Jean Dunand Artist began his career as a sculptor and maker of fine decorative objects, but later (around 1909) Jean Dunand Artist became interested in lacquer  it is his lacquered panels, interior design, and furniture that he is most well known. Jean Dunand Artist exhibited his artwork and design throughout the interwar years, and at [...]

Art Informel style was developed between 1950 to 1960. The term was first used in 1952 by the French writer Michel Tapie who is the author of the book ‘Un Art Autre’ or ‘Art of Another Kind’. Tapié saw this art as ‘other’ because it appeared to him as a complete break with tradition. An [...]

Rene Lalique Artist was born in the village of Ay, France in 1860 and began apprenticing with Parisian Jeweler Louis Aucoq when Rene Lalique Artist was 17 years old. Rene Lalique Artist proceeded to attend the Sydenham Art College in London and in 1885 he took over the workshop of Jules Destape. Rene Lalique Artist [...]

Tamara de Lempicka Artist is maybe on of the most famous painters of the Art Deco period. Tamara de Lempicka Artist was born in Poland and then proceeded to move to Russia where she lived until Tamara de Lempicka Artist husband was arrested by the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution. Tamara de Lempicka Artist helped [...]

Raymond Hood Artist born in 1881, Raymond Hood Artist moved on to be ducated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris.     We don’t know much about Raymond Hood Artist early architectural career, but his success became obvious in 1922 when, along with John Mead Howells, [...]

Louis Icart Artist was born in 1890 in Toulouse and died in Paris in 1950. Louis Icart Artist became most well known as an artist in New York in the 1920′s. Louis Icart Artist most characteristic theme was glamourous women. Louis Icart Artist nickname was Helli derived from his initials L.I. Some of Louis Icart [...]

Cassandre Artist is well known for his Art Deco poster design using streamline and mechanization motifs portraying travel and innovative technologies. Cassandre Artist also explored visual movement with his posters displaying modes of transportation. Cassandre Artistwas born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1901 to French parents, eventually settling in Paris in 1915 with his family. In [...]

Jean Dupas Artist The famous ship the Normandie, had an interior that was designed by many of the biggest stars of the 1925 Paris art deco exhibition. Jean Dupas Artist top artists working on the ship included Ruhlmann, René Lalique the famed glass designer, Jean Dupas and Jean Dunand – 2 artists who worked on [...]

, and eventually moved to Florence in 1440 under the protection of Bernadetto de Medici – a wealthy noble. In Florence Andrea del Castagno painted portraits of citizens that were hanged after the Battle of Anghiari – these portraits were painted on the facade of the Palazzo del Podesta; this gained him the nickname Andrea [...]

Carl Paul Jennewein Artist Classical and art deco sculptor Carl Paul Jennewein Artist was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1890 and worked under artisans at the Stuttgart art museum from the tender age of 13 where he learned techniques of casting, modeling, and painting. Carl Paul Jennewein Artist lived in Larchmont, New York, from 1924 [...]