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
- Emerged in the 1920s
- Flourished while the popularity of Art Nouveau declined
- Term derives from 1925’s Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) in Paris, France
- Informed by Ancient Egypt, Cubism, Futurism, Louis XVI, De Stijl, modernism and the Vienna Secession; influenced Streamline Moderne and mid-century modernism
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
Post Cubism Work by Etiennette Johan from the Fifties
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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Canvas
Antique Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas Depicting a Young Woman
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very well executed antique oil painting is unsigned, with unknown origins, and is presumed to date to approximately 1920 and done in the period impressionistic style. The painti...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
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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Canvas
Art Deco pastel painting nudes in a landscape by Georges Lavergne France 1936
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco pastel painting nudes in a landscape by Georges Lavergne.
Signed and dated 1936. Ink, crayon and pastel on paper.
France.
Contemporary frame.
Size:
H. 68 cm. x L. 89.5 c...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Boats on a Port, Oil on Wood Panel, Signed and Framed, Norway, early 1900s
Located in Hønefoss, 30
A melancholy painting of boats on a port. Oil on wood panel, signed and framed. Norway c. early 1900s.
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1910s Norwegian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Early 20th Century Impressionistic Oil Painting Flowers, Mécislas de Rakowski
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful painting by the Polish-Belgian artist Mécislas de Rakowski.
The painting shows a flower still life in a Chinese vase. Beautiful display of delicate white flowers against a...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century Framed Oil on Canvas Painting “Low Waters” Signed A. Thieme
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a study, living room or den with this beautiful and colorful antique coastal seascape painting. Painted probably during the artist's time studying at the Hague or in his travels afterwards down the east coast of the United States circa 1920, the artwork is set in a carved gilt wood frame. The piece illustrates a picturesque little pier in the impressionist style, and is signed in the lower left corner "A. Thieme," the signature of Anthony Thieme (1888–1954). The oil on canvas painting shows several fishing boats with sails hanging moored at a small coastal docking area surrounded by buildings, with people moving about the pier, fishermen milling around on the boats, and seagulls flying overhead. The early 20th-century painting is in excellent condition commensurate with age and use, and adorns rich, vibrant colors; throughout the piece, the viewer gets a sense of the artist's expertise in the rendering of space, light and a beautifully hazy atmosphere, as he was referred to "The Master of Light and Shadow". The painting is in excellent condition commensurate with age and use. The back reads: "Low Waters". Sourced from the estate of a prominent Dallas family. Artist lsted in the Benezit. (See last picture).
Anthony Johannes Thieme was born in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam in 1888. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, at the Royal Academy at the Hague, as an apprentice to George Hoecker, a well known stage designer in Düsseldorf, Germany, and to Antonio Mancini...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Paintings
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Giltwood, Paint
"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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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Impressionist Painting of a Landscape in Austria, Oil on Canvas Around, 1930
Located in Berlin, DE
This Impressionist painting, shows a landscape with a lake in Austria. On the lake are boats and in the background you can see the snow-covered mountains.
A very beautiful and coher...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Floating Man, " Important Art Deco Painting with Nude Male by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Dunbar Beck, one of America's most accomplished and successful muralists, this painting of a half-nude man floating over a succession of dancing couples below was one of a...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper, Paint
Frank Leonard Brooks Attributed Canadian Antique Oil Painting on Canvas Board
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This framed antique painting is being attributed to the well known Canadian artist Frank Leonard Brooks, and dates to approximately 1920 and done ...
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Early 20th Century Canadian Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Walnut, Paint
Art Deco Etching a Tangi au Repos by Paul Jauve
By Paul Jouve
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco etching by Paul Jouvé depicting an Oriental scenery.
Made in France
Circa: 1933
Signature: Jouvé.
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
Watercolor of a Paris street scene with a „Berliner Leiste“ frame by A. Paly
Located in Hamburg, DE
The watercolor of a Paris street scene by A. Paly (1889-1979) is framed in a beautiful 19th century frame. The gouache dates from the early 20th century and conveys the French attitude to life with just a few brush strokes.
The frame is colloquially called "Berliner Leiste". (or also Waschgoldleiste, or Schinkelleiste) The frames of this type mostly come from the middle of the 19th century and are nowadays very popular for framing modern art...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Very Large Painting “a Van Der Plas”
Located in LELYSTAD, FL
Adrianus Marie van der Plas was borne in 1899 in Rotterdam and died in 1974 in Kerkrade. He was a painter, a sculptor and a graphic artist. “Het Rotterdams Nieuwsblad” wrote in 1969?...
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1920s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Art Deco Era Still Life by Kupur of White Peonies and Gazelles
Located in Toledo, OH
Art Deco Era Still Life by Kupur. White Peonies in a blue vase with Gazelles Gouache. Circa 1930's. Painting on board. Signed by Ruben Kupur. Great condition. Image size is 29" W x 3...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"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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1930s North American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Large Art Deco Period Portrait Painting of an Elegant Young Woman, 1937
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Jazz Club Dancing, Paris, " Quintessential 1920s Painting by Paul Colin
By Paul Colin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Paul Colin, one of the artists who helped define the elegance of 1920s Paris, and in particular the rising prominence of jazz clubs which featured Josephine Baker and other Black performers, this piece features a couple dancing to a modern tune with high energy, their arms and legs at acute angles which echoed the geometries of high style Art Deco form. The Black male figure is the height of fashion in his tuxedo, and the female figure is wearing a thin, diaphanous, pale green dress...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Still Life Painting, Flower Pot with Roses and Fruits, Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Breganze, VI
Still life artwork, oil painting on canvas, Flower Pot With Roses And Fruits. Still life painting rich and colorful. Art Déco.
The painting expresses the fashion of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Probably inspired by Russian painting.
More precisely in the thirties of the twentieth century and a signature not easily translatable,
in fact, on the back of the work on the frame there is a name that probably refers to the author, Vladimir Alexandrovich Kutum.
The painting bears a handmade frame in shaped, pinstriped and gilded wood from the contemporary era.
This still life, oil painting on canvas dates back to the first half of the twentieth century, Art Deco...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Leonetto Cappiello, Poster Study Maquette, Studebaker, Automobile, Car, 1926
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Work of Art, Painting in Gouache, Pencil and Ink on Paper, "Maquette" or Study for a Poster for Studebaker Cars, by Leonetto Cappiello circa 19...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper, Paint
"Ce qu'évoquent les Livres" by Émile Aubry '1880-1964'
By Louis Aubry
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Ce qu'évoquent les Livres"
Allegory of the Literature
Oil on canvas
Signed on the lower part beside parchment
111 x 133 x 2 cm
Framed 125 x 146 x 7 cm
Provenance: Collection Georges AUBRY, brother of the artist
Bibliography: Illustrated in catalogue «Regards de peintre» , Suzanne AUBRY-CASANOVA, 1997, p.104
After trying years of forced confinement due to the war, he composed this allegorical fresco on the theme of Literature, Science and Arts was painted by Émile Aubry for his younger brother Georges Aubry, who had intended it for his library.
This work, composed on the theme of the book it symbolizes, in its diversity by allegorical characters, he cannot help ordering the painting around Art, which he places at the top of the scale of human...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Bouquet of Roses by Hermine David, Oil on Cardboard Linen, Signed
By Hermine David, Jules Pascin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bouquet of roses by Hermine David, oil on cardboard linen, signed. Framed.
Hermine Lionette Cartan David (19 April 1886 in Paris – 1 December 1970 in ...
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1930s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"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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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Watercolor Painting of Tropical Architecture in the Bahamas
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Delightful watercolor on paper of colonial architecture with water, mountains, and two mysterious figures. Signed in the lower left by noted Amer...
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Early 20th Century Bahamian Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Mixed Media Painting of a Parrot in a Faux Bamboo Frame
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty mixed media painting on brown paper of a parrot executed in classic Art Deco style with a bold stroke using watercolor and gouache. Signed by not...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"St. Sebastian & Ionic Column, " Painting in Ink and Watercolor, Porter Woodruff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sensitive depiction of St. Sebastian, pierced by a myriad of arrows but not yet expired, was painted by Porter Woodruff in a gorgeous combination of watercolor, gouache and ink. The saint is shown against an Ionic column, with a dark and turbulent sky behind that is punctuated by a row of poplars pointing skyward. Woodruff was best known for his paintings and illustrations for Vogue magazine -- one of five American fashion illustrators who worked for the magazine -- as well as House & Garden. Woodruff was born in Tennessee, but spent much of his creative life in Paris and Tunisia, where he lived with Georges Sébastian, an important Hungarian-born, French orchestra...
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1930s Tunisian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Flower Painting, Yellow Daisies Painting, Oil on Canvas, 20th Century, Art Déco
By Primo Dolzan
Located in Breganze, VI
Flowers artwork, oil painting, floral vase painting which represents Yellow Daisies.
It also has a golden frame realised in the 1900s. Art Deco. Golden frame.
This floral oil pain...
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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"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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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Female Nude by Louis Süe Et André Mare
By Louis Sue (Artist)
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco oil on wood (tableau) depicting a beautiful nude figure of a Young Female by Süe et Mare.
Compagnie des Arts Français.
Made in France.
Circa: 1925.
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
Flower Painting, White and Red Dahlias, Oil on Canvas, 20th Century, Art Déco
Located in Breganze, VI
Flowers artwork, Art Déco, oil painting, floral vase painting which represents white and red Dahlias.
It also has a golden frame realised in the 1900s.
The oil on canvas paintin...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Large Oil on Canvas by Giovanni Battista Filosa 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Large oil on canvas by Giovanni Battista Filosa.
Romantic oil painting of the XIX century signed FILOSA. The quality and the chromatic gain much more live than in the photos. The fr...
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19th Century Italian Antique Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Painting of a Woman in Blue Dress Signed Menny Pitt, 1920
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Lovely Art Deco painting, portrait of a young lady in the make-up room. painting is gouache / chalk on paper. It is framed with a beautiful passe-partout, from the same time, in a si...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Paintings
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Crayon
Sem, Monumental Art Deco Oil on Canvas, Champagne Heidsieck Dry Monopole, 1927
By SEM
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Monumental oil on canvas by caricaturist Georges Goursat, also known as SEM.
Georges Goursat - 23 November 1863 - 26 November 1934 - was a French caricaturist and portraitist famous during the Belle Époque and Art Deco periods.
This painting greeted visitors to the cellars...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Late 20th Century Marilyn Lanfear Impressionist Portrait Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage circa late 20th century gouache on paper of woman by Marilyn Lanfear (1930-2020) Texas. Part of the series Portrait of Mona ( from a photo of t...
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Late 20th Century North American Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
Late 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Painting by Marilyn Lanfear
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage circa late 20th century gouache on thin paper of woman by Marilyn Lanfear (1930-2020) Texas. Part of the series Portrait of Mona ( from a photo...
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Late 20th Century North American Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
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
Framed Oil on Canvas Painting Titled "Sun and Shade" Signed by Anthony Thieme
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a study, living room or den with this beautiful and colorful antique oil on canvas painting. Painted probably during the artist's time studying at the Hague or in his travels afterwards down the east coast of the United States circa 1920, this beautiful artwork is set in a carved gilt wood frame. The piece illustrates a picturesque little street in the impressionist style, and is signed in the lower right corner "A. Thieme," the signature of Anthony Thieme (1888–1954). The painting shows a little road lined with houses and large trees, with people milling around on the street and the porches of the houses. The early 20th-century painting is in excellent condition with rich, vibrant colors; throughout the piece, the viewer gets a sense of the artist's expertise in the rendering of space, light and a beautifully hazy atmosphere, as he was referred to "The Master of Light and Shadow". The painting is in excellent condition commensurate with age and use. The back reads: "Sun and Shade". Sourced from the estate of a prominent Dallas family. Listed in the Benezit.
Anthony Johannes Thieme was born in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam in 1888. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, at the Royal Academy at the Hague, as an apprentice to George Hoecker, a well known stage designer in Düsseldorf, Germany, and to Antonio Mancini, an Italian Impressionist. After completing his studies, Thieme journeyed throughout Europe and South America, working in stage design to support his travels. Thieme first came to the United States in 1917 and initially worked as a set designer and book illustrator first in New York and later in Boston.
By the late 1920s, Thieme had married and moved from Boston to Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, an emerging art colony. Like the other Rockport artists...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Paintings
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Giltwood, Paint
"Crested Bird with Pomegranate, " Rare Pencil and Gouache Painting by Parzinger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for his handsome, beautifully-crafted furniture designs, much in demand today, Tommi Parzinger also painted over the span of his career. His rare, early works -- such as t...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Pair of Tiger and Lion Art Deco Framed Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of tiger and lion Art Deco framed paintings. Oil on panel. Beautiful carved wood frames.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint, Hardwood
Reclining Nude Paiting, Georges Guinegault, France 1950
Located in Albignasego, IT
Georges Pierre Guinegault (1893 – 1952) – Reclining nude
oil on canvas – 1950 ca.
50 cm x 100 cm without frame
62 cm x 112 cm with frame
Signed lower center, original white lacquered frame.
Georges-Pierre Guinegault
Georges Guinegault...
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1950s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
"Flamenco Dancer, " Brilliant Art Deco-Cubist Oil Painting by Schyl, 1920s
By Jules Schyl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of Cubist-influenced Art Deco painting, this view of a young flamenco dancer, with a wide-brimmed hat and roses on her hair, was painted by Jules Schyl, one of Sw...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
A. Larren Signed Original Oil on Copper Painting Depicting Tennis Players
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This original painting is signed "A. Larren" presumably from England, and dating to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The painting is done in oil paint on a c...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Paintings
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Copper
Sumptuous Cascading 1930s Floral Watercolor
Located in Garnerville, NY
Sumptuous cascading Art Deco Era floral watercolor. Brilliant blue background with an amazing floral arrangement displayed in a Art Deco period handl...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Oil Painting on Plate Wilhelm Link 1920s Urban Fall Berlin Rainy Day Framed
Located in Neuss, NW
Wilhelm Willy link Urban Fall. Autumn day in rainy Berlin. Old gas lanterns line the side of a street. People are crossing the wet road. Oil on plate from the 1920s. Glued on a white...
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1920s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood
"Naval Recruit, " Classic WPA Mural Study by Henricksen for Naval Station, 1936
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of WPA-period mural painting, this study was painted by Ralf Henricksen in the 1930s, probably for the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, north of Chicago....
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Two Nudes and Bowl of Fruit, " Masterful Cubist-Influenced Art Deco Oil Painting
By Jules Schyl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In our opinion, the finest work ever painted by Jules Schyl, one of Sweden's leading Modernists in the 1920s and 1930s, this spectacular piece depicts a female nude in the upper righ...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Spring, " Important 1920s Painting Evoking Stravinsky Ballet & Polish Folk Dress
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's great Modernist artists -- Salcia Bahnc -- in 1925, and evoking Igor Stravinksy's "Rite of Spring" ballet and the native folk costume of Poland, where the artist grew up, this large and important piece depicts 10 figures in brilliantly-hued dress, some in dance poses that suggest the choreography and costumes of Vaslav Nijinsky and Nicholas Roerich...
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1920s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Medieval Battle, " Brilliant Art Deco Painting w/ King and Knights, Red & Yellow
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rich with color -- including blood red, canary yellow and rich blue -- and full of astonishing detail, this crowded scene depicts a Medieval king on horseback expiring from an arrow to the chest, surrounding by a writhing crowd of knights in armor, many dead or dying, their faces contorted from the agony of the moment -- a testimony to the violence and tragedy of war. Above the scene, like the stage curtain of a theatre production, hangs three layers of Art Deco clouds in graduated shades of gray. The artist was Cesare Bentivoglio...
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Nude Woman Painting, Art Déco, Naked Woman, XX Century, 'Qn391'
By Yves Diey
Located in Breganze, VI
This is an Art Déco nude woman painting, oil on canvas. This naked woman in the mirror painting has a golden frame.
This nude oil art work, XX Century, is signed by Diey Yves...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Naval Recruitment, " Classic and Charming View into 1930s Military Life
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Providing a charming and insightful depiction of the induction of young men into the U.S. Navy, this mural study -- no doubt created for the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, north of Chicago -- includes eight scenes that show new, incoming sailors being transformed for military life. The men are shown arriving in their civvies, but are soon undergoing physicals, hair cuts...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Blonde Youth, " Impressionist Portrait of Staffan Nyblom by Swedish Painter
By Ture Lennart Nyblom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This handsome and affectionate portrait of a young man, his tousled blonde hair glinting in the light, was painted by the subject's father, the Swedish artist Ture Lennart Nyblom. The artist's brushstrokes are loose and confident, and he beautifully captures the ruddy complexion, blue jacket and white collar of his subject, Staffan. The youth's appearance suggests that he sat for his portrait in his school uniform...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Blue Hour Oil on Hardboard Still Life Art Déco
Located in Neuss, NW
Still life with flower and pear in a dark surrounding. Provided with a wooden frame on the backside. Frameless in the front view. Ready to hang.
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1930s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Angel in the Square, " Art Deco Painting in Blue, Green & Pink, Paris, 1939
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mysterious and dignified, yet full of life and color, this 1939-vintage painting by Emile Deschler depicts an angel on horseback in the center of a village square, surrounded by a mo...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Hand Colored by Louis Icart "Slightly Swollen Areola" Authenticated
Located in Stamford, CT
Hand Colored by Louis Icart "Slightly Swollen Areola." An authenticated colored etching by Louis Icart in a fine gilt wood frame. Removed directly from Dr Shawn Garber's home on the...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paper
Signed Mid-Century Roman Erotic Watercolor
Located in Norwood, NJ
W. Hall signed erotic watercolor of Men dressed in togas drinking with nude women with Egyptian guards in the background. Measures: 30" x 26” framed.
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
Portrait Painting, Woman With White Dress, Spanish, Oil Painting, 20th Century
Located in Breganze, VI
This is a woman portrait painting of a lady dressed in white.
This oil painting has an original frame realised in the 1900s. Art Déco.
Although the signature of the canvas portr...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Monumental and quite extraordinary, this utopian scene -- all cast in a lovely, warm glow -- depicts a wide range of nude figures, mostly male, in a grassy river valley between mount...
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1920s British Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Signed Art Deco Nude by John Montroue
Located in Redding, CT
Art Deco Nude by John Montroue, signed in lower right corner and reverse reads - "Grace" Air brush technique by John Montroue, 8/70. Dramatic silhouette of a female nude, cubist/mode...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
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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