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  1. ·Art Deco Pictures in the Public Domain Artworks and collections of Art Deco art, which are now in the public domain. These images are all out of copyright, so you are free to use them in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.
  2. Bakst, Léon Léon Samoylovich Bakst (1866-1924), born Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich Rosenberg, was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Jewish origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly coloured sets and costumes. He designed the décor for such productions as Carnaval (1910), Spectre de la rose (1911), Daphnis and Chloe (1912), The Sleeping Princess (1921) and others. Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (later Samoylovich) Rosenberg was b...
  3. Alma-Tadema, Lawrence Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom. Born in Dronryp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in London, England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A painter of mostly classical subjects, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean...
  4. Arcimboldo, Giuseppe Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527-1593), was an Italian Renaissance painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books. These works form a distinct category from his other productions. He was a conventional court painter of portraits for three Holy Roman Emperors in Vienna and Prague, also producing religious subjects and, among other things, a series of coloured drawings of exotic animals in the imperial menagerie. ...
  5. Arnoux, Guy Guy Arnoux (1890-1951) achieved a measure of success with stencil-coloured zinc plate prints and decorative style painting on historic themes or serial concepts, such as "Seven Capital Sins" of "Four Elements," and was an accomplished book illustrator as well. However, he was at his best with humorous work. Long a prominent member of the Salon des Humoristes, he also helped to organise their annual events. A French artist, illustrator, and graphic designer, he illustrated n...
  6. Benedictus, Edouard Édouard Bénédictus (1878-1930) was a painter, writer, composer and chemist who started his career in the Art Nouveau period. He wrote an influential article in L'Art décoratif in 1912. However, he was greatly receptive to the stylistic evolution started in 1912 and that became Art Deco. Appreciated for his portfolios "Variations" in 1923 and "Nouvelles Variations" in 1928, he became one the most famous protagonists of the floral Art Deco. He played a special role in the Pa...
  7. Beskow, Elsa Elsa Beskow, née Maartman (1874-1953), was a famous Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Among her better-known books are Tale of the Little Little Old Woman and Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender. Born in Stockholm, her parents were businessman Bernt Maartman (1841-1889), whose family came from Bergen, Norway, and teacher Augusta Fahlstedt (1850-1915). Beskow studied Art Education at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, then called Tekniska skola...
  8. Berthon, Paul Paul Berthon (1872-1909) was a French artist who produced primarily posters and lithographs in the Art Nouveau style. Berthon studied as a painter in Villefranche-sur-Saône before moving to Paris. He later enrolled at the Ecole Normale d'Enseignement de Dessin and received lessons in painting from Luc-Olivier Merson and lessons in decorative arts from Eugène Grasset. Grasset had a far greater influence on him, and he may be regarded as his pupil. Berthon's work is in the style of Art ...
  9. Crane, Walter Walter Crane (1845-1915) was an influential English artist and illustrator, renowned for his vast contribution to children's book illustration and also the arts and crafts movement in the late 19th century. Born in August 1845 in Liverpool, Crane was the second son of the portrait painter Thomas Crane. He displayed artistic talent from a young age and was apprenticed to the wood engraver William James Linton, which significantly shaped his career. Crane's work is characterised by its...
  10. Daff, Lily Lily Attey Daff (1885-1945) was a British-born designer and artist who worked in New Zealand and published watercolour paintings and line drawings of many native New Zealand birds and flowers. Lily Daff was born in Upton, London, on 16 March 1885. She took courses in drawing and painting at the London Polytechnic but was also known to have completed at least one course at King Edward Technical College in Dunedin. After her polytechnic training, Daff worked as an illustrator for Christmas card...
  11. Denis, Maurice Maurice Denis (1870-1943) was a pivotal figure in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his contributions to the Symbolist movement and for being one of the leading members of Les Nabis, a group of Post-Impressionist artists who aimed to bring a sense of spirituality and symbolism into their art. Born on 25 November 1870, in Granville, Normandy, France, Denis displayed artistic talent from a young age, eventually attending the Académie Julien in Paris. Denis's early work was h...
  12. Draper, Herbert Herbert James Draper (1863-1920) was an English Neoclassicist painter whose career began in the Victorian era and extended through the first two decades of the 20th century. Born in Covent Garden, London, the seventh child and only son of a fruit merchant named John James Draper and his wife Emma, Draper was educated at Bruce Castle School in Tottenham and then went on to study art at the Royal Academy. He undertook several educational trips to Rome and Paris between 1888 and 1892, having won...
  13. Dugdale, Thomas C. Thomas Cantrell Dugdale RA RP ROI (1880-1952) was a British artist. He was a member of the Royal Academy, a renowned portrait painter and served as a war artist in both World War One and World War Two. Dugdale was born in Blackburn in Lancashire and attended Manchester Grammar School. He initially studied art at the Manchester School of Art before continuing his studies at the Royal College of Art. He also studied at the City and Guilds of London Art School and in Paris at the Academie Julian...
  14. Grimshaw, John Atkinson John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes. Grimshaw's love for realism stemmed from a passion for photography, which would eventually lend itself to the creative process. Though entirely self-taught, he is known to have openly used a camera obscura or lenses to project scenes onto canvas, which made up for his shortcomings as a draughtsman and his imperfect knowledge of perspective. This technique, which ...
  15. Hals, Frans Frans Hals the Elder (c1582-1666) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem, a city in which the local authority of the day frowned on religious painting in places of worship, but citizens liked to decorate their homes with works of art. Hals was highly sought after by wealthy burgher commissioners of individual, married-couple, family and institutional-group portraits. He also painted tronies for the general market. Hals was born in 1582 or 1583 in Antwerp, then in the S...
  16. Hayman, Francis Francis Hayman RA (1708-1776) was an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and later its first librarian. Born in Exeter, Devon, Hayman begun his artistic career as a scene painter in London's Drury Lane theatre (where he also appeared in minor roles) before establishing a studio in St Martin's Lane. A versatile artist influenced by the French Rococo style, he achieved some note during the 1740s through decorative painting...