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
'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
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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
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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
Charles Joseph Watelet
By Charles Joseph Watelet
Located in Belmont, MA
Charles Joseph Watelet (Belgian painter 1867-1954),
Portrait of a young woman called Daisy, oil on canvas. Framed in a beautiful hand carved giltwood frame.
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
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
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Canvas
"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
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
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 watercolor is finely and professionally...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Colorful Oil Painting by the Artist Leif Bjerregaard "Where angels Dance"
Located in Lejre, DK
A vibrant and captivating oil painting by the renowned artist Leif Bjerregaard, created in 1995 and titled "Where Angels Dance." This stunning artwork exudes energy, emotion, and a s...
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1990s Danish Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, 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
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Wood, Canvas
"Battle of the Nudes, " Large Art Deco Painting by Wedel, Elton John Collection
By Nils Wedel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fantastic view of a great battle waged by a phalanx of nude male soldiers -- probably a scene from Sweden or France -- was painted by Nils Wedel, an important Swedish painter st...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Exceptional Painting "Venus with Doves" by Raphael Delorme, Art Deco, France
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional oil painting on masonite by Raphael Delorme (1885-1962) representing Venus with doves on a beautiful garden landscape background.
Signed at the bottom. A certificate by...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Masonite
Art Deco Style Painting Landscape with Sailing Boats Patrick Leroy France
By LeRoy
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco style painting landscape with sailing boats by the French artist Patrick Leroy.
The work is in a very good condition and has a contemporary lea...
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1970s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
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
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
Pair of Art Deco Period Framed Embossed Metallic Painted Art
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A pair of French Art Deco metallic embosses and painted wall art with silver leaf frames. High style and very chic art deco depictions signed PAN on bottom left.
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Metal, Silver Leaf
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
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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
David Anthony Tauszky, Portrait of a Chinese Woman, American Art Deco, ca. 1920s
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions: Height: 24” (61cm) Width: 20” (50.8cm) Frame width: 3.25” (8.12 cm)
About:
This very elegant painting is a part of the famous ‘Cantonese’ series of mainly female portraits, painter by David Anthony Tauszky...
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1920s 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
Early 20th Century Italian Landscape Painting by A.M. Merelli
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 20th century Italian Torinese landscape painting titled "Notturno dal Vero" and signed by the artist A.M. Merelli (1897-1942). The oil on canvas is painted in the Impressionist...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
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
"At the Bar", Watercolor on Paper by A. J. Kristians, France, Art Déco, 1920's
Located in Paris, FR
Watercolor by Antonius Johans Kristians (1883-1957) "at the bar". Watercolor on paper. Signed bottom left.
Dimensions: without frame : 49x65cm; with frame : 61x78cm
JK Kristians i...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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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
Wallpaper Design, France, Art Deco, 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
Wallpaper design. Watercolor painting on paper representing Chinese masks, France, Art Deco, 1920s.
Dimensions: 49.5 x 49.5cm excl frame.
Another wallpape...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
"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
Materials
Canvas
Antique Dog Painting by William Stern, Dated 1921, Shepherd Dog with Puppies
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique painting depicting a Malinois (Belgian Sheppard dog) with her puppies.
The painting is very atmospheric, with beautiful l...
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1920s Dutch Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, 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
"Portrait of Junaluska, " Cherokee Leader in North Carolina, by Herbert Stoops
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This strong and dignified portrait of the great Cherokee leader, Junaluska, painted by one of America's leading illustrators long after the Native American's death, uses a palette of black and mossy green to capture its subject. Junaluska lived in western North Carolina in the early 19th century and served as an ally of Andrew Jackson during the War of 1812, saving his life during the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Despite his heroism, he was exiled from his native land, participating in the Trail of Tears...
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1930s North American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Egyptian Prince Saif ul Malook with His Love, " by GAN, Swedish Modernist
By Gösta Adrian-Nilsson/ GAN
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exotic and highly atmospheric, this nocturnal Art Deco scene of the famed Egyptian prince, Saif ul Malook, from the fairy tale by Mian Muhammad Baskh, was painted by Gösta Adrian-Nil...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Frieze of Nude Male Figures, " Art Deco Scene of Bathers and Workers, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drenched in rich color and somehow both modern and classical, this scene of nude male figures is presented as a frieze of men along a horizontal plane -- as if they are peopling a mu...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Aloha, The Universal Word, " Art Deco Study for Hawaiian Mural Series by Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare and important, this painting by Eugene Savage served as the preparatory study for one of six monumental Art Deco murals commissioned by the Matson Shipping company in ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Morning Chat, " Moody, Atmospheric Painting by Daniel Koerner, WPA Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of German Expressionism and American film noir, this deeply atmospheric, moody painting depicts two male figures in the foreground, deep in conversation...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Nude Swimmers and Octopus, " Study for Art Deco Mural in Black, Pink and Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly sophisticated and striking in conception and execution, this study for an Art Deco bathroom mural depicts -- appropriately -- male and female nud...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Charcoal Portrait of a Woman
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco charcoal portrait of a woman in a gilt wood frame (signed ELISABETH SCHMIDT ca. 1920).
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20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Wood
"Wine and Fruit Served, " Cubist-Art Deco Painting in Red and Blue, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of French Cubism and Art Deco, this gorgeous, brilliantly-hued painting depicts a bottle of wine, a bowl of fruit, a wine b...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Large Nude Painted Bas-Relief by Eric Satchwell, 1973
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful painting of nudes titled "Oreades".
Oil paint on gesso relief. On board.
Great colors and technique.
Painted in an Art Deco style. It ...
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1970s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gesso
"Creation of Man, " Important Painting of Adam in Garden of Eden by Colacicchi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted by Giovanni Colacicchi in rich, verdant colors, this depiction of a nude, youthful Adam figure in the midst of the Garden of Eden, accompanied by God in a hooded,...
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1940s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Artist Gregory Orloff (1890-1981) Large Aristocrat Women Portrait Painting
By Gregory Orloff
Located in Las Vegas, NV
This 1930s large oil on canvas painting by Gregory Orloff, depicts a lovely aristocrat woman in a park setting.
Signed in lower right corner. Original frame.
Orloff (1890-1981) m...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
"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
"Timur 'Imu, " Exotic Asian Fantasy, Art Deco Painting with Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mysterious, jewel-toned and sensuous at the same time, this gorgeous gouache painting by Dooley Dionysius depicts a circle of nude men on a sculpted platform, linked together arm in ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
"Toltec, " Important Sketch for Art Deco Painting with Male and Female Nudes
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stylized and richly-colored, almost cinematic, depiction of a nude Toltec male youth by John Garth shows the figure holding a knife and chalice, hinting at human sacrifice, stan...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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
"Lunchroom Conversations, " Glimpse of 1920s Black Social Life in Philadelphia
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and elegance, this genre scene of African Americans eating and chatting in a 1920s lunchroom -- dressed to the nines in furs, fashionable hats...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Frederick Golden Short New Forest Woodland Signed and Dated 1920 Oil Painting
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this stunning Frederick Golden Short 1863 – 1936 oil painting which dated 1920 and signed of the new Forest Woodland
This piece is exceptionally well exe...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Parrots and Trees, " Art Deco Painted Advertising Panel for Poll Parrot Shoes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted by a commercial artist, this large, rare sign panel may have been the most ambitious marketing piece ever created by the Poll-Parrot Shoe Company, one of America’s leading purveyors of children’s shoes...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Whiskey Sours, " Cubist-Art Deco Painting with Bottle and Jigger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Taking its cues from the broken planes and tilted objects of Cubist masters such as Braque and Gris, as well as the polished art of the Art Deco movement, this brilliant painting sho...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Circus Scene, " 1930s Painting with Barker in Orange & Green, American Flags
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A riot of color and movement, much like the experience of walking around the circus in its heyday in 1930s America, this scene by Iver Rose depicts a barker at his podium, positioned...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Painting of Spanish Dancer by Yves Diey
By Yves Diey
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco painting of Spanish dancer by Yves Diey.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and remarkable Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this depiction of a group of 1940s sailors visiting a New Orleans brothel is full of boisterous energy and strong color, providing an amused and amusing view of Navy life during or after World War II. The sailors -- in their tight white pants and youthful swagger -- are enjoying the company of an array of brothel workers, reigned over by a madam dressed in ruby red, with two young paramours to her side. Taking it all in is a group of jeering young men in straw hats to the right, and a young gay...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Oosterbeek, Japanese Woman with Child, France, 2010
Located in Bochum, NRW
Japanese woman holding a baby by P.Oosterbeek.
Oil on canvas signed lower right.
Dimensions:
Height 73.5 cm (29 in.), width 60 cm (23-1/2 in.)
D...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
"Lifeguard and Bather, " Stylized Art Deco Beach Scene by MacGurrin, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reminiscent of the work of Gerald Murphy in its use of strong colors and flat, highly-stylized forms, this depiction of a lifeguard in profile, a female ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Blond Youth w/ Lederhosen, " 1928 Portrait by Reyl-Hanisch, Renaissance-Inspired
By Herbert von Reyl-Hanisch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the great masterworks of Herbert von Reyl-Hanish and clearly inspired by Renaissance portraits which show a dignified personage with an idyllic landscape behind, this portrait of a young, blond youth in traditional lederhosen is striking and powerful. The intense, open gaze of the young man, and his fresh, ruddy countenance, contrast dramatically with the jagged peaks and cool colors of the sky and mountains behind him. Reyl-Hanisch is sometimes described as a Magic Realist...
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1920s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
ALFRED COUTURAUD Large 19th Century French Seascape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Miami, FL
A fine original seascape painting in its original hand carved gilt wood frame.
This large work of art is painted on canvas and has recently been cleaned to display its delightful det...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Giltwood, 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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