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.
1
631
57
2
to
49
429
214
690
690
690
2,829
2,627
690
392
372
307
238
193
109
87
68
58
57
50
46
43
36
28
4
627
59
196
379
21
2
12
122
237
90
20
3
5
5
7
Height
to
Width
to
398
180
168
125
69
406
244
233
172
41
11
10
8
7
6
Style: Art Deco
"Satyr and Nymph, " Gorgeous Art Deco Ballet Scene, Painting on Silk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in fresh, lovely colors on silk, this depiction of nymph and satyr, clothed in gauzy costumes like a scene from a Ballets Russes production, was painted by Stephe...
Category
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Silk
"Nudes with Hats, " Surreal Painting with Male Couple and Sleeping Female, 1949
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted during the heyday of American Surrealism, this watercolor depicts a sleeping nude female figure holding a laurel wreath, seemingly disconnected from a pair of male nudes saun...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Fruits of Land and Sea, " Pair of Art Deco Mural Studies with Mermaids by Briggs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Classic and beautiful examples of Art Deco allegorical painting, this pair of mural studies depicts nude mermaid figures, each holding symbols of the fruits of land and sea. One is holding ears of corn and other produce from the earth, while the other is holding a strand of pearls and a cornucopia with coral and other living things from the ocean. Both figures are surrounded by the undulating waves of the ocean in a lovely blue. The paintings are by Adelaide Briggs...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Bouquet of Roses by Hermine David, Oil on Cardboard Linen, Signed
By Jules Pascin, Hermine David
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bouquet of Roses by Hermine David, oil on cardboard linen, signed. Framed.
Hermine Lionette Cartan David (19 April 1886 in Paris – 1 December 1970 in Bry-sur-Marne) was a French painter and the wife of Jules Pascin, also a painter.
She became one of the Ecole de Paris artists...
Category
1930s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Canvas
Bouquet of Roses by Hermine David, Oil on Cardboard Linen, Signed
By Jules Pascin, Hermine David
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bouquet of Roses by Hermine David, oil on cardboard linen, signed. Framed.
Hermine Lionette Cartan David (19 April 1886 in Paris – 1 December 1970 in Bry-sur-Marne) was a French painter and the wife of Jules Pascin, also a painter.
She became one of the Ecole de Paris artists...
Category
1930s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Siamese Twins, " Fabulous Art Deco Portrait with Siamese Cat and Female Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The artist behind this striking and original Art Deco portrait -- Agnes Tait -- is clearly emphasizing the parallels between a female figure and her Siamese cat, both shown with heavily-shadowed blue eyes and short, dark hair, the feline crouching familiarly on the shoulder of her companion. Because Tait painted a series of portraits for Florenz Ziegfeld of the young women who performed in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1932, it's possible that the figure here was one of her subjects. The woman is wearing an elegant black gown that bares her upper chest, and the background is a lovely shade of reddish purple. Tait was a native New Yorker, studying in her youth at the National Academy of Design under Leon Kroll and others, before becoming a WPA painter in the 1930s. She painted a series of tropical scenes for the United Fruit Company...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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 ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
1930s "English Toy Spaniel" Oil on Canvas in Burl Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Attractive oil on canvas depicting an English toy spaniel, circa 1930s. Original frame is a handsome walnut burl. Light wear consistent with age / use.
Si...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Burl
Painted Canvas, Birds and Foliage, Contemporary Work
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Painted canvas figuring birds in the middle of large foliage and flowery gilt scrolls. Brown background.
Linen raw canvas hand painted with natural pigments and background silvere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Linen, Canvas
"Man in Black and White, " Remarkable Portrait of Young Man by Cohen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and intense, this portrait -- or perhaps self-portrait -- of a young man with pale skin, dark, flowing hair and a direct stare was painted by T. Cohen in the first decades of th...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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...
Category
1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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. wi...
Category
1910s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood
Alfons Verheyen, "la mort du poète", circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Alfons Verheyen, (1903-1990) "la mort du poète", circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
French Art Deco Oil on Canvas Painting, Signed
Located in Miami, FL
Artist Charles Ventrillon-Horber (1899-1977) has created a beautiful Madonna scene of a mother and child, with a beautiful floral background, circa 1930s, with original gold leaf frame.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Oil On Canvas "Best Friends", Signed G. Hoy, 1930
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Lovely large oil on canvas "Best Friends" signed by the artist G. Hoy, 1930, depicting a young noble boy having a rest aside his best friend - a big Landseer dog...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Cubistic Painting of a Boy Reading, 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cubistic painting of a school boy reading. Oil on canvas. Faded signature of lower left hand corner. Newly framed in grey and gold leaf.
Category
1930s Dutch Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Through the Archway, " Atmospheric Watercolor Scene in Gray and Red by Storck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Atmospheric and full of depth, this view of an old European archway, with high-chimneyed houses beyond and crowds of people below, was painted in the 1930s by J. Alvin Storck, a Chic...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
'The Animal Kingdom, ' Art Deco Mural Study with Male Nudes by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
To our knowledge, this study is the only known image of this mural, created by John Garth to show an idealized Man at work and at play, all nude or semi-nude, and accompanied by anim...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
French Art Deco Gold Lacquered Floral Wall Panel
By Pierre Bobot
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco (1930s) large cream and gold lacquered painted stucco on wood wall panel depicting birds within a floral design. (signed: PIERRE BOBOT)
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Stucco, Lacquer
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...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
Painted Canvas, Birds and Foliage, Contemporary Work
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Painted canvas figuring birds in the middle of large foliage and flowery gilt scrolls. Brown background.
Linen raw canvas hand painted with natural pigments and background silvere...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen
"Lying on the Sand, " WPA-Era Atmospheric Beach Scene with Male & Female Bathers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when Reginald Marsh, Paul Cadmus and many other painters loved to capture the joy and energy of crowded beach scenes in America, John Winters created this lovely genre scene of a male bather in his one-piece swim suit reposing on the sand (probably the Lincoln Park beach in Chicago...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Impressionist Oil Painting Industrial Tugboat Scene by Hayley Lever
By Richard Hayley Lever
Located in Toledo, OH
Impressionist oil painting industrial tugboat scene on board by Hayley Lever, 1875-1958. Australian American who studied in London and moved to America in 1911. Exhibited primarily i...
Category
20th Century North American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
Painted Canvas, Renaissance Style Male Portrait, Contemporary Work
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Painted canvas figuring a profile view of a man in the style of the first Italian Renaissance. The man is wearing a bonnet with floral pattern matching with his jacket highlighted wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Lion and Gazelle, " Fabulous Art Deco Mural Study in Black and Rust
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of color and movement, this detailed study for a room dominated by a monumental Art Deco mural was painted by a French artist, perhaps for an interior design firm in Bordeaux. T...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
French Oil on Canvas by Rene Mendes of the Ballroom
By René Mendes-France
Located in Stamford, CT
An oil on canvas by Rene Mendes of the ballroom in a gilt frame.
René Mendes-France (1888-1985) is an artist born in 1888 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Gathering Fruit", Vividly-Hued Art Deco Painting with Nudes by Schulte
By Antoinette Schulte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Antoinette Schulte, a widely-respected artist in New York, who exhibited and taught widely, this painting depicts male and female nudes sheltered by the boughs of a tree h...
Category
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Imported Art Deco Quilted Pheasants on Canvas in Walnut Frame
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Unique and large frame hand quilted pheasants that stand out in vivid hues. Imported artwork and sold by the heritage Woodwards Store in Canada. Excellent for use in study or bedroom...
Category
1940s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"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...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Loïs Hutton "Jour de marché" Gouache on Paper, Dated on the Reverse
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Loïs Hutton (1893-1972) "Jour de Marché" gouache on paper, dated on the reverse.
Lois Hutton is above all the emblematic figure of the dancers of the 1920s...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
Young Girl with a Pearl No. 5
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Young Girl with a Pearl No. 4
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Young Girl with a Pearl N°2
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed-media on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Maria Szantho "Woman with Tambourine", 1930s
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Maria Szantho (Hungarian, 1898-1984). "Woman with tambourine," oil on canvas, circa 1935, signed lower right. Measures: H 24” (61 cm.), W 20" (51 cm).
Category
1930s Hungarian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Seated Black Male Nude, " Art Deco Watercolor by Brown County Painter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting of a Black male nude, executed in rich, brilliant shades of burnt sienna, reddish brown, blue and green, was painted by a Brown County, I...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Loïs Hutton "Promeneurs" Gouache on Paper, Dated on the Reverse
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Loïs Hutton (1893-1972) "Promeneurs" gouache on paper, dated on the reverse.
Lois HUTTON is above all the emblematic figure of the dancers of the 1920s.
Of...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Budapest along the Danube, " Vivid 1930s Cubist Painting in Blues and Purple
By Aurel Richter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps the finest work of Aurel Richter's (1870-1957) career, this vividly-painted, Art Deco - Cubist view of central Budapest in the 1930s depicts the pinnacled Liberty Bridge, the sparkling blue...
Category
1930s Hungarian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Theatrical Scene, " Art Deco Painting with Tragedy, Comedy in Celestial Setting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary, almost surreal scene by one of America's leading muralists in the Art Deco period, Eugene Savage, depicts a floating female nude on the stage, with figures of Com...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
1986 Lets Fall in Love by Earl Linderman Art Deco Style Oil Painting
By Earl Linderman
Located in Dayton, OH
1986 lets fall in love by Earl Linderman b.1931 Art Deco style oil painting, measures: 49"
Born 1931, (American)
As a child, growing up in the 1930s and 1940s, Earl Linderman was fascinated by the comic strips and Saturday matinees. He would spend countless hours drawing these characters, forming the foundation of his future as an artist of extraordinary imagination and execution. By the time he was in high school, Linderman was creating his own art, featuring heroes involved in adventurous dramas. Things have not changed much for the man who, since the early 1970s, has been exciting art aficionados with his series, The True and Incredible Adventures of Doktor Thrill...
Category
1980s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Cleopatra in Glory, " Brilliant Art Deco Painting in Cobalt Gold, Coral and Pink
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted as a glorious, color-drenched frieze, this piece by the celebrated Chicago artist, Carl Hoeckner, depicts a half-nude Cleopatra being carried on her litter by Nubian servants...
Category
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
French Art Deco Oil Painting on Canvas by Gustave Florot, circa 1930
By Gustave Florot
Located in Houston, TX
Beautifully executed French Art Deco female nude oil on canvas, signed by listed artist Gustave Florot, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Olympia Signed Hilgers Painting 1930 Art Deco Nude
Located in Marseille, FR
Oil on canvas painting signed Hilgers bottom right. 1930s, depicting a young woman naked kind of Olympia in the Art Deco style.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Sailor and Soldier, " Russian Painting w/ Bold Geometries in Black and Sky Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking in its use of bold color -- black, white and sky blue -- and strong geometric shapes -- the circle, segmented circle and diagonal line -- this painting of a sailor and soldi...
Category
1920s Russian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Dividing His Cloak , " Monumental Art Deco Ptg with Nudes, St. Martin of Tours
By Ernst Georg Martin Hildebrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dramatically illustrating the legend that says that St. Martin of Tours used his sword to divide his cloak and share it with a naked beggar, this large and striking Art Deco painting depicts St. Martin riding a pale gray horse, with the beggar standing beside him, in the midst of a dark forest with starlit sky overhead. The two figures are accompanied by a running hound, and overhead a pair of geese...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
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...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Formica
"Expulsion from Eden, " Monumental Art Deco Painting with Nude Adam and Eve
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of tenderness in a moment of rejection and shame, this major Art Deco painting, masterfully executed, depicts Jophiel expelling Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. The two nud...
Category
1920s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
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...
Category
1920s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Love in the Woods, " Rare View of Bucolic, Gay Outing with Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of atmosphere and fresh color, this watercolor painting depicts a group of eight nude male figures in a wooded setting, holding hands, talking, admiring the view, and stealing o...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Applause for the Acrobat, " Extraordinary Art Deco Painting on Silk, Paris
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted on silk velvet fabric in the late 1920s by Rudolf Gowenius, a Swedish painter who settled in Paris, this remarkable scene shows a circus or carnival acrobat at the center, hi...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Silk
"Salome, " Important Art Deco Painting by Dunbar Beck, WPA Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Depicting a Salome who is both ravishing and terrifying, with her auburn tresses rising up as if on fire, this remarkable work was painted by Dunbar Beck, famed for his WPA and New Y...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"The Fields, " Magical View of Moroccan Landscape with Male Nude by Jacques Azéma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Suffused with the soft, rich colors that Jacques Azéma was known for, this view of a Moroccan landscape ("Les Champs" in French) includes a seated male y...
Category
1940s Moroccan Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Reclining Female Nude by Micao Kono, Art Deco, France, 1933
By Micao Kono
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful reclining female nude by Mikao Kono (1900-1979).
Oil on paper pasted on canvas.
Signed and dated XXXIII (33) in red bottom left.
Dimension: 46 x 38cm (without frame), 52...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper, Canvas
"Design for 1925 Art Deco Expo Pavilion, " Extraordinary Architectural Rendering
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Herbert Hoover did not support the presence of a pavilion for the United States at the famed Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (Internati...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Time and Civilization, " Newly Discovered Art Deco Mural Studies, Schreckengost
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Famed for his product designs in the 1940s and 1950s, and his Jazz Bowl commissioned by Eleanor Roosevelt, Victor Schreckengost was also a painter...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Plowing in Carthage, " Tunisian Landscape with Roman Columns in Blue & Brick Red
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly atmospheric and richly colored, this 1929 vintage landscape by a Swedish painter depicts layers of history and tradition, from the man in traditional Arab garb plowing the fie...
Category
1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Waiting, " Large Art Deco Painting with Cat and Female Figure in Porthole Window
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Classic Art Deco painting with a humorous look at domestic life in 1940s America, the scene focuses on a cat waiting for its owner as she arrives home, appearing in the porthole window of the front door. The painter was Karl Gasslander...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Qing Dynasty Cabinet
Antique Marble Ball
Antique Panelled Double Doors
Kitchen Wall Units
Pair Louis Xvi Panels
Pair Marble And Gilt Consoles
Console Table Paw Feet
Console Tables Paw Feet
Regency Gilt Console
Plate Shelf With Drawers
Paw Feet Console Tables
Lady Desk
Triangular Cabinet
Luxury Console Table
France And Son Storage
Early 20th Century Antique Oak Office Cabinet
Antique Swedish Gustavian Pieces
Gilt Commode Pair