
‘Ecstacy’ – Erte (Romain De Tirtoff)

Art Deco female dancer sculpture ca.1930 by Ferdinand Preiss, Austria.

Art Deco relief mural by Ronald Atkinson
Lobby, (former) Daily Express Building, London
The Art Deco movement was championed in 1925 as a mission to embrace modernism, decorativism and globalism into a collective creative force and harness the artistic talent that had converged on Paris after WW1. A comparable influential trajectory had occured in 1919 when Walter Gropius established the Bauhaus School with the bold objective of merging architecture, sculpture and painting into a single creative expression to develop a utopian craft guild of artists.
The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (which was the genesis of the term Art Deco) became the focus for this style upheaval and a new design aesthetic emerged replete with references to fashion, finesse, glamour and elegance. The streamlined designs introduced in this era inspired sleeker lines which also appeared in architecture and fashion. According to Erte, Art Deco became a “confluence of Cubism and Art Nouveau.” The unpredictable Cubist abstractions and their fluid perspective had a more refined fusion which became tempered by the harmonious undulations of nature. Erte’s art defined an era of sophistication and luxury combined with a sublime balance and flambouyant fashion exploration to promote a contemporary freedom of expression. Jean Dupas was also one of the adventurous designer artists in the 30s with his fascinating synthesis of Surrrealism, Art Nouveau, Neo Classical and Art Deco. It was an unparralled era for the integration of so many new Art movements into a formidable innovative design front.

Large Art Deco silvered chryselephantine Art Deco sculpture; designed by Max le Verrier
France

Poole Pottery vase

Art Deco Pontiac Indian hood ornament
1933

Berlin artist Dodo (Dörte Clara Wolff )

Art Deco coffee set in silver, designed by Paul A. Lobel
1934

Art Deco bronze nude dancer by prolific French Art Deco sculptor, Pierre le Faguays
circa-1930

Art Deco coloured Lithongraph by Jean Dupas

Modiano Cigarette poster

RKZ Mensware poster – 1920s

Delahaye 175s Saoutchik Roadster

Art Deco bronze figure ‘Antinea’ by Demetre Chiparus

Art Deco garniture mantle clock
CA. 1930

Neptune and mermaid Art Deco centrepiece by R. Durquet
France-20th century

Art deco porcelain bathing beauty exotic dancer figurine.
Germany

Art Deco Eagle sculpture — James T Foley Courthouse
Albany, New York

Art deco, um 1925,– Sammler-Stück

Art deco—Czech glass perfume bottle

Bulbous french art deco porcelain red & orange stork vase

Reclining woman and peacock porcelain figurine by Lemone

Black Lacquer and Gold Screen-Attributed to Paul Feher

Boch Freras Art Deco Glazed Pottery Floral Vase

Bouraine Art Deco bronze sculpture– ‘Amazone’

Lawrence Tenney Stevens – long horned sheep with wings ‘Woofus’ sculpture
Texas Exposition 1936

Lucien Lelong—French Art-Deco Handpainted Porcelain Vase
circa-1935

Carole Lombard dans“Rumba”, 1935, costume -de Travis Banton

Bronze commemorative medal by André Lavrillier and Alfred Janniot
1930

Palais Stoclet, Brussles

Camille Faure Art Deco Copper Enamel Geometric Vase

Claudette Colbert on Art Deco throne– Cecil B Demille’s Cleopatra
1934

Carlton ware Forest Pattern vase with stylised trees

Spherical Art-Deco style Animated Antelopes Vase by Keralouvre La Louviere

Art Deco/Flapper Costume design
1926

Demetre Chiparus—Art Déco—Sculpture ‘Danseuse de Footsteps’
1925

PIERRE LAUREL Art Deco bronze of a nude woman lacing her sandals, marble base
1930
1st Dibs

The Goddesses by Odyv

Art Deco women with her dog

Delores del Rio

Der Windhund, 1929

Goldscheider Vienna Elegant Lady With Hat And Gloves By Claire Weiss C.1936

Art Deco vase with handle — Eelke Snel–Potterie Kennemerland

English School Art Deco reclinging Easy chair with walnut frame–1930

Erté, ‘Dancing in the Dark’
1920’s

Strikingly original Art Deco abstract design vase

Johann Philipp Ferdinand Preiss ‘Breasting the tape’
circa 1925

Fortunato Depero, Futurist ‘Vogue’ cover
1929-ca.

Frankart Table Lamp Glass and painted metal Square

Haller Revue 1924 – Monika Sperr

Dodo – In der Loge, 1929

Art Deco jug Jarro Branco Laranja – Vista Alegre
1935

Joe Descompe – art deco figurine – girl with cape

Josephine Baker
1936.

Lady Mantle Clock by Uriano

Large bronze sculpture with silver patina depicting a young naked dancer and a greyhound –Abel R Philippe

House Of Erte – ‘Fireflies’—Royal Dalton

Crackled white vase – Rene Buthaud

Sevres flared vase – Ruhlmann N°3

CzechJazz Art Deco vase
Sheryls

Newtone art deco vase
Australia

Silvered bronze French Art Deco naked girl on marble plinth

Stoneware vase by Carl Harry Stalhane for Rorstrand

Daily Planet Art Deco set created in Sydney for Superman Returns

Swedish Rorstrans–porcelain vase
1935

Tänzerin ”Spanischer Shawl” Josef Lorenzl (Entwurf), Goldscheider, (Dolores del Rio)
1928-29

Swedish art deco vase by Gunnar Nylund for Rorstrand

The Birth of Venus- Art Deco styled sculptural bas relief—Boris Blai
1956

‘The Gentlemen with the Glacier Eye’ – Dodo
1928

“The lute player” – Jan & Joel Martel
1932

Trim fireplace clock in white marble veined beige decorated with floral motifs in gilded bronze
Aguttes

‘The Man’ – M. Lhermann
L’Homme 1939

Two Art Deco Cubist vases–Glazed earthenware–signed T R Lallemant
France
7.5inches

Louis GIRAUD grand Art Deco vase
Vallauris

A Daum Art Deco glass Vase (1930-35)—Dalbera,Paris

Africanist Deco Vase and cover by René Buthaud

Vintage Art Deco French Orientalist decor – Caravan Scene Painted Glass Vase

Vase Pierrefonds 20th Art Deco for Crystallizations
Height 40 Cm

Vogue Cover—June 1926 Poster Print by William Bolin

‘You owe it to your audience’ – Kayser stockings
1930s

Waylande Gregory–‘Burlesque Dancer’ white porcelain cubist figurine
Music of the Art Deco era
Darlin’ — Lucky Millinder Orchestra
Yes!Yes! — Mills Blue Rythym Band – 1937
‘Some Of These Days’ – Valaida Snow — (on vocals and trumpet) – 1937
Valaida Snow -‘I Must Have That Man’ – 1936
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2 Comments
Art Deco gets me every time.
I can’t get enough of the aesthetic.
ART DECO is a historical sight and probably won’t be topped.