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
"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.
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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...
Category
1910s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood
Art Deco Painting of a Woman in Blue Dress Signed Menny Pitt, 1920
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Lovely Art Deco painting, portrait of a young lady in the make-up room. painting is gouache / chalk on paper. It is framed with a beautiful passe-partout, from the same time, in a si...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Bouquet of Roses by Hermine David, Oil on Cardboard Linen, Signed
By Hermine David, Jules Pascin
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 ...
Category
1930s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Secessionist Scene in the Tyrol, " Brilliant Fauvist Painting, Austria
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Making brilliant use of a Fauvist palette and a Secessionist vocabulary, this remarkable painting depicts three figures in the Austrian region of the Tyrol, just south of Bavaria. Th...
Category
1910s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
"Asian Archer, " Art Deco Painting of Asian Youth in Blue and Gray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dramatically and vividly painted, this depiction of a seated Archer of Asian descent, holding his bow in one hand, is a Classic example of Depression-era portraiture. The contemplati...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Spanish Dancer At Night, " Vibrant Art Deco Painting in Carmen, Purple and Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This quintessential Art Deco image, executed in a brilliant palette of Carmen, pale purple, rose and green, depicts a wide-eyed and exotic Spanish woman with bright red hair ornament and a rose clenched in her mouth. Surrounding her is a lush Art...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Lounging Nude in Marrakesh", Brilliant Oil Painting, Pinto, collected by Barnes
By Salvatore Pinto
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in a brilliant palette of orange, deep red, sky blue and forest green, this scene of a half nude female figure lounging on a black settee probably dates to the 1930s when Sal...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$6,800 Sale Price
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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
"Industry, " Art Deco Painting with Stylized Gears and Structure for Fortune Mag
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of Art Deco-era painting which celebrated American manufacturing with stylized images of gears and Industrial architecture, this gouache painting by Paolo Garrett...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$4,560 Sale Price
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Art Deco Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception Aquarell on Wood Panel 1920
Located in Doha, QA
This is a magnificent example of an Art Deco version of Madonna’s Immaculate Conception painted in ca 1920s Era in Vienna.
Masterfully done, the painting has very dramatic bright Color scheme-typical for this period. It is definitely a great fit and a conversation piece for any kind of home, either contemporary, traditional or modern.
The Painting is set in a dramatic large heavy 19th century gold gilded frame...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gold
"South Seas Stories", Bold Art Deco Maquette for Jack London Collection, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly painted in a palette of spring green, jet black and mango, this very strong Art Deco maquette for a book cover was painted in the late 1920s by a promising artist -- Helene Ha...
Category
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$2,240 Sale Price
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"Night Skaters, " Large Genre Painting of Ice Skating in 1940s Chicago
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with great verve and energy, this depiction of a circle of ice skaters circumnavigating a rink in Chicago -- perhaps the Lincoln Park Zoo rink -- was made in 1943 by John Win...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$7,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Painting, Oil on Canvas by Jean Franck Baudoin, Notre Dame de Paris.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important painting, oil on canvas by Jean Franck Baudoin ( 1870-1961), Notre Dame de Paris.
Oil on canvas, painting by Jean Franck Baudoin representing Notre Dame de Paris, signed l...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Peace and Prosperity, " Art Deco Mural Design for Fort Meade, Maryland
By Achille Forgione
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This ink and watercolor painting was the winning submission for a large mural at Fort Meade in Maryland in 1951, solicited by a design competition and intended for one of the service clubs. We do not know if the mural was actually painted, but it does not survive today. The theme of "Peace and Prosperity" was a classic subject in the post-World War II era, and the soldier-artist -- Achille Forgione...
Category
1950s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Original Painting for 1928 Packard Advertisement, Stunning Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Masterfully painted and full of light and color, this oil painting depicting a 1928 Packard automobile, the height of Art Deco style and elegance toward the end of the Depression, is...
Category
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$7,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Tiger and Lion Art Deco Framed Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of tiger and lion Art Deco framed paintings. Oil on panel. Beautiful carved wood frames.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint, Hardwood
$2,800 / set
"Two Female Nudes, " Mid-Century, Finely Detailed Masterpiece, Alexander Cañedo
By Alexandro De Canedo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Author of "How Cañedo Draws the Figure" and one of the acknowledged masters of the nude in the Art Deco and Mid-Century periods, Alexander Cañedo painted this remarkable scene of two female...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"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
Georges Busson Art Deco Wire Haired Spaniel Dog Watercolor in a Burl Wood Frame
By Georges B
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco watercolor of a gray and brown wire haired spaniel dog, framed in a burl walnut frame. (signed GEORGES BUSSON, dated 1929)(Companion pieces: 058035A-B-C-D-E)
Conditi...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Art Deco Velvet Persian Lady Wall Hanging
By Grant Simon
Located in Queens, NY
American Art Deco (1928) vertical painted velvet wall hanging of Persian lady with 2 urns (attributed to GRANT SIMON).
Category
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Velvet
Signed L.R Laffitte Watercolor Painting on Silk, Amaryllis
Located in Kingston, NY
L.R Laffitte Watercolor on silk mounted on laid paper of Amaryllis Curvifolia, Signed in pencil at the bottom. Contemporary French artist, born in 1943 specializing in painting mainl...
Category
19th Century French Antique Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Silk
Large Still Life with Fish Oil-on-Canvas in Gilded Frame, 152cm x 112cm
Located in NICE, FR
This exquisite and large still life oil-on-canvas painting portrays an abundant range of food items carefully arranged on a table against a dark backdrop. At the center, a large fish...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"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...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pair of Tiger and Lion Art Deco Framed Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of tiger and lion Art Deco framed paintings. Oil on panel. Beautiful carved wood frames.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
$2,800 / set
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Important Self-Portrait as a Gentleman by French Artist Pierre Deval circa 1920s
By Pierre Deval
Located in Peabody, MA
An important self portrait of the artist Pierre Deval, (1897-1993) as a young romantic landowner in the 1920s posing in riding attire at his newly purchased 17th century bastide (or ...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Vintage Boho Original Floral Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Breathe timeless romance into your space with this enchanting vintage original oil painting, showcasing a lush, intimate portrayal of pink rose petals. Masterfully signed "BP '89," t...
Category
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Edwin C. Siegfried (Am. 1889 - 1955) Pastel On Paper Titled “Moonlit Marsh”
Located in Chicago, IL
Moody pastel on paper by Edwin C. Siegfried, one of the top Pastelists of this period. This piece is titled “Moonlit Marsh”. Framed in a walnut stained wood with parcel gilt details....
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Mid 20th Century Vintage Regency Original Oil Painting of Rose
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Capture timeless romance and botanical beauty with this captivating vintage oil painting. Featuring a single, lush rose rendered in rich, expressive brushstrokes against a dramatic d...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1940s Three Oil on Oval Canvas WPA Paintings of Trains w. Ribbons Surrealist
Located in Miami, FL
WPA era (1930s/1940s ) Oil on Oval Canvas Grouping of 3 Paintings of Trains with a Ribbon and Floating Ball, a bit Surrealist. Inspired by Thomas ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Burlesque and Cubist Composition", Two-Sided Painting by William L'Engle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliant and memorable, this painting has two sides: a scene of nude burlesque dancers, ornamented in red feathers and red shoes on one side, and on the other, a highly abstract, Cubist composition in tones of taupe, wine, pale green and black. The artist was William L'Engle, and clearly he considered the Cubist composition more important, because it has a hand-painted border and is monogrammed. L'Engle was a towering figure in the Provincetown art colony, and was extremely well connected to America's artistic elite, starting with his trip to Europe as a young man with Waldo Pierce and George Biddle. Over time, William and his life Lucy became close to a wide range of important figures in painting, theater and the arts, including Charles Hawthorne, Eugene O'Neill, Gerrit Beneker, John Dos Passos, Edmund Wilson...
Category
1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Still Life With White and Pink Roses, Oil On Board, Art Deco, 1930s.
Located in Breganze, VI
The antique paintings Still Life with White Roses and Rose proposed here is a beautiful oil painting on panel from the early 1900s, Art Deco.
The Antique Painting dresses with a car...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Dance by the Sea, " Stunning, Sun-Drenched French Art Deco Painting
By Louis Rigal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of joy and sunlight, this depiction of a nude male and female couple dancing on the edge of the sea with a ruined Greek temple below them, was painted by Louis Rigal, one of Ame...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Painting, Oil, Signed, Painting of a Junk & a Lantern, Florence, C 1920, Italy
Located in New York, NY
Painting is signed by Walter Renold. Frame is marked Florence, Italy.
This is a beautiful painting from about the 1920's. The painter is using dark green tones of oil paint with smok...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"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 ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil On Canvas Circular Art Deco Paintings Of The Smoky Mountains
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare circular Art Deco scenes of the Smoky Mountains with date and details rendered behind the paintings. Beautifully hand painted in vivid hues and original circular gilt frames. Em...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$640 Sale Price / set
20% Off
"New Mexico Scene, " Large and Rare Landscape with Adobe Church
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In 1943, when the Second World War still raged a continent away, Eleanor Reed painted this beautiful and haunting view of the New Mexico landscape, featuring a rosy-toned adobe churc...
Category
1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Female Nude Oil Painting by Helge Frender c. 1936
By Helge Frender
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Swedish painting, 1936. Oil on linen.
Stamped on back: "Aktiebolaget Wil Becker, Stockholm"
Dimension of painting without frame - 23 3/8 w x 17 5/8...
Stamped on back: "Aktiebolaget Wil Becker, Stockholm"
Dimension of painting without frame - 23 3/8 w x 17 5/8...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Linen
"The Return of Thomas Pickering, " Important WPA-Period Oil Painting by Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this fully realized oil on canvas study by Dunbar Beck was executed in preparation for his lobby painting at the US Post Office...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Waiting, " Large Art Deco Painting with Cat, Porthole Window, Red & Green
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
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"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...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pair of Baboons by André Margat
By André Margat
Located in Miami, FL
Created by Andre Margat in 1929, this gouache pastel painting depicts two baboons with bright and vivid colors. The vibrant red, orange and yellow tones; The baboons themselves have ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Oil painting better part of valor from Federico Andreotti 1847-1930
Located in Birmingham, AL
Oil painting replica of Italian artist Federico Andreotti 1847-1930 better part of valor, signed by the artist Armstrong, after 75 years the copy write will be waiver and a new artis...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$2,000 Sale Price
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"Diana Running with Deer, " Fabulous, Large Art Deco Mythological Mural, Square
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fabulous example of large, Art Deco decorative painting in 1930s Europe, this oil-on-board work depicts the goddess Diana running with two deer from the woods into a field. The col...
Category
1930s Spanish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
"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...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 20th Century Vintage Boho Original Oil Portrait on Board
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Add a touch of soulful vintage charm to your space with this captivating original oil portrait on board. The artwork features an engaging depiction of a young individual, possibly a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Seated Black Male Figure, " Art Deco Watercolor Painting, Brown County, Indiana
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Strikingly executed in rich tones of brown and charcoal contrasting with brighter colors, this watercolor depiction of a seated African American man, with one arm raised to his neck, is beautiful and evocative. The figure's skin tones are captured in a rich array of tans, ruddy browns and gold, and the air around him seems to vibrate in tones of blue, yellow and green. Although not signed, this piece was executed by an artist associated with the famed Brown County Art...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Bucolic Lakeside with Swans, " Metropolitan Opera Backdrop Design, 1930
By George Stimmel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and bucolic, this view of an idyllic lakeside landscape, complete with classical sculpture, a pair of swans, and brilliantly-colored flowering trees, was painted by George Stimmel for the Metropolitan Opera in New York, either as a set piece or to suggest the backdrop for an opera production in 1930. Stimmel's work was exhibited at the Knoedler Gallery in New York, but his opera paintings...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Board
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Dipinto Olio Su Tavola, Nudo Di Donna, Nudo Femminile, Art Deco, XX Secolo.
Located in Breganze, VI
La categoria Dipinti Nudità Femminile, propone un nudo di donna, del XX secolo, Anni Trenta del Novecento.
Il quadro porta una cornice in legno originale. Epoca Art Deco.
L'opera è firmata in basso a destra Dubost Michel, pittore francese di ritratti e nature morte e nudi.
Dubost Michel (1879-1952), nasce a Lyon dove studia alla Scuola delle Belle Arti e nel 1920
diventa professore in pittura floreale. Dal 1923...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Plowing at Sunrise, " Art Deco Paean to the Black Farmer, 1930s
By Willis Lohse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully conceived, dramatically set and very finely painted, this gouache and ink painting by Willis R. Lohse is a paean to the hard work and nobility of the black farmer in America, hat in hand as he marvels at the beauty of the day. Full of lovely colors -- lemon yellow, cerulean and fresh green -- Lohse captures a lovely moment where the farmer pauses to look upward, amidst sprays of birch trees and expanses of rolling fields. Lohse was a German-American artist who is best known for his illustrations for fiction and fantasy books published between the 1920s and 1950s, including "The Boy Who Found the King," "Raff, the Jungle Bird...
Category
1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Ink, Paper
"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and vivid color, this atmospheric and charming scene of a small-town carnival, complete with a barker, boys with balloons, a blue tent in the foreground and a sign announcing the "500 LB Lady," was painted by E. Wilder Lincoln in the 1930s or 40s. Painters and sculptors were fascinated with circuses and carnivals...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Painting by Richard Ranft, Young Woman and Pierrots Costumes
Located in Antwerp, BE
Jeune Femme et Costumes des Pierrots, Junge Frau mit Harlekin und pierrot, circa 1900.
Richard Ranft.
Painter of landscapes, engraver, illustrator and poster artist. (Swiss 1862-19...
Category
Early 1900s Swiss Antique Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Still Life Vase Of Flowers, Bunch Of Roses, Oil On Board, Early Twentieth Century.
Located in Breganze, VI
Still Life represents a vase with flowers, a Bunch Of Roses picked and ready to be placed in a vase. Art Deco era.
The painter uses quick, fat, rich brushstrokes that are very pleas...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
Antique Painting, Art Deco, Navy, Foaming Waves And Reef, Oil On Canvas.
Located in Breganze, VI
The Sea Squares category offers a Marina with Foaming Waves and Reef.
This is an oil painting on canvas from the early 1900s.
The 20th-century painting is signed at lower left Léon...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Art Deco Flowers, Bouquet Of Gerberas, Oil On Canvas, Old Master Paintings, Still Life.
Located in Breganze, VI
The paintings with Flowers Bouquet of Red and Yellow Gerberas, proposed here is a painting
oil on canvas from the first half of the twentieth century.
Note that the carved and lacq...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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.
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Vintage Whitefriars Glass Vase Whitefriars
Vintage Woven Rattan Chests
Virginia Chest Of Drawers