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Period: 20th Century
Medium: Metal
Dancer with Torches
Located in PARIS, FR
Dancer with Torches
by Agathon LÉONARD (1841–1923)
A rare sculpture made in bronze with a nuanced light brown patina
Signed on the backside "A. Léonard Sclp"
Cast by Susse Frères (w...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture of a Polo Player Harrison Tweed by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
Polo Pony and Rider Harrison Tweed . Charles Rumsey was an 8 goal polo player with Meadowbrook Polo Club on Long Island NY. He was an avid sportsman, equestrian and artist. His ab...
Category
1910s Abstract Impressionist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Old Virginian, Bronze of a Horse and Rider with Dogs by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
From the estate of the Artist Charles Cary Rumsey
The Artist, Charles Rumsey, was a child prodigy sent to Paris as a young boy to study sculpture. He later was a world class sports...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dame Elisabeth Frink. Bronze Maquette for Man and Eagle in Relief.Numbered 1/7.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Dame Elisabeth Frink.
English ( b.1930 - d.1993 ).
Maquette for Man and Eagle.
Bronze with gold brown patina
Signed and numbered 1/7 lower left
Size 8.7 inches x 10.2 inches ( 22cm x 26cm ).
Depth 2.8 inches ( 7cm )
Weight 7.1lb ( 3.24KG)
Available for sale; this original bronze plaque with raised relief is by Dame Elisabeth Frink and was conceived and cast in 1967.
The maquette is presented and supplied unmounted. There is the option to hang the plaque from 2 rings applied to the rear when in previous ownership.
This vintage bronze plaque...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Louis Carvin Black Panther Art Deco Bronze Sculpture
Located in Oakland, CA
Extremely rare black panther bronze sculpture by Louis Albert Carvin circa 1930. This is an example of pure cubist style in black patina, portraying a panther standing tall and proud...
Category
1930s Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jockey Pipe Rack in Bronze A Bronze by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
Charles Rumsey was a child prodigy sent to Paris to train in sculpting at age 12. He was not only a prodigy sculptor but an avid horseman and sportsman...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Foal
Located in PARIS, FR
Foal
by Berthe MARTINIE (1883-1958)
Sculpture in bronze with a black patina
Signed twice " Martinie " on the base
With the foundry stamp " Valsuani "
France
circa 1935
height 21,2 ...
Category
1930s French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bollel Child and conch shell. Original multiple bronze sculpture
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
BOLLEL. Child and conch shell. Original multiple bronze sculpture
Category
1980s Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Reclining Woman by Darcles
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco bronze sculpture by Darcles entitled “Nu Allonge” (Reclining Nude) on a marble base. Created in 1925 and embodying all the stylistic elements of the Deco Era and executed...
Category
1920s Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"GRACE IN THE STORM" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
"Grace in the Storm"
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was designated Texas State Artist 2010 by the 81st Texas Legislature....
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"FRIDA'S WEDDING" FRIDA KAHLO BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 26 tall x 12 x 8
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
"Frida's Wedding" Frida Kahlo
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was de...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"TWO BAD APPLES" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 23 x 21 x 13
Medium: Bronze
"Two Bad Apples"
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was designated Texas State Artist...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"HORSE TAMER" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 22 x 37 across x 10
Medium: Bronze
"Horse Tamer"
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was designated Texas State Ar...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"WILLOW" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 36 tall x 13 x 14
Medium: Bronze
"Willow"
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was designated Texas State Artist 20...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Nude Bronze Sculpture by Affortunato Gory
Located in Oakland, CA
An early Art Deco bronze nude sculpture of a Dancer by Affortunato Gory. This is one of the most spectacular pieces we have offered. The darkly gilded patina is smooth and flawless, ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco French Bronze Sculpture of Panther and Gazelle by Ouline
By Alexandre Ouline
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco French bronze sculpture of panther and gazelle by Alexander Ouline portrays animals in action, a kind of abstract forest floor in bronze all mounted on a wooden base. Ouline...
Category
1930s Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"BELLE STARR" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 25 x 18 x 4
Medium: Bronze
"Belle Starr"
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was designated Texas State Artist 201...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Auguste Guénot, French Art Deco Sculptor 1924 Female Model 1st Edition
Located in Oakland, CA
Auguste Guénot, French Art Deco Sculptor 1924 Reclining Female Model “Nymphe” 1st Edition. Influential artist with many monumental and public works. Auguste Guénot was born on Octobe...
Category
1920s Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Lion Hunter Sculpture signed Limousin 1930s
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco Lion Hunter sculpture Signed by Limousin statue Circa 1930. Limousin ‘Hunter and Lion’ or Chasseur au lion. A Powerful Art Deco Study, in patinated art metal on a portoro ma...
Category
1930s Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
"FIESTA SONG" ACCORDION PLAYER BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 19 x 13 x 9
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
"Fiesta Song" Accordion Player
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was design...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"THE GUARDIAN" WESTERN BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 19 x 15 x 19
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
"The Guardian" Western
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was designated Te...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze by André Vincent Becquerel Sculpture of Ibex Rare
Located in Oakland, CA
This piece stands 30 inches tall, a very statuesque pose for the Ibex, the fur and body details are also well defined as one can imagine this wild mountain goat in the most natural o...
Category
1920s Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"MAIDEN'S HONOR" ZUNI BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 14 Tall x 7 x 7
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
"Maiden's Honor" Zuni
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was designated ...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"IF WISHES WERE HORSES" WESTERN BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 27 tall x 12 x 8
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
"If Wishes Were Horses" Western
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was ...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Franz Hagenauer Male and Female "The Couple" 1930
Located in Oakland, CA
Franz Hagenauer Male and Female “The Couple” 1930. This rare, highly stylized, and unique piece was made in Vienna in the 1930s. It has recently been restored in a gleaming chrome pa...
Category
1930s Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"WINGS FROM HER PRAYERS" BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 29 tall x 13 x 10
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
"Wings for Her Prayers"
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was designa...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"LA DOLCE VITA" THE SWEET LIFE BRONZE SCULPTURE
Located in San Antonio, TX
John Bennett
(Born 1952)
Fredericksburg, Texas Artist
Image Size: 26 x 12 x 8
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
"La Dolce Vita" The Sweet Life!
John Bennett (Born 1952)
John Bennett was desig...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is a cast metal sculpture made by Italian/American architect and urban planner, Paolo Soleri. The total size is 9 1/2 x 6 x 3 inches. The work is stamped by the artist.
S...
Category
20th Century Abstract Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Promise of the Prairie, 36"high Bronze Sculpture
Located in Loveland, CO
George Wayne Lundeen (American, born 1948) NSS
“Promise of the Prairie”
Museum Quality Cast Bronze, Limited edition of 21, signed and marked, G.W. Lundeen ©1983 20/21 on the top/back...
Category
1990s Realist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Purebred "Coyote"
Located in PARIS, FR
Purebred named "Coyote"
by Georges MALISSARD (1877-1942)
Horse bronze sculpture with a dark brown patina
old cast
Signed on the base " G. Malissard "
And titled " Coyote "
France
E...
Category
Early 20th Century French School Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
After Albert-Ernest Carrier Belleuse Bisque Plotchrome Persian Maiden
Located in Soquel, CA
Bisque bust with ploychrome enamel decorated with painted gilt and raised on a circular socle with a square plinth. After Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse by Ferdinand and Bing Co. an ...
Category
Early 1900s Aesthetic Movement Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Small Bronze Sculpture Cast Head After Rodin "Petite tete au nez retrousse"
Located in Surfside, FL
(after) Auguste Rodin
Posthumous cast
"Petite tete au nez retroussé"
Featuring a bust of a woman.
Limited edition bronze is mounted on a marble base and is signed on the lower right. Great detail.
Dimensions: approx. 7-1/4" tall x 5" across x 5" deep with base
Foundry mark on the reverse, #13 of 299 produced.
François Auguste René Rodin (1840 – 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. He is known for such sculptures as The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell. He modeled the human body with naturalism, and his sculptures celebrate individual character and physicality. Although Rodin was sensitive to the controversy surrounding his work, he refused to change his style, and his continued output brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community.
Rodin became the preeminent French sculptor of his time. By 1900, he was a world-renowned artist. Wealthy private clients sought Rodin's work after his World's Fair exhibit, and he kept company with a variety of high-profile intellectuals and artists. His student, Camille Claudel, became his associate, lover, and creative rival. Rodin's other students included Antoine Bourdelle, Constantin Brancusi, and Charles Despiau.
Rodin entered the studio of Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, a successful mass producer of objets d'art. Rodin worked as Carrier-Belleuse' chief assistant until 1870, designing roof decorations and staircase and doorway embellishments. With the arrival of the Franco-Prussian War, Rodin was called to serve in the French National Guard, but his service was brief due to his near-sightedness. Rodin took classes with animal sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye. The teacher's attention to detail and his finely rendered musculature of animals in motion significantly influenced Rodin. Rodin won the 1880 commission to create a portal for a planned museum of decorative arts. Rodin dedicated much of the next four decades to his elaborate Gates of Hell, an unfinished portal for a museum that was never built. Many of the portal's figures became sculptures in themselves, including Rodin's most famous, The Thinker and The Kiss. With the museum commission came a free studio, granting Rodin a new level of artistic freedom.
By 1900, Rodin's artistic reputation was established. Gaining exposure from a pavilion of his artwork set up near the 1900 World's Fair (Exposition Universelle) in Paris, he received requests to make busts of prominent people internationally, As Rodin's fame grew, he attracted many followers, including the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and authors Octave Mirbeau, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Oscar Wilde.
Rodin and Beuret's modest country estate in Meudon, purchased in 1897, was a host to such guests as King Edward, dancer Isadora Duncan, and harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. He left Beuret in Meudon and began an affair with the American-born Duchesse de Choiseul. From 1910, he mentored the Russian sculptor, Moissey Kogan...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Herbivore fossil
Located in Oswestry, GB
This shallow relief sculpture is of a 135 million years old fossil of a unknown herbivore discovered in India from the jurassic period. Davies chose this fossil amongst a plethora of...
Category
20th Century Academic Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Art Moderne Bronze Sculpture Esther Wertheimer Mother Baby Child Art Deco
Located in Surfside, FL
Esther Wertheimer ( Polish, Canadian 1926 - 2016 )
Hand signed Wertheimer
Dimensions: 14.5 X 8 X 5.75 in.
This semi abstract figurative bronze scul...
Category
20th Century Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture of a Woman's Torso #79
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture #79
Dynamic bronze sculpture by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010), circa 1970. This piece is twisted and folded in on itself, implying movement...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lincoln in Dalivision, Surrealist Metal Relief Sculpture after Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: After Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989)
Title: Lincoln in Dalivision
Year: 1979
Medium: Silver-plated bronze bas relief, backed by fel...
Category
1970s Surrealist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
The Bride
By Janet Scudder
Located in PARIS, FR
The Bride
by Janet Scudder (1869-1940)
Bronze with dark brown patina
signed "Janet Scudder" on the base
cast by Alexis Rudier, fondeur Paris (foundry mark)
France
early 20th century
height 28 cm
Biography :
Janet Scudder (1869-1940) was an American sculptor. Born Netta Deweze Frazee, but called Janet, her childhood was difficult. Her mother died at age 38 in 1874. Despite limited financial means, her father sent her to study drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. She also studied sculpture with Louis Rebisso. She taught in 1888 women wood...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Abstract Brutalist Chrome Sculpture by Jason Seley "Sculptor's Harp 2" 1966
Located in Rochester, NY
Abstract brutalist chrome sculpture by Jason Seley "Sculptor's Harp 2". An abstract deep sea monster. Created 1966. Seley's preferred medium was chrome bumpers. Unsigned.
Jason Se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Gymnast, Eighth Life
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America celebrates the triumph of the human spirit and the idealization of the human form. Wh...
Category
1990s Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Coral Brooche. Early 20th century Italian Cameo with woman profile.
Located in Firenze, IT
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Early 20th century Italian cameo with woman profile.
Hand carved cameo.
Dimensions: H 3.5cm x W 3cm
Italian manufactory of early 20th century. Probably Torre del Greco, Neaples area.
Silver mounting with perfectly functional clasp mechanism.
Some historical notes on coral carving near Naples.
The production and carving of coral in the 19th century in Naples and Torre del Greco is an ancient and noble tradition, which originated from the migration of Sicilian coral...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Greek Guitar Player
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract sculpture depicting a guitar player. Bronze on wood base measuring 15 x 9 x 4 inches. Actual cast piece without base measuring 17 x 7 x 3 inches. Signed indistinct...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
La trompette coupée
Located in Malmo, SE
Signed and numbered XI/XX
Free shipment worldwide.
Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in the book Trio à cordes published by GKM Siwert Bergströ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Cast Painted Bronze Head Sculpture British Realist Sculptor John Davies
Located in Surfside, FL
John Davies (Cheshire, 1946), British sculptor.
Bronze sculpture head
Unique cast (1/1)
This was shown at Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd in a show called John Davies New Sculpt...
Category
1990s Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lamp "Woman-Flower"
Located in PARIS, FR
"Woman-Flower" Lamp
by MARS-VALLETT (1869-1957)
Art Nouveau sculpture forming a table lamp, made in gilded bronze
with two light arms
Signed on the base "Mars-Vallett"
Old edition ast
France
circa 1900
height (without light bulbs) 35 cm
width 25 cm
Biography:
Mars-Vallett, pseudonym of François Marius Vallet (1869-1957), was a French caricaturist and sculptor. Son of a marble worker from Chambéry, Mars-Vallett was a student at the Paris School of Fine Arts. Working as a caricaturist during his youth, he worked for numerous Parisian publications such as the newspaper “Soleil du Dimanche”.
Mars-Vallett won several awards at the Salon of French Artists and the Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts. He was also the curator of the Savoy museum in 1904 and the Charmettes museum (Jean-Jacques Rousseau's house) in 1907. He was one of the founding members of the Society of Friends of Old Chambéry in 1933.
During his life in Paris, Mars-Vallett received visits to his studio, among others, from Auguste Rodin and Albert Bartholomé. He was very close with the painter François Cachoud...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Erte " Amazon "
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Erte, Russian (1892 - 1989)
Bronze Sculpture "Amazon"
Circa 1985, Edition #118 of 375 ...
Category
1980s Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Tabako/Tool Box with Kiseru -wabi Sabi-Taisho Era-GSY Gallery Select
Located in London, GB
This antique Japanese Tobacco Box, complete with drawers, a kiseru, is a captivating piece of history. The warm hew of the elm is telling a story ...
Category
1910s Showa Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Japanese Suzuribako-Writing Box-Showa Era-Excellect condition-GSY Gallery Select
Located in London, GB
This vintage wooden Writing Box with drawer features beautiful original metal fittings, exuding a charming appeal. Its intricate handing and lid at the top layer add to its beauty, ...
Category
1980s Showa Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
French Art Deco Bathing Nude Female Statue by Guillaume Dumont 1923
Located in Oakland, CA
The French Art Deco Bathing Nude Female Statue, crafted by the Belgian sculptor Guillaume Dumont in 1923, is a testament to his artistic brilliance. Dumont, born in 1889, though the ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Secret
Located in PARIS, FR
The Secret
by Pierre-Félix FIX-MASSEAU (1869-1937)
Gilded bronze
Signed on the side "Fix-Masseau"
Cast stamped "Siot-Decauville Paris"
Raised on a rough red marble base
France
circ...
Category
Early 20th Century Symbolist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Woman Lying Down & Growing with Tree bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz
Located in Hudson, NY
Organic, abstract bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz of a woman lying down with a tree.
About this artist: Yulla Lipchitz, née Halberstadt, was born on April 21, 1911 in Berlin, Ge...
Category
1970s Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
Eugenie Gershoy (January 1, 1901 – May 8, 1986) was an American sculptor and watercolorist. Eugenie Gershoy was born in Krivoy Rog, Russia (Krivoi Rog, Ukraine) and emigrated to New York City in the United States as a child in 1903. Considered somewhat of a child prodigy, Gershoy was copying Old Master drawings at the age of 5. Her interest and talent in art was encouraged from a very young age. Aided by scholarships, she studied at the Art Students League under Alexander Stirling Calder, Leo Lentelli, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Boardman Robinson. Around this time, she created a group of portrait figurines of her fellow artists, including Arnold Blanch, Lucile Blanch, Raphael Soyer, William Zorach, Concetta Scaravaglione, and Emil Ganso, which were exhibited as a group at the Whitney Museum of American Art. At age 17, she was awarded the Saint-Gaudens Medal for fine draughtsmanship. Early in her career she became an active member of the Woodstock art colony. In Woodstock she experimented by sculpting in the profusion of indigenous materials that she found. Working with fieldstone, oak and chestnut, Gershoy created works based on classic formulae. As she became more interested in the dynamism of everyday life, she found that these materials and her idiom were too restrictive. By the time Gershoy came to Woodstock in 1921 her own individual artistic style was already evident in her sculptures. Eugenie Gershoy worked in stone, bronze, terracotta, plaster and papier-mache. Gershoy’s sculptures were mainly figurative in nature and many of her artist peers such as Carl Walters, Raphael and Moses Soyer, William Zorach and Lucille Blanch, became her subjects. Eugenie Gershoy’s works on paper should not be overlooked. She was the winner of the Gaudens Medal for Fine Draughtsmanship at the tender age of 17. Gershoy married Jewish Romanian-born artist Harry Gottlieb. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the pair kept a studio in Woodstock, New York. There, Gershoy was influenced by sculptor John Flanagan, who lived and worked nearby.
From 1936 to 1939, Gershoy worked for the WPA Federal Art Project. She collaborated with Max Spivak on murals for the children's recreation room of the Queens Borough Public Library in Astoria, New York. She developed a mixture of wheat paste, plaster, and egg tempera, which she used in polychrome papier-mâché sculptures; she was the only New York sculptor to work in polychrome at this time. She also designed cement and mosaic sculptures of animals and figures to be placed in New York City playgrounds. Alongside others employed by the FAP, she participated in a sit-down strike in Washington, DC, to advocate for better pay and improved working conditions for the projects' artists.
Gershoy's first solo exhibition was held at the Robinson Gallery in New York in 1940. She moved to San Francisco in 1942, and began teaching ceramics at the California School of Fine Arts in 1946. In 1950, she studied at the artists' colony at Yaddo.
Gershoy traveled extensively throughout her life. She visited England and France in the early 1930s, and worked in Paris in 1951. She traveled to Mexico and Guatemala in the late 1940s, and also toured Africa, India, and the Orient in 1955.
In 1977, Gershoy dedicated a sculpture to Audrey McMahon, who was actively involved in the creation of the Federal Art Project and served as its regional director in New York, in recognition of the work McMahon provided struggling artists in the 1930s.
Gershoy's work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Her papers are held at Syracuse University Grant Arnold introduced her to lithography in 1930 and Gershoy depicted many scenes of Woodstock artists and their daily activities through this medium. From 1942 to 1966 Gershoy lived and painted in San Francisco where she taught at the San Francisco Art Institute. She traveled extensively, filling sketchbooks with scenes of Mexico, France, Spain, Africa and India. During her later years Eugenie Gershoy returned to New York City and concentrated on numerous well received exhibitions. Her last exhibition in at Sid Deutsch Gallery included many of the sculptures that were later exhibited in the Fletcher Gallery.
John Russell, former chief critic of fine arts for the New York Times, writes about the 1986 Sid Deutsch exhibition:
“As Eugenie Gershoy won the Saint-Gaudens Medal for fine draftsmanship as long ago as 1914 and since 1967 has had 15 papier-mache portrait figures suspended from the ceiling of the lobby of the Hotel Chelsea, she must be ranked as a veteran of the New York scene. Her present exhibition includes not only the high-spirited papier-mache sculptures for which she is best known but a group of small portraits of artists, mostly dating from the 30’s, that is strongly evocative.”
Eugenie Gershoy is an artist to take note of for several reasons. She was a woman who received great awards and recognition during a time when most female artists were struggling to hold their own against their male counterparts. As a young girl she won a scholarship to the Arts Student League where she met Hannah Small...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bassorilievo celebrativo allegorico in bronzo dell'aviazione italiana
Located in Florence, IT
This bronze relief ( 29 x 29 cm, plexiglass pedestal 41 x 41 cm) is a model for a commemorative medal dedicated to the Italian Air Force.
At the centre there is the Allegory of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th century art nouveau bronze buste of a woman on a ceramic socle
Located in Oostende, BE
Unsigned bronze buste of a woman, with fine characteristics. The sculpture was mounted on a hand-made ceramic socle with a marble top. Very heavy, solid and qualitative piece.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Erte " Rue dela Paix
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Erte, Russian (1892 - 1989)
Title: Rue de la Paix
Year: 1987
Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and numbering on base
Edition: 15/350
Size: 14.25 x 7 x 3 in. (36.195 x 17.78 x 7.62 ...
Category
1980s Art Deco Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Christo, Monuments: Portfolio with Ten Prints and One Sculpture, Signed Original
Located in Hamburg, DE
Christo's portfolio of 10 prints and a scale model sculpture of the ‘5,600 Cubic Meter Package’ for Documenta 4 in Kassel, 1968 (height 68 cm). Sold in white vinyl portfolio box. The...
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1960s Conceptual Metal Figurative Sculptures
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Metal
Pair of antique solid silver sculptures signed Gemito.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
Pair of finely worked solid silver scutures signed Gemito with Chiurazzi's gallery stamp.
The woman is depicted half-length dressed in period clothing and rests on a circular base.
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20th Century Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Expressionist Bronze Judaica Rabbi Sculpture Los Angeles Modernist
By Peter Krasnow
Located in Surfside, FL
Bronze Jewish Rabbi. Original Patina. Art-deco wood carved base. It is signed with initials P.K. and marked "Calif Art Bronze Fdry LA" (California Art Bronze Foundry Los Angeles). it is not dated.
PETER KRASNOW (1886-1979), Russian-Ukrainian, American artist painter and sculptor, born Feivish Reisberg, was a California modernist and colorist artist known for his abstract wood sculptures and architectonic hard-edge paintings and drawings which were often based on Hebrew calligraphy and other subjects related to his Jewish heritage...
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1930s Expressionist Metal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Bronze Sculpture of a Young Boar ( sculpture of a pig)
Located in Brookville, NY
A lovely bronze sculpture of a Boar, or Pig, nose up. The artist, who died at age 98, worked with some of most notable sculptors of her time. She sculpted along side Elizabeth Frin...
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1950s English School Metal Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Metal figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
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