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
Period: 1930s
"Mail by Stagecoach, Lynn to Lowell", WPA Mural Study by Aiden Ripley
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An evocative and atmospheric example of WPA mural painting, this large study in watercolor and crayon depicts a stagecoach being loaded with mail and passengers for the journey from ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Group of Three WPA Era Paintings, American, circa 1930s-1950s.
From left to right, they are:
1) Brick mason oil painting, American, circa 1930s. It ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
Art Deco Belgium Gouache and Watercolor Painting by Leo Engels Custom Framed
By Leo Engels
Located in North Miami, FL
This sensual and erotic like one of a kind original vintage work of art by Leo Engels is of the Art Deco period. It is a combination of gouache and water color. It is Belgium. There ...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Silver Leaf
"Children of the Crucible", Striking Art Deco Mural by Beck, T. Roosevelt quote
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important and very rare mural study, executed in oil on canvas, was painted by Dunbar Beck in the 1930s, evidently for a project that was never completed. The painting depicts i...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Chinese Noblewoman w/ Lotus Flowers & Orchids", Art Deco Painting, Pink & Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in deep pink, sky blue and ivory tones, this 1936-vintage oil painting depicts a Chinese noblewoman in an embroidered gown and elaborate headpiece, flanked by sym...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Edwin C. Siegfried (American 1889-1955), “Marsh At Sunset”, Pastel On Paper.
Located in Chicago, IL
Edwin Siegfried (American, 1889-1955), Marsh at Sunset, pastel on paper, signed lower right, sight: 21"h x 35.5"w, overall (with frame): 28.5"h x 39.5"...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood, Paper
20th century French Painting on Glass with oval Frame, 1930s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Charming painting on glass from the 1930s in good condition representing The profil of an elegant woman with a beautiful hat.
Oval black wooden frame.
Small hook to hang on the wall.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood
Winter on Peaks Oil on Canvas by Georg Grauvogl
Located in Albignasego, IT
Snow on the Peaks - Georg Grauvogl (1896 - 1986)
70 x 80 cm without frame
74 x 84 cm with antique fir frame
oil painting on canvas
1930s
A few, vibrant brushstrokes of color perfe...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
An ORIENTALIST ART-DECO PAINTING Engraved MIRROR by G. FANNEE, France 1930
By Jean Dunand
Located in PARIS, FR
An exceptional orientalist painting under glass on mirror, Art-Deco, Modernist, Bauhaus, Orientalist, decorated with a stylized torrent in the jungle on a mirror background, signed G...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Winter on Italian Dolomites Oil on Canvas by Georg Grauvogl
Located in Albignasego, IT
Winter on the Sciliar – Georg Grauvogl (1896 – 1986)
60 x 80 cm without frame
64 x 84 cm with antique fir frame
oil painting on canvas
1930s
In this painting Grauvogl, with his ef...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"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
Art Deco Chinoiserie Hand Painted 6 Panel Floor Screen Room Divider
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Art Deco Chinoiserie Hand Painted 6 Panel Floor Screen Room Divider. Artist signed upper left. The painting is comprised of 6 panels each measuring 18” by 84”.
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
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....
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Red Poppy Flowers in a Basket Painting Golden Frame Camilla Göbl 1930s Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco oil on canvas painting red poppy bouquet with camomille in a wicker basket by Camilla Göbl 1940s Austria.
Camilla Göbl or Camilla Göbl-Wahl ( 1871 - 1965 )
Camilla Göbl female still - life painter
She studied with very important painter Olga Wisinger...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
ROBJ, Large Oil on canvas, Wall Panel, Couple near the Pound, 1930
By ROBJ
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Oil on canvas signed ROBJ, France, 1930s. Couple near the Pound. with frame - 134.6x107x7 cm - 53"x42"x2.75" ; without frame - 116x89 cm - 45.7x35 inches. 50F format. Signed "Robj" l...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Painting of a woman in a hat by Hugó Scheiber, oil on Isorel board, 1930s
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A particularly atmospheric painting of a woman with a hat, in oil on Isorel board. Date estimated around 1930. Signed H. Scheiber. It's quite a large painting and it has the charact...
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1930s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Other
Snowy Landscape Oil On Canvas by Alex Weise - Dolomites 1930
Located in Albignasego, IT
Snowy Landscape – Alex Weise
Work dimensions: 70 x 85 cm
Measurements with frame: 74 x 89cm
Technique: oil on canvas
Period: 1930s
One of this artist's favorite subjects: snow in t...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Portrait of a young woman, pastel, Art Deco, by M.Ducoin, France, 1934
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Portrait of a young woman, drawing / pastel framed under glass.
By M.Ducoin, signed and dated.
France, 1934.
Art Deco.
Gilded wooden frame from the same period as the work.
Framer'...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, Beech, Paper
Three Naked Bathers By The Sea, Oil On Canvas Signed Kinder, Circa 1930
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on canvas representing three young naked women who have just bathed, each of them holding a towel in their hand. One is represented from the front, the one in the middle from the...
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1930s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Art Deco Vintage Oil on Canvas Painting Huge Field Flower Emil Fiala 1933 Vienna
By Emil Fiala
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco authentic vintage painting motif huge field flower bunch in a vessel by Emil Fiala 1933, Vienna,.
A stunning painting by Emil Fiala created 1933 Vienna with a charming motif...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
Snowy Landscape Oil On Canvas by Paul Schuler - Dolomites 1930
Located in Albignasego, IT
Snowy landscape in the morning – Paul Schuler
Work dimensions: 60 x 80 cm
Technique: oil on canvas
Period: 1930s
A night full of snow has just passed but the morning promises to be...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The "Sciliar" - Northern Italy Dolomites Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Albignasego, IT
The Church of San Nicola and the "Sciliar" - Northern Italy Dolomites
Work dimensions: 33 x 35 cm
Measurements with frame: 38 x 40 cm
Technique: oil on panel
Period: 1939
Schlogl - ...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
Vintage 1930's Marie De Hoa Le Blanc Portrait of Woman Painting
By Maria De Hoa Leblanc
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage circa 1930's oil on canvas portrait painting of woman by Emilie Marie de Hoa LeBlanc (1870-1941) American/New Orleans. Pencil notation on artist on verso, painting has been ...
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1930s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Art Deco Oil Paining Nude with Rose
Located in Oakland, CA
A classic Art Deco Nude Oil Painting of a woman holding a single rose that projects beauty and serenity.
A reclining nude is the essence of what is pure and natural yet also desirab...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Alfons Verheyen, (1903-1990) oil on panel circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Alfons Verheyen, (1903-1990) oil on panel circa 1930
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Snowy Landscape Oil On Canvas by Alex Weise - Dolomites 1930
Located in Albignasego, IT
Snowy Landscape – Alex Weise
Work dimensions: 60 x 80 cm
Measurements with frame: 64 x 84cm
Technique: oil on canvas
Period: 1930s
One of this artist's favorite subjects: snow in t...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique Signed Janson Belgium Oil on Canvas Painting of Young Boy Smoking
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely original circa 1930's Belgium oil on canvas of young boy smoking which is part of a suite
Please note the delivery fee listed is jus...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Orpheus with Lyre and Cape", Fine Art Deco Eglomise Painting in Gold and Wine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An elegant and sophisticated example of high style Art Deco eglomise painting, this depiction of a stylized Orpheus figure with lyre and cape is painted in rich tones of gold, black ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Theatrical Mask Painting
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful pure Deco image of theatrical masks on a leafy background over a geometric ground. in the style of Andre Arbus.
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1930s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Splendid Portrait of a Young Cambodian Girl, by Léa LAFUGIE (1890-1972)
Located in Paris, FR
Splendid Portrait of a Young Cambodian Girl, by Léa LAFUGIE (1890-1972),oil on panel, 33 x 23.5 cm
Léa Lafugie was a French painter born in Paris, known for her portraits and land...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Labor", Handsome WPA-Era Painting with Nudes by Muralist Lichtenauer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Because Joseph Mortimer Lichtenauer is best known for his public murals, it's not surprising that this easel painting -- with its frieze-like array of nude and Classically dressed fi...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very rare and important study for "The Spirit of Oshkosh," a major mural in Wisconsin, was painted by Eugene Savage in 1937. Savage is best know...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Design for Art Deco Rug", Geometric Painting in Deep Pink, Blue and Gray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly stylized and rich with geometric forms -- including concentric circles, stacks of triangles and a lightning bolt motif -- this original painting was clearly made for an Art De...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Original Emile Aubry Art Deco Painting "La Voix De Pan", Groupe Symbolique
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Emile Aubry, France, 1932 documentation, comparable with a similar work - catalogue "Salon des Independents" Paris from 1932 Muse´e des Beaux-Arts, Pau, Be´arn, Pyre´ne´es-Atlantique...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Plywood
"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe
By Anne Walker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exuberant and vividly painted, this painting depicts the circus big top on the edge of a small town, with a wagon to one side, a pair of elephants waiting for their moment, and two c...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Music Group
Located in Oakland, CA
Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Music Group oil on canvas. Joseph Popczyk Polish artist known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism, and in ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paint
"Pinned Down", Wrestling Scene from Late 1920s by William L'Engle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a small series of paintings by William L'Engle dating to the late 1920s, this striking watercolor depicts a pair of wrestlers -- one Black and one lighter-skinned -- in the throes of a match, with one gripping the other in a scissors hold around his opponent's waist. 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...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Original Art Deco Portrait by Wladyslaw Roguski Poland 1937
Located in Oakland, CA
Wladyslaw Roguski (1890-1940) was a Polish artist known for his contributions to the Art Deco movement, particularly in the realm of portraiture. His works are highly regarded for th...
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1930s Polish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paint
Stunning Painting on Paper, "Two Parrots" by Paul Jouve, France, Art Deco, 1930s
By Paul Jouve
Located in Paris, FR
This stunning painting was created by the French artist Paul Jouve (1866-1924) in the 1930's and depicts two parrots.
Paul Jouve was an illustrator and sculptor who had a lifelong p...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
Antique French Art Deco oil painting "Female Nude" signed Chavarot
Located in Traversetolo, IT
French oil painting "Female Nude" from the 1930s signed Chavarot,the author succeeds in excellently depicting one of the characteristic motifs of the period,female sensuality,using a...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood
Roland Hinton Perry Portrait of a Lady in Red, 1931
By Roland Hinton Perry
Located in Hanover, MA
Large stunning portrait of a beautiful seated woman in a red dress framed in a period carved giiltwood frame.
Signed upper right R. Hinton Perry. Dated indistinctly 1931 or 1939.
Roland Hinton Perry (1870-1941) was a sculptor and painter committed to the Beaux-Arts tradition. Born in New York, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Henri Chapu and Denys Puech...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Dipinto Art Deco a Pastello "Nudo Femminile" firmato Fried Pal 1930
By Pal Fried
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Sensuale Dipinto a pastello eseguito da Fried Pal negli anni 30 in puro stile Art Deco.
L'autore riesce in maniera egregia a unire due motivi ricorrenti del periodo,il nudo e il dina...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood, Paper
Art Deco oil painting "Portrait of man with raincoat" signed, France 1934
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Refined oil painting "Portrait of a man with raincoat "executed in France in 1934,the author manages to fully capture the sensual gaze of the protagonist who seems to be watching us ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
"Belly up to the Bar", Depression-Era Tavern Scene by Iver Rose
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This quintessential Depression-era scene depicts a series of men at a tavern, slouching or leaning against the bar's edge and quaffing shots of hard liquor. The bar's occupants seem...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Antique French pastel painting from the 1930s "Young Woman" signed
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Refined French pastel painting of the first half '900 depicting "young woman" signed,the author demonstrates an admirable ability 'in painting the complexion,the parts of the body an...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Wood, Paper
Art Deco pastel painting "Nude of a Woman" signed Fried Pal, 1930s
By Pal Fried
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stupendous pastel painting designed by Fried Pal in the 1930s,the theme of the nude in the Art Deco period was of important relevance,the author in this painting demonstrates great s...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood, Paper
"Young Man in Taxco", Portrait of Shirtless Mexican Youth, 1930s oil on canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in glowing, deep ruddy and brown tones, this sensitive portrait of a young man in Taxco was painted by Ralph Dwight Ayer in the ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Female Forms of Geometric Shapes
Located in Oakland, CA
Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Female Forms of Geometric Shapes. Joseph Popczyk Polish artist known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism, an...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
Vintage James Owen Mahoney Verre Eglomise Painting
By James Owen Mahoney
Located in west palm beach, FL
Phenomenal unique painting.
Painted in Rome at the American Academy circa 1933, by James Owen
Mahoney (1907-1987), Fruits of Harvest is executed on the reverse side of
glass in a te...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gold Leaf
Eduard Buk Ulreich Black Runner 1933
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil on canvas by American artist Eduard Buk Ulreich. Signed and dated 1933. Retaining the original artists frame. Few of his oil paintings survive as most of what you find are water ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
"Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins", Study for Queens Supreme Courthouse Mosaic
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entitled "Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins" and teeming with allegory, this Art Deco study for a major mosaic was painted by Eugene Savage for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Satyr and Nymph", Art Deco Masterpiece Painting with Nudes in Paradise, 1932
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most sensual and brilliant Art Deco paintings in the French manner that we have ever offered, this idyllic scene of Satyr and Nymph, lounging under a fruited tree with lush fields in the distance, was painted by Gheorghe Labin in 1932. Labin was one of Romania's avant-garde artists in the 1920s and 1930s, and clearly he trained in Paris, because the lush scene, brilliant palette, and confident brush strokes indicate an intimate familiarity with the leading painters associated with what we now call Art Deco. This painting was entered into the Salon Bucarest in 1932, in a period when Labin exhibited with Mattis Teutsch, the de facto leader of Romania's modern painters, together with Corneliu Baba...
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1930s Romanian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Large nude back study painting-G.P. RESTELLINI 1931
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on plywood panel representing a nude woman, from the back, hair undone, sitting on a stool in front of a mirror whose reflection does not reflect the face of the model.
Great se...
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1930s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Standing Male Model from Behind, " Beautiful Male Nude, Three-Quarters Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this view of a young, nude male model, facing away from the viewer, places him in an artist's studio or atelier, with painters and their easels v...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Europa and the Bull", Bold Art Deco Depiction of Mythological Theme by Darcy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the wildest and most free-spirited depictions of the Europa and the Bull legend we have seen, this painting by Georges Darcy shows Europa with a wi...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Ninth Symphony", Art Deco Paean to Beethoven's Masterpiece by Renowned Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Filled with Sturm und Drang and packed with allegory and higher meaning, this remarkable Art Deco painting by Eugene Savage celebrates and interprets B...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Afternoon of a Faun", Bold Art Deco Painting Inspired by Debussy, Ballet Russes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a series of Art Deco paintings made by Eugene Savage in the 1930s to visualize and dramatize great works of Classical music, this painting celebrates "Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy, which later inspired the great ballet by Serge Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes. Savage, who became celebrated for his ambitious allegorical murals across America, packs the panting with a vividly-hued landscape populated by a series of mythological figures, including a drunken faun...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Zodiac w/ Helios and Cornucopia", Fabulous Art Deco Mural Study by Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Eugene Savage -- arguably, America's most successful and prolific muralist in the Art Deco style, with important surviving paintings dating from the 1920s to the 1950s -- ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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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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