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Art Deco Paintings

ART DECO STYLE

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

ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN

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

ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Style: Art Deco
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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Jean Piaubert - "Presence", 1965, Huile, sable et gravier sur panneau intitulé
Located in NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FR
Jean Piaubert - "Presence", 1965 Technique : Huile, sable et gravier sur panneau Signature : Signé en bas à droite Dimensions : H : 60 cm L : 150 cm Provenance : Vente Me Lombrail...
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1960s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Sandstone

Still life Danish early 20th century oil painting of flowers and plants
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is an original vintage oil on canvas still life painting from 1933, Denmark. It has a motive of plants and flowers elegantly arranged on a window sill. It is signed “HP” in the...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings

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"Tunisian Man in White Shirt", 1930s Watercolor Painting by Porter Woodruff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piercing and powerful portrait of a Tunisian man with an open-necked shirt provides a glimpse into the life of artist Porter Woodruff in North Africa. 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. He 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 conductor...
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1930s Tunisian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Crown Devon Fieldings Hand Painted Sporting Gun Dogs Scene Signed R Hinton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A superb Art Deco Crown Devon fieldings framed ceramic plaque depicting two sporting gun dogs by R Hinton and dating from around 1920. The plaque is well ...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Ceramic, Oak

Witold Gordon Gouache "Shipsmiths - Vanity Fair"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gouache, by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

Frederick Golden Short New Forest Woodland Signed and Dated 1920 Oil Painting
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning Frederick Golden Short 1863 – 1936 oil painting which dated 1920 and signed of the new Forest Woodland This piece is exceptionally well exe...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

Witold Gordon Gouache "Reeperbahn - Vanity Fair"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gouache by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See”...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

Witold Gordon Gouache, Democratic Club, Vanity Fair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gouache, by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

"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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Young Women in Bathing Oil on Canvas 1930 Signed Thioll
Located in Marseille, FR
Oil painting on canvas 1930 signed Thioll of two young naked women frolicking at the water's edge and the third was wearing a jersey.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

Two Friends signed F. MOLINA, 1925
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on canvas signed F.MOLINA lower-left, located in Paris on 5 June 1925. Very beautiful, almost Fauvist atmosphere, portraying two nude women lying on a bed, a richly embroidered c...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

Sergey CHEKHONIN (1878-1936), “Enchanted Castle”
Located in Paris, FR
In a 1929 article of a french newspaper "L'Homme libre," Serge Chekhonin is described as having a prestige comparable to that of Bakst or Benois. He is praised for his talent as a decorator, his refinement of colors, his technical mastery, and his deeply Russian...
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Early 20th Century Russian Art Deco Paintings

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Paper

"Male Nude with American Flag, " Monumental Painting by Broadway Designer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly hued and striking in composition, this painting by famed Broadway designer Raoul Pene du Bois is one of his largest works we have ever seen. Perhaps a study for one of hi...
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1950s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Young Woman Portrait by Enrico Crespi Signed Located Dated Italian Watercolor
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and evocative watercolor technique painting by the great Milanese school artist Enrico Crespi It depicts a young woman lying dreamily on her bed. Most likely this is a youn...
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Wood, Paper

Evocative 1940s Painting of Woman in Ochre Tones
Located in Round Top, TX
Worn, weathered original painting of a lovely woman with a hand to her head. Quite stunningly evocative in nature and presentation; signed lower right. Canvas wrapped around steel fr...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Paintings

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Metal

French Oil Painting "Children in Front of the Sea" by Helene Girod De L'Ain
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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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Exotic Vintage Painting by Alan Healey 1970s Framed Art Deco African Monkey
Located in London, GB
An exotic vintage painting signed by Alan Healey and painted in the 1970s, depicting a North African boy with his little monkey on his shoulder. CREATO...
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1970s British Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

An ART-DECO FASHION Drawing Ink Painting by LUCY CROFFIN, France 1930
Located in PARIS, FR
A simple and superb ink or watercolor, in the style of a fashion drawing or portrait, Art Deco, Modernist, Belle Époque, or Roaring Twenties, on paper in its simple wooden frame, an ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Paper

"Bedouin with Keffiyeh", Handsome Portrait of Arab Male Figure, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted toward the end of the Great Depression, this striking portrait of a handsome bedouin with a traditional headdress featuring a red and whit...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Theatrical Scene, " Art Deco Painting with Tragedy, Comedy in Celestial Setting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary, almost surreal scene by one of America's leading muralists in the Art Deco period, Eugene Savage, depicts a floating female nude on the stage, with figures of Com...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Picking Apples in Arcadia, " Art Deco Painting with Nudes by Harlem Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gorgeous, idyllic depiction of nude figures enjoying the beauty and abundance of Arcadia, some picking apples and others making love, was painted by David Karfunkle in the 1930s...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Cubist Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a Spanish Cubist still life painting titled "Nature Morte, 1913" showing an abstracted view of a cello, vase and architectural details Conditio...
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20th Century American Art Deco Paintings

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1937, Oil on Canvas by Carl Forup '1883-1939'
Located in North Miami, FL
Behold "Hilltop View," a captivating oil-on-canvas masterpiece created in 1937. This evocative painting presents a young girl standing amidst a breathtaking mountainous landscape, expertly rendered by the skilled hand of Carl Forup...
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20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Fernand Leger French Art-Deco Abstract Print, Titled "The Cyclist"
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco abstract print titled "The Cyclist" featuring a individual holding bike in a one arm white strokes of red blue and yellow (FERNAND LEGER)
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Paper

HARTZMAN - Art Deco Style Watercolor Painting on Paper - Unframed - Mid 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
HARTZMAN - Art Deco style watercolor painting on paper - signed lower right - unframed - mid 20th century. Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration - brigh...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Antique Dog Painting by William Stern, Dated 1921, Shepherd Dog with Puppies
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique painting depicting a Malinois (Belgian Sheppard dog) with her puppies. The painting is very atmospheric, with beautiful l...
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1920s Dutch Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

1960 Young Naked Woman Painting Signed Hilgers Olympia Nude Art Deco
Located in Marseille, FR
Oil painting on canvas signed Hilgers in the lower right, from the 1930s, representing a young woman sort of naked Olympia in the Art Deco style. Canvas size 100 x 50 cm and frame di...
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1930s Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

Painting Of Ballet Dancer, Art Deco, Oil On Canvas, Early 1900s.
Located in Breganze, VI
The category Antique Paintings, Antique Portraits of Women features a portrait of a Beautiful Young Girl, a Ballet Dancer sitting in repose. Oil Painting on Canvas of the twentieth ...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

Old Master Paintings, Mountain Landscape with Snow, Matterhorn Mountain, Oil On Cardboard, XX
Located in Breganze, VI
The antique paintings category, Mountain Landscape Paintings with Snow, features a painting depicting Mount Matterhorn. mount Matterhorn is located in Canton Valais a region in west...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Paper

Early 20th C. Bertha De Hellebranth Painting of Budapest Castle (Hungary)
Located in Round Top, TX
Early 20th c. Bertha De Hellebranth oil on canvas of Budapest castle. Signed lower right. 

Heavy age wear to surface including craquelure and he...
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Paintings

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Metal

"Fawn", Art Deco Painting of Resting Deer, Brown, Green and Yellow, Ohio Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely, striking Art Deco painting -- executed in gouache (opaque watercolor) and applied with an airbrush, a new tool that became widely popular in the 1930s and 40s -- was mad...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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An ORIENTALIST ART-DECO PAINTING Engraved MIRROR by G. FANNEE, France 1930
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptional orientalist painting under glass on mirror, Art-Deco, Modernist, Bauhaus, Orientalist, decorated with a stylized torrent in the jungle on a mirror background, signed G...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Bronze

"Bringer of Light, " Large, Art Deco Nocturnal Triptych with Nude Figures
By Eduard Stella
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mystical and beautiful, this three-part watercolor painting depicts a central nude male figure holding a faceted crystal emanating shafts of light, surrounded by clusters of other nu...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Watercolor

"Riding the Spotted Pony", Art Deco Painting with Nude Male American Indian
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted at a time when the nation was increasingly interested in exotic places and peoples -- including Mexico, the South Pacific, Asia and the Southwest -- this Art Deco painting of...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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

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Canvas

Oil on Canvas Signed, Roger Pierre
Oil on Canvas Signed, Roger Pierre
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A Pair Art Deco Water Colour Paintings - Portraits of Woman - Signed Titus
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A lovely set of two original watercolor paintings, portraits of women. The set dates from the Art Deco period, circa 1920-1930. The paintings are framed behind glass in special origi...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Glass, Pine, Paint, Paper

"Nude in Surreal Landscape, " Important Art Deco Painting by Radio City Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Eduard Buk Ulreich, who contributed a set of murals to Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center in New York, as well as WPA murals across the nation, this beautiful dep...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil, Gouache, Paper

Gustave de Smet 'Still Life with Oil Lamp and Fruit' Oil on Board 1930s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Gustave de Smet 'Still Life with Oil Lamp and Fruit' Oil on Board, Belgium, 1930s. Gustave Franciscus (Gustaaf) de Smet (1877-1943) was a Belgian pain...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Paintings

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Female Nude Painting, Nude Of Lying Woman, Oil On Cardboard, Art Deco, XX.
Located in Breganze, VI
The category Female Nudity Paintings, features a nude of a woman lying in a bed, 20th century, 1930s-40s. Art Deco. The work is a painting, hand-painted in the early 1900s. It carr...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Paper

Art Deco Watercolor, Little Lulu Doll
Located in Riverdale, NY
Charming Art Deco Watercolor still life painting of a Little Lulu Doll propped against a wall. Ebonized frame with reeded gold line detailing. Perfect for a kids room. 1950's USA. F...
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1950s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Wood

Painting Cubist Composition Modigliani Face and Instruments Petroff
Located in Antwerp, BE
Painting cubist composition with Modigliani face, musical instruments, playing cards and fruit by the Russian artist Petroff. Oil on board, framed. Size of the frame: H. 87 cm x L...
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1980s Russian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Naval Ship Combat Painting Framed Rudolf Claudus 1922
By Rudolf Claudus
Located in Sacile, PN
Rudolf Claudus is one of the most important European naval artist. Born in 1893 in Austria, since his childhood cultivates a passion for visual art and the sea. At the end of the Fi...
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Flower Still Life with Dahlias, Oil on Canvas, Gaston Geleyn, Dated 1934
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Flower still life with dahlias, in beautiful, vibrant colors. Oil on canvas. The round format is very unusual. Frame and canvas are an original whole. The painting is signed in the paint on the lower right and dated, 1934. The painting is framed behind anti-reflective glass, which means that the colors are beautifully preserved. The frame is subtly carved in Art Deco style. A similar painting by the same painter is depicted in an old exhibition book by this painter. See picture. His work work has also been purchased by various museums. The book about Gaston Geleyn is beautifully illustrated, 170 pages and it is about the life and work of the artist. The book was published in 1933. Book is supplied with the painting. More information about the Gaston Geleyn follows below. Source: Paul Piron 'Art in Belgium'. GELEYN, Gaston (Brussels, 1892 - Grimbergen 1949). Painter. Stayed with a great uncle in Paris until he was 16 years old. After a short stay in Brussels, he returned to Paris and attended classes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts led by Roll and Flaming. After the First World War he traveled the world and stayed in America, India and North Africa, among other places. He was under contract from 1919 to 1929 by a Dutch art dealer. His first exhibition was at the 'Giroux' Gallery in Brussels in 1933. Geleyn painted landscapes, marines, figure still lifes and flowers. He also painted the portrait of King Albert I. He had studios in Grimbergen and in Ostend. In Ostend, he painted the sea in all its forms, from the sleeping silver-gray sea...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Witold Gordon Gouache Undertaker Vanity Fair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gouache, by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

Antique Danish Søren Lund (1852-1933) etchings with St. St. Blicher qoutes
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is a pair of antique etchings by renowned Danish artist Søren Lund. The etchings have motives of a man handeling two horses on the beach with the ocean and a lonely sailboat in the background. Both pieces have quotes from the poem “Søren Kanne” by Steen Steensen Blicher (1782-1848). Søren Jørgensen Lund (1852-1933) was a Danish artist affiliated with “Fynbomalerne” amongst Johannes Larsen, Peter Hansen, Fritz Syberg and Anna Syberg...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings

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Composition

Alluring Art Deco Abstract Painting "Ladies Sharing Cocktails", c 1930
Located in Atlanta, GA
A captivating Art Deco era painting, circa 1930. The enchanting scene is of Ladies Sharing Cocktails. Fantastic energy and skillful use of color. A memorable focal point intended to ...
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1930s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

1920 Snowy Landscape by Kusche Alfred
Located in Vo', Veneto
Snowy Landscape – Kusche Alfred Opera size: 60 x 80 cm Dimensions with cornice: 78 x 98 cm Technique: oil on rigid cardboard Period: year ’20 Suggestive winter paesaggio, one of those favorites of this picture Kusche Alfred Graphic, pictore (21 April 1884 Karlsruhe 9 August 1984 Karlsruhe) Alfred Kusche...
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Wood

"Industrial, " Collection of Ironworker Paintings and Drawings by Garth, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable ensemble of paintings, studies and prints, collected together as a kind of scrapbook page by John Garth, celebrates the American ironworker. It includes no fewer than...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Nude and Unicorn, " High Style Art Deco Painting by Matulka, Blue & Black, 1944
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This brilliant example of Art Deco painting by Jan Matulka shows hints of the modern take on Cubism that the artist worked out with Stuart Davis. Matulka was born in Prague and came ...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Paper

Still Life of Pink Peonies Italian Oil Painting on Canvas Signed Airoldi 1924
Located in Milano, MI
Still Life Of Peonies Airoldi 1924 oil painting on canvas depicting a composition of flowers, of pink peonies within a vase, signed and dated lower right B. Ajroldi 1924. A flashy ...
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas, Beech

Marion Edith Hewkley Miniature 'Italian Peasant' Framed Watercolor 1923
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A well executed framed miniature watercolor titled 'Italian Peasant' by Marion Edith Hewkley (Mrs Sutherland Gill of Worthing0 dated 1923. The watercol...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Art Deco Portrait of a young woman by Folmer Bonnén, Denmark 1922
Located in Valby, 84
Rare beautiful art deco portrait of a young woman in an elegant dress by Danish artist Folmer Bonnén (b. Randers 1885, d. Copenhagen 1960). The painting is si...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Stone

Large Art Deco Painting Signed Gueret
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Art Deco painting signed Gueret. Technique mixte, in a solid oak frame. Coming from a cafe of Nantes.
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Paintings

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Oak, Paint

Red Poppy Flowers in a Basket Painting Golden Frame Camilla Göbl 1930s Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco oil on canvas painting red poppy bouquet with camomille in a wicker basket by Camilla Göbl 1940s Austria. Camilla Göbl or Camilla Göbl-Wahl ( 1871 - 1965 ) Camilla Göbl female still - life painter She studied with very important painter Olga Wisinger...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco 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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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

"Morning Chat, " Moody, Atmospheric Painting by Daniel Koerner, WPA Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of German Expressionism and American film noir, this deeply atmospheric, moody painting depicts two male figures in the foreground, deep in conversation...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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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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"Ninth Symphony", Art Deco Paean to Beethoven's Masterpiece by Renowned Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Filled with Sturm und Drang and packed with allegory and higher meaning, this remarkable Art Deco painting by Eugene Savage celebrates and interprets B...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Summoned Reverie, " Superb Surrealist Painting with Nudes by Ames, 1939
By Arthur Ames
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in soft, dreamlike colors and depicting a magical landscape of attenuated nude figures dominated by a painter and his muse, this extremely fine Surrealist work was painted by Arthur Ames in 1939. Here he used egg tempera on gesso-finished board -- a favorite medium among painters such as Paul Cadmus, Jared French and others in the 1930s, 40s and 50s -- to create a highly detailed view of an imagined landscape. Behind the central couple and the painting on its easel, there is a retreating woman in a flowing, Classical robe, and in the far distance a couple embracing on a mountain top. Ames was born in the Midwest but studied on the West Coast and became a California artist through and through; he participated in the Federal Art Project, and worked with his fiancée, Jean Goodwin...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

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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