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Art Deco (Early 20th Century)


Art Deco
Descriptive term applied to a style of decorative arts that was widely disseminated in Europe and the USA during the 1920s and 1930s. Derived from the style made popular by the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in Paris in 1925, the term has been used only since the late 1960s, when there was a revival of interest in the decorative arts of the early 20th century. Since then the term ‘Art ... (view more)

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Artists Associated with Art Deco — 15 artists:

Leon Bakst
Tamara DeŁempicka
Donald Deskey
Jean Dupas
Erte
Alexandra Exter
Norman Bel Geddes
Eileen Gray

Louis Justin Laurent Icart
Carl Paul Jennewein
Lee Lawrie
Louis Lozowick
Paul Howard Manship
Viktor Schreckengost
Walter Dorwin Teague

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