International Style Wall Decorations
INTERNATIONAL STYLE
The International Style, a modernist movement within architecture and furniture design that was given its name by American architect Philip Johnson and historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock, was born during the 1920s and ’30s. It gained steam initially in Europe and then in the United States as a response to the first World War. Building projects associated with the movement, as well as vintage International Style chairs, tables and other furnishings, are minimal and pared back.
Pioneers of the International Style — architect Walter Gropius and his Bauhaus colleagues Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer, De Stijl advocate and Dutch architect J.J.P. Oud and visionary designer Le Corbusier — stripped away decorative elements and placed considerable value on functionality and clean lines, integrating the use of industrial materials like steel, concrete and large sheets of glass in their work. Quite aptly, this mode of design and architectural style coincided with an era now known as the Machine Age and became a global symbol of modernism. The primary motive of its practitioners was to address the changing needs of a rapidly industrializing society, especially the demand for office complexes and apartments in large cities, through economical, technologically advanced, yet aesthetically pleasing designs for furniture and buildings.
“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep,” said Le Corbusier of the philosophy behind his practical modernist architecture.
The International Style’s designers and architects were inspired by the advantages afforded them by the era’s new technology and industrial machinery as well as state-of-the-art materials. Le Corbusier was fond of framing his buildings in steel but reinforced concrete made far more economic sense. He is probably most admired for the iconic private homes and commercial buildings that he designed or codesigned with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret, which are spread across the world, from New York City to Paris to Chandigarh, India. Today, Breuer’s Wassily Lounge chair; the elegant LC series created by Le Corbusier, Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand; and Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair, crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich, are emblems of progressive modernist design and all make prominent use of tubular steel. Vintage originals are the prized cornerstone of collections.
“The International Style is probably the first fundamentally original and widely distributed style since the Gothic,” posited Johnson in the book that accompanied “Modern Architecture: International Exhibition,” an architectural show he cocurated with Hitchcock that featured the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Richard Neutra and others. While the term “International Style” had previously been circulating in Europe, when the show opened at the Museum of Modern Art in 1932, it yielded a much broader application of this important style of design.
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Style: International Style
'Modern Painting of Sun Rays' Screen Print after Roy Lichtenstein 1972
Located in New York, NY
Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997).
"Modern Painting of Sun Rays". color silkscreen. 1967. Printed 1972.
Very light cream smooth sturdy wove paper. The full sheet. Fine impress...
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Late 20th Century American International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Large portrait of Lénine
Located in BORDEAUX, FR
Very beautiful portrait of Vladimir. I. Lenin reading Pravda. In poor condition because it was brought back rolled, this canvas in the purest style of the Bolshevik academy remains a...
Category
1930s Ukrainian Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Carlos Artois Castillo port on the beach sign , 1950s
Located in DÉNIA, ES
Carlos Aitor Castillo considered that the artist must know how to reconcile the universal with the national to achieve transcendental realization...
Category
1950s Argentine Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Lot Of 3 Hand Painted Portrait Miniatures Continental, 1st half of 20th century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A LOT OF THREE HAND PAINTED
PORTRAIT MINIATURES
Continental, 1st half of 20th century
Finely painted portrait miniatures
depicting Marie Antoinette after Vigee le Brun,
Dona Isabel ...
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Early 20th Century French International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
1960s Original Abstract Painting By Swedish Artist Kulo Green (1913-1972)
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
Original abstract oil on board by Swedish artist Gustaf Holger Fritiof (1913-1972) who painted under the name Kulo Green.
The son of a master painter he studied at the Technical Eve...
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1960s Swedish Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Acrylic
Ancient engraving, map of the earth with circling zodiac
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ancient engraving, map of the earth with circling zodiac "Situs Terrae Circulis Coelestibus Circumnate"
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18th Century European Antique International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Ruggero Panerai 19th Century Signed Painting
By Panerai
Located in Roma, IT
An important oil on panel painting by the great Tuscan artist Ruggero Panerai.
It depicts one of his favourite and most successful subjects, wild horse...
Category
1890s Italian Antique International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Karel Klinkenberg 19th Century Dutch Signed Painting
By Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and important painting by the great Dutch artist Karel Klinkenberg who lived at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
It depicts a canal in Utrecht depicted with his usual precision attentive to every detail.
Another characteristic of our painter, is the evocative power of the romantic and gentle atmosphere he always manages to convey.
Signed at lower left and signed and inscribed on the reverse.
Johannes Christiaan Karel Klinkenberg (1852, The Hague – 1924, The Hague), was a 19th-century Dutch painter specialized in views of the town especially Amsterdam and Utrecht as our painting.
Biography
According to the RKD he was a pupil of Christoffel Bisschop (1828-1904) and Louis Meijer, and became a member of the Pulchri studio who later won many prizes.
A street is named after him in the neighborhood of streets named after 19th and 20th century Dutch painters in Overtoomse Veld-Noord, Amsterdam.
This painting, never before on the market, comes from a private collection
Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts.
This artwork is shipped from Rome. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died can requires a license for export regardless of the work’s market price...
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Late 19th Century Dutch Antique International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Etching with Acquatint 'Le Quadife' by Paul de Chabot. (1932-)
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint in a silk surround with dark blue wooden frame and glass to the front. It is edition 47/100 entitled 'Le Quadife.'
Paul de Chabot ...
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1980s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Flowers and Fruit Painting
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/8193 - Pleasant composition of flowers and fruit, with roses, pomegranates, grapes: everything that can give pleasure to the sight and the palate.
Category
Mid-20th Century French International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
ALICE BIERNE SAWTELLE MACKENZIE 1898-1989 The Flower Seller, Mexico, circa 1940
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
ALICE BIERNE SAWTELLE MACKENZIE
1898-1989
The Flower Selle
Mexico, circa 1940.
Oil on canvas.
22" x 18" in. (61.1 x 45.7 cm.)
Frame: 30 1/2" x 24 1/4" in. (77.5 x 61.5 cm.)
Alice...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Heidi Lange Batik Cranes
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful Batik depicting 3 stylized preening Cranes by Swedish artist Heidi Lange. Great visual and contrast.
Curbside to NYC/Philly $350
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Wood
Drawing in pastel on paper and fabric signed Hildebrando de Castro 95 Rio
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible gigantic drawing depicting a chicken heart with doll arms in pastel on paper and fabric.
Category
1990s Brazilian International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Blue Horns, Decorative Wall Hangers in Brazilian Hardwood
Located in São Paulo, SP
HORNS are sculptures derived from the "BEAST 2023 project", presented at the 12th Design Week in São Paulo, 2023, in the exhibition "How much time do we have?", in the Virginia Build...
Category
2010s Brazilian International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Framed Charcoal on Paper Female Impressionist Nude Study
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a vintage midcentury vintage charcoal on paper female impressionist, nude study. This female nude study is presented in a burnish gold fra...
Category
1970s American Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Period Flemish Interior Scene Picture
Located in Roma, IT
Interesting Flemish painting representing a characteristic tavern interior scene with characters intent on playing cards.
Oil on canvas in a round shape.
The frame is an original gil...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Erté 'TWINS, ' Embossed, Signed and Numbered Serigraph, 1987
By Erté
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Erté (French, 1892-1990, formerly Romain de Tirtoff, Russian),
'TWINS.'
Original Limited Edition Serigraph
Signed, 'Erté' lower right
Numbered 194/300 lower left
Paper measure...
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20th Century French International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Early 19th Century Neapolitan Gouache on Paper, Set of 3
Located in Bradenton, FL
A set of three Neapolitan street scenes. Gouache on paper. Not examined out of the frames. Apparently unsigned. Early 19th century. Possibly by Saverio della Gatta. Label on back from a prominent Boston frame...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Henri Matisse, Affiches, Französische Plakate, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefe
Located in Essen, NW
Original color lithograph based on a design by Henry Matisse "Jazz" Le Destin. Good age-related condition with compressions on the upper right sheet edge...
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1950s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Raymond Savignac, 'Savignac Rainbow', Original Vintage Poster, 1970
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Raymond Savignac, 'Rainbow', original vintage poster, 1970
Raymond Savignac, often just abbreviated to "Savignac", was a French graphic artist famous for his commercial posters. T...
Category
1970s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Claudio Verna Signed and Certified Pastel on Paper
By Claudio Verna
Located in Roma, IT
Claudio Verna pastel on paper signed and dated 1980 registered and certified by the Claudio Verna Archive.
Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate o...
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1980s Italian Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Large University Chart “Physical Map of Ireland” by Bacon
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large University Chart “Physical Map of Ireland” by Bacon
W&A K Johnston’s Charts of Physical Maps By G W Bacon,
This is colorful Physical map of Ireland, it is large lithograph set...
Category
Early 20th Century International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen
Black Chain, by Rain, Wall Piece, Stainless Steel, Polished
By RAIN
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Chains series represents a particular look into a rough object, which is often strictly associated to its functional purpose. The piece propose a reflection on mass production...
Category
2010s Brazilian International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Stainless Steel
Spain Tourism Original Vintage Poster Flamenco Dancers, 1941
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A beautiful 1940s tourism poster advertising Spain, this poster features traditional Flamenco dancers atop horses. It is a stunning poster which has been linen backed for preservatio...
Category
1940s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Original Vintage French Poster, 'La Marmotte', 1904
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Early 20th century original vintage French poster, 'La Marmotte', 1904
Artist:
A Barreress
Year:
1904
Dimensions:
125 x 86 cm
Condition:
Great condition
Format: ...
Category
Early 20th Century French International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Late 18th Century Original Vintage French Poster, 'Fernand Calment & Co'
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage French poster, 'Fernand Calment & Co', 1896 bicycle poster
Year:
1896
Dimensions:
118 x 77 cm
Condition:
Good
Format:
Linen backed.
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage French Poster, 'Foire Internationale De Lyon' 1959 by Piatti
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage French poster, 'Foire Internationale De Lyon', 1959 by Piatti
Piatti was a Swiss graphic artist, painter and book designer. He was a popular illustrator of child...
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1950s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Art Deco Furnishing Advertisement 'Au Louvre' Vintage Poster, 1935
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Art Deco furnishing department advertisement 'Au Louvre' vintage poster
Artist
Anonymous
Year
1935
Dimensions
72 x 53cm
Condition
Good.
Category
1930s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Black Chain, by Rain, Wall Piece, Stainless Steel, Black
By RAIN
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
Chains series represents a particular look into a rough object, which is often strictly associated to its functional purpose. The piece propose a reflection on mass production...
Category
2010s Brazilian International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mid-1970s Original Vintage French Festival Poster, 'Festival D'automne', 1973
By Arman
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Mid-1970s original vintage French festival poster, 'Festival D'automne', 1973
Artist:
Arman
Dimensions:
158 x 109 cm
Year:
1973.
Category
1970s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Period Rubens Santoro Style Venice Oil on Panel Picture
By Eduard Vitali
Located in Roma, IT
Very bright Venice painting oil on panel with frame from early 20th century by a Rubens Santoro follower
Housed in a beautiful, molded hand carved giltw...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Oil Painting of the Capri Coastline by Matteo Sarno
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An early 20th century oil painting of the coastline off the Isle of Capri, near Naples painted in the impressionist style, showing rocky cliffs and the azure Mediterranean sea. The painting is titled ‘Capri’ and is signed Matteo Sarno...
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20th Century Italian International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
"Boats in The Port of Camogli" Italian Painting
By Giorgio Frigo
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5868 - Italian modern painting with the famous port of Camogli "the city of a thousand white sailing ships", near Portofino.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
'T’en Fais Pas, C’est Une Bicyclette Sparting', Original Lithograph Poster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'T’en Fais Pas, C’est Une Bicyclette Sparting', original lithograph poster
T’en Fais Pas, C’est Une Bicyclette Sparting - "Don't worry, this is a sparting bicycle"
Artist
Anon...
Category
Mid-20th Century French International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Sarudian Bin Mohmin, Indonesian Abstract Mixed-Media Painting, 1998
By Sarudian Bin Mohmin
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Sarudian Bin Mohmin
Painting: RAGEDI PASIR SALAK I 1874 (Engl.: SALAK SAND TRAGEDY IN 1874)
Origin: Indonesia
Period: 1998
Medium: Mixed media on wood board
Dimensions:...
Category
1990s Indonesian International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Savignac Bird 'Au Musee De L’Affich' Original Vintage French Exhibition Poster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Savignac Bird 'Au Musee De L’Affich' original vintage French exhibition poster
"Savignac", was a French graphic artist famous for his comm...
Category
1980s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Large University Anatomical Chart “Ligamnets” by Turner
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large University Anatomical chart “Ligamnets” by Turner
W&A K Johnston’s Charts of Anatomy and Physiology By Dr William Turner, Professor of Anatomy University of Edinburgh/A J Nystrom & Co US Agents Chicago
This is Plate 2, Ligaments, by Turner, it is large lithograph set...
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Early 20th Century International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen
'Velo - Moteur Thomann', Mid-20th Century Original French Lithograph Poster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Velo - Moteur Thomann', mid-20th century original French lithograph poster
Artist:
Anonymous
Dimensions:
59 x 40 cm
Condition:
G...
Category
Mid-20th Century French International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage French Theatre and Cabaret Poster by René Gruau, 1966
By René Gruau
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage French theatre and cabaret poster by René Gruau, 1966
René Gruau was a fashion illustrator whose exaggerated portrayal of fashion d...
Category
1960s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Midcentury Original Vintage French Poster, 'Froid Philips' by Darigo
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Midcentury original vintage French poster, 'Froid Philips' by Darigo
Artist
Darigo
Year
1950
Dimensions:
160 x 120 cm
...
Category
1950s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Midcentury Original Vintage French Poster, 'Salon De L’enfance' by Seguin
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Midcentury original vintage French poster, 'Salon De L’enfance' by Seguin
Artist
Seguin
Condition
Good
Format
Linen backed
Dimensions
160 x 120 cm.
Category
1950s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Herve Morvan Original Vintage Poster, 'Salon De L’enfance' Yellow Rooster
By Herve Masson
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage poster by Herve Morvan, 'Salon De L’enfance' Yellow Rooster
"Youth, Sports, Leisure" Camp for children; Herve Morvan is a french ar...
Category
1960s French Vintage International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Jaroslav Hovadik, Czech Structural Graphic Art Abstract
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Jaroslav Hovadik (Czech/Canadian, 1935-2011)
Abstrakce s písmeny.
(Abstraction with letters)
Structural graphic on paper.
Size: 24 3/4 x 18 3/4 in.(63 x 47.5 cm.)
Framed.
Ref.: Jirí Bernard Krticka, “ Czech Structural Graphic Art...
Category
Late 20th Century Czech International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Midcentury European City Marina Scene Signed Zint Lov, 1966
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An original oil painting in a gilded wood frame signed by an unknown artist Zint Lov and dated 1966. The painting is in the style of Raoul Dufy and shows a Harbour scene full of boat...
Category
Mid-20th Century French International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Very Unusual Large Trompe L'oeil Game Painting on Board
By Bianchi Factory
Located in West Chester, PA
Trompe L'oeil game painting on board. Birds, guns and a bugle. Italian artist and dated 1910.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
19th Century French School Still Life of Field Flowers
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A brightly colored 19th century French school still life of field flowers
Signed J. Levy, lower Left.
The painting measures: 25 5/8" inches ...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Large Summer Painting Signed and Dated or Sliding Door
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Antique particular large painting "Summer" like an open window on a garden - There is also another one "Autumn" -
Signed and dated 1894 - May be used also as a sliding door between t...
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1890s French Antique International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Large French Autumn Painting Dated and Signed or Sliding Door
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Particular proposal of a large painting "Autumn": like an open window on a forest. There is also another one like "Spring- Summer".
Dated 1894 - Signed G. Marion -
May be used also a...
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1890s French Antique International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Large Six-Panel Steve McQueen Portrait Painting by Detroit Artist Billy Couch
By Billy Couch
Located in Ferndale, MI
Large six-panel Steve Mcqueen portrait painting by Detroit artist Billy Couch. Acrylic on canvas . Six separate panels hung individually . Each measure...
Category
2010s American International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Desert Rock Painting" by Valerj Pobega, USA, 2013
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Desert Rock Painting" by Valerj Pobega, USA, 2013
Valerj's recent body of work is inspired by nature and in particular a trip to the Grand Canyon in 20...
Category
2010s American International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paper
Painting Oil on Canvas by Pio Joris Important Italian Artist of the 19th centur
Located in Rome, IT
Pio Joris (Rome, 1843-1922).
The Via Flaminia, a Sunday morning," 1869, (winner of the Gold Medal Exhibition in Monaco, 1869)
with frame 160 x 83 cm.
Pio Joris attended the Istitu...
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19th Century Italian Antique International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Contemporary Oil on Canvas by Xing Chen Fang
By Xing Cheng Fang
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas by Xing Chen Fang (born 1974) entitled 'Visage Gris'. Signed on the reverse on the right hand side.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese International Style Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
International Style wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique International Style wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, decorative objects, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used International Style wall decorations made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Brazil pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include Raymond Savignac, Antonio Saura, Arman, and Billy Couch. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for wall decorations differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $205 and tops out at $60,990 while the average work can sell for $1,520.
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