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...

'The Conversation' by Dora Maar, 1937I often write about artists and exhibitions that may be of interest to our Deco followers. This month, I want to...

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...

Eileen Gray architect and designer, 1878 - 1976Eileen Gray was an Irish architect and furniture designer, born in Ireland in 1878 and was an early...

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...

Poster for New York World's Fair, by Albert Staehle, 1939Following the 1925 Paris Exposition, the French Art Deco style crossed the Atlantic, and became popular in...

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...

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...

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...