El Art Déco It was a French design movement that gained strength from 1920 to 1939 and influenced the world decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, graphic, industrial and visual arts such as painting, fashion, printmaking, sculpture and cinematography.
Its influence extended until the 1950s in other countries such as the United States.
After the Universal Exhibition of 1900 in Paris, Hector Guimard, Eugène Grasset, Raoul Lachenal, Paul Follot, Maurice Dufrene and Emile Decour formed a collective dedicated to the avant-garde decorative arts.
Initially known as Modern Style, this movement gained relevance during the Exhibition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Moderns, who put the spotlight on his creations.
In Art Deco many avant-garde styles and movements are fused to create a style in which straight lines and symmetry.
This movement takes from Ancient Egypt the monumentality, the aerodynamic engineering and electric lighting of Futurism, the fractional forms of Cubism, the Fauvist colors and the geometrization of the Bauhaus.
The marked eclecticism of Art Deco is faithful to the great technological, political and social changes of its time.
The paintings of this movement stand out for their bold forms and charged compositions. Tamara de Lempicka She was a representative of Art Deco with her dynamic portraits that highlighted the fashion of that time.
Many American artists of this trend created murals during the 1930s and 1940s.
This movement also came to life in the form of impressive skyscrapers that captured glitz and glamor in their sleek silhouettes and geometric designs.
Today, artists and architects around the world continue to be inspired by this movement that prevails despite the passage of time.