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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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Style: Art Deco
"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

Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas Style Art Deco Signed Demedts, circa 1980
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michèle Demedts, large oil on canvas style Art Deco signed Demedts, circa 1980
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1980s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"Icarus Falling, " Brilliant Painting by Genre Scene Artist Kyra Markham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although she is famous for her genre scenes such as "Bleeker Street Fire Hydrant" and "New Year's Eve in Greenwich Village," Kyra Markham began her career...
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1950s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Masonite, Paint

Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas Signed Demedts, circa 1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michèle Demedts, large oil on canvas signed Demedts, circa 1990.
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1990s Belgian 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

Art Deco Il Sogno Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large Italian Art Deco painting, new wooden frame. Unknown artist. USA continental in home delivery $400 2-4 weeks
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

Fontanarosa French Art Deco Oil Painting of a Couple in a Boat
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco oil on canvas painting of a couple in a boat by Lucien Joseph Fontanarosa, (Paris 1912-1989) . The canvas is laid down on a thin plywood pan...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

French Oil on Canvas by Rene Mendes of the Ballroom
By René Mendes-France
Located in Stamford, CT
An oil on canvas by Rene Mendes of the ballroom in a gilt frame. René Mendes-France (1888-1985) is an artist born in 1888 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

Pal Fried Nude Portrait Oil on Canvas
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

"Haywagon, " Charming Art Deco-WPA Era Painting with Folk Art Influence
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable oil painting, clearly influenced by American Folk Art, Art Deco stylization and the idealization of rural workers promoted by the WPA, depicts a farm family and a han...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Art Deco Era Painting Gladioli by Emil Fiala Vienna, 1930s
Located in Vienna, AT
Oil on canvas painting by Emil Fiala (1869-1960) with the motif Gladioli in a glass vase. Signed by Emil Fiala Prof. Emil Fiala had many exhibitions and the membership of the Künstle...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

"Bringer of Light, " Large, Art Deco Nocturnal Triptych with Nude Figures
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

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

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

Large Pair of Theatre Backdrops - France, 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Impressive pair of oil on canvas theatre decors/murals depicting a bourgeois interior at two different periods. The grisaille represents the interior in the 19th century, whereas...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

"Kublai Khan, " Large Art Deco Painting Masterpiece with Male Nudes, 1943
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Inspired by "Kublai Khan," the famed Romantic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and one of a series painted by Milton Bond dating from the 1940s and 1950s, this depiction of a nude youth...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

Michèle Demedts, Large Oil 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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"Gathering Storm, Dominican Republic, " Large, Color-Saturated Painting, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of color and drama and boldly demonstrating his mastery of watercolor this painting by Wilmot Heitland of a shirtless Dominican on the beach next to a wood hut is the finest we ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Watercolor

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

Fantastic Painting, Oil on Canvas by Viktor Maria Cortezo Dated, 1934
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oil on canvas by Viktor Maria Cortezo (1908-1978), signed lower right and dated 1934, in excellent condition. This painting can form a pair with the second one posted.
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1930s Spanish Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

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

Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas Style Art Deco Signed Demedts, circa 1980
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas style Art Deco Signed Demedts, circa 1980.
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1980s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Large Art Deco Reverse Painted Glass Wall Panel, France, circa 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Very lovely and decorative large glass reverse-painted panel ("fixé sous verre"), representing a pair of deer in a peaceful, tropical setting, on a bl...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings

"Architecture & Construction, " Allegorical Mural Study for Rhode Island Capitol
By Robert Charles Haun
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of allegorical mural painting, this circular study depicting a female figure in Grecian robes overlooking a child with a plumb line, surrounded by scenes of construc...
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1940s 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

"Acrobat and Circus Horse, " Vivid WPA-Era Painting with Semi-Nude Performer
By William Schulhoff 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when the circus provided an affordable and exotic form of entertainment for the Everyman, this vivid painting, glowing with the colors of red clay, slate and dusty pink, ca...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Classical Nude with Flowers and Temple, " Important WPA Period Painting
By Arthur D. Brooks
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exhibited at the Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1933, this large WPA-influenced painting by Arthur D. Brooks depicts a nude female torso in a classical setting, complete with columned temple front, scroll and Greek urn. The artist includes a cluster of column elements to one side, including an Ionic column capita and a fluted column shaft, as well as an arched Roman facade, and a Greek pedimented...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

Pair of Tiger and Lion Art Deco Framed Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of tiger and lion Art Deco framed paintings. Oil on panel. Beautiful carved wood frames.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Hardwood, Paint

"Nude with Bowl of Fruit, " Art Deco Painting in Shades of Purple and Orange
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Absolutely lovely, almost translucent in its use of color -- as if painted on glass or silk -- this very rare gouache painting was created by William Hentschel, one of the master art...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

Original Watercolor by Boris Lacroix, France, Art Déco, circa 1930
Located in Paris, FR
Original watercolor by Boris Lacroix (1902-1984) representing architecture elements, a boat and the seaside. Wall paper design from the Art Deco p...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Paper

"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

"Snowy Egrets and Cypress, " Large Art Deco Painting by Harcombe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly capturing the exotic and beautiful landscape of the cypress swamps of South Florida, this painting of a pair of snowy egrets is a superb example of Art Deco scene painting. The turquoise hue of the water and the cerulean of the sky contrast with the smooth limbs of the cypress tree and the white and purple-greys of the birds. This painting was made by Renee Harcombe...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Canvas

Pair of Art Deco Period Watercolor Studies of Dogs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 20th century Art Deco Period friendly pair of English watercolor studies of dogs, painted by T. Palmer in a stylized manner with toy bal...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Paintings

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Fruitwood, Watercolor

"Father and Son, " Glowing Depiction of Sleeping Figures, 1930s, Czech Republic
By Svatopluk Machal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Glowing with tenderness, love and warmth, this depiction of a sleeping father, his arm protectively embracing his baby son, was painted by Svatopluk Machal, a Czech painter, in the 1...
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1930s Czech Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Sailors and Mermaids, " Stunning, Unique Screen, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning assemblage of 12 Art Deco paintings, depicting mythological and 1930s contemporary themes, all in oil on canvas, have been set into a walnut folding screen...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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"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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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 Painting Autumn Leaves Bouquet by Emil Fiala, Vienna, 1930s
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

"Tropical Fish, " Brilliant Art Deco Undersea Painting, Hawaii, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The American public was fascinated with all things exotic in the 1930s and 1940s, including aquatic and seaside themes and Art Deco hotels and residential interiors often featured pa...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Watercolor

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

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

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Glass, Paper, Wood

"Home Front Fox Hole, " Vivid Depiction of American Life During World War II
By Joseph E. Bolden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pulsating with life and color, this depiction of a crowded mom-and-pop store in wartime America, filled with a sailor in full regalia, homemakers and children, grandmothers and worki...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Europa Spirited off to Crete, " Important Art Deco Mural Study by Giovannozzi
By Ezio Giovannozzi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An especially lovely and fresh take on the Classic Europa and the Bull myth that so intrigued artists in the Art Deco era, this impressionistic study by Ezio Giovannozzi was probably...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Female Nude with Deer, " Arresting Art Deco Painting by WPA Artist
By Frederick Massa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early and important work of Frederick Massa, who is best known for his murals for the Fort Ticonderoga Post Office and the Pacific Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, this fair...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

"Secessionist Scene in the Tyrol, " Brilliant Fauvist Painting, Austria
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Making brilliant use of a Fauvist palette and a Secessionist vocabulary, this remarkable painting depicts three figures in the Austrian region of the Tyrol, just south of Bavaria. Th...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Bathing by the River, " Large, Atmospheric Painting by Felix Meseck, 1938
By Felix Meseck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sunny and melancholy at the same time, this highly atmospheric painting depicts a family happily ensconced along a river bank, though at the centr...
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1930s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Bathers, " Brilliant Late Art Deco Folding Screen in Pointillist Manner, 1958
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A vivid example of late Art Deco painting, executed in a pointillist manner, this four-panel screen was created by John Sennhauser, a Swiss-born artist who was active in New York fro...
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1950s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas Signed Demedts, circa 1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Michèle Demedts, Large Oil on Canvas Signed Demedts, circa 1990
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1990s Belgian Art Deco Paintings

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

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Paper

"American Indian Dance, " Art Deco Drawing by Jean Target, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Evidence of Western Europe's fascination with Native American culture, dress and way of life for over a century, this vivid drawing uses watercolor, gouache and crayon to capture a g...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor

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

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Gouache

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

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Gouache

S. W. Brooks, Pastel Portrait, Miami Beach, 1947
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
S. W. Brooks, pastel portrait on cardboard, Miami Beach, 1947 Dimension: 68 x 82 cm Without frame: 44 x 60 cm.
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1940s North American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Waiting for the Barge, " Fabulous & Vivid Art Deco Painting of Bejewelled Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vividly painted in tones of carmen, ivory and sapphire, and depicting a turbaned woman with fashionably short hair and bedecked with strands of diamonds, sapphires and rubies, this p...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

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

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Gold Leaf

"Feeding the Squirrel, " Large, Elegant Art Deco Illustration Art, 2-Page Spread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An elegant and gracious example of illustration art at its height in 1930, this charming scene depicts an elegant couple in a city park, the female figure feeding a squirrel, and her...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

"Living Room with Aquatic-Themed Painting, " Fabulous Art Deco Watercolor
By William Lentz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeous in conception and execution, this vivid and beautiful watercolor rendering, original to the 1930s, depicts an airy and open living space in 1930s modern style. The dramatic black stone...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings

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Watercolor

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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