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
Art Deco oil painting "Portrait of man with raincoat" signed, France 1934
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Refined oil painting "Portrait of a man with raincoat "executed in France in 1934,the author manages to fully capture the sensual gaze of the protagonist who seems to be watching us ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
California School Impressionist Style Landscape Painting
Located in Winter Park, FL
A California School Impressionist style landscape painting. Nice pastel colors: green, pale blue and pink. Oil on canvas, reline...
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Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
"Young Man in Taxco", Portrait of Shirtless Mexican Youth, 1930s oil on canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in glowing, deep ruddy and brown tones, this sensitive portrait of a young man in Taxco was painted by Ralph Dwight Ayer in the ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Gustave de Smet 'Still Life with Oil Lamp and Fruit' Oil on Board 1930s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Gustave de Smet 'Still Life with Oil Lamp and Fruit' Oil on Board, Belgium, 1930s.
Gustave Franciscus (Gustaaf) de Smet (1877-1943) was a Belgian painter who is considered one of th...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
1930s Swedish Framed Oil on Canvas Interior Painting by Artist Ellis Wallin
By Ellis Wallin
Located in London, GB
Painted by Swedish artist Ellis Wallin this framed oil on canvas shows a charming study of an interior.
The room in the foreground shows a fireside scene, a comfortable pair of leat...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint, Wood
Seated Nude By Fernand Labat Oil On Canvas 1920s Art Deco Boho Wall Art
Located in London, GB
A beautiful painting representing an exotic half-nude woman, dressed in a colourful (possibly straw) skirt, with a similar headpiece and choker. The canvas and the back side are full...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
Robert Falcucci Portrait Painting Art Deco Oil on Canvas 1920s Impressionism
Located in London, GB
A bold brushed portrait painting of Monet by Robert Falcucci, painted in the 1920s. Homage to an artist. Titled and signed on the back of the canvas.
Robert Falcucci is mainly fam...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
"Hands Off the Americas", 1942 Study by Hansen for MOMA Poster Competition
By Ejnar Hansen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and important, this vivid study was painted by Ejnar Hansen for a poster competition sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art in New York entitled "Hands Off the Americas" in 1942,...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Satyr and Nymph", Art Deco Masterpiece Painting with Nudes in Paradise, 1932
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most sensual and brilliant Art Deco paintings in the French manner that we have ever offered, this idyllic scene of Satyr and Nymph, lounging under a fruited tree with lush fields in the distance, was painted by Gheorghe Labin in 1932. Labin was one of Romania's avant-garde artists in the 1920s and 1930s, and clearly he trained in Paris, because the lush scene, brilliant palette, and confident brush strokes indicate an intimate familiarity with the leading painters associated with what we now call Art Deco. This painting was entered into the Salon Bucarest in 1932, in a period when Labin exhibited with Mattis Teutsch, the de facto leader of Romania's modern painters, together with Corneliu Baba...
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1930s Romanian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins", Study for Queens Supreme Courthouse Mosaic
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entitled "Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins" and teeming with allegory, this Art Deco study for a major mosaic was painted by Eugene Savage for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Painting, Representative "Towards the Pantheon", Jochen Michaelis
By Jochen Michaelis
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Painting, Representative "Towards the Pantheon", Jochen Michaelis, (Born 1938)"
Oil on canvas by Jochen Michaelis, born in 1938, "Vers le Panthéon" Paris, 6.10.98.
h: 28.5cm, w: 27...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Still Life with Fruit Oil on Canvas, Isabella Lindner, 1930
Located in Albignasego, IT
Isabella Lindner – still life with fruit
Measures: 44cm x 58cm - unframed
65cm x 80cm - with frame
Oil on cardboard - 1930s
Composition with fruit, jug and vases on a table...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
Large nude back study painting-G.P. RESTELLINI 1931
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on plywood panel representing a nude woman, from the back, hair undone, sitting on a stool in front of a mirror whose reflection does not reflect the face of the model.
Great se...
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1930s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Female Forms of Geometric Shapes
Located in Oakland, CA
Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Female Forms of Geometric Shapes. Joseph Popczyk Polish artist known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism, an...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Europa and the Bull", Bold Art Deco Depiction of Mythological Theme by Darcy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the wildest and most free-spirited depictions of the Europa and the Bull legend we have seen, this painting by Georges Darcy shows Europa with a wi...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Eduard Buk Ulreich Black Runner 1933
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil on canvas by American artist Eduard Buk Ulreich. Signed and dated 1933. Retaining the original artists frame. Few of his oil paintings survive as most of what you find are water ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
20th Century French Oil Painting of a Longchamp Horse Racing by Eugène Pechaubes
By Eugene Pechaubes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A green-brown, vintage Art Deco French oil on canvas painting of a slightly cloudy, sunny day at the Longchamp horse racing track, painted by Eugène Pechaubes in the original wooden ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Pair of Oils on Canvas Mounted on Panels, Follower Paul Jouve, Period, Art Deco
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Very nice pair of academic paintings, two oils on canvas mounted on panels.
These two works are attributed to a follower of Paul Jouve.
The first painting is the portrait of a na...
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20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"South Seas Stories", Bold Art Deco Maquette for Jack London Collection, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly painted in a palette of spring green, jet black and mango, this very strong Art Deco maquette for a book cover was painted in the late 1920s by a promising artist -- Helene Ha...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Oil Painting Paris France Cityscape by Caroline Burnett, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful view of a street scene in Paris, France. This painting perfectly depicts life in Paris with its restaurants, busy streets, cafes, hotels, monuments, and wonderful archite...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil Painting on Panel, Signed "Linda Le Kinff"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oil Painting on Panel, signed "Linda Le Kinff".
Painting with the title of "Nathalie et l'Orchidée Géante", Beautiful Oil on panel, well framed by Linda Le Kinff, 20th century;
...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Ninth Symphony", Art Deco Paean to Beethoven's Masterpiece by Renowned Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Filled with Sturm und Drang and packed with allegory and higher meaning, this remarkable Art Deco painting by Eugene Savage celebrates and interprets B...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Zodiac w/ Helios and Cornucopia", Fabulous Art Deco Mural Study by Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Eugene Savage -- arguably, America's most successful and prolific muralist in the Art Deco style, with important surviving paintings dating from the 1920s to the 1950s -- ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Justice Triumphant", Mural Study for Queens, Ny Courthouse, circa 1941-1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking example of WPA mural art, this study for one of the murals proposed for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1930s Works Progress Administration project in Queens, New Y...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Reclining Nude Paiting, Georges Guinegault, France 1950
Located in Albignasego, IT
Georges Pierre Guinegault (1893 – 1952) – Reclining nude
oil on canvas – 1950 ca.
50 cm x 100 cm without frame
62 cm x 112 cm with frame
Signed lower center, original white lacquered frame.
Georges-Pierre Guinegault
Georges Guinegault...
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1950s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Afternoon of a Faun", Bold Art Deco Painting Inspired by Debussy, Ballet Russes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a series of Art Deco paintings made by Eugene Savage in the 1930s to visualize and dramatize great works of Classical music, this painting celebrates "Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy, which later inspired the great ballet by Serge Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes. Savage, who became celebrated for his ambitious allegorical murals across America, packs the panting with a vividly-hued landscape populated by a series of mythological figures, including a drunken faun...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception Aquarell on Wood Panel 1920
Located in Doha, QA
This is a magnificent example of an Art Deco version of Madonna’s Immaculate Conception painted in ca 1920s Era in Vienna.
Masterfully done, the painting has very dramatic bright Color scheme-typical for this period. It is definitely a great fit and a conversation piece for any kind of home, either contemporary, traditional or modern.
The Painting is set in a dramatic large heavy 19th century gold gilded frame...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gold
Chinese Vintage Framed East West Advertisement, circa 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Mixing Western and traditional pictorial styles, this vintage ad depicts a young family on a garden stroll. A cheongsam-clad woman nods to tradition in contrast to her Western-garbed...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Stormy Sea French Oil on Canvas, Yvonne Letourneux
Located in Albignasego, IT
Letourneux Yvonne – Storm in Provence.
Measures: 22cm x 33cm - unframed
34cm x 45cm - with frame.
Oil on canvas - 1930s.
The stormy sea, the leaden color of the water, the ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Two Philosophers", 1948 Painting with Two Male Nudes by Arthur Kampf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Serving, perhaps, as a commentary on the futility and horror of war, this allegorical painting of "Two Philosophers" was made by Arthur Kampf in 1948-49, shortly after the end of World War II and toward the end of his long life. Kampf was known for his historical and allegorical paintings, including a large scene showing a group of nude soldiers...
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1940s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Bedouin with Keffiyeh", Handsome Portrait of Arab Male Figure, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted toward the end of the Great Depression, this striking portrait of a handsome bedouin with a traditional headdress featuring a red and whit...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Painted Canvas in Art Deco Style, Contemporary Work
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Painted canvas in the Art Deco style representing an elegant woman standing from behind and wearing a “bare back” dress in ivory color with striated patterns with a train decorated w...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Neptune's Kingdom", Elaborate Art Deco Painting with Mermaids, Hippocampi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
High style and highly-stylized, this Art Deco painting by Bruno Seuchter presents an aquatic scene teeming with life, centered around Neptune with his trident held high. Surrounding ...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Exotic Vintage Painting by Alan Healey 1970s Framed Art Deco African Monkey
Located in London, GB
An exotic vintage painting signed by Alan Healey and painted in the 1970s, depicting a North African boy with his little monkey on his shoulder.
CREATO...
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1970s British Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Art Deco Floral Study
Located in Riverdale, NY
Lovely Art Deco impressionistic, interior still life study of a vase of vivid dahlias, circa 1930. Elegant matching 2 toned limed washed frame. 1930s USA.
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Nobel Prize for Peace", Pair of Mural Paintings by Savage, "Trust Law Labor"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and remarkable, this pair of mural paintings -- perhaps serving as studies for much larger paintings -- were made in connection with the Nobel Prize for Peace by Eugene Savage,...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Group of Three WPA Era Paintings, American, circa 1930s-1950s.
From left to right, they are:
1) Brick mason oil painting, American, circa 1930s. It ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
"To the Fifth Symphony", Art Deco Masterpiece, Ode to Beethoven by Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and vivid Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this dramatization of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was made by Eugene Savage, probably in the 1930s at the h...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"America, Old and New", Mural Painting W/ Industrial Scene, George Browne, 1926
By George Elmer Browne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted a decade before the start of the Works Progress Administration, but presaging its fascination with the growth and development of the American scene, this large mural study was painted by George Elmer Browne in 1926. Like the Social Realism paintings...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Still Life Painting, Flowers Vase Painting, Vase of Roses, Oil on Canvas, 20th
Located in Breganze, VI
Flowers artwork, antique oil painting, Still Life with Bouquet of Roses proposed here is an oil painting
on canvas of the twentieth century. Art Déco.
It also has an original ca...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Chandelier Painting By Tibor Cervenak Oil On Canvas Contemporary Art Artwork
Located in London, GB
An explosive painting called 'The Chandelier', depicting a group of people seated around a chandelier. Light but strong brushstrokes fire up this painting. TiBor Cervenak was a forme...
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Early 2000s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Antique Signed Brandsma Belgium Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Boy Part Set
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1930s Belgium oil on canvas of young boy in a cap which is part of a suite
I have seven of these lifestyle, natural D...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Brotherly Love", Art Deco Masterwork in Gold for Elks Memorial, 1926
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A true Art Deco masterpiece, painted as a final study for one of a series of large murals for the National Elks Memorial in Chicago, finished in 1926, this large gold-hued scene depi...
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1920s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Antique Signed circa 1930 Belgium Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Boy Smoking
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1930's Belgium oil on canvas of young boy smoking which is part of a suite
Please note the delivery fee listed is jus...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very rare and important study for "The Spirit of Oshkosh," a major mural in Wisconsin, was painted by Eugene Savage in 1937. Savage is best know...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
1930s Finnish 'Young Woman in a Yellow Dress' Oil on Canvas Artist Llmari Aalto
By Ilmari Aalto
Located in London, GB
This beautiful painting was painted by Finnish artist Llmari Aalto who was largely known as an expressionist painter who went onto Cubism.
Limari was o...
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20th Century Finnish Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paint
Oil Painting on Panel, 20th Century, Vergani, Landscape
Located in Monza, IT
Oil painting on panel, 20th century, Vergani, landscape
Refined and detailed oil painting on panel depicting a glimpse of "old" Bergamo, with characters.
In good condition, as show...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Art Deco Painting Elegant Lady with Book by Alfredo Luxoro, Italy
By Alfredo Luxoro
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco painting elegant lady with book by Alfredo Luxoro, Italy 1859-1918.
Oil on canvas. Ca. 1910.
Handmade silver leaf frame by Gehring & Heijdenrijk.
With Certificate of Au...
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1910s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Tropical Oil Painting, Ruben Kupur
Located in Riverdale, NY
Large Rare Vintage 1940’s Artist Ruben Kupur Oil painting of Art Deco Tropical scene with herons within a scene of lush tropical orchids.
Ruben Kupur was born In the Russian Federation...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paint
Roland Hinton Perry Portrait of a Lady in Red, 1931
By Roland Hinton Perry
Located in Hanover, MA
Large stunning portrait of a beautiful seated woman in a red dress framed in a period carved giiltwood frame.
Signed upper right R. Hinton Perry. Dated indistinctly 1931 or 1939.
Roland Hinton Perry (1870-1941) was a sculptor and painter committed to the Beaux-Arts tradition. Born in New York, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Henri Chapu and Denys Puech...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Oil on Canvas Signed, Roger Pierre
Located in London, GB
Unusual oil on canvas in the cubist style signed Roger Pierre. Although in the cubist style the colours and feel of the piece suggest it might have been painted as late as the 1940s....
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Painting, Venice, Serenissima, A.M. Rossi, Oil on Canvas, hand-painted, Italy
Located in Wien, AT
Large-format painting depicting a canal in Venice, signed A.M. Rossi, possibly attributable to Alberto Maria Rossi, an Italian artist who lived from 1879 to 1965.
The vertical format shows a beautiful perspective through an archway overlooking the canal. You can recognize a city view typical for Venice with buildings with chimneys, a bridge crossing the canal and the church towers that can be seen everywhere through the city of Venice, called the Serenissima.
The ships and boats...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
Vintage Art Deco Scenic Oil Painting
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage Art Deco scenic oil painting architectural buildings blue bright birds animal professional framed.
Dimensions. Overall 25 1/2 W; 21 1/2 H; Actual Art 17 1/2 W; 13 1/2 H.
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1970s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
1940s Swedish Cityscape Oil Painting of an Old Town Around the Stockholm Area
Located in London, GB
Framed in a simple gold frame circa 1935s-1940s oil painting of a cityscape view of Stockholm old town.
Likely to be of the Riddarholmen area with i...
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20th Century Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood
Painted Canvas, Elegant in Art Deco Style, Contemporary Work
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Canvas painted in linen representing an elegant Art Deco style, on a background in green tones.
Contemporary French work.
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Female Figure with Bouquet", Art Deco Watercolor Painting by Alice Szegedy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely, high style Art Deco painting depicts a pale female figure in blond ringlets, an elaborate mid-19th century dress and a straw hat dangling from her arm, holding a lovely bouquet with lilies of the valley and roses. Approaching her from the left is an exotic turbaned figure holding a tray laden with more flowers. The entire scene is painted in pale violet and yellow...
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1920s Hungarian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Early 20th Century German Impressionism Landscape Oil Painting, circa 1920
Located in Berlin, DE
Early 20th century German Art Deco landscape oil painting around 1920
by German artist Florenz Engelbert Hegemann.
The painting is oil on wood and has got the original frame.
Th...
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1920s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Hardwood
'Jazz' Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting by Vera Jefferson
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
'Jazz' a Contemporary oil on canvas painting by Vera Jefferson depicting trumpets, saxophones and a double base amongst a stylised abstract background. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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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