The Deco Diaries
Chronicling the inspiration and creativity of the Art Deco era
Diary Articles
The Harlem Renaissance
A Night Club Map of Harlem, E. Simms Campbell During the years of Prohibition (1920-1933), Harlem in New York City, became a cultural, social and...
Zora Neale Hurston Anthropologist and Author
Zora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston was an anthropologist, novelist and folklorist, who wrote about the racial struggles in the American south. Known as the queen of...
Jeanne Mammen Artist
Jeanne Mammen with her sculptures late 1940sDuring the years of the Weimar Republic, which followed the collapse of the German Empire, the abdication of Kaiser Wilheim II...
Dora Marr Photographer
Dora Maar with little hands, by Man Ray, 1936Dora Maar, born Henriette Théodora Markovitch in 1907, was a French surrealist photographic artist and painter. She studied...
Le Corbusier Architecture
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as the most important architect of the 20th century and whose influence can be seen...
Murals of Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera, 1886-1957 Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican artist who believed art was for the many rather than the privileged few. His large-scale murals, painted...
Tennis Stars of the 1920s
Helen Wills in action, wearing her signature outfit As we near the start of Wimbledon, we take a look back at some of the tennis...
Art of Erte
Sunrise, by Erté, 1984 The evocative work of Romain de Tirtoff, otherwise known as Erté, is quintessentially Art Deco. Erté was an artist, designer and sculptor born in St....
Steam Ship Sudan 1930s
The Steam Ship Sudan - the grande dame and last witness to the Belle Epoque days of Nile cruising between 1922 and 1935. With the...