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Women with Long Hair and Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic figure of a women with long hair and a long dress. The stone is a darker blue toned with natural veins and speckling. The figure is signed on the bottom of the dress.
Category
1980s Naturalistic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Group of Two Fishermen on Stilt II by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture, human
Located in Paris, FR
Group of Two Fishermen on Stilt II is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 52 × 44 × 30 cm (20.5 × 17.3 × 11.8 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limited edition of 8 editions + 4 artist’s proofs, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
The "Fisherman" series of bronze sculptures includes this one. In this piece of figurative art, two fishermen are shown sitting high on uncomplicated pole structures, only sporting a turban and loincloth. With this complex piece, the artist conveys all the poetry this peculiar spectacle has to offer. Standing motionless and waiting for the catch for an endless amount of time while perched above the water...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Atlas Shrugged - Greek Mythology Inspired Bronze Sculpture on Granite Base
By Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
Dean Kugler
Atlas Shrugged, 2024
bronze, ed. 9/12
22h x 14.50w x 16d in
55.88h x 36.83w x 40.64d cm
ed. 9/12
DK0046
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cellist – Bronze Figurative Sculpture by Zura (2020)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With lyrical elegance and sculptural precision, Zura’s Cellist captures the quiet intensity of musical performance. The elongated form, cast in bronze, evokes both movement and still...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mouflon I by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze sculpture, figurative, grey colour
Located in Paris, FR
Mouflon I is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 55 × 45 × 23 cm (21.7 × 17.7 × 9.1 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
& Tall Tales
Located in Santa Fe, NM
hand-finished cast urethan resin 12/20
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melissa Zink
Born 1932
Kansas City, Missouri
Died 2009 (aged 76–77)
Taos, New Mexico
Nationality American
Occupation(s) Artist, Sculptor
Melissa Zink (1932-2009) was an American artist. An active member of the Taos, New Mexico art scene, she blended storytelling with sculpture, and described the enchantment of books and the imaginary worlds they evoked as the focus of her work.[1] Critics lauded her as a "late bloomer" because she only began to exhibit and sell her multi-media works of ceramics, cast bronze, and collage, when she was in her forties.[2] She became known for her "three-dimensional stories" and "dream-like dioramas" in clay, interior scenes that blend whimsy with surrealism.[2][1] Later she cast large bronze statues of human figures embossed with texts drawn from dictionaries and illuminated manuscripts.[2] In 2001 she won a Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts from the state of New Mexico.[3] In 2021, one of her works featured in a special exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Art entitled, "Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwich," which featured a group of artists in the 1970s and 1980s who together launched a movement described as "new Western art" or "Southwest pop".[4]
Education and career
Melissa Zink was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended the Emma Willard School, Swarthmore College, the University of Chicago, and the Kansas City Art Institute.[5] She later admitted that her professors' efforts to push her and her peers towards abstract expressionism during the 1950s deterred her from pursuing a career in art.[2] Instead she worked for many years by designing picture frames and operating an embroidery and craft shop while continuing to paint and experiment with various media in her free time.[6] In her forties, she married Nelson Zink, who encouraged her to pursue her artistic ambitions.
The owner of the Parks Gallery in Taos, which represented her for many years, described her works as aiming to replicate through multi-media art the "book experience, that altered state of consciousness we enter when engrossed in a book."[7] Though known primarily for her clay dioramas and bronze figural sculptures, in later years she also created multi-media, collage wall hangings that incorporated fabrics and painted elements.[1]
In 2000 Zink represented New Mexico at an exhibit of women artists called "From the States" held at Washington, D.C.'s National Museum of Women in the Arts.[1] In 2006 the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos staged an exhibition on her work.[8] In 2009, following her death, the Taos Art Museum and Fechin House staged a memorial exhibition entitled, "Melissa Zink: Her Singular World."[9]
She featured among leading women artists in the book Exposures: Women & Their Art by Betty Ann...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
$3,000
''Big Pig'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a 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
A woman.. Contemporary figurative bronze sculpture, Female nude, Italian artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary bronze figurative sculpture of standing woman by Italian artist, professor Giuseppe del Debbio. Sculpture is signed on the base.
GIUSEPPE DEL DEBBIO ( 1950-2019)
Profe...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Balance AP/7 - figurative, playful, pop-art, bronze, granite, marble sculpture
By Dave Sheridan
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A bronze hand, modelled after the artist’s own, balances on its index finger atop a sphere in this imaginative pop art sculpture by Dave Sheridan. Called...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Marble, Bronze
Portrait of Woman, Sculpture, Ceramic Handmade by Garo, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: (Garo) Karapet Balakeseryan
Medium: Ceramic, Clay, Handmade, One of a Kind
Year: 2023
Style: Classic, Impressionism,
Subject: Portrai...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Torso in Drapery
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Classical theme of a Greek art inspires me. I am a big fan of a Greek mythology, so I depict it often". This sculpture shows beautiful woman in wet fabrics that emphasize body curve...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
"Nebrida", Figurative, Mythic, Imaginary, Animal, White Resin Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This white figurative sculpture titled "Nebrida" is an original artwork by Clémentine Bal made of polystyrene, resin, mastic, marble powder, and paint. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Polystyrene, Paint
Abstracted Figure in Bronze by Sanford 'Sandy' Decker
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a wonderful abstract figure in bronze by well known sculpture, Sanford (Sandy) Decker. The patina is a beautiful shade of chocolate brown. It has aged well, bronze highlights...
Category
1960s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Barcarola" contemporary bronze table and wall sculpture figurative girl calming
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Barcarola is bronze sculpture wall and table sculpture, it is connected to a steel base.
The edition size is 8.
Joan’s latest sculpture series of female figures brings an out-of-t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Gold Leaf
The Skipper (Le Pacha) by Cécile Raynal - Male portrait sculpture, sandstone
Located in Paris, FR
The Skipper (Le Pacha) is a smoke sandstone, steel and cotton sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 50 × 31 × 25 cm (19.7 × 12.2 × 9.8 in). The sculpt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Steel
Spirit of the Night
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement
I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Holy Cow by Marine de Soos - Animal bronze sculpture, India
Located in Paris, FR
Holy Cow is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 30 cm × 51 cm × 31 cm (11.8 × 20.1 × 12.2 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ralaxing moment.
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Classical ballet was my main source of inspiration. Grace and beauty of ballerinas combining with extremely hard work they do. This combination is shocking and inspiring in the same...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Understand Awareness
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Understand Awareness" is an original, hand-painted and hand-carved wood sculpture by Dennis McNett (also known as Wolfbat) measuring 20”h x 20”w x 1.75”d. This piece ships ready to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
"King of Pain" by Shelli Langdale, White Horse Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Shelli Langdale's "King of Pain" is an original, handmade sculpture that depicts a majestic white horse.
Artist Bio:
Shelli Langdale is an oil painter living and painting in Chatta...
Category
2010s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Limestone, Metal
Dancer Satier - Martijn Soontiens, 21st Century Contemporary Sculpture
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This sculpture is made out of bronze, by Dutch artist Martijn Soontiens. He made a series of sculptures for the latest exposition at Galerie Bonnard. You can check out the rest of th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Red House Glass Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Stephanie Trenchard Art Glass Sculpture Sand-cast blacks sculpted and painted inclusions three separate pieces.
Size: 20x7.5x5
Stephanie Trenchar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Paint
Cwén- figurative, female, polymer, gypsum, tabletop sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In a new series of abstracted figurative sculptures, Frances Semple is having fun with form. With this piece created from a polymer/gypsum material, a female figure's upper body is s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Polymer
Sherlock, Bronze Sculpture by Volodymyr Mykytenko, 2021
Located in Zofingen, AG
Volodymyr Mykytenko - Sherlock (2021)
Sherlock - dozens of societies, museums and monuments are dedicated to him in different countries, fans writ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Moses and The Ten Commandments" Stainless Steel Sculpture
Located in Chesterfield, MI
"Moses and The Ten Commandments" is a Stainless Steel Sculpture by the artist MARIAN OWCZARSKI (Polish, 1932-2010). It measures 20 x 7 inches. The dat...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$480 Sale Price
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EVITA: QUEEN OF ARGENTINA (One of a Kind Swarovski Skull w/ Custom Base + Crown)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
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Absolutely and positively ONE OF A KIND skull creation encrusted with genuine Swarovski and Czech crystals.
The ultimate homage to Evita Peron...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Art
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Optional Omniscience & Snake Got Your TonguePortrait. Porcelain Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Her poetic porcelain plates examine and reimagine the history of art in a way that values women not only in body, but in wholeness, power, and love. Focusing on the narrative quali...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Limited Edition Medium Sized Rusted Steel Sculpture "Split Strider"
By Uwe Pfaff
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A medium sized, limited edition, abstracted figurative rusted steel sculpture on rusted steel base. Edition 1/3.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Mephistopheles, Modern Bronze by Antonovici 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original bronze sculpture by Constantin Antonovici from his portrait series. Referenced in "Antonovici" by Uricariu & Bulat, pg 328
Antonovici was born in Neamt, Romania on February 18, 1911, and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Iasi, Romania, in 1939. In 1940, Antonovici studied in Zagreb with the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovici, until his arrest by Italian fascists. Antonovici himself survived imprisonment in Germany for his refusal to fight on the side of the Nazis. After the war, he continued his studies in Vienna, under the tutelage of Professor Fritz Behn...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Phi Beta Red Kappa
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Burton Freund worked in Chicago in the 1930's and 1940’s for the FAP (Federal Arts Project) as an illustrator and sculptor.
These original wood sculptures are time capsules of the 1930's and 1940's, hand carved out of solid wood including their bases. Walking the train platform in Chicago in 1938, the artist saw a "Red Cap" porter with a Phi Beta Kappa key hanging around his neck. When asked, the porter...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pride - Frans van Straaten, 21st Century Contemporary Bronze Sculpture
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frans van Straaten (1963) should be called an artist of balance always searching for harmony between force and movement in combination with space. B...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Story Teller
By Carol Gold
Located in Loveland, CO
Story Teller by Carol Gold
Abstract Figurative Bronze
Maquette: 24x14x14" ed/10
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Carol Gold was born in Hartford, Connecticut and grew u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brutalist Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture Metropolis Manner of Louise Nevelson
Located in Surfside, FL
A very heavy, massive bronze sculpture by an important Chicago sculptor. Signed and marked "Firenze" with "Fuse Marinelli". METROPOLIS. Seven abstract shapes on black marble base. 1...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fight I - Hanging Sculpture of Intertwined Bronze Figures with Orange Hood
Located in Chicago, IL
Suspended in air, these figures float and dance, their bodies intertwined in embrace for all time. This dynamic and innovative sculpture challenges our perception of space while capt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Indian Mother, MDF, Brass & Stone by Contemporary Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Naman Mahipal - Indian Mother
MDF, Brass & Stone, L 24 x B 15 x H 24 inches
* Delivery will take upto 20 days after placing the order.
Naman expresses h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Brass
Lovers Tribute to Chagall Murano Glass Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Amanti (Lovers) Tribute To Chagall
Signed, artist logo stamp, and title.
Walter Furlan was born (1931-2018) in Chioggia, a small town near Venice. He started to work in a furnace c...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
$7,600 Sale Price
55% Off
Coco Popsicle Sculpture (Black)-limited edition iconic pop art-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Contemporary pop artists Sanuj Birla rendered this sculpture ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Polymer
Art Deco Silver-coated Bronze Falcon Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Prince
Title: Falcon
Year: 2006
Medium: Silver-coated Bronze Sculpture
Size: 22 in. x 5 in. x 5 in. (55.88 cm x 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Violin- 21st Century Sculpture, live size, of a figurine
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This sculpture by Astrid Ritmeester belongs to a series she has called 'Memories'
Ritmeester also works as a costume and graphic designer for theatre productions.
Astrid Ritmeeste...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fabric
Antique Bronze Bust of a Provincial French Woman C. 1882 by Émile Guillemin
Located in New York, NY
By Émile-Coriolan-Hippolyte Guillemin (French, 1841-1907)
A lively bust of a young french woman; dynamically sculpted with an adorable upturned smile and glimmering eyes, in a chemi...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Portrait
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is a piece of my private collection from artists of the 20th Century. It is original, signed by artist and numbered 217/220. It is vibrant in color and in very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Plate Glass, Oil, Lithograph, Watercolor
$500 Sale Price
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The Giving Tree
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Hand-built ceramic, flashe, metallic foil, UV matte finish, 19.5" high x 10" wide x 5" deep.
Black, gold, red, blue.
COA available upon request
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 1900 Art Deco Terracotta Sculpture " a panther on a rock " 19Th
Located in Gavere, BE
Outstanding sculpture depicting a panther in an attacking position, standing on a rock.
The sculpture has a beautiful patina. It displays excellent muscular proportions.
Made from ...
Category
1910s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Clay
Horses of San Marcos, steel wall hanging sculpture
Located in Santa Fe, NM
fabricated steel
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Riho Kuld, "Night Bird, " bronze sculpture
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a bronze sculpture created by Riho Kuld in 1990. Kuld was born in Estonia in 1936, his work is exhibited in the museums all over the world in c...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amancio.34 pool. gold and black bronze. iron.LA PRIMERA PIEDRA sculpture
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sculpture by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ
7 COPIES
Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish sculpture
Amancio González is a sculptor from Leon and an internationally celebr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Damas y Caballeros: Manolo Valdes
Located in Miami, FL
Manolo Valdes
Damas y Caballeros: Manolo Valdes, 2024
This pieces consists in a resin sculpture and a book case containing: one book of etchings by the artist and a study book of his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
"Type A", Contemporary, Figurative, Mixed Media, Ceramic, Sculpture, Stoneware
Located in St. Louis, MO
“Animals carry strong associations that make them ideal in portraying, sometimes humorously, our basic disposition or nature. Some animals have a long cultural history while others d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Territory" - UV inks printed on 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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink
Sister to the Sun
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Artist Statement
I absolutely love working with clay. Creating forms with a chunk of moist earth is a tangible way to cultivate beauty and delight. Through my work, I hope to touch ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Can Man (Make Graffiti Fun Again), animatronic dancing spray can, black & gray
By NTEL
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Animatronic spray can sculpture by NTEL that dances and shakes its hips when plugged in. Made with felt, polymer and acrylic and includes cardboard black and silver brick wall. Gen...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Felt, Found Objects, Acrylic, Polymer
Hippos on the Mara
By Peter Brooke
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
The picturesque Mara River flows through the plains of Tanzania and Kenya and lies across the Serengeti/Maasai Mara reserve. The area is famous for its Great Migration...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Old Bitch 2/8 - figurative, life-like, female cow, bronze, interior sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This figurative, life-like, female cow, bronze, interior sculpture is by Canadian artist Nicholas Crombach. The Kingston-based artist creates artwork using traditional skills of repr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lips (black)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Lagemann, Rainer
Title: Dicke Lippe (Lips)
Date: 2018
Medium: 1” Stainless steel squares, welded, RL black
Unframed Dimensions: 13" x 23" x 5"
Signature: Initialed
Edit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Acrobats, Wood Sculpture by Chaim Gross 1948
By Chaim Gross
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chaim Gross, Austrian (1904 - 1991)
Title: Acrobats
Year: 1948
Medium: Hand-carved wood sculpture, signature and date inscribed
Size: 21 in. (53.34 cm) tall
Category
1940s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Marcello Fantoni Firenze Raymor Pair Figures Welded Brutalist Italian Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Marcello Fantoni brutalist welded torch cut metal figurines. Signed on base. Metal label reads "Fantoni Firenze Italy Raymor".
Italian Mid century modern Sculptural pair of students.
Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) sculptor, ceramicist, metalworker, multimedia artist and designer
Born in Florence in 1915, Marcello Fantoni began studying ceramic art at age 12 at the Art Institute of Florence with ceramicist Carlo Guerrini, artistic director of the famed Cantagalli Factory. He continued years of training in ceramics and the arts, including sculpture with Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti, and figurative art with Gianni Vagnetti, graduating as a maestro of art in 1934. After a stint as art director for a ceramics factory in Perugia, in 1936 he opened the Fantoni Ceramic Studio in Florence. Here he produced ceramic series as well as unique mod pieces, sculptures and furnishings. In 1937 Fantoni’s pieces were exhibited in the Florence National Arts and Crafts Exhibit where their unique combination of rustic forms decorated with African and marine motifs and painted figures garnered considerable acclaim. By the start of World War II Fantoni’s melding of ancient Italian pottery techniques with decidedly Modernist elements had won him artistic and commercial success both in Italy and abroad.
Having participated in the resistance, after the War Fantoni worked for the 500-year old Maiolica factory in Deruta, Umbria, renowned for its signature tin-glazed pottery. In the 1950s he refocused on his Florence studio, dedicating himself to larger sculptural pieces and working on many collaborations. He also expanded his experimenting with materials, forms, drawing from varied influences – Primitivism, Novecento style, Cubism and Abstract Expressionism. Fantoni gave special emphasis to ancient Etruscan ceramic techniques, glazes and colors, heightening the timeless appeal of his pieces. As well as clay, he also worked in metals to great effect. Whether created as a series or as a unique piece, every Fantoni piece was ultimately rendered unique by his hand-painting it. The extraordinary diversity of shapes and textures notwithstanding, one the most identifiable qualities of his creations was his painting style. Through the 50s and 60s he made many cubist-inspired vases and ewers painted in colors bordered by sgraffito lines scratched through the paint in a manner evoking Picasso and Braque. Along with figurative and abstract works, the 60s also saw Fantoni creating brutalist pieces with edgy, angular shapes, while in later life, his work took a minimalist turn.
In 1970 Fantoni founded the International School of Ceramic Art, dedicated to teaching ceramic arts and experimentation. (Many of his students and employees would go on to become noteworthy artisans and artists in their own right.) Maintaining great versatility throughout his career, Fantoni completed projects for public and private buildings, churches, schools, theaters, cinemas, and ships. His works, meanwhile, were collected by important museums worldwide. When Marcello Fantoni died in Florence in 2011 at the age of 95, his obituary in the Italian newspaper La Nazione hailed him “The master of beauty.”
Museums and Exhibitions
MoMA New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Art of Boston, Victoria and Albert Museum of London, Royal Scottish Museum of Edinburg, Museums of Modern Art of Tokyo and Kyoto, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, National Bargello Museum and Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe of the Uffizi in Florence.
“Materia e colore, l’arte di Marcello Fantoni”, Loggia della Limonaia di Palazzo Medici Riccardi di Firenze, 2015
"Marcello Fantoni, A Beautiful Form with Beautiful Color", Archaeological Museum of Fiesole, 2005
"Ceramics as Art, Marcello Fantoni Ceramist and Sculptor", Salone delle Regie Poste, Florence,
Marcello Fantoni’s work fused painting, Primitivism, tradition, Modern art, the revival of craft, and the base material of clay itself. Some aspects of Marcello Fantoni’s ceramics – their spikey and angular shapes, with their forms reduced to multiple flat planes of colour bordered by inscribed sgraffito lines – suggest inspiration from Cubist painters Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
Publications
Marcello Fantoni: Ceramista in Firenze Dal 1929 by Antonio Paolucci, Edizioni della Bezuga, 1999
Marcello Fantoni, Ceramica come Arte, Published by Octavo, 2000
Marcello Fantoni Mostra al Museo Archeologico di Fiesole
Select Fairs where his work has been exhibited:
2017 Maison Gerard at The Salon Art + Design 2017, Maison Gerard
2016 Patrick Parrish Gallery at The Salon Art + Design 2016, Patrick Parrish Gallery
2015 Galleria Rossella...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Woman with flowers on head, terracotta, 1930s-40s, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981).
Located in Firenze, IT
Woman with flowers on head, terracotta, 1930s-40s, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981). Tuscan Sculptor.
Terracotta modeled by hand by the artist. Unique piece.
Dimensions: Height 53 cm.
The...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bust / Head No. 2 2014 (with Yoga Block and Dumbell)
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
Contemporary bust / sculpture: created from wax, wire mesh, dumbell and yoga block, by American artist John Goodman, whose work has been deeply inf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Wire
Screaming Bitcoin - Sculpture by Olga Lomaka - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Title: Screaming Bitcoin
Date: 2021
Technique: Recycled Resin (PETG), Chromatic Paint, Granite
Dimensions: 50 x 20 x 20 cm
Signature: Hand Signed (Bottom, Right Side)
Condition: Ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Paint
The Athlete and his Coach
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "The Athlete and his Coach" is a bronze sculpture by noted California artist Kenneth Johnson, born 1945. The size, base not included is...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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Paintings Of Sirens
Palma Il Giovane
Pat Dixon
Patrick King
Patti Rock Paintings
Paul Hogarth
Paul R Schumann
Paul Revere Painting
Paul Salomonsen
Peach Black Nude