Flapper paintings are art works from circa 1920's depicting the controversial Jazz Age and the lifestyle of the flapper women. These women are considered to be the modern women of the time but not in a good way.
If you will look at flapper art works, you might see a portrait of a young woman sporting a short, bobbed haircut, wearing a rather baggy dress exposing her arms and her legs from the knees down and has make up on.
Nothing ordinary you might think? Well, it was in fact a big deal. Apparently, this wasn't standard fashion at the time. Women then grew up with long hair and hoop skirts and petticoats.
Flappers, who embodied the modern spirit of that era, weren't only "famous" in revolutionizing fashion; it was more of their lifestyle that was judged, being fast and probably a little brazen.
They were considered too modern, too sophisticated that the older women of the time, especially the mothers of these flappers felt offended, asking themselves where they've gone wrong.
However, in spite of all the criticisms, these women, especially the actresses of the time became popular subjects in various art forms, thus the birth of what we may call flapper art.
One famous artist of this era was John Held Jr., a cartoonist whose flapper art works can be considered to have documented this period in history through his flapper cartoons.
Flapper women may not have had a great reputation during that time but nobody denies the allure of these art works now.
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