Modern Abstract Sculptures
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
Mid-20th Century North American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Limestone
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
Early 2000s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
Early 2000s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
1960s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
2010s Chinese Modern Abstract Sculptures
Aluminum, Metal
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood, Lacquer
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Limestone
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Composition
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s Belgian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Agate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Limestone
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Composition
Early 2000s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Plaster
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Composition
1990s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1990s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
1990s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Pottery
1980s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Teak
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
1960s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Quartz
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Limestone
20th Century Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Limestone, Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass