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: Mid-20th Century
Oil Painting on Panel, 20th Century, Vergani, Landscape
Located in Monza, IT
Oil painting on panel, 20th century, Vergani, landscape
Refined and detailed oil painting on panel depicting a glimpse of "old" Bergamo, with ch...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Hunters and Mouflons Near a Waterfall
By Gaston Suisse
Located in Paris, FR
Pencil, charcoal and oil pastel on a gold leaf background
Signed lower right.
Category
1930s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gold 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
Materials
Paint
View of Lake Limides Italian Dolomites Oil on Canvas by Georg Grauvogl
Located in Albignasego, IT
Lake Limides and Tofane – Georg Grauvogl (1896 – 1986)
100 x 80 cm without frame
104 x 84 cm with antique fir frame
oil painting on canvas
1930s
The suggestive Lake Limides on a su...
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1940s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1960 Young Naked Woman Painting Signed Hilgers Olympia Nude Art Deco
By A. David
Located in Marseille, FR
Oil painting on canvas signed Hilgers in the lower right, from the 1930s, representing a young woman sort of naked Olympia in the Art Deco style. Canvas size 100 x 50 cm and frame di...
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1930s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"On the Beach", Art Deco Painting of Reclining Young Man in Swimsuit
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and full of light, this gouache painting of a young man in a black swimsuit lounging on a wide beach was painted by Louise Alix in the 1950s. The man's rosy complexion, the...
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1950s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
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
Quadri Antichi Fiori, Vaso Di Anemoni, Olio Su Tela, Natura Morta Del XX Secolo.
Located in Breganze, VI
La categoria Quadri Antichi Con Fiori, Mazzo Di Anemoni, posti in un vaso di ceramica blu,
qui proposto è una pittura ad olio su tela, della prima metà del Novecento.
Si tratta di ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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
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
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
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
Paul Meltsner, Portrait of a Youth, American Modernist Realism O/C, c. 1940
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco
Modernist Social Realism
Paul Raphael Meltsner
Portrait of a Youth
Oil on canvas
Circa 1940
DIMENSIONS
CANVAS: 26 x 20 inches
FRAMED: 30 .5 x 24.5 inches
DETAIL...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique oil painting "Ballerina" signed Pal Fried
By Pal Fried
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stunning oil painting "Ballerina" executed by Fried Pal in the 1940s,this painting is exemplary of the pictorial style of the author,whose portraiture combines a soft naturakistic re...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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
"Standing Model", Male Nude Painting in Blue by Åkerblom, Oil on Canvas, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly painted in an expressionist palette that calls to mind the work of Edvard Munch and other Nordic painters who were in the artistic vanguard of the 20th century, this depiction...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Art Deco painting swimming pool by Christiane Caillotin Vue de ma table 1940
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco painting swimming pool by Christiane Caillotin Vue de ma table.
France ca. 1940.
Acrylic paint, watercolor on board. Framed.
Christi...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Leda and the Swan, " Important Painting by Rene Buthaud
By René Buthaud
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Like many of his contemporaries in the 1920s and 1930s, in both America and France, Buthaud was fascinated with figures from classic mythology. Leda and the Swan was a motif he retu...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
Edwin C. Siegfried (Am. 1889 - 1955) Pastel On Paper Titled “Moonlit Marsh”
By Edwin C. Siegfried
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
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
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...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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
Materials
Canvas
1940s Colourful Oil on Canvas of Cityscape by Hansen, Swedish
By Hansen
Located in London, GB
Elegant 1940s oil on canvas painting representing a cityscape view from the sea in an industrial manner. The geometric lines and colours used by the artist render a warm pleasing pic...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Vintage Border Collie Dog, oil painting on mahogany board, signed H. Ed. Capel
Located in Centennial, CO
An absolutely beautiful vintage oil painting on mahogany panel of three black and white dogs, perhaps Border Collies. The painting is skillfully painted and signed by H. Ed. Capel. T...
Category
1940s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Mahogany, Paint
Italian Dolomites – Oil on Canvas by Arno Lemke - 1950
Located in Albignasego, IT
The “Tre Cime of Lavaredo” – Italian Dolomites - Arno Lemke
Work dimensions: 70 x 80 cm
Technique: oil on canvas
Period: 1950s
A suggestive view of the Tre ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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
Blue Harlequin in the Manner of Picasso Painting
Located in East Hampton, NY
This vintage painting on Masonite of a blue harlequin, in homage to Pablo Picasso, is a beautifully framed art piece. The soft palette and antique frame are truly breathtaking. This ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Masonite
Pierre Le Faguays (1892-1962), Young Girl and her Dog, Framed Oil on Canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful framed painting of a young girl and her dog by the artist Pierre le Faguays (1892-1962). Famously known for his Art Deco sculptures, he dedicated to himself to painting on ...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Painting of a woman in a hat by Hugo Scheiber, oil on 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
Materials
Other
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...
Category
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
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
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
Exceptional lacquer on a gold background by André Margat, 1942
By André Margat
Located in Paris, FR
André Margat is a French artist widely known for his representations of animals. He is a member of the 'Groupe des Douze,' an association of artists created in 1932 with the aim of presenting French animal art...
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1940s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Lacquer
"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
Materials
Paint
"Two Women Lounging", Richly-Imagined Portrait of Figures in Satin & Silk, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Voluptuous in its approach to scene and palette, this sumptuous portrait of two women, lounging side by side amongst pillows and fabrics in satin and silk, was painted by Rudolph Sch...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Dancing Angel", Classic 1940s Tempera Painting with Nude Male Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reminiscent of the work of Jared French in its material (tempera), its color palette and its approach to the male figure, this lovely depiction of two dancing angels, one in the fore...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Coca-Cola and Coffee", Important Industrial Design for 1949 Vending Machine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An astonishing and important example of Moderne-Mid Century Modern industrial design, this original watercolor rendering of a short-lived Coca-Cola/coffee vending machine was painted...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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.
Category
1930s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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
HARTZMAN - Art Deco Style Watercolor Painting on Paper - Unframed - Mid 20th C.
Located in Chatham, ON
HARTZMAN - Art Deco style watercolor painting on paper - signed lower right - unframed - mid 20th century.
Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration - brigh...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
"Stoking the Engine", Painting for Coca Cola on "Uses of Coal" for 1949 Campaign
By Lyman Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Important both historically and artistically, this painting by Lyman Anderson of a railroad engineer feeding the engine with a fresh supply of coal was commissioned by the Coca Cola ...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
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 Tafl...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
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...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"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
"Under the El", WPA-Era Painting of Philadelphia Market by Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in a palette of canary yellow, orange-red, browns and blues, this WPA-period painting of an open-air market under the Market-Frankford elevated train line ("the El") in Philadelphia was executed by Dorothy Van Loan...
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1940s 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
Materials
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
"Pueblos", Classic WPA-Era Mural Study with Native Americans for Los Angeles, CA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of WPA-period mural painting, executed by Verona Burkhardt for the Immigration and Naturalization Center in Los Angeles, depicts five Pueblo Indians in the foreground and a magnificent landscape of canyons and Pueblo dwellings in the background. This served as a study for one of five large canvases she delivered to California in 1941 or 1942, but the building was cordoned off due to America's entrance into World War II. Burkhardt (or Burkhard) was the daughter of two important artists and was introduced to painting and crafts at an early age. In her prime, she won seven U.S. Government mural commissions in national competitions for buildings in Wyoming, Montana, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. She settled in Grand Junction...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Antico Dipinto a Olio Art Deco "Danzatrice" Firmato Szantho Maria, Ungheria 1940
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stupendo dipinto eseguito da Szantho Maria negli anni 40,le sue opere sono realistiche e ricche di dettagli e si ispirano all'edonismo dei nudi di Karoly lotz coniugato alla vivacita...
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1940s Hungarian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Sant Petro", Cubist/Art Deco Painting of Church w/ Palm Trees, Blue and Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in tones of blue, green and warm brown, this fractured view of a church and palm trees along the Mediterranean, the building's tower and apse depicted in a golden...
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1950s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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
Materials
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
Materials
Paint
1950s Art Deco Style Figurative Painting with Horses by Porter Woodruff, Framed
Located in Morristown, NJ
American intra-war artist and illustrator Porter Woodruff (1894-1959). Arabian Horse scene, oil and gold leaf on board with chalky gouache. Signed Woodruff on lower right of painting. Signature somewhat obscured by frame.
His Art Deco-influenced paintings are highly decorative and appealing, the compositions complex and well-thought out. The gold leaf background is decorative and elegant. His are rare Modernist paintings by an artist who found himself at the very heart of design, fashion and celebrity life in the early part of the century.
Label at back for Pitt & Scott Ltd London - well known for its expertise in handling antiques, works of art and fragile artefacts.
Dimensions:
11.5"h x 15.5"w (sight)
12.5"h x 17.5"w (frame)
Porter Woodruff, was an illustrator artist and contributor to Vogue Magazine and Home & Garden (including covers for both). He was one of five artists stationed in Paris in 1923 for Vogue. Woodruff spent considerable time in Tunisia, North Africa, residing with his romantic partner, Romanian socialite George Sebastian. Sebastian owned a lavish, coastal property in then-trendy Hammamet, near Tunis on the Mediterranean.
Sebastian fell in love with the simple beauty of the quiet fishing port of Hammamet and was the first of the international set of the times to build his villa there. He started a trend that has never ceased. Frank Lloyd Wright is said to have claimed Dar Sebastian to be ”the most beautiful house I have ever seen”.
American and European intelligentsia and upper-crust were attracted to the area between the wars. The artists Cocteau, Elsa Schiaparelli, Paul Klee, Andre Gide, the Sitwells, and Cecil Beaton enjoyed visiting, partying, and undertaking what someone once described as indulging the opportunity to do 'some rather elaborate sinning'. Other visitors included Art Deco designer Jean-Michel Frank, Wallis Simpson, Somerset Maugham, and Greta Garbo, among others.
The onset of war disrupted this scene and it never truly regained its former glory. Dar Sebastian was requisitioned by the 'Desert Fox', German General, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel...
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1950s Tunisian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, 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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