Painting and sculpture—again, conceived mainly as decoration rather than as serious works of fine art—were an important aspect of Art Deco, as well. Among the most popular and recurring motifs are the human figure, animals, flowers, and plants; abstract geometric decoration was …

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The Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles all have sculptures by Claudel on display.

One of the best known and certainly the largest public Art Deco sculpture is the Christ the Redeemer by the French sculptor Paul Landowski, completed between 1922 and 1931, located on a mountain top overlooking Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1930s French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture “Dancer of Thyrsus” by Pierre Le Faguays Large Size A Grand Art Deco Statue of a Dancer with a Thyrsus by the prolific sculptor Pierre Le Faguays, produced in the Etling Foundry in 1930....

Art Deco—the term conjures up jewels by Van Cleef & Arpels, glassware by Laique, furniture by Ruhlmann—is best exemplified in the work shown at the exhibition that gave the style its name: the Exposition Internationale des Art Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, held in Paris in 1925.

French sculpture has been an original and influential component of world art since the Middle Ages. The first known French sculptures date to the Upper Paleolithic age. French sculpture originally copied ancient Roman models, then found its own original form in the decoration of Gothic architecture.

Art Deco was the result of a long campaign by French decorative artists to gain equal status with the creators of paintings and sculpture. The term "arts décoratifs" was invented in 1875 to give designers of furniture, textiles, and other decoration official status.

2025年2月4日 · These buildings are can be viewed “in the round,” from all sides, almost like a piece of abstract sculpture. They are visible from any angle. ... Unlike Ruhlmann’s opulent creations that appeared to combine elements of both Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles, Jules Leleu was a French furniture designer who embraced a more distinct Art Deco ...

2014年12月1日 · Contemporary painting and sculpture played a significant role in the French art pottery movement. Barbotine pottery—earthenware decorated with colored liquid slips painted in an impasto style—was inspired by Impressionism and Barbizon landscape painting (2013.239.21). It was associated with the production of the Haviland workshop at Auteuil ...