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Period: 1920s
"Fruit Pickers, " Fabulous, Fauvist-Hued Painting, Hawaii or California by Poole
By Horatio Nelson Poole
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Horatio Nelson Poole, famed for his scenes of Hawaii and California, this brilliantly-hued gouache shows a group of women picking fruit, likely oranges or lemons, their ba...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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"Tropical Fish and Giant Clam, " Brilliant Art Deco Painting of Undersea Life
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with a brilliant palette and very fine detail, this depiction of a tropical fish swimming above a strand of seaweed and a giant clam, surrounded by a cloud of bubbles, is a c...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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"The Thunderbird" Original Oil Painting by Jack Weldon Humphrey
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
(1901-1967). Oil on canvas; 20" x 24". Very prominent Canadian painter. His works are included in most exhibitions of 20th century Canadian art with dozens of examples in permanent c...
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Canadian Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Watercolor, Advertising Study for Ali Bej from 1920s
By Jozef Urbanovic
Located in Vienna, Austria
This watercolor, an advertising study, probably for a tee company, from 1920s. The picture is signed by Jozef Urbanovic and is now framed.      
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Slovak Bauhaus Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Paper

Lazar, Krestin
By Lazar Krestin
Located in Houston, TX
Lazar, Krestin (1868-1938) was an artist famous in the German art world for Judaic genre scenes and his many sober portraits of Eastern European Jews. He was also a noted Zionist. His father was a Talmud teacher. His first lessons were at the drawing school in Vilnius, followed by studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich and he was one of the most prominent students of Isidor Kaufmann. He worked in Munich, Vienna and Odessa before going to Jerusalem in 1910 at the request of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design founder, Boris Schatz...
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Lithuanian Other Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Canvas

Watercolour, Advertising Study for Zeiss from 1920s
By Juranka
Located in Vienna, Austria
Watercolor advertising study for the optical company Zeiss, from 1920s. The picture is signed: "Juranka" and is now framed.
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Slovak Bauhaus Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Paper

"Bellerophon and Pegasus" Striking Art Deco Painting with Male Nude Mythological
By Bryson Burroughs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable scene depicting the moment when Bellerophon was about to lasso the flying figure of Pegasus after the creature paused for a drink below was painted in 1926 by Bryson ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Art Deco Velvet Persian Lady Wall Hanging
By Grant Simon
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco (1928) vertical painted velvet wall hanging of Persian lady with 2 urns (attributed to GRANT SIMON).
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Velvet

Stylized Art Deco Gouache of a Woman, France, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
France, 1920s Art Deco Gouache on paper Stylized portrait of a woman in profile on geometric background in grey, black and cream tones. 20 x 16 framed.
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"Nude with Scimitar, " Fabulous, Sensual Art Deco Painting by Forster, 1929
By E.H. Forster
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of drama and intrigue, both sensual and classical, this depiction of a female nude tiptoeing toward a curtain being pulled aside by a threatening, unseen figure, has all the noc...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Gouache

Oil Painting Cows in the Stall Sign Felix Eisengräber, 1920
Located in Berlin, DE
- Oil on canvas - Illustration of cows in stall - Registered artist - Sign Felix Eisengräber (S - 198) Oil.
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German Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Canvas

"Distribution" Fabulous, Large Art Deco Allegorical Mural with Male Nude
By Charles Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of American allegorical painting celebrating the nation's trade and commerce, this gorgeous, high energy view of a major port, bustling with sailing ships, steam shi...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

Boris Solotareff, Double-Portrait, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
Boris Solotareff (Russian, 1889-1966) was a Russian painter, who was active in Switzerland and France; but spent the majority of his career in New York City, where he became a natura...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Important Self-Portrait as a Gentleman by French Artist Pierre Deval circa 1920s
By Pierre Deval
Located in Peabody, MA
An important self portrait of the artist Pierre Deval, (1897-1993) as a young romantic landowner in the 1920s posing in riding attire at his newly purchased 17th century bastide (or ...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Wallpaper Design, France, Art Deco, 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
Wallpaper design. Watercolor painting on paper representing a Chinese landscape, France, Art Deco, 1920s. Dim: 49.5 x 49.5cm excl frame. Another wallpaper design is available with a matching pattern and representing Chinese masks...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Paper

"Mangbetu Coming to Market, " Large Art Deco Master Painting by Paul Travis
By Paul Travis
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when fine art and natural history museums commissioned artists to travel the world to draw, paint and sculpt the native cultures they saw, Paul Travis' travels to Africa we...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Boris Solotareff, Portrait of Mr. Lautenberg, Oil on Canvas Painting, 1920s
Located in New York, NY
Signed en verso B. Solotareff, Lautenberg. Original period frame, made personally by the artist. Dimensions (without frame): Height 16” Width 12 ½”. Dimensions (with frame...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Canvas

Georg Kirsta, 1927 Art Deco Nude Portrait
By George Kirsta
Located in Sharon, CT
Beautifully painted in the deco manner of Tamara De Lempicka. Kirsta, a Russian artist escaped to Western Europe during the revolution, pursued a career as a painter and theatrical s...
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English Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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"Pan in Paradise, " Superb Art Deco Mural Study by Petersen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously detailed and voluptuously painted, this superb depiction of pan playing his pipes in a paradise full of extravagant life -- including rabbits, squirrels, crested birds and...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Gouache

Watercolor by Abraham Walkowitz, Title Bathers on Grassy Shore, circa 1920-1925
Located in Kansas City, MO
Early modernist watercolor on paper by Abraham Walkowitz (March 28, 1878-January 27, 1965), titled is Bathers on Grassy Shore. This work was done between 1920-1925. Framed.  
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American Modern Vintage 1920s Paintings

Helene Girod de L'Ain Oil Painting, Titled "Children in front of the Sea"
Located in Miami, FL
Original oil painting signed Helene Girod de L'Ain, titled "Enfants devant la Mer" and dated 1926. This beautiful painting will enhance any bedroom wall, ...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Tavik Frantisek Simon "Motif From Seine, Paris"
Located in Vienna, AT
Tavik Frantisek Simon (1877-1942). Scene from the Seine, Paris. Colored etching. Dimensions: 38 x 32 cm. (60 x 54) cm.
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French Vintage 1920s Paintings

"Lion and Bull, " Art Deco-Medieval Decorative Painting in Greys and Burnt Sienna
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A marvelous example of Romanesque-Medieval bas relief sculpture interpreted by an American artist in the 1920s, this painting on fabric was executed by Dunbar Beck, the famous muralist. The painting, on one length of cloth, is in two parts -- one portion depicts a bull being attached by a lion, the other depicts a scrolling rope motif. According to a notation on the reverse, both paintings were done for a production of "Oedipus Rex," perhaps in California. Beck was an important muralist at this time, executing a mural for the US Post Office...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

Original Painting for 1928 Packard Advertisement, Stunning Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Masterfully painted and full of light and color, this oil painting depicting a 1928 Packard automobile, the height of Art Deco style and elegance toward the end of the Depression, is...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Small Painting by Jean Hugo from 1927
By Jean Hugo
Located in New York, NY
Great grandson of the famous writer Victor Hugo, the painter Jean Hugo (1894-1984) was in the thick of the Paris art scene between the wars. A member of the avant garde, he was a friend of Picasso, Cocteau and Colette and was associated with the Neo Romantics. His small gouaches on paper were avidly collected by Dr. Albert Barnes, and can be seen today in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. Hugo's most desirable work -- landscapes, interior scenes, set designs -- date from the mid 1920s to the late 1930s. This whimsical painting, signed and dated 1927, is set in a curtained, classical interior furnished with Victorian lighting fixtures...
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French Romantic Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Gouache

Exceptional Bauhaus Watercolor by Henri Pfeiffer, Signed, 1928
Located in Paris, FR
Henri Pfeiffer joined the Bauhaus at the age of 17 where he became a student of Paul Klee. He created many abstract works with a renewed vision of the use and perception of colors. V...
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German Bauhaus Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Paper

"Cubist Figure, " Brilliant Painting by Béla Kádár, Hungarian Master
By Bela Kadar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in striking shades of tomato red, green-blue and chalky white, this painting was made by Béla Kádár, increasingly appreciated and collected today as Hungary's ...
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Hungarian Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Gouache

Gennaro Villani, Amalfi Coast
By Gennaro Villani 1
Located in New York, NY
Gennaro Villani (1885-1948) Amalfi Coast, oil on canvas in painted and gilt frame, signed lower left. Italy, circa 1920. Dimensions: 27" W x 23" H x 1.25" D; sight 24.5" W x 21" H.
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Italian Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Canvas

Wallpaper Design, France, Art Deco, 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
Wallpaper design. Watercolor painting on paper representing Chinese masks, France, Art Deco, 1920s. Dimensions: 49.5 x 49.5cm excl frame. Another wallpape...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Paper

"Bacchante, " Bold, Richly-Hued Art Deco Painting in Purples and Blues
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Graphically striking and boldly painted in a rich palette of purples, blues and oranges, this high style Art Deco painting by M. H. Forster depicts a female figure with curling tendr...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Gouache

"Nymph and Fawn in Paradise, " Superb Art Deco Mural Study Painting by Petersen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This quintessential Art Deco scene, with its nymph in Arabian costume offering a dish of water to a spotted fawn, was painted by Einar Petersen, a California artist known for his exo...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Gouache

Japanese Bijin-ga Painting of Woman in Period Kimono, Taisho Period, circa 1920
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Rare Japanese Taisho period Bijin-ga style painting of a beautiful woman in period kimono holding a fan, circa 1920. Bijin-ga is a Japanese term used to describe paintings or pict...
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Japanese Taisho Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Silk

Art Deco Engraving by George Barbier from Chansons De Bilitis Portfolio Framed
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely sensual rare French Art Deco engraving from the coveted portfolio Chansons de Bilitis in the 1920s France is by the famed artist; George Barbier. It is exquisitely executed with an Egyptian Revival feel with Art Deco influences of wonderful colors and sensual subject matter. It has been recently custom museum quality reframed with a gold leaf frame with red clay under rub and silk mat. There is a gold thin inner liner frame inside of the silk mat to enhance the custom framing to a higher level. The colored part of the engraving size is 6.5" W x 7" H. There is a tan silk mat that is 3" all around with a 4" Bottom size. This Art Deco work of art is a true beauty. This is from the late 1920s. There were only 133 copies produced making this portfolio a very special and sought after achievement of pure art deco illustration...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Walter Illner Painting
Located in Belmont, MA
Walter Illner (Leipzig, 1854-1959 Düsseldorf), Still-life with flowers, oil on canvas. (Size with frame: 102 x 98 cm). Signed upper right. The painting w...
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German Jugendstil Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Canvas

Ada Pratella, Houses at Capri
By Ada Pratella 1
Located in New York, NY
Ada Pratella (1901-1929) Houses at Capri, oil on canvas in gold frame, signed lower left. Italy, circa 1920 Dimensions: 17" W x 14.5" H x 1.88" D; sight 12.5" W x 10.25"H.
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Italian Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Canvas

"Conversing by the Scented Pool, " Gorgeous Art Deco Chinioserie Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most exotic and gorgeously colored Art Deco paintings we have ever seen, this scene of an elaborately robed Chinese couple, clearly of royal blood, conversing by a pool su...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Gouache

Giuseppe Casciaro, Ischia, 1929
Located in New York, NY
Giuseppe Casciaro, Ischia, 1929. Giuseppe Casciaro (1861-1941) Amalfi coast landscape with watchtower on the island of Ischia. Pastel and gouache on card. Signed and dated 19 Feb VII...
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Italian Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Giltwood, Paper

Portrait of a Girl Sitting in a Summer Garden
Located in Belmont, MA
German school, 20th century, oil on canvas, signed, inscribed and dated "Hans Muenchen 19." Size without frame: 27 x 24 inches. Wood frame included.
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German Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Canvas

"Nudes by the Sea, " Superb, Classic Art Deco Painting by George Lepape
By Georges Lepape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This superb and Classic example of Art Deco painting -- with a nude male and female couple attended by two deer at the edge of the sea -- was painted by George Lepape, an important i...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

One of a Kind Erté Original Painting "Femme Au Collant Resille"
Located in Asheville, NC
Signed original gouache painting by Romain de Tirtoff, aka Erté. This very rare original features a woman wearing fishnet stockings and a pearl-and-lace top with black gloves and a ...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Gouache

Douglas Volk Original Small Oil Painting
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautifully rendered small landscape on panel by Douglas Volk (February 23, 1856 – February 7, 1935), an American portrait and figure painter, muralist, and educator. He taught at t...
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American Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Wood

1926 Still Life Oil On Canvas of a Lobster by Carl Vilhelm Meyer, Danish
By Carl Vilhelm Meyer
Located in London, GB
Carl Vilhelm Meyer's masterful oil on canvas painting, "Lobster's Elegance," dated 1926, captures a moment of culinary allure frozen in time. This exquisite piece showcases Meyer's u...
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Danish Organic Modern Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Antique Italian Pastel Maiden Florentine Gilt Frame
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous antique pastel of an Italian maiden Lovely colours to the pastel, definitely the work of a skilled hand Not sure of exact artist Comes in the ornate gilt Florentine frame C...
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Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Giltwood

Oil on Panel in Giltwood Frame, Nanny with Two Young Children
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Beautiful oil painting on board titled, "Nanny with two young children" in original high quality giltwood frame. Signed lower corner and dated 1920. Carl Mayr-Graz (1850-1929), was a genre painter. He studied with Johann Nepomuk Passini in Graz, then in Nuremberg from Kreling and Carl Raupp. From 1870-78 he was a student of Wilhelm von Diez in Munich, and was a close friend of Wilhelm Leibl.
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Austrian Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Hardwood, Giltwood

American John Rettig Art Oil Painting on Canvas L'Opera Paris 1927
By Raphaël Collin
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Artwork 1927 Frame 25 tall x 21.75 x 2.5 d Art 14.75 w x17.75 Oil on canvas, L'Opera by John Retting. Newer frame with brass tag. Canvas has an ochre color backside. Signed in l...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Stunning Portrait of Lady Astor by F. Martin-Kavel, France, Art Deco
Located in Paris, FR
Portrait of Lady Astor by François Martin-Kavel (French 1861-1931). Oil on canvas, Signed Martin Kavel lower left, inscribed "B. Sirven Toulouse" and "Lady ...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Canvas

1920s William Bradford Green Watercolor with Heydendryk Frame
Located in Miami, FL
Dramatic and lovely watercolor happy depiction of a period 1920s lady at an open window looking out at the follage and potted plants. Realized by William Bradford Green...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Silk, Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Set of Three Hand-Painted Teaching Charts of Aquatic Parasites and Diseases
Located in Houston, TX
Hand-painted charts in French. Used to teach about parasites and diseases in a Belgian school house. Original wooden dowels and canvas. Beautiful colors and fonts. Price is for the s...
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Belgian Art Nouveau Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Wood, Canvas

"Boy with Blue Eyes, " Portrait Masterwork, Oil on Canvas by William Paxton
By William McGregor Paxton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's great masters of portraiture, this depiction of a male youth is brimming with warmth and life. The boy pictured here, with his ...
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American Beaux Arts Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Paint

Six Decorative Lacquered Panels with Hindu Paintings, circa 1920-1930
Located in Paris, FR
Six decorative panels from an ancient Indian traveling theater. Painted decorations on solid teak. Dimensions of the Maharaja and Cavaliers panels are 199 X 98 cm. Dimensions of the...
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Indian Vintage 1920s Paintings

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Teak

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