Art Deco Painting
The first book to define Art Deco painting as a genre.
Edward Lucie-Smith
- The first book to focus specifically on Art Deco painting
- Demonstrates that in the 1920s and 1930s there was a distinctive Art Deco style in painting as well as in the decorative arts
- French, American, Russian, British and Italian painters are all represented, including Tamara de Lempicka, Jean Dupas and Glyn Philpot
- Written by a leading authority on 20th-century art
Paperback
240 x 280 mm, 9 1/2 x 11 in
160 pp
108 colour illustrations
ISBN 9780714835761
0714835765
The eclectic, international style now known as Art Deco originally took its name from the 1925 Paris 'Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes'. The style was all-pervasive during the 1920s and 30s, affecting the decorative arts, fine arts and fashion. This is the first book specifically to examine Art Deco painting and to define it as a genre. Edward Lucie-Smith analyses the characteristics of the style, period and history of the movement, explaining its relationship to Classicism, the Symbolists, the Precisionists, Cubism and photography. He discusses the frequent use of classical imagery, the importance of society portraiture and the lure of decorative exoticism. French, American, Russian, British and Italian painters, who are all represented here, were attracted as much to the skyscraper and automobile as they were to the classical nude. The result was a remarkable mix of traditional and modern as seen in this selection by such artists as Tamara de Lempicka, Jean Dupas and Glyn Philpot.
Edward Lucie-Smith is well known as a critic, broadcaster and writer on art. He is the author of Art Today, also published by Phaidon.
Fantastic
Jay Jones