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Medium: Bronze
"On the Wings of an Eagle", Chester Fields, Bronze and Steel Sculpture, 54x40x24
By Chester Fields
Located in Dallas, TX
"On the Wings of an Eagle by Chester Fields is one of his most popular sculptures. This is number 26 of 75 made. It is made with the following:
Bronze Casting
Deluxe Patina
Gold Beak...
Category
1990s Realist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Chester Fields"On the Wings of an Eagle", Chester Fields, Bronze and Steel Sculpture, 54x40x24, 1991
$39,500 Sale Price
28% Off
Monumental Standing Figure II by Pierre Yermia - contemporary bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Monumental Standing Figure II is a large-scale bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia.
H 260 × W 60 × D 60 cm. Edition of 8 + 4 A.P. Signed and numbered.
Pier...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ian Edwards I am - Bronze with Patina
By Ian Edwards
Located in Naples, Florida
Ian Edwards’ journey as a sculptor began when he left school aged 16 and began an apprenticeship. "The day I walked into the woodcarving shop everything changed. I said to myself the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled (kinetic stainless steel sculpture)
By William George Beckman
Located in Aventura, FL
Kinetic stainless steel sculpture with marble base. Incised artist signature and date.
Sculpture size: 29 x 12 x 9 inches (includi...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,712 Sale Price
25% Off
Head of Dame Edith Sitwell
Located in London, GB
Maurice Lambert
Head of Dame Edith Sitwell
1901-1964
Patinated bronze on marble base
Dimensions: 7 x 16 inches (18 x 41 cm)
Provenance
Private collection
Originally commissioned by Edith's brother Osbert Sitwell circa 1926/27. Our version is of the same period and must have been commissioned at the same time. A version of this piece made in 1984 in aluminium is held in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 5801).
Maurice Lambert
Maurice Lambert, born in Paris, was son of the Russian-born Australian painter George Washington Lambert...
Category
20th Century Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze by Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
FRANZ BERGMAN
Austrian, (1861-1936)
A Fine Quality Austrian cold-painted Bronze Table Lamp and Sculpture Depicting an Arab merchant, stamped...
Category
Early 20th Century Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bedouin Mother with Child
By Céline Lepage
Located in PARIS, FR
Bedouin Mother with Child
by Céline LEPAGE (1882-1928)
Bronze with a dark greenish brown patina
signed on the base "Lepage"
cast by "Alexis Rudier, fondeur, Paris" (with the foundry...
Category
1920s French School Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fine Bronze Figures Entitled "Reveil de la Nature" by E. Picaul
Located in New York, NY
Signed 'E. Picault' inscribed and titled ‘Reveil de la Nature’ on self-base
Artist: Emile Louis Picault (1833–1915)
Origin: French
Date: Late 19th century
Dimension: 34 1/2 x 17 inc...
Category
19th Century Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tandrima-II, Bronze, Edition 1/5, Brown Color by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw - Tandrima-II
H 45 x W 17 x D 10.7 inches
Bronze, Edition-1/5.
Lalu’s Tandrima-II exudes grace and quiet introspection through its poised feminine form. Cast in bro...
Category
2010s Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Step Ahead
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
A businessman trying to stay a step ahead of a large ring that appears to me rolling towards him.
Edition of 45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gorille
By Jorge Borras
Located in Pasadena, CA
After completing his studies at the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts in Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Jorge Borrás moved to France1.
His works, especially his bronzes, are sold in major auctions mainly in France (Versailles, Drouot, Saint Germain En Laye, Enghien les Bains, etc. June 30, 1992, two bronzes were sold at Christie's in London) 2. They are exhibited in Parisian salons such as the Salon d'automne3, the Salon des artistes français, the Salon des Independants the exhibitions of the National Society of Fine Arts, the Salon de l'école française [ref. necessary].
He received the Arts-Sciences-Lettresn 1 Medal and is a member of the International Association of Visual Arts (affiliated with UNESCO).
In addition, he produced a series of medals and sculptures for the Monnaie de Paris, and various achievements such as the bust of Dr. Coll Colomé, a monument erected in Benicarlo (Spain) and publishing covers including the novel by Jean-Marc Roberts Vincent's friend.
The work of Jorge Borrás is a tribute to the woman [ref. necessary]. Her favorite themes are ballerinas and bathers as well as women in everyday attitudes. Wild animals, some endangered, are also very present in the work of Jorge Borrás, especially in recent years where he takes great pleasure in capturing the wild moment of his attitudes.
Passionate about drawing, he began painting at the age of ten and made his first exhibition at the age of twenty.
At the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, he discovered sculpture with Luisa Granero and studied painting and sculpture.
The students the drawing section, of the great master of Spanish painting and portrait painter Francisco Ribera Gomez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$8,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Muses Suit" Bronze Collection of Dance, Music, Poetry, and Theater, 42/65
Located in Dallas, TX
Step into the world of artistic elegance with our exclusive offer on the Muses suite by master sculptor Frederick Hart. Each bronze head, representing Dance, Music, Poetry, and Theat...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Erte CHINCHILLA Sculpture, 21.5"H
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) (Russian/ French, 1892-1990)
Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 270/375; 1990
Materials: bronze
Dimensions (H, W, D): 21.5"h, 9.25...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Austrian Cold Painted Bronze by Franz Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
FRANZ BERGMANN
Austrian, (1838-1894)
an Arab Riding a Camel
Austrian Cold-Painted Bronze Figures of a an Arab riding a camel. On marble base, signed "Nam Greb”.
10 1/2 inches high
Category
Early 20th Century Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
''Cheetah Running'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Moving Cheetah
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 Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Female face
Located in Roma, RM
Alfredo Biagini (Rome 1886 - 1952), Female Face
Bronze sculpture 23 x 17 x 21 cm signed at bottom.
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Le cantique des pilotis by M. de Soos - Figurative bronze sculpture, dark tones
Located in Paris, FR
Le cantique des pilotis is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 65.5 × 29 × 26 cm (25.8 × 11.4 × 10.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and num...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Squirrel I
Located in Somerset West, WC
Squirrel I is a limited edition bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Josie - Elegant Original Figurative Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pélican
By Jorge Borras
Located in Pasadena, CA
After completing his studies at the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts in Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Jorge Borrás moved to France1.
His works, especially his bronzes, are sold in major auctions mainly in France (Versailles, Drouot, Saint Germain En Laye, Enghien les Bains, etc. June 30, 1992, two bronzes were sold at Christie's in London) 2. They are exhibited in Parisian salons such as the Salon d'automne3, the Salon des artistes français, the Salon des Independants the exhibitions of the National Society of Fine Arts, the Salon de l'école française [ref. necessary].
He received the Arts-Sciences-Lettresn 1 Medal and is a member of the International Association of Visual Arts (affiliated with UNESCO).
In addition, he produced a series of medals and sculptures for the Monnaie de Paris, and various achievements such as the bust of Dr. Coll Colomé, a monument erected in Benicarlo (Spain) and publishing covers including the novel by Jean-Marc Roberts Vincent's friend.
The work of Jorge Borrás is a tribute to the woman [ref. necessary]. Her favorite themes are ballerinas and bathers as well as women in everyday attitudes. Wild animals, some endangered, are also very present in the work of Jorge Borrás, especially in recent years where he takes great pleasure in capturing the wild moment of his attitudes.
Passionate about drawing, he began painting at the age of ten and made his first exhibition at the age of twenty.
At the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona, he discovered sculpture with Luisa Granero and studied painting and sculpture.
The students the drawing section, of the great master of Spanish painting and portrait painter Francisco Ribera Gomez...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Children Picking Grapes
Located in New York, NY
LOUIS AUGUSTE MOREAU
French, (1834-1917)
Children Picking Grapes
Patinated Bronze; Signed Aug Moreau
20 1/2 x 12 x 9 inches
Category
Late 19th Century Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Schorpioen Scorpio Scorpion Bronze Sculpture Zodiac Sign Constellation
By Theo Mackaay
Located in Utrecht, NL
Schorpioen Scorpio Scorpion Bronze Sculpture Zodiac Sign Constellation Astrology
Theo Mackaay (1950)
Mackaay works with recognizable shape:: women, men and animals, with a pointer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
''Sitting Cat'' Dutch Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Cat, Feline
By Karin Beek
Located in Utrecht, NL
Karin Beek's (1948) bronze sculptures are characterized by a friendly, round and at the same time monumental style. They breathe the atmosphere of everyday life. Beek would like her ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nude
By Ybah
Located in Pasadena, CA
After studying fine arts, a need for contact with solid material was needed. Ybah took a classic artistic path from an academic education from the Louvre reproductions, learning at t...
Category
20th Century Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,200 Sale Price
27% Off
Who needs Wings Bronze Sculpture Mythology Classic Contemporary Female Portrait
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Who needs Wings Bronze Sculpture Mythology Classic Contemporary Female Portrait
The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a perfect command of the old craft o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Together by Martine Demal - bronze sculpture, standing human figures, textured
Located in Paris, FR
This work is a bronze sculpture by Martine Demal which dimensions are 88 x 55 x 30 cm (4.6 × 21.7 × 11.8 in). It weighs 20 kg and is part of a limited edition of 8 editions and 4 art...
Category
1990s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fine Pair of Patinated Bronze Sculptures by Hippolyte Moreau
Located in New York, NY
HIPPOLYTE FRANÇOIS MOREAU
French, (1832-1927)
‘Eaves Dropping’ and ‘Consolation’
Patinated bronze; signed ‘Moreau’
25 x 11 inches
Category
1880s Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Man met Kraag Man with Collar Unique Bronze Sculpture Contemporary
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Man met Kraag Man with Collar Unique Bronze Sculpture Contemporary
The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, personal handwriting.
They breathe the atmosphere of a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bust of a Woman
Located in Wiscasett, ME
"Bust of a Woman", is a bronze sculpture by the Mexican artist, Victor Salmones. This sophisticated piece has an aura of repose and quiet enhanced by the smooth beautiful patina surf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kwak no. 5 Bird Bronze Sculpture Animal Animalier Brown Patina Nature In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Kwak no. 5 Bird Bronze Sculpture Animal Animalier Brown Patina Nature In Stock
Evert den Hartog (born in Groot-Ammers, The Netherlands in 1949) followed his education to be a sculpt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alfred Dubucand (1828-1894): Two hunting dogs
Located in Berlin, DE
Dubucand Alfred 1828-1894
Two Hunting Dogs, Bronze on a Marble Base
The bronze with the monogram 'E.V.' and the number '2958'
Two Hunting Dogs, Group Signed Alfred Dubucand, Fren...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled
By Manuel Neri
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Manuel Neri. "Untitled" is a Bay Area Figurative sculpture, painted bronze in a palette of browns, whites, and pinks by Post-War artist Manuel Neri. The artwork is sig...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$145,000
Nuke Duke by Marcelo Martin Burgos - Bronze sculpture, golden, fantastic monster
Located in Paris, FR
Nuke Duke is a polished bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Marcelo Martin Burgos, dimensions are 70 × 92 × 24 cm (27.6 × 36.2 × 9.4 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Witte Roepie Roepie Rupee Calling White Bird Bronze Sculpture In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Witte Roepie Roepie Rupee Calling White Bird Bronze Sculpture In Stock
Pieter Vanden Daele was born in Belgium in 1971. He grew up between lakes and the river Scheldt. The river De Scheldt and the variety of lakes are an ideal environment for fishermen. When his friends went fishing, Pieter took painting lessons at the Oudenaarde academy. At a young age Pieter became fascinated by the underwater world and fauna. In 2000 he worked at an art foundation in Oudenaarde, where he learned how to make molds and how to cast and patronize bronze. His passions came together in 2003 and he started casting bronze sculptures of mainly carp.
The fish that he makes have a special texture, a skin with scales translated into bronze. VandenDaele has developed its own technology for this. Pieter builds the original model from organic material, such as leaves, wood, leather, wax and many other materials. He uses various organic materials in his molds to create special prints and structures in the skin of the bronze. This gives the sculptures so much character that names such as Ferox, Alphons and Ludwig do not surprise us.
The fish are alive, caught for eternity. Just as nature keeps prehistoric fish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Animal Sculpture- The grace of ""a startled swan"
Located in Beijing, CN
This sculpture by Wang Dapeng is signed and numbered. Edition 1/8
Wang Dapeng is a contemporary Realist sculptor. He makes images of spiritual animals – m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hygiea and Asklepios Snake by Helle Crawford, Contemporary bronze sculpture
Located in DE
Even though Helle Rask Crawford often refers to classic myths in her sculptures, sh is not a classical sculptor in the neoclassical sense. Rather, Helle Crawford could be defined as ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold
The Flutist, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The Flutist, Atelier was inspired by Richard MacDonald’s signature Heroic work, Joie de Vivre - the "joy of life." Drawing on his own belief in the irrepressible will of the human s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Land & Sea" Bronze sculpture 16" x 14" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Land & Sea" Bronze sculpture 16" x 14" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Double-faced
Bronze & Marble
Signed & Dated
Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristic figures of femin...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
My Bedside Book - Dreamy Figurative Bronze and Iron Wall Sculpture Metal Artwork
By Mireia Serra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mireia Serra creates sensuous bronze and iron sculptures showing the beauty of snapshots caught in life, which are full of emotions and feelings along the life journey. Her metal art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Iron
Vos Fox Bronze Sculpture Girl with Fox Figure People Animal
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vos Fox Bronze Sculpture Girl with Fox Figure People Animal
The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, personal handwriting.
T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nude kneeling
Located in PARIS, FR
Nude kneeling
by Baltasar LOBO (1910-1993)
A bronze sculpture with an old gilded patina
Signed on the lower side " Lobo "
Cast by " Susse Fondeur Paris " (with the foundry mark)
Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lancelot II by Yann Guillon - Male nude bronze sculpture, torso, figurative
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Lancelot II is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Yann Guillon, dimensions are 50 × 25 × 17 cm (19.7 × 9.8 × 6.7 in). Height of the sculpture with the base: 60 cm (23.6 in).
...
Category
1980s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stretch 26/100
By Sandy Graves
Located in Napa, CA
Born in Colorado and raised in Nebraska, Sandy Graves first forayed into the art world by presenting work as a child and 4-H member at local county fairs. As she continued her educat...
Category
2010s Abstract Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Heavy Bronze Sculpture Austrian Israeli judaica Jewish Couple Bench Nicky Imber
By Nicky Imber
Located in Surfside, FL
Large and heavy with magnificent patina. This is the large version of this piece. we cannot find any markings on it and it might be unique.
Nicky Imber (Vienna, Austria, 1920 -1996) was a multidisciplinary Jewish artist best known for his sculptures on Jewish themes. Grand nephew of Naftali Herz Imber, author of the Israeli national anthem 'Hatikva'.
After escaping the Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, he pledged to dedicate his art to perpetuating the memory of the Holocaust. Among his more famous works are "The Hope" and "The Love of Torah". His work can be seen around the world, in Northern Israel, the United States, and the Venezuelan Museum of Natural History in Caracas.
Nicky Imber was born in Vienna, Austria. During his studies at the Academy of Arts in Vienna, he drew anti-Nazi caricatures for Jewish student publications. After several thwarted attempts by the family to leave Vienna, in 1938, in the wake of the 'Anschluss', Imber was deported to Dachau. Witnessing the murders of family and friends, he plotted his escape. Using skills he had learned in art school, he made a face mask out of bread and sand, stole a Nazi soldier's uniform and walked out the front gate unnoticed. In 1940, he boarded a ship headed to Haifa. The ship's passengers were refused entry by the British mandatory authorities and imprisoned in a detention camp in Mauritius.
In 1943, Imber worked out a deal with the authorities for his release by joining the British Army, serving as a war artist and a dental assistant in East Africa. After the war, he opened an art school in Nairobi, Kenya, and worked as a photographer and a safari guide.
In 1949 to 1954, he lived in Venezuela, where he was contracted to do an East African Diorama series. The National Museum added an entire wing to display it.
During this period he got married and had a daughter Raquel, who accompanied and assisted him.
In 1959, Imber was commissioned to create sculptures and dioramas for the Haifa Prehistory Museum at Gan Ha-em in Haifa, Israel. In 1960 he returned to Venezuela to restaured the Phelps series of Dioramas for the Museum in Caracas.
Between 1961 and 1971 he travelled extensively around Europe and after establishing an international name for himself, returned to the United States. In New York he became famous for his realistic oil paintings of portraits of Aga Khan, Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Sir Richard Burton...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
D'une Rive à l'Autre by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture, woman on a canoe
Located in Paris, FR
D'une Rive à l'Autre is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 50 × 83 × 14 cm (19.7 × 32.7 × 5.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carthage
By Théodore Rivière
Located in PARIS, FR
"Carthage"
also known as "Salammbô at Mathô, I Love You! I Love You"
by Théodore RIVIERE (1857-1912)
A bronze group with a nuanced greenish brown patina
Signed on the base " Théodor...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Busts by Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Signed: A. Carrier-Belluese
Two large bronze matching busts of an unknown male and female
22 x 10 x 11" male
23 x 10 x 9" female
Both show signs of wear with their age but are in fa...
Category
19th Century Baroque Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$6,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Victor Salmones QUEEN OF SPACE Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Victor Salmones (Mexican, 1937-1984)
Marking(s); notes: signed; marking(s); ed. 1/10
Materials: bronze
Dimensions (H, W, D): 21"h, 10.75"w, 16.75"d; 36...
Category
20th Century Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sydney Kumalo Bronze Minimalist African Modernist Sculpture Figural Female Nude
Located in Surfside, FL
Sydney Kumalo. Features a bronze stylized female figural form sculpture fixed to a marble plinth and wood base. Bears signature on base. Measures 9 1/2" x 4 1/4". There is no edition number on the piece.
Sydney Kumalo (1935 - 1988) was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, on 13 April 1935. His was one of the families who had to move out of the "white" city to the South Western Townships, or Soweto. Raised in Diepkloof and educated at Madibane High School, he took with him from old Sophiatown the curious and diverse heritage of its heyday. Art classes in the Catholic school, "Sof' town" blues and jazz, the vibrant street culture and growing defiance of its population of various races who were gradually forced out into separate race-group areas. So it was that these various aspects of his early life created for Kumalo a cultural mix of a Zulu family related to the traditional royal house; city schooling, nascent township music and lingo; growing urbanised political defiance and the deep-rooted Zulu pride and respect for the legends and ancient stories of a tribal people. This mix of old and new cultures was reinforced when he began his studies at the Polly Street Art Centre in 1953 where he became a member of Cecil Skotnes group of serious artists who were encouraged to acquire professional skills. Skotnes introduced a basic training programme with modelling as a component, which marked the introduction of sculpting (in brick-clay) at Polly Street.
Kumalo was Skotnes’ assistant at Polly Street from 1957 to 1964, and having recognised his great talent as a sculptor, Skotnes encouraged him to become a professional artist.
After Kumalo’s very successful assistance with a commission to decorate the St Peter Claver church at Seeisoville near Kroonstad, with painting designs, sculpture and relief panels in 1957, Skotnes arranged for Kumalo to continue his art training by working in Edoardo Villa ’s studio from 1958 to 1960. Working with Villa, he received professional guidance and began to familiarize himself with the technical aspects of sculpting and bronze casting. In 1960 he became an instructor at the Polly Street Art Centre.
Kumalo started exhibiting his work with some of the leading commercial Johannesburg galleries in 1958, and had his first solo exhibition with the Egon Guenther Gallery in 1962. He was a leader of the generation who managed to leave behind the forms of African curios, reject the European-held paternalism which encouraged notions of "naive" and "tribal" African art, and yet still hold fast to the core of the old legends and spiritual values of his people. He introduced these subjects into his bronze sculptures and pastel drawings, evolving his own expressive, contemporary African "style".
Together with Skotnes, Villa, Cecily Sash and Giuseppe Cattaneo, Kumalo became part of the Amadlozi group in 1963. This was a group of artists promoted by the African art collector and gallery director Egon Guenther, and characterised by their exploration of an African idiom in their art. Elza Miles writes that Cecil Skotnes’ friendship with Egon Guenther had a seminal influence on the aspirant artists of Polly Street: “Guenther broadened their experience by introducing them to German Expressionism as well as the sculptural traditions of West and Central Africa. He familiarised them with the work of Ernst Barlach, Käthe Kollwitz, Gustav Seitz, Willi Baumeister and Rudolf Sharf.” It is therefore not surprising that some of Kumalo’s sculptures show an affinity with Barlach’s powerful expressionist works. Guenther organised for the Amadlozi group to hold exhibitions around Italy, in Rome, Venice, Milan and Florence, in both 1963 and 1964.
Kumalo’s career took off in the mid 1960s, with his regular participation in exhibitions in Johannesburg, London, New York and Europe. He also represented South Africa at the Venice Biennale in 1966, and in 1967 participated in the São Paulo Biennale.
EJ De Jager (1992) describes Kumalo’s sculpture as retaining much of the “canon and formal aesthetic qualities of classical African sculpture. His work contains the same monumentality and simplicity of form.” His main medium for modelling was terra cotta, which was then cast in bronze, always paying careful attention to the finish of both the model as well as the final cast. He began casting the pieces he modelled in clay or plaster into bronze at the Renzo Vignali Artistic Foundry in Pretoria North. He worked throughout his life with its owners, the Gamberini family, and enjoyed learning the technical aspects of the casting process, refining his surfaces according to what he learned would produce the best results in metal. De Jager further writes that Kumalo’s distinctive texturing of the bronze or terra cotta is reminiscent of traditional carving techniques of various African cultures. “In many respects Kumalo thus innovated a genuine contemporary or modern indigenous South African sculpture”. Kumalo came to admire the works of the Cubists, and of British sculptors Henry Moore and Lynn Chadwick. He became noted for adapting shapes from them into his own figures. The success of his use of the then current monumental simplicity and purely aesthetic abstractions of natural forms has been emulated by many South African sculptors since the 1970s.
He was in many ways the doyen of South African Black art. As such he was an important influence especially on younger African sculptors, by whom he is greatly revered. Through his teaching at Polly Street and at the Jubilee Centre, as well as through his personal example of integrity, dedication and ability, he inspired and guided students who in their own right became outstanding artists, for example, Ezrom Legae, Leonard Matsoso and Louis Maqhubela
From 1969 onward, he allied himself with Linda Givon, founder of The Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, where he exhibited regularly until his death in December 1988. Working with Givon also perpetuated his associations with his many friends of strong principles. Skotnes, Villa, Legae and later such peers from the Polly Street era as Leonard Matsoso, Durant Sihlali and David Koloane have all exhibited at The Goodman Gallery. Kumalo, Legae, and later Fikile (Magadlela) and Dumile (Feni) were among the leading exponents of a new Afrocentric art...
Category
20th Century Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Motherhood
Located in PARIS, FR
Motherhood
by Baltasar LOBO (1910-1993)
A bronze group with a brownish green patina
Signed at the lower front " Lobo "
Cast by " Susse Fondeur Paris " (with the foundry mark)
Number...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Luna- 21st Century Contemporary Bronze Sculpture
By Marion Visione
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Marion Visione
luna
2/7
bronze
In cm's:
H 55 W 50 D 20 cm
An extremely refined realistic sculptor who translates classic stories into modern forms in his own way.
Marion Visione ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Premiere Hirondele
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Bronze statue, also for external use. Done by a renowned Slovak sculptor Milan Lukáč (studies Academy of Fines Arts in Bratislava and École Nationale Supér...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,579 Sale Price
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"Metamorphosis" Bronze and Marble sculpture 22" x 6" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Metamorphosis" Bronze and Marble sculpture 22" x 6" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Songbird, 2004
Bronze & Marble
56 x 16 cm, Signed & Dated
Sculptures that mostly depict his charact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
David Hostetler Polished Bronze Female Form Bust Feminine Shiny Gold Egyptian
Located in Nantucket, MA
This polished bronze bust is sealed with Glasurit- a car finish that is baked on. It prevents the sculpture from tarnishing or yellowing. All you need to do is dust with a soft cloth. This bust is from a full figure wood sculpture...
Category
1970s Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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 sculptures in the world. Three intertwined bodies, two men and a woman, spiral upwards as the woman tries to escape the clutches of the younger man standing over the older one. It is an absolute masterpiece by the Flemish sculptor Giambologna.
After the original in Florence’s Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria...
Category
1920s Mannerist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Woman Dressing, Bronze Sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh 1911
Located in Long Island City, NY
This bronze sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh, from 1911, is a charming rendering of a young woman dressing.
Vonnoh became one of the so-called "White Rabbits", women artists who a...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Messenger 13/100
By Sandy Graves
Located in Napa, CA
Born in Colorado and raised in Nebraska, Sandy Graves first forayed into the art world by presenting work as a child and 4-H member at local county fairs. As she continued her educat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
"Coronet" Abstract Bronze Sculpture 17" x 4" x 2" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Coronet" Abstract Bronze Sculpture 17" x 4" x 2" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
Sarkis Tossoonian was born in Alexandria in 1953. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts/Sculpture in 1979. He started exhibiting in individual and group exhibitions in Alexandria since 1980 and up until now. Sarkis Tossoonian won the second prize in Sculpture in the 5th Biennale of Port Said in 2001. Sarkis Tossoonian excels in blending two different mediums in his works like non shiny bronze with shiny golden brass. His figures stand for both male and female dressed elegantly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Centaur Bronze Sculpture
Located in Brookville, NY
Charles Cary Rumsey attended Harvard University, studied art in Paris at the Academie Julian and at Boston School of Fine Art under Bela Pratt. His public works are found worldwide, such as the frieze at the Manhattan Bridge, Zion Park...
Category
1910s American Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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