Abstract Figurative Sculptures
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
"Evolution, Bison" (2019) By Julia Mulligan, Original Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
"Evolution, Bison" (2019) by Julia Mulligan is an original, handmade ceramic and gold leaf sculpture on a wooden base that depicts a bison with gold horns.
My childhood, from about...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf
French Pop Art Assemblage Sculpture Watch Movements Temps 2 Arman Accumulation
By Arman
Located in Surfside, FL
Arman
Temps 2 (Mecanismes de montres)
1976
Accumulation of watch parts on three sheets of Plexiglas, encased in a box
Dimensions: 18.125 h × 18.125 w × 4.375 d in (46 × 46 × 11 cm)
H...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Monumental Outdoor Kinetic Bronze Sculpture "Cubo con Cubo", Gianfranco Meggiato
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Bronze sculpture by Gianfranco Meggiato.
Gianfranco Meggiato was born on August 26, 1963 in Venice, where he studied stone, bronze, wood and ceramics sculpture at the Istituto Stata...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
LOCK - Modern dynamic standing sculpture
By ENNAIA
Located in Weslaco, TX
Three vertical links make up this piece that transmits firmness and solidity. The chain, always a symbol of unity, security and permanence, can also have a playful sense reflected in...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Pumpkin, Red/White, Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Painted cast resin sculpture with decorative box, as issued. Sculpture Size: 4 × 3.5 x 3.5 inches. Inscription: ©Yayoi Kusama, as issued. Notes: Published by Fukutake Foundation, Nao...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Pumpkins, Yellow/Black, Red/White (Two Sculptures), Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Painted cast resin sculptures with decorative boxes, as issued. Sculpture Size: 4 × 3.5 x 3.5 inches, each. Inscription: ©Yayoi Kusama, as issued. Notes: Published by Fukutake Founda...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
ABSTRACT Wood Sculpture Landscapes Black Contemporary Jonathan Freemantle
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Iron
Nathalie - Large Tall Figurative Modern Abstract Cubism Solid 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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Immigrant" 2/10 - female, figurative, bronze, stainless steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This figurative bronze and stainless steel outdoor sculpture of a female was created by a Canadian artist.
Sculptor Galina Stetco used her own body as a model for the mold of this c...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
IKONA - Organic Circle Metal Wall Art Sculpture
By ENNAIA
Located in Weslaco, TX
This piece plays with our perception, as well as challenges our definition of the chaotic and the perfect. When viewed from the front, the perceived silhouette is that of a perfect c...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Bintou Italy 1969 Abstract Bronze Sculpture by Andrea Picini
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an intense bronze abstract sculpture and it was created by the Italian artist Andrea Picini. This artwork is a multiple of 70 specimens and it is numbered 69/70. It is signed...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cumulus III - large, tall outdoor cloud shaped stainless steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This sculpture is made of stainless steel strips and ribbons that are suspended as part of a changing environment. The form is visible from all sides and with the help of nature: sun...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Pop Art Heavy Bronze Sculpture Chess Game Gambit Arman Accumulation
By Arman
Located in Surfside, FL
Arman, French American (1928-2005)
Gambit (Chess pieces)
Cast Bronze Sculpture with patina
Incised signature near lower edge, 48/70 with
impressed "Bronze Romain & Fils" foundry ma...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Elsie - Figurative Bronze Sculpture - Minimalist Expressive Graceful Figure
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nando Kallweit’s "Elsie" is a striking bronze figurative sculpture that embodies elegance, strength, and a sense of quiet introspection. Crafted with a minimalist yet expressive form...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
French Pop Art Heavy Bronze Sculpture Chess Game Gambit Arman Accumulation
By Arman
Located in Surfside, FL
Arman, French American (1928-2005)
Gambit (Chess pieces)
Cast Bronze Sculpture with patina
Incised signature near lower edge, 48/70 with
impressed "Bronze Romain & Fils" foundry ma...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Butterfly Park 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media sculpture on wood panel framed
Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in Internationa...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Anatomical 3/50 - smooth, black, granite, indoor/outdoor, figurative sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Smooth surfaced, black granite has been engineered and sculpted into an elegant and classic depiction of a human figure by Jeremy Guy. The formalist play of positive and negative spa...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite
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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amanda I - One-of-a-kind Original Female Abstract Nude Cubism 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 strength of ancient Egyptian sculptures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
"Soma I", Black Green Lacquered Yellow Metal Hand-Woven Mural Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "Soma I," this sculpture is a two-part work by French sculptor Delphine Grandvaux, intricately hand-woven from black annealed iron wire, green lacquered iron wire, and yellow ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kusama Red and White Pumpkin (Yayoi Kusama pumpkin)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin: Red and White:
An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art piece - this small Kusama pumpkin sculpture features the universal polka dot patterns and bold colors for wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
French Pop Art Assemblage Sculpture Watch Movements Temps 2 Arman Accumulation
By Arman
Located in Surfside, FL
Arman
Temps 2 (Mecanismes de montres)
1976
Accumulation of watch parts on three sheets of Plexiglas, encased in a box
Dimensions: 18.125 h × 18.125 w × 4.375 d in (46 × 46 × 11 cm)
H...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"M.A.O.LA 3, Duality" Steel Sculpture 142 x 79 x 158 in Ed. 1/2 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Located in Culver City, CA
"M.A.O.LA 3, Duality" Steel Sculpture 142 x 79 x 158 in Ed. 1/2 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Medium: steel & acrylic varnish
The "MAOLA" project is a series of works aimed at allowing the obser...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"MAOLA 1" Steel Sculpture 94.5 x 47 x 47 in Edition 1/2 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Located in Culver City, CA
"MAOLA 1" Steel Sculpture 94.5 x 47 x 47 in Edition 1/2 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Medium: steel & stainless steel
The "MAOLA" project is a series of works aimed at allowing the observer to i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Reaching (bronze hand)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Reaching, ca. 1980. Cast bronze. Signed in lower region on wrist.
A rare example from the artist's later period influenced by figurative abstraction with expressionist tendencies.
James Edward Lewis (August 4, 1923 – August 9, 1997) was an African-American artist, art collector, professor, and curator in the city of Baltimore. He is best known for his role as the leading force for the creation of the James E. Lewis Museum of Art, an institution of the HBCU Morgan State University. His work as the chairman of the Morgan Art Department from 1950 to 1986 allowed for the museum to amass a large collection of more than 3,000 works, predominantly of African and African diasporan art.[1] In addition, he is also well known for his role as an interdisciplinary artist, primarily focused on sculpture, though also having notable examples of lithography and illustration. His artistic style throughout the years has developed from an earlier focus on African-American history and historical figures, for which he is most notable as an artist, to a more contemporary style of African-inspired abstract expressionism.
Early and personal life
James E. Lewis was born in rural Phenix, Virginia on August 4, 1923 to James T. Lewis and Pearline (Pearlean) Harvey.[5] Lewis' parents were both sharecroppers. Shortly after his birth, his father moved to Baltimore for increased job opportunity; James E. was subsequently raised by his mother until the family was reunited in 1925. They lived for a short time with distant relatives until moving to a four-bedroom house on 1024 North Durham Street in East Baltimore, a predominantly African-American lower-class neighborhood close to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Lewis' primary school, PS 101, was the only public school in East Baltimore that served black children. Lewis grew up in a church-going family, his parents both active members of the Faith Baptist Church, devoting the entirety of their Sundays to church activities. His parents worked a variety of different jobs throughout his youth:[6] his father working as a stevedore for a shipping company, a mechanic, a custodian, a mailroom handler,[6] and an elevator operator.] His mother worked as both a clerk at a drugstore[7] and a laundress for a private family.[4]
Lewis' primary exposure to the arts came from Dr. Leon Winslow, a faculty member at PS 101 who Lewis saw as "providing encouragement and art materials to those who wanted and needed it." In fifth grade, Lewis transferred to PS 102. Here, he was able to receive specialized Art Education in Ms. William's class under the guidance of Winslow. He was considered a standout pupil at PS 102 as a result of his introduction to the connection between the arts and the other studies. His time spent in Ms. Pauline Wharton's class allowed for him to experiment with singing, to which he was considered a talented singer. His involvement in this class challenged his earlier belief that singing was not a masculine artistic pursuit. He was able to study both European classics and negro spirituals, which was one of his earliest introductions to arts specific to American black culture. Under Ms. Wharton's direction, he was also involved in many different musical performances,[6] including some works of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project.[8] Lewis attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, where his love of the arts was heightened through his industrial art class with Lee Davis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Abstract Figure
By Raul Diaz
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Raul Diaz (Argentina, b.1950). Abstract Figure, ca. 1970s. Canved Walnut. Measures 17 inches tall including wood base. Carved signature in lower region. Excellent condition.
An ear...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Yellow Dog
Located in London, GB
Always drawn from life and most often constructed in re-claimed steel, Iain Nutting’s sculptures reflect his belief in the importance of the conservation of animals and of the natura...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Wind Girl II Medium
Located in Somerset West, WC
Wind Girl II medium is a limited edition bronze sculpture with a nickel plating.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Queen Victoria -- contemporary abstract painting & collage with figure & objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"QUEEN VICTORIA" is created and from acrylic and found objects on round MDF panel. It includes a photograph of a figure, pocket knife, beads, charms, and other unidentified objects in metal and wood. It is signed and dated along the lower edge.
PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022.
"Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements of 'real life' collaged and collapsed, as dreams are prone to do. If connections are made, all the better. I feel that life should remind us of our dreams." - Richard J. Watson
Richard J. Watson is an icon in the Philadelphia art world. Much of his work relates to his experiences as a Black African American man. He is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1968), has taught at his alma mater, and has served in the Exhibitions Department at the African American Museum in Philadelphia since the 1980s. He has been exhibiting his work for decades, and has an extensive bibliography. His work is held in the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Temple University; the Uniworld Corporation; Sony; the Federal Reserve Bank; the City of Philadelphia; Sprint; the Church of the Advocate; the poet Dr. Sonia Sanchez; and the Woodmere Museum...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel
"Immigrant" 2/10 - female, figurative, bronze, stainless steel outdoor sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This figurative bronze and stainless steel outdoor sculpture of a female was created by a Canadian artist.
Sculptor Galina Stetco used her own body as a model for the mold of this c...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Anatomical 3/50 - smooth, black, granite, indoor/outdoor, figurative sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Smooth surfaced, black granite has been engineered and sculpted into an elegant and classic depiction of a human figure by Jeremy Guy. The formalist play of positive and negative spa...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Granite
"Caress of Water, " Mixed Media Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Blue Venice vase
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Blue Venice vase", original handmade clay vase, original home decor., unique artwork -
14" x 9" x 9"
Hand-painted ceramic household decorative vas...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Mahogany Relief of Prometheus, The Giver of Fire in Style of Peterpaul Ott
Located in Soquel, CA
Large Scale Mahogany Wood Relief Sculpture of Prometheus, The Giver of Fire In the Style of WPA artist Peterpaul Ott
Wonderfully executed wood r...
Category
1950s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
"Eclosion II", Black Metal Hand-Woven Flower Pendant Aerial Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "Eclosion II," this aerial sculpture by Delphine Grandvaux is meticulously hand-woven from galvanized and recuit wire.
This piece is to be suspended from the ceiling.
Delph...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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...
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Late 19th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
1980 Italy Wood Abstract Kinetic Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This sculpture is one of a kind piece, no other one exists, and it was realized in 1980 by the well known Italian artist Bruno Chersicla.
This is a kinetic abstract sculpture, most ...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Being", Airy Handmade Metal Mesh and Dark Ginger Wool Pendant Mural Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Elegance for its forms, sobriety for its materials, this sensual sculpture named « Being» is a meshwork combining with felted dark ginger wool, creat...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Eclosion I", Black Metal Hand-Woven Flower Pendant Aerial Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "Eclosion I," this aerial sculpture by Delphine Grandvaux is meticulously hand-woven from galvanized and recuit wire.
This piece is to be suspended from the ceiling.
Delphi...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Karel Appel Colorful Expressionist Hand Painted Wood Cobra Sculpture Pop Art
By Karel Appel
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an original wooden sculpture with hand painting on both sides. it does not appear to be signed or numbered and does not currently have any label. I believe this might be the ...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Hera - Graceful Modern Figurative Bronze Sculpture - Original Art and Design
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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Reclining Figure (woman)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
William King (1925-2015). Reclining figure, ca. 1965. Cast and welded bronze, 7 x 9.5 x 5 inches. Unsigned.
William King, a sculptor in a variety of materials whose human figures traced social attitudes through the last half of the 20th century, often poking sly and poignant fun at human follies and foibles, died on March 4 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 90.
His death was confirmed by Scott Chaskey, who is married to Mr. King's stepdaughter, Megan Chaskey.
Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses -- a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step.
But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer's arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment.
His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners.
Mr. King's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. But the comic element of his work probably caused his reputation to suffer.
Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder. and Elie Nadelman.
The critic Hilton Kramer, one of Mr. King's most ardent advocates, wrote in a 1970 essay accompanying a New York gallery exhibit that he was, "among other things, an amusing artist, and nowadays this can, at times, be almost as much a liability as an asset."
A "preoccupation with gesture is the focus of King's sculptural imagination," Mr. Kramer wrote. "Everything that one admires in his work - the virtuoso carving, the deft handling of a wide variety of materials, the shrewd observation and resourceful invention - all this is secondary to the concentration on gesture. The physical stance of the human animal as it negotiates the social arena, the unconscious gait that the body assumes in making its way in the social medium, the emotion traced by the course of a limb, a torso, a head, the features of a face, a coiffure or a costume - from a keen observation of these materials King has garnered a large stock of sculptural images notable for their wit, empathy, simplicity and psychological precision."
William Dickey King...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Eleonora - One-of-a-kind 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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Kusama Red and White Pumpkin (Yayoi Kusama pumpkin)
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin: Red and White:
An iconic, vibrantly colored pop art piece - this small Kusama pumpkin sculpture features the universal polka dot patterns and bold colors for wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Egyptian Vase of Spring
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on ceramic vase
Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion Marketin...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Ceramic
Whistle A Happy Tune: shadow box painting & collage w/ figures & found objects
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a shadow box construction approx. 13" x 9" x 2.5" with painted and collaged materials and found objects. Encased in a dark wood frame under glass. It is signed and dated twice, at different orientations.
PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022.
"Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Found Objects, Acrylic
Latin American Sculpture by Raúl Valdivieso
Located in Washington, DC
Bronze sculpture by Latin American sculptor Raúl Valdivieso (Chilean, 1931-1993). Valdivieso is known for his reinterpretation of the classic organic forms and human figures.
Raúl Valdiveso was born September 9, 1931 in Santiago, Chile. In 1952 he began his studies at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Chile. There he took to sculpture and studied under professors like Marta Colvin...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Iris", Black Metal Hand-Woven Flower Pendant Aerial Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "Iris," this aerial sculpture by Delphine Grandvaux is meticulously hand-woven from lacquered black metallic wire, showcasing a masterful control over mesh size that dynamical...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Gild Starbust Wall Sculpture in Brass by Curtis Jere
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Pasadena, CA
This Gild Starburst Wall Sculpture by Curtis Jere features a starburst design. The sculpture showcases an array of slender brass needles extending outward from a central point, creat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Bronze Sculpture “Understander”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Tokyo", Airy Woven Red Metal Hand-Made Pendant Tall Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Named "Tokyo", this tall sculpture of meticulous weaving work in dense meshes depicts an imaginary city. It is created by Delphine Grandvaux and is entirely hand-knitted from a red ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Monumental Outdoor Kinetic Bronze Sculpture "Cubo con Cubo", Gianfranco Meggiato
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Bronze sculpture by Gianfranco Meggiato.
Gianfranco Meggiato was born on August 26, 1963 in Venice, where he studied stone, bronze, wood and ceramics sculpture at the Istituto Stata...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled 06 - 21st Century, Sculpture, Installation Art, Organic, Black, Metal
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 06, 2016
Mixed media on metal sheet
(Signed on reverse)
31 1/2 H × 70 9/10 W × 39 2/5 D in
80 H × 180 W × 100 D cm
Zsolt Berszán’s work speaks of repulsion and fascination and at the same time speaks about shapes that lie on the border between hallucination and obsession wherein the identity and order were disrupted.
Themes such as the double and the metamorphosis, otherwise put, themes of atrophied characters are all representations of the abject.
Berszán’s creation is located at the fine border between the representation of identity and its dissolution thusly aiming to represent the non-symbolized. The dynamic separation and the transitional object...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Wire
Golden "Taurus" sculpture, made from bronze, by Gianfranco Meggiato
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kinetic Bronze sculpture
Size US: 40 1/5 × 13 4/5 × 13 4/5 in
Size Europe: 102 × 35 × 35 cm
Edition 1/6
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Family IV - Elegant Figurative Bronze Sculpture of Two People
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 strength of ancient Egyptian sculptures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Two Figures Bronze Sculptures Modernist style of Botero - Picasso
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Figures Bronze Sculptures Modernist style of Botero - Picasso
Bronze figurative Nude sculptures by San Francisco Bay Area artist Mike Evans (American, 20th-21st C.).
A Pensive m...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Paul Wunderlich - Leaf - Signed Bronze Sculpture
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Paul Wunderlich
Leaf
Bronze Sculpture
Signed, Numbered 248/350
Dated 1979
Paul Wunderlich, (1927 - 2010)
Born in Eberswalde on 10 March 1927. The German painter studied at the K...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Unity" Steel Sculpture 158 x 39 x 20 in Edition 1/3 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Located in Culver City, CA
"Unity" Steel Sculpture 158 x 39 x 20 in Edition 1/3 by ILLYA TIGOIS
Unique sculpture
Medium: steel & stainless steel
The "MAOLA" project is a series of works aimed at allowing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Beautiful Kinetic Bronze Sculpture "La Perle Nera", Museum exhibition history
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kinetic bronze sculpture
Category
2010s Abstract 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 Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Portrait
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is a piece of my private collection from artists of the 20th Century. It is original, signed by artist and numbered 217/220. It is vibrant in color and in very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plate Glass, Oil, Lithograph, Watercolor
Monumental Outdoor Bronze sculpture "Sfera Antares" by Gianfranco Meggiato
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful kinetic out-door sculpture by Gianfranco Meggiato. Bronze.
Gianfranco Meggiato was born on August 26, 1963 in Venice, where he studied stone, bronze, wood and ceramics scu...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Kinetic Italian Bronze sculpture, with Black patin "Stella del Sud"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kinetic bronze sculpture.
Gianfranco Meggiato was born on August 26, 1963 in Venice, where he studied stone, bronze, wood and ceramics sculpture at the Istituto Statale d’Arte.
At t...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Orí Yucateca, 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
Trisha I - 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 strength of ancient Egyptian sculptures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Kinetic sculpture made from coins "Circle XV" by Kim Seungwoo
By Kim Seungwoo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kim Seungwoo is a contemporary Korean sculptor, lives in Seoul, South Korea.
Seungwoo is famous for his sculptures made from coins and buttons. He create...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bronze Sculpture “Arroyo Reina”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Abstract figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract figurative sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, pink, red, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Kim Seungwoo, Nando Kallweit, Gianfranco Meggiato, and Sergii Shaulis. Frequently made by artists working with Metal, and Bronze and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract figurative sculptures, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative sculptures made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $378,222, while the average work sells for $4,783.