"Story of Pennsylvania", Large Art Deco Masterpiece for Finance Bldg, PA Capitol

A superb example of allegorical mural painting, this circular study depicting a female figure in Grecian robes overlooking a child with a plumb line, surrounded by scenes of construc...

Vivid and powerful, this large Art Deco mural study was painted by Elsa Jemne for the Northern States Power Building in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1930-31. The painting shows a nude mal...

A striking example of WPA mural art, this study for one of the murals proposed for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1930s Works Progress Administration project in Queens, New York -- was painted by Eugene Savage. Like many paintings from the period, the study is teeming with allegory and symbolism, surmounted at the top by the figure of Justice with a long sword, spurning businesspeople at her feet who offer gifts and favors. Savage is best known for a spectacular set of murals illustrating the history and lore of Hawaii commissioned by Matson Shipping Line for the S.S. Lurline, executed in the 1940s but not installed until the 1950s. The artist also painted other series of murals and paintings, include an enormous mural...

Filled with Sturm und Drang and packed with allegory and higher meaning, this remarkable Art Deco painting by Eugene Savage celebrates and interprets B...

Emile Aubry, France, 1932 documentation, comparable with a similar work - catalogue "Salon des Independents" Paris from 1932 Muse´e des Beaux-Arts, Pau, Be´arn, Pyre´ne´es-Atlantique...

Copy of a painting by Thomas Hart Benton "Building of Railroad"

Incredible hand painted scene of "Ballet Russe" with dancers in elaborate Deco costumes and fabulous details of the faces, dresses and shoes. This is a one-of-a-kind triptych panel w...

Art Deco / Modernist style painting titled "Figures in Meditation" by American artist Raymond O'Neill (b.1893 - d.1962.) Oil on board in painted wood ...