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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Exclusive antique early 20th century original oil on plate genre painting
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is an original oil on plate painting estimated to be from the early 20th century. The motive is a lively café with the title: “I Kafeen” (At the café).
It has a mark on the bac...
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Early 20th Century European Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$752 Sale Price
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Antique early 20th century landscape oil painting of desert landscape
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is an original antique oil on cardboard impressionist painting from 1903. The motive is a desert landscape with mountains in the background kept in warm and intriguing colours.
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$568 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of vintage original still life floral painting from the 1930s by artist CS
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is a pair of original Danish oil on canvas still life flower paintings from 1932 by artist CS.
They are signed by the artist in the bottom right corner and framed in beautiful ...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$544 Sale Price / set
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Late 20th century framed oil on board portrait of a young woman.
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a late 20th century oil on board portrait of young woman. This art deco inspired stylish portrait has beautiful deep tones of olive amber and gold. This handmade Italian fram...
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1980s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
1920s Painting on Wood Poppy Bouquet in Vase in Art Deco Passe Partout Frame
Located in Lisse, NL
1960s pair of sconces made of chrome white a large blown glass globe.
Each sconce is compose by a large chrome cylinder extended by a smaller chrome cylinder which contains the bulb...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Paintings
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Wood
Yellow Field Daisies and Statuette Oil Painting, Art Deco
Located in Vo', Veneto
Painting with yellow field daisies and statuette
Measures: 70 x 50 frame not included
88 x 68 with frame
Hans Geissel - floral composition
A rich bouquet of field daisies, with an intense yellow color, is contained in a green glass vase, placed on a table, next to a bronze statuette depicting a female figure with a classic style.
The painting is rich in material, of great visual impact, with an original frame worked with baroque scrolls...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Conrad, Monumental Oil on Canvas, France, Five Mast Sailing Ship, Navy, Sea 1927
By George Conrad
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Monumental oil on canvas from 1927 by french artist Georges Conrad in its wooden frame with gold leaf.
Georges Conrad (24 February 1874, Aubervilliers - 7 December 1936, Rouen) was ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint, Canvas
Pair of Art Deco Period Erotic Drawings / Watercolours by Umberto Brunelleschi
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A few beautiful works of art by the Italian artist Umberto Brunelleschi. They are female nudes, slightly erotic in appearance with a beautiful display of transparent fabrics.
Dimensions frame: 25,5 x 20 cm
Dimensions paper: 23,5 x 18 cm
Umberto Brunelleschi (21 June 1879 - 16 February 1949) was an Italian artist. He was born in Montemurlo, Italy, studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence and moved to Paris in 1900 where he soon established himself as a printer, book illustrator, set and costume designer. He worked for Le Rire as a caricaturist and was a contributor to many of the deluxe French fashion publications including Journal des Dames et Des Modes, La Vie Parisienne...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paper
Danish antique early 20th century landscape oil painting by Rasmus Larsen
Located in Ebberup, DK
Danish original antique oil on canvas landscape painting from 1925 by artist Rasmus Larsen (1867-1950).
Rasmus Larsen was a renowned Danish painter known for his landscape motives a...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$544 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Border Collie Dog, oil painting on mahogany board, signed H. Ed. Capel
Located in Centennial, CO
An absolutely beautiful vintage oil painting on mahogany panel of three black and white dogs, perhaps Border Collies. The painting is skillfully painted and signed by H. Ed. Capel. T...
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1940s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Mahogany, Paint
ROBJ, Large Oil on canvas, Wall Panel, Couple near the Pound, 1930
By ROBJ
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Oil on canvas signed ROBJ, France, 1930s. Couple near the Pound. with frame - 134.6x107x7 cm - 53"x42"x2.75" ; without frame - 116x89 cm - 45.7x35 inches. 50F format. Signed "Robj" l...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
"Arms Raised", Striking Portrait of Nude Male Youth by Jarl, Denmark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking combination of realism and abstraction, this portrait of a nude male youth with his arms behind his neck -- Stanley Christensen -- is beautifully expressed in tones of cha...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Pipe Fitters", 1951 Paean to the Working Man by Gere, Wisconsin Painter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although this painting dates to 1951, a few years after the Works Progress Administration (WPA) period ended in the 1940s, this tight composition of two pipe fitters doing their work in a cramped space is very much akin to America's Depression-era murals that celebrated the American worker. The painter was Byron Gere...
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1950s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Albert Claes-Thobois (Belgian 1883-1945) Oil on Canvas "Atelier Cubisant"
Located in San Francisco, CA
An evocative oil on canvas in the Art Deco style depicting a view from a window, signed and dated 1929 in the lower center of the picture. Claes-Thobois was born in 1883 and studied ...
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1920s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
Dora Keen Butcher Watercolor Painting, Landscape Painting
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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Paint
$495 Sale Price
23% Off
Very Large 19th Century French Seascape Oil Painting by Alfred Couturaud
Located in Miami, FL
A fine original seascape painting in its original hand carved gilt wood frame.
This large work of art is painted on canvas and has recently been cleaned to display its delightful det...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
$17,280 Sale Price
50% Off
"Frieze of Nude Male Figures, " Art Deco Scene of Bathers and Workers, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drenched in rich color and somehow both modern and classical, this scene of nude male figures is presented as a frieze of men along a horizontal plane -- as if they are peopling a mu...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Standing Male Model from Behind, " Beautiful Male Nude, Three-Quarters Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this view of a young, nude male model, facing away from the viewer, places him in an artist's studio or atelier, with painters and their easels v...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Quadri Antichi, Ritratti Di Giovane Donna Che Legge, Olio Su Tavola, XX Secolo.
Located in Breganze, VI
La categoria quadri antichi propone un Bel Ritratto di Giovane Donna che Legge, una pittura ad olio su tavola,
della Metà del Novecento.
Si tratta di un ritratto di ragazza in un...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Fir
"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
"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
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Paint
"Cocktail Party", Sophisticated Art Deco Painting by Patterson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sophisticated view of a 1920s cocktail party -- probably taking place on the upper levels of an Art Deco tower in New York or Chicago -- was painted by Robert Patterson, one of ...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and remarkable Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this depiction of a group of 1940s sailors visiting a New Orleans brothel is full of boisterous energy and strong color, providing an amused and amusing view of Navy life during or after World War II. The sailors -- in their tight white pants and youthful swagger -- are enjoying the company of an array of brothel workers, reigned over by a madam dressed in ruby red, with two young paramours to her side. Taking it all in is a group of jeering young men in straw hats to the right, and a young gay...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$15,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Emile Aubry Art Deco Painting "La Voix De Pan", Groupe Symbolique
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Emile Aubry, France, 1932 documentation, comparable with a similar work - catalogue "Salon des Independents" Paris from 1932 Muse´e des Beaux-Arts, Pau, Be´arn, Pyre´ne´es-Atlantique...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Acrylic, Plywood
1930s Futurist Watercolor of a Motorbike Race by Italian Artist Aris Bacci
Located in London, GB
A 1930s futurist watercolor painting of a motorbike race by Italian futurist artist Aris Bacci. Mounted in original geometric cream mottled frame, with stun...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paper
Painting of Notre Dame Cathedral 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 o...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paint
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
"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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Paint
Les Bienfaits de la Nature by F.Majorel (1878-1965) Large Art Deco Oil on Canvas
By Fernand Majorel
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Les bienfaits de la nature offerts au plus grand nombre"
“Nature's Goodness offered to more people”
An Impressive and Decorative Art Deco oil on canvas painting
Original frame
Signe...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
$14,325 Sale Price
33% Off
Antique early 20th century landscape oil painting from Denmark
Located in Ebberup, DK
Danish original antique oil on canvas painting with gorgeous landscape motive of forest in the autumn.
The painting is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right corner and f...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$464 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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Paper
Selection of Colorful Modern Art or Gallery Wall
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of colorful modern art or gallery wall, circa 1940s-1970s. They are:
Top row, left to right:
1) Color Lithograph by Sonia Delaunay, French, circa 1950s. Pencil signed at lower right. It measures 16.5" H x 13.5" W.
2) Cubist oil painting, probably American, circa 1940s. It has been framed in a vintage gilt frame. Various rubs and wear as seen in photos. It measures 22.75" H x 19" W.
3) Naïve modernist portrait painting, American, circa 1950s. Retains original gilt frame. It measures 21.5" H x 19.5" W.
Bottom row, left to right:
4) Color lithograph by Jean Lurcat, French, circa 1950s. It has been professionally framed in a black lacquer gallery frame under UV resistant glass. It measures 15.5" H x 19.5" W.
5) Colorful original painting of beach scene...
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1950s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood
"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental Art Deco 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, relax...
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1930s British Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Portrait of a Young Jockey", Vivid, Superb Portrait Painting by Peter Hurd
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps the finest portrait we have ever offered, this depiction of a young jockey in 1941, his complexion warm and glowing and his blue eyes echoing the color of his shirt, was pain...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Sensual Original French Painting 1940s Reclining Nude Pin-Up Girl by Joan Mayor
Located in Tustin, CA
Exquisite and colorful original oil on canvas painting by 20th century French painter, Joan Mayor, from the 1940s, depicts a ravishing woman or pin-up girl ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
$11,995 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed original Painting of Venice Canal by Ranmondo
Located in Birmingham, AL
Gorgeous ,Framed original x large painting of Venice canal in Italy with lots of colorful flowers and building. With wide black and gold fram...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Oil Painting Paris France Cityscape attrib. to 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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Paint
Antique Danish 1920s original landscape oil painting of naked trees and stream
Located in Ebberup, DK
Landscape scenery oil on canvas post-impressionist painting by artist J. Jacobsen.
This image depicts a rural landscape with a stream or small river flanked by naked trees. The sce...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paint
Vintage original painting of European sea front city
Located in Birmingham, AL
Stunning oil painting on canvas of a European waterfront buildings. It look like a strip in the French Rivera. Framed with ornate wide gold frame. It had fresh air color and calm fe...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
French Art Deco Oil Painting on Canvas by Gustave Florot, circa 1930
By Gustave Florot
Located in Houston, TX
Beautifully executed French Art Deco female nude oil on canvas, signed by listed artist Gustave Florot, circa 1930.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Standing Model", Male Nude Painting in Blue by Åkerblom, Oil on Canvas, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly painted in an expressionist palette that calls to mind the work of Edvard Munch and other Nordic painters who were in the artistic vanguard of the 20th century, this depiction...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"The Harvest", Art Deco Painting with Male Laborer in Blue and Purple
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gloriously painted in a palette of blue, purple, white and yellow, this painting by Jocke Åkerblom depicts a laborer in the field, wielding his scythe, with a glorious sky above that...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Newark Industrial Exposition", Poster Design Celebrating the American Worker
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly juxtaposing the silhouette of an factory worker, with his sledgehammer, against the backdrop of an industrial landscape in beautiful hues of purple, lemon yellow and tang...
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1910s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Restored Tropical Flamingos Acrylic on Paper in Original Frame, Unisgned
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Airbrushed artwork Flamingos (original airbrushed over a print) for the Turner Company, circa 1948 in the original hardwood frame carved into a bamboo shape. A great example...
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1950s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
1940's Oil Painting - Portrait of a Child - Hubert Glansdorff - Belgium
By Hubert Glansdorff
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful oil painting by the Belgian artist Hubert Glansdorff.
It is a portrait of a young child. The child wears a kimono and looks at the viewer...
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1940s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Pine, Paint
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. wi...
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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood
"Two Women Lounging", Richly-Imagined Portrait of Figures in Satin & Silk, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Voluptuous in its approach to scene and palette, this sumptuous portrait of two women, lounging side by side amongst pillows and fabrics in satin and silk, was painted by Rudolph Sch...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Youths Bathing in the Bay of Algiers, " Monumental Painting by Ortega, 1934
By José Ortega
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in tones of turquoise, Mediterranean blue, aqua, sky blue and a range of rich browns, tans and grays, this view of three young men bathing...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$22,400 Sale Price
20% Off
"Battle of the Nudes, " Large Art Deco Painting by Wedel, Elton John Collection
By Nils Wedel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fantastic view of a great battle waged by a phalanx of nude male soldiers -- probably a scene from Sweden or France -- was painted by Nils Wedel, an important Swedish painter st...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
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
$83,805 Sale Price
35% Off
"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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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
"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
Blue Harlequin in the Manner of Picasso Painting
Located in North Miami, FL
This vintage painting on Masonite of a blue harlequin, in homage to Pablo Picasso, is a beautifully framed art piece. The soft palette and antique frame are truly breathtaking. This ...
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1960s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Acrylic, Wood, Masonite
"Two Philosophers", 1948 Painting with Two Male Nudes by Arthur Kampf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Serving, perhaps, as a commentary on the futility and horror of war, this allegorical painting of "Two Philosophers" was made by Arthur Kampf in 1948-49, shortly after the end of World War II and toward the end of his long life. Kampf was known for his historical and allegorical paintings, including a large scene showing a group of nude soldiers...
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1940s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Group of Three WPA Era Paintings, American, circa 1930s-1950s.
From left to right, they are:
1) Brick mason oil painting, American, circa 1930s. It ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
$550 Sale Price / item
83% Off
"Actaeon, " Large Art Deco-Mid Century Painting by Hollywood Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and arresting, this stylized depiction of the great hunter in Greek mythology, Actaeon, resting on a slab of marble with his bow and quiver of arrows, was painted by Leon Dusso...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
French Oil Panting on Canvas of Horse Race Scene By Emilio Grau Sala
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions (Frame) - H: 17 1/4in W: 24 3/4in D: 2 3/4in
Dimensions (Painting) - H: 10 1/4in W: 17 3/4in
This French Oil Panting on Canvas of Horse Scene By Emile Grau Sala...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
"Loading the Wagon", Important Regional Scene Ptg, Thomas Hart Benton Colleague
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of American Scene painting, depicting a group of four laborers loading the harvest onto a wagon amidst the fields, has the energy and dynamic of Thomas Hart Bent...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Dividing His Cloak , " Monumental Art Deco Ptg with Nudes, St. Martin of Tours
By Ernst Georg Martin Hildebrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dramatically illustrating the legend that says that St. Martin of Tours used his sword to divide his cloak and share it with a naked beggar, this large and striking Art Deco painting depicts St. Martin riding a pale gray horse, with the beggar standing beside him, in the midst of a dark forest with starlit sky overhead. The two figures are accompanied by a running hound, and overhead a pair of geese...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$14,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"Seven Deadly Sins", Fabulous Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A companion painting to another piece in our gallery, this painting -- "Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins" -- served as a study by Eugene Savage for a major mosaic proposed for the new...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
20th Century French Oil Painting of a Longchamp Horse Racing by Eugène 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
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Art Deco Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
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, Erté and Emil Fiala are some of the painters associated with Art Deco that you can find on 1stDibs.
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Horse Hitch
Hunting Flask
Iceberg Crystal
Iceland Pottery
Ikea Glass Table
Imari Scalloped Bowl
Imperial Russian Brass
Indian Copper Tray
Indian Silver Lions
Indian Stone Head