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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
“Tiny Celadon Green Jacket, ” Steel Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures formed from found metal scraps. With an eye to the aesthetic possibilities of this humble material, Chandler invests the reclaimed steel with sculptural fluidity and a wry sense of form.
Flattened with the center portion rolled out and the sides left open, this discarded barrel takes on the look of a miniature jacket. Coated with a mint green finish, the eroded metal appears as draped fabric, folded back to form a simple collar. The sculpture is finished with the artist's initials stamped...
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Bambara Queen, Rep. Mali, " Wood created in Africa in c. 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bambara Queen, Rep. Mali" is a carved wood sculpture with abstracted human and animal figures.
20" x 6" x 3"
The Bambara are a Mande ethnic group native to West Africa, primarily ...
Category
1940s Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century Madonna Adoring the Infant Jesus Italian School Ceramic White Blue
Located in Sanremo, IT
Cantagalli-manufactured ceramics measuring 125 x 67 cm depicting a sweet Madonna adoring the Child Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Ulisse Cantagalli...
Category
1830s Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Dana Bloom, Cover-Discover, A serie based on the Tel Aviv Biennale artwork
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Based on her breathtaking golden faces chandelier made for the Tel Aviv 2020 Biennale, Dana Bloom is now offering a limited edition of framed figures. Just ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Foil, Gold Leaf
Casualties of War, 1918 Bronze by Richard Claude Belt, English Sculpture
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Richard Claude Belt (English, 1851-1921)
Signed: R. Belt 1918 (base verso)
" Casualties of War " 1918
Bronze
Height 26"
Width 15"
Depth 13"
In very good original condition w...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Visage de face (Full-face Face), A.R. 508
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1963, ceramic Visage de face (Full-face Face) A.R. 508 is a round plate of red earthenware clay from the edition of 100. This work is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware
$8,640 Sale Price
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Abstract 3D wall sculpture "Wood Work" #1275, layered collage aesthetic w/ green
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract 3D wall sculpture in wood, acrylic, rope, and ink. it is from artist Paul Cava's "Wood Work" series, which applies the collage aesthetic he has incorporated into ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Jute
September Morning, Female Flower Form
Located in Greenwich, CT
Albert Wein is one of America's foremost sculptors of the Deco period through Abstraction. September Morn is a poetic work that was very singular in his oeuvre as he embraced a sligh...
Category
1960s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goddess Circe Italian Neoclassical Sculpture Carved Wood Ebony and Gold 1800s
Located in Milano, IT
Circe 19th-century Italian Wooden Sculpture, the proposed neoclassical figure is a fascinating and rare depiction of the Goddess Circe, made in the early 1800s. The pine wood carving...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Baggage" Norma Minkowitz, Contemporary, Figurative mixed media wall sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
This figurative mixed media textile wall sculpture was done by American fiber artist, Norma Minkowitz (b. 1937). The interlacing technique that Minkowi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Thread, Resin, Mixed Media
Balloon Swan (Yellow)
By Jeff Koons
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Jeff Koons
Title: Balloon Swan (Yellow)
Year: 2017
Medium: Porcelain with yellow chromatic coating
Dimensions:
9 1/2 × 6 3/8 × 8 1/4 in (24.1 × 16.2 × 21 cm)
Edition: 999; I...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Latin American Sculpture by Raúl Valdivieso
Located in Washington, DC
Bronze sculpture by Latin American sculptor Raúl Valdivieso (Chilean, 1931-1993). Valdivieso is known for his reinterpretation of the classic organic forms and human figures.
Raúl Valdiveso was born September 9, 1931 in Santiago, Chile. In 1952 he began his studies at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Chile. There he took to sculpture and studied under professors like Marta Colvin...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,660 Sale Price
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Indian Art Pottery Buddha Large Charger Swans Flowers Art India 19th Century
Located in Norfolk, GB
A fabulous and rare large 19th century Bombay Pottery Charger from the J J School of Art, depicting scenes of Buddha from the Ajanta caves.
Bombay Scho...
Category
1870s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Terracotta, Paint, Glaze
Sancai-Glazed Horse with Cut Fur Blanket
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Chinese, Tang Dynasty, Sancai-glazed, three colors of brown, green and creamy, sculpture of a horse with a cut fur blanket. This Chinese, Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), glazed earthenw...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Glaze
Blind Courage, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In “Blind Courage, Atelier" we witness Richard MacDonald’s vision come full-circle. The feminine counterpart to “Blind Faith”, “Blind Courage, Atelier" embodies the call to live life...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sisters by Frederick Hart
Located in Woodmere, OH
Frederick Hart is America's greatest figurative sculptor. Not only did he create works of great beauty and gravitas, he was singularly responsible for restoring to American public mo...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Wind
By Gil Bruvel
Located in PARIS, FR
This captivating sculpture depicts a face emerging from the material, appearing to come to life with surprising fluidity. Crafted from stainless steel, it is shaped into fine, undula...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$28,000
Goutam Buddha, Sculpture, Artifacts, Resin by Contemporary Artist “In Stock”
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Artifacts
Goutam Buddha
Sculpture ( Resin )
H 14.5 x W 11 x D 8.5 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
HELMET HEAD
Located in Milano, IT
Very rare wooden helmet-bearing head, datable between the 13th and 14th centuries, extraordinary evidence of medieval material culture. This object, carved with essential and primiti...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Service Poisson Plate R (“Fish” Service Plate)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
A whimsical fish sits placidly in the center of Pablo Picasso ceramic Service Poisson Plate R (“Fish” Service Plate), 1947 A.R. 3. A sweeping blue back and a orange belly make up the...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Glaze
Family, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Nili Carasso
By Nili Carasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Nili Carasso
Title: Family
Year: circa 2001
Medium: Pair of Bronze Sculptures on Base, signature and numbering inscribed
Edition: 2/25
Size: Man: 11 x 7 x 4 inches ; Woman: 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cloned Bulldog with pet bottle.
Located in Malmo, SE
Original sculpture 8 ex.
Acquired directly from the artist.
William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites dadaism with surrealism and pop art in humoristic sculptures...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Polyurethane
Motherhood
Located in PARIS, FR
Motherhood
by Baltasar LOBO (1910-1993)
A bronze group with a nuanced greenish dark brown patina
Signed " Lobo "
Cast by " Susse Fondeur Paris " (with the foundry mark)
Artist's cas...
Category
1940s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fierheid Pride Sculpture Polished Steel Horse Horseman Silver Color In Stock
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Fierheid Pride Sculpture Polished Steel Horse Horseman Silver Color In Stock
KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, Belgium 1950 – Saint-Julien (Var), Fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Teddy Love - Chrome & Red
Located in PARIS, FR
An original sculpture by contemporary French artist Nicolas Krauss.
Numbered out of 8 + 4 artist's proofs, with the certificate of authenticity.
Made in his studio, based in Paris re...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Song from my Father by Lesley Hilling - Contemporary salvaged wood Sculpture
Located in DE
This tower is a deeply personal piece for Lesley Hilling, dedicated to the memory of her father, Pete Hilling (1926–2016), and men like him—those who worked with their hands, repaire...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects
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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bust of a Horse - Original Bronze Sculpture by D. Mazzone - 1990s
By Domenico Mazzone
Located in Roma, IT
This Horse Bust - Sculpture is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Domenico Mazzone (Rutigliano, Bari, 1927-1999) during the 20th century.
Lost wax bronze sculpture m...
Category
1990s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alex Katz 'Dancer 2' Signed Aluminum Cutout 2020
By Alex Katz
Located in Miami, FL
ALEX KATZ (1927-Present)
Katz' 2020 'Dancer 2' is a cutout with UV-cured archival inks on shaped powder-coated aluminum, mounted to aluminum base. Incised 'Alex Katz', dated and num...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Woman Seated A Bronze Sculpture of a Woman by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
The bronze sculpture of a woman by Charles Rumsey is undated, but was created at a point in his career where he began to transition from realism to more modern, looser depictions of ...
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unique Ceramic Cubist Bust
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown, in the style of Pablo Picasso
Medium: Painted Terracotta Sculpture
Size: 27 tall x 15 x 12 inches
Category
20th Century Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$20,000
0ctopus Bronze by Sophie Martin 3/8
Located in Pasadena, CA
Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom.
She freely observes the animal and captures and interprets a movement; and places it in nature an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sparks of Joy 49 - Ceramic, Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Sandra Shashou
Sparks of Joy 49, 2019
Royal Pink Stuart Spencer, Russian Lomonosov Porcelain and Bordeaux Vintage Fine Bone China. Royal Albert, Crown Staffordshire Fine Bone China...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Queen of Owls, Modern Marble Sculpture by Antonovici
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original carved marble sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his Owl Series. Referenced in "Constantin Antonovici: Sculptor of Owls", pg 51. signature and date inscribed verso.
...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Hebru Brantley Flyboy set of 4 works (Hebru Brantley art toys)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley Art Toy collection: 2018/2022. Set of 4: Hebru Brantley art toys, each new in original packaging: Composed of three 2017 Hebru Brantley Flyboy's & one Hebru Brantley F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Vinyl
The Rape of Sabine Iconic Bronze Sculpture 1930
Located in Rome, IT
Fine Group of Sculptures in Bronze after Jean de Boulogne (Giambologna)
The torturously twisting Rape of the Sabine Women is one of the finest and most technically difficult sculpt...
Category
1920s Mannerist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,685 Sale Price
30% Off
Rare Belgian Marble Jewish American Modernist Sculpture Chaim Gross Art Deco
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wonderful original hand carved unique marble sculpture by one of America's most treasured artists, Chaim Gross. For more than sixty years Chaim Gross's art has expressed op...
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Julian Opie, Male Walker (Grey) - Contemporary Sculpture, British Pop Art
By Julian Opie
Located in Hamburg, DE
Julian Opie (British, b. 1958)
Male Walker - Grey, 2020
Medium: Laser cut acrylic, two-part statuette
Figure measures: 25 x 11.5 x 0.5 cm
Base measures: 7.5 x 5 x 1 cm
Edition size:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Hot Dog Man, Found Objects and Paper Mache by Kay Ritter
By Kay Ritter
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kay Ritter
Title: Hot Dog Man
Medium: Papier-mache Figure Sculpture with Mixed Media Found Objects, signed
Year: 1981
Size: 48 x 16 x 15 in. (121.92 x ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Papier Mâché
Cats Hatching From Egg
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Cats hatching from egg.
Ceramic sculpture, artist signed.
Sergio Bustamante is a Mexican Artist and sculptor. Bustamante was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa in 1949 and studied architecture at the University of Guadalajara.
Bustamante's first art exhibition showcased...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Giuliano Tosi Large Italian Sculpture - Glass Head with Red Eye
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Fascinating Large Italian Glass Sculpture - Face with Red Eye.
Incised signature on the base - Giuliano Tosi.
Created by the famous Italian glassmaker circa 1970's - 1980's.
The work measures 19 ½ inches high and 11 inches across at the widest point.
It is in excellent condition with no damage and is quite an eye-catching objet d'art.
Master Giuliano Tosi, born in 1942, hails from a lineage steeped in glassmaking tradition dating back to 1483. His journey with glass began at the tender age of 12, under the tutelage of Master Albino Carrara. Recognizing Tosi's burgeoning mastery, Carrara gifted him his corteo, an essential glass-cutting tool, symbolizing a rite of passage and an honor Tosi cherishes to this day.
Tosi's expertise extends beyond traditional techniques, evident in his introduction of the external sbruffi technique in furnaces, a method enhancing color vibrancy and variation. His works have graced galleries worldwide, including Milan's Fashion District, Chicago, New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, marking him as a significant figure in Murano's glass history over the past six decades.
His talent for creating art glass pieces has attracted commissions from luminaries such as the Pope, Julia Roberts, Michael Douglas, and Victoria Adams...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Field worker with rake / - The Humility of the Farm Worker -
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski (1865 Mieltschin - 1910 Berlin), Field worker with rake, around 1900. Brown and brown-greenish patinated bronze with ...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,528 Sale Price
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Leap of Faith, Atelier, Platinum, One Drop Special Edition
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Leap of Faith One Drop Special Edition Atelier is a special platinum Atelier edition of Richard MacDonald's iconic Leap of Faith sculpture, in support of the "One Drop" Foundation. L...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Peacock Vase
Located in PARIS, FR
Peacock Vase
by Léopold SAVINE (1861-1934)
A rare vase made in gilded bronze
in form of two peacocks with their raised plumage.
Signed on the base " L....
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Runner, Contemporary Bronze Figurative Original Sculture
Located in Warsaw, PL
MICHAŁ KUBIAK (born in 1946)
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan (1967-1972). He received his degree in sculpture in the studio of Olgierd Truszyński. Since 1972 he has p...
Category
2010s Minimalist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Dionysos God of Fun Neoclassical White Marble Bust Italy , 1890 '
Located in Rome, IT
DIONYSOS, the youthful, beautiful, but effeminate god of wine. He is also called both by Greeks and Romans Bacchus.
This very fine large Neoclassical white marble bust of Dionysos ...
Category
1850s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$13,430 Sale Price
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ANCIENT ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF OF A MALE TORSO, ROME, 2ND/3RD CENTURY AD
Located in Milan, IT
This muscular male torso probably comes from a larger relief, which would have decorated the front part of a sarcophagus. It likely represents the figure of a satyr, standing, with t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Sisters
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sisters was inspired by a gouache painting from 1921 entitled 'Les baisers pervers ou la brune et la blonde' and is a wonderful example of an invention of Erté's from the early 1920s...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$12,850
Bust of Albert Einstein, Plaster Sculpture 1964
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine patinated plaster sculpture Albert Einstein mounted to a painted wooden base. The sculpture is signed illegibly and dated on the re...
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Artemis An original Bronze sculpture.
Located in Tetbury, GB
This is the table top version of the 4m high monumental Bronze placed within The Royal Enclosure at this year's Royal Ascot meeting. Created by Holly Hickmore, the rising star in con...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Pompeii, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest.
Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Ball Bearing Torso
Located in Nottingham, GB
This stunning sculpture of a torso has been created from ball bearings, with a beautiful pearlized finish that change colour in the light, making this piece beautifully unique.
Meti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Vintage Jerusalem Western Wall Relief Sculpture Model Diorama Painting Judaica
By Manobla
Located in Surfside, FL
Joseph Manobla, (Israeli, 1930-1979), The Western Wall (The Wailing Wall), Painted diorama sculptural relief, 12.5 x 15.75 inches (relief), 17 x 20.25 inches (including original painted artist’s frame), Signed lower right. titled verso "the Wailing Wall".
I am not sure of the material used. I have seen some described as jerusalem stone and some as composition.
Provenance: The Engel Gallery Jerusalem. The Engel Gallery was founded in Jerusalem in 1955. Rafi Lavi, Arieh Aroch, Aviva Uri...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
La Mystérieuse
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
La Mystérieuse was inspired by Erté’s design for a wedding gown published in Harper’s Bazar in 1923. Erté wrote, “The name comes from the effect of mystery of this exquisite outfit. The dress was designed to be in white crêpe embroidered with geometric designs in silver and adorned with snow-white ermine...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$12,850
La Musique Patinated Bronze Sculpture by Delaplanche
By Eugène Delaplanche
Located in New York, NY
EUGÉNE DELAPLANCHE
French, 1836-1891
La Musique
Signed E. Delaplanche, F.Barbedienne Fondeur
Patinated Bronze with brown patina circa 1878
Fou...
Category
Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kneeler
By Joy Brown
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 8
Artist Statement:
My figures speak to me of that peaceful place in myself - calm, open, aware.
My art reflects the influence of my childhood in Japan and of the rigor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$16,000
Artist Hand
By Ai Weiwei
Located in Vancouver, CA
"Ai Weiwei's 'Artist Hand' is a striking sculpture that boldly presents a cast of the artist's hand with his middle finger extended. More than just a gesture, it encapsulates Ai Weiw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
$8,250 Sale Price
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La Victoire by Gerard Ramon, Bronze
Located in Pasadena, CA
Gérard Ramon recognizes the influence of the great sculptors, such as Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), and that of his master at the Beaux-Arts, Marcel Gimond. ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$9,600 Sale Price
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Vintage Arthur Court Aluminum Sculpture Cast Bouquet Flowers, Ladybug Home Decor
Located in Surfside, FL
A designer decor bouquet of aluminum floral forms by Arthur Court Designs (California). Produced 1989. Includes: four (4) aluminum flowers on stems; and...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Female Figure Bust
Located in Astoria, NY
Italian School Female Figure Carved Alabaster Bust, late 19th century, the portrait with tied back hair and flowing dress tied at her breast, on a rockwork plinth, unsigned. 26" H x ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
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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