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
"New Mexico River Valley, " 1920s Painting, Black, Green
Blue, Attr. Applegate
By Frank Applegate 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This superbly painted view of the mountains framing a river valley in northern New Mexico is attributed to Frank Guy Applegate, who lived and worked in the state during the 1920s, and is known for his watercolors -- such as this -- that present strong, abstracted views of the local landscapes, all in vivid colors and bold strokes of paint. Applegate was considered one of the New Mexico Modernists, and was accompanied on some of his painting forays by B.J.O. Nordfeldt, Andrew Dasburg and Josef Bakos. Applegate also had enormous respect for the culture and artistry of the native people, and encouraged a revival of the Pueblo style...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Budapest along the Danube, " Vivid 1930s Cubist Painting in Blues and Purple
By Aurel Richter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps the finest work of Aurel Richter's (1870-1957) career, this vividly-painted, Art Deco - Cubist view of central Budapest in the 1930s depicts the pinnacled Liberty Bridge, the sparkling blue...
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1930s Hungarian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Painting Cubist Composition Modigliani Face and Instruments Petroff
Located in Antwerp, BE
Painting cubist composition with Modigliani face, musical instruments, playing cards and fruit by the Russian artist Petroff.
Oil on board, framed.
Size of the frame:
H. 87 cm x L...
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1980s Russian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Portrait Painting, Woman With White Dress, Spanish, Oil Painting, 20th Century
Located in Breganze, VI
This is a woman portrait painting of a lady dressed in white.
This oil painting has an original frame realised in the 1900s. Art Déco.
Although the signature of the canvas portr...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Architecture
Construction, " Allegorical Mural Study for Rhode Island Capitol
By Robert Charles Haun
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of allegorical mural painting, this circular study depicting a female figure in Grecian robes overlooking a child with a plumb line, surrounded by scenes of construc...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Two Women Lounging", Richly-Imagined Portrait of Figures in Satin
Silk, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Voluptuous in its approach to scene and palette, this sumptuous portrait of two women, lounging side by side amongst pillows and fabrics in satin and silk, was painted by Rudolph Sch...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Masquerade, " High-Spirited, Colorful Art Deco Genre Scene
By Ellen Carpenter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of life and energy, this marvelous scene of a masquerade party, filled with guests in costume, exotic Japanese lanterns overhead, and swirling colors everywhere, this Art Deco s...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Watercolor
"Ice Skating, " Fabulous, High Style Art Deco Painting for B. Altman Dept. Store
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest examples of illustration art and Art Deco painting we have ever offered, this elegant and sophisticated view of New Yorkers skating arm in arm on a frozen pond or l...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Shepherd with Staff", High Style Art Deco Painting by Schmied, Book Illustrator
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This elegant and lovely depiction of a shepherd with his staff, clearly influenced by classic Greek painting and pottery, was made by François-Louis Schmied, one of France's two lead...
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1920s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Rare Set of Two Framed Oil Paintings by Ivan da Silva Bruhns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare set of two small framed oil paintings by Ivan da Silva Bruhns, (Paris, 1881-Antibes, 1980). Unique works. Signed. Each panel is 9 in. wi...
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1910s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood
Frank Leonard Brooks Attributed Canadian Antique Oil Painting on Canvas Board
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This framed antique painting is being attributed to the well known Canadian artist Frank Leonard Brooks, and dates to approximately 1920 and done ...
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Early 20th Century Canadian Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Walnut, Paint
Charcoal Portrait of a Woman
Located in Queens, NY
Art Deco charcoal portrait of a woman in a gilt wood frame (signed ELISABETH SCHMIDT ca. 1920).
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20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Wood
"Youth with Pipes and Valves, " Sensitive Portrait of Young Man, Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this WPA-period portrait of a young man in an unusual setting -- perhaps a boiler room or plumbing closet -- was executed by Dorothy Van Loan...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco Belgium Gouache and Watercolor Painting by Leo Engels Custom Framed
By Leo Engels
Located in North Miami, FL
This sensual and erotic like one of a kind original vintage European work of art by Leo Engels is of the Art Deco period. It is a combination of gouache and watercolor. It is Belgium...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Silver Leaf
"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe
By Anne Walker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exuberant and vividly painted, this painting depicts the circus big top on the edge of a small town, with a wagon to one side, a pair of elephants waiting for their moment, and two c...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Landscape Painting, Rome Painting, Greek Temple Painting, Oil on Canvas, 20th
Located in Breganze, VI
This is a antique landscape painting with a Rome park, Palatino park.
This oil painting on canvas has an original wood frame realised in the 1900s.
This landscape art work, dated 1949 and it is signed TILLEUX JOSEPH MARTIN, belgian painter, born in 1896 in Antwerp.
He was a painter of landscapes and still lifes. Participate and study at the "Académie des Beaux-Arts d'Anvers".
He was influenced by Franz Courtens et Frans Hens...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
$3,451 Sale Price
27% Off
"Golden Fields, " Allegorical Mural Study with Laborer Embracing Wheat Sheaf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's most important mural painters in the 1930s, this allegorical celebration of American agriculture was made by Edwin Boyd Johnson for a larger work that may never have been executed. Johnson is best known for a series of murals in Chicago; Melrose Park, East Aurora, and Tuscola, Illinois; Dickson, Tennessee; and Sioux Falls...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Bouquet of Roses by Hermine David, Oil on Cardboard Linen, Signed
By Hermine David, Jules Pascin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bouquet of Roses by Hermine David, oil on cardboard linen, signed. Framed.
Hermine Lionette Cartan David (19 April 1886 in Paris – 1 December 1970 in Bry-sur-Marne) was a French painter and the wife of Jules Pascin, also a painter.
She became one of the Ecole de Paris artists...
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1930s European Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Lunchroom Conversations, " Glimpse of 1920s Black Social Life in Philadelphia
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and elegance, this genre scene of African Americans eating and chatting in a 1920s lunchroom -- dressed to the nines in furs, fashionable hats...
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
20th Century English Art Deco "Kit" Oil Painting
Located in Queens, NY
English Art Deco oil painting of "Kit" signed and dated 1917 in gilt frame.
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20th Century British Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Art Deco pastel painting "Nude of a Woman" signed Fried Pal, 1930s
By Pal Fried
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stupendous pastel painting designed by Fried Pal in the 1930s,the theme of the nude in the Art Deco period was of important relevance,the author in this painting demonstrates great s...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Glass, Wood, Paper
French Oil Panting on Canvas of Horse Race Scene By Emilio Grau Sala
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions (Frame) - H: 17 1/4in W: 24 3/4in D: 2 3/4in
Dimensions (Painting) - H: 10 1/4in W: 17 3/4in
This French Oil Panting on Canvas of Horse Scene By Emile Grau Sala...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood
"Classical Nude with Flowers and Temple, " Important WPA Period Painting
By Arthur D. Brooks
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exhibited at the Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1933, this large WPA-influenced painting by Arthur D. Brooks depicts a nude female torso in a classical setting, complete with columned temple front, scroll and Greek urn. The artist includes a cluster of column elements to one side, including an Ionic column capita and a fluted column shaft, as well as an arched Roman facade, and a Greek pedimented...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Frederick Golden Short New Forest Woodland Signed and Dated 1920 Oil Painting
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning Frederick Golden Short 1863 – 1936 oil painting which dated 1920 and signed of the new Forest Woodland
This piece is exceptionally well exe...
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1920s English Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
Art Deco Watercolor Painting King and Slave Girl by Victor Colma, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco watercolor painting king and slave girl. Orientalist harem scene signed by Victor Colma. France ca. 1930.
Size of the frame:
H. 57 cm x ...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$1,824 Sale Price
25% Off
"Afternoon of a Faun", Bold Art Deco Painting Inspired by Debussy, Ballet Russes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a series of Art Deco paintings made by Eugene Savage in the 1930s to visualize and dramatize great works of Classical music, this painting celebrates "Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy, which later inspired the great ballet by Serge Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes. Savage, who became celebrated for his ambitious allegorical murals across America, packs the panting with a vividly-hued landscape populated by a series of mythological figures, including a drunken faun...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Braque "The Musicans Table" Painting
By Breaad
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a painting by French Fauvist Georges Braque titled,"The Musicans Table" (c 1913) showing Cubist composition of music sheets on a table.
Condition: Good; Wear consistent with...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Utopian Motif, " Lovely Art Deco Painting with Frieze of Agrarian Labors, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and ethereal, reminiscent of the pale, ideal compositions of Puvis de Chavannes in France and America, this utopian vista depicts a series of figures gathering fruit and grain, all in formal classical poses like an ancient, early Renaissance painting...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Still Life With Poppies By Frederick Arthur Jessup (1920-2007) Oil On Canvas
Located in LE CANNET, FR
Still life by Frederick Arthur JESSUP entitled "Pavots et table noir". Framed and signed work.
Born in Victoria in 1920, Frederick Arthur JESSUP educated at East Sydney Tecnichal Col...
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1960s Australian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Plowing at Sunrise, " Art Deco Paean to the Black Farmer, 1930s
By Willis Lohse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully conceived, dramatically set and very finely painted, this gouache and ink painting by Willis R. Lohse is a paean to the hard work and nobility of the black farmer in America, hat in hand as he marvels at the beauty of the day. Full of lovely colors -- lemon yellow, cerulean and fresh green -- Lohse captures a lovely moment where the farmer pauses to look upward, amidst sprays of birch trees and expanses of rolling fields. Lohse was a German-American artist who is best known for his illustrations for fiction and fantasy books published between the 1920s and 1950s, including "The Boy Who Found the King," "Raff, the Jungle Bird...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache, Ink, Paper
"Lying on the Sand, " WPA-Era Atmospheric Beach Scene with Male
Female Bathers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when Reginald Marsh, Paul Cadmus and many other painters loved to capture the joy and energy of crowded beach scenes in America, John Winters created this lovely genre scene of a male bather in his one-piece swim suit reposing on the sand (probably the Lincoln Park beach in Chicago...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Velvet Persian Lady Wall Hanging
By Grant Simon
Located in Queens, NY
American Art Deco (1928) vertical painted velvet wall hanging of Persian lady with 2 urns (attributed to GRANT SIMON).
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1920s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Velvet
"Design for Art Deco Rug", Geometric Painting in Deep Pink, Blue and Gray
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly stylized and rich with geometric forms -- including concentric circles, stacks of triangles and a lightning bolt motif -- this original painting was clearly made for an Art De...
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1930s Swedish Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Watercolor Floral Painting Wildflowers by Emil Fiala, Vienna, 1930s
By Emil Fiala
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco watercolor floral painting wildflowers by Emil Fiala 1930s Vienna.
Emil Fiala (1869-1960) was from 1915-1937 member of the Austrian Künstlerbund (formerly Hagenbund).
The de...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
"Maternal Love, " Gorgeous 1930s Art Deco Painting with Mother and Two Sons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most beautiful and tender depictions of maternal love from the Art Deco period that we have ever seen, this richly-toned oil painting by Gino ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
"Beautiful Gardens" Art Deco Painting for Ladies Home Journal, Horn and Hardart
By W. Schatz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in brilliant shades of fuscia, persimmon, olive green and aquamarine, this original gouache painting was painted to advertise the Ladies Home Journal in a Horn and Hardart...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Painting Cubist Composition Modigliani Face and Instruments Petroff
Located in Antwerp, BE
Painting cubist composition with Modigliani face, musical instruments, playing cards and fruit by the Russian artist Petroff.
Oil on board, framed.
Size of the painting:
H. 73 cm ...
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1980s Russian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Man in Black and White, " Remarkable Portrait of Young Man by Cohen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and intense, this portrait -- or perhaps self-portrait -- of a young man with pale skin, dark, flowing hair and a direct stare was painted by T. Cohen in the first decades of th...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Nudes Stepping Forth, " Large Theatrical Sketch by Raoul Pene du Bois
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very large and energetic sketch, depicting several nude figures stepping forward through a circular opening, was painted by Raoul Pene du Bois, probably as a preparatory piece f...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Gouache
Oil On Canvas Circular Art Deco Paintings Of The Smoky Mountains
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Rare circular Art Deco scenes of the Smoky Mountains with date and details rendered behind the paintings. Beautifully hand painted in vivid hues and original circular gilt frames. Em...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
$640 Sale Price / set
20% Off
"Slaying the Dragon, " Art Deco Watercolor Painting in Green and Coral
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Masterfully painted in tones of green and coral, this scene of an exotic knight fighting a fearsome dragon is full of energy. The dragon's snout and cresting suggests the influence ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paper
$2,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Bernard Pothast Antique Original Oil Painting on Canvas of a Mother
Children
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique framed oil painting was done by Bernard Pothast of the Netherlands in approximately 1920 in his realistic style. The painting is done on canvas and depicts an interior scene of a Dutch mother in period dress with her children. The painting is framed in its original gesso frame with a small brass name plate...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Paintings
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Gesso, Canvas, Wood
"Lifeguard and Bather, " Stylized Art Deco Beach Scene by MacGurrin, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reminiscent of the work of Gerald Murphy in its use of strong colors and flat, highly-stylized forms, this depiction of a lifeguard in profile, a female ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Living Room with Aquatic-Themed Painting, " Art Deco Watercolor, Blue and Peach
By William Lentz
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeous in conception and execution, this vivid and beautiful watercolor rendering, original to the 1930s, depicts an airy and open living space in 1930s modern style. The dramatic black stone...
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1930s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$2,600 Sale Price
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"Laundry Day, " Rural North Carolina on a Fresh Sunny Day, World War II
By Warren Wheelock
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fresh as a crisp fall day, this painting of a woman taking down laundry at the base of a hill dominated by her home above is a reassuring depiction of wholesome rural life in 1941, p...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$7,600 Sale Price
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"Nude with Parrot, " Brilliant Cubist-Art Deco Painting by Popczyk, Red and Blue
By Jozef Popczyk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in a kaleidoscopic array of brilliant colors -- tangerine, emerald green, scarlet, deep sky blue and black -- this Cubist work depicts a nude female figure and a parrot sitting on a circular perch, surrounded by a crazy quilt of patterns. The artist -- Joseph Popczyk -- was known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism, and in this case the chevrons and wavy patterns of Art Deco can...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Impressionist Painting of a Landscape in Austria, Oil on Canvas Around, 1930
Located in Berlin, DE
This Impressionist painting, shows a landscape with a lake in Austria. On the lake are boats and in the background you can see the snow-covered mountains.
A very beautiful and coher...
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1930s Austrian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
$550 Sale Price
20% Off
Businessman Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a portrait painting of an older businessman in blue suit with red tie
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Late 20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$7,450
"A Short Story", Important Painting
Poem, Stephen Tennant
Siegfried Sassoon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable both esthetically and historically, this delicate and atmospheric watercolor and ink painting by Stephen Tennant illustrates a short poem by...
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1920s British Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Sculptor at Rest" Painting by Maurice Glickman
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
An oil on canvas self-portrait by Maurice Glickman– depicting the artist in a seated position, wielding his sculptor's tools. It is titled and signed ...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
"Music", High Accomplished Painting with Multiple Nudes by Conner, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This detailed and highly-finished study by John Ramsey Conner for an allegorical painting depicts a relaxed grouping of nude figures executed in pale tones of ivory, mossy green and ...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Georges Busson Art Deco Beagle Dog Watercolor in a Burl Wood Frame
By Georges B
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco watercolor of a black, white, and brown beagle, framed in a burl walnut frame. (signed GEORGES BUSSON, dated 1929)(Companion pieces: 058035A-C-D-E-F)
Condition: Good...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Rene Clarot (1882-1972)
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Rene Clarot (1882-1972) was painted in 1936 and puts the artist's talents on full display! Using an impressionistic method, Clarot deftly bl...
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1930s Belgian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas, Wood, Paint
Georges Busson Art Deco Brown Dachshund Dog Watercolor in a Burl Wood Frame
By Georges B
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco watercolor of a brown dachshund, framed in a burl walnut frame. (signed GEORGES BUSSON, dated 1929)(Companion pieces: 058035A-B-D-E-F)
Condition: Good; Wear consiste...
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20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
Sydney Harbour Bridge Gouache on Paper, Art Deco Design, 1932
By Douglas Annand
Located in Seaford, GB
Sydney Harbour poster
Sydney Harbour Bridge poster design
Attributed to Douglas Annand in our opinion, this was an original drawing for the 1932 poster competition.
In 1932, the poster competition committee asked Douglas Annand and Arthur Whitmore to collaborate together to produce the now-famous 19th March 1932 poster.
There are clear similarities between ours and the collaborative poster.
Our design clearly shows more of an Art Deco and feminine design, as opposed to the more masculine, collaborative Sydney Harbour Bridge poster design.
Our drawing is Gouache on paper laid down on the artist's board.
The drawing is in the original frame and mount, dated March 1932 and is unsigned.
BIOGRAPHY
Douglas Shenton Annand (1903-1976), graphic designer and artist, was born on 22 March 1903 at Toowoomba, Queensland, the third child of Frederick William Gadsby Annand, accountant, and his wife Helen Alice, née Robinson, both Queenslanders. Having taken the commercial course at the Central Technical College, Brisbane, in 1920, Douglas j...
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1930s Australian Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint, Paper
"Triple Portrait, " Mesmerizing 1930s View of Young Man from Three Sides
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dated 1936, this striking self-portrait of a young man, seen from three vantage points, is painted with warm colors and a bold impasto technique that makes the faces come alive. The man is wearing an artist smock...
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1930s French Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
"Coca-Cola and Coffee", Original 1949 Painting, Important Industrial Design
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An astonishing and important example of Moderne-Mid Century Modern industrial design, this original watercolor rendering of a short-lived Coca-Cola/coffee vending machine was painted...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Alexandre Jacovleff (1887–1938), Portrait of a Young African Man, 1925
Located in Paris, FR
Alexandre Jacovleff (1887–1938), born in Saint Petersburg and later naturalized as French, was a prominent Russian painter. The son of a naval officer, he studied at the Imperial Aca...
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1920s Congolese Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Canvas
"Calla Lily and Purple Hills", Social Realist Painting of Oklahoma Landscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and richly-hued example of American Scene painting, this depiction of a yellow calla lily framed by undulating hills in tones of purple and red was painted by Richard Taflinger. The artist's celebration of his native Oklahoma landscape...
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1940s American Vintage Art Deco Paintings
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Paint
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Ink Amusement Park Drawing
Located in Queens, NY
American Art Deco pen and ink drawing of urban amusement park scene with a black matting and gilt square frame (L. Chupin)(Companion pieces: BRA012A, BRA012B, BRA012D, BRA012E, BRA01...
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20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
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Wood
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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