Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.
Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.
Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.
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2010s Romanian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Other
2010s Romanian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Other
1980s Colombian Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Wood, Paint
2010s Romanian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Other
1890s European Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
1920s American Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paint
2010s Romanian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Other
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Canvas, Oak, Paint
20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paper
Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paint, Wood, Canvas
Early 2000s Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paint
Mid-20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Wood, Paint, Paper
Mid-20th Century Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Plaster
2010s Romanian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Other
19th Century Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
1930s American Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Marble
Early 19th Century English Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paper
Early 19th Century English Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paper
Early 19th Century English Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paper
1920s French Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Enamel
19th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Terracotta
Late 19th Century American Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Terracotta
2010s Portuguese Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Canvas
Early 1900s French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Wood
1930s French Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Plaster
20th Century European Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Wood, Paint
20th Century European Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paint, Wood
1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Fabric, Paper
20th Century European Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Wood, Paint
20th Century European Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Wood, Paint
1910s American Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Canvas
2010s French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paint
19th Century Danish Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Canvas, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Giltwood, Paint
1980s Chinese Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Cotton, Wool
2010s French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paint
1850s Belgian Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Gesso, Oak, Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood
2010s Brazilian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Boxwood, Paper, Glass
Early 20th Century German Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Canvas
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Wood
Late 19th Century European Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Canvas
1950s Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Wood, Paper
Early 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Fruitwood
Early 2000s Brazilian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paper
1960s French Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paint
Early 20th Century American Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Iron
20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paint
19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Canvas
Mid-20th Century Italian Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Wood
Late 19th Century Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
1880s French Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Wood
20th Century European Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Canvas
1940s Swedish Vintage Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Paint
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Beaux Arts Wall Decorations
Fruitwood