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Sculptures For Sale
Apollo Marble Bust Sculpture of Grand Tour Mythological subject 1850'
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in white Carrara marble of Apollo bust .
Category
20th Century Academic Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Mirror" - mirror and neon acrylic hand formed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Maeve Eichelberger is a Colorado native, capturing both urban and rural lifestyles in her artwork. Passionate about collage, Maeve specializes in a new form of 3 dimensional collage....
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Mirror
IRIS II - unique abstraction of colors in circular glass frame (45" diameter)
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a mesmerizing sea of dark green and brown tones
from an ongoing photography project since the late 1990s, capturing the details of the human eye and a pupil's unique abstractions
Ir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Signal (2) by Patricia Volk - Abstract ceramic sculpture, painted clay, dynamic
Located in Paris, FR
Signal (2) is a fired clay constructed, painted and mounted on MDF sculpture by Patricia Volk, dimensions are 47 × 44 × 16 cm (18.5 × 17.3 × 6.3 in).
It is a unique signed piece and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Haptic Series Cobalt & White Extra-Large - textured, ceramic vessel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A former architect, Bill Greaves enjoys the freedom of expressing his artistic vision by hand forming vessels out of clay. His pieces emulate natural shap...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Silver Circle by Kuno Vollet - Contemporary indoor or outdoor sculpture
By Kuno Vollet
Located in DE
This stunning large aluminum sculpture is a statement piece for any contemporary collection.
Beautiful for indoor or outdoor installation.
The r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Porcelain Skull Sculpture In White & Red Color, Removable Cover available now
By Huang Yulong
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
Roses and skulls were the first batch of products produced by Yulong Lab under the name of the studio at that time. The original intention of this design was to focus on people who a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Faune aux marottes, Picasso, 1950's, Earthenware, Unique work, 1950's, Design
Located in Geneva, CH
Faune aux marottes, Picasso, 1950's, Earthenware, Unique work, 1950's, Design
Faune aux marottes
Unique work
1.12.1956
Earthenware, decoration with engobes and metallic oxides
15.1 ...
Category
1950s Post-War Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Israeli Mod Arts & Crafts Copper Sculpture Bookends Bezalel Schatz Yaad Studio
By Bezalel Schatz
Located in Surfside, FL
Bezalel Schatz, (1912-1978), Yaad Studio Workshop
Mid century modern
The standing part is 6 X 5 inches. The copper sheet is 10 X 5 inches each. This is for a pair. they are copper w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Lavendar Face Ceramic totem sculpture by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This totem is full of surprises with an upside down duck a couple of fish an apple and a cala lily.Its wonderfully random which adds to the fun. Totems can make you laugh!
Please no...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
Michael German "Leroy & Bertha's Bar and Grill" Mixed Media Sculpture Folk Art
Located in Detroit, MI
During the 1960s America’s storytelling sculptor, Michael Garman, lived a vagabond lifestyle on the cheap and in the run-down neighborhoods of Dallas, S...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
"Clover" Wall Sculpture- mid century modern, mcm, green
By Scott Troxel
Located in Marmora, NJ
"Clover" Wood Wall Sculpture- 2024
Matte Acrylic Paint on solid maple wood. Finished on three sides and ready to hang.
Scott Troxel draws on the aesthetics of bygone technology and ...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Tilted Orange - contemporary, geometric abstract, coated steel outdoor sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary orange-colored metal outdoor sculpture is the work of Shayne Dark.
Five tapered shafts of steel emerge from the base in a powerful contemporary composition. The C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Man with Two Dogs, Early 20th Century Wiener Werkstätte Sculpture, Female Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Susi Singer-Schinnerl (Austrian-American, 1891-1965)
Man with Two Dogs, c. 1925
Ceramic
Manufactured by the Wiener Werkstätte, model number 682
Stamped on bottom
13 x 5.5 x 4 inches...
Category
1920s Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Corpus Christi
Located in Wien, Wien
MUSEUM CORPUS CHRISTI
Spain/Catalonia or Asturias
Around 1250
Corpus hardwood, arms softwood
Remains of the original polychrome setting
Height 109.5...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Siamese Horse Cat with Foal Kitten" Found vintage ceramic animals
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "Siamese Horse Cat with Foal Kitten" is an original artwork by Debra Broz made of secondhand ceramics and mixed media. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Found Objects
Block X by Delphine Brabant - Abstract geometric sculpture, plaster, balance
Located in Paris, FR
Block X is a unique plaster sculpture by contemporary artist Delphine Brabant, dimensions are 21 × 16 × 14 cm (8.3 × 6.3 × 5.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and comes with a certific...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Abstract Expressionist Biomorphic Welded Metal Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Welded, brazed sculpture on wooden base
This is not signed or dated
This work is unsigned. We were told it was the work of Seymour Lipton but as there is further documentation we are selling it as attributed and cannot guarantee it as such.
Seymour Lipton (1903 – 1986) was an American abstract expressionist sculptor. He was a member of the New York School who gained widespread recognition in the 1950s. He initially trained as a dentist, like fellow sculptor Herbert Ferber, receiving his degree from Columbia University in 1927. In the late 1920s, he began to explore sculpture, creating clay portraits of family members and friends. His early choices of medium changed from wood to lead and then to bronze, and he is best known for his work in metal. Like his contemporary, Abstract Expressionist Jackson Pollock, and Arshile Gorky Lipton was influenced by Carl Jung’s work on the unconscious mind and the regenerative forces of nature. He translated these two-dimensional drawings into three-dimensional maquettes that enabled him to revise his ideas before creating the final sculpture. The forms that Lipton produced during this period were often zoomorphic, exemplifying the tension between the souls of nature and the automatism of the machine. He made several technical innovations, including brazing nickel silver rods onto sheets of Monel to create rust resistant forms. Seymour Lipton is best known for his textured torch welded metal sculptures...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Set of 5 Silver ceramic balloon sculptures handmade for wall installation.
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
5 Silver glossy ceramic balloon sculptures - a balloon for life and an art collectors piece. Its Vivid glossy color enhances sophisticated and cheerful space environment.
handmade in the picturesque village Arsuf in Israel the balloon creates tension betwen ligtht vs. heavy, temporary vs. enterninty, fragilie vs. solid and more. The baloons can be installed individually as one balloon or in different combinations creating a unique installation for every space and making it an art tool for designers and architects as well as home owners.
Harmony and grandeur characterize the work of Reli Smith and Osnat Yaffe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
19th/20th Century Wood Carved Bust & Head
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified/Unknown Artist, "19th/20th Century Wood Carved Bust & Head", Folk Art Wooden Sculpture, 10.50 x 6.50 x 2.50, 19/20th Century
Category
20th Century Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
BEAUTY
By Lyle London
Located in Tempe, AZ
BEAUTY is an exploration of facial recognition. Can we recognize a face from a contour map? What makes a human face recognizable or attractive? More important what makes it memora...
Category
2010s American Realist Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Obéole", Hand-Knitted Airy Transparent Pendant Golden Grey Metallic Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This airy sculpture is entirely hand-knitted from a brass golden wire and a galvanized iron grey wire by its creator Delphine Grandvaux. This artwor...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bronze Figural Sculpture of Gloria Victis by Antonin Mercié
Located in New York, NY
Gloria Victis, a winged figure of victory carrying a fallen warrior casted in bronze with brown patina. Inscribed with 'F. Barbedienne. Fonduer' mark and...
Category
19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Venus Figure
By Sorel Etrog
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sorel Etrog (1933 - 2014) is arguably Canada's most famous sculptor.
His works can be found in numerous museums and private collections including the Tate, the AGO and LACMA.
His public sculptures can be found on iconic corners in Toronto, Montreal, Israel and beyond.
The Art Gallery of Ontario organized a major retrospective of his work that ran in 2013.
This work is the earliest Etrog sculpture Caviar20 has handled to date. It is from Etrog's debut period and may be one of his first works to be casted.
This untitled work aka "Venus Figure" merges two signature elements that Etrog employs or combines frequently - the primitive with modernist figuration. The proportions and curves of this work recall the ancient "Venus of Willendorf" sculpture - filtered through Etrog's abstracted bronze lens.
Similar sculptures, referred to as "Venus Figurines...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Reclining Figure
Located in Washington, DC
Sculpture by Brazilian-born artist Elizabeth Freire. B&W photo is of Ms. Freire with renowned sculptor Etienne Martin at the Ecole Nationals des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Elizabeth Freire is a Brazilian-born, contemporary American artist. At the age of eighteen, she left Rio de Janeiro and moved to Paris to study sculpture at l’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, receiving her Diploma there in 1979 under the direction of Claude Viseux, Etienne Martin, and Cesar. During that time she worked as an apprentice at the Fonderie de France where she learned bronze technique and she also attended etching courses at l’Ecole de Montparnasse.
In 1976, she won a commission to make three life-size figures representing the printing company, “Les Imprimeries de Boulogne,” at the International Printing Fair in Paris. She spent 1977 in Aix-en-Provence where she carved the local stone of Rogne.
Returning to Paris, the painter Lutka Pink introduced her to Otero, Frans Krajcberg and Hajdu from whom she received valuable lessons. In 1978, she traveled to Brazil where she was invited to participate in the exhibit ‘A Century of Sculpture in Brazil’. She also met with the sculptor Sergio Camargo...
Category
Early 2000s Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Acrylic
"He had Pure Thoughts with Blue Flowers" Dog Sculpture in Resin with Flowers
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical yet very strong piece depicting the Weim character from Gillie and Marc's iconic figures of the Dog/Bunny Human Hybrid, which has picked up much esteem across the globe. ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Steel Garden Wall - "Stainless Steel III" - modern outdoor ornament - 75×195 cm
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Beautiful contemporary oxidized sheet steel Garden Wall or privacy screen.
Customization possible.
With this garden wall you'll conjure up an atmospheric ambience in your garden.
Id...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Threaded Infusion Block in Gold, Purple and Red", Blown and Kiln Cast Glass
By Jamie Harris
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jamie Harris straddles the disciplines of painting and glass blowing approaching his work, “more from a painterly perspective than as a traditional glassblower.” His work is primaril...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Takashi Murakami Melting DOB New/sealed (Takashi Murakami DOB)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Takashi Murakami Melting DOB, 2021:
Takashi Murakami's signature DOB figure new/unopened in its original packaging. A standout Murakami limited edition collector's piece, rarely presented new/sealed in its original factory box.
Medium: Painted cast vinyl figure with metallic disk stand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
Ian Edwards Leap Within Faith, Edition 4 of 12
By Ian Edwards
Located in Naples, Florida
Ian Edwards’ journey as a sculptor began when he left school aged 16 and began an apprenticeship. "The day I walked into the woodcarving shop everything changed. I said to myself the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Exceptional Bronze Draft Horse by Pierre Jules Mêne (French, 1810-1879)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
Exceptional Bronze of a Draft Horse
Pierre Jules Mêne (French, 1810-1879)
Circa 1860s
4 3/4 (W) x 3.25 (H)
As Mêne personally ov...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Committed - 38" tall bronze sculpture
By Denny Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
"Committed" maquette by Denny Haskew
Cast Bronze on Travertine and Walnut Base
Signed and Numbered AP/25* 38"h 15"w 10"d
*This limited edition is sold out, the available piece is t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Travertine, Bronze
John Van Alstine, RECLINING FIGURE, Sculpture 1973
Located in Greenwich, CT
RECLINING FIGURE
Gray Vermont marble
18" (height) x 30" (width) x 14" (depth)
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate, and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The inte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
Goldust, Abstract 3D Original Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karo Martirosyan,
Work: Original Artwork,
Medium: Glass and Metal Wall Sculpture,
Year: 2024
Style: Contemporary Art,
Subject: Goldust,
Size: 66" x 35" x 4'' inch, (167x88...
Category
2010s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Jeff Koons-Puppy-Bernardaud-Plate
By Jeff Koons
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This "Puppy Platter" by Jeff Koons, created in 1992, is a special edition piece for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Limited to an edition of 125, this enamel on porcelain pla...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
3 Standing Figures V by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary bronze sculpture, human
Located in Paris, FR
3 Standing Figures V is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 63 × 18 × 14 cm (24.8 × 7.1 × 5.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
ANTIQUE ITALIAN 18TH CENTURY BOXWOOD SCULPTURE OF CHRIST
Located in Milan, IT
Boxwood figure of Christ
Category
18th Century Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pop Doll - Pop Art Pop Free New Movement Mannequin Colors Acrylic Paints
Located in Sofia, BG
"Pop Doll" is a decorated sculpture.
It is created by the French artist David Cintract.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: mannequin fiberglass, lacquer,...
Category
2010s Pop Art Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Lacquer, Acrylic, Stencil
Leda and the Swan modernist mid century sculpture by French woman artist
Located in Norwich, GB
A unique piece: a hand modelled sculpture by French artist Jeannine Nathan (b.1924). Working in Paris, Jeannine was able to visit Picasso’s studio, and was impressed by the
Master’s ...
Category
1960s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Robert Mapplethorpe, Poppy Flower Porcelain Plate
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: after Robert Mapplethorpe, American (1946 - 1989)
Title: Calla Lily
Date: circa 2000
Medium: Porcelain Plate, printed signature verso
Edition Size: 500
Diameter: 8.25 inches
...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
#fahrenheit451
Located in New York, NY
#fahrenheit451, 2014
Neon and sheet metal
20 × 52 × 4 inches (50.8 × 132.1 × 10.2 cm)
Edition 3/5 + 1AP
26 × 70 × 6 inches (66 × 177.8 × 15.2 cm)
Editio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Viewer" Bronze Sculpture 41.5" x 32 "x 20" inch Ed. 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis
Located in Culver City, CA
"Viewer" Bronze Sculpture 41.5" x 32 "x 20" inch Ed. 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis
2020
From the Fateful Flowers series
Approximate weight 75 lbs
ABOUT ARTIST
Born on 27 May 1985 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. From 2005 to 2011 studied at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, at the Faculty of "Fine Arts" specialty "Easel and monumental sculpture." Now studying postgraduate at Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. Works are in private collections in Ukraine, Israel, Germany, USA, Australia, Finland, Holland, Spain, Belgium, England.
Education
2002‑2005 Faculty of Engineering and Physics (NTU KhPI)
2005‑2011 Easel and monumental sculpture (KSADA)
2012-2016 postgraduate education (KSADA)
Exhibitions
2007-15 City exhibition HONSKHU. Kharkiv.
2007-14 Ukrainian Exhibition KONSKHU. Kyiv.
2008-11 "The maestro and his students", KSADA. Kharkiv (Audience Award 2009)
2008 11 International Triennial of sculpture. Kyiv .
2009 “Male portrait”, gallery KSADA. Kharkiv .
2009 "You get SMS ", Kharkiv ( Grand Prix "The best sculpture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Beginn der Weisheit (Casted 2023 ) Bronze Sculpture Wisdom Abstract In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Beginn der Weisheit Bronze Sculpture Head Figurative Abstract - In Stock Wisdom - Size is including pedestal Stone
Each Edition of Casting is different, Each Sculpture is Unique
Be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Omoplata 254 in Bubblegum", Hand-Folded Paper, Abstract Patterns
By Matt Shlian
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Omoplata 254 in Bubblegum" is an original piece by Matt Shlian and is made from hand-folded archival paper. This piece measures 25.5”h x 22.5”w unframed.
As a pap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Archival Paper
Fisher Girl of Picardy Bronze
By Elizabeth Nourse
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This exceptionally rare bronze sculpture was done by the artist Elizabeth Nourse's painting "The Fisher Girl of Picardy," which is part of the Smithso...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Putto in legno dorato reggi candela barocco italiano
Located in Florence, IT
One flame candle holder putto made of gilded wood.
Those kind of objects were present in churches or noble villas, specially during the Baroque times.
The base is not coeval.
Category
17th Century Baroque Sculptures
Materials
Gold
Swimmer I - figurative sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture is from Orly's latest body of works.
It is part of an edition of 15 and comes signed and numbered.
It is made of Jasmonite casting and covered with acrylic paint.
"I ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
1980 Italy Post-Modern Rodica Tanasescu Bronze Abstract Sculpture Muse
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Rodica Tanasescu. The title " Musa" Muse.
Rodica Tanasescu was born in Rumania and now lives in and works in Mestre, (Venezia, Italy). ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ian Edwards I am - Bronze with Patina
By Ian Edwards
Located in Naples, Florida
Ian Edwards’ journey as a sculptor began when he left school aged 16 and began an apprenticeship. "The day I walked into the woodcarving shop everything changed. I said to myself the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Hunt Large Bronze Sculpture Ferdinand Barbedienne Fondeur Napoleon III
Located in Pistoia, IT
Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) "The Hunt.
Impressive bronze sculpture with brown patina, 98 cm tall. Signature "E. Barrias" on the rock; "F. Barbedienne fondeur Paris" and mechanic...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ouvrir les Frontières pour Mr. Olingou
Located in Atlanta, GA
The universal theme of travel has always inspired Bruno Catalano. Since he started to knead clay, hundreds of “Travellers” went out of his feverish hand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Discus Thrower
By Claire J. R. Colinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco patinated bronze titled "The Discus Thrower" by
Claire Jean Roberte Colinet (1880-1950)
Raised on a circular green marble base and the attached to a square lacquered metal b...
Category
1930s Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brutalist Abstract Nail Sculpture in the Style of Harry Bertoia
Located in Dallas, TX
Brutalist Abstract Nail sculpture comprised of hundreds of hand welded flat nails with a rusticated patina. Would be great as a fireplace scree...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Untitled Carved Wood Sculpture - Driftwood
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Miami, FL
Mario Dal Fabbro's "Untitled Carved Wood Sculpture" is somewhat reminiscent of driftwood with natural cracks that have been carved by the ebb and...
Category
1980s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Con la cabeza llena de pajaros (With a head full of birds)
Located in Miami, FL
Alfredo Sosabravo
“Con la cabeza llena de pajaros” 2001
Murano Glass
13½ x 12 x 5½
Provenance:
Private Collection, Miami
Provenance:
Private Collection, Miami
Literature:
Alejandr...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Prometheus, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Anthony Quinn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Anthony Quinn, American (1915 - 2001)
Title: Prometheus
Year: 1988
Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed
Edition: 5/8
Size: 22.5 in. x 10.5 in. x 5 in. (57...
Category
1980s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Elijah David Herschler Chrome Steel Modernist Free Form Kinetic Ribbon Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Elijah David Herschler (1940-2023)
Ribbon sculpture, 1985
Chromed metal
Signed and dated to one end: elijah david herschler
Dimensions: 38" H x 4" Dia. approximately
Modern, abstract...
Category
1980s Minimalist Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Untitled, " Seymour Fogel, Geometric Abstraction, Texas Hard-Edge
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Fogel
Untitled
Oil on illustration board construction
10 x 7 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Charles and Faith McCracken
Larry and Trish Heichel
Private Collection
Seymour Fogel was born in New York City on August 24, 1911. He studied at the Art Students League and at the National Academy of Design under George Bridgeman and Leon Kroll. When his formal studies were concluded in the early 1930s he served as an assistant to Diego Rivera who was then at work on his controversial Rockefeller Center mural. It was from Rivera that he learned the art of mural painting.
Fogel was awarded several mural commissions during the 1930s by both the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, among them his earliest murals at the Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1936, a mural in the WPA Building at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, a highly controversial mural at the U.S. Post Office in Safford, Arizona (due to his focus on Apache culture) in 1941 and two murals in what was then the Social Security Building in Washington, D.C., also in 1941. Fogel's artistic circle at this time included Phillip Guston, Ben Shahn, Franz Kline, Rockwell Kent and Willem de Kooning.
In 1946 Fogel accepted a teaching position at the University of Texas at Austin and became one of the founding artists of the Texas Modernist Movement. At this time he began to devote himself solely to abstract, non-representational art and executed what many consider to be the very first abstract mural in the State of Texas at the American National Bank in Austin in 1953. He pioneered the use of Ethyl Silicate as a mural medium. Other murals and public works of art done during this time (the late 1940s and 1950s) include the Baptist Student Center at the University of Texas (1949), the Petroleum Club in Houston (1951) and the First Christian Church, also in Houston (1956), whose innovative use of stained glass panels incorporated into the mural won Fogel a Silver Medal from the Architectural League of New York in 1958.
Fogel relocated to the Connecticut-New York area in 1959. He continued the Abstract Expressionism he had begun exploring in Texas, and began experimenting with various texturing media for his paintings, the most enduring of which was sand. In 1966 he was awarded a mural at the U.S. Federal Building in Fort Worth, Texas. The work, entitled "The Challenge of Space", was a milestone in his artistic career and ushered in what has been termed the Transcendental/Atavistic period of his art, a style he pursued up to his death in 1984. Painted and raw wood sculpture...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Materials
Oil, Board
Nude, Abstract and Figurative Sculptures for Sale
The history of sculpture as we know it is believed to have origins in Ancient Greece, while small sculptural carvings are among the most common examples of prehistoric art. In short, sculpture as a fine art has been with us forever. A powerful three-dimensional means of creative expression, sculpture has long been most frequently associated with religion — consider the limestone Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt — while the tradition of collecting sculpture, which has also been traced back to Greece as well as to China, far precedes the emergence of museums.
Technique and materials in sculpture have changed over time. Stone sculpture, which essentially began as images carved into cave walls, is as old as human civilization itself. The majority of surviving sculpted works from ancient cultures are stone. Traditionally, this material and pottery as well as metal — bronze in particular — were among the most common materials associated with this field of visual art. Artists have long sought new ways and materials in order to make sculptures and express their ideas. Material, after all, is the vehicle through which artists express themselves, or at least work out the problems knocking around in their heads. It also allows them to push the boundaries of form, subverting our expectations and upending convention. As an influential sculptor as much as he was a revolutionary painter and printmaker, Pablo Picasso worked with everything from wire to wood to bicycle seats.
If you are a lover of art and antiques or are thinking of bringing a work of sculpture into your home for the first time, there are several details to keep in mind. As with all other works of art, think about what you like. What speaks to you? Visit local galleries and museums. Take in works of public art and art fairs when you can and find out what kind of sculpture you like. When you’ve come to a decision about a specific work, try to find out all you can about the piece, and if you’re not buying from a sculptor directly, work with an art expert to confirm the work’s authenticity.
And when you bring your sculpture home, remember: No matter how big or small your new addition is, it will make a statement in your space. Large- and even medium-sized sculptures can be heavy, so hire some professional art handlers as necessary and find a good place in your home for your piece. Whether you’re installing a towering new figurative sculpture — a colorful character by KAWS or hyperreal work by Carole A. Feuerman, perhaps — or an abstract work by Won Lee, you’ll want the sculpture to be safe from being knocked over. (You’ll find that most sculptures should be displayed at eye level, while some large busts look best from below.)
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