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Master of Your Own Destiny by Walter P. Brenner - Nude male bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Master of your own Destiny is a sculpture by Guatemalan artist Walter Peter Brenner which represents a man carving himself out of stone. 77 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ernest by Marie Louise Sorbac - Animal bronze sculpture, rabbit, black, smooth
Located in Paris, FR
Ernest is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marie Louise Sorbac, dimensions are 40 × 16 × 27 cm (15.7 × 6.3 × 10.6 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is par...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Danseuse au Voile, Renoir, Sculpture, impressionism, naked woman, nude, bronze
Located in Geneva, CH
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) La Danseuse au Voile
Cast in 1964
Ed. 14/20 pcs / Conceived in 1913 Bronze with a black patina
64 x 46 x 28 cm
Signed, foundry's stamp and numbered ...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mujer Agachada (Crouching Woman), 1972, (III/VI)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Felipe Castañeda
Mujer Agachada (Crouching Woman), 1972
Bronze, wood base
12 x 9.5 x 11.5 inches
Edition III/VI
Most recent owners acquired this limited-edition bronze sculpture fro...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Ex Nihilo Figure 4", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture, Figurative Man
Located in Dallas, TX
Don't miss this opportunity to own a piece of history! Ex Nihilo Figure 4, a full-scale plaster from the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, commissioned as part of the Creation Scul...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Only Love, Oxidised Bronze over Stone Composite Granite Base "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Divyendu Anand - Only Love
Edition 2 of 9
Oxidised Bronze over Stone Composite Granite Base
H 29 x W 10 x D 8 inches, 2023
Growing up with the thoughts of altruism, idealism and bea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite, Bronze
"Memory", Man Standing on a Spiral of Trees Figurative Bronze Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This figurative and Symbolism bronze Sculpture by Isabelle Jeandot depicts a spiral with the Golden Number, a plant allegory, symbolizing the emergence of our ancient memories inscri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Harmony, 20th century bronze & green marble base, nude man and woman with lyre
By Max Kalish
Located in Beachwood, OH
Max Kalish (American, 1891-1945)
Harmony, c. 1930
Bronze with green marble base
Incised signature on right upper side of base
14 x 9 x 5 inches, excluding base
17 x 10 x 8 inches, including base
Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894, his family settling in Ohio. A talented youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place award for modeling the figure during studies with Herman Matzen. Kalish went to New York City following graduation, studying with Isidore Konti...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Amancio Leonese Fight "CARNE ROTA" original sculpture bronze - 2008
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sculpture by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ
bronze.
Series limited to 7 copies.
Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish sculpture
Artist well known for his large format work...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Florentine singer / - The Renaissance of the Renaissance -
By Paul Dubois
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Dubois (1829 Nogent-sur-Seine - 1905 Paris), Florentine singer, 1865. Light brown patinated bronze with cast round plinth mounted on a square marble base (3.5 cm high). Total height 53 cm. Bronze dimensions: 49.5 cm (height) x 20 cm (length) x 10 cm (width), weight 5.6 kg. Inscribed on the plinth "P.[aul] DUBOIS", dated "1865", with the foundry's mark "F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR" and the signet "REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS".
- Patina very occasionally darkened, lute with loss of one tuning peg, otherwise in excellent condition.
- The renaissance of the Renaissance -
The bronze is a precisely executed and masterfully cast contemporary reduction of Paul Dubois 155 cm tall masterpiece "Florentine Singer", which is exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay and for which the artist was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Paris Salon in 1865. The work acted as a beacon, and was followed by a plethora of depictions of juveniles.
Inspired by Donatello and Luca della Robbia, but also by painters such as Piero della Francesca, Benozzo Gozzoli, and Pinturicchio, the "Florentine Singer" is not an epigonal work that pays homage to a vanished era, but a successful attempt to draw vitality from the art of the past and thus give it new life.
The effect of vitality is the core of Italian Renaissance art theory. In order to fulfill itself as art, art had to appear like nature. This naturalism also characterizes the "Florentine Singer". The young man appears to have been taken from life, which is reinforced by the momentary nature of his action. He has just struck a now fading chord. In addition, the natural appearance is enhanced by the detailed shaping of the figurative details, such as the laces with the slightly curved leather of the shoes, the belt buckle, or the ornamentation on the body of the lute. Even the fingernails are clearly defined. Unlike the Renaissance, however, the effect of liveliness here is not based on the "discovery" of nature and the human body, but primarily on the rediscovery of the art of the Quattrocento. The liveliness of the artwork is therefore at the same time a revitalization of this art, so that we can speak of a Renaissance of the Renaissance, just as the Pre-Raphaelites in England at the same time transferred the Quattrocento to contemporary art.
Dubois takes on the most difficult of all subjects, the depiction of singing through silent sculpture. He was preceded in this by Luca della Robbia and Donatello with their pulpits of singers created in the 1430s in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence. Compared to these works, the physiognomy of Dubois singer is far less animated, yet he also depicts singing in a convincing manner. He uses the whole body. He takes the ancient contrapposto, which was essential to Renaissance sculpture, and transforms the standing leg-playing posture into a late medieval S-swing, giving the body an elegant beauty and at the same time setting it in melodic motion. In the equally elegant finger position, the music is expressed in a much more literal way with the beating of the lute. Finally, the musicality of the sculpture culminates in the face with the mouth open to sing.
Through the act of singing, which is a great challenge to the artistic will to depict perfect beauty, the gracefulness of the classical face is not diminished, but enhanced. Starting from the face with the singing mouth and the gaze absorbed by the sounds, the inner vitality spreads, giving the bronze sculpture an intense aura, enhanced by the music. Dubois transfers the beauty of the Renaissance to the musical, sublimating the visible sculpture to the invisible of music.
He took up the challenge of transcending the Renaissance with the Renaissance, thus responding to the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes, which arose at the end of the 17th century around the French Academy and remained virulent into the 19th century, in which antiquity was regarded either as an unattainable ideal or as a standard to be surpassed. With his work, Dubois proved that the Renaissance, which had championed the art of the ancients, could lead to a new renaissance of art.
About the artist
Paul Dubois' great-uncle was the famous French Baroque sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, in whose footsteps the talented great-nephew followed. When he debuted at the Paris Salon in 1858, he signed his work "Dubois-Pigalle". At his father's request, however, he first studied law before devoting himself to sculpture under the tutelage of François Christophe Armand Toussaint in 1856 and entering the École des Beaux-Arts in 1858. From 1859 to 1863, he lived in Rome and traveled to Naples and Florence. Inspired by Florentine art of the quattrocento, Dubois initiated a school-forming neo-Florentine style that combined the elegantly simple forms of youthful grace with a precise wealth of detail.Two purchases by the French state (“envois de Rome”) were made during his stay in Rome, which brought him recognition in Paris. After his return there, he quickly became an internationally sought-after artist.
Dubois was also active as a creator of monuments. His most famous work is the equestrian statue of Joan of Arc (1896) on the forecourt of Reims Cathedral. He was also a sought-after portraitist who produced around 50 busts and - Dubois was also a passionate painter - around 100 portraits in oil.
From 1873 to 1878 he was curator of the Museum du Luxembourg, in 1876 he became a member of the Institut de France and from 1878 to 1905 he was director of the École des Beaux-Arts.
In 1865, Dubois was awarded the Paris Salon Medal of Honor for his “Florentine Singer”. In 1867 he became Chevalier, in 1874 Officier, in 1886 Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, which awarded Dubois the Grande Croix in 1896.
Selected Bibliography
Stole, Elmar: Paul Dubois. In: Saur. Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, vol. 30, Munich - Leipzig 2001, pp. 677-678.
GERMAN VERSION
Paul Dubois (1829 Nogent-sur-Seine - 1905 Paris), Florentinischer Sänger, 1865. Hellbraun patinierte Bronze mit gegossener runder Plinthe auf quadratischem Marmorsockel montiert (3,5 cm Höhe). Gesamthöhe 53 cm. Maße der Bronze: 49,5 cm (Höhe) x 20 cm (Länge) x 10 cm (Breite), Gewicht 5,6 kg. Auf der Plinthe mit „P.[aul] DUBOIS“ bezeichnet, auf „1865“ datiert, mit dem Gießereistempel „F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR“ und dem Signet „REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS“ versehen.
- Patina sehr vereinzelt nachgedunkelt, Laute mit Verlust eines Stimmwirbels, ansonsten ausgezeichnet erhalten.
- Die Renaissance...
Category
1860s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,298 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Elegant Brass Sculptures of Greyhound Dogs
Located in Rome, IT
Fine pair of gilt bronze Greyhound dog sculptures.
The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting.
Excellent condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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 Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Reclining Head – White Raku Ceramic Sculpture, Organic Earthen Crackle Texture
Located in FISTERRA, ES
White Raku ceramic head sculpture features organic earthen crackle textures and meditative form, bridging earth, ritual, and introspection. Reclining Head (28 × 47 × 62 cm) by Aldonz...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ouvrir les Frontières pour Mr. Olingou
Located in Atlanta, GA
The universal theme of travel has always inspired Bruno Catalano. Since he started to knead clay, hundreds of “Travellers” went out of his feverish hand...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Accordianist
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, a region known for its Catalan culture as well as its influence on artists before him, including Picasso, Van Gogh, and Maillol....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$18,500
Large Bull by Pierre Yermia - Animal Bronze Sculpture, large size, outdoor
Located in Paris, FR
Large Bull, bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia.
120 cm × 100 cm × 34 cm. Limited-edition of 8 copies and 4 artist's proofs, each signed and numbered.
This m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
$28,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Standing ballerina
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sculpture from the Ballet series. The series is dedicated to classical ballet and includes over 30 sculptur...
Category
Early 2000s Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Kuba African Warthog Divining Figure tribal arts sculpture
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Warthog Divining Figure. Kuba, DRC. Late 19th century. Carved wood with palm oil patina, 12.5 incehes (l), 3.25 inches (h), 2 5/8 inches (d). Loss evident at tip of right ear and on snout.
Provenance: Ex. collection Martin and Faith-Dorian Wright; J.J. Klegman; Angelo Caggiula-Carulucci, chief magistrate in Belgian Congo for King Leopold...
Category
Late 19th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Echoes of Stillness, Aged Iron Skin over Stone Composite Granite Base "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Divyendu Anand - Echoes of Stillness
Aged Iron Skin over Stone Composite Granite Base, Edition of 9
H 24.5 x W 12 x D 8.5 inches, 2025
Growing up with the thoughts of altruism, idea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite, Iron
Instant Moules II by Ondřej Oliva - Large sculpture, column totem, mollusc shell
By Ondřej Oliva
Located in Paris, FR
Instant Moules II is a nickeled aluminium and bronze sculpture by contemporary Czech sculptor Ondřej Oliva, dimensions are 360 × 40 × 34 cm (141.7 × 15.7 × 13.4 in).
This sculpture i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Tête Solaire, Pablo Picasso, Unique Ceramic, 1950's, Earthenware, Design, Tile
Located in Geneva, CH
Tête Solaire, Pablo Picasso, Unique Ceramic, 1950's, Earthenware, Design, Tile
Tête solaire II
Unique work
27.01.1956
Large white earthenware tile, green stripes on white enamel on ...
Category
1950s Post-War Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Lost Boy, Alison Bell, Limited Edition Bronze Figurine, Contemporary Sculpture
By Alison Bell
Located in Deddington, GB
Lost boy ,Limited edition bronze figure of a boy, 1/25, mounted on alabaster, by Alison Bell, 2019.
H:48cm W:15cm
Alison Bell's figurative sculpture captures those innocent childho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Balloon Dogs (mixed edition numbers) - Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Contemporary, Art
By Jeff Koons
Located in Zug, CH
Balloon Dogs Set of 3 (mixed edition numbers) - Jeff Koons, Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Decor, Limited Edition
Limoges porcelain with chromatic metalized coating
Edition ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
TRIO AMIGOS (Original and One Of A Kind Disney Sculpture)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
*New Year Inventory Renewal Sale - 90 Days Until April 30th*
*This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year*
TRIO AMIGOS is the collectors' Toy/Disney pieces must have becaus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Resin, Wood, Glitter, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Plastic
$1,336 Sale Price
31% Off
Tigre saissant un paon by Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antoine-Louis Barye
1795-1875 French
Tigre saissant un paon
(Tiger seizing a peacock)
Bronze
Signed “BARYE”
Modeled by famed French Romantic sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye, this r...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1978 Italy Abstract Bronze Nickeled Finish Sculpture by Carmelo Cappello
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an artwork created by the well known Italian artist Carmelo Cappello. It is a multiple, an Abstract Sculpture one of the identical 99 specimen edited in 1978. This piece is ...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Picador, Pablo Picasso, Ashtray, Design, Sculpture, Ceramic, White, Edition
Located in Geneva, CH
Picador, Pablo Picasso, Ashtray, Design, Sculpture, Ceramic, White, Edition
Picador
Ed. 500 pcs
1952
White earthenware clay, oxidized paraffin decoration, white enamel
D. 15.2 cm
St...
Category
1950s Post-War Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Master Angel
Located in Wien, Wien
MASTER ANGEL
Museum sculpture of the master of Mauer
Austrian Danube Region
Around 1500/20
Lime wood, carved full round
Height 55 cm
Provenance:
Hofstätter Collection, Vienna
The masterful sculpture was made in the workshop of the master of the altar of Mauer around 1500 in Lower Austria. It can be located in the context of the Danube school of the first third of the 16th century, was carved from limewood and is 55 cm tall. Since there are no attributes or context, it is an unknown figure of a carved altar.
The master of the altar of Mauer is an anonymous Gothic carver who was active between 1500 and 1525 and received this so-called emergency name through the altar for the parish and pilgrimage church of Mauer near Melk. This winged altar was probably commissioned by Göttweig Abbey in the 1470s and is made of lime wood. It shows an expression in the transition from late Gothic to early Renaissance and is considered the most important carved altar in Lower Austria, created between 1510-15.
The figure presented here is very related in its design to the figures of the altar of Mauer. In lively-moving form, the male figure turns his upper body to the right, with his head pointing upward, probably toward the sky. The right leg in lunge emerges from under the frock...
Category
16th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$38,000
Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer 1, bronze sculpture, multicolored patina Goseyun
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Apache Mountain Spirit Dancer 1, bronze sculpture, multicolored patina Goseyun
cast and fabricated bronze sculpture depicting an Apache Mountain Spiri...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'Dancing in the Wind' original Shona stone sculpture by Wellington Karuru
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Dancing in the Wind' is an original opal serpentine sculpture by the Zimbabwean artist Wellington Karuru. The artist presents an elegant and curvilinear figure of a woman, her hair seeming to billow upward and behind her. The sculpture is on one hand a celebration of the stone material, and on the other it calls back to art historical precedent: her body is brought to a high polish, reflecting the softness of skin, while her hair is left rough-hewn to create the effect of the untamed wind. At the same time, the woman's body is highly stylized and emphasizes her hips and belly, recalling Paleolithic "Venus" sculptures like the lauded Venus of Willendorf and thusly ideas of maternity and womanhood.
opal stone (serpentine)
not signed
23" high x 8" widest point x 4" smallest point, sculpture
4"x4"x4", sculpture bottom
1 x 6 x 6 inches, base
Overall excellent condition with no signs of wear
Sculpture comes with base.
Born on August 17, 1976, Wellington Karuru is the first born to a family of five children and has two brothers and two sisters. As the first born child in a Zimbabwean family, many responsibilities were shouldered upon Wellington. Both his brothers, Gilbert and Esau, are also talented sculptors. He completed his primary and secondary education in Mashonaland West Province and was involved in almost every sporting activity at the school. After he graduated, he was employed at National Foods LTD where he worked as a machine operator for a period of four years and was later promoted to work as a sales clerk. In his free time he assisted some well known artists in sculpting, was able to learn much from them and soon thereafter started to develop his own talent and unique style. Inspired by such well known sculptors such as Gardener Sango and Garison Muchinjili, Wellington started sculpting small pieces for himself and soon found a buyer for his favorite piece titled ‘A Cry For Help’. From that day forward, he has never looked back. He eventually went to work with Garison Machinjili whose influence is clearly shown in his work. Some of his pieces have been chosen already for international exhibitions and galleries. Well established and internationally renowned artists like Joe Mutasa...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
SELF PORTRAIT - Sculpture made of polyester resin coated with powdered aluminum
Located in Salzburg, AT
Sylwia Jakubowska-Szycik is professor at the Academy of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Sculpture and Intermedia in Gdańsk, she conducts classes in the f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Nessus and Deianira Bronze
By Giambologna
Located in New Orleans, LA
A technical and creative masterpiece of the late Renaissance era, this extraordinary bronze figure depicts the famed Greek legend of The Abduction of Deianira. Bringing together the ...
Category
17th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Limestone Garden Sculptures of Aria a Roman Goddness
Located in Rome, IT
Finely carved mythological subject in Lecce limestone of Aria a Roman Goddness .
Excellent condition from an estate of Veneto.
Measurements: Statue cm 160, base cm 85.
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Aqua glossy ceramic balloon sculpture handmade for wall, ceiling installation
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
ArtArsouf Contemporary handmade Glossy ceramic balloon sculpture. The balloon sculptures can be easily installed individually as one balloon or in different combinations creating a u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
"Mother & Child", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 24x18x10 in., 43x150, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Mother and Child" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman and her baby numbered 43/150.
Inspired by the birth of his own child, Frederick Hart masterfully ce...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Dynamic Bronze Statue of a Falconer by Pierre-Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879)
Located in New York, NY
Dynamic statue of an Arab Falconer riding a horse in motion. A falcon lands on the falconer's arm as his horse trots along a mud road leaving hove prints behind.
Artist: Pierre-Jul...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amancio Man Guerrero Herido original bronze sculpture
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sculpture by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ
bronze.
Series limited to 7 copies.
Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish sculpture
AMANCIO Gonzalez ( Leon 1965 )
Amancio Gon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Prancing Horses, two bronzes signed and numbered by Arno Breker
Located in PARIS, FR
An official artist of the Nazi regime, trained in Montparnasse in the 1930s, Arno Breker continued to sculpt after the fall of the Third Reich, producing large-scale public commissions in Germany and portraits of prominent figures. The two small bronzes presented here, dated around 1978, are part of a long tradition of prancing horses dating back to antiquity. The asymmetrical treatment of the two front legs and the inclination of the head make these two copies of the same artwork a highly decorative pair.
1. Arno Breker, a prolific sculptor, from the Bohemia of Montparnasse to the commissions from the Third Reich ... and from the Federal Republic of Germany
The son of a stone carver, Arno Breker studied fine art and anatomy in his native Elberfeld. At the age of 20, he entered the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. He moved to Paris in 1926, where he continued his training in the studio of Maillol, who dubbed him "the German Michelangelo of the twentieth century". He shared a studio with Alexandre Calder and frequented Jean Cocteau, Foujita, Brancusi, Pablo Picasso and other artists of the bohemian Paris of the time. It was also in Paris in 1933 that he met Demetra Messala, the daughter of a Greek diplomat who posed for Maillol and Picasso, whom he married in 1937. Having won the Prussian Prix de Rome in 1932, he left Paris to stay at the Villa Massimo, the German Academy in Rome.
Returning to Germany in 1934, his style evolved towards a more marked imitation of ancient sculpture. He created two monumental statues for Berlin's Olympic Stadium, before being appointed professor at the Berlin College of Fine Arts in 1937. He came to the attention of the Reich Propaganda Ministry, which awarded him several commissions and provided him with three large studios in which Breker produced many monumental sculptures to the glory of the regime. On June 23, 1940, Breker accompanied Adolf Hitler during a visit to Paris. During the Occupation, his political connections enabled him to intervene on behalf of many artists pursued by the Nazis: for example, he protected Pablo Picasso (then a Communist) from Kommandantur officers.
Most of Arno Breker's work was destroyed in Berlin at the end of the war in 1945 by bombing and intentional destruction perpetrated by soldiers of the victorious powers. After the fall of the Nazi regime, however, Arno Breker was never prosecuted. He opened a new studio in Düsseldorf, where he sculpted until his death in 1991.
He then carried out several public commissions in Germany (Bayreuth, Wuppertal), as well as portraits of numerous personalities, including King Mohammed V of Morocco, Léopold Sedar Senghor (commissioned by the Académie Française in 1978) and the two chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany, Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard. The Arno Breker Museum in Nörvenich is now exhibiting some of his artworks.
2. Related artworks: from the Wild Horses of the Quirinal to the Horses of Marly
The prancing horse is a major iconographic theme, found in a series of sculptures from Antiquity, the Renaissance and the Classical Age. Various photos from Arno Breker's studio in Berlin confirm the predominant place of equine representations in his work (alongside male nude statues), and confirm that this reduced version created in 1978 is part of the artist's preferred repertoire.
Prancing horses are generally associated with a male figure in a group that, through a reference drawn from Antiquity, symbolizes man's domination over nature. In this respect, it is very interesting to compare our small bronzes with the horse forming part of a large sculpture by Arno Breker (made in 1936 and probably destroyed in 1945) depicting Alexander taming Bucephalus.
This statue is itself directly inspired by one of the best-known works of 18th-century French sculpture...
Category
1970s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Triplets (C-25), " Black Serpentine Stone Sculpture signed by Colleen Madamombe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Triplets (C-25)" is an original black serpentine sculpture by Colleen Madamombe. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features three women in large, textured dresses, gesturing and standing close to one another.
9 1/2" x 13" x 8" art
Colleen Madamombe was born in 1964 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Considered to be among the finest new talents from Zimbabwe, she has won the award of Best Female Artist of Zimbabwe for the past three consecutive years, and is quickly becoming an established figure of the Second Generation of Zimbabwean stone...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Vase à deux anses (A.R. 213), Pablo Picasso, Design, Ceramic, Madoura
Located in Geneva, CH
PABLO PICASSO
Vase à deux anses (A.R. 213), 1953
Ed. 400 pcs
White earthenware, engobe decoration, engraved with a knife under partial glaze with a brush
H. 39 cm I H. 15 3/8 in
Insc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Orchid Star
By Roxana Azar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "Orchid Star" is an original artwork by Roxana Azar made of UV print on acrylic. The piece measures approximately 8"h x 7.5"w. Roxana Azar uses a com...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lucite, Pigment
"Equos" Bronze Sculpture Lost Wax Method Florence Cesello 10" x 8"
Located in Houston, TX
"Equos" A small study inspired by Classical equestrian examples, the artist in this piece balances the potential energy within the form of the horse with an emotional calm.
Noun...
Category
2010s Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amancio. EL SALTO II. original bronze. iron 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
La Vague (The Wave)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"La Vague (The Wave)" is a figurative abstract bronze sculpture created by Camillle Claudel. The artwork is 24 1/4 x 19 x 24 inches, weighing less than 50 lbs. It is signed "C. Claud...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wood Fairy, Bronze Sculpture by Volodymyr Mykytenko, 2011
Located in Zofingen, AG
Volodymyr Mykytenko - Wood Fairy (2011)
The forest fairy is the image of a beautiful girl, woven into all mythologies and cultures. Women's beauty and natu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pothos Sculpture Lost Wax Bronze Method Florence Cesello 18 x 6 x 6
Located in Houston, TX
"Pothos is one of the Ancient Greek Erotes dedicated to yearning and desire. He is the son of the West Wind "Zephryos" and "Iris," the rainbow. This is the artist proof of an edit...
Category
2010s Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Abstract Expressionist Figurative Dancer Welded Metal Sculpture Judith Brown
By Judith Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
Judith Brown, American
"Reveler"
Steel sculpture of a body in motion, dancer
Signed with initials
Initialed "JB"
Base: 11" X 6" X 1.75"
Sculpture: 16" X 10" X 10"
Judith Brown (December 17, 1931 – May 11, 1992) was an American dancer and a woman AbEx sculptor who was drawn to images of the body in motion and its effect on the cloth surrounding it. She welded crushed automobile scrap metal into energetic moving torsos, horses, and flying draperies. "One of the things that made Judy stand out as an artist was her ability to work in many different mediums. Some of this was by choice, and sometimes it was by necessity. Her surroundings often dictated what medium she could work with at any given time. After all, you can't bring you're welding gear with you to Rome ."Brown attended Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York (B.A., 1954), where she learned to weld from her teacher, Theodore Roszak, a pioneering abstract expressionist sculptor. Her style similar to Leonard Baskin and John Chamberlain. Figurative abstract expressionism. Brown's work was exhibited widely throughout the United States and Europe, featured in group shows at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, the Boston Arts Festival, The New Britain Museum of American Art, and many other galleries and museums. Brown's one-person exhibitions include shows at Zygos Gallery in Cyprus and Galeriea de Antonio Souza in Mexico City, as well as galleries and museums in Vermont, Florida, and New York City. Brown's artwork was also displayed in windows at Tiffany's and Bonwit Teller in their New York City department stores.
In addition to displaying her work in exhibition settings, Brown received many public and private commissions throughout her career. Her public commissions may be found in many U.S. states including New York, Vermont, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, and California; and she has work currently housed with several museums and corporations including the Pepsi Company, Marriott Corporation, Dartmouth College, Vermont Law School, Jewish Museum, and the Museum of Dance.
Select Commissions
Mural Sculpture, Lobby, Louisville Radio Station WAVE
Fountain, commissioned by Architectural Interiors, New York City
Model, designed and executed for Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy
Sculpture, designed for Electra Film Productions, NYC
Noah's Ark, exhibited at Bronx Zoo, New York City, at Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, New York, and at Hopkins Center, Hanover, New Hampshire
Store Windows, executed Tiffany & Company Windows, New York City, Christmas 1957, 1959, 1962, October 1969, Spring 1979, and October 1980
Wall Sculptures: for Youngstown Research Center (1963-4), commissioned by Youngstown Steel Company, Youngstown, Ohio; for Hecht and Company, Landmark Shopping Center, Alexandria, Virginia, Daniel Schwartzman, Architect; for Lobby, 570 Seventh Avenue, New York City, Giorgio Cavaglieri, Architect; for Lobby, Cities Service Company's New Research Center, Cranbury, New Jersey; for Ottauquechee Health Center, Woodstock, Vermont
Eternal Lights: for Congregation Beth-El, South Orange, New Jersey; for Congregation Sharey Tefilo, East Orange, New Jersey
Menorahs: commissioned by Architect Fritz Nathan for the Permanent Collection of the Jewish Museum, New York City; commissioned by Smith College for the Helen Hill Chapel, Northampton, Massachusetts; commissioned by Jules Scherman, of Wisteria Press, Inc., New York City
Altar Cross, commissioned by Smith College for the Helen Hill Chapel, Northampton, Massachusetts
Landscape, Memorial Piece for Gustave Heller, YM-YWCA, Essex County, New Jersey
Memorial Plaque for Robert A. Ferguson, Westchester County Airport, Purchase, New York
Sculpture for Vice President's office, Atlantic Richfield Company, New York City
Bronze Relief Sculpture for Gymnasium Lobby, South Richmond High School, Staten Island, New York, Daniel Schwartzman, Architect
Poster, Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton, Vermont
Medallion, commissioned by Brandeis University National Women's Committee, New York City
Model for Fountain for the Plaza at Windsor, Vermont
Bronze Sculpture, commissioned by Intramural, Inc. for Building Lobby, N/E Cor. 79th Street and Second Avenue, New York City
Presentation Piece, commissioned by Graphic Arts Associates of Delaware Valley, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wall Mural, Noah's Ark, Roosevelt Hospital, New York City
1977: Designed and executed Hanes Hosiery "Million Dollar Award"; Designed and executed "Old Spice" Smart Ship Award
1978: Commissioned to design and execute the "Walter White Award" for the NAACP for presentation to Hubert Humphrey; Commissioned to design and execute the Award for the Honorees of the National Board YWCA's First Tribute to Women in International Industry
1979: Designed and executed Jewelry for the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Designed and executed limited edition of Mazuzas for Brandeis University-National Women's Committee, New York City
1980: Bronze Cross commissioned for St. James Episcopal Church, Woodstock, Vermont
1982: Eubie Award, New York Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
1985: Two Sculptures, Marriott Hotel, Orlando, Florida
1986: Two large Sculptures for indoor reflecting pools, Palm Desert Hotel, Palm Springs, California; John Portman, Eight Sculptures for Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia; John Portman, Beach House, Sea Island, Georgia
1987: Loan Installation, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
1988: Eleven foot outdoor Sculpture for Front Plaza, River Court, Charles River, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, H. J. Davis Development Corp.; Tomie dePaola, Outdoor Sculpture of Bird, New London, New Hampshire
1989: Room Screen, 51/2 feet, Rita Moreno, Los Angeles, California; Martha Graham Award for presentation to her in Boston, Massachusetts
1990: Fireplace Screen, Sharon Mills, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Selected exhibitions
1957: "The Patron Church", Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City
1958: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas; The Jewish Museum, New York City
1959: Detroit Institute of Arts; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1962: National Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
1963: Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; Newport Art Association, Newport, Rhode Island
1964: "West Side Artists", Riverside Museum, New York City; "The Crafts and Worship", Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas; Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
1966: "Recent Acquisitions", Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Byron Gallery, New York City
1967: Byron Gallery, New York City; Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont; University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
1968: New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut; "Exhibit of Encaustic Drawings", Kanegis Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1969: Graham Gallery, New York City
1970: "Birds and Beasts", Graham Gallery, New York City
1971: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1972: Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts; SUNY, Plattsburgh, New York
1973: Fairleigh Dickinson University, William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Sculpture in Tiffany & Co. Windows, New York City
1974: DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; Library Art Center, Newport, New Hampshire
1975: "New England Women", DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; "Animal Sculpture", New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut; "From Vermont: Past to Present", Gallery 641, Washington, D.C.; Art Association of Newport, Rhode Island; Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont
1976: The 41st International Eucharistic Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Montshire Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire
1977: Group Show sponsored by Artists Equity, Union Carbide Building, New York City; Institute for the Arts of the Archdiocese of Washington, Gallery Kormendy, Alexandria, Virginia; Contemporary Arts Gallery, Loeb Student Center, New York University, New York City
1979: "Judaica II" sponsored by the YM-YWHA of Metropolitan New Jersey, West Orange, New Jersey; Special Exhibition of Sculpture, Tiffany and Company, New York City; The Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, Vermont; Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; Visual Artists' Coalition, Connecticut College for Women
1980: One man shows: New York University, Contemporary Arts Gallery, Washington Square Park, New York City; St. Gaudens Museum, Cornish, New Hampshire; Tiffany and Company Windows, New York City; Group Show: "The Figure", sponsored by Pratt Institute
1983: One Man Shows: Howard Monroe Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Alwin Gallery, London; Group shows: "Regional Selections", Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
1983/5: Participant in Outdoor Sculpture Installation at Rose Hill Campus, Fordham University, New York City
1984: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, Vermont
1985: DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (Best in Show Award)
1986: The Women's Museum, Washington, D.C. (Sculpture acquired for permanent collection)
1987: Tiffany's Windows, Tiffany and Co., New York City
1988: One Man Show: Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont
1989: One man show: National Museum of Dance, Saratoga Springs, New York; Group Show: 4th International Contemporary Art Fair, London; Tiffany's Windows, Tiffany and Co., New York City
1990: National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
She was included in the 2024 show 100 Women of Spirit at Galerie Zürcher, New York Greenwich Village. Artists included April Vollmer, Carrie Johnson, Francine Tint and Victoria Palermo
She was included in the show Sparkle - Jewellery Sale...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Dancer “Takeoff” II by Yann Guillon - Figurative bronze sculpture, man, torso
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Dancer “Takeoff” II is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 25 × 15 × 8 cm (9.8 × 5.9 × 3.1 in). Height of the sculpture with the metal base: 40 cm ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
CHROMA aka Rick Wolfryd Mexican Huichol Beaded Art Horses Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
ALTERATION ART . . . is a collaboration process between Rick Wolfryd, fine artist and art dealer with over 40 years experience, and various Mexican Huichol artists and Mexican Huicho...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
Instant Moules V by Ondřej Oliva - wall sculpture, black & silver shells
By Ondřej Oliva
Located in Paris, FR
Instant Moules V is a nickeled and elox aluminium wall sculpture by contemporary Czech sculptor Ondřej Oliva, dimensions are 50× 35× 25cm (19.6 × 13.7 × 9.8 in).
Mollusc shells are a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Milan - contemporary bronze sculpture of life-size Woman holding feather
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Milan" is a new, large free-standing bronze sculpture, suitable both for the inside and outside. Edition 8, signed, numbered and dated on the bottom.
The sculptress Susanne Kraiss...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Herself", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Female Sculpture, 17x16x6 in., 176/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Herself" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman's face numbered 176/350. Hart began to equate light and spirit, the medium itself conveying the meaning, bey...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Red Pumpkin (Dot Obsession Red) - Original sculpture with original case
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Paris, IDF
Yayoi Kusama
Pumpkin red (Dots Obsession Red)
A pumpkin sculpture made of resin
Signed under the base of the sculpture
Diameter: 8 cm
Height: 10.5 cm
Presented in the original edito...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
ALMIRAMAYA, Figurative Sculpture. From the Series Sculptures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Wood, stone, iron. The raw material and the material of a sculptor.
ancestor of any architectural practice. But the architect, the sculptor and the artist do not remain alone in thei...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Copper, Iron, Wire
NAOR - 35cm Paint Splash Ferrari Tribute
Located in PARIS, FR
Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was inspired by it. From the top of his thirty years, he succeeded in retranscribing his observations, his feelings and his impressions. Thanks to his childlike supports, his contemporary details, he achieves a delicious harmony between softness and violence. This discrepancy constitutes his identity. Like life, marked by hardship, his works refer us to our own experiences. Finally, the use of luxury brands in a spirit of "Pop'art" allows him to pay homage or to denounce the way our societies...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Siamese Horse Cat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "Siamese Horse Cat" is an original artwork by Debra Broz made of secondhand ceramics and mixed media. The sculpture measure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Ceramic
Eugene Antoine Aizelin (French, 1821-1902) Patinated Bronze of Psyche
By Eugene-Antoine Aizelin
Located in New York, NY
This fabulous figural bronze statue of Psyche by the Barbedienne Foundry is simply exquisite. Remnants of a lovely green oxidation, nestled within the corners, curves and crevices of...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carpeaux etnic bronze : Le chinois (1868). N1 (scetch) Observatory fountain
Located in Gent, VOV
JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX 1827 - 1875
Le Chinois N°1 (study for Asia) (1868). Model from the observatory fountain. Sketch
Height ca.60 cm
A similar copy auctioned on June 22, 2023, at ...
Category
1860s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze