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
Period: Mid-20th Century
Portrait of a Woman, Art Deco, 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Portrait of a woman, Art Deco, 1930
Portrait of a woman, painting on wood panel with its original frame, unsigned, Art Deco, 1930.
Painting - h: 59 cm, w: 42 cm
Frame - h: 70 cm, ...
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1930s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
Signed Art Deco Nude by John Montroue
Located in Redding, CT
Art Deco Nude by John Montroue, signed in lower right corner and reverse reads - "Grace" Air brush technique by John Montroue, 8/70. Dramatic silhouette of a female nude, cubist/mode...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
"Livestock Farm Scene, " WPA Mural Study with Farmhands Handling Hay and Feed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of Social Realist art was painted by Rollin Crampton as a study for a WPA mural -- perhaps never executed -- in the 1930s, when he was s...
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1930s North American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Bela De Kristo Art Deco Cubist Oil on Canvas Man Playing Guitar
By Bela De Kristo
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco cubist painting of guitar player by Bela De Kristo. Strong cubist style and colors, original and of the period. The image representing a solo g...
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1930s Hungarian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Post cubism work by Etiennette Johan 50's
Located in bari, IT
Of Spanish origin, born in Valencia in the early 1900s, she specialized in sculpture and animal painting. She worked mainly in Lyon, her painting influenced by post-Cubist geometry remains realist in style; straight lines dialogue with curves and plays of angles give rhythm to the composition, her taste for color harmoniously mixes light and dark tones.
His works represent the broad creative scope referable to the “Animaliér” artists.
Johan’s works can be found in major French and American collections and were presented at the Palazzo Strozzi antiques exhibition...
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1950s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Oil On Canvas Circular Art Deco Paintings Of The Smoky Mountains
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare circular Art Deco scenes of the Smoky Mountains with date and details rendered behind the paintings. Beautifully hand painted in vivid hues and original circular gilt frames. Em...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Post Cubism Work by Etiennette Johan
Located in bari, IT
Of Spanish origin, born in Valencia in the early 1900s, she specialized in sculpture and animal painting. She worked mainly in Lyon, her painting influenced by post-Cubist geometry remains realist in style; straight lines dialogue with curves and plays of angles give rhythm to the composition, her taste for color harmoniously mixes light and dark tones.
His works represent the broad creative scope referable to the “Animaliér” artists.
Johan’s works can be found in major French and American collections and were presented at the Palazzo Strozzi antiques exhibition...
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1950s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental 1930s 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, relaxed and conversational, as they hold their oars and await the next round of competition. The figures are shown with flushed, ruddy complexions, contrasting with the fresh green of the grass and trees surrounding them. The artist, James Stroudley, presents his rowers as consummate modern British men...
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1930s British Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Post Cubism Work by Etiennette Johan from the Fifties
Located in bari, IT
Opere di Johan sono presenti nelle maggiori collezioni francesi e americane e sono state presentate alla mostra di antiquariato di Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze 2005.
Of Spanish origin, born in Valencia in the early 1900s, she specialized in sculpture and animal painting. She worked mainly in Lyon, her painting influenced by post-Cubist geometry remains realist in style; straight lines dialogue with curves and plays of angles give rhythm to the composition, her taste for color harmoniously mixes light and dark tones.
His works represent the broad creative scope referable to the “Animaliér” artists.
Johan’s works can be found in major French and American collections and were presented at the Palazzo Strozzi antiques exhibition...
Category
1950s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Post Cubism Work by Etiennette Johan 50's
Located in bari, IT
Opere di Johan sono presenti nelle maggiori collezioni francesi e americane e sono state presentate alla mostra di antiquariato di Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze 2005.
Of Spanish origin, born in Valencia in the early 1900s, she specialized in sculpture and animal painting. She worked mainly in Lyon, her painting influenced by post-Cubist geometry remains realist in style; straight lines dialogue with curves and plays of angles give rhythm to the composition, her taste for color harmoniously mixes light and dark tones.
His works represent the broad creative scope referable to the “Animaliér” artists.
Johan’s works can be found in major French and American collections and were presented at the Palazzo Strozzi antiques exhibition...
Category
1950s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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
Materials
Paint
Art Deco Gouache Painting Woman with Mirror by Louise Galand-Legendre, 1942
By Leon-Laurent Galand 1
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco gouache painting woman with mirror signed by Louise Galand-Legendre.
Dated 1942. Gouache and pastel on board with original frame.
France.
Louise Galand-Legendre
France, 18...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Knockout, " Dramatic Art Deco Painting of Boxers, Possibly 1936 Olympics
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic depiction of two boxers in the ring, with the winning boxer standing over his opponent after a knockout, was painted by Paul Daxhelet in 1936, possibly at the Berlin Olympics...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Bouquet of Roses by Hermine David, Oil on Cardboard Linen, Signed
By Jules Pascin, Hermine David
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bouquet of roses by Hermine David, oil on cardboard linen, signed. Framed.
Hermine Lionette Cartan David (19 April 1886 in Paris – 1 December 1970 in ...
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1930s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Canvas
"St. Sebastian & Ionic Column, " Painting in Ink and Watercolor, Porter Woodruff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sensitive depiction of St. Sebastian, pierced by a myriad of arrows but not yet expired, was painted by Porter Woodruff in a gorgeous combination of watercolor, gouache and ink. The saint is shown against an Ionic column, with a dark and turbulent sky behind that is punctuated by a row of poplars pointing skyward. 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. Woodruff 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...
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1930s Tunisian 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
Impressionist Painting of a Landscape in Austria, Oil on Canvas Around, 1930
Located in Berlin, DE
This Impressionist painting, shows a landscape with a lake in Austria. On the lake are boats and in the background you can see the snow-covered mountains.
A very beautiful and coher...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Art Deco Era Still Life by Kupur of White Peonies and Gazelles
Located in Toledo, OH
Art Deco Era Still Life by Kupur. White Peonies in a blue vase with Gazelles Gouache. Circa 1930's. Painting on board. Signed by Ruben Kupur. Great condition. Image size is 29" W x 3...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Selection of Colorful Modern Art or Gallery Wall
By (after) Sonia Delaunay, (after) Jean Lurçat
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
Materials
Glass, Wood
Italian Male Nude Oil Painting on Wood Panel, circa 1930
Located in Houston, TX
Italian male nude oil painting on wood panel, circa 1930.
Stunning and unusual framed Italian male nude oil painting on a wood panel. This Italian A...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Floating Man, " Important Art Deco Painting with Nude Male by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Dunbar Beck, one of America's most accomplished and successful muralists, this painting of a half-nude man floating over a succession of dancing couples below was one of a...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint
"Nude with Parrot, " Brilliant Cubist-Art Deco Painting by Popczyk, Red and Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in a kaleidoscopic array of brilliant colors -- tangerine, emerald green, scarlet, deep sky blue and black -- this Cubist work depicts a nude female figure and a parrot sitting on a circular perch, surrounded by a crazy quilt of patterns. The artist -- Joseph Popczyk -- was known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism, and in this case the chevrons and wavy patterns of Art Deco can...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Hand Colored by Louis Icart "Slightly Swollen Areola" Authenticated
Located in Stamford, CT
Hand Colored by Louis Icart "Slightly Swollen Areola." An authenticated colored etching by Louis Icart in a fine gilt wood frame. Removed directly from Dr Shawn Garber's home on the...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Art Deco Watercolor Vintage Painting Wildflowers by Emil Fiala, Vienna, 1930s
By Emil Fiala
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco watercolor vintage painting wildflowers by Emil Fiala 1930s Vienna.
Emil Fiala (1869-1960) was from 1915-1937 member of the Austrian Künstlerbund (formerly Hagenbund).
The d...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Ce qu'évoquent les Livres" by Émile Aubry '1880-1964'
By Louis Aubry
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Ce qu'évoquent les Livres"
Allegory of the Literature
Oil on canvas
Signed on the lower part beside parchment
111 x 133 x 2 cm
Framed 125 x 146 x 7 cm
Provenance: Collection Georges AUBRY, brother of the artist
Bibliography: Illustrated in catalogue «Regards de peintre» , Suzanne AUBRY-CASANOVA, 1997, p.104
After trying years of forced confinement due to the war, he composed this allegorical fresco on the theme of Literature, Science and Arts was painted by Émile Aubry for his younger brother Georges Aubry, who had intended it for his library.
This work, composed on the theme of the book it symbolizes, in its diversity by allegorical characters, he cannot help ordering the painting around Art, which he places at the top of the scale of human...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Sumptuous Cascading 1930s Floral Watercolor
Located in Garnerville, NY
Sumptuous cascading Art Deco Era floral watercolor. Brilliant blue background with an amazing floral arrangement displayed in a Art Deco period handl...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
"Crested Bird with Pomegranate, " Rare Pencil and Gouache Painting by Parzinger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for his handsome, beautifully-crafted furniture designs, much in demand today, Tommi Parzinger also painted over the span of his career. His rare, early works -- such as t...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Provincetown Dock Scene, " WPA-Era Painting w/ Fishermen by Sterne in Red & Blue
By Maurice Sterne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of WPA-era painting that celebrates the American worker, this dockside scene in Provincetown, Massachusetts by Maurice Sterne depicts ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Nude Male Bathers, " 1930s Watercolor Painting of Nude Figures, Blue & Tan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Strikingly and vividly painted in watery tones of blue, green, tan and rose, this watercolor painting by Jean Paul Slusser depicts three nude male bathers...
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1930s North American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Naval Recruit, " Classic WPA Mural Study by Henricksen for Naval Station, 1936
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of WPA-period mural painting, this study was painted by Ralf Henricksen in the 1930s, probably for the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, north of Chicago....
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Naval Recruitment, " Classic and Charming View into 1930s Military Life
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Providing a charming and insightful depiction of the induction of young men into the U.S. Navy, this mural study -- no doubt created for the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, north of Chicago -- includes eight scenes that show new, incoming sailors being transformed for military life. The men are shown arriving in their civvies, but are soon undergoing physicals, hair cuts...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"NIKE at Waldemarsudde, " Depiction of Stockholm Landmark, Art Deco Masterpiece
By Georg Pauli
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Arguably the greatest work of Georg Pauli, one of Sweden's leading Modernist painters in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, this Art Deco-Cubist work depicts the great Nike sculpture on the grounds of the home of Prince Eugens on Cape Waldemar in central Stockholm (known in Swedish as Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde). The Prince was a great collector of modern art in the early 20th century, and today his home is a museum and much-beloved landmark in Stockholm. This painting shows the sculpture in the foreground, and in the background is a jumble of houses, factory chimneys and institutional buildings, the Swedish flag...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Large Art Deco Period Portrait Painting of an Elegant Young Woman, 1937
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very large Art Deco style full length portrait of an elegantly dressed beautiful young woman. The woman in this painting is Millie Stokes.
Oil on canvas in original silver gilt wood frame.
Signed Frederic Tellander...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Painting Watercolor Fruits in a Bowl by Emil Fiala, Austria, 1930s
By Emil Fiala
Located in Vienna, AT
A painting with the motif fruits in a bowl painted, which was painted with watercolors by Emil Fiala.
Emil Fiala (1869-1960) was a member of the Austrian Künstlerbund formerly Hagen...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
Ron Barnes the Buskers New York Acrylic c1930 Monogram RB Snow Blue Orange Green
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Ron Barnes : The buskers, New York, acrylic on board, RB monogram lower right, circa 1930
Evokes the atmosphere of the period and the spontaneity and aliveness of the moment
Enga...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Acrylic
Blue Hour Oil on Hardboard Still Life Art Déco
Located in Neuss, NW
Still life with flower and pear in a dark surrounding. Provided with a wooden frame on the backside. Frameless in the front view. Ready to hang.
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1930s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
Signed Mid-Century Roman Erotic Watercolor
Located in Norwood, NJ
W. Hall signed erotic watercolor of Men dressed in togas drinking with nude women with Egyptian guards in the background. Measures: 30" x 26” framed.
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Angel in the Square, " Art Deco Painting in Blue, Green & Pink, Paris, 1939
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mysterious and dignified, yet full of life and color, this 1939-vintage painting by Emile Deschler depicts an angel on horseback in the center of a village square, surrounded by a mo...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Bedouin, " Striking Art Deco Painting by Stahlhut, NY World's Fair Poster Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking and handsome, this depiction of a Bedouin in his traditional robe has the color and intensity one would associate with the fierce sun and heat of North Africa. The painting ...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Watercolor Painting King and Slave Girl by Victor Colma, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco watercolor painting king and slave girl. Orientalist harem scene signed by Victor Colma. France ca. 1930.
Size of the frame:
H. 57 cm x ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Couple with Apples", Swedish Copy of British Masterwork
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and lovely, this quiet depiction of two young lovers sitting under a tree in 1942, while World War II was being waged not far away, was painted by G. Lundgren in Sweden and is a close copy of "Amity" by Bernard Fleetwood Walker, owned by the Walker Art gallery in Liverpool, England. The original is well known and was painted in 1933. The young blond female figure is shown with a basket of apples at her side, in a pale blue dress...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
'Symphonie d'Azur' A large Art Deco Painting by Valentine Lecomte
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
'Symphonie d'Azur' A large Art Deco painting by Valentine Lecomte. Depicting an allegory of love and lost innocence. Possibly Venus with Cupid ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Landscape Painting, Rome Painting, Monastery Church Painting, Oil on Canvas, XX
Located in Breganze, VI
This is a landscape painting with a monastery/church, Palatino park.
This oil painting on canvas has an original wood frame realised in the 1900s.
This landscape art work, dated 1949 and it is signed TILLEUX JOSEPH MARTIN (1896-1978), belgian painter, born in 1896 in Antwerp.
He was a painter of landscapes and still lifes. Participate and study at the "Académie des Beaux-Arts d'Anvers".
He was influenced by Franz Courtens et Frans Hens...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
3 WPA Paintings Oil on Canvas Ribbon Trains
Located in Miami, FL
Three fine 1930s/1940s WPA era oil on canvas oval paintings of trains with a ribbon and floating ball. Inspired by Thomas Hart Benton, these three are u...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
Landscape Painting, Rome Painting, Greek Temple Painting, Oil on Canvas, 20th
Located in Breganze, VI
This is a antique landscape painting with a Rome park, Palatino park.
This oil painting on canvas has an original wood frame realised in the 1900s.
This landscape art work, dated 1949 and it is signed TILLEUX JOSEPH MARTIN, belgian painter, born in 1896 in Antwerp.
He was a painter of landscapes and still lifes. Participate and study at the "Académie des Beaux-Arts d'Anvers".
He was influenced by Franz Courtens et Frans Hens...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Yellow Field Daisies and Statuette Oil Painting, Art Deco
Located in Albignasego, IT
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
"Actaeon in Flight, " Large Painting of Mythological Scene w/ Male Nude, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning example of Art Deco painting illustrates the dramatic moment when the hunter Actaeon, having seen the nude Diana in her bath, is meeting his death. Here Actaeon himself is fully nude, and is being transformed into a deer as he is being pursued by Diana's avengers. The classic myth...
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1940s North American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
1930s Nude Oil Painting Signed Maubri
Located in Cathedral City, CA
French nude painting (oil on canvas) with original frame signed Maubri.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Carl Christian Forup, 1920s Amazons and Centaurs Oil on Canvas Painting
By Carl Christian Forup
Located in North Miami, FL
Amazons and Centaurs oil on canvas painting in the 1920s by Carl Christian Forup from Vejle, Denmark. This painting by Forup is one of the largest that h...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Rhythm, " Design for Art Deco Folding Screen w/ Nudes, Gold, Magenta & Charcoal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dating to the late 1930s or early 1940s, this fabulous design -- entitled "Rhythm" -- for an Art Deco folding screen depicts several nude figur...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Lady Godiva Painting by Robert L. Raney
By Art Decor
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A small very well painted Art Deco painting in muted tones depicting Lady Godiva riding her horse through town. Nice details and a wonderful representati...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
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
1960 Young Naked Woman Painting Signed Hilgers Olympia Nude Art Deco
By A. David
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
Well Executed Modern Industrialist Oil Painting Futuristic Factory Workers
Located in Buffalo, NY
Well executed modern industrialist oil painting, futuristic factory workers. Amazing use of color, texture and space. Artist unknown. Mark Kostabi meets Fernand Leger.
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint, Masonite
"Bathers at the Shore, " Art Deco Painting of Swimmers by Karfunkle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in muted tones of honey, soft blue and dusty pink, this evocative painting from the 1930s depicts two nude and semi-nude female figures along the seashore, framin...
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1930s 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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