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Flower Still Life with Dahlias, Oil on Canvas, Gaston Geleyn, Dated 1934
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
attended classes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts led by Roll and Flaming. After the First World War he traveled
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Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Cormorant
Located in PARIS, FR
where he enrolled at the School of Decorative Arts in 1909. The First World War surprised him during a
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Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Outskirts of Milan - Etching by Alberto Salietti - 1940s
By Alberto Salietti
Located in Roma, IT
Mentessi. After participating in the First World War, he exhibited from 1920 at the Venice Biennial (in
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Guido Andlovitz Lavenia, Elegant Vase in Glazed Ceramic, 1930s
By Lavenia, Guido Andloviz, Guido Andlovitz
Located in Milan, IT
, a chemist in Grado, and Carmela Pasqualis. During the First World War his family was displaced to
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Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

Gustave Fraipont (1849-1923) A peasant girl with her flock of Turkeys, drawing
By Gustave Fraipont
Located in Paris, FR
the First World War , he made several compositions for the newspaper L'Illustration , including the
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1890s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor

Retour de Guerre
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in San Francisco, CA
the first world war, especially the suffering of the civil population under the Germans occupation. A
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Bronze Inkwell Sculpture "Les Moutons à L abreuvoir" by Jules Moigniez
By Jules Moigniez
Located in Paris, FR
continued to produce Moigniez's sculpture until after the First World War, circa 1870. Dimensions: L
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Inkwells

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Untitled
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in San Francisco, CA
the first world war, especially the suffering of the civil population under the Germans occupation. A
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Evacues
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in San Francisco, CA
the first world war, especially the suffering of the civil population under the Germans occupation. A
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gares
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in San Francisco, CA
the first world war, especially the suffering of the civil population under the Germans occupation. A
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

l Adieu (The Fairwell)
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in San Francisco, CA
simple, endearing style. Between 1914 and 1918 he produced many lithographs depicting the first world war
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Serrer la Main (The Hand Check)
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in San Francisco, CA
simple, endearing style. Between 1914 and 1918 he produced many lithographs depicting the first world war
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

French 19th-20th Century Art Nouveau Polychromed Terracotta Bust of "Crépuscule"
By Salesio Lugli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
First World War and, in 1915, he was made knight of the Ordine della Corona d'Italia. Literature
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Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Busts

Materials

Terracotta

Candleholder, Candlestick Candelabra Pair by Georg Jensen, 925 Sterling Silver
By Georg Jensen
Located in Berlin, DE
by stylized grapes. The candelabra 324 was designed at the end of the First World War (1914-1918
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20th Century Candelabras

Materials

Sterling Silver

A Victorian silver armorial tray presented to Brig. General Sir Bertram Portal
By Charles Boyton
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
and 1907. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Hampshire. He fought in the First World
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Tableware

Materials

Silver

Early 20th century Impressionist Spanish figures resting in a ParkLand landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Catalonia, the Basque border region, and France in the years before the First World War. While not
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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper

Symbolist Renewal, Springtime after Wa: Blossoming Trees near a Ruined Abbey
Located in Norwich, GB
a ruined Abbey or castle, was painted in the first spring after World War I. It is all the most
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

A Black taffeta evening jacket by Agnès-Drecoll Haute Couture - Paris Circa 1932
Located in Toulon, FR
Auber. After the First World War, Madame Havet popularised the use of the turban; she developed
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1930s French Dinner Jackets

Hukin Heath Pair of Silver Tilting Liquor Decanters
By Hukin Heath
Located in Northampton, GB
was popular between 1890 and 1910 during the Belle Époque period and before the First World War. It
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Early 20th Century British Art Nouveau Barware

Materials

Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver

Dutch Art Deco The Hague School coffee table with marble top, 1920s
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
luxurious than De Stijl, this style is also called Dutch Art Deco. After the First World War, young
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Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Breccia Marble

Landscape 1927, By German Expressionist, Watercolor, Pupil Of Ferdinand Hodler
By Hans Brasch
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Gudden in the Lichtenstein House at Römerberg 11. He served in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. In
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1920s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Sunset 1928, By German Expressionist, Watercolor, Pupil Of Ferdinand Hodler
By Hans Brasch
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
the First World War from 1914 to 1918. In 1920, Brasch purchased an old Black Forest house in
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1920s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Sunrise 1927, By German Expressionist, Watercolor, Pupil Of Ferdinand Hodler
By Hans Brasch
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
the First World War from 1914 to 1918. In 1920, Brasch purchased an old Black Forest house in
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1920s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Gorleston harbour Campbell Archibald Mellon was born in on 16 June 1878_1955
Located in Pollenca, Illes Baleares
World War Mellon moved to the town of Gorleston in Norfolk and he became well known for these seaside
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Cambridge Midsummer Fair
By Sir Muirhead Bone
Located in Middletown, NY
. During the First World War, the British War Propaganda Bureau appointed Bone as the first official
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Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Drypoint

Victor Vissier French Soap Label Framed w/ COA , 1940 s
Located in Plainview, NY
recovery and introspection after the horrors of the First World War, which saw significant shifts in the
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Pair of Art Deco Bookends Signed P Kiss
By Paul Kiss
Located in NANTES, FR
from "Mobilier et Décoration, December 1925," pp. 21-27. After the First World War, Kiss opened his
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Bookends

Materials

Wrought Iron

Summer Fair - British art twenties Slade School oil painting village landscape
By Franklin White
Located in Hagley, England
Admiralty making drawings in the Airship department during the First World War. In 1919 he re-entered the
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mr. Pidgeon s Island, by Anthony Berkeley
Located in Middletown, NY
College, Oxford. He served in the British Army during the First World War and worked as a journalist for
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Mid-20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Still Life w/ Flowers, Bust Parisian Scene, American Impressionist
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
the first World War, decorating soldier huts and organizing events. Warshawsky was made a Chevalier
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1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Place du Combat, Paris circa 1930, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
By Press Photo
Located in Atlanta, GA
World War, a shell launched by the Big Bertha exploded in the Place du Combat. The "Place du Combat" was
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1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Mural Study, Early 20th Century American Impressionist Painting
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
the first World War, decorating soldier huts and organizing events. Warshawsky was made a Chevalier
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sunset in the Forest, c. 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
archipelago during the First World War, and later returned to Sundsvall, often painting in the countryside
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1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Edwardian oval Vitrine wWod crystal Display Case England
By English School
Located in Valladolid, ES
extended until the end of the First World War, in 1918. The new king, fond of travel, established the taste
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Vitrines

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Edwardian Portrait of a Young Girl - Scottish 1909 art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
Royal Navy during the First World War and following his demobilization in 1919 he purchased a motor
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Early 1900s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Louis Icart Art Deco Engraving Musette 1927
By Louis Icart
Located in NANTES, FR
. During the First World War, he was a fighter pilot, flew several air missions but never stopped drawing
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Prints

Materials

Paper

Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn, British Impressionist plein air oil landscape
By Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn
Located in Harkstead, GB
First World War. Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn (1870-1951) A twilight landscape. Northern France Signed and
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Daum Nancy Art Deco Wrought Iron Lamp
By Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
glass objects and crystal sculptures. Following the First World War, Paul Daum began to develop works
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Vintage 1920s Art Deco Table Lamps

Materials

Wrought Iron

L. Bessin and Daum Nancy Art Nouveau Lamp
By Daum, Paul-Lucien Bessin
Located in NANTES, FR
sculptures. Following the First World War, Paul Daum began to develop works in the Art Deco style, moving
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Table Lamps

Materials

Spelter

Ballarina having make up applied by Cupid
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Jules-Charles Aviat, to whom Georges was related . During the First World War , he made many drawings of
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Deco Retro 1935 Tank Cocktail Ring In 18Kt Gold With 2.53 Ctw Diamonds Sapphires
Located in Miami, FL
. Note: Immediately after the first world war, the creation of jewelry with geometric patterns inspired
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cocktail Rings

Materials

Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold

Buccellati Sterling Silver Hand-Hammered 4-Piece Tea Coffee Set
By Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
learned the best in Italian goldsmithing traditions. At the end of the First World War, Mario decided that
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20th Century Italian Tea Sets

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Daum Nancy Large Art Deco Wall Lamp
By Louis Katona, Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
sculptures. Following the First World War, Paul Daum began to develop works in the Art Deco style, moving
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Wrought Iron

Silvio Cavatorta Diminutive Desk with Companion Table in Walnut and Green Glass
By Silvio Cavatorta
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, one of thirteen children, started working for the family business after the First World War. He was
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Vintage 1950s Italian Desks

Materials

Glass, Walnut

"The Divers" Sepia Photograph After George Hoyningen-Huene
By George Hoyningen-Huene
Located in New York, NY
fled the Russian revolution, to become a sergeant in the British army in the first world war.
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20th Century European Art Deco Photography

Materials

Paper

Daum Nancy Art Deco Cornet Vase
By Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
the glass paste process for its glass objects and crystal sculptures. Following the First World War
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Cut Glass

1942 Heinkel "He 111K" German medium bomber plane identification poster WW2
Located in London, GB
on Germany after the First World War prohibiting bombers, it masqueraded as a civil airliner
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Robj, Templars and Saracen Chess Set, French Art Deco 1920s
By ROBJ
Located in PARIS, FR
First World War, he repeated the operation, incorporating artistic porcelain trinkets. In 1922, he died
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

The Wave - Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s
By Pietro Morando
Located in Roma, IT
luck that the First World War allowed him. He thus realizes tragic war drawings (almost a reportage
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Prisoners in Hungary - Original Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s
By Pietro Morando
Located in Roma, IT
First World War allowed him. He thus realizes tragic war drawings (almost a reportage) which will then
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Daum Nancy Green Art Deco Vase Geometric Decor
By Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
First World War, Paul Daum began to develop works in the Art Deco style, moving away from naturalistic
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Glass

Daum Nancy Vase Years 50/60 with Application
By Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
First World War, Paul Daum began to develop works in the Art Deco style, moving away from naturalistic
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20th Century French Art Deco Vases

Materials

Glass

Portrait Of An Indian Soldier, Signed, Large Pastel
By Willem Delsaux
Located in PARIS, FR
First World War interrupted his activity and at the end he became a professor at the University of
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Daum Nancy and Majorelle Art Deco Suspension
By Atelier Majorelle, Daum
Located in NANTES, FR
for its glass objects and crystal sculptures. Following the First World War, Paul Daum began to
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Glass

Under the Bombing - Original Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s
By Pietro Morando
Located in Roma, IT
led him to produce numerous works, even using the poor means of luck that the First World War allowed
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Wounded - Original Lithograph by Pietro Morando - 1950s
By Pietro Morando
Located in Roma, IT
him to produce numerous works, even using the poor means of luck that the First World War allowed him
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Dust my Broom (for Elmore James) , Mixed Media Dada Collage.
Located in Cotignac, FR
piece. Dada was an art movement formed during the First World War in Zurich in negative reaction to the
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Late 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Cord, Paper, Ink, Cardboard, Photographic Paper

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    Opinions on which World War II propaganda poster is the most famous differ. However, two posters introduced characters that would go on to become iconic. The first is "We Can Do It," featuring Rosie Riveter, who has become synonymous with women's equality. Another influential design is " I Want YOU For U.S. Army," with its bearded figure wearing a star-spangled top hat. The image gave birth to Uncle Sam, the well-known symbol of the U.S. On 1stDibs, find a range of WWII posters from some of the world's top galleries.
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    During World War II, the American flag was the 48-star flag used from 1912 (incorporation of New Mexico and Arizona) to 1959 (incorporation of Alaska). The rows and columns of stars were arranged in a regular pattern, unlike the offset rows of the modern American flag. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique American flags from some of the world’s top sellers.
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    More than 200,000 propaganda posters were made during World War II. The Office of War Information (OWI) was responsible for hiring artists to design the artwork. Famous posters include “I Want You” for the U.S. Army, featuring the well-known Uncle Sam character, while the popular “We Can Do It!” design depicts Rosie the Riveter. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of World War II posters and other vintage and antique posters.
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