In an organic electroluminescent element comprising an anode layer, an organic luminescent layer, an inorganic compound layer (or reductive dopant layer) and a cathode layer; the organic luminescent layer comprises an aromatic amine compound of a formula (1), and/or an aromatic amine compound of a formula (2) ##STR1##

wherein A, B, and Ar¹ to Ar⁶ are independently a C_6-60 aromatic group which does not contain a styryl group nor an alkenyl group, at least one of A, Ar¹, Ar², or B, Ar³ to Ar⁶ contains at least three condensed aromatic rings, and p, q and r of a condensation number are an integer of 1 to 6. The element has significantly long half-life and high luminance even at low driving voltages.