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تمارا دي ليمبيكا 1898–1980
بولندية From وارسو آرت ديكو، تكعيبية On Wikipedia in 30 of 32 languages
The Art Deco names to know
If you remember one Art Deco فنان, make it تمارا دي ليمبيكا (1898–1980), the name behind in the Green Bugatti و آدم وحواء. After that come إرتي, دورا كارينجتون, جورج باربييه و Stanisław Szukalski. Our 12 picks go from جورج باربييه (born 1882) to مارشال ماينارد فريدريكس (born 1908), from 10 countries.
How we picked them. We list the artists our catalogue links to Art Deco, from the most famous down. Artists born after 1955 that we cannot yet check on Wikidata are left out. The Wikipedia number shows in how many of our 32 languages Wikipedia writes about them.
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بولندية From وارسو آرت ديكو، تكعيبية On Wikipedia in 30 of 32 languages
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بريطانية From هيرفورد مجموعة بلومزبري، السريالية On Wikipedia in 14 of 32 languages
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Polish-American From Warta Bent Classicism
Born in 1893 in Warta, Poland, young Stanisław displayed an astonishing aptitude for sculpting from a remarkably early age—an anecdote about a perfectly carved pencil figure captivating local attention speaks volumes about the innate talent that would define his path. While briefly enrolled at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Szukalski largely remained self-taught, forging an intensely personal style that defied easy categorization.
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British From Brighton Arts & Crafts, Modernist
Born in Brighton in 1882, his life unfolded against the backdrop of shifting cultural currents – the waning years of Victorianism, the rise of Modernism, and the tumultuous decades between two World Wars.
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From Vrbovec
Ivan Meštrović was born on August 14, 1883, in Vrbovec, Croatia (then part of Austria-Hungary). He continued his education at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, immersing himself in the Secessionist movement and its emphasis on modern aesthetics.
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American From موسكو Art Deco
Born in Rock Island, Illinois, to a family of Scandinavian descent, Fredericks carried within him a lineage of craftsmanship that would eventually manifest in some of America's most iconic public monuments.
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فرنسية From الدائرة التاسعة في باريس آرت ديكو On Wikipedia in 1 of 32 languages
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| روسيا | 2 |
|---|---|
| فرنسا | 2 |
| بولندا | 1 |
| المملكة المتحدة | 1 |
| Poland | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 |
| الولايات المتحدة | 1 |
| 1880s | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 |
| 1900s | 1 |
Just the names
Good questions
تمارا دي ليمبيكا (#1) is first in this ranking, followed by إرتي (#2) and دورا كارينجتون (#3).
تمارا دي ليمبيكا (#1), إرتي (#2), دورا كارينجتون (#3), جورج باربييه (#4) و Stanisław Szukalski (#5).
Most فنانون in this list were born in the 1890s (6 of 12), between 1882 and 1908 overall.
4 women are in this ranking: تمارا دي ليمبيكا (#1), دورا كارينجتون (#3), مارغريت بوراتشيا (#9) و إيفون جين هافن (#12).
The museums holding the most key works of this list are Labirinto della Masone (1), متحف المتروبوليتان للفنون (1) و Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum (1).
The earliest-born فنان in this list is جورج باربييه (#4), born in 1882.
روسيا: 2 of the 12 فنانون in this list were born there, then فرنسا (2) و بولندا (1).
Our catalogue holds 1,674 works by these فنانون.
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