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
Chromolitho by Henri Cassiers, Belgium
Located in Antwerp, BE
Chromolitho of the harbor in Ostend by Henri Cassiers (1858-1944),
circa 1920, Belgium.
Biography:
Cassiers Henry (Henri) was born in Antwerp, Belgium on 11 August 1858. He was a Belgian painter of landscapes, picturesque urban sites, and seascapes. He was also etcher and illustrator. His work was extremely abundant and varied. He also produced numerous artistic posters and colour prints. His art was one of illusion and semi-reality.
Cassiers studied for an architect at the Academy of Fine Arts in his birthplace and received classes from the master teacher and artist Stacquet Henry (1838 – 1906) and he also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sint-Joost-ten-Node.
He quickly developed his own style and painted maritime...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Snowy Landscape Oil On Canvas by Alex Weise - Dolomites 1930
Located in Vo', Veneto
Snowy Landscape – Alex Weise
Work dimensions: 60 x 80 cm
Measurements with frame: 64 x 84cm
Technique: oil on canvas
Period: 1930s
One of this artist's favorite subjects: snow in t...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Winold Reiss Collage Longchamps Restaurant Tabletop German/American Modernism
By Winold Reiss
Located in Sharon, CT
Unique signed collage in gold/silver foil on Formica base, mounted to be hung on a wall. Formerly Alan Moss Ltd. collection. Please refer: "American Art Deco...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Formica
Vintage Oil Painting Of Gypsy From Zamutov, Czechoslovakia 1940s
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful vintage oil painting in an original frame. The pinting is named Gypsy Woman from Zamutov. Originally from the region of Czechoslovakia. The painting was hanging in the firs...
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1940s Czech Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Canvas
Painting, Oil on Panel, "Mediterranean Coastal Town", France, Circa 1930
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Painting, Oil on Panel, "Mediterranean Coastal Town," France, Circa 1930
Depiction of a coastal town in southern France or Algeria, location unknown.
In the foreground, a herd of g...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, 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 pain...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Harvest Landscape", Art Deco Mural Study for Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Proof that Scandinavia equalled France in its embrace of Modernism and what we now call Art Deco, this important mural study was made by Jais Nielsen in 1923 for Tivoli Gardens in Co...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
Georg Kirsta, 1927 Art Deco Nude Portrait
By George Kirsta
Located in Sharon, CT
Beautifully painted in the deco manner of Tamara De Lempicka. Kirsta, a Russian artist escaped to Western Europe during the revolution, pursued a career as a painter and theatrical s...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Coca-Cola and Coffee", Important Industrial Design for 1949 Vending Machine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An astonishing and important example of Moderne-Mid Century Modern industrial design, this original watercolor rendering of a short-lived Coca-Cola/coffee vending machine was painted...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Orpheus with Lyre and Cape", Fine Art Deco Eglomise Painting in Gold and Wine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An elegant and sophisticated example of high style Art Deco eglomise painting, this depiction of a stylized Orpheus figure with lyre and cape is painted in rich tones of gold, black ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Old Master Paintings, Mountain Landscape with Snow, Matterhorn Mountain, Oil On Cardboard, XX
Located in Breganze, VI
The antique paintings category, Mountain Landscape Paintings with Snow, features a painting depicting Mount Matterhorn.
mount Matterhorn is located in Canton Valais a region in west...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
"Stoking the Engine", Painting for Coca Cola on "Uses of Coal" for 1949 Campaign
By Lyman Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Important both historically and artistically, this painting by Lyman Anderson of a railroad engineer feeding the engine with a fresh supply of coal was commissioned by the Coca Cola ...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Yellow Field Daisies and Statuette Oil Painting, Art Deco
Located in Vo', Veneto
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
1920 Snowy Landscape by Kusche Alfred
Located in Vo', Veneto
Snowy Landscape – Kusche Alfred
Opera size: 60 x 80 cm
Dimensions with cornice: 78 x 98 cm
Technique: oil on rigid cardboard
Period: year ’20
Suggestive winter paesaggio, one of those favorites of this picture
Kusche Alfred
Graphic, pictore (21 April 1884 Karlsruhe 9 August 1984 Karlsruhe)
Alfred Kusche...
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood
"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 York -- was painted by Eugene Savage. Like many paintings from the period, the study is teeming with allegory and symbolism, surmounted at the top by the figure of Justice with a long sword, spurning businesspeople at her feet who offer gifts and favors. Savage is best known for a spectacular set of murals illustrating the history and lore of Hawaii commissioned by Matson Shipping Line for the S.S. Lurline, executed in the 1940s but not installed until the 1950s. The artist also painted other series of murals and paintings, include an enormous mural...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Young Women Portrait by Alfred Schmidt, 1920
Located in Vo', Veneto
Alfred Schmidt (1876 ????- 1956) – Portrait of the concert singer Caroline Naase
Oil on canvas circa 1920
60 x 47 cm – without frame
78 x 65 cm – frame included
Signed center right: Alf Schmidt.
Alfred Schmidt
1876 Dresden – 1956 Graefelfing
An impressionist at the Chiemsee
The painterly mood content, which the artist Alfred Schmidt captured in countless variations on the canvas, occupies such an eminent and substantial position that it is inextricably linked to his oeuvre. “[…] Female creatures walking in the shimmering air […]”(1), who find their pleasure in the warm, golden tones of summer and the grey-silver shimmering water surface of the lake, correspond to the characteristic motif of the native of Dresden. One is inevitably reminded of the impressionist Christian Landenberger (1862-1927), to whom Schmidt was a friend and who painted canvas on canvas at Lake Ammersee, but “[…] softer, sweeter and more narrative, because he [Schmidt] often expands on that Nature and the human body come together to create a small, genre-like idyll”(2).
His art is a commitment to plein air painting. He openly displays his impressionistic impetus. The originally anecdotal aspects of his painting, which he had experienced at the Karlsruhe Academy from 1886 to 1893, he gradually put aside both through the one-year study visit to Paris and Brittany in 1889 and through the influence of Landenberger and Swabian landscape painting. From this point onwards, artistic development is hardly noticeable. He had found his individual style and stuck to it.
At the end of 1899, Schmidt came to the Swabian capital from Karlsruhe in the entourage of Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth (1855-1922), who was appointed to the Stuttgart Academy with Carlos Grethe (1864-1913) and Robert Poetzelberger...
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1920s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"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
Oil on Canvas by Jens Sørensen, Denmark 1920’s
By Jens Sørensen
Located in Valby, 84
Oil on canvas by Danish artist Jens Sorensen (28 September 1887 - 29 September 1953)
Jens Sørensen, 1887-1953, Danish painter, briefly educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine A...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
Marion Edith Hewkley Miniature 'Italian Peasant' Framed Watercolor 1923
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A well executed framed miniature watercolor titled 'Italian Peasant' by Marion Edith Hewkley (Mrs Sutherland Gill of Worthing0 dated 1923. The watercol...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Art Deco Wire Haired Terrier Illustration
Located in Riverdale, NY
Charming Art Deco Wire Haired Terrier Illustration from the 1930's. Wonderfully vibrant oil portrait of a wire haired terrier with immense personality. Possibly made as an illustrati...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Greek Goddess", Original Art Deco Painting for "L'Odyssée" by Schmied, 1928
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This richly detailed painting of a Greek goddess in Classical robes, standing atop a flight of steps with two heavily veiled attendants below, was made by François-Louis Schmied, one...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Processional, " Jewel-Toned Mural Study w/ Prayer Under Starlit Sky by Hoeckner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Carl Hoeckner is best known for his sombre prints and paintings protesting the brutality of war, he is also known for a series of murals in public spaces across Chicago and the Midwest, so this brilliantly-hued painting may have served as a mural study. Here the artist depicts a long procession of figures in jewel-toned garments, their faces careworn and bent in prayer, facing toward a priest surrounded by a group of choir boys...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Rare Set of Two Framed Oil Paintings by Ivan da Silva Bruhns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare set of two small framed oil paintings by Ivan da Silva Bruhns, (Paris, 1881-Antibes, 1980). Unique works. Signed. Each panel is 9 in. Me...
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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood
Antique watercolor painting "Woman in the Garden" executed by Palla Jeno in 1920
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Watercolor painting "Portrait of a Woman in a Garden" executed by Palla Jeno in 1920; very beautiful the color choice with the various shades of green of the plants and cloths cover...
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1920s Hungarian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paper
"Tunisian Man in White Shirt", 1930s Watercolor Painting by Porter Woodruff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piercing and powerful portrait of a Tunisian man with an open-necked shirt provides a glimpse into the life of artist Porter Woodruff in North Africa. Woodruff was best known for his paintings and illustrations for Vogue magazine -- one of five American fashion illustrators who worked for the magazine -- as well as House & Garden. He was born in Tennessee, but spent much of his creative life in Paris and Tunisia, where he lived with Georges Sébastian, an important Hungarian-born, French orchestra conductor...
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1930s Tunisian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Pair decorative paintings garden view signed Herminia Bosch, Austria Mid Century
Located in Wien, AT
Pair of stunning paintings, decipting two outside scenes, terraces or garden views, made by the Austrian painter Herminia Bosch, Mid-Century, made in the 1940s/50s.
The pictures ar...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
"Distribution" Fabulous, Large Art Deco Allegorical Mural with Male Nude
By Charles Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of American allegorical painting celebrating the nation's trade and commerce, this gorgeous, high energy view of a major port, bustling with sailing ships, steam shi...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
"Western Ceres, " Art Deco Painting with Goddess of Fertility and Agriculture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A color-rich reimagining of the mythological tale of Ceres, the Goddess of fertility and agriculture, this marvelous Art Deco painting shows a modern Ceres holding a pineapple in one...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Summoned Reverie, " Superb Surrealist Painting with Nudes by Ames, 1939
By Arthur Ames
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in soft, dreamlike colors and depicting a magical landscape of attenuated nude figures dominated by a painter and his muse, this extremely fine Surrealist work was painted by Arthur Ames in 1939. Here he used egg tempera on gesso-finished board -- a favorite medium among painters such as Paul Cadmus, Jared French and others in the 1930s, 40s and 50s -- to create a highly detailed view of an imagined landscape. Behind the central couple and the painting on its easel, there is a retreating woman in a flowing, Classical robe, and in the far distance a couple embracing on a mountain top. Ames was born in the Midwest but studied on the West Coast and became a California artist through and through; he participated in the Federal Art Project, and worked with his fiancée, Jean Goodwin...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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
Watercolour View of Ludlow castle and Dinham bridge
Located in Seaford, GB
930s Watercolour of Ludlow Castle and Dinham Bridge, Shropshire
A fine and atmospheric original watercolour dating to the 1930s, this expertly rendered landscape captures the histori...
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1930s British Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
"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
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
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Hardwood
Vase of Flowers with Fruit Oil Painting, Fitger Hermann
Located in Vo', Veneto
Fitger Hermann - Vase of Flowers with Fruit
Measures: 32cm x 44cm - frame excluded
50cm x 62cm - with antique fir frame
oil on canvas applied to cardboard - 1946
20th cen...
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1940s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Stormy Sea French Oil on Canvas, Yvonne Letourneux
Located in Vo', Veneto
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
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Wood
Pierre Lardin French Mid-Century Painted Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
French mid-century (1940s) oak framed horizontal wall mirror with reverse glass painted Neoclassic scenes. (attributed to Pierre Lardin).
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Oak, Mirror
Portrait Of A Woman, Nude Of A Woman, Early Twentieth Century, Oil On Canvas, Art Deco.
By Leonie Humbert Vignot
Located in Breganze, VI
The category Paintings Female Nudity, features a nude of a woman, paintings on canvas, 20th century, 1930s.
The work is a very pleasing oil painting, hand-painted in the early 1900s...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Art Deco Era Oil on Canvas Painting Wildflowers by Emil Fiala Vienna, 1930s
By Emil Fiala
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco oil on canvas painting motif wildflowers by Emil Fiala 1930s, Austria.
A fabulous oil on canvas painting by Emil Fiala showing a motif with wildflowers in beautiful colors.
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1930s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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"Le Grain de Beaute" Oil on Canvas by Edouard Goerg
By Edouard Goerg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Edouard Goerg (1893 - 1969) "Le Grain de Beauté"
Oil on canvas, signed.
The painting has been relined.
Provenance: Estate of Nelly Kaplan & Claude Makovski.
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Young Woman Portrait by Enrico Crespi Signed Located Dated Italian Watercolor
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and evocative watercolor technique painting by the great Milanese school artist Enrico Crespi
It depicts a young woman lying dreamily on her bed.
Most likely this is a youn...
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paper
"First Bloom, " Large, Important Art Deco-Magical Realist Ptg. by Calif. Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and extraordinary and clearly influenced by Diego Rivera, Frieda Kahlo and the Mexican muralists, this large painting by John Greathead depicts a nude American Indian woman...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
"Blonde Youth, " Impressionist Portrait of Staffan Nyblom by Swedish Painter
By Ture Lennart Nyblom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This handsome and affectionate portrait of a young man, his tousled blonde hair glinting in the light, was painted by the subject's father, the Swedish artist Ture Lennart Nyblom. The artist's brushstrokes are loose and confident, and he beautifully captures the ruddy complexion, blue jacket and white collar of his subject, Staffan. The youth's appearance suggests that he sat for his portrait in his school uniform...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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
"Garden and Spindle, " Pair of Art Deco Paintings Celebrating the Swedish Home
By Simon Gate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of the greatest artists of the Swedish Grace movement -- Simon Gate, best known for his spectacular series of engraved glass designs for Orrefors in Sweden -- this pai...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Dancing Angel", Classic 1940s Tempera Painting with Nude Male Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reminiscent of the work of Jared French in its material (tempera), its color palette and its approach to the male figure, this lovely depiction of two dancing angels, one in the fore...
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1940s 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
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Paint, Paper
"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
Dipinto Art Deco a Pastello "Nudo Femminile" firmato Fried Pal 1930
By Pal Fried
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Sensuale Dipinto a pastello eseguito da Fried Pal negli anni 30 in puro stile Art Deco.
L'autore riesce in maniera egregia a unire due motivi ricorrenti del periodo,il nudo e il dina...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood, Paper
"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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Paint
"Waiting at the Station" Superb 1943 American Scene Painting, Indianapolis
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly atmospheric and winning, this American Scene painting of three young men waiting for the next train in downtown Indianapolis -- perhaps...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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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Art Deco Male Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Gilt framed oil painting portrait of man in brown suit and red tie.
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20th Century Unknown Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Pan Playing His Pipes, " Charming Mural Sketch for Liberty Music Shop, NYC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of verdant greens and suffused with a lovely quiet spirit, this depiction of Pan resting against a tree and playing his pipes was a perfect image for the famous Liberty Music Shop in New York. This sketch for a mural at the Shop was painted by Donald Forbes, who worked for the Federal Art Project in the 1930s where he would have learned from the work of other muralists supported by federal programs. Liberty Music Shop was famous for its collection of sophisticated jazz recordings from around the world; in the 1930s it created its own label, producing a series of records for Lee Wiley, Beatrice Lillie, Mabel Mercer, Ethel Merman...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Snowy Egrets and Cypress, " Large Art Deco Painting by Harcombe, Aqua and Blue
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, Paint
"Living Room with Aquatic-Themed Painting, " Art Deco Watercolor, Blue and Peach
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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Paint
1930's Nude Study of a Woman, Oil on Canvas, Unsigned
Located in Bozeman, MT
Nude study of a woman. Oil on Canvas, Unsigned. Art Deco, ca 1930's
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Guinea Baboon, " Masterpiece of Art Deco Painting in Lacquer by Margat, 1938
By André Margat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A year after André Margat received a gold medal for his lacquerwork at the Exposition Universelle of 1937, the artist painted this beautiful and expressiv...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Lacquer
Mid twenty century framed still life oil painting fruits on a table
Located in Birmingham, AL
Vintage framed still life oil painting of fruits and table, the colours are vibrant and refreshing. It will turn heads and it will add charm to any wall decor. The painting very h...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Art Deco Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
Art Deco paintings might not have been as abundant as other decorative art forms when the movement first materialized in the early 1900s, as there wasn’t a painting-specific component of the 1925 Parisian exhibition that gave way to the term Art Deco. But many artists — such as those working as magazine illustrators, glass artists or sculptors — embraced the characteristics of the fashionable style even if painting wasn't their primary medium.
While sculpture and painting were initially secondary Art Deco media, Art Deco paintings were still lively and rich. As part of a reaction against the organic forms and floral motifs that underpinned Art Nouveau, Art Deco painters introduced geometric abstraction and distortion in their work. Painters working in the Art Deco style were inspired by Cubist forms and the bright colors of Fauvism, and an offshoot of Art Deco painting emerged in the 1930s as murals, a way to decorate buildings in the United States after the Great Depression.
Dunbar D. Beck, Witold Gordon, René Buthaud, Erté and Emil Fiala are some of the painters associated with Art Deco that you can find on 1stDibs.