Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
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
1930 Ugo Zaccagnini Art Deco Ceramic Nude Woman Earthenware Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
Woman Sculpture
Ugo Zaccagnini
Italy, 1930
Earthenware Sculpture
Wood Base (h7x18x15 cm)
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
1930 Bookends in Solid Rosewood with Its Saint Gobain Block of Glass
By Saint Gobain, Bernard Richters
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Sculptural bookends in the style of Bernard Richter’s.
In solid rosewood, it is heavy, with a beautiful old patina.
The block of glass is from Saint G...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood
$430 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Art Deco 1920s Collectable Original Mannequin Display Head Nr2
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Wonderful mens hand painted head made in the 1920s.
Made of Plaster.
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Nude Statuette from Olimpia, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Nude Statuette from Olimpia, 1940s.
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (crates or boxes) for US and International Shippi...
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1940s Italian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Art Déco Dancer Posing On Drum, by Josef Lorenzl, Around 1926
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Art Déco ceramic figure of the 1920's:
Depiction of a young vaudeville dancer posing in a short, low-cut, backless, light pink dress with ruffled flounces and a bow...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Adrien Dupagne
1889-1980
Africanist Sculpture in Terracotta, circa 1940-1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Adrien Dupagne (1889-1980) Africanist sculpture in terracotta, circa 1940-1950.
Small wooden base.
Category
1940s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Bronze Art Deco Sculpture Entitled "Harvest Girl" by Harold Brownsword
Located in London, GB
A fabulous early 20th century bronze study of an elegant naked beauty carrying wheatsheafs on her shoulder, exhibiting excellent rich brown and green patina and very fine detail, sig...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider Vienna Figurine, Little Girl Closing A Suitcase, by Dakon, Ca. 1937
Located in Vienna, AT
Very Rare Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s:
Little curly-haired blonde girl in a green and red checked dress, bent over, trying with both hands and her body weight...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Bronze Study entitled "Charleston Dancer" by Ferdinand Preiss
Located in London, GB
A striking Art Deco cold painted gilt and enamel bronze figure of a beautiful young dancer in stylised pose wearing 'flapper' dress. The surface of the sculpture with excellent detai...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Christine Gregory Art Deco Pottery Mother
Child Glazed Sculpture Dated 1933
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A beautiful Art Deco pottery sculpture of a mother and child by Christine Gregory (British, 1879-1965) dated 1933. This very tender and well observed portrayal shows the mother holding the child wrapped in her arms and held cheek to cheek...
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1930s English Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Female classic Art Déco Bronze figure by Lucien Alliot.France 1920s. Signed.
Located in Köln, NW
Elegant female classic Art Déco Bronze figure by Lucien Charles Edouard Alliot.
France 1920s.
Signed in the Bronze LUC.
Bronze figure is slightly green patinated.
The artist Lucien A...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Sculpture
Descomps
Nude Fem
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nude fem sculpture (Descomps)
gilt bronze and onyx material
perfect condition with natural wear
Art Deco, 1920.
Category
1920s European Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Goldscheider Art Déco Dancer
Dolly
With Bouquet Of Roses, Stephan Dakon, c1937
Located in Vienna, AT
A graceful dancer in a long, low-cut, high-slit red dress with an all-over floral pattern, her head tilted to the right, looking down, her left hand placing a downward-facing bouquet of roses on her chest and posing with her upper body tilted back, holding the end of her skirt with her outstretched right hand, in front of her on the floor a fallen rose that has come loose from the bunch.
On a black, flat oval base, artist's signature ‘Dakon’ on the underside.
Compare model 7991 Twin Dancers
The 'Dolly Sisters' Rosie Dolly (1892 - 1970) and Jenny Dolly (1892 - 1941), known professionally as (the) Dolly Sisters, were Hungarian-American identical twin...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
A Large Goldscheider pottery classical Roman Figure circa 1890
Located in Central England, GB
A Large Goldscheider Pottery Classical Roman Figure
This impressive and highly decorative late 19th-century pottery figure was made at the Friedrich Gold...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Goldscheider Art Déco Pierrette Standing In Balloon Skirt, by J. Lorenzl, c 1924
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Goldscheider Vienna ceramic figurine of the 1920s:
Pierrette with a pageboy head in a colourful costume with a multi-layered balloon skirt reminiscent of a pine cone, standing b...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Sculpture of a Male Pulling a Rope signed “Alexandre Kelety"
Located in Beirut, LB
Art Deco terracotta sculpture of an athletic young man pulling a rope signed by the French artist Alexandre Kelety.
Mounted on a wooden base.
Dimensions of the wooden base: H 3 cm ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ercole Barovier Murano Seminatore Clear Massiccio Glass Gold Applications, 1930
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
This is a great sculpture. Please check details on photo. It's part of a group of probably four figurines representing the four seasons. This is the spr...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
$4,780 Sale Price
23% Off
Art Deco Silvered Bronze Nude Sculpture by Cormier
Joe Descomps
, circa 1920
Located in Sarasota, FL
Art Deco silvered bronze nude sculpture by Joseph Jules Emmanuel Cormier (1869-1950). Prolific and well known sculptor, frequently worked under the name Joe Descomps. This sculpture ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
German Bauhaus Wiener Werkstatte B. Grundmann Bronze Statue of a Male Smelter
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Striking German Bauhaus Art Deco Cast Bronze Sculpture of a Young Male Smelter by Bernard Grundmann. The piece was produced at the Berlin Wiener Werkstatte studio in 1929-30 and sign...
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Early 20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Bronze of a Semi Nude Spring Flower Dancer by Bruno Zach.
By Bruno Zach
Located in Sarasota, FL
Art Deco bronze by well known Austrian sculptor Bruno Zach. Bruno Zach is known for his erotic bronzes. The bronze depicts semi-nude dancer covered with flower. Signed on the base"Zach"
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Swedish Art Deco Bronze Napkin Holder with Nude Female Dancer, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare Swedish Art Deco napkin holder from the 1930s, beautifully cast in bronze, featuring a stylized nude female dancer in a dramatic, arched pose. The figure is mounted against a ...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Policeman Car Mascot / Hood Ornament by Antoine Bofill, French, circa 1910
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Rare Gendarme / Policeman Car Mascot by Antoine Bofill, French, circa 1910.
A rare Policeman / Gendarme Car Mascot / Hood Ornament by Antoine Bofill, French, circa 1910, the imposing...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider Vienna Standing Nude with Large Cloth by Josef Lorenzl, circa 1935
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Goldscheider Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s:
The standing pretty young lady with her hair combed back and pinned up at the neck merely covers her nakedness with a large, gre...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Sitting Lady With Two Terriers by Josef Lorenzl 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Goldscheider Figure Group of the 1930s:
Young lady in rosé pantsuit with brunette short haircut sitting on a large stool with low back support, embracing with both hands tw...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Leon Salat Dancing Lady on Onyx Base Signed, Early 20th Century
By Leon Salat
Located in Tarzana, CA
Leon Salat Dancing Lady on Onyx Base Signed, Early 20th Century
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
"Nu au Masque" Large Art Deco Subject Ceramic, signed Gory
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Nu au masque" large Art Deco subject ceramic , signed Gory
Category
1930s European Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bernardo Balestrieri Bronze Sculpture Bust on Marble Base Vintage Italy
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A classic very decorative bronze statue by Bernardo Balestrieri depicting a Boys Head. The bronze 1884 and past away 1965 - This Bronze is known as "Face of a child".
A nice addition...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble, Metal
Art Deco Alabaster Carving of a Scantily Clad Girl English, circa 1920
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An Art Deco alabaster carving of a scantily clad girl leaning out of a dinghy to watch her dog as it swims alongside on a chain.
English, circa 1920.
Category
1920s English Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Art Deco Louis Giraud Nude Ceramic / Pottery “Swimmer” Sculpture Vallauris 1940s
By Louis Giraud
Located in Southampton, NJ
A c1940 Art Deco ceramic "Swimmer" sculpture by Louis Giraud for Vallauris of France. This work features a sculpted walnut base with Giraud Vallauris plaque on the reverse. The sculp...
Category
1940s French Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Walnut
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure
Fascination
, Dancer with Headdress by W. Thomasch
Located in Vienna, AT
Impressive Goldscheider Vienna Ceramic Figurine of the 1920s:
The young lady with artfully pinned hair wears only transparent stockings and high heels, as well as a headdress densel...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
“Egyptian Dancer” by Georges Gori
By Georges Gori
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
“Egyptian Dancer” sculpture, made of bronze and ivory, cold painted. Made by Georges Gori. Signed G. Gori
France, CIRCA 1930.
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Plaster Children Sculpture, 1900
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Large French Art Deco plaster children sculpture, France, 1900s. "Retour des champs" that means "Return from the fields". Young teenager carrying a c...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Karl Hagenauer Art Deco bronze sculpture circa 1930 signed
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible bronze original Art Deco signed and numbered Franz Hagenauer circa 1930.
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large White Ceramic Sculpture by Andrea Salvatori, Italy, Contemporary
Located in London, GB
Andrea Salvatori, "Maria Luigia", 2021, glazed earthenware, measures: H 55 x 33 x 38 cm
Andrea Salvatori (Italy, 1975) is an internationally renown...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$7,856 Sale Price
20% Off
Géo Maxim (1885-1940), Sculpture "Woman and Her Greyhounds", France Art Deco
By Geo Maxim
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb and rare art déco sculpture by Géo Maxim (1885-1940) representing a woman running after her greyhounds. Beautiful green patina on the regula affixed to a superb black and oran...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Antique Glazed Horse Terracotta Water Whistles
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A very well-kept set of horse shaped water whistles or flutes. Executed in glazed terracotta/earthenware in Denmark during the 1920s. Signed/stamped: unknown.
Measurements; H: 9 cm...
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Goldscheider Art Deco Figure Standing Dancer with Headdress by Wilhelm Thomasch
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Art Déco Goldscheider Ceramics figurine
The dancer wears a dance dress in red-brown tones cut low at the front and back with a wide, short ...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Déco Figurine
Dance Of Vanity
by Josef Kostial, Goldscheider Vienna, 1920s
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Art Ceramics Model by Goldscheider from the 1920s:
Portrayal of the dancer Lucie Kieselhausen in an exotic costume consisting of a jacket and knee-length skirt with star decoration in brown, blue and yellow, sleeves and skirt part with tiered flounces with a wavy hem, the waisted jacket on the side and on the back with three peaks similar to a bellflower, jagged headgear with long colored feathers curved upwards, floral decorative element on the side of the posing figure at her feet.
The figure is based on a black, round base with the artist's signature 'Kostial' on the top next to the figure.
The dancer and actress Lucy Kieselhausen (1897 - 1926) was a student of Grete Wiesenthal and was a successful German dancer at the beginning of the 20th century. Lucy Kieselhausen appeared in three silent films: 'Thousand and one Woman' (18), 'The Seventh Great Power' and 'Earth Spirit'. In addition to her dancing activities, Lucy Kieselhausen also wrote the dance drama 'Salambo', which was set to music by Heinz Tiessen. In 1926, Lucy Kieselhausen died in a tragic accident caused by a petrol explosion with a burning jet of flame in her bathroom. Source: Cyranos ch
Designed by Josef KOSTIAL...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1940s Art Deco Porcelain Woman Italian Statue by Cia Manna
By Lenci
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish porcelain statue made in Italy in the 1940s by Cia Manna small laboratory in Turin. It's in good conditions with normal signs of age. A super piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Archer in Bronze by Paul Moye (German, 1877–1926), Early 20th Century
By Paul Moye
Located in Greding, DE
Finely executed bronze figure with green patina depicting a nude youth drawing a bow, by Paul Moye (1877 Nordhausen – 1926 Weimar). Mounted on a black stone base. Signed P. Moye on t...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Art Deco Porcelain Pin-Up Figurine by Goebel, 1929, Holiday Gift Idea
By A.W. Goebel
Located in Lisbon, PT
An Art Deco porcelain figurine from 1929, crafted by W. Goebel in Rodental, Bavaria, features a refined pin-up figure with a nacre-like finish.
The miniature sculpture stands out fo...
Category
20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$1,654 Sale Price
25% Off
Art Deco Cold-Painted Bronze Sculpture Entitled "Scarf Dancer" by Josef Lorenzl
Located in Germantown, MD
An attractive 20th Century Art Deco cold painted bronze figure of a naked dancer with her arms outstretched in an elegant pose holding the hem of the scarf that is draped around her ...
Category
20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Dancer
Rumba
, by Stephan Dakon, Around 1938
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate Goldscheider Art Déco Ceramic Figurine of the 1930s:
Young dancer posing with short brunette hair in a blue costume: a tight-fitting bustier and a short, high-slit flounce s...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage West German Ceramic Mannequin Head/ Bust with Mustache
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool vintage West German ceramic mannequin head/ bust with mustache, circa 1950s. The piece is in good vintage with condition no chips or cracks and measure 6"W x 8.75"D x 12...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
French Modernist Sculpture Saint John Baptist Bronze by Jean Lambert-Rucki Paris
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Jean Lambert-Rucki (French 1888-1967.) Patinated Bronze Statuette on hardwood plinth of St. John the Baptist.
Retains original paper label on bottom inside from Foundry; Adalc Paris, Made in France. Wooden base is stamped, Cheret Paris...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Sculpture by Gerhard Schliepstein for Rosenthal, Named "Diana"
Located in Stockholm, SE
Art Deco sculpture by Gerhard Schliepstein for Rosenthal, "Diana" ca. 1933–1934. Porcelain, white, glazed. Base signed: G. Schliepstein (embossed). Marked: Manufacturer's mark (green...
Category
1930s German Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
AUGUSTE MOREAU ( 1834-1917 ) "Young Girls in a Basket of Flowers". 19th century
Located in Madrid, ES
AUGUSTE MOREAU ( 1834-1917 )
"Young girls in a basket of flowers".
19th century French bronze sculpture
Signed Moreau.
Alt.: (total) 57 cm
good conditions
Category
19th Century French Antique Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculptural Mid-Century Italian Espresso Maker
Located in Riverdale, NY
Sculptural mid-century Italian espresso maker from the 1940's. Incredible industrial design with fluted bakelite handle and accents. To open, un...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Goldscheider Art Deco Dancer Posing On Drum by Josef Lorenzl, Around 1926
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1920's:
Representation of a young variety dancer in pose. She wears a short, low-cut, blue ruffled dress, the skirt ends of whi...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Female Bust by Bigi Torino, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Bigi Torino
Bust of a maiden in ceramic, the dress and the headdress are in the romantic style of the 19th century, the sweet and well made face expresses sweetness and serenity, th...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Roland Paris Bronze Art Deco The Clown
By Roland Paris
Located in NANTES, FR
Art Deco bronze with green and brown patina around 1930.
Bronze clown on Portor marble base.
Signed Roland Paris on the embankment.
Notes of micro scratches on the marble.
Total height: 53cm
Base: 13cm x 46.5cm
Weight: 16 Kg
Friedrich Richard Roland Paris (March 18, 1894 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary - May 4, 1945 in Swinemünde, Germany) was a German caricaturist, writer of satirical verse, graphic designer, painter and Art Deco sculptor.
Roland Paris attended the Grand-Ducal Realgymnasium in Weimar from 1905. From 1909, he was a student at the Saxon Grand-Ducal School of Applied Arts in Weimar. Here, in 1912, he received second and third prizes as well as 25 points in a competition for the design of emblems for student associations, which he continued to produce for two or three years. Some of these works showed the influence of Art Nouveau, others included more modern approaches. In 1912, Paris took a course in sculpture at the Saxon Grand-Ducal School of Art in Weimar with the sculptor Gottlieb Elster. He then went to Munich, where he completed internships with several sculptors. In 1913, he returned to the school of Fine arts in Weimar and studied painting with Walther Klemm.
In June 1915 he received his call up order for the Eastern Front of World War I and served first in a commando unit and then in the Air Force Inspectorate (IdFlieg) . After his return in 1919, he settled in Berlin. In 1924 he married Elisabeth Lisl Austen (b. 1897), a dancer at the Théâtre des Westens who modeled most of his female characters; he depicted himself for the facial parts of his male characters. The marriage remained childless. Their shared one-bedroom apartment in the backyard of Xantener Strasse 11 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf was also the Paris Studio, where he designed and made many of his sculptures, as well as graphics and paintings...
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Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Tall Ceramic Green Dress Lady, German, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Beautiful Art Deco figurine of a lady in a striking green dress in a dance pose. No factory mark to indicate maker but has incised factory number, see images. The figurine stands 25 ...
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Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Keramos Art Déco Dancer
Butterfly
, By Rudolf Podany, Vienna, Circa 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Viennese Art Déco ceramic figurine:
Young, pretty dancer with blonde, curly hair posing in a short, see-through costume, barefoot on tiptoes in a step position, her upper body t...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Art Déco Figurine
Blonde Dream
, by Stephan Dakon, ca 1935
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent art ceramic figurine from the 1930s:
Striding young lady with a cropped, delicate top and a large hat, holding up the long, wide skirt with a stylized floral pattern with both hands.
On a black oval base, artist's signature 'Dakon' on the bottom.
Based on the film 'The Blonde Dream', starring Lilian Harvey.
Lilian Harvey (1906 - 1968) was a British-German actress, singer and dancer. From 1923 she attended the ballet school of the German State Opera and received first paid appearances as a dancer in Hungary and Austria. She made a total of 12 films with Willy Fritsch, and in 1930 came the decisive breakthrough with the romantic comedy film 'Liebeswalzer'. 1931 the film 'The Congress Dances' appeared, in which she appeared in a scene 'Christels Song', better known as 'Das gibt's nur einmal' that today still exists as an Evergreen. During the Nazi era in Germany Lilian Harvey's career stopped because of her opposition to the regime and she emigrated first to southern France and then to the United States. After the war she returned to Europe and took turns living in Germany and France, where she died in 1968.
Designed by STEPHAN DAKON...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Bimini Glass Anchors
By Bimini Glass
Located in Riverdale, NY
Delicate Bimini Hand blown glass anchors with chains from the 1930s Germany. Paper thin glass blown in an anchor motif with glass chain. We think these would work well in an aquarium...
Category
1930s German Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
$495 / set
Murano Gold Leaf Queen Figure Holding Flowers Italian Art Glass Woman Sculpture
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Gorgeous, and tall, vintage Murano hand blown gold flecks Italian art glass Queen Woman figure, sculpture. The woman is holding 3 purple flowers, and stands on an opal white base. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Enchanting French Art Deco Sculpture of Lady with Fan and German Shepherd
Located in Hopewell, NJ
French Art Deco sculpture possibly by Tedd, France, 1930s. "Lady and German shepherd". Cold painted spelter and marble. Raised on a marble base. Intricate details in the lady's fan a...
Category
1930s French Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Art Deco Statuary Marble Figure of Cleopatra
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Art Deco statuary marble figure of Cleopatra.
The half-lifesize standing figure posed with her right foot raised and looking to dexta, in front of a recumbent sphinx raised on a stepped entablature. On a Siena marble pedestal carved with panelled front.
Italian, Early 20th century.
Intertwining history and legend, the story of Cleopatra (68-30 B.C.) has inspired artists for centuries. The present depiction dates to a period of Egyptomania inspired by Howard Carter...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
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Marble
$38,873 Sale Price
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"Diana with Fawns" by Marcel-andré Bouraine
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Deco sculpture called Diana with Fawns. Made of bronze, silver plated and patina in brown and green. Made by Marcel André Bouraine (1886-1948). Sign...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Iridescent Murano Glass Sculpture with Gold Leaves by Archimede Seguso 1940s
Located in Milano, MI
Sculpture in iridescent green Murano glass and gold leaves, depicting a lady with ears of wheat, made by Archimede Seguo in the 1940s
Ø cm 12 h cm 23.
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1940s Italian Vintage Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
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Murano Glass
$731 Sale Price
20% Off
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