent performances. In 1931, López Júlvez and García Lorca recorded five gramophone slate records, which were accompanied by García Lorca's piano. The selection of songs was prepared, adapted and titled Colección de Canciones Populares Españolas by García Lorca. Among the ten songs were "Los cuatro muleros", "Zorongo gitano", "Anda Jaleo" and "En el Café de Chinitas". With the beginning of the Second Spanish Republic, López Júlvez formed her own ballet company called Bailes Españoles de la Argentinita together with her sister, Pilar López Júlvez, and García Lorca. López Júlvez staged several flamenco theatrical shows, including an adaption of Falla's El amor brujo (Love, the Magician) in 1933, and Las Calles de Cádiz (The Streets of Cadiz) in 1933 and 1940.[7] She travelled through Spain and Paris, where she was recognized as one of the most important flamenco artists of her time. Her company included the flamenco figures Juana la Macarrona, La Malena, Fernanda Antúnez, Rafael Ortega and Antonio de Triana, who was her first dancing partner until the 1940s. At the end of her tour around Spain, her lover Sánchez Mejías was gored to death in 1934 in the Manzanares bullring. She sought refuge in her work and moved to Buenos Aires to dance at the Teatro Colón; from there she embarked on a long American tour. In 1936 she achieved success in New York. Afterwards, she returned to Spain but was forced to flee the country shortly before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. She travelled through Morocco, France, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium and the USA, where she remained in exile in New York. From then until her death in 1945, she developed her career and became one of the biggest stars of international dance, and even participated in movies. In 1943, she presented the flamenco troupe El Café de Chinitas at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, with her own choreography, texts by García Lorca, scenery by Salvador Dalí and the orchestra directed by José Iturbi. In addition, she performed at the Washington DC Watergate complex with her sister. On May 28, 1945, she gave her last performance at the Metropolitan of the orchestral work El Capricho Español, composed in 1887 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and based on Spanish melodies. At the end of the event, she had to be admitted to a hospital, where she died on September 24 from a tumor in her abdomen. She did not want to have it operated on because she did not wish to abandon dancing. Her body was repatriated to Spain in December and buried in the Spanish capital. That same year, the company of Bailes Españoles de la Argentinita was dissolved. Among the honors she received after her death was a plaque consecrated at the Metropolitan Opera House, positioned among the medals of Alfonso X El Sabio and La Orden de Isabel la Católica to honor her merits in the field of culture. ABOUT ARTIST Emmanuel Fougerat (French, 1869 – 1958) was a renowned French painter, museum curator and art historian. A former student of the Regional School of Fine Arts in Rennes, Fougerat studied in the studio of Albert Maignan and that of Jean-Paul Laurens in Paris. He was appointed director of the Nantes School of Fine Arts and was also the founder and curator of the Museum of Fine Arts in the same city. Emmanuel Fougerat was named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1912. In 1923, he was placed on temporary leave from the French State in order to carry out a mandate as director of fine arts education in the Province of Quebec, Canada; where he served as an art teacher and director of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal from 1923 to 1925. Emmanuel Fougerat’s paintings are in the following public collections: • Nantes Museum of Fine Arts, France. • Museum of Modern Art in Paris, France. • Rennes Town Hall: permanent decorations. • Museum of Fine Arts of Saint-Nazaire (destroyed in 1944), France • National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, Canada. Emmanuel Fougerat is also the author of works on several French painters, including Albert Besnard, Paul Baudry...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Rare Set of Two Framed Oil Paintings by Ivan da Silva Bruhns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare set of two small framed oil paintings by Ivan da Silva Bruhns, (Paris, 1881-Antibes, 1980). Unique works. Signed. Each panel is 9 in. Me...
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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Glass, Wood

1950s Art Deco Style Figurative Painting with Horses by Porter Woodruff, Framed
Located in Morristown, NJ
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...
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1950s Tunisian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Wood, Paint

"Knockout, " Dramatic Art Deco Painting of Boxers, Possibly 1936 Olympics
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic depiction of two boxers in the ring, with the winning boxer standing over his opponent after a knockout, was painted by Paul Daxhelet in 1936, possibly at the Berlin Olympics...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Dora Keen Butcher Watercolor Painting Hawaiian Island Scene
Located in Miami, FL
A very well executed original painting by Dora Keen Butcher (American 1905 - 1982). This watercolor landscape painting. The painting is clearly artist signed and dated in pencil in t...
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20th Century American Art Deco Paintings

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1930's Chicago Guest Book with over 20 Botanical Paintings
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage 1930's handmade Chicago area guest book. Hand carved wood cover, over 20 beautifully rendered botanical and floral watercolor and gouache painting...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Paintings

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Wood, Paper

"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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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Still Life Oil Painting
By William Drummond Bone
Located in Perth, GB
This is one of the artist best painting with heavy impasto execution giving a vibrant and colourful impactact to the beauty of the work William Drummon...
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Late 20th Century British Art Deco Paintings

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Art Deco Gouache Painting Woman with Mirror by Louise Galand-Legendre, 1942
By Leon-Laurent Galand 1
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco gouache painting woman with mirror signed by Louise Galand-Legendre. Dated 1942. Gouache and pastel on board with original frame. France. Louise Galand-Legendre France, 18...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Marine Painting, Atlantic Coast Painting, Seascape Painting, Early 20th Century
Located in Breganze, VI
This is a Marine oil painting, which represents a Marina with Atlantic Coast, the North Sea, The Ocean.  The work represents a glimpse of a rocky coastline typical of Northern Franc...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Portrait of a Woman, Art Deco, 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Portrait of a woman, Art Deco, 1930 Portrait of a woman, painting on wood panel with its original frame, unsigned, Art Deco, 1930. Painting - h: 59 cm, w: 42 cm Frame - h: 70 cm, ...
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1930s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Wood

Young Women Portrait by Alfred Schmidt, 1920
Located in Albignasego, IT
Alfred Schmidt (1876 ????- 1956) – Portrait of the concert singer Caroline Naase Oil on canvas circa 1920 60 x 47 cm – without frame 78 x 65 cm – frame included Signed center r...
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1920s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Post Cubism Work by Etiennette Johan 50's
Located in bari, IT
Opere di Johan sono presenti nelle maggiori collezioni francesi e americane e sono state presentate alla mostra di antiquariato di Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze 2005. Of Spanish origin, born in Valencia in the early 1900s, she specialized in sculpture and animal painting. She worked mainly in Lyon, her painting influenced by post-Cubist geometry remains realist in style; straight lines dialogue with curves and plays of angles give rhythm to the composition, her taste for color harmoniously mixes light and dark tones. His works represent the broad creative scope referable to the “Animaliér” artists. Johan’s works can be found in major French and American collections and were presented at the Palazzo Strozzi antiques exhibition...
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1950s Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Art Deco Paintings

Art Deco paintings might not have been as abundant as other decorative art forms when the movement first materialized in the early 1900s, as there wasn’t a painting-specific component of the 1925 Parisian exhibition that gave way to the term Art Deco. But many artists — such as those working as magazine illustrators, glass artists or sculptors — embraced the characteristics of the fashionable style even if painting wasn't their primary medium.

While sculpture and painting were initially secondary Art Deco media, Art Deco paintings were still lively and rich. As part of a reaction against the organic forms and floral motifs that underpinned Art Nouveau, Art Deco painters introduced geometric abstraction and distortion in their work. Painters working in the Art Deco style were inspired by Cubist forms and the bright colors of Fauvism, and an offshoot of Art Deco painting emerged in the 1930s as murals, a way to decorate buildings in the United States after the Great Depression.

Dunbar D. Beck, Witold Gordon, René Buthaud and Emil Fiala are some of the painters associated with Art Deco that you can find on 1stDibs.

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