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Art Deco exuberance

 

After the war, between the 20’s and 30’s, there was an exuberance of style and pursuit of luxury, fueled by woman entering the workforce and lines of credit being available for the first time with the marketing masterstroke in the form of the lay-by. For integration of style elements, there was probably never a more complete symbiosis then that which occurred between architecture, furniture, graphics, fashion and decorative objects in Art Deco. The expanding movie industry at this time also promoted Art Deco and the aspiration for elegance and the high life.
With the evolution of the Art Deco lifestyle and its accompanying fashion designs in the 30’s, this coincided with an  increasing interest in international travel, sporting activities and greater leisure pursuits. This led to an increased demand for  more comfortable attire while simultaneously reflecting a streamlined chic that followed the emerging  trends in design. Freedom of movement in garments became a pivotal consideration, with ornate detail giving way to a more elegant simplicity which could be adapted to the willowy, lithesome lines of the more slender bodies. As women became more financially independent, they dressed with a more liberated style which was mirrored in outfits that were symbolically more flowing and less constricted. Floral fabric decorations were combined with dynamic geometric and abstract patterns highlighted with vivid colors.

 

Josef Lorenzl cubist/art deco lamp

 

 

The eclectic Art Deco designs successfully drew inspiration from the cubist, fauvist, futurist and surrealist movements including the Ballet Russes theater designs. Corsets had fallen out of favor along with the prudish, Victorian turn of century values. Cumbersome bustles had magically morphed into their opposite with revealing backless and sleek dresses. The rapidly developing consumerist society wanted style and quality and fabrics like soft crepe, chiffon and satin became desirable for their sleekness and elegance. Innovative seaming was utilized to allow for the appearance of more sensual body contours while adhering to a traditional allure of classical femininity, supporting this enormous upheaval of chic.

 

 

Demetre Chiparus – ‘Fan Dancer’

 

Illustrators and artists such as Dorte Clara Wolff , Tamara de Lempicka, Gyula Batthyány, Maurice Picaud and Louis Icart all embraced this exhilarating shift in style. Sculptors and ceramicists like Franz Hagenauer, Lorfenzl, Dunand, Royal Dux, Wayland Gregory, Pierre le Faguays, Erte and Demetre Chipuly also had a critical influence in defining this exuberant era of fashion and design. Famous couturiers, such as Paul Poiret, Coco Channel, Sonia Delaunay and Henry Marque beautifully interpreted the mood and trends into stunning designs and original creations.

 

‘Feathers Hair and White Peacock’ by Barbier

 

 

Art Deco porcelain lithesome female figure

 

 

 

‘Donna’ — Sandro Vacchetti for Essevi

Torino, Italy

 

French La Vie Parisienne Magazine

1920’s

 

 ‘Dancer with fan’ — Alexandre Kelety — Bronze sculpture with golden and silver patina and chocolate brown.

 

 

Dorte Clara Wolff aka Dodo

 

 

Cubist Art Deco female auto hood statue made into paperweight

 

 

Art Deco mantle clock

 

Art Deco bronze nude sculpture –  J Garnier

1925

 

 

‘Victoire (Luminaire)’ – Erte etched glass

 

 

 

Lidel art deco poster

 

 

A Lorenzl Art Deco bronze harlequin dancer

1930

 

 

‘Le signorine’ – di Sandro Vacchetti

 

 

London Hotel Metropole menu cover

 

 

“Africa” Harlem Renaissance painting by Loïs Mailou Jones-(1905—1998)

1935

 

 

30’s poster by Erte

 

 

Art Deco bronze and ivory figure by  J Ulrich

Austria 1930

 

 

Femme Danseus – L Gibert rare grd statue sculpture art deco

1920-1930

 

 

‘La Mysterieuse’ by Erte (Romain de Tirtoff)

Martin Lawrence galleries

 

 

Art Deco sculpture elegance – Lorenzl

 

 

The Women’s Museum, Fair Park, Dallas, Texas

 

 

Art Deco Cafe, illustration by Martin Wickstrom.

 

 

Art Deco Silvered Bronze of ‘Two Dancing Women’ – Ignacio Gallo-(Spanish)

 

 

Art Deco bronze sculpture – Lorenzl

 

 

Art Deco Sculpture by Solon for Amer, Encaustic

A classic and rare example of Art Deco sculpture, this piece was designed by Leon Victor Solon, an important color theorist and designer who became the artistic director of the American Encaustic Tile Company (AETCO) in 1922

1stDibs

 

 

Art Deco Bronze Sculpture of a Nude by Lucien Alliot

1930, France 1stDibs

 

 

‘Scarabee’ – Art Deco Actinea Bronze and Ivory Figurine by Demetre H Chiparus

1925

 

 

Art Deco bronze Seated nude

 

 

Art Déco—Pot à Poudre ‘Femme’—Céramique

 

 

 

Ovoid vase in polychrome sandstone Quimper, signed ‘HB Quimper Odetta’

 

 

Erte ‘Deco’ bronze sculpture

 Martin Lawrence Galleries

 

Art Deco Austrian bronze figure by Josef Lorenzl

20th Century Decorative Arts

 

Copper and silver plated bronze figure by Joseph Lorenzl

 

 

Art Deco Enameled Silver Compact

1930

Skinner

 

 

Art Deco sculpture

 

 

Art Deco Red Spanish Shawl Dancer – Josef Lorenzl for  Goldscheider

 

 

Frankart style Art Deco lamp

 

 

 

Printemps Dept. Store poster – Erte

30’s

 

 

Art Deco mantle clock with silver relief panel

 

Art Deco bronze figure Lamp

20th Century Decorative Arts

 

 

Rosenthal Art Deco Porcelain Figurine – ‘Carmen’

 

 

Art Deco jar by Camille Faure

Paris 1930

 

 

Erte vase  –  ‘Oriental Mystery’

 

 

Art Deco print from — ‘The romance of perfume’, with drawings by George Barbier (1928)

 

 

 

Art Deco – clock ‘Femme au Poudrier’ – Ferdinand Preiss

1930.

 

Batthyány Gyula

 

 

‘Wisdom’ — Erte

 

 

 

‘La loge à l’Opéra’ – Jean Gabriel Domergue

 Domergue was recognized for landscape painting, but from the 1920’s he concentrated on being the painter of the “Parisian lady”.

 

Spanish artist Gaspar Camps

 

 

The Chicagoan magazine 1931

 

 

 

Reclining lady In Bronze Art Deco  —  Claude Mirval

Galerie Lauretta

 

 

Zinc art deco dancer sculpture

 

 

 

Dorte ‘Dodo’ Wolff Art Deco in Egypt watercolor painting

 

 

Lady walking two dogs Art Deco sculpture

 

 

Café by Gerda Wegener

 

 

Art Deco watercolor – Dorte Clara ‘Dodo’ Borgner

 

 

 Art Deco dancer – Demetre Chiparus

 

‘Dodo’ Dörte Clara Wolff

 

 

‘Dodo’ Dörte Clara Wolff

 

 

 Female silhouette poster –  Ombre et Lumiere

1928

 

 

‘Pearls and Emeralds’ porcelain figurine – Erte

 

 

Erte – – ‘Ange Harpiste’

1926

 

 

Erte figurine ‘Bal Tabarin’

 

 

Etling Art Deco opalescent sculpture dancer lamp

1930

 

 

Fayral French Art Deco Nude Sculpture ‘Venus’ Max Le Verrier Foundry

 

 

Ferdinand Preiss

 

 

La Vie Parisienne Magazine Illustration by Armand Vallee

 

 

French Art Deco cameo glass floor vase

circa 1925

 

 

Georges Lepape – ‘L’eventail d’or’ (The Fan of Gold)

 Gazette du Bon Ton

 

 

Gyula  Batthyany — ‘Casino von Monte Carlo’

 

 

Icarus Bronze–Art Deco – Otto Schmidt Hofer

1920

 

Jean Gabriel Domergue

 

 

 

Joseph Csaky

 

 

La Parisienne ‘Encore La Question D’Orient’ — Armand Vallee

 

 

‘Street Scene’ -Dodo Dorte Burgner

Arnet

 

Maurice Picaud, Folies Bergere Poster

France, 1926

 

Magazine cover art by A Deiser

 

 

 

Pierre le Faguays – Art Deco spelter figure lamp – ‘Farandole’

circa 1930

 

 

French Art Deco Burmese Cat & Nude Lady mantle clock by Marti

 

 

 

Rene Gurau Paris races

 

Art Deco spelter figure by A Leclerc,  France

ca. 1930 Height 37cm

 

 

Les petites femmes-d’Armand Vallée

 

 

Rene Lalique Color Enhanced Deep Amethyst Glass Cote d’Azur Statuette

Circa 1929

 

 

Art Deco Austrian bronze figure by Josef Lorenzl, depicting the Czech soprano singer Maria Jeritza

circa 1930s

20th Century Decorative Arts

 

Schneider Art Deco Vase

 

 

 

Demeter Chiparus art deco sculpture