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Medium: Metal
Contemporary Bronze Sculptor. Dance of Life.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
"Sculptor Marsha Gertenbach signed and numbered this bronze sculpture, edition 5/10. Here is the artist's message about this unique piece:
In every loving relationship we experience...
Category
2010s Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Artemis a unique Bronze sculpture
Located in Tetbury, GB
Artemis by British sculptor and founder Damon Price.
The work is an original direct casting , therefor unique, Bronze sculpture depicting Artemis the Greek goddess of the Hunt and Wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Pair Bronze Candlesticks Rancoulet Signature 19th Century France Sculpture
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ernest Rancoulet (Bordeaux 1842 - Bordeaux 1905)
Signature on reverse side ‘Rancoulet’
Pair of bronze candlesticks depicting winged cupids ‘Allegory of Autumn and Spring’
Gilt bron...
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19th Century Impressionist Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse A Figural Bronze Sculpture Melodie
Located in New York, NY
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824 - 1887)
Female Figural Bronze Sculpture Melodie (Melody)
A young lady with a lyre in bronze with a dark green patina
19th Century
31" H x ...
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19th Century Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Large Limited Edition Rusted Steel Wall Mounted Sculpture "Flasher"
By Uwe Pfaff
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A life size, rusted steel sculpture, edition 3/5. This sculpture is wall-mounted and is hung on a wall as a painting would be hung. It stands about 20mm away from the wall, creating...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Steel
Contemporary Menorah
By Alon Seifert
Located in New York, NY
Alon Seifert is a designer, writer, mixed media artist and a great believer in causes he believes in. LUMEN44 is Alon's take on the centuries old Menorah design. It is made of a 6lbs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Aluminum
"Not All That Glitters I" by Daggi Wallace, Original Painting, Female Portrait
Located in Denver, CO
Daggi Wallace's "Not All That Glitters I" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a female's model face with gold leaf drips.
Born and raised in Berlin, Germany ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
Nimbus II - rustic, repurposed steel, metal, gothic, figurative wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A mask of steel aircraft cable is framed by a halo of unwound ends. Patinated in dark rust, the wall sculpture by Dale Dunning has a moody, weathered appearance. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Nimbus as: "an indication (such as a circle) of radiant light or glory about the head of a drawn or sculptured divinity, saint, or sovereign"
Dale Dunning holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal, Steel
Paralells worlds Diptych
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
This work consists of two canvases of Diptych
Work composed of a wooden frame supported by a high-quality cotton fabric.
It is a large work of marvelous beauty.
The scene is an evoca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Enamel
Cloned Big Bulldog with pet bottle
Located in Malmo, SE
Original sculpture.
Signed/Numbered 5/8 copies.
Silver plated bronze
Acquired directly from the artist.
Free shipment worldwide.
William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 19...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
"Against Winds and Tides" in Brittany by Isabelle LEVESQUE
Located in Pasadena, CA
Levesque Isabelle was born in 1954 in Antananarivo. She attended the school of fine arts of Brest (France) and practiced sculpture since 1997. She made her first official exhibition ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
7 Golden Gingko Leaves - Gilded Brass sculpture on white marble base
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Artist: Kuno Vollet
Title: Golden Gingko with 6 leaves art sculpture
Materials: Cast brass, gold leaf, white marble base
Size: 56 x 9 x 9 cm
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Marble, Gold, Brass
Garden Sculpture " Stronghold "Outdoor Recycled Wood Aluminium Silver
Located in Benahavis, ES
The modern Sculpture " Stronghold ” is a unique metal piece made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2021, sand cast in aluminium and wood in our foundry, handcrafted by the Art...
Category
2010s Modern Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal
Limited Edition 2/3 Yellow Powder Coated Mild Steel Sculpture "Apart"
By Uwe Pfaff
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A medium sized, powder coated mild steel sculpture on a steel footing. Edition 2/3. Available in different colours or finishes on request.
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Steel
Japanese Tabako/Tool Box with Kiseru -wabi Sabi-Taisho Era-GSY Gallery Select
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely with our artists to take this positive and proactive step, helping collectors across the pond continue building their collections with confidence.
This antique Japanese Tobacco Box...
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1910s Showa Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal
"Bison" Original Buffalo Painting by Tammy Liu-Haller
Located in Denver, CO
Tammy Liu-Haller's "Bison" is an original, handmade graphite on clayboard, gold leaf and acrylic that depicts a buffalo in profile.
About the artist:
Tammy was born in 1975 in Kingston, NY. She is a realism artist, working primarily in graphite and charcoal. After spending 15 years away from the field, she began drawing again in 2011 and went full-time by 2015.
She is an avid supporter of organizations that rescue, conserve, and protect domestic and wild animals, and she often donates artwork to these causes each year. Tammy has also created a small niche of golf drawings...
Category
2010s Photorealist Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
Combien tu Pez? Gold Herzl. Heroes of Israel. Unique piece
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Sculpture combining a glass box displaying a plastic/resin character enhanced with acrylic paint and real customized candies are scattered around the base of the sculpture.
Instead ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
"Fille est" from the famous "Sensuality" Series by Vladimir Clavijo, eglomise
Located in Palm Beach, FL
In this project, Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev draws a line between sensuality and explicit sexuality in depicting a woman's body. Modern photography offers two main approaches to the su...
Category
Early 2000s Art Nouveau Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Saltaire" Minimal Scottish Flag Geometric Pop Sage Green 23K Gold Leaf/Oil
Located in Wellesley, MA
Charlotte Gibbs’ "flag" paintings often reference the artist's interest in Pop art and Geometric Abstractions, and sometimes incorporate 23 karat gold leaf in addition to oil paint, but not always. With its depiction of a graphically idealized Scottish flag...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
Steel Garden Wall - "Spiral" - Modern Outdoor Ornament - 75×195 cm
Located in Winterswijk, NL
With its rustic aesthetic, this privacy screen will not only protect your privacy, but also add a special charm to your outdoor area.
The rusty surface gives each element an indivi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Steel
Encanto
By Jimenez Deredia
Located in Miami, FL
Jiménez Deredia was born in Costa Rica on October 4th, 1954. In 1976 he opens his art studio in Carrara where he remains permanently. Deredia graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts ...
Category
2010s Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
The Early Morning by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture, mother and child, family
Located in Paris, FR
The Early Morning is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 24 × 17 × 11.5 cm (9.4 × 6.7 × 4.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Green Roll I - underwater nude photograph - print on aluminum
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater photograph of a naked young woman diving (rolling) in a pool. This extremely dynamic photograph is rich in green tones looks abstract while in fact it is entirely figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal
Giant Standing Minotaur II
By Beth Carter
Located in Boston, MA
Carter’s work often morphs the human figure with animal, creating mythological creatures and extraordinary fictional compositions. Her work explores themes of duality, transformation...
Category
2010s Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Star Gazer, Unique Cast Bronze Horse
By Danusia Wurm
Located in Brecon, Powys
Using the lost wax technique, all Danuta's bronzes are one-off originals
Free standing. Rests on carbonised oak block
"The ripped raw edges of Elizabeth Frink...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Piedra Filosofal (Philosopher Stone) (8/10)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist and designer Pedro Friedeberg is known for his surrealist paintings, prints, and sculptural furniture. He was the subject of a 2009 retrospective at the Museo del Palacio de B...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Bix" by Kevin Barrett, Abstract Bronze Metal Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
"Bix" by Kevin Barrett
Bronze metal sculpture
Kevin Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs.
Organic Bronze Metal Scu...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Slow Motion - underwater nude photo - print on aluminum 12 x 8"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a naked young woman in a pool.
Original print on aluminum plate with solid black backboard. The artwork needs no additional framing: it can...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal
Large Abstract Metal Composition "Four Torsos: Study 4"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the pe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
"Splendrous" (2024) By Carolyn Barlock, Original Gold and Porcelain Vase
Located in Denver, CO
"Splendrous" (2024) by Carolyn Barlock is an original, handmade vase made with Persian luster and 22kt gold on porcelain.
About the Artist:
Carolyn L. Barlock was born in Denver, C...
Category
2010s Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Kira (Black)
Located in Central, HK
Roby Dwi Antono
Kira (Black), 2021
Bronze sculpture with black patina finish and crystal resin tears
12 1/5 × 10 1/5 × 9 1/10 in 31 × 26 × 23 cm
Edition of 75
Published by Avant Art...
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2010s Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Safari, Bronze Sculpture by Volodymyr Mykytenko, 2008
Located in Zofingen, AG
Volodymyr Mykytenko - Safari (2008)
Safari is a cheerful and lucky image of a hunter. A funny bird sits on snails that look like a jeep. The gun i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Outdoor Lamp - "Globe" - unique galvanized indoor and garden ornament
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Outdoor lamp "Globe" d = 55 cm galvanized outdoor.
Outdoor light for the house and garden as well as entrance area.
This lamp impresses their unique shadow projection.
The ball is d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Steel
The Touch - underwater nude black & white photograph - print on aluminum 24"x36"
By Alex Sher
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Underwater black and white photograph of a young naked women touching her reflection in the water surface.
Original digital print on aluminum plate signed by the artist.
The artwor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal
"Spray"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A sculptor of kinetic objects, many of them with mazes of thin rods that appear brush like, Harry Bertoia was born in San Lorenzo, Italy, and came to America in 1930. In 1936, he stu...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Steel
DRINKING HORSE VI by Tom Hiscocks - horse sculpture stainless steel
By Tom Hiscocks
Located in DE
Medium: stainless steel.
Edition of 8
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Tom Hiscocks is a sculptor whose work explores themes of identity...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Stainless Steel
Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nothing is more delightful than depictions of people from the turn of the century that convey a distinguished sort of elegance, composure and dignity. Gone today is the concept of "...
Category
1910s Realist Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Patricia III by Nando Kallweit. Tall, elegant bronze sculpture of human figure.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Patricia III is a tall, elegant bronze sculpture of a human figure.
Nando Kallweit is a German sculptor working in bronze and oak. Kallweit carves the original piece from a piece...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
"My Charismatic Heart" Colorful Abstract Acrylic & Gold Leaf Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured acrylics in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic display of love encapsulated in these hearts on paper, leaving us with impressions of color and impasto paint effortlessly. Create an installation to fill any space, they are perfect as a big group or just single. This is a unique work on heavy weight paper.
Art measures 14 x 11 inches
Inspired by whimsey and purity of the feminine form, Cindy Shaoul is known for her impressionistic and abstract style. She is best recognized for her series ‘Brides’, ‘Dripping Dots’ and ‘Hearts’, as well as her ‘Plein-Air’ street scenes of quintessential New York locations. Shaoul’s works can be found in hundreds of private and corporate collections worldwide.
Since her first group show at Parsons School of Design in 2009, her work has been showcased internationally – from Italy to South Korea – and has been shown at various art fairs nationwide including Miami, Palm Beach, Dallas, and New York. Shaoul has had numerous solo exhibitions and has garnered the attention of notable celebrities such as Emma Roberts, Lily Collins, Ashley Park, Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich.
Her love of painting began at the age of 18 when she was on Thanksgiving break from college. She painted a 9-foot colorful, abstract mural in her mother’s art...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
Bird Collage No. 2
Located in Columbia, MO
Born in 1918 in Fordyce, Arkansas and raised in Louisiana, Fearing first studied art at Louisiana Tech University, and later earned a master’s degree at Columbia University in New Yo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Silver
Helen of Troy, Early 20th Century Enamel, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Edward Winter (American, 1908-1976)
Helen of Troy, 1938
Enamel
Signed and dated lower right
43 x 18 inches
44.5 x 19.5 inches, framed
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show 19...
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1930s Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Enamel
"Sky 46" Oil and Gold Leaf Painting
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 46" is an original, handmade oil and golf leaf painting that depicts a skyscape of orange and grey hues as sunlight plays across the clouds textured surface.
Category
2010s Photorealist Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
Biomorphic Blue No 11 - smooth, pigmented Winterstone, abstract sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The natural world inspires the beautiful organic forms of artist Jana Osterman. This deep blue patinated winterstone sculpture suggests the shape and movement of tree roots. It is polished with a protective wax giving it a light sheen.
“Tree roots hold traces and impressions of where they held on but still suggest the smooth, and continuous movement, the flow of water." Jana Osterman
Born in Slovenia, Osterman moved to Holland where she studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. She continued with printmaking studies in England. For the last 20 years, Osterman has worked as a full-time artist and fabricator in Canada, first in Toronto and now in Prince Edward County...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Steel
Inner View Layered VII Carved Marble Abstract Sculpture indoor outdoor
Located in New York, NY
"Inner View Layered VII" by Caroline Ramersdorfer
Ramersdorfer carves slabs of marble to reveal complex inteiror spaces creating a variety of "views" and perceptions. Lit from bot...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Granite, Marble, Stainless Steel
Surreal Floral Portrait. Leaves and Flowers. Lim Ed on Dibond 24/25
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"The Festive Ties" is a limited edition, high-quality Dibond direct UV print, part of the Fetiches series by Natasha Lelenco. In this piece, Lelenco skillfully blends elements of nat...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal
Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, unairbrushed with Gold Paint, For Pirelli 1998
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The Pirelli Calendar, known and trade-marked as "The Cal", is an annual trade calendar which has been published by the UK subsidiary of the Italian tyre manufacturing company Pirelli...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold
Intertwined by Kuno Vollet - Contemporary Circular Steel sculpture
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
Beautiful steel sculpture for indoor or outdoor use. This stunning black contemporary sculpture is a timeless and elegant piece. Circular lines are shaping the shiny metal into an ab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Stainless Steel
Cecile Walker Cycles - miniature urban building sculpture- street art graffiti
By Joshua Smith
Located in New York, NY
Joshua Smith
Cecile Walker Cycles
Based on Cecile Walker Cycles, Melbourne
Cardboard, MDF, plastic card, LED lighting, balsa wood, aluminum tubing, wire, recycled card, adhesive pape...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Aluminum, Wire
Cat's Cradle
By Bill Starke
Located in Denver, CO
"Cat's Cradle" is a limited edition sculpture created by Bill Starke depicting a figure playing with string.
About the artist:
Human beings interacting, colliding, cooperating, striving, & achieving are the themes I wish to portray in my sculptures. My observations on the human condition are meant to be both humorous and thought provoking.
Bill Starke's "Free Man" is everything that good art should be: technically superb, brilliantly composed, emotionally powerful and visually arresting... like George Stubbs, the 18th century English master...
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2010s Realist Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
"Cone Shell after Rembrandt AP" (2015) By Kate Breakey, Limited Edition Print
By Kate Breakey
Located in Denver, CO
"Cone Shell after Rembrandt AP" (2015) by Kate Breakey is a limited edition print on museum glass and gilded with 24K gold leaf.
About the artist:
Kate Breakey is internationally k...
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2010s Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Bird of Happiness, Bronze Sculpture by Volodymyr Mykytenko, 2005
Located in Zofingen, AG
Volodymyr Mykytenko - The Bird of Happiness (2005)
The Bird of Happiness-my bird fulfills all desires and brings happiness to this world. A gilded ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
Tartuffe
Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT
Lisbon-based, Miguel Rodrigues is renowed by having developed a highly innovative and personal artistic style: the hyperbaroque. His hyperbaroque sculptures summon the baroque’s conjunction of the transcendental and the ephemeral; playing elegantly with shapes that veer towards abstraction, and that combine organic cuverneality with the fortrights arrangements of modern formalism. The aim is for these works to open up spaces of potentiality and transformation; To use extroversion and introversion to resonate with the possibility of constructing a future reality according to our shared dreams and desires; To ensue that these constructions and convictions are as real and magnificent as anything.
Tartuffe was created in partnership with Mariana Custodio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal
Mathurin Moreau Triumph of Flora Bronze
Located in New York, NY
Mathurin Moreau (French, 1822-1912)
The Triumph of Flora
Female figural statue of Flora and two putti resting on a rouge marble base.
Bronze and Rouge Marble
signed 'Math. Morea...
Category
19th Century Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
"Cascade", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Wall Hanging, Tapestry
By John Garrett
Located in St. Louis, MO
John Garrett was raised in southern New Mexico by parents who were both educators. They instilled in him an appreciation for the handmade with their collections of Native American a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Metal, Wire
Untitled Portrait Head (perhaps Arnold Geissbuhler, the artist’s husband)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled Portrait Head (perhaps Arnold Geissbuhler, the artist’s husband), c. 1920s, bronze, signed verso, 11 x 9 x 7 inches (excluding base)
Elizabeth Chase was a sculptor, printma...
Category
1920s American Modern Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Bronze
"Stars and Stripes" Americana Pop 23 Karat Gold Leaf/Red/Blue Oil, Flag Painting
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Stars and Stripes"
23 Karat Gold Leaf and Oil on Linen
26 x 50 Inches
Charlotte Gibbs’ "flag" and "star" paintings often reference the artist's interest in Pop art and sometimes incorporate 23 karat gold leaf in addition to oil paint, but not always. With its depiction of a graphically idealized American flag.
"Stars and Stripes" is at once lovely and bold. Beautifully painted and exquisitely executed, these elegant works of rich color are sophisticated examples of Gibbs' ability to invoke whimsy while demanding serious attention, and the artist's simple distressed white wood double lattice frame is the perfect complement.
Also available is a smaller version of this painting, "American Standard" 18 x 34 inches, as well as a vertical variation "Vertical U.S. Flag" 34 x 18 inches. Additional variations of the American flag series are available without 23 karat gold leaf ("Reverse Image" in black and white, "Flag #4" in black, white and tan, and "Black and White" which is
black, gray and white).
The artist's "Canton" series of paintings focuses on stars only. Paintings from this series are available in navy blue with gold leaf stars ("Canton Major" 34 x 48 Inches), olive drab with gold leaf stars ("Canton Olive and Gold" 30 x 42 Inches), and all 23 karat gold leaf ("Starry Splendor" 30 x 42 Inches).
Gibbs is often commissioned to paint variations on her 'flags' and 'stars' to customize scale, orientation (horizontal or vertical) palette, and/or symbols of particular significance to the client.
Additionally available are flag paintings in various sizes inspired by the British flag with and without 23 karat gold leaf ("Sgt. Pepper Jack," "Union Jack Red and Gold," "Union Jack Navy and Gold," and "Union Jack White and Gold"), the Scottish flag...
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2010s Pop Art Art by Medium: Metal
Materials
Gold Leaf
Florentine singer / - The Renaissance of the Renaissance -
By Paul Dubois
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Dubois (1829 Nogent-sur-Seine - 1905 Paris), Florentine singer, 1865. Light brown patinated bronze with cast round plinth mounted on a square marble base (3.5 cm high). Total height 53 cm. Bronze dimensions: 49.5 cm (height) x 20 cm (length) x 10 cm (width), weight 5.6 kg. Inscribed on the plinth "P.[aul] DUBOIS", dated "1865", with the foundry's mark "F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR" and the signet "REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS".
- Patina very occasionally darkened, lute with loss of one tuning peg, otherwise in excellent condition.
- The renaissance of the Renaissance -
The bronze is a precisely executed and masterfully cast contemporary reduction of Paul Dubois 155 cm tall masterpiece "Florentine Singer", which is exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay and for which the artist was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Paris Salon in 1865. The work acted as a beacon, and was followed by a plethora of depictions of juveniles.
Inspired by Donatello and Luca della Robbia, but also by painters such as Piero della Francesca, Benozzo Gozzoli, and Pinturicchio, the "Florentine Singer" is not an epigonal work that pays homage to a vanished era, but a successful attempt to draw vitality from the art of the past and thus give it new life.
The effect of vitality is the core of Italian Renaissance art theory. In order to fulfill itself as art, art had to appear like nature. This naturalism also characterizes the "Florentine Singer". The young man appears to have been taken from life, which is reinforced by the momentary nature of his action. He has just struck a now fading chord. In addition, the natural appearance is enhanced by the detailed shaping of the figurative details, such as the laces with the slightly curved leather of the shoes, the belt buckle, or the ornamentation on the body of the lute. Even the fingernails are clearly defined. Unlike the Renaissance, however, the effect of liveliness here is not based on the "discovery" of nature and the human body, but primarily on the rediscovery of the art of the Quattrocento. The liveliness of the artwork is therefore at the same time a revitalization of this art, so that we can speak of a Renaissance of the Renaissance, just as the Pre-Raphaelites in England at the same time transferred the Quattrocento to contemporary art.
Dubois takes on the most difficult of all subjects, the depiction of singing through silent sculpture. He was preceded in this by Luca della Robbia and Donatello with their pulpits of singers created in the 1430s in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence. Compared to these works, the physiognomy of Dubois singer is far less animated, yet he also depicts singing in a convincing manner. He uses the whole body. He takes the ancient contrapposto, which was essential to Renaissance sculpture, and transforms the standing leg-playing posture into a late medieval S-swing, giving the body an elegant beauty and at the same time setting it in melodic motion. In the equally elegant finger position, the music is expressed in a much more literal way with the beating of the lute. Finally, the musicality of the sculpture culminates in the face with the mouth open to sing.
Through the act of singing, which is a great challenge to the artistic will to depict perfect beauty, the gracefulness of the classical face is not diminished, but enhanced. Starting from the face with the singing mouth and the gaze absorbed by the sounds, the inner vitality spreads, giving the bronze sculpture an intense aura, enhanced by the music. Dubois transfers the beauty of the Renaissance to the musical, sublimating the visible sculpture to the invisible of music.
He took up the challenge of transcending the Renaissance with the Renaissance, thus responding to the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes, which arose at the end of the 17th century around the French Academy and remained virulent into the 19th century, in which antiquity was regarded either as an unattainable ideal or as a standard to be surpassed. With his work, Dubois proved that the Renaissance, which had championed the art of the ancients, could lead to a new renaissance of art.
About the artist
Paul Dubois' great-uncle was the famous French Baroque sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, in whose footsteps the talented great-nephew followed. When he debuted at the Paris Salon in 1858, he signed his work "Dubois-Pigalle". At his father's request, however, he first studied law before devoting himself to sculpture under the tutelage of François Christophe Armand Toussaint in 1856 and entering the École des Beaux-Arts in 1858. From 1859 to 1863, he lived in Rome and traveled to Naples and Florence. Inspired by Florentine art of the quattrocento, Dubois initiated a school-forming neo-Florentine style that combined the elegantly simple forms of youthful grace with a precise wealth of detail.Two purchases by the French state (“envois de Rome”) were made during his stay in Rome, which brought him recognition in Paris. After his return there, he quickly became an internationally sought-after artist.
Dubois was also active as a creator of monuments. His most famous work is the equestrian statue of Joan of Arc (1896) on the forecourt of Reims Cathedral. He was also a sought-after portraitist who produced around 50 busts and - Dubois was also a passionate painter - around 100 portraits in oil.
From 1873 to 1878 he was curator of the Museum du Luxembourg, in 1876 he became a member of the Institut de France and from 1878 to 1905 he was director of the École des Beaux-Arts.
In 1865, Dubois was awarded the Paris Salon Medal of Honor for his “Florentine Singer”. In 1867 he became Chevalier, in 1874 Officier, in 1886 Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, which awarded Dubois the Grande Croix in 1896.
Selected Bibliography
Stole, Elmar: Paul Dubois. In: Saur. Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, vol. 30, Munich - Leipzig 2001, pp. 677-678.
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Paul Dubois (1829 Nogent-sur-Seine - 1905 Paris), Florentinischer Sänger, 1865. Hellbraun patinierte Bronze mit gegossener runder Plinthe auf quadratischem Marmorsockel montiert (3,5 cm Höhe). Gesamthöhe 53 cm. Maße der Bronze: 49,5 cm (Höhe) x 20 cm (Länge) x 10 cm (Breite), Gewicht 5,6 kg. Auf der Plinthe mit „P.[aul] DUBOIS“ bezeichnet, auf „1865“ datiert, mit dem Gießereistempel „F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR“ und dem Signet „REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS“ versehen.
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