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
"Come Muse Migrate, " Art Deco Study for White House Piano, with Whitman Poem
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously conceived and vividly hued, this study for the lid of the famous grand piano given by the Steinway Company to the White House in 1938, during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration, was painted by Dunbar Beck, inspired by a famous poem by Walt Whitman. The painting quotes two lines from Whitman's "Song of the Exposition," later included in "Leaves of Grass":
Come Muse migrate from Greece and Ionia,
For know a better, fresher, busier sphere, a wide, untried domain
awaits, demands you.
Beck is best known for his WPA work...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Pair of Art Deco Mixed Media Paintings by Robert Reinhardt Von Liski
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a BEAUTIFUL pair of, Asian inspired, mixed media pieces executed in ink, colored pencil and gouache by Robert Reinhardt Von Liski.
Robert Reinhardt Von Liski (1908-1991) was a Prussian-American artist.
Von Liski worked in Chicago as a commercial artist in advertising agencies and elsewhere, and did work for RCA Victor and Arrow Shirts...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
"Dance Around Crystal Mountain, " Remarkable Art Deco Painting with Nudes, 1945
By Milton Bond
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps the most remarkable of all the crystal paintings made by Milton Bond in the 1940s, this depiction of beautiful nude figures, male and female, forming a symmetrical circle aro...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Mermaids in the Depth of the Sea, " Art Deco Painting with Brilliant Color, 1931
By Elaine Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most brilliantly painted, high style Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this vivid depiction of three nude mermaids, amidst a tangle of seaweed, rising bubbles and f...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Pal Fried Nude Portrait Oil on Canvas
By Pal Fried
Located in San Diego, CA
Nude portrait oil on canvas by Hungarian/American artist Pal Fried. Excellent overall condition in period frame with a light vertical scratch line running along the lower middle as s...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
"Three Doves, " Art Deco Painting with Surrealistic Edge by Hentschel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful example of Art Deco painting by William Hentschel, this piece also reflects the influence of Surrealism in the stylized arch that seems to be made of fabric, and the plat...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
"The Return of Timothy Pickering, " WPA Mural Study Painting, 1939
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this mural study by Dunbar Beck was executed in preparation for his lobby painting at the US Post Office in Danvers, Massachusetts. Until it...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
"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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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
Pastel Portrait of a Woman
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This beautiful pastel three-quarter-pose portrait was recently acquired from a London, England estate and it dates to the late 1920s to the early 1940s. The artist Robert Louis Raymo...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
"Black Figure in Yellow Room, " 1930s Portrait by Student of Thomas Hart Benton
By Trew Hocker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived and executed by Trew Hocker, an important muralist who was strongly influenced by Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, this portrait of a young African American m...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Jesse Crawford at the Paramount Theater Organ, " Illustration Painting by Boyd
By Jack Boyd
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary painting brings together two remarkable talents -- John Rutherford Boyd, the superb painter and illustrator, who captures this scene -- and Jesse Crawford, one of ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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
"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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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"August Evening, " Masterful Landscape with Figure by MacGilvary, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of dramatic, shifting light and deep, atmospheric colors, this landscape painting by Norwood MacGilvary depicts rolling farmland and a winding road, with a dramatic mountainside...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Nude with Basket, " Striking Art Deco Gouache Painting by Hentschel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by William Hentschel, one of Rookwood Pottery's most celebrated artisans in the Art Deco era, this very rare gouache depicts a half-nude female figure carrying a basket fille...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
"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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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Family of Swans Wall Panel in the Manner of Jean Dunand
By Jean Dunand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful lacquer wall panel depicting a family of swans with waterlilies with a gold leaf border. In the manner of Jean Dunand.
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Gold Leaf
"Federal Building, Century of Progress Exposition, " Brilliant Art Deco Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most vivid and compelling accounts of the famed Century of Progress Exposition, which opened in Chicago in 1933, this view of the iconic Federal Building was painted in the second year of the fair by a Pennsylvania artist. The brilliantly-lit Art Deco...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Ice Skating, " Fabulous, High Style Art Deco Painting for B. Altman Dept. Store
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest examples of illustration art and Art Deco painting we have ever offered, this elegant and sophisticated view of New Yorkers skating arm in arm on a frozen pond or l...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Set of Three Oil on Canvas by A. G. Marco, Spain, circa 1940
Located in Miami, FL
Set of three oil on canvas by A. G. Marco, Spain.
Dimensions:
Meninas: 44.5 x 28.
Harlequin: 45.5 x 35.
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Art Deco Paintings
Michèle Demedts Large Ooil on Canvas, signed Demedts, circa 1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michèle DEMEDTS (1958-) , large oil on canvas signed DEMEDTS, Circa 1990
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1990s Belgian Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Redhead, " Striking 1940s Portrait of Young Man by John Menihan
By John C. Menihan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This portrait of a young man with vivid red hair, blue eyes and a ruddy complexion was painted by John C. Menihan, one of the most renowned portraitists and watercolorists of his day...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco 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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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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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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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
One of a Kind Erté Original Painting "Femme Au Collant Resille"
By Erté
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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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
Painting by Richard Ranft, Young Woman and Pierrots Costumes
Located in Antwerp, BE
Jeune Femme et Costumes des Pierrots, Junge Frau mit Harlekin und pierrot, circa 1900.
Richard Ranft.
Painter of landscapes, engraver, illustrator and poster artist. (Swiss 1862–19...
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Early 1900s Swiss Antique Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
"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
"New Mexico Scene, " Large and Rare Landscape with Adobe Church
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In 1943, when the Second World War still raged a continent away, Eleanor Reed painted this beautiful and haunting view of the New Mexico landscape, featuring a rosy-toned adobe churc...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
French Delahaye Automobile Huge Original Oil Painting, c1930's Over 6' x 7'
Located in Chicago, IL
Huge French Oil on Canvas, circa late 1930s of a Delahaye Automobile. We cannot decide if this was painted in a large-scale, only to be reduced for an ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Quarry Men, " Striking Art Deco-WPA Depiction of 1930s Laborers, Rockport
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The painter Iver Rose is best known for his work which brought attention to the plight of workers in Depression Era America. This painting of quarry workers in Rockport, Massachusett...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
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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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Farmer with Scythe, " Depiction of American Worker by U.S. Capitol Muralist
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drenched with sun and full of optimism, this depiction of a shirtless farm worker, with scythe in hand, is a high-spirited paean to the American laborer, at a time when the Works Progress Administration and other institutions were commissioning murals that celebrated industry, agriculture and commerce. Here, the worker is lean and strong, and his face shows signs of sunburn from his hours in the open. The painter was Allyn Cox, son of the famous muralist Kenyon Cox...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Painting Autumn Leaves Bouquet by Emil Fiala, Vienna, 1930s
By Emil Fiala
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco Oil on carton painting by Emil Fiala (1869-1960) with the motif
Autumn Leaves Bouquet signed, 1930.
Emil Fiala provided an excellent understanding of transmitting the mood of the autumn time. He had many exhibitions and the membership of the Künstlerbund (formerly the Hagenbund).
This painting is set in a golden authentic Biedermeier...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood
"Dance by the Sea, " Stunning, Sun-Drenched French Art Deco Painting
By Louis Rigal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of joy and sunlight, this depiction of a nude male and female couple dancing on the edge of the sea with a ruined Greek temple below them, was painted by Louis Rigal, one of Ame...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Witold Gordon Gouache, Jesus Saves, 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
Art Deco French Oil Painting
By L. Gache
Located in Los Angeles, CA
painting sign L.Gache
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood
"Music, " High Accomplished Painting with Multiple Nudes by Conner, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This detailed and highly-finished study by John Ramsey Conner for an allegorical painting depicts a relaxed grouping of nude figures executed in pale tones of ivory, mossy green and ...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
French Abstract Seascape Painting, Circa 1930
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1930s French oil painting. Depicting a beautiful abstracted shipyard scene, the piece enhanced by a deft use of impasto technique. With its moody yet vibrant palette, the artist’s in...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"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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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
"Male Youth at Sunset, " Vivid Art Deco Painting by Dunbar Beck, WPA Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunningly executed in deep tones of cobalt blue, burnt sienna, oxblood and jet black, this depiction of a partially nude male youth standing at an open window at sunset was painted ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
Bräuner, Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated 53
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bräuner, Oil on canvas signed and dated 53.
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1950s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Painting by Stannard Lilian of Bredford
Located in Houston, TX
Exceptional, detail oriented art work. "Mannor House" 10" H x 14" W, overall size is 14" x 18". Water color on paper, signed on lower left.
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
Francois Gall Painting "Scène de Plage à Trouville"
Located in Houston, TX
Gall, Francois 1912-1987.
French artist.
Benezit listed. Gall was the recipient of the Medaille D'ore at the Paris Salon of 1947. Measures: 8" x 12", oil on canvas. Gall’s subj...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
French Oil on Canvas, Reclining Nude, Second Quarter of the 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
The oil painting depicting a nude female in a state of relaxation, her hair styled in the fashion of the Art Deco period, in period molded and ebonized frame with gilt rabbet.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
"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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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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
"Utopian Motif, " Lovely Art Deco Painting with Frieze of Agrarian Labors, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and ethereal, reminiscent of the pale, ideal compositions of Puvis de Chavannes in France and America, this utopian vista depicts a series of figures gathering fruit and grain, all in formal classical poses like an ancient, early Renaissance painting...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Walking the Cows" Important Social Realist Painting by Sternberg, 1944
By Charlotte Joan Sternberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A cross between Grant Wood and Paul Cadmus, this remarkable American regional scene painting depicts a young man in a white t-shirt walking a group of cows down a country lane with p...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
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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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Oil on Canvas by Pierre Mitiffiot De Bélair
By Pierre Mitiffiot De Bélair
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Pierre Mitiffiot De Bélair (1892-1956).
"Woman with Parrot" oil on canvas, circa 1930.
Signed lower right, 21 ¾ x 18.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Trio, " Rare and Early Oil Painting of Three Nudes in Surreal Landscape by Lear
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A contemporary of Paul Cadmus, and like him, highly focused on depicting the male figure in various settings and positions, John Lear never gained fame beyond his circle of admirers ...
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1950s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
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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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Felix Pascual Original Oil Painting on Canvas "Woman in Studio", Spain, 1930s
By Felix Pascual
Located in Miami, FL
Felix Pascual Original Oil Painting on Canvas "Woman in Studio", Spain, 1930s
Offered for sale is an original oil on canvas "Woman in Studio" by Spanish artist Felix Pascual Escriba...
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Early 20th Century Argentine Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint, Wood
"Nude Bather, Dominican Republic, " 1930s Tropical Scene Watercolor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Wilmot Heitland, one of America's great watercolorists in the 1930s, this sun-drenched depiction of a native Dominican, nude and stepping toward a pool of water, captures ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Watercolor
"Rearing Horses, " High Style Pair of Art Deco, Mixed-Media Pieces by Von Liski
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary pair of Art Deco pieces, each depicting a pair of horses, one with its head up and one down, was executed in ink, colored pencil and gouache by Robert Reinhardt Von Liski, a Prussian-American artist. Von Liski worked in Chicago as a commercial artist in advertising agencies and elsewhere, and did work for RCA Victor and Arrow Shirts...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
"Negro Night Club, " 1945 Painting Depicting African American Social Life
By Adalie Margules Brent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and lively depiction of a crowded cafe scene in 1945, this painting by Adalie Margules Brent depicts a slice of Black America at the end of World War II, probably in New ...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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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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