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
"Portrait of Swedish Student", Art Deco Painting in Blue and Gray by Söderberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in a quiet palette of blue, gray and warm skin tones, this portrait of a college student with blonde hair and fair complexion was made by Ernst Söderberg in 1920....
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Franch Art Deco painting swimming pool Vue de ma table 1940
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco painting swimming pool Vue de ma table.
France ca. 1940.
Acrylic paint, watercolor on board. Framed.
Monogrammed.
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Acrylic
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...
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1930s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Feeding the Squirrel, " Large, Elegant Art Deco Illustration Art, 2-Page Spread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An elegant and gracious example of illustration art at its height in 1930, this charming scene depicts an elegant couple in a city park, the female figure feeding a squirrel, and her...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Australian Sydney Harbour Bridge design Painting 1932
By Douglas Annand
Located in Seaford, GB
Sydney Harbour poster
Sydney Harbour Bridge poster design
Attributed to Douglas Annand in our opinion, this was an original drawing for the 1932 poster competition.
In 1932, the poster competition committee asked Douglas Annand and Arthur Whitmore to collaborate together to produce the now-famous 19th March 1932 poster.
There are clear similarities between ours and the collaborative poster.
Our design clearly shows more of an Art Deco and feminine design, as opposed to the more masculine, collaborative Sydney Harbour Bridge poster design.
Our drawing is Gouache on paper laid down on the artist's board.
The drawing is in the original frame and mount, dated March 1932 and is unsigned.
BIOGRAPHY
Douglas Shenton Annand (1903-1976), graphic designer and artist, was born on 22 March 1903 at Toowoomba, Queensland, the third child of Frederick William Gadsby Annand, accountant, and his wife Helen Alice, née Robinson, both Queenslanders. Having taken the commercial course at the Central Technical College, Brisbane, in 1920, Douglas j...
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1930s Australian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint, Paper
"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...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Witold Gordon Gouache, Phrenology, Vanity Fair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gouache, by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
"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...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Hands Off the Americas", 1942 Study by Hansen for MOMA Poster Competition
By Ejnar Hansen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and important, this vivid study was painted by Ejnar Hansen for a poster competition sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art in New York entitled "Hands Off the Americas" in 1942,...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Provincetown Dock Scene, " WPA-Era Painting w/ Fishermen by Sterne in Red & Blue
By Maurice Sterne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of WPA-era painting that celebrates the American worker, this dockside scene in Provincetown, Massachusetts by Maurice Sterne depicts ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Entrance to the Bosphorus Seascape
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a landscape painting titled,"Entrance to the Bosphorus" showing sunrise by a fort on oceans edge
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Late 20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Charcoal Portrait of a Woman
Located in Queens, 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
"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
Flower Painting, White and Red Dahlias, Oil on Canvas, 20th Century, Art Déco
Located in Breganze, VI
Flowers artwork, Art Déco, oil painting, floral vase painting which represents white and red Dahlias.
It also has a golden frame realised in the 1900s.
The oil on canvas paintin...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Masquerade, " High-Spirited, Colorful Art Deco Genre Scene
By Ellen Carpenter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of life and energy, this marvelous scene of a masquerade party, filled with guests in costume, exotic Japanese lanterns overhead, and swirling colors everywhere, this Art Deco s...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Watercolor
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
"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...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Nude in Tropical Garden, " Brilliantly-Hued Art Deco Painting by Cenci, 1949
By Gustavo Cenci
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perfumed with the heady colors and forms of tropical flowers such poppy and hibiscus, this arresting Art Deco watercolor was painted by Gustavo Cenci, best known for his part in pain...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Watercolor
"Shepherd with Staff", High Style Art Deco Painting by Schmied, Book Illustrator
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This elegant and lovely depiction of a shepherd with his staff, clearly influenced by classic Greek painting and pottery, was made by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two lead...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Exotic Vintage Painting by Alan Healey 1970s Framed Art Deco African Monkey
Located in London, GB
An exotic vintage painting signed by Alan Healey and painted in the 1970s, depicting a North African boy with his little monkey on his shoulder.
CREATO...
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1970s British Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Acrylic
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 ...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Acrylic
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).
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Velvet
"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...
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1940s Moroccan Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
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...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Bulls and Grasshoppers", Original Art Deco Painting for Wallpaper Design, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly executed in primary colors -- scarlet, deep sky blue, yellow and white -- this original painting (not a pochoir) depicts an interwoven array of Egyptian symbols -- including Apsis the bull, symbol of fertility; grasshoppers, and ancient column capitals. Executed in France, probably as the basis for a 1920s wallpaper design, the firm's name and the artist's name are both signed in ink or pencil. In the 1920s, archaeological expeditions led by Howard Carter and others in Egypt led to the discovery in 1922 of the treasure of Tutankhamun...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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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 ...
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1930s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
Art Deco Era Still Life by Kupur of White Peonies and Gazelles
Located in Toledo, OH
Art Deco Era Still Life by Kupur. White Peonies in a blue vase with Gazelles Gouache. Circa 1930's. Painting on board. Signed by Ruben Kupur. Great condition. Image size is 29" W x 3...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Lazarska Stéfania '1887-1977', Portrait of A Woman Signed and Dated 1934
Located in BARSAC, FR
Lazarska Stéfania (1887-1977) – Polish painter from the école de Paris
Beautiful portrait representing a smiling woman wearing a hairstyle and hat typical of the 1930s.
In its original Montparnasse...
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1930s Polish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
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...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Wood
"Two Nudes and Bowl of Fruit, " Masterful Cubist-Influenced Art Deco Oil Painting
By Jules Schyl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In our opinion, the finest work ever painted by Jules Schyl, one of Sweden's leading Modernists in the 1920s and 1930s, this spectacular piece depicts a female nude in the upper righ...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Chandelier Painting By Tibor Cervenak Oil On Canvas Contemporary Art Artwork
Located in London, GB
An explosive painting called 'The Chandelier', depicting a group of people seated around a chandelier. Light but strong brushstrokes fire up this painting. TiBor Cervenak was a forme...
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Early 2000s French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
"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...
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1930s Spanish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
"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...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Silk
Impressionist Painting of Parisian cafe scene, 1930s
Located in London, England
Wonderful impressionist impasto painting of Parisian cafe scene.
Oil on canvas and board. Original artist made frame.
Good art history on the label verso.
France 1930s.
H 91cm x ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Pine, Paint
Vintage Traditional Monumental Landscape Oil on Canvas
Located in west palm beach, FL
Elevate your interior with this Vintage Traditional Monumental Landscape Oil on Canvas, a breathtaking masterpiece of historical artistry. Rendered with rich oil paints, its sweeping...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
Cubist Abstract Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a Spanish Cubist still life painting titled "Nature Morte, 1913" showing an abstracted view of a cello, vase and architectural details
Conditio...
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20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"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
Art Deco Ink Amusement Park Drawing
Located in Queens, NY
American Art Deco pen and ink drawing of urban amusement park scene with a black matting and gilt square frame (L. Chupin)(Companion pieces: BRA012A, BRA012B, BRA012C, BRA012E, BRA01...
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20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Wood
"Tropical Fish and Giant Clam, " Brilliant Art Deco Painting of Undersea Life
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with a brilliant palette and very fine detail, this depiction of a tropical fish swimming above a strand of seaweed and a giant clam, surrounded by a cloud of bubbles, is a c...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Naval Recruit, " Classic WPA Mural Study by Henricksen for Naval Station, 1936
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of WPA-period mural painting, this study was painted by Ralf Henricksen in the 1930s, probably for the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, north of Chicago....
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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
"Classical Nude with Flowers and Temple, " Important WPA Period Painting
By Arthur D. Brooks
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exhibited at the Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1933, this large WPA-influenced painting by Arthur D. Brooks depicts a nude female torso in a classical setting, complete with columned temple front, scroll and Greek urn. The artist includes a cluster of column elements to one side, including an Ionic column capita and a fluted column shaft, as well as an arched Roman facade, and a Greek pedimented...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Antique Art Deco Painting, Nude Of Woman Lying Of Back, Oil On Canvas, 20th Century.
By Yves Diey
Located in Breganze, VI
The category Female Nudity Paintings, features a nude of a woman lying down and seen from the back,
paintings on canvas, 20th century, Art Deco.
The work is an oil painting, hand-painted in the early 1900s. 1930s.
Carries a carved and lacquered wooden frame, original and coeval with the painting.
The work and frame are carefully and professionally restored.
The painting is signed at lower left, Diey Yves...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Art Deco pastel painting nudes in a landscape by Georges Lavergne France 1936
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco pastel painting nudes in a landscape by Georges Lavergne.
Signed and dated 1936. Ink, crayon and pastel on paper.
France.
Contemporary frame.
Size:
H. 68 cm. x L. 89.5 c...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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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...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Rearing Horses, " High Style Pair of Art Deco, Mixed-Media Pieces by Von Liski
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary pair of Art Deco pieces, each depicting a pair of horses, one with its head up and one down, was executed in ink, colored pencil and gouache by Robert Reinhardt Von Liski, a Prussian-American artist. Von Liski worked in Chicago as a commercial artist in advertising agencies and elsewhere, and did work for RCA Victor and Arrow Shirts...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
"Federal Building, Century of Progress", 1933 Art Deco Painting, Red & Black
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most vivid and compelling accounts of the famed Century of Progress Exposition, which opened in Chicago in 1933, this view of the iconic Federal Building was painted in the second year of the fair by a Pennsylvania artist. The brilliantly-lit Art Deco...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"South Seas Stories", Bold Art Deco Maquette for Jack London Collection, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly painted in a palette of spring green, jet black and mango, this very strong Art Deco maquette for a book cover was painted in the late 1920s by a promising artist -- Helene Ha...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Fantastic Painting, Oil on Canvas by Viktor Maria Cortezo, Dated 1934
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oil on canvas by Viktor Maria Cortezo (1908-1978), signed lower right and dated 1934, in excellent condition.
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1930s Spanish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Signed L.R Laffitte Watercolor of Scarlet-flowered Banana Tree on Silk
Located in Kingston, NY
L.R Laffitte Watercolor on silk mounted on laid paper depicting Pancratium declinatum, signed in pencil at the bottom. Contemporary French artist L.R Laffitte, born in 1943, speciali...
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19th Century French Antique Art Deco Paintings
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Silk
Bräuner, Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated 53
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bräuner, Oil on canvas signed and dated 53.
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1950s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Triple Portrait, " Mesmerizing 1930s View of Young Man from Three Sides
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dated 1936, this striking self-portrait of a young man, seen from three vantage points, is painted with warm colors and a bold impasto technique that makes the faces come alive. The man is wearing an artist smock...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Antique Portrait of Young boy Robert Henri
By Robert Henri 1
Located in Seaford, GB
Antique Oil Painting – Studio of Robert Henri – Sailor Boy Mick – Early 20th Century Artwork
Experience the timeless beauty of this Robert Henri Cozad Sailor Boy Mick Oil Painting o...
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1920s Irish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Calla Lily and Purple Hills", Social Realist Painting of Oklahoma Landscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and richly-hued example of American Scene painting, this depiction of a yellow calla lily framed by undulating hills in tones of purple and red was painted by Richard Taflinger. The artist's celebration of his native Oklahoma landscape...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Impressionist Painting of a Landscape in Austria, Oil on Canvas Around, 1930
Located in Berlin, DE
This Impressionist painting, shows a landscape with a lake in Austria. On the lake are boats and in the background you can see the snow-covered mountains.
A very beautiful and coher...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Golden Fields, " Allegorical Mural Study with Laborer Embracing Wheat Sheaf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's most important mural painters in the 1930s, this allegorical celebration of American agriculture was made by Edwin Boyd Johnson for a larger work that may never have been executed. Johnson is best known for a series of murals in Chicago; Melrose Park, East Aurora, and Tuscola, Illinois; Dickson, Tennessee; and Sioux Falls...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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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...
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1940s English Vintage 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.