Modern 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Ceramic, Clay
2010s Mexican Modern Sculptures
Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Stone, Limestone
1990s American Modern Sculptures
Brass
Mid-20th Century North American Modern Sculptures
Chrome
Late 20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Crystal
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Sculptures
Porcelain
1990s French Modern Sculptures
Enamel
1980s Belgian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Pine
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
1970s Austrian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Marble
Early 2000s American Modern Sculptures
Steel
19th Century Italian Antique Modern Sculptures
Carrara Marble
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Ceramic, Clay
1960s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1970s Austrian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Carrara Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Gold Leaf
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Ceramic, Clay
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Metal
1990s Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s British Modern Sculptures
Metal, Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Blown Glass
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Ceramic, Clay
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Metal
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sculptures
Wood, Lacquer
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sculptures
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Stone, Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Brass, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sculptures
Composition
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Stone, Limestone
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1990s Modern Sculptures
Ceramic, Pottery
1980s Belgian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Pine
1980s Mexican Vintage Modern Sculptures
Terracotta
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Ceramic, Clay
Late 20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Glass
2010s South African Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
1980s Belgian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Pine
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Composition
1980s Belgian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Pine
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Ceramic