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Framed Art Deco poster prints from the Quirky Prints online art gallery

Framed Art Deco poster prints are something everyone is familiar with, and will have come across time and time again. Art Deco images are usually strikingly simple and focus on a single dominant image, often with strong emphasis on lettering, and originals can be worth £6,000 or more! Originals are something of a rarity however, as Art Deco prints and posters were often printed on cheap paper and over the passing years, suffered from foxing (brown spots), tearing, fading or staining.

Art Deco began in Europe, particularly Paris, in the 1920’s, but did not take hold until after World War I. It then reigned until the outbreak of World War II. In the middle years of the 1920’s, Art Deco became rather unfashionable, but today, its popularity is as strong as it ever was, with many of us searching for art deco prints and images.

Obviously fashion was influenced by the Art Deco style. The "Gazette du Bon Ton" was the leading fashion magazine in Paris and in the the rest of Europe in the years immediately preceding and following World War I, the early 20th century. Extraordinarily talented high fashion artists, such as Georges Barber, created Art Deco masterpieces that ushered in a decade of style and elegance. Art deco prints were produced using what is known as the Pochoir method, an incredibly laborious way of printing, using multiple loose plates. These were more than just advertising posters but appreciable ‘Works of Art’. Art Deco has remained a statement of the ‘Roaring Twenties’ as the 1920’s became known.

Art Deco Study Guide - What is 'Art Deco'? A shortened guide by the V&A musuem in London

The term 'Art Deco' was coined in 1966, following a retrospective exhibition entitled 'Les Années '25', held at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

This commemorated the 1925 Paris 'Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes'.

Originally planned for 1915, but postponed because the First World War, the 1925 Exposition was distinctive from previous international exhibitions for two reasons.

For the first time, the decorative and applied arts held a centre stage.

The criteria for inclusion in the Exposition also highlighted the modern, well-established decorative artists might be excluded because they were seen as representative of a previous generation.

The architecture and decorative arts shown at the 1925 Exposition embodied a whole range of unconnected styles and sources, including a modern interpretation of the style of Louis XVI (18th century), seen as the golden era of the French decorative arts, and references to the avant-garde art movements of the time, such as Cubism and the Bauhaus.

Diaghilev's 'Ballets Russes' and exotic and ancient cultures such as ancient Egyptian (following the discovery of the Pyramid tombs) and Mayan civilizations, the art of Japan and Africa, also had an impact on the style.

Not to be confused with Modernist art movements, with their social philosophies and manifestos, Art Deco was purely decorative.

A modern style, responding to the machine and to new materials such as plastic, Art Deco in its 1925 context was also sumptuous, a luxury style, characterised by individually produced luxury goods for wealthy connoisseurs.

The 1925 Exposition had a major influence on the decorative arts in America.

Although the United States was not represented, many Americans visited the exhibition.

In 1926 the Metropolitan Museum of Art held a retrospective exhibition to which original contributors were asked to send material.

The American contribution to Art Deco is known as Streamlining and is characterised by clean lines and strong curves.

It was applied to the design of cars, architecture and furniture.

It was also applied to new mass-produced goods such as refrigerators and radios.

In their attempt to reach new consumers from around 1930, manufacturers took iconic elements of the Art Deco styles and simplified them for mass production.

Married to modern machine age materials such as bakelite and chrome, this style heralded an era of 'modern' design for mass consumption of affordable consumer goods.

How to Find Out About Art Deco in the National Art Library The National Art Library has a wealth of material for studying Art Deco in its various forms, including general works on Art Deco, catalogues of the International exhibitions, Salon and other exhibition catalogues, trade literature, sales catalogues and periodicals.

The Library also houses original treasures such as fine bindings, beautifully printed and illustrated books, and printed books of designs, a selection of which is included in this guide.

General Books on Art Deco A list has been provided below of general books on Art Deco in its various media.

Many of these provide brief details about the large number of artists who contributed to the 1925 exhibition or produced work that could be considered Art Deco in style.

Some of these quickly became involved in the modern art movements, but there are others whose names have become synonymous with Art Deco.

For Art Deco, the most important international exhibition was the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (1925: Paris).

The Library has the 12 volume reprint of the original 'Encyclopédie des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes au XXème' (Garland: New York, 1977).

A documentary record of the 1925 exhibition.

Volumes are arranged by subject category; check the computer catalogue for individual volume titles.

Also of interest is the Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris (1931).

For the US and later Art Deco style, look at the Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934: Chicago), the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940: San Francisco) and the New York World's Fair (1939-1940).

The Exposition Internationale (1937: Paris) is more relevant for Modernism, which, with its emphasis on the machine and mass production, took hold in Europe from around 1930.

The colonial exhibitions and other international exhibitions held in the 1920s and 1930s are also useful sources.

Ephemeral vistas: the Expositions Universelles, Great Exhibitions and World's Fairs, 1851-1939.

Internationale Ausstellungsgestaltung;Conception internationale d'expositions; Conceptions of international exhibitions.

Findling, John E. Historical dictionary of world's fairs and expositions, 1851-1988.

Salon and Other Exhibitions Exhibitions, usually held yearly, were important for making the work of an artist known.

It was at the main Salons where the work of artists was brought together.

For decorative artists the main Salons were 'Société des artistes décorateurs, 'Société des artistes independants', 'Salon d'automne' and 'Société des artistes français'.

Good biographies or catalogue raisonnés will usually detail or list the exhibitions to which an individual artist contributed throughout their career.

Catalogues in the National Art Library can be searched using the Author A-Z or Title Keyword search for gallery or Salon names.

Note that many exhibition catalogues are still currently not catalogued on computer.

The blue microfiches list all catalogues acquired up to 1987 and are organised alphabetically by city and gallery name, then in exhibition date order.

Trade Literature Many artists ran their own workshops that issued catalogues and other advertising material.

These include the fashion designer Paul Poiret (Atelier Martine), glassware and lighting designer Réné Lalique and furniture and interior designers Süe et Mare (Compagnie des Arts Francais).

Others designed for established manufacturing companies, such as Daum (glass) and Sèvres (porcelain) or for studios of the major department stores, such as Primavera (Printemps), Le Sylve (Le Bucheron), La Maîtrise (Galeries Lafayette), and Pomone (Bon Marché).

Names of these companies can be gleaned from reading about individual artists.

Many of these companies had pavilions or small displays at the international exhibitions and may be mentioned in the reports and guides to these (see above under International exhibitions).

The National Art Library actively collects examples of trade catalogues past and present.

For more details about trade literature see Trade Catalogues in the National Art Library.

Included in the library holdings is the EKCO collection of around 1000 catalogues and trade ephemera collected by the EKCO Radio Co. between 1935 and 1940, although it also includes some examples from later.

Library holdings for known companies can be searched using the Author A-Z or Author Keyword searches.

To search for trade catalogues about a specific product type, such as car manufacture, try a Subject Keyword search, for example 'Trade catalogues- automobiles'.

Note however, that not everything is fully catalogued to include subject headings, so this search on its own will yield incomplete results.

A useful source for product and company names are advertisements found in lifestyle magazines of the time.

Catalogues in the EKCO Collection are not individually listed.

The collection can be found by typing EKCO using the Author A-Z search.

Sales Catalogues Sales catalogues are a good source for tracing and finding out general information and information about specific objects.

There is a guide to sales catalogues in the National Art Library available in the reading room, and on the Auction House Sale Catalogues page.

In the computer catalogue under the Sales catalogues menu, a Title Keyword search for the term 'Art Deco' or an individual artist's name will bring up many hits.

Note that not all the international sales catalogues have been catalogued online.

To see if the Library has a catalogue for a sale where the city and date is known, the pre-1987 red microfiches (organised by city and then by date of sale) may still need to be checked.

There is also an owner’s microfiche for searches under the name of the original owner of a collection.

Periodicals The National Art Library has many periodicals and subscribes to indexes which will help the researcher find articles on particular subjects.

A few of the fine art and graphics periodicals published at the time highlighted the work of some of the better known decorative artists, and they could also include articles by and about important collectors, which provide insights into the fashions of the art market at the time.

They also reviewed exhibitions and sales, including the international exhibitions.

A selection of some of these is listed below.

Fashion and lifestyle magazines published at the time are a useful source not only for showing trends in fashion but also commercial advertising graphics.

A few of the ones to look out for are also listed.

All the French fashion periodicals listed above are beautifully illustrated with pochoir prints, produced by some of the best known artists of the day.

Gazette du bon ton is considered the most innovative illustrated fashion magazine of the period.

Femina - published first in France, with a subsequent British edition Harpers bazaar - originally published in America, with a subsequent British edition Vanity fair - published in America, a lifestyle magazine Vogue - originally published in America, and subsequently in other countries Original Art Deco Works in the National Art Library Collection The National Art Library also collects original fine bindings, luxury printed editions and illustrated books, popular fiction for its illustrations or dust jackets and other works which are considered important visual records of an artist's work.

Variations: quatre-vingt-six motifs décoratifs en vingt planches par Benedictus.

Nouvelles variations: soixante-quinze motifs décoratifs en vingt planches par Benedictus.

Relais, 1930: quinze planches donnant quarante-deux motifs décoratifs, enluminure de l'art de J. Saudé.

Interiors from the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925 Dufrène, Maurice.

Les intérieurs français; ou, Salon des artistes décorateurs en 1926, présentés par Maurice Dufrène.

Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, Paris, 1925.

Une ambassade française organisée par la Société des artistes décorateurs.

Intérieurs en couleurs, France: cinquante planches en couleurs.

Illustrations of Modern Fashion and Lifestyle Art, goût, beauté: feuillets d'élégance feminine.

Falbalas & fanfreluches: almanach des modes présentes passées and futures pour...

Gazette du bon ton: arts, modes et frivolites.

Iribe, Pau.l Les robes de Paul Poiret.

Luxury Editions, Printed or Illustrated by François-Louis Schmied Le Cantique des Cantiques, translated by Ernest Renan.

Published 'Pour les amis du docteur Lucien-Graux', 1938.

Mardrus, J. C. Histoire charmante de l'adolescente, Sucre d'Amour: grand conte oriental inédit.

Literature with Interesting Illustrations or Dust Jackets Delaunay, Sonia illustration for Blaise Cendrars, 'La Prose du Transibérien et la Petite Jehanne de France' (Paris: Editions des Hommes Nouveaux, 1913).

French, 1913 Restricted access; this work can be studied in Sidoti, Antoine La prose du Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France: Blaise Cendrars,Sonia Delaunay, novembre-décembre 1912-juin 1914: genèse et dossier d'une polémique.

Vassos, John Contempo: This American tempo.

Vassos, John illustrations for Wilde, Oscar The harlot's house: and other poems.

For examples of more dust jackets see later under Archive of Art and Design.

Binding (1925) for a de luxe edition of Le Cantique des Cantiques, translated by Ernest Renan .F.-L.

Binding (1919) for Régnier, Henri de Les rencontres de M. de Bréot; roman.

Binding (1924) for Morand, Paul Tendres Stocks.

Binding (1914) for Toussaint, Franz Le jardin des caresses.

Binding (1950 to an earlier design by Pierre Legrain) for Nodier, Charles Histoire du chien Brisquet.

Binding (1926) for Flaubert, Gustave La légende de Saint Julien l'hospitalier.

Collections can be searched using the printed catalogues in the Print Room.

Catalogues include those for Posters, Prints, Photographs, Wallpaper and Decorative Papers, and Drawings and Watercolours.

There are also subject and topographic catalogues.

The Print Room also has access to the museum-wide online collections database.

The Archive of Art and Design A large collection of mainly British book jackets from this period is held at the Archive Art and Design.

These are interesting as examples of commercial graphic art and were often designed by well known poster artists.

Some of the book jackets are Art Deco in design and include work by Edward McKnight Kauffer, Theyre Lee-Elliott and Eugene Thurston (Gené).

See item 33 in Lomas, Elizabeth Guide to the Archive of Art and Design, Victoria & Albert Museum ( London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, c2001).

A detailed inventory is being compiled and there is also a brief listing of some of the designers' names.

General Books on Art Deco The following is a list of some of the most useful sources covering Art Deco in general.

It includes books about individual media but does not include books about individual artists.

- a substantial reference book, well illustrated with biographies of artists.

- an introduction to the subject Bouillon, Jean-Paul.

- an introduction to all aspects of the style with a large bibliography Duncan, Alastair.

- an introduction to the subject Duncan, Alastair.

- an introduction to the subject Hillier, Bevis.

- the original book that defined and named the style.

- an overview of the style, bringing the previous work up-to-date Morgan, Sarah M. Art deco: the European style.

- well illustrated essays covering different media Sternau, Susan A. Art deco: flights of artistic fancy.

- a general introduction with short essays on many aspects of the style Dealing with Individual Countries Berents, Catharina.

Art deco in Deutschland: das moderne Ornament.

Dansk design: 1910-1945: art deco & funktionalisme.

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