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
"Theatrical Scene, " Art Deco Painting with Tragedy, Comedy in Celestial Setting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary, almost surreal scene by one of America's leading muralists in the Art Deco period, Eugene Savage, depicts a floating female nude on the stage, with figures of Com...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Quarry Men, " Striking Art Deco-WPA Depiction of 1930s Laborers, Rockport
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The painter Iver Rose is best known for his work which brought attention to the plight of workers in Depression Era America. This painting of quarry workers in Rockport, Massachusett...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Marian Anderson at Lincoln Memorial", Important WPA-Period Painting by Smeltzer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extraordinary artistically and historically, this oil painting by WPA muralist Sterling Smeltzer captures the dramatic moment when Marian Anderson sang before an enormous crowd in fr...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Eros and the Planets", 1939 Art Deco Oil Painting with Male Nude, Blue
Brown
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This warm and vivid painting -- probably made in response to the opening salvos of World War II -- depicts the mythological Eros figure, with wings outspread, placing his arm on an i...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Brotherly Love", Art Deco Masterwork in Gold for Elks Memorial, 1926
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A true Art Deco masterpiece, painted as a final study for one of a series of large murals for the National Elks Memorial in Chicago, finished in 1926, this large gold-hued scene depi...
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1920s Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"The Harvest", Art Deco Painting with Male Laborer in Blue and Purple
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gloriously painted in a palette of blue, purple, white and yellow, this painting by Jocke Åkerblom depicts a laborer in the field, wielding his scythe, with a glorious sky above that...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Nude Male Bathers, " 1930s Watercolor Painting of Nude Figures, Blue
Tan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Strikingly and vividly painted in watery tones of blue, green, tan and rose, this watercolor painting by Jean Paul Slusser depicts three nude male bathers...
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1930s North American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Bathers at the Shore, " Art Deco Painting of Swimmers by Karfunkle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in muted tones of honey, soft blue and dusty pink, this evocative painting from the 1930s depicts two nude and semi-nude ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$4,400 Sale Price
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B.L. Goodwin, Abstraction in Color, c. 1945
By Goodwin
Located in Oakland, CA
B.L. Goodwin c.1945
Abstraction in color
Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal
Signed: Goodwin
Frame Measurements
W 35.50'' x H 28.33''
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Europa and the Bull", Bold Art Deco Depiction of Mythological Theme by Darcy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the wildest and most free-spirited depictions of the Europa and the Bull legend we have seen, this painting by Georges Darcy shows Europa with a wi...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$2,925 Sale Price
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maritime scene etching painting from 1920
Located in TARBES, FR
Description :
For sale is a magnificent etching depicting a maritime scene, created by the famous French artist Alphonse Lafitte in 1920. This work delicately captures the beauty of ...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
$246 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Pair of Theatre Backdrops - France, 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Impressive pair of oil on canvas theatre decors/murals depicting a bourgeois interior at two different periods.
The grisaille represents the interior in the 19th century, whereas...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
$3,313 / item
"August Evening, " Masterful Landscape with Figure by MacGilvary, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of dramatic, shifting light and deep, atmospheric colors, this landscape painting by Norwood MacGilvary depicts rolling farmland and a winding road, with a dramatic mountainside...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$7,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"Mail by Stagecoach, Lynn to Lowell", WPA Mural Study by Aiden Ripley
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An evocative and atmospheric example of WPA mural painting, this large study in watercolor and crayon depicts a stagecoach being loaded with mail and passengers for the journey from ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Portrait with Centaur", Art Deco Painting by Muralist for Texas Hall of State
By James Owen Mahoney
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare and important work by one of America's most important muralists working in the 1930s and 40s, this painting of a female figure on the edge of a magical forest, accompanied by ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
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
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Canvas
"Morning Chat, " Moody, Atmospheric Painting by Daniel Koerner, WPA Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of German Expressionism and American film noir, this deeply atmospheric, moody painting depicts two male figures in the foreground, deep in conversation...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Lazarska Stéfania
1887-1977
, Portrait of A Woman Signed and Dated 1934
Located in BARSAC, FR
Lazarska Stéfania (1887-1977) – Polish painter from the école de Paris
Beautiful portrait representing a smiling woman wearing a hairstyle and hat typical of the 1930s.
In its original Montparnasse...
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1930s Polish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Lady in Red Wall Painting, Japanese Art Deco Style, Canvas, 2010+
Located in Wiesbaden, DE
Wall painting
The Japanese Art Deco style is a design movement that emerged in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. It is a fusion of Western Art Deco elements and traditional Japanese ...
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2010s German Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Garden and Spindle, " Pair of Art Deco Paintings Celebrating the Swedish Home
By Simon Gate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of the greatest artists of the Swedish Grace movement -- Simon Gate, best known for his spectacular series of engraved glass designs for Orrefors in Sweden -- this pai...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$2,720 Sale Price / set
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Copy of Thomas Har Benton
s "Building of Railroad" Painting
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a painting by Thomas Hart Benton "Building of Railroad"
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Late 20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"The Modern Olympia", Odalisque Painting with Nude and Attendant, Sweden, 1926
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted a year after the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes) debuted in Paris, i...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Selection of Colorful Modern Art or Gallery Wall
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of colorful modern art or gallery wall, circa 1940s-1970s. They are:
Top row, left to right:
1) Color Lithograph by Sonia Delaunay, French, circa 1950s. Pencil signed at lower right. It measures 16.5" H x 13.5" W.
2) Cubist oil painting, probably American, circa 1940s. It has been framed in a vintage gilt frame. Various rubs and wear as seen in photos. It measures 22.75" H x 19" W.
3) Naïve modernist portrait painting, American, circa 1950s. Retains original gilt frame. It measures 21.5" H x 19.5" W.
Bottom row, left to right:
4) Color lithograph by Jean Lurcat, French, circa 1950s. It has been professionally framed in a black lacquer gallery frame under UV resistant glass. It measures 15.5" H x 19.5" W.
5) Colorful original painting of beach scene...
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1950s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood
The Animal Kingdom,
Art Deco Mural Study with Male Nudes by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
To our knowledge, this study is the only known image of this mural, created by John Garth to show an idealized Man at work and at play, all nude or semi-nude, and accompanied by anim...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Running Bunny Rabbit, " Charming Book Illustration from the 1930s-1940s
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Absolutely winning and full of charm, this book illustration depicts a bunny rabbit running across the land, the hilly landscape rich with browns and greens, and the sky a perfect blue. Painted in gouache on illustration board, the Sphinx mark -- one of the brands of the Weber company -- is visible on the reverse. This would make a perfect addition to the walls of a children's room, or a collection of American illustration art.
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
"Playing Ball", Superb Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes by François-Louis Schmied
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This vivid and sensual painting of two nude male figures, each ready to toss a ball into the air, was executed by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two leading artists speciali...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$7,120 Sale Price
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Antique Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas Depicting a Young Woman
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very well executed antique oil painting is unsigned, with unknown origins, and is presumed to date to approximately 1920 and done in the period impressionistic style. The painti...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
"Lost in Thought", Large Painting of Young Man and Bathers, Felix Meseck, 1938
By Felix Meseck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Centered around a young man in a blue swimsuit who is lost in thought, looking into the distance, this atmospheric painting shows a group of swimmers enjoying a lovely summer day. T...
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1930s German Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Distribution" Fabulous, Large Art Deco Allegorical Mural with Male Nude
By Charles Winter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of American allegorical painting celebrating the nation's trade and commerce, this gorgeous, high energy view of a major port, bustling with sailing ships, steam shi...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"The Return of Timothy Pickering, " WPA Mural Study Painting, 1939
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this mural study by Dunbar Beck was executed in preparation for his lobby painting at the US Post Office in Danvers, Massachusetts. Until it...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
"The Dump Truck" – Building Baruch College, 1919, by Marco Aurelio Tricca
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Marco Aurelio Tricca (American/Italy, 1880-1969)
"The Dump" Truck"—Building Baruch College, 1919
Oil on Canvas 20" x 30"
Giltwood Framed 24" x 34"
A histo...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
"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
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
"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
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Paint
"Giant", Original Painting in Cobalt
Red for Crate Label, California, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly executed in tones of cobalt and red to catch the eye, this original painting was made for a proposed crate label advertising Giant lettuce in the 1940s. At a time when C...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Alluring Art Deco Abstract Painting "Ladies Sharing Cocktails", c 1930
Located in Atlanta, GA
A captivating Art Deco era painting, circa 1930. The enchanting scene is of Ladies Sharing Cocktails. Fantastic energy and skillful use of color. A memorable focal point intended to ...
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1930s Unknown Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Paint
"The Fields, " Magical View of Moroccan Landscape with Male Nude by Jacques Azéma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Suffused with the soft, rich colors that Jacques Azéma was known for, this view of a Moroccan landscape ("Les Champs" in French) includes a seated male y...
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1940s Moroccan Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Impressionist Painting of Parisian cafe scene, 1930s
Located in London, England
Wonderful impressionist impasto painting of Parisian cafe scene.
Oil on canvas and board. Original artist made frame.
Good art history on the label verso.
France 1930s.
H 91cm x ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pine, Paint
Danish antique early 20th century landscape oil painting by Rasmus Larsen
Located in Ebberup, DK
Danish original antique oil on canvas landscape painting from 1925 by artist Rasmus Larsen (1867-1950).
Rasmus Larsen was a renowned Danish painter known for his landscape motives a...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Flamenco Dancer, " Brilliant Art Deco-Cubist Oil Painting by Schyl, 1920s
By Jules Schyl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of Cubist-influenced Art Deco painting, this view of a young flamenco dancer, with a wide-brimmed hat and roses on her hair, was painted by Jules Schyl, one of Sw...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Leonetto Cappiello, Poster Study Maquette, Studebaker, Automobile, Car, 1926
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Work of Art, Painting in Gouache, Pencil and Ink on Paper, "Maquette" or Study for a Poster for Studebaker Cars, by Leonetto Cappiello circa 19...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper, Paint
"Seated Black Man, " Rare and Fine WPA-Style Painting attributed to Walker Evans
By Walker Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Walker Evans is world-renowned for his Depression-era photographs of ordinary men and women across America, many of them taken while serving as “information specialist” in t...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$14,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas by C Tertiaux, "Boy From Academy", circa 1922
By Celine Melanie Castelain Tertiaux
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Early 20th century oil on canvas by C Tertiaux, "Boy From Academy" in gold gilt frame, circa 1922. This painting has been cleaned and relined.
Mea...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"The Wounded Adonis", Mythological Scene with Nude Male by Staehr-Nielsen, 1921
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Important and beautifully painted, this depiction of the handsome god Adonis, weak and stumbling after a wild boar attack, was made by Erik Stæhr-Nielsen, a Danish artist, in 1921. ...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Negro Night Club, " 1945 Painting Depicting African American Social Life
By Adalie Margules Brent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and lively depiction of a crowded cafe scene in 1945, this painting by Adalie Margules Brent depicts a slice of Black America at the end of World War II, probably in New Orleans, complete with a waiter, fashionably dressed men and women and wafts of cigarette smoke...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Oil Painting on Panel, Signed "Linda Le Kinff"
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oil Painting on Panel, signed "Linda Le Kinff".
Painting with the title of "Nathalie et l'Orchidée Géante", Beautiful Oil on panel, well framed by Linda Le Kinff, 20th century;
...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Gathering Fruit", Vividly-Hued Art Deco Painting with Nudes by Schulte
By Antoinette Schulte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Antoinette Schulte, a widely-respected artist in New York, who exhibited and taught widely, this painting depicts male and female nudes sheltered by the boughs of a tree h...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Cubist Nude in Blue and Pink", Striking Art Deco Female Figure by de Beauclair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly conceived and painted, this depiction of a female nude whose breasts are echoed by the hat on her head and the geometric figures to her left, was made by Alexander Wilhelm de ...
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1920s Swiss Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Townscape in Corsica", Brilliant Art Deco Landscape Painting by Åkerblom, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with a strong, vivid palette which captures the brilliant sky, terra cotta roofs and golden walls of this townscape, probably in Corsica, this work is a fine example of Art D...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Rene Buthaud Signed "La Fée aux Griffons" Oil on Panel Painting
By René Buthaud
Located in Kingston, NY
"La Fée aux Griffons" (The Fairy with Griffins) by René Buthaud, after the original by Gustave Moreau.
Artist Bio: Rene Buthaud was seen as the most accomplished and important Frenc...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Hercules and Alceste, Oil on Canvas Signed André Pierre LUPIAC, 1923
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil on canvas depicting Hercules bringing Alceste back from the Underworld to her husband King Admetus, signed lower right A.LUPIAC, 1923. André Pierre LUPIAC (1873-1956), entered th...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Regency 1925 Original Portrait of a Lady
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Presenting a captivating vintage Regency-style portrait from 1925, an original oil painting that exudes timeless elegance. This piece beautifully captures the dignified presence of a...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gold
Still Life Oil Painting on wood by the Belgian Artist A. Heynderickx, 1922
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1922 / Painting / A. Heynderickx / wood / Art Deco
Belgian Oil painting on wood signed A. Heynderickx, 1922 in wooden Art Deco frame.
This atmospheric painting features a...
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1920s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Young Man in Taxco", Portrait of Shirtless Mexican Youth, 1930s oil on canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in glowing, deep ruddy and brown tones, this sensitive portrait of a young man in Taxco was painted by Ralph Dwight Ayer in the ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$10,000 Sale Price
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"Six Scenes in Arcadia", Art Deco Paintings w/ Female Figures, Radio City Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of color and life, this group of six small vignettes on one sheet depicts pairs and trios of female figures dancing and frolicking in various idyllic landscapes -- rolling hills...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$2,000 Sale Price
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Carl Christian Forup, 1920s Amazons and Centaurs Oil on Canvas Painting
By Carl Christian Forup
Located in North Miami, FL
Amazons and Centaurs oil on canvas painting in the 1920s by Carl Christian Forup from Vejle, Denmark. This painting by Forup is one of the largest that h...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood, 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
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Paint
$2,160 Sale Price
20% Off
"Rower, " Large and Rare Art Deco Painting of Oarsman for Mosaic Urn in Bordeaux
By René Buthaud
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An iconic and splendid example of high style Art Deco painting by René Buthaud, one of the French masters, this stylized depiction of a rower were made in preparation for the creation of four, 12-foot high monumental mosaic...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Peace and Prosperity, " Art Deco Mural Design for Fort Meade, Maryland
By Achille Forgione
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This ink and watercolor painting was the winning submission for a large mural at Fort Meade in Maryland in 1951, solicited by a design competition and intended for one of the service clubs. We do not know if the mural was actually painted, but it does not survive today. The theme of "Peace and Prosperity" was a classic subject in the post-World War II era, and the soldier-artist -- Achille Forgione...
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1950s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Nude with Bowl of Fruit, " Art Deco Painting in Shades of Purple and Orange
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Absolutely lovely, almost translucent in its use of color -- as if painted on glass or silk -- this very rare gouache painting was created by William Hentschel, one of the master art...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Asian Archer, " Art Deco Painting of Asian Youth in Blue and Gray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dramatically and vividly painted, this depiction of a seated Archer of Asian descent, holding his bow in one hand, is a Classic example of Depression-era portraiture. The contemplati...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
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, Erté and Emil Fiala are some of the painters associated with Art Deco that you can find on 1stDibs.
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