Paintings that showcase vintage fashion

[simonc]

Brilliant thread, keep them coming!

 

[HadleyH]

^^^^ I agree! great thread!








Kees van Dongen (1877-1968), born in Holland and a naturalized Frenchman, began his career as a Fauvist painter, later acquiring a reputation as a portraitist and socialite.



the next 2 from the 1920s






circa 1913





the master himself....as a young man...when he was happy and poor.... living the bohemian life in Montmartre




later in life

 

[HadleyH]

All these wonderful paintings by Australian artist Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884 – 1961)

 

[Matt Crunk]

Let's not forget those great pulp magazine illustrators of the '30s, '40s, and '50s . . .

 

[Seb Lucas]

Nice of Billy Zane to help out.

 

[herringbonekid]

1922:

 

[Tuesday_Next]

A great source for period illustrations is Today's Inspiration. It features magazine and book illustrators mostly but its a lot of work from the early part of the 20th century, before photography became the go-to for magazine illustrations.

Like this:

and this


If this is a look of interest to you, there is also a lot of groups on Flickr too. I can find the specific links if anyone's interested.

 

[Stearmen]

David Uhl is at it again. He says, he has always admired Norman Rockwell, so he has painted several motorcycle oriented paintings in the Rockwell style. This is his latest Cancelled Delivery. What do you think? http://www.uhlstudios.com/

 

[1mach1]

Nice of Billy Zane to help out.

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[Metatron]

Thanks for sharing the link, Tuesday. What a great resource for illustrations!


Here's a nice painting showing the function of sleeve garters
(which incidentally I haven't seen many people wearing here, I guess it is pointless if your sleeves are the correct length)


The Cypriot
William Dobell