Skip to main content

Figurative Sculptures

to
871
6,046
4,412
1,600
1,102
1,045
2
5,552
3,415
Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Vintage Peacock III (Wall Piece/Dish (hand-painted, made to order by the artist)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman Vintage Peacock III (Wall Piece/Dish (handpainted) Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Chinapaints, 24k German Gold Luster, Brass Wire (for hanging, can be removed) Year: 2023 (and following years) Size: 5.5x4x0.25in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1333 *Made to Order Every piece is unique, design might differ slightly Customization possible **Lead time approx. 2 weeks for qty 1-3 ------------------------ My ceramics are handmade and painted with the finest overglazes from Europe. The gold luster used is 24k liquid Gold from Germany. Every piece is unique. My imagery is inspired by vintage Meissen dinnerware, William Morris wallpaper and other historical sources. Porcelain, Ceramics, Pottery, Ornament Vintage Moth Wall Piece Ornament Small Dish Candy Sugar Tea handpainted handmade butterfly peacock 24k German gold luster ceramics porcelain charm, jewelry, personalized, family, tree, retro, heart, mother, moon, baby, feet, gemstone, flower, mom, birth, year, art, chinapaint, luster, lustre, contemporary ceramics, futility of pleasure, herend, meissen, sevre, pattern, arita, arita ware, imari, imari ware, dresden, germany, japan, jingdezhen, china, photography, momento mori, flowers, flower motif, drawing, illustration, peacock, cherry blossom, chrysanthemum, kiku, 菊, kikka, 菊花, Ōka, 黄花, Kiku no hana...
Category

1790s Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Agathon Léonard Art Nouveau Bronze "Danseuse au flambeaux"
Located in Berlin, DE
Awesome Art Nouveau sculpture by Agathon Léonard ( Lille 1841-1923 Paris ). Gilded bronze, circa 1900. Signed on the back: A Léonard sclp and foundry...
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

30 ML Happy Love pill Combo (Mint green, pink, red) - figurative sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This new work by Tal Nehoray is from her latest body of works called "Happy Pills". All are hand made with ceramic and hand painted with automotive paint. It is a combination of 3 ce...
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Automotive Paint

Emile Picault "Joueur de Luth" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
Emile-Louis Picault (French,1833-1915) "Joueur de Luth" [Lute Player] Patinated Bronze Figural Sculpture, late 19th century, the standing figure in Renaissance style costume playing ...
Category

Late 19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Being", Airy Handmade Metal Mesh and Dark Ginger Wool Pendant Mural Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Elegance for its forms, sobriety for its materials, this sensual sculpture named « Being» is a meshwork combining with felted dark ginger wool, creat...
Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Klage um Ernst Barlach ( Memorial for Ernst Barlach )
Located in Berlin, DE
Impressive Bronze Relief by Käthe Kollwitz ( 1867-1945, Germany ). Created 1938 in memory of her friend Ernst Barlach. Bronze brown patinated. On the left side signed: Kollwitz. He...
Category

1930s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ian Edwards - Surrender - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Surrender - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure Dimensions: 32 x 60 x 60 cm Edition of 9 Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endeavour. He draws inspiration from natural forces, with his powerful masculine figures often bearing the surface texture of time enduring landscapes. Edwards uses this external inspiration to explore very internal themes of fortitude and self-discovery. Edwards’ sensitive hand as a sculptor incorporates classical ideas about the sculpting process. In both Self Made Man and Creation of Self, a figure carves himself out of a mass of rock, reminiscent of Michelangelo's idea of seeing a form within a piece of marble and ’setting him free'. This is deeply metaphorical, reflecting timeless themes of purity, effort and self-belief. Poetic concepts such as these run throughout Edwards’ practice, with each piece subtly informed through mythological storytelling, creation beliefs and philosophical thinking. Edwards served a five-year apprenticeship at the world renowned G&H Studios...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Botero Style Bronze Horse Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Botero Style Bronze Horse Sculpture Large and decorative bronze horse with removable saddle Botero style inspired, quality patinated bronze with some red and black trace of paint.
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Yearning 2/9 - male, nude, figurative, statuette, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At once expressive, and elegant, William Hung creates dynamic sculptures that explore the human condition. With this intimate piece, cast in a rich bronze...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Anatomy of a Golfer V, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The Anatomy of a Golfer V, Atelier is the fifth in Richard MacDonald's series of golfers that were inspired by the creation of his heroic sculpture, M...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pegasus Kicking by Helle Crawford, Bronze Gold horse sculpture
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Gold

''Tesem'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Tesem, Brown Dog
Located in Utrecht, NL
Nichola Theakston (1967) has established herself as one of the UK’s foremost contemporary sculptors working within the animal genre. With the ''Tesem'' Nichola shows how exquisite ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sculpture of Male Head in Bronze "Giorgi"
Located in New York, NY
Bronze life-size male head with a dark brown patina. Rushton sculpts all of his busts using live models over the course of multiple sittings. While realistic and classical in charac...
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hot water bottle (red) ceramic sculpture - figurative sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This new work by Tal Nehoray is from her latest body of works. This hand made ceramic piece if part of Tal's "Day to day" objects that originally were not meant to be well designed, ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Automotive Paint

Just A Little Tipsy (MADE TO ORDER) (Sabbath, Kiddush, Unique, Gold Luster)
Located in Kansas City, MO
(MADE TO ORDER) (Sabbath, Kiddush, Unique, Gold Luster) *Lead Time may vary between 1-3 weeks Melanie Sherman "Just A Little Tipsy" Year: 2021 Porcelai...
Category

18th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Porcelain, Glaze

"Bronze Statue - Ife, Nigeria, " Bronze Sculpture created circa 1920s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bronze Statue - Ife, Nigeria" is a bronze sculpture created in circa 1920. This figure has short legs and a short torso, but a large head. They held out their hands with two objects...
Category

1920s Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

BALLOON DOG (MAGENTA)
Located in Aventura, FL
Signed and numbered (signature and edition number are fired onto the backside of the plate). Edition of 2300. Sculpture is in excellent condition. Original box and COA included.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Sèvres terracotta Bust Sculpture of Moliere after Jean Antoine Houdon
Located in Gavere, BE
Sèvres terracotta Bust Sculpture of Moliere after Jean Antoine Houdon Bearing the Sèvres mark underneath the base Additional information about the work: Title: Bust of Moliere Med...
Category

1940s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Poisson En Mission"- Serving Bowl (Hand-Painted, Gold Luster, Fish, Durer)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman "Poisson En Mission" - Serving Bowl (Hand-Painted, Gold Luster, Fish, Durer, Dürer, Made to Order) Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Vintage Flower Decal, German Platinum and 24k German Gold Luster Year: 2023 Size: Height 4.25in x Diameter 9in (approx.) Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1809 *Made to Order Every piece is unique, design might differ slightly Customization possible **Lead time approx. 2 weeks for qty 1-3 495 780 Her work references exclusive and precious porcelain wares from 18th-century Europe. In her work she tries to capture the qualities for which porcelain has been known since its discovery in China: whiteness, translucency, and resonance. She is attracted to the enameled and lustered surfaces of the Baroque, Renaissance and Rococo porcelain designs, as well as to elaborations on structural elements of these time periods. She is investigating surface decorations and embellished shapes in order to gain more knowledge for my own studio practice. Sherman is interested in incorporating and referencing historic drawings, motives, and patterns into her work. Studying the history of ceramics Sherman has been captivated by the relationship between East and West, and how they continue to influence each other, especially through the ceramic arts. Although there might be considerable differences between the two civilizations, the cultural exchange between them is an important connector of history and has produced a long and rich exchange of ideas between artists and makers. Asian craft traditions have been handed down to the West and the handmade aspect, even within the factory setting, is still an important concept that allows for control of design and quality by the artist, which is essential within craft of the West. Tags: 24kgermangoldluster, 70s, 80s, aesthetic feed, all that glitters, Anderson ranch, Anderson ranch arts center, applied arts, arita, arita ware, armour, art, aspen, baby, bara, be my valentine, birth, Blue flowers, bowl, calix, ceramic, ceramics, céramique, chabana, chalice, charm, cherry blossom, china, chinapaint, Chōgenbō, chrysanthemum, cobalt blue, colorado, contemporary ceramics, craftswomen, cup, cups, cute cats, decal, decarts, decorative arts, design and decoration, design dictionary, design history, design museum, designhounds, dishes, dose, drache, dragon, drawing, dresden, duerer, family, feet, fish, floral arrangement, flower, flower arrangement, flower motif, flowers, futility of pleasure, gemstone, Germany, goblet, gold, gold luster, gold powder, hand painted, hand thrown, handmade, harajuku, Harajuku fashion, harajukustyle, heart, Herend, holy grail, horror vaccui, Ikebana, illustration, imari, imari ware, japan, japanese pattern, Japanese textiles, jewelry, jingdezhen, Jiyūka, Jōshō shita, Jú shí, Just A Little Tipsy, Kadō, Kansas City, Kansas City artist, kawaiidesu, kazari christmas, kc artist, kc crossroads, kc made, kck, kcmo, kenzan, Keramik, kiddush cup, kikka, kiku, Kiku no hana, kimono, koi, kuge, lighting design, luster, lustre, made in england, made in kc, mak, mak collection online, makers movement, makvienna, makwien, meissen, midcentury modern, ⁠modern ceramics, modern craft, mom, momento mori, moon, more is more, Moribana, mother, mug shot Monday, nageirebana, necklace, obi, Ōka, ornamentation, owl, pastel, pastel kawaii, pattern, patterns, peacock, personalized, photography, pink glitter, polar ice, polar ice porcelain, porcelain, porcelain jewelry, porcelain painting, porzellan, porzellan malerei, post it for the aesthetic, potters of instagram, pottery, prahran, precious, pretty pastel please, ramen, ranchmade, red gold, red world, retro, rikka, ring, ring dishes, rose, Rōze, Rōzu, Sedensho, seika, Serving, sevre, shiny objects, shoka, snowmass, sogetsu, soup, sparkle, staffordshire, stereo, stoke on trent, stonnington gifts, suiban, suna-no-mono, surface decoration, tatebana, tatehana, tea bowl, tea lovers, thepinkstagram, tree, vintage, vintage dinnerware...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Large Mahogany Relief of Prometheus, The Giver of Fire in Style of Peterpaul Ott
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale Mahogany Wood Relief Sculpture of Prometheus, The Giver of Fire In the Style of WPA artist Peterpaul Ott Wonderfully executed wood r...
Category

1950s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Mahogany

Sculpture of Male Head in Terracotta "Giorgi"
Located in New York, NY
Terracotta life-size male head. Rushton sculpts all of his busts using live models over the course of multiple sittings. While realistic and classical in character, his sculptures ...
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Antique French Polish Gilt Bronze Statue Sculpture Figure Sword Bladesmith 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique French gilt bronze sculpture of a swordsmith, by the French- Polish artist & sculptor Henryk II Kossowski (1855-1921), the bronze dating to 1890. The bronze depicts a ...
Category

1890s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster, Bronze

Bust of Josephine Baker, Mid-Century Ceramic Female Face
By Vally Wieselthier
Located in Beachwood, OH
Attributed to Vally Wieselthier (Austrian-American, 1895-1945) Bust of Josephine Baker, c. 1930 Ceramic Stamped on base 11.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 inches Vally Wieselthier (1895 Vienna--1945 ...
Category

1930s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Quis Mihi Iniuriam Facet Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble In Stock I
Located in Utrecht, NL
Sizes including stone pedestal 97 x 22 x 22 cm Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he intensively practises his profession as a sculptor. Only when his work would measure up to his own standards, he decided to present it to the rest of the world. In 1995, he exhibited for the first time with Morren Galleries. Van der Kant desires to sculpt young people who still stand uninhibited and curiously in life. The reason he chooses to sculpt boys is, because he is one himself, this way the subject is closer to him. The anatomy of his figures testify of perfectionism. Van der Kant's subjects show similarities with the sculptures from the Greek and Roman antiquity...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Juggler / - Artistic naturalness -
Located in Berlin, DE
Claire Jeanne Robertine Colinet (1880 Brussels - 1950 Asnières-sur-Seine), Juggler, around 1920. Brownish patinated bronze with gilded balls on a round, multi-profiled stone base (10...
Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Macho by Marie Louise Sorbac - Contemporary bronze sculpture, geometric bull
Located in Paris, FR
Macho is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marie Louise Sorbac, dimensions are 46 × 29 × 27 cm (18.1 × 11.4 × 10.6 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is pa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

The Doves, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald has always been intrigued by opposites and he has the range to be able to create both sculptures of delicate, archetypal femininity and powerful, athletic masculini...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Just A Little Tipsy (MADE TO ORDER) (Sabbath, Kiddush, Unique, Gold Luster)
Located in Kansas City, MO
(MADE TO ORDER) (Sabbath, Kiddush, Unique, Gold Luster) *Lead Time may vary between 1-3 weeks Melanie Sherman "Just A Little Tipsy" Year: 2021 Porcelain, Glaze, ChinaPaint, 24k Germ...
Category

Late 17th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Porcelain, Glaze

Ceramic NY Mets cap sculpture - figurative sculpture, pop sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful one of a kind ceramic hand made NY Mets cap is from Yael Yanay’s latest body of works. These hand-crafted ceramic hats are meticulously designed to resemble iconic b...
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

PRINCE BLAZE (The Official Dragon Prince Of 2024: The Year Of The Dragon)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
*New Year Inventory Renewal Sale - 90 Days Until April 30th* *This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year* Absolutely and positively one of a kind Dragon Sculpture Masterpi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Finis Saltationis Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone
Located in Utrecht, NL
Finis Saltationis Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone This sculpture need to be ordered. We will cast a b...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

"Alegria II" contemporary bronze table, mural sculpture figurative girl yoga
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Alegria II is a bronze sculpture with black patina, it is connected to a steel base. The edition size is 25. This sculpture stands on shelf as well as be hung on wall. Joan wants to ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

ERTE "THE MYSTIC" 1984, BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"The Mystic" (Bronze) by Erte Type: Sculpture Media: Patina on Bronze Dimensions: 17 x 14 x 9 1/4" Year Produced: 1989 Edition Size: 375 Numbered, 37 AP Edition Number: 92/375 In Exc...
Category

1980s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

One on a chariot Medieval Tile Gypsum Cast
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Gypsum cast - medieval tile, from Central Europe. Adjusted in a frame, ready to hang or install.
Category

15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Gesso

A lady. Contemporary bronze sculpture, Abstract & figurative, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary bronze sculpture on marble base by Polish artist Stan Wysocki. Artwork comes from limited edition of 8. Sculpture depicts female figure filtered through geometric, synth...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Pierre Lepautre "Aeneas Carrying Anchises" Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
After Pierre Lepautre (French, 1660-1744) "Aeneas Carrying Anchises with Ascanius Out of Troy" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, late 19th century, on a squa...
Category

Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

On the Conception of the Hip
Located in Dallas, TX
“Everybody has that feeling when they look at a work of art and it’s right, that sudden familiarity, a sort of...recognition, as though they were creating it themselves, as though it...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Paint

Vintage Moth III (Made-to-order, Hand-Painted, Gold Luster, Vintage Imagery)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Melanie Sherman Vintage Moth III (Hand-Painted, Gold Luster, Vintage Imagery) Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Chinapaints, 24k German Gold Luster Year: 2025 Size: 4.5 x 6 x 0.5 inches S...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Porcelain, Paint, Glaze

Gild Starbust Wall Sculpture in Brass by Curtis Jere
Located in Pasadena, CA
This Gild Starburst Wall Sculpture by Curtis Jere features a starburst design. The sculpture showcases an array of slender brass needles extending outward from a central point, creat...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Main droite dite no.22, Rodin, Impressionism, Sculpture, Bronze, Hand, Study
Located in Geneva, CH
AUGUSTE RODIN (1840-1917) Main droite dite Main no.22 Fondu en 1960 Crée en circa 1890-1908 Bronze with dark brown patina 9.1 x 3.3 x 4.3 cm / 3.5 x 1.2 x 1.6 in. Signed on the wrist...
Category

1960s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"FUCK IT", Hand-cut Paper Wall-Hanging Sculpture with Glitter Effect
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"FUCK IT" is an original wall-hanging sculpture by Charles Clary as part of the artist's popular "Text-i-monial" series. To create the artwork, Clary hand cuts a series of individual...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Wood Panel

African Bird - Contemporary Bronze Bird Sculpture
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Walking daily through the landscapes around the studios gives a constant focus for what I am trying to make. My sculptures have a quiet English based quality of man and nature In the...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Hotel (Blue/Red)", Miniature, Architecture, Sign, Cityscape, Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sculpture titled "Hotel (Blue/Red)" is an original artwork by Drew Leshko made of paper, acrylic, basswood, and pastel. This piece measures approximately 12”h x 12”w x 5.5”d. D...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paper, Pastel, Acrylic

Pomme bouche, Claude Lalanne, Design, Art, Apple, Bronze, Gold, Fruits, Lips
Located in Geneva, CH
CLAUDE LALANNE (1925-2019) Pomme Bouche circa 1975 Ed. 250 pcs Bronze with a golden patina 13.5 x 12 x 11.5 cm Monogrammed, signed and numbered underside : CL, Lalanne, 177/250 Certi...
Category

1970s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Gold Leaf

Trumpeter Nude, Half life
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The Trumpeter represents the very embodiment of joy. With a thousand nuances of form, from her outstretched fingers to the carefree tilt of her head, she conveys a sense of youth and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pop Art-Figurative Animal Sculpture-Friday
Located in Beijing, CN
Description Xu Ming (B.1983) Friday Resin, electroplating 27 x 17 x 8 cm Dated 2021 The artwork comes with an COA About Xu Ming Emerging artist Xu Ming was born in 1983 in Changchun, China. He earned his M.A at Jilin University of Arts. Xu once worked for famous established Chinese contemporary artist Fang Lijun...
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Coating

Athena, concrete sculpture by Troy Williams, female, nude, steel, green, cement
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Athena, concrete sculpture by Troy Williams, female, nude, steel, green, cement intentionally distressed to give an antique look
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Concrete, Steel

Mid-Century Nude Male Acephale Sang de Boeuf Ceramic Sculpture with Marble Base.
By Franta (Frantisek Merte)
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid 20th Century ceramic figure of a man in Sang de Boeuf, oxblood red, glaze presented on a metal 'tige' and marble base. The sculpture is not signed but was purchased from ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Plaque White-tailed deer
Located in PARIS, FR
White-tailed deer by Antoine-Louis BARYE (1796-1875) Electroplating bronze plaque with a brown patina Signed "Barye" Period cast from the "Barye's workshop" (made during the artist'...
Category

1870s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (PINK SCULPTURE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Pinkish - purple color. Hand signed, numbered and dated on the underside by the artist. Edition of 50. The Life is Beautiful sculpture is...
Category

2010s Street Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

La Grande Chaise - textured, male figurative, paper Mache and aluminum Sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Equally fun and compelling, this new contemporary sculpture from Paul Duval immediately engages the viewer. On a large metal chair (la grande chaise) painted a bright blue, a figure ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Triumph 2/18
Located in Napa, CA
Gail Folwell is a contemporary sculptor who holds a BFA from the University of Denver and has had an accomplished career in graphic design as well as extensive university and college...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Luis Domenech "Aui Victori" Spelter Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
Luis Domenech y Vicente (Spanish, 1873-1920) "Aui Victori" [Hail to the Victor] Patinated Spelter Sculpture, circa 1920, the standing figure with outstretched arm holding a sprig of ...
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Dancer with a tambourine
Located in PARIS, FR
Dancer with a tambourine by Agathon LÉONARD (1841–1923) Sculpture made in gilded bronze Signed on the dress "A. Léonard Sclp" Cast by Susse Frères (with founder stamp) Stamped with ...
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ian Edwards I am - Bronze with Patina
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 Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

''Stretch'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Duck, Bird
Located in Utrecht, NL
After studying Fine Art in the Netherlands Ans Zondag (1959) spent several years abroad in order to explore different artistic areas and to establish which technique suited her best....
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"El Toro para Tí " from Huichol Alterations
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
¡ Holiday Special Pricing ! AP. 0005 ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Me...
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media

Bronze Architectural Model Sculpture Tempio Bretton Architecture Maquette
Located in Surfside, FL
TEMPIO BRETTON: from the catalogue MONUMENTA, 19th International Sculpture Biennale, Antwerp, Belgium. Tempio Bretton was created in homage to the celebrated English landscapist Capability Brown for the occasion of an exhibition at Bretton Hall in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park , a park in the style of the great master of English garden design. The inclusion in the English garden of a temple ruin, or "eye-catcher," (architectural folly) was used to draw the eye and mind to a focus in time and space, present the beholder with an immediate relationship to an historic past made new within his or her own surroundings, and create a depth of space never before seen in garden design. I took the idea of the temple ruin eye-catcher and reduced it to a scale at the point where architecture and sculpture merged. Tempio Bretton is not capacious enough to walk into, yet it is considerably larger than a man. One view of it presents a knot of golden columns clustered together, topped by a dome shape. The only clue from this side to the temple's non-conformity to historic principle is a sharp notch cut into the square base. Viewed from the opposite side, the cluster of columns capped by an angular top opens up as if to welcome someone in, yet the mysterious core is still impenetrable. These contradictions articulate a confrontation between past and present, and an exciting truth. The past is always at the heart of our constructions in the present. Walter Dusenbery (born September 21, 1939 in Alameda, California) is an American sculptor. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute, earned an MFA from California College of Arts and Crafts, and then studied in Japan and Italy under Isamu Noguchi. He also held teaching positions at Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Design. From 1971 to 1988, he lived both in Pietrasanta,Italy, and in Little Italy, New York City. Dusenbery's preferred material is stone, particularly travertine or granite. Dusenbery has a particular interest in adding sculpture to public places, such as federal buildings, to humanize the space, but in 1988, he assembled a show of small, entirely hand-carved alabaster sculptures, called "Walter Dusenbery, The Personal Side," at the Fendrick Gallery in Washington, D.C.. In 1977, Dusenbery created Pedogna, on permanent loan from The Metropolitan Museum of Art to Landmarks, the public art program of The University of Texas at Austin. That same year, 1988, he was awarded a large commission for the Fulton County Building Atrium in Atlanta, Georgia. The commission was for three fountains and related structures over three stories in height, designed for informal and ceremonial public events, Limestone, marble, granite and travertine fountains, pavilions, seating and meeting areas, performance and concert platforms, staircases and planters for hanging gardens. After completion of the "Atlantacropolis," Dusenbery withdrew from the gallery world and focused his energy on site-specific commissions. (like the landscape works of Maya Lin and Beverly Pepper) Seeking a large-scale stone studio for projects closer to home, he discovered there were none. In 1995, he approached sculptor and patron of sculpture J. Seward Johnson Jr. with the idea of creating a state-of-the-art stone-carving studio, so that American sculptors would not have to travel abroad to realize their work. Johnson agreed to fund such a facility, if Dusenbery would direct it. In 1996, Dusenbery designed the facility for the Stone Division at Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, and was its first director. The facility was situated in "a building resembling an airplane hangar," The studio offered the ability to digitally scan three-dimensional forms. The Stone Division was a success and attracted a strong group of sculptors: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Lawrence Argent, Barry X Ball...
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bring Figurative Sculptures into Your Home

Figurative sculptures mix reality and imagination, with the most common muse being the human body. Animals are also inspirations for these sculptures, along with forms found in nature.

While figurative sculpture dates back over 35,000 years, the term came into popularity in the 20th century to distinguish it from abstract art. It was aligned with the Expressionist movement in that many of its artists portrayed reality but in a nonnaturalistic and emotional way. In the 1940s, Alberto Giacometti — a Swiss-born artist who was interested in African art, Cubism and Surrealism — created now-iconic representational sculptures of the human figure, and after World War II, figurative sculpture as a movement continued to flourish in Europe.

Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were some of the leading figurative artists during this period. Artists like Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan propelled the evolution of figurative sculpture into the 21st century.

Figurative sculptures can be whimsical, uncanny and beautiful. Their materials range from stone and wood to metal and delicate ceramics. Even in smaller sizes, the sculptures make bold statements. A bronze sculpture by Salvador Dalí enhances a room; a statuesque bull by Jacques Owczarek depicts strength with its broad chest while its thin legs speak of fragility. Figurative sculptures allow viewers to see what is possible when life is reimagined.

Browse 1stDibs for an extensive collection of figurative sculptures and find the next addition to your collection.

Recently Viewed

View All