Modern Figurative Sculptures
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Satyr and Baby - Sculpture by Aurelio Mistruzzi - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Satyr and Baby is a bronze statue created by the artist Aurelio Mistruzzi.
Minotaur with child on his shoulders.
Edition of the late 1900s.
Engraved signature on the marble base....
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pac-Man (Pink edition) - Mini Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI
Pac Man (Pink edition)
Sculpture in resin
Brilliant Pink
About 10 cm (c. 3.9 in)
Presented in original box
Excellent condition
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
"Sharon" Life-size Brass Sculpture by Robert Lee Morris
Located in Pasadena, CA
In front of Robert Lee Morris's Beverly Hills store in 1993 stood this unique life-size brass sculpture of a nude woman with a bob cut, dressed only with luxurious jewelry. The sculp...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
SKULL Spirit (Gun Edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist certificate
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI
SKULL Spirit (Gun Edition)
Sculpture in resin
Gun edition
About 9 x 12 cm (c. 3.5 x 4.7 in)
Presented in original box with certificate
Excellent condition
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Modern Family
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JOAN STRAUSS CAROL
"MODERN FAMILY"
FRUIT WOOD, SIGNED
CALIFORNIA, C.1980
20 INCHES OVERALL
Joan Strauss Carl
1926-2021
Joan Strauss Carl was a...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
La Carezza (The Caress) - Sculpture by Sirio Tofanari - 1910
Located in Roma, IT
A sculptor of animals, Sirio Tofanari (Florence 1886 – Milan 1969) is not inclined to the school discipline, he decides to learn and train as self-taught by travelling around Europe ...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Standing Bather with Ponytail
Located in New York, NY
Bronze sculpture. Incised with the artist's signature, upper part of the base.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fregoli - Sculpture by Arrighini Nicola - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Arrighini Nicola (Pietrasanta 1905-1977) a sculptor of Pietrasanta (Italy) in 1930 decided to create, in white Carrara marble on black marble basis, the Mask of Leopoldo Fregoli, o...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Bronze sculpture of 'Rapunzel' from German fairytale by Carl Payne
By Carl Payne
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
A stunning Nude Bronze Sculpture 'Rapunzel' with inspiration taken from the German fairytale.
Continuing a successful career in England and Ireland, Carl joined Callaghan Fine Paintings and Works of Art at the beginning of 2004 in order to dedicate his time to create and develop stunning individual contemporary sculpture.
Carl is a Staffordshire based sculptor for whom art has played a large part in his academic work taking him through the Burslem School of Art, the Henry Doulton School of Sculpture and then to Stafford College.
After qualifying in Figurative Sculpture he launched his career with commission after commission, which has now secured his reputation for fine quality workmanship both in life-size format and smaller decorative pieces. The list of his completed commissioned work is extensive, including many ‘house-hold’ names from the sporting world, commerce and the past.
The following are just some of the private and publicly commissioned completed works that form Carl’s prestigious portfolio:-
King George 5th and Queen Mary – life size portrait buste commissioned by Cunards Cruise Ships and located in the ballroom of the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) cruise ship.
Randolph Turpin – life size and a quarter - commissioned by Warwick and Leamington Spa Council located in Warwick Town Centre,
Sir Stanley Matthews – life size and a half - commissioned by the Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation located at The Britannia Stadium.
The Stadium of Light - life size group of figures – commissioned by Sunderland Football Club...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ballerina on a chair
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sculpture from the Ballet series. The series is dedicated to classical ballet and includes over 30 sculptures. This sculpture depicts a dancer tying p...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Martha On The Bench Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Martha de Tehuana en un Banco (Martha On The Bench)
Bronze sculpture, signed, original gallery label edition 1/11
Sculptor Armando Amaya was born in Mexico City in 1935, He studied at the National School of Painting and Sculpture under Jose Ruiz...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bouthakurani, Bronze Sculpture by Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw - Bouthakurani - H 44 x W 18 x D 13.5 inches
Bronze, Edition of 5 + AP
( Delivered )
Style : Known widely for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and cou...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Girl Tribute To Picasso Murano Glass Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Girl Omaggio a Picasso (Tribute to Picasso) Murano glass sculpture 15.5" H x 12" W x 5" D
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Signed, tit...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Ballerina on a baroque chair
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sculpture from the Ballet series. The series is dedicated to classical ballet and includes over 30 sculptures. This sculpture depicts a dancer tying p...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Bronze Abstract Space Age Book Sculpture LA California Modernist Charna Rickey
By Charna Rickey
Located in Surfside, FL
Charna Rickey 1923 - 2000 Mexican-American Jewish Woman artist.
Signed Bronze House of Books, Architecture Bronze sculpture, signed Charna Rickey and on the front "House of the book." It depicts an open Torah. Original patina.
Approx. dimensions: 7 in. H x 9 in. W x 8.5 in. D. Weight: 13.1 lbs.
Modernist Judaica Sculpture
Born Charna Barsky (Charna Ysabel or Isabel Rickey Barsky) in Chihuahua, Mexico, the future artist lived in Hermosillo and immigrated to Los Angeles when she was 11. She was educated at UCLA and Cal State L.A., she married furniture retailer David Rickey and explored art while raising their three daughters. Moving through phases in terra cotta, bronze, marble and aluminum, she found success later in life. Rickey became one of the original art teachers at Everywoman's Village, a pioneering learning center for women established by three housewives in Van Nuys in 1963. She also taught sculpture at the University of Judaism from 1965 to 1981.
As Rickey became more successful, her sculptures were exhibited in such venues as Artspace Gallery in Woodland Hills and the Courtyard of Century Plaza Towers as part of a 1989 Sculpture Walk produced by the Los Angeles Arts Council. Her sculptures have also found their way into the private collections of such celebrities as Sharon Stone.
Another of Rickey's international creations originally stood at Santa Monica College. In 1985, her 12-foot-high musical sculpture shaped like the Hebrew letter "shin" was moved to the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The free standing architectural Judaic aluminum work has strings that vibrate in the wind to produce sounds. Rickey also created art pieces for the city of Brea. They commissioned some amazing art pieces by Laddie John Dill, Walter Dusenbery, Woods Davy, Rod Kagan, Pol Bury, Niki de Saint Phalle, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Larry Bell, John Okulick...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Non-Stop, Figurative, Wood & Bronze by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rakesh Sadhak - Non-Stop
Wood & Bronze, H 60 x 22 x 12 inches
Born : 1970
Qualification:
B.V.A. in Sculpture from Govt. College of Art & Craft 2012
M.F.A. in Sculpture from I.K.S. V...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jerome Robbins
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor.
He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tête de Femme, after Modigliani
By Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tete de Femme after Modigliani, produced by Austin Productions in 1961. Austin Productions started in Brooklyn in 1952 and began manufacturing reprodu...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Heart Spirit (Red Edition) - Sculpture in original box with artist certificate
Located in Paris, FR
Richard ORLINSKI
Heart Spirit (Red Edition)
Sculpture in resin
Metallic Red
About 12 x 12 x 10 cm (c. 4.7 x 4.7 x 3.9 in)
Presented in original box with certificate
Excellent condi...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Holy Trinity
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this sculpture I have embodied the idea of the Holy trinity. According to the Bible, God in the form of three angels appeared to Abraham's wife and pre...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Isabella
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original carved wood sculpture by American WPA artist Avis Zeidler Nemkoff.
"Isabella", is a hand carved wood sculpture measuring 18.5 inches tall, exceptional original condition, originally acquired from the estate of the artist who resided in Northern California.
This is a magnificent one of a kind hand carved wood sculpture, c.1938.
Please contact the gallery for additional information
•Avis Zeidler was born in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1908.
•It is not known when Zeidler moved to California. However, in the 1930s she majored in art at the University of California.
•Later, she enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts after receiving a scholarship for her studies there. She studied with Ray Boynton, Lucien Labaudt, Karl Eugen Neuhaus, and Ralph Stackpole...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Red Rust Kimono, " Reclaimed Steel Sculpture, 2017
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures formed from found metal scraps. With an eye to the aesthetic possibilities of this humble material, Chandler invests the reclaimed steel with sculptural fluidity and a wry sense of form.
Flattened with the center portion rolled out, this discarded oil barrel takes on the look of a traditional kimono...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Paire Bougeoirs Elephant, Candle Stick, Animal, Ceramic, Lalanne, Design
Located in Geneva, CH
Paire Bougeoirs Elephant, Candle Stick, Animal, Ceramic, Lalanne, Design
Paire Bougeoirs Elephant
Ed. 80 pcs
1985
Glazed ceramic and copper with original boxes
15 x 15.3 x 6 cm / 5.9 x 5.9 x 2.4 in.(each)
Monogrammed, stamped, dated, numbered and editor's mark : FXL, Lalalnne, 85, EA43/80, EA42/80, Artcurial
Certificate of authenticity issued by Artcurial Editon,.
Provenance :
Artist's Estate
Collection of Marie Lalanne
Literature :
Claude et François...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bill Haendel Americana Cast Paper Relief Sculpture Overalls
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Other
Surface: Paper
Country: United States
Dimensions w/Frame: 21" x 21"
Bas relief on hand-made paper; Visual statement of society’s role in conformity of the individual and acquiescence to nationalism. William G. Haendel is originally from Wisconsin, born in West Bend in 1926. He has had exhibitions in Canada, Sweden, Italy, and England as well as many in the United States. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a M.S. degree in 1954 followed by advanced study in both Seattle, Washington and London, England. In 1960 he was the recipient of a Fulbright Award to study silversmithing and sculpture in England. He is Professor Emeritus in Sculpture from Northern Illinois University and currently resides in DeKalb, Illinois. His most notable work is with cast paper. Images are created by transferring a wet sheet of hand-made paper to plaster molds.
Images are created by transferring a wet sheet of hand-mad paper to plaster molds. These molds are created with found objects or are the direct product of the artist’s imagination. Many of the found objects are parts of Haendel’s vast collections of old toys...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Journey of Bridge, Metal & Wood by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rakesh Sadhak - Journey of Bridge
Metal & Wood, H 18 x W 12 x D 7 inches
Born : 1970
Qualification:
B.V.A. in Sculpture from Govt. College of Art & Craft 2012
M.F.A. in Sculpture fr...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Upswing, Figurative, Wood, Iron & Metal by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rakesh Sadhak - Upswing
Wood, Iron & Metal, H 24 x W 14 x D 12 inches
Born : 1970
Qualification:
B.V.A. in Sculpture from Govt. College of Art & Craft 2012
M.F.A. in Sculpture from ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Iron
Mother and Child: Petal Skirt - Henry Moore, sculpture, modern, british, small
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Mother and Child: Petal Skirt
conceived in 1955; cast in 1955
bronze; edition 4 of 6 plus 1 artist’s proof by the Fiorini foundry, London
19 x 9 x 15.5 cm (in...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jerusalem Rabbi, Repousse Sculpture Relief Plaque Israeli Judaica
By Arieh Merzer
Located in Surfside, FL
Arieh Merzer was a prominent Israeli artist and metal worker.
Arie Merzer, an artist who worked in hand-hammered copper, was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1905, the scion of a large Has...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Silence of Victoria, Metal & Wood by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rakesh Sadhak - Silence of Victoria
Metal & Wood, H 23 x W 16 x D 7 inches
Born : 1970
Qualification:
B.V.A. in Sculpture from Govt. College of Art & Craft 2012
M.F.A. in Sculpture ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Journey-V, Figurative, Metal & Wood by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rakesh Sadhak - Journey-V
Metal & Wood, H 22 x W 25 x D 9 inches, 2021
Born : 1970
Qualification:
B.V.A. in Sculpture from Govt. College of Art & Craft 2012
M.F.A. in Sculpture from...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pandemic Panel, Figurative, Wood & Metal by Contemporary Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rakesh Sadhak - Pandemic Panel
Wood & Metal, H 42 x W 54 x D 12 inches, 2020
Born : 1970
Qualification:
B.V.A. in Sculpture from Govt. College of Art & Craft 2012
M.F.A. in Sculptur...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Metamorphosis, Figurative, Wood & Metal by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Rakesh Sadhak - Metamorphosis
Wood & Metal, H 32 x W 21 x D 16 inches
Born : 1970
Qualification:
B.V.A. in Sculpture from Govt. College of Art & Craft 2012
M.F.A. in Sculpture from ...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Torso Vessel (Fish Head Woman)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jim Leedy
“Torso Vessel”
(Fish Head Woman)
Stoneware Sculpture, Glaze
Year: 1979
Size: 34.75 x 16 x 11
Signed
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1364
Jim Leedy was a...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Judaica Copper Plaque Israeli Artist Mordechai Avniel, Palestine, Bezalel School
Located in Surfside, FL
MORDECHAI AVNIEL
Minsk, Belarus, b. 1900, d. 1989
Mordechai Avniel is best known for his deft and singular landscape work.
He said of his scenes of Israel:
"I loved the Israeli landscape. While roaming the country extensively, I gradually absorbed its atmosphere, its lights and moods, the view of mountains and valleys, the Sea of Galilee...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Reclining Boy
Located in Boston, MA
Initialed and dated: "DVT 61". From the estate of the artist. In fine condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Femmes Fleurs (Women Pitcher)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Femmes Fleurs (Women Pitcher), 1948 A.R. 50 is an elegant turned pitcher highlights the graceful form of the female nude. C...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Ceramic
Automobile Bronze Sculpture Car, John Kearney Auto Toy Art Chicago Modernist
By John Kearney
Located in Surfside, FL
John Kearney, 1924-2014, "Auto w/4 Passengers", Bronze, signed and dated "J. Kearney Roma '68."
From the estate of Dr. Adrian Zorgniotti, 1925-1994, noted American urologist, medical director and house physician for the Metropolitan Opera.
Kearney was represented in Chicago, New York, the Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown and in Wellfleet, His work is fashioned from chrome car bumpers, not the current plastic variety, but chrome plated steel, and welded into great and seemingly alive creatures; a little horse about to leap, a pig, large and strong, and, noble and kingly as it looks over the gallery, a life-size gorilla.
Now 78 years old, John and his wife Lynn founded the Contemporary Art Workshop 53 years ago in Chicago and have contributed through his art to the life and style of the Windy City. Chicago and environs is gifted with many pieces, noteably the city's Oz Park, wherein live the Tin Man and the bronze Cowardly Lion. his work is in the collections of Chicago's Museum of Contemporaray Art, the Detroit Children's Museum, the Chrysler Art Museum in Virginia, and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, to name a few.
His work is in the private collections of Norman Mailer, Diane Feinstein, Johnny Carson, Françoise Gilot, Studs Terkel, and Mrs. Robert Motherwell. Profiled by People magazine, a guest on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and written of by Norman Mailer,
Kearney studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and Universita per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy. Awards and honors include: Fulbright Award to Italy in 1963-64; Italian Government Grant in 1963-64; Visiting Artist American Academy in Rome, 1985, 1992, and 1998; Wallace Truman Prize, National Academy of Design in 1953 and others. brass and marble
Numerous One Man exhibitions since 1951 include: New York City at A.C.A. Gallery, 1964 to 1979; Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA, 1992 to 1997; and in Rome, Venice, Chicago, Detroit, Wichita, Wellfleet, and others with group exhibitions in Rome, N.Y., Santo Domingo, Niamey, Nigeria, Indianapolis, St. Paul, Omaha, Art Institute of Chicago, Art Chicago, Taipei, Sarasota and others.
Art gallery; Detroit, Mich. Founded in 1963 by Lester and Kathleen Arwin. Specialized in contemporary art. Closed in 1981.
Arwin Galleries records, 1948-1981
9.2
Artists' files, 1948-1981 contain correspondence, photographs, art work, printed material, writings and business records on 86 artists, including Harold Altman, Irving Berg, Harry Bertoia, William Bostick,Irma Cavat...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Maximus: Circus Horse
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a lifetime masterpiece by American artist Maxine Kim Stussy.
“Maxumus: Circus Horse”, is an original wood assemblage of both ha...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pase de cape, from Service Scènes de Corrida
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso was an avid fan of bullfighting his entire life, attending his first corridas when he was a child in Spain and gaining a renewed interest in the events when he settled ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Ceramic, Earthenware, Glaze
Vestal with Jug - Sculpture - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vestal with Jug is an original modern sculpture realized by an italian Artist of the early 20th Century.
Bronze sculpture and marble base.
Signature on the basement.
Decor your sp...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Heavy Bronze Relief Plaque, Young King David with Harp
By Hana Geber
Located in Surfside, FL
American sculptor Hana Geber (1910 - 1990)
She was born in Prague of Czechoslovakian heritage and eventually settled in New York. Her sculptures deal with Jewish themes...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Banderilleros, from Service Scènes de Corrida
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso was an avid fan of bullfighting his entire life, attending his first corridas when he was a child in Spain and gaining a renewed interest in the events when he settled ...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Ceramic, Earthenware, Glaze
Bronze Sculpture American Modernist Art Stanley Bleifeld Girl with Bass or Cello
Located in Surfside, FL
Retaining a fine patina and in overall good condition.
Signed with initials SB.
I believe the edition size was 7 But I cannot find a mark.
Stanley Bleifeld (1924 – 2011) was an American sculptor.
Stanley Bleifeld was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Bleifeld earned bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of science in education and in 1949 a master of fine arts degree in painting at Tyler School of Art of Temple University. After a trip to Rome in 1959 or 1960 he gave up painting for sculpture. He began his fine-art career as a painter. However, a visit to Italy and exposure to the bronzes of Donatello, Michelangelo, and Ghiberti changed his direction He worked with the Art Foundry of Massimo del Chiaro and alongside artists such as Lucchesi, Harry Marinsky, Fernando Botero, Igor Mitoraj and Ivan Theimer. Many of his early pieces were religious subjects, and reflected both painting and sculptural techniques in bas reliefs* that had "liquid landscapes in undulating reliefs and free-flowing portraits reminiscent of classical fragments" (166-167). He later turned from these abstract pieces to more realistic figures in bronze.
Bleifeld was a National Academician in Sculpture, and a member of the National Academy of Design, and helped set policy for that organization. He was also President of the National Sculpture Society. Past presidents of the society have included John Quincy Adams Ward, James Earle Fraser, Chester Beach, Wheeler Williams, Leo Friedlander, Neil Estern, and Cecil de Blaquiere Howard. The first woman to gain admission into the NSS was Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, in 1893. She was followed a few years later by Enid Yandell and Bessie Potter Vonnoh in 1898; Janet Scudder in 1904; Anna Hyatt Huntington in 1905 and Evelyn Longman and Abastenia St. Leger Eberle in 1906. In 1946, Richmond Barthé was likely the first African-American to be admitted.
In 1994, the NSS held their first exhibition outside the United States at the Palazzo Mediceo Di Seravezza in Italy. Titled “100 Years of the National Sculpture Society of the United States of America in Italy” it ran from the 16th of July through the 4th of September and was curated by Nicky and Stanley Bleifeld along with Costantino Paolicchi, Lodovico Gierut and Paolo Giorgi. Among the 60 notable American sculptors whose work was selected for the exhibition were Stanley Bleifeld, Andrew DeVries, Neil Estern, Leonda Finke, Bruno Lucchesi, Barbara Lekberg...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture Flutist American Modernist Art Stanley Bleifeld Girl with Flute
Located in Surfside, FL
Retaining a fine patina and in overall good condition.
Signed with initials SB.
I believe the edition size was 7 But I cannot find a mark.
Stanley Bleifeld (1924 – 2011) was an American sculptor.
Stanley Bleifeld was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Bleifeld earned bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of science in education and in 1949 a master of fine arts degree in painting at Tyler School of Art of Temple University. After a trip to Rome in 1959 or 1960 he gave up painting for sculpture. He began his fine-art career as a painter. However, a visit to Italy and exposure to the bronzes of Donatello, Michelangelo, and Ghiberti changed his direction He worked with the Art Foundry of Massimo del Chiaro and alongside artists such as Lucchesi, Harry Marinsky, Fernando Botero, Igor Mitoraj and Ivan Theimer. Many of his early pieces were religious subjects, and reflected both painting and sculptural techniques in bas reliefs* that had "liquid landscapes in undulating reliefs and free-flowing portraits reminiscent of classical fragments" (166-167). He later turned from these abstract pieces to more realistic figures in bronze.
Bleifeld was a National Academician in Sculpture, and a member of the National Academy of Design, and helped set policy for that organization. He was also President of the National Sculpture Society. Past presidents of the society have included John Quincy Adams Ward, James Earle Fraser, Chester Beach, Wheeler Williams, Leo Friedlander, Neil Estern, and Cecil de Blaquiere Howard. The first woman to gain admission into the NSS was Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, in 1893. She was followed a few years later by Enid Yandell and Bessie Potter Vonnoh in 1898; Janet Scudder in 1904; Anna Hyatt Huntington in 1905 and Evelyn Longman and Abastenia St. Leger Eberle in 1906. In 1946, Richmond Barthé was likely the first African-American to be admitted.
In 1994, the NSS held their first exhibition outside the United States at the Palazzo Mediceo Di Seravezza in Italy. Titled “100 Years of the National Sculpture Society of the United States of America in Italy” it ran from the 16th of July through the 4th of September and was curated by Nicky and Stanley Bleifeld along with Costantino Paolicchi, Lodovico Gierut and Paolo Giorgi. Among the 60 notable American sculptors whose work was selected for the exhibition were Stanley Bleifeld, Andrew DeVries, Neil Estern, Leonda Finke, Bruno Lucchesi, Barbara Lekberg...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alvin Ailey
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor.
He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
KIng David with Harp
By Hana Geber
Located in Surfside, FL
American sculptor Hana Geber (1910 - 1990)
She was born in Prague of Czechoslovakian heritage and eventually settled in New York. Her sculptures deal with Jewish themes...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Silver
Alvin Ailey
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor.
He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Bob Fosse
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor.
He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Flower Seller after Diego Rivera
Located in Pasadena, CA
The flower seller midcentury plaster sculpture after a painting by Diego rivera major Mexican artist.
Some stains from an old varnish
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
The Struggle, Rare Sterling Silver Israeli Judaica Cubist Sculpture Plate Plaque
Located in Surfside, FL
Sculptor Jacques Lipchitz Terling Silver Anniversary Silver Sculpture Plate Israel
This is a beautiful sterling silver commemorative plate. It was spec...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze
"The Nose" White Modern Plaster Sculpture on a Lucite and Black Marble
Located in Pasadena, CA
This whimsical sculpture features a white plaster nose on a black marble base sitting on a Lucite one. The overall impression is elegant, because of the ...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Frederick Ashton
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor.
He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jerome Robbins
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor.
He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marble Head of a Woman
By Jose de Creeft
Located in Greenwich, CT
A lovely size marble that can go on any table. The marble was specifically chosen and has wonderful texture and contrast between the polished and rough areas.
Head of a Woman is ins...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Martyrs - Relief Sculpture - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Martyrs is a modern artwork realized by Artist of 20th century.
Relief on metal decoration artwork depicting a martyrdom scene.
Includes frame.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Marilyn Monroe" Mixed-Media abstract image on Wood with Mirror Inlay
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Marilyn" 2017, by Carlos Alejandro
Measures: 11.25" x 9.25" x 2"
One of a kind piece, mixed media on wood
2017
Art is a way of living. For Carlos Ale...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Plexiglass, Photographic Film
Bird in Flight
Located in Washington, DC
German Romanian artist, Otto Scherer, pays homage to one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Brancusi, in his ceramic "Bird in Flight".
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Platinum
Picador, 1953 A.R. 200
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Capturing the moment in which the picador stabs the charging bull with his lance, Picasso creates an image of action and suspense in Pablo Picasso ceramic Picador...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
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