The Deco Diaries

Chronicling the inspiration and creativity of the Art Deco era

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Japanese Influence on Art Deco: An Elegant Fusion

Japanese Influence on Art Deco: An Elegant Fusion

Drawing inspiration from my summer travels in Japan, this month's Deco Diaries delve into how Japan's cultural richness indelibly shaped the late 19th and early...

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Dörte Clara Wolff: Art Deco Artist and Illustrator

Dörte Clara Wolff: Art Deco Artist and Illustrator

Dörte Clara Wolff (1907-1996) known as Dodo, was a German-born artist, illustrator, and costume designer, who studied at the prestigious Berlin Academy of Art. Dörte...

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Cabaret Fledermaus Vienna

Cabaret Fledermaus Vienna

Poster for the Cabaret Fledermaus by Bertold Loffler 1907  Cabaret Fledermaus opened in Vienna in 1907, co-founded by a group of artists of the Wiener...

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Leonora Carrington - Surrealist Artist

Leonora Carrington - Surrealist Artist

Leonora Carrington was a British-Mexican artist and one of the last surviving participants of the surrealist movement of the 1930s. Carrington had an interest in...

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Luchita Hurtado - Artist

Luchita Hurtado - Artist

Luchita Hurtado in 2017 in front of a Self-Portrait painted 1950s Luchita Hurtado (1920-2020) was a Venezuelan-born artist whose drawings, paintings, photographs, jewellery and clothing...

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L'Aubette Strasbourg - The 1920s multimedia entertainment complex

L'Aubette Strasbourg - The 1920s multimedia entertainment complex

In 1922, L'Aubette was conceived - a multi-media entertainment complex in the centre of Strasbourg, bringing together restaurants, cafés, cinemas and dance halls under one roof. 

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Charles Gesmar - Artist, Illustrator and Costume Designer

Charles Gesmar - Artist, Illustrator and Costume Designer

Charles Gesmar - Illustrator and Artist 1920sCharles Gesmar, born May 21st 1900, was one of the greatest designers of costumes and posters during the golden age...

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Bauhaus Designer Marianne Brandt

Bauhaus Designer Marianne Brandt

Marianne Brandt was the first woman admitted to the Bauhaus design school metalwork department, in 1923, and the only woman ever to receive a degree...

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Aaron Douglas - Modernist Artist

Aaron Douglas - Modernist Artist

Aspiration, Aaron Douglas 1936 Aaron Douglas (1881-1979) was an African American artist who played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and...

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