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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Running Heart, red, resin, sculpture, Valentine, Love, Cartoon, humor, feet
By Glenn Green
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Running Heart, red, resin, sculpture, Valentine, Love, Cartoon, humor, feet
Resin Running Heart sculpture
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Warm Leaf
By Alex Yanes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original sculpture collaboration by artists Dennis McNett (also known as Wolfbat) and Alex Yanes from their "Good Medicine" exhibition at Paradigm Gallery + Studio in Philadelphia, PA, USA. This sculpture series marks the first time the two artists have ever worked collaboratively.
PRESS RELEASE // Paradigm Gallery is pleased to present "Good Medicine", an exhibition featuring sculptural works in wood by Dennis McNett and Alex Yanes. New individual works by the artists will be displayed alongside pieces that have been created collaboratively between their studios. The show considers the concept of positive energy and how moods, situations, or experiences can be shaped by the presence of a strong force for good, while focusing broadly on the many ways that spirituality is practiced and explored in contemporary culture. Symbols, totems, and signs in a range of sizes are hand-carved and crafted from wood, resin, and acrylic to manifest the uplifting theme behind the works in three dimensions. "Good Medicine" will be on view through July 21, 2018.
Both artists have practices that revolve around ideas of tradition, personal and communal narratives, nostalgia, and heritage. They express these themes in a blended style of neo-pop and folk art, drawing on their proximity to the subculture of skateboarding. With bold graphic elements and intricate detailing, the wooden sculptures, carvings, and installations portray a deeply personal and self-reflexive approach to art-making and craft, inviting the viewer to contemplate one’s quest for self-actualization through the assemblages.
Dennis McNett is known for his large-scale woodcut sculptures that fuse relief printmaking with traditional wood carving. Steeped in domestic and international mythologies, McNett often receives the seeds of concepts for pieces through meditation and his spiritual practice that he then renders in his wood carvings, wood-cut panels, and prints. Over 15 works will be on display in "Good Medicine"– including "Big Mary’s Resurrection", an example of McNett’s dedication to clearing areas of bad energy left behind by past events. Also on view will be a new Owl Spirit sculpture series and collaged panels. His birds of prey and Norse images exist in high-contrast, with alternating deep and shallow black marks that delineate swaths of colored or natural wood surfaces.
Alex Yanes constructs his surreal layered, textural sculptures from wood, epoxy resin, acrylic and spray enamel. The combination of materials gives his work a subtle gloss, with clean colors and polish. All Yanes’s 7 works in "Good Medicine", including a large wall installation, are brand new and showcase his signature pop graphics. The postmodern mashups reference funhouse aesthetics, with a nod to comics, cartoons, and vintage typography...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paper, Spray Paint
Surplus Value (Beige)
By Yue Minjun
Located in Bristol, GB
Mixed materials (wood & copper)
Edition of 75
Signed on the base, and numbered on the base and the accompanying insert card
Mint. Small chip on the wooden box bottom back corner, oth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
La Rieuse napolitaine
Located in PARIS, FR
La Rieuse napolitaine
(The Laughing Neapolitan Woman)
by Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827-1875)
Bust in terra cotta, in "Propriété Carpeaux"
Signed on the side " JBte Carpeaux "
Marked...
Category
1870s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Louis Chalon "Valkyrie" Gilt Bronze Sculpture
By Louis Chalon
Located in Astoria, NY
OLouis Chalon (French, 1866-1940) "Valkyrie" Gilt Bronze Sculpture, early 20th century, depicting a Valkyrie leading the charge to Valhalla, on a...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Green Dumpster", Miniature paper sculpture
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This green miniature, painted, paper sculpture titled "Green Dumpster" is an original artwork by Drew Leshko made from paper, wire, enamel, and dry pigments. Through paint and sculp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Wire
Kneeling Nude
By Bernard Simon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Primarily a figure sculptor in marble and wood, he was born in Russia. In New York City, he studied at the Educational Alliance and Art Workshop and was active in numerous art associ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Rabbit Balloon Seller PINKHAS Unique Piece Naive Art
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Sculpture unique piece combining resin, acrylic, collages, and varnish by Pinkhas
Hand-signed on the side of the sculpture
Titled and dated under the sculpture
Perfect condition ...
Category
2010s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Varnish, Acrylic
Arcane Valley, Oxidised Bronze over Stone Composite Granite Base "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Divyendu Anand - Arcane Valley
Oxidised Bronze over Stone Composite Granite Base
Edition of 9, H 45 x W 27 x D 10 inches, 2024
Growing up with the thoughts of altruism, idealism and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite, Bronze
Apotropäische Teufelsfigur
Located in Wien, Wien
APOTROPAIC DEVIL FIGURE
Romansh
South Tyrol or Grisons
Around 1120/50
Carved pine wood
Original version
Height 151 cm
This singular figure is a demonic, devil-like figure carved fro...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Face, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Earthenware, Decorative Art, Design, Interior,
Located in Geneva, CH
Face, Pablo Picasso, 1950's, Earthenware, Decorative Art, Design, Interior,
Ed. 500 pcs
1955
White earthenware clay, decoration in engobe, glaze inside
Inscribed and stamped on the...
Category
1950s Post-War Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze
An Important Pair of Monumental Parcel-Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Torchèr
Located in New York, NY
Mounted as lamps and cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne after models by Alexandre Falguiere and Paul Dubois. Both statues are signed on the bases.
These fine torchères are reductions of...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Orchid glossy ceramic balloon sculpture handmade for wall, ceiling
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This orchid glossy ceramic balloon sculpture is 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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Coating, Glaze
Athena - Owl Bronze Sculpture
Located in Miami, FL
Born in 1996, Thomas Waroquier lives and works in Paris. He obtained his diploma in metal sculpture with the congratulations of the jury in 2017 at the National School of Applied Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Indoor and outdoor wrough iron sculpture - black bamboo reed bed
By Luciano Zanoni
Located in Milan, IT
Contemporary Forged Bamboo Sculpture by Luciano Zanoni
Hand-Forged Steel, Customizable Base – Italy
This striking contemporary sculpture by Italian artist Luciano Zanoni features se...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Pase de cape, from Service Scènes de Corrida
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso was an avid fan of bullfighting his entire life, attending his first corridas when he was a child in Spain and gaining a renewed interest in the events when he settled ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware, Glaze
Cobra, Unknown, 20th century, Bronze, Animal, Snake, Design, art deco, Cast
Located in Geneva, CH
Cobra, Unknown, 20th century, Bronze, Animal, Snake, Design, art deco, Cast
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Reclining Man Ashcan Early 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Gay Nude
By Isidore Konti
Located in New York, NY
"Reclining Man" Ashcan Early 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Gay Nude
Isadore Konti (1862 - 1938)
"Reclining Man"
7 1/2 w x 4 1/2 d x 7 high inch...
Category
1910s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Duco Lineam Bronze Sculpture Boy Male Nude Figure Marble
Located in Utrecht, NL
Duco Lineam Bronze Sculpture Boy Male Nude Figure Marble
Duco Lineam is a bronze male nude figure, a sculpture on a marble foot, from a boy bending and wri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Au gré des vents by Marine de Soos - Contemporary bronze sculpture, tree houses
Located in Paris, FR
Au gré des vents is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 87 × 70 × 63 cm (34.3 × 27.6 × 24.8 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
16th century Italian carved wood sculpture - Saint Mauritius - Gilded Painted
Located in Varmo, IT
Carved wooden sculpture - San Mauro. Italy, 16th century.
54 x 30 x h 110 cm.
Entirely in carved and painted wood with traces of polychromy and gilding.
- Work registered at the b...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Cocoa Krispies Fun Size #1
By Paul Rousso
Located in Montreal, Quebec
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Paul Rousso attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio and went on to earn his BFA from the California College of the Arts in 1981. In his...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Polystyrene
Thinking, Reflecting By Hein Koh
Located in London, GB
Thinking, Reflecting
By Hein Koh
Hein Koh is a Korean-American visual artist known for her playful yet provocative sculptures, installations, and multimedia works that often explor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nike Ascending
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 21
Jane DeDecker’s energetic and dynamic bronze sculptures serve as a reflection of her own life experiences and those of her closely-knit family. Her twelve nieces and ne...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grande Tête De Femme Au Chapeau Orné (Woman’s Big Head with Decked Hat)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1964, this red earthenware clay big rectangular plaque printed with engobe pad is #15 from the edition of 50. This work is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU’ and ‘EMPREINTE ORIGINALE DE PICASSO’ stamps on the reverse.
Pablo Picasso Grande Tête De Femme Au Chapeau Orné (Woman’s Big Head with Decked Hat), 1964 A.R. 518 is a remarkable and beautiful work. It represents Picasso’s most important relationships at the time, namely his artistic partnership with the Ramiés and his romance with Jacqueline Roque. It is also notably one of two ceramic works Picasso has ever made of this scale. Picasso takes immense care in depicting this portrait of his greatest muse Jacqueline; its wonderful texture and delicate variations in line weight are testaments to the artist’s innate creative skill.
Composed of a simple linear carved design in an earth tone clay plaque...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Square Root" Layered Glass Art Cube Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Discover the captivating interplay of light, symmetry, and modern design in "Square Root," a striking geometric sculpture by contemporary artist Jacob Barfield. Crafted with precisio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Erotic Sexual Mythological Marble Figural, Nude woman, Bacchante and Satyr Herm
Located in Miami, FL
Bacchic revelry. A sexy and nude curvaceous young Nymph/Bacchante makes amorous advances to a Herm - whose facial expression reflects her erotic touch. The Herm is stylized where his...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Cabinet of Curiosities - Contemporary salvaged wood found objects Sculpture
Located in DE
Lesley Hilling is a self-taught English artist known for her intricate constructions made entirely from salvaged wood and found objects. Her work reflects a deep connection to the pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
"Alhambra Facade Model Plaque", Early 20th Century Polychromed Stucco Plaque
Located in Madrid, ES
UNKNOWN ARTIST
Spanish, Early 20th Century
ALHAMBRA FACADE MODEL PLAQUE
polychromed stucco plaque
11 x 7 inches (28 x 17.8 cm.)
framed: 17-1/2 X 13-1/2...
Category
1920s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Gesso
The Fisherwoman, 19th century French bronze sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
Émile Louis Picault (French, 1833-1915)
Fisherwoman
Bronze
Stamped "E. Picault"
30 x 15 x 12 inches
Subject depicting a young woman holding fishing line in one hand a basket of fis...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Yves Klein Blue Earth Sculpture IKB Pigment Plaster Cast in Plexiglas Box
By Yves Klein
Located in Paris, FR
Concieved in 1957, this edition started to be executed in 1988
IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster cast, in plexiglas, signed Rotraut Klein Moquay
and numbered HC XXX/L on the base on a label affixed under the base.
300 editions numbered from “1/300” to “300/300″
50 editions numbered from”HCI/L” à “HC L/L”
H. 36 cm With the Plexiglas box: 41.5 x 29.5 x 29.5 cm
Yves Klein is an influential French conceptual artist who works in a wide variety of fields. Arguably best known for his use of a very vibrant shade of blue, he began to create his monochrome series in the 1950s by developing and patenting his own signature shade known as IKB or International Klein Blue.
Born April 28, 1928 in Nice, the artist founded the New Realism movement with the art critic Pierre Restany...
Category
1980s Post-War Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Synthetic Resin, Pigment
Standing Blue Sky
Located in Bozeman, MT
Molly Schulps is an artist and educator living in both California and Oregon. She grew up in Southern California and was deeply influenced by her father who was a successful educator...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze, Underglaze
''Macaque Icon'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Primate, Mother and Child
Located in Utrecht, NL
Nichola Theakston (1967) has established herself as one of the UK’s foremost contemporary sculptors working within the animal genre.
Primates are Nichola's favorite subject. In her...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pablo Picasso, Unique variant of "Tête peinte" (Painted Face), pitcher, ceramic
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an A.R. turned pitcher created by Pablo Picasso in 1953. It is made with white earthenware clay, decoration in engobes and oxides under partial brushed glaze with white...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Turkish Horse
Located in PARIS, FR
Turkish Horse
by Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875)
"Cheval turc, antérieur gauche levé, terrasse carrée"
Bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina
Signed " Barye " on the base...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Samson, Bronze Sculpture by Arnold Goldstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bronze sculpture of blind Samson collapsing the temple in the ultimate act in the story of Samson and Delilah created by American artist Arnold Goldstein...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unique wrought iron two branches Olive tree - outdoor indoor sculpture
By Ivan Zanoni
Located in Milan, IT
The elegant and refined Olive tree's unique piece forged in wrought iron is not replicable.
It was created by the best Italian blacksmith-artist Ivan Zanoni, the most significant co...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
"Secret Society Mask-Sierra Leone W. Africa, " Wood created circa 1930
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Secret Society Mask-Sierra Leone W. Africa," is a wood sculpture of a woman's head. The hair has been sculpted with intricate detail, and metal hair adornments...
Category
1930s Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Set of 2 glossy ceramic balloons. 2 Colors: Red & Blue.
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
This glossy ceramic balloon sculpture is 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
DO NOT TOUCH (MULTICOLOR)
Located in Aventura, FL
Sculpture made of resin, steel, string and acrylic paint. Original box included. Hand signed and numbered on canvas verso. Certificate of authenticity included. From the edition of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
''Boar'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Boar, Pig
By Ans Zondag
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
Glass Sculpture Purple Butterfly
Located in Winterswijk, NL
This beautiful handmade glass sculpture, crafted with colored glass pieces forming a beautiful butterfly combines aesthetic beauty with profound symbolic meaning of transformation, l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Rigoletto, Erté
By Erté
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Erte, Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990)
Title: Rigoletto
Year: 1988
Medium: Bronze
Edition: 345/375 Numbered, 37 AP
Size: 8 x 7 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Incised w...
Category
1980s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
No Longer Listening
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "No Longer Listening" is an original artwork by Jedediah Morfit made of sculpamold, wood, resin, foam, wood, hardware, acrylic, tape. This piece meas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Foam, Resin, Wood, Tape, Acrylic
Ian Edwards - Born within Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Born within Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 160 x 60 x 60 cm
Edition of 12
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endeav...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Mid 19th century White Carrara Marble bust. Portrait of young male.
Located in Firenze, IT
Italian Portrait White Marble Bust in a Heroic Attitude.
Carrara statuary Marble.
Tuscan school.
Circa 1850.
Bust depicting a young man with bare shoulders.
This model draws inspira...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Monumental Outdoor Bronze sculpture "Sfera Antares" by Gianfranco Meggiato
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful kinetic out-door sculpture by Gianfranco Meggiato. Bronze.
Gianfranco Meggiato was born on August 26, 1963 in Venice, where he studied stone, bronze, wood and ceramics scu...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
La Petite Semeuse [The Little Sower]
Located in New York, NY
Pollès
The Little Sower La Petite Semeuse
2010
Bronze
14 x 8 x 8 in, 36 x 21 x 19 cm\
Edition 1/4
In continuity to the tradition of Greek sculpture, Pollès's works lie between Brancusi’s purity, Henry Moore’s figurative abstraction and Modigliani’s flowing siluets and forms. Considered as the inventor of the “Organic Cubism”, Pollès is immediately identifiable through this distant reminiscence of Picasso’s Cubism, mixed with great sensitivity and voluptuousness that characterize his subjects. His personal vision of beings in motion, his sculptures with extraordinary patinas, break the pure aesthetic and create a new, very intimate, mythology.
Pollès has been in collaboration with the Boccara gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (LARGE ORANGE SCULPTURE)
By Mr Brainwash
Located in Aventura, FL
Orange color. Hand signed, numbered and dated with thumbprint and studio catalog number on the underside. AP edition of 10. The Life is Beautiful sculpture...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Noche Crist Nude Sculpture
Located in Washington, DC
Wonderful and one of a kind nude sculpture by Noche Crist (1909-2004). Sculpture is made from polyester resin. Catalogue of a postumous retrospective in 2008 at the American Universi...
Category
1970s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
"Inside", Airy Woven Green Metal Hand-Made Mural Pendant Tall Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Named "Inside", this large woven airy sculpture is created by Delphine Grandvaux in reference to the lockdown period and is entirely hand-knitted fr...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
RAKEL WAJNBERG - Malab’art Frida 33cm
Located in PARIS, FR
Born in Paris in 1971, Rakel lives and works in Boulogne Billancourt, close to Paris. Rakel draws and paints since her early childhood. Passionate about fashion, drawing, traveling a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Plexiglass, Acrylic
Terracotta Sculpture by Evert Lindfors, Sweden, Similarities with A.Giacometti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Terracotta Sculpture by Swedish artist Evert Lindfors (1927-2016), made in the 1970s.
Evert moved to France in the 1940s where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked from the mid-1950s as a painter in Lacoste in Provence, France. Towards the end of the 1960s, he switched to terracotta sculpture. He met his friend Torsten Renqvist...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Body Parts" Garden Sculpture - Large Totem -Glazed Ceramic by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Please note: The base is not included. We will guide you through a simple installation process for outdoor or indo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
Winter-Purple Tree - figurative, contemporary, powder-coated steel, sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This figurative, contemporary, indoor powder-coated steel sculpture was created by Canadian artist Shayne Dark. Celebrated for his inspired use of color and organic form, the elegant...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Allegory Of Spring
Located in New York, NY
PIETRO BARZANTI
Italian, 1825-1895
Allegory Of Spring
Signed ‘P. Milanes/Galleria/P.Bazzanti/Florence.’
Carved White Italian marble circa 19TH C...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Sculpture "Girl with flaming torches", by Ferdinand Preiss
By Ferdinand Preiss
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Deco cold-painted bronze on stepped black marble base, circa 1920. By Johann Philipp Ferdinand Preiss ( Germany 1882-1943 ).
Model number: 1084, signed: F Preiss...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Der kleine Menschenfresser by Marcelo Martin Burgos - polished bronze, gold
Located in Paris, FR
Menschenfresser is a polished bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Marcelo Martin Burgos, dimensions including steel base are 42 × 47 × 13 cm (16.5 × 18.5 × 5.1 in).
The sculptur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
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.
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