Gilt Paintings

Abstract cubist oil on canvas painting by Peter Panow. Stunning abstract cubist painting with a highly colorful design of boats and a village executed by the artist in France circa ...

Alluring watercolor on paper of a tropical scene in the Virgin Islands with a text book display of sun and shade techniques. Signed in the lower left by...

American intra-war artist and illustrator Porter Woodruff (1894-1959). Arabian Horses and Riders, oil on board with chalky gouache. Signed Porter Woodruff Hammamet 1958 in pencil on the back. Indistinct PW on lower right of painting. 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. Dimensions: 11.5" H x 15.5" W (sight) 13.5" 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...

American intra-war artist and illustrator Porter Woodruff (1894-1959). Arabian Horses and Riders, oil and gold leaf on board with chalky gouache. Signed Porter Woodruff Hammamet 1958 in pencil on the back. Initialed PW on lower left of painting. 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. Dimensions: 11.5"h x 15.5"w (sight) 13.5"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. Sebastain 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...

Pair of 1940s mermaid paintings, American, circa 1940s. They are believed to be gouache on panels, and have been professionally framed in vintage gilt...

This charming German still life oil painting on canvas shows apples in a bowl and a jar. It is very beautifully painted by the German artist A.Schubert. The painting comes with the o...

These very well rendered and rare illustrations by artist J. Hardy dates back to 1920-1930. The implication of these whimsical and defining early Art Deco scenes truly exemplify the allure of the modern girl. These works of art are very handsomely matted and framed under glass in antique gesso...

Painted canvas figuring an Art Deco style woman portrait with an American framing on an ochre background enhanced with small and medium slight gilt points. Woman has her head slightly inclined, and hair bun...

Jean Dufy Watercolor Still Life Estate Stamp Contemporary Art painting antiques . It is a watercolor on paper by Jean Dufy who was a French Art Deco impressionist painter. IT IS NOT A LITOGRAPH, it’s an Original. In a modern interior design or an old world charm traditional , decorative object for interior decoration design , A perfect gift during the holiday season , or special house warming present . It will be a great addition to your special collection in a library as part of the bibelot . in a bathroom , library , entryway , living room , bedroom . Part of a gallery wall in a simple way to bring style and personality to any room and fits with Modern Art . Executed in bright pastels of blues, greens etc . Signed lower middle, Jean Dufy . Still Life by Dufy (1888-1964) French School /Watercolor / Signed with Estate stamp with old frame Jean Dufy was the younger brother of Raul Dufy . He came from a family which was very open to the arts. This great Contemporary Art is part of our collection at the Antique gallery Dealer West Hollywood CA Melrose Ave La Cienega Blvd. From the age of fourteen he showed an artistic gift which was encouraged by Raul. He studied at l’ecole des beaux-arts du Havre, but quit to Rejoin his brother in Paris. His showing in 1920 at the salon D’automne established himself in the art society. Measures: Height 24” Width 21 ½” Not to confuse it with "Color Lithograph". Past Sold Art...

Oil on board "Roof Top Landscape" by Peter Ilyin 1887-1958, circa 1925 Well listed in Edan Hughes book "Artists in California" Volume II Peter Alexander Ilyin born in Russia and ca...

"Aigle pygargue" charcoal drawing by Henri-Robert Husset (French, born 1907). A "tiger head" drawing by the same artist recently sold at auction in Paris: Piasa: jeudi 18 décembre 2...

This large and spectacular mural, reputedly painted for an ocean liner in the 1930s or 1940s, depicts a group of gods -- predominated by Pomona -- producing lightning, thunder and rain that generate an abundance of golden fruit falling to the earth. This dramatic scene is highlighted by a number of techniques and materials that are unusual and striking, including stained glass mosaic...