Art Deco femme du monde

 

 

illustration by Erte art deco graphics

 

 

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 Art Deco sculpture

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

‘Feathers Hair and White Peacock’ by Barbier

 

 

Art Deco porcelain figure

Art Deco porcelain lithesome female figure

 

 

 

Sandro Vacchetti for Essevi, Torino, Italy---'Donna"

‘Donna’ — Sandro Vacchetti for Essevi

Torino, Italy

 

1920s-France-La-Vie-Parisienne-Magazine cover

French La Vie Parisienne Magazine

1920’s

 

Alexandre-Kelety (1874-1940) 'Dancer with fan' Bronze sculpture with golden and silver patina and chocolate brown.

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

 

 

Dorte Clara Wolff - Dodo - 2 art deco women on red carpet

Dorte Clara Wolff aka Dodo

 

 

Art-Deco-women-car-mascot,-hood-ornament,-France,-1930

Cubist Art Deco female auto hood statue made into paperweight

 

 

P Sega mantle clock

Art Deco mantle clock

 

Bronze Art Deco Nude Sculpture by J Garnier, 1925

Art Deco bronze nude sculpture –  J Garnier

1925

 

 

Victoire (Luminaire)-Erte etched glass

‘Victoire (Luminaire)’ – Erte etched glass

 

 

 

Lidel magazine Art Deco cover

Lidel art deco poster

 

 

A Lorenzl Art Deco bronze harlequin dancer, Vienna 1930s

A Lorenzl Art Deco bronze harlequin dancer

1930

 

 

Le signorine-di-Sandro Vacchetti

‘Le signorine’ – di Sandro Vacchetti

 

 

London Hotel Metropole menu cover

London Hotel Metropole menu cover

 

 

Harlem Renaissence painting by Loïs Mailou Jones-(1905---1998)-Africa-1935

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

1935

 

 

Thirties poster by Erte

30’s poster by Erte

 

 

An-Art Deco bronze and ivory figure by- J Ulrich,Austria-1930

Art Deco bronze and ivory figure by  J Ulrich

Austria 1930

 

 

Silver patina bronze Femme Danseus - L Gibert rare grd statue sculpture art deco 

Femme Danseus – L Gibert rare grd statue sculpture art deco

1920-1930

 

 

Deco figurine La Mysterieuse by Erte_Martin Lawrence galleries

‘La Mysterieuse’ by Erte (Romain de Tirtoff)

Martin Lawrence galleries

 

 

Art Deco sculpture elegance – Lorenzl

 

 

Art Deco nude female sculpture - The Women's Museum, Fair Park, Dallas, Texas

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

 

 

Art-Deco-coffee-cafe poster-Art Deco Cafe, illustration by Martin Wickstrom.

Art Deco Cafe, illustration by Martin Wickstrom.

 

 

Ignacio Gallo-(Spanish,-19th-20th-century).-An-Art Deco Silvered Bronze of Two Dancing Women

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

 

 

Art Deco bronze figurine

Art Deco bronze sculpture – Lorenzl

 

 

Art Deco Sculpture by Solon for Amer, Encaustic

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

Art Deco Bronze Sculpture of a Nude by Lucien Alliot

1930, France 1stDibs

 

 

Art Deco Actinea Bronze and Ivory Figurine-(1925) by Demetre H Chiparus

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

1925

 

 

Art Deco bronze Seated nude-woman

Art Deco bronze Seated nude

 

 

Art Déco---Pot à Poudre-'Femme'---Céramique

Art Déco—Pot à Poudre ‘Femme’—Céramique

 

 

 

ovoid vase in polychrome sandstone Quimper, signed HB Quimper Odett

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

 

 

deco_erte_martin_lawrence_galleries

Erte ‘Deco’ bronze sculpture

 Martin Lawrence Galleries

 

Art Deco Austrian bronze figure by Josef Lorenzl

Art Deco Austrian bronze figure by Josef Lorenzl

20th Century Decorative Arts

 

Copper and silver plated bronze figure by Joseph Loremzl

Copper and silver plated bronze figure by Joseph Lorenzl

 

 

Art Deco Enameled Silver Compact, with yacht motif and stepped outline

Art Deco Enameled Silver Compact

1930

Skinner

 

 

Art-Deco-fashion-figurine - posing model in cream dress and red gloves

Art Deco sculpture

 

 

Art Deco Goldscheider Spanish Shawl Dancer-Josef Lorenz

Art Deco Red Spanish Shawl Dancer – Josef Lorenzl for  Goldscheider

 

 

Frankart style Art Deco lamp

 

 

 

Printemps Dept. Store poster - Erte

Printemps Dept. Store poster – Erte

30’s

 

 

Art Deco mantle clock with silver relief panel

Art Deco mantle clock with silver relief panel

 

Art Deco bronze figure Lamp-20th Century Decorative Arts

Art Deco bronze figure Lamp

20th Century Decorative Arts

 

 

Art Deco Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine-Carmen

Rosenthal Art Deco Porcelain Figurine – ‘Carmen’

 

 

Art Deco jar by Camille Faure-Paris 1930

Art Deco jar by Camille Faure

Paris 1930

 

 

Erte vase,-Oriental Mystery

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-painting-art-deco

Batthyány Gyula

 

 

‘Wisdom’ — Erte

 

 

 

Art Deco Painting-gabriel-jeans

‘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

 

 

1931 Chicagoan-mag-cover - couple on a balcony overlooking cityscape

The Chicagoan magazine 1931

 

 

Reclining lady In Bronze Art Deco Period Claude Mirval---Galerie Lauretta

 

Reclining lady In Bronze Art Deco  —  Claude Mirval

Galerie Lauretta

 

 

Zinc art deco dancer sculpture

Zinc art deco dancer sculpture

 

 

 

Dorte Wolff art deco watercolor painting

Dorte ‘Dodo’ Wolff Art Deco in Egypt watercolor painting

 

 

Lady walking two dogs Art Deco sculpture

Lady walking two dogs Art Deco sculpture

 

 

Café-by-Gerda-Wegener art deco watercolor

Café by Gerda Wegener

 

 

Dorte-Clara-Dodo-Borgner Art Deco beach femmes

Art Deco watercolor – Dorte Clara ‘Dodo’ Borgner

 

 

Demetre Chiparus-Art Deco dancer

 Art Deco dancer – Demetre Chiparus

 

Dörte Clara Wolff-dancers

‘Dodo’ Dörte Clara Wolff

 

 

Tennis leisure - Dörte Clara Wolff

‘Dodo’ Dörte Clara Wolff

 

 

poster_Ombre et Lumiere__1928

 Female silhouette poster –  Ombre et Lumiere

1928

 

 

Erte-Art-Deco-fashion-sculpture Pearls and Emeralds porcelain figurine

‘Pearls and Emeralds’ porcelain figurine – Erte

 

 

Erte--Ange Harpiste for blues__1926

Erte – – ‘Ange Harpiste’

1926

 

 

Erte sculpture Bal Tabarin-Art-Deco figurine

Erte figurine ‘Bal Tabarin’

 

 

Etling opalescent sculpture dancer lamp-art-deco-1930

Etling Art Deco opalescent sculpture dancer lamp

1930

 

 

FAYRAL French Art Deco Nude Sculpture 'Venus' Max Le Verrier Foundry

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

 

 

Ferdinand-Preiss-art deco dancing girl sculpture

Ferdinand Preiss

 

 

France-La Vie Parisienne Magazine Illustration by Amand Vallee

La Vie Parisienne Magazine Illustration by Armand Vallee

 

 

French art deco cameo glass floor vase-circa 1925

French Art Deco cameo glass floor vase

circa 1925

 

 

Georges-Lepape.-Art-Deco-Illustrator lady at the opera

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

 Gazette du Bon Ton

 

 

Gyula-Batthyany---Casino von Monte Carlo Two females at the casino

Gyula  Batthyany — ‘Casino von Monte Carlo’

 

 

IKARUS Bronze--Art Deco,1920-Otto Schmidt Hofer-(1873-1945)-€-4300,--His-work-was-primarily-Neoclassical-and-Art-Nouveau-between-1893-1914-and-Art-Deco-from-1915

Icarus Bronze–Art Deco – Otto Schmidt Hofer

1920

 

Jean Gabriel Domergue Parisian art

Jean Gabriel Domergue

 

 

 

Joseph Csaky art deco sculpture head

Joseph Csaky

 

 

La Parisienne Encore La Question D'Orient -- A Valee

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

 

 

Street-Scene-Dodo-Burgner-Arnet

‘Street Scene’ -Dodo Dorte Burgner

Arnet

 

Maurice Picaud, Folies Bergere Poster,

Maurice Picaud, Folies Bergere Poster

France, 1926

 

Art deco woman with cocktail - magazine cover art, by A Deiser

Magazine cover art by A Deiser

 

 

 

Pierre le Faguays A stunning Art Deco spelter figure lamp - 'Farandole' circa 1930

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

circa 1930

 

 

Rare 1920s French Art Deco Burmese Cat & Nude Lady mantle clock by Marti

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

 

 

 

Rene-Gurau-paris-races fashion illustration

Rene Gurau Paris races

 

Art Deco spelter figure by A LECLERC, France ca. 1930, the silver cold-painted figure with polychrome decoration, mounted on a multi-coloured marble base 37cm

Art Deco spelter figure by A Leclerc,  France

ca. 1930 Height 37cm

 

 

Les petites femmes-d'Armand Vallée Art Deco fashion

Les petites femmes-d’Armand Vallée

 

 

Rene Lalique Color Enhanced Deep Amethyst Glass Cote d'Azur Statuette of a nude woman Circa 1929

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

Circa 1929

 

 

stylish and rare Art Deco Austrian bronze figure by Josef Lorenzl, circa 1930s depicting-the-celebrated-Czech-soprano-singer-Maria-Jeritza

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-blue and orange--Skinner

Schneider Art Deco Vase

 

 

 

Demeter-Chiparus art deco sculpture

Demeter Chiparus art deco sculpture

 

 

 

 

 

1 Comment

  1. Daryl Mills
    Posted August 2, 2022 at 1:23 pm | Permalink

    Marvellous collation of Deco !! Thank you.

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