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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Ivars Miķelsons (1962) , Bronze/wood H 38 cm; L 72cm; W 25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ivars Miķelsons (1962)
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modern Abstract Rhino Head Metal Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract metal rhino head metal sculpture by Mexican artist and sculptor. Signed and editioned by artist at the left side.
Artist Biography: Sergio Bustam...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Archy - #32 TM, Sculpture 2025
Located in Greenwich, CT
"My Pop Minimalist collection, “A Small World”, celebrates iconic characters from pop culture, film, music and television by presenting them in a pared-down, regressive form, highlig...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Beach-Combed Mochaware, " 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 travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest.
Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Bronze Sculpture “Surrender 8”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is viewed as one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master guided by a personal mission to “turn on a light in the human soul,” through his passionate creation of “Messengers” from his deeper mind connection with Carl Jung's archetypal images, the collective unconscious, and Jungian Synchronicity. These unconscious forms from his deeper mind resonate as personal messages of universal acceptance, reaching out to the viewer. Arnold has been honored as IAD Artist of the year 2018 by International Artist Day, and 2013 FAC Horizon Artist Award. He has exhibited his artwork in numerous galleries, museums, and is in collections worldwide. Arnold divides his working days between oil painting in San Jose del Cabo, Baja Sur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
SOLAR TOTEM
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Astian Rey "SOLAR TOTEM"
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Bronze sculpture "Soulmates II"
By Shray
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Bronze sculpture by a renowned American artist - Shray
Shray continues her exploration of her bronze works using a black patina that recasts her sculpture's impact on negative spac...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Blue. Glass, 34, 5x15x8 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Blue
Glass, 34,5x15x8 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
$2,099 Sale Price
20% Off
Knife
By Kevin Kelly
Located in Westport, CT
This aqua resin and acrylic sculpture is an abstract female for created by Kevin Kelly. The dimensions are noted include a 4 inch high white base. The pedestal is separate.
Kelly wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic
$13,000
Bronze Sculpture Abstract Brutalist Goat or Ram WPA Artist Mounted on Base
By Benedict Michael Tatti
Located in Surfside, FL
Benedict Tatti (1917-1993) worked in New York city as a sculptor, painter, educator, and video artist. He studied stone and wood carving under Louis Slobodkin at the Roerich Museum. He later attended the Leonardo da Vinci School of Art studying under Attilio Piccirelli. In l939 he taught adult classes with the Teachers Project of the WPA and attended the Art Students League for three and a half years on full scholarship. He studied under William Zorach and Ossip Zadkine and later became Zorach’s assistant. Later in his career, he attended the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts. During World War II, Tatti served in the United States Army Air Force, where he spent three years assigned to variety of projects. In 1948, Benedict Tatti married Adele Rosenberg in New York City.
Throughout his career, Tatti continuously experimented with various media. From 1952-1963, Tatti executed sculptural models of architectural and consumer products for the industrial designers, Raymond Loewy Associates; later he became a color consultant for the firm. In the 1960s, influenced by the Abstract Expressionists, Tatti turned from carving directly in wood and stone to creating assemblage architecture sculptures, using bronze metal and other industrial materials.
He was included in the important show "Aspects de la Sculpture Americaine", at Galerie Claude Bernard Paris, France, in October 1960 along with Ibram Lassaw, Theodore Roszak, David Smith, Louise Bourgeois, Danese Corey, Dorothy Dehner, Lin Emery, Lily Ente, David Hayes, Louise Nevelson, Tony Rosenthal, Richard Stankiewicz, Sam Szafran...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tribute to Jean Arp
By Jean Arp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tribute to Jean Arp. This decorative piece has been painted by hand on glazed porcelain with an intense red color.
Jean Arp Sargadelos Porcelain Vase. last quarter 20th Century sign...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Nymph and Goat" Modern Abstract Mythological Bronze and Marble Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract sculpture of a woman and goat by renowned artist Reuben Nakian. The work features a female nymph figure lying back as a goat figure approaches in Nakian's iconic bloc...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
1982 Argentine Metal Sculpture "Serie De Los Sobres" Maria Simon
Located in Surfside, FL
María Simón
Argentinian (1922-2009)
Untitled (from Serie de los Sobres)
1982
welded and enameled black sheetmetal sculpture
Escultura en metal, moldeado, soldado, esmaltado
18 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Provenance:
The Graciela Kartofel Collection
María Simón Padrós (1922 – 5 July 2009) was an Argentine sculptor.
Simón was born in Aguilares, Tucumán in 1922. Her father, John Simon Padrós, was an engineer, a prominent politician and industrialist; her mother was Emilia Dublé. Today she is represented in the collections of the Museo Moderno and the Museo de Bellas Artes, where one of her sculptures is on display until the end of July, along with others by Noemí Gerstein...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mint Sprinkle Pop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Betsy Enzensberger sculpts works that create a visceral longing and remembrance of the most nostalgic delights from childhood. The artist uses the familiarity of those sweet...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Epoxy Resin
Guard 8
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
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$12,800
"Bird" Abstract Bronze Sculpture with Wooden Base
Located in Houston, TX
W. R. Stevenson's abstract bronze sculpture titled "Bird". The unique sculpture stands on a sleek wooden base and has a plaque that includes the artist and title.
Artist Biography: William Robert Stevenson was born in 20 May 1925 in Eugene, Oregon. His family moved to Minneapolis, MN but he promptly returned to Oregon and Washington during the Great Depression to work in the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Hoping to study Art, his future was sidetracked when he was drafted into the United States Army at age 17 years old in early 1942. Being a strong swimmer, and having worked at stables as a child, he initially served in the last US Cavalry Corps, and also as a Swimming Instructor for the United States Army. Upon the abolition of the Cavalry Corps, he was trained as a Gunnar and Tank Commander for the M-4 Sherman Tank under General Patton...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Cat - Bronze Sculpture by Tommaso Cascella - 2004
Located in Roma, IT
Bronze sculpture created by Tommaso Cascella and his wife.
20x12 cm.
Work signed with felt-tip pen inside the left paw.
Good conditions.
Tommaso Cascella (1890–1968) was an Itali...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brutalist Ceramic Sculpture Vase Bronze Lustre FInish California Expressionist
By Jenik Cook
Located in Surfside, FL
Jenik Cook
Handmade ceramic vase or pot sculpture
Hand signed by the artist.
Fired clay with a luster bronze painted finish
Jenik Esterm Simonian Cook is a painter and ceramicist ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Luster, Paint
Leslie Fry, Untitled (Little Cuffed), bronze fantastical sculpture female hand
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts,
Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT.
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Man Smoking Cigar, Indoor/Outdoor Marble Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ellen Brenner-Sorensen, American
Title: Man Smoking Cigar
Medium: White Marble Sculpture
Size: 46 in. x 21 in. x 12 in. (116.84 cm x 53.34 cm...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Angeli Minori A
Located in BARCELONA, ES
In apparent disagreement with the state of grace of human anatomy, Nicola Cucchiaro goes to the very origins of artistic endeavor. His production consists of combining and displacing...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Leslie Fry, Release, Cast bronze, Edition of 10, Cuffed Series, Hand Sculptures
Located in New York, NY
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from M...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kindred 1/9
By Gail Folwell
Located in Napa, CA
Gail Folwell is a contemporary sculptor who holds a BFA from the University of Denver and has had an accomplished career in graphic design as well as extensive university and college...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The crowned
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"Da sempre sono attratto dagli oggetti semplici, spesso dimenticati o fuori contesto. Riporto alla luce piccoli frammenti del quotidiano – giocattoli, gadget, elementi della cultura ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Fractured Series
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Fractured Series Red Abstract Sculpture
Aluminum, metal sculpture black base, from the Fractured Series 1978, signed and dated.
Paul Sisko has over thirty years of experience as a...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Swimming in Black and White: painted abstract relief sculpture for wall or shelf
By Ava Blitz
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a plaster cast relief sculpture painted with black and white designed to be mounted directly to the wall or installed on a shelf. It is an abstract image evoking flowing water and sea life. It is reminiscent of a fossil or natural or scientific curiosity in a "Wunderkammer," or historical cabinet of curiosities. It is signed on the back.
Ava Blitz...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Acrylic
Woman with Rose in Her Hair, Bronze Sculpture by Ellen Brenner-Sorensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ellen Brenner-Sorensen, American
Title: Woman with Rose in Her Hair
Medium: Bronze Sculpture with Patina
Size: 45 in. x 17 in. x 8 in. (114.3 cm ...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 5), bronze fantastical sculptures of female hands
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts,
Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT.
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Heart and Soul" Wood Sculpture 19" x 9" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Heart and Soul" Wood Sculpture 19" x 9" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristic figures of feminine form and feeling – a central element to Abd E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Floating Angel
By Judith Brown
Located in Milford, NH
A fine figurative abstract metal sculpture titled “Floating Angel” by American artist Judith Brown (1932-1992). Brown was born in New York City, attended Sarah Lawrence College of Ne...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bag carrier, bronze, 36x23 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Marta Skulme(1890-1962)
Category
1950s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Aqua Sprinkle Pop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Betsy Enzensberger sculpts works that create a visceral longing and remembrance of the most nostalgic delights from childhood. The artist uses the familiarity of those sweet treats t...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Epoxy Resin
Pink moon - abstract figurative sculpture
By Gal Melnick
Located in New York, NY
This abstract figurative sculpture by Gal Melnick is from here latest body of works. It is a laser cut metal sculpture which is painted with automotive pai...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Moses and The Ten Commandments" Stainless Steel Sculpture
Located in Chesterfield, MI
"Moses and The Ten Commandments" is a Stainless Steel Sculpture by the artist MARIAN OWCZARSKI (Polish, 1932-2010). It measures 20 x 7 inches. The dat...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Figurative Grey Stone Sculpture of a Female
Located in Houston, TX
Figurative sculpture of a nude female figure. The stone is a grey tone with speckling. The artist signed and dated the piece in the crevice on the bottom. Jose Zacarias is known for ...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculpture, "3 Torsos"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original figurative sculpture by San Diego artist, Susan Hawkins. Its dimensions are 9x8.5x.2.25. It is made of bronze. A certificate of authenticity will fol...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Modernist Ceramic Platinum-Plated Crouching Man Sculpture by Jaru, circa 1970
By Jaru
Located in New York, NY
This Modernist ceramic sculptures depicts an abstracted and cubist human form sitting cross legged with his back bent forward and arms outstretched. The sculpture, realized by Jaru o...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 1), green fantastical sculptures of female hand
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts,
Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT.
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Oil
3D shaped painting / wall sculpture of African mask by Haitian-American artist
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"The High Priestess" is an acrylic on shaped canvas painting stretched over a wooden armature creating a 3D wall sculpture. With this majestic Priestess adorned in radiant color, art...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
3D shaped painting / wall sculpture of African mask by Haitian-American artist
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Inner Glow" is an acrylic on shaped canvas painting stretched over a wooden armature creating a 3D wall sculpture. With this majestic figure adorned in radiant color, artist Claes G...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
3D shaped painting / wall sculpture of African mask by Haitian-American artist
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"The Visitor" is an acrylic on shaped canvas painting stretched over a wooden armature creating a 3D wall sculpture. With this majestic figure adorned in radiant color, artist Claes ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Butterfly Park 9
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
Wood Panel, Mixed Media
"№5" Abstract Aluminum Sculpture 46" x 19" in Edition of 5 by Sergii Shaulis
Located in Culver City, CA
"№5" Abstract Aluminum Sculpture 46" x 19" in Edition of 5 by Sergii Shaulis
From "The man without a rod" series
Bronze. Approximate weight 110lbs.
*...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Israeli Modernist Oil Painting Abstract "Moonlight" Bezalel School
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract oil painting titled Moon Light. it is signed in hebrew. it is not dated. inscription in Hebrew refers to a museum exhibition.
MORDECHAI AVNIEL
Minsk, Belarus, b. 1900, d. 1989
Mordecai Dickstein (later Avniel) was born in 1900 in Minsk, present-day Belarus. He studied fine arts in Yekaterinburg, Russia (1913–19) and at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (1923). Avniel immigrated to Palestine in 1921 where he first worked as a pioneer in citrus plantations near Petah Tikva. In 1923, at the urging of Boris Schatz, he went to Jerusalem to further his art studies at Bezalel. He later taught painting and sculpture at the school, and served a term as director of the Small Sculpture Section of the Sculpture Department (1924–28). From 1935 on, Avniel lived in Haifa. Avniel was also a lawyer and a founding partner of the Haifa firm Avniel, Salomon & Company.
Avniel regularly showed his work in group exhibitions of the Painters and Sculptors' Association of Israel. He was awarded the Herman Struck Prize (1952), Tenth Anniversary Prize for Watercolours, Ramat Gan (1958), Histadrut Prize (1961), and First Prize Haifa Municipality (1977). He represented Israel at the 1958 Venice Biennale and the 1962 International Art Seminar at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Avniel was a member of the Artists' Colony in Safed and maintained a studio on Mount Carmel.
Mordechai Avniel is best known for his deft and singular landscape work.
His works are held in numerous museums and collections both in Israel and abroad, including the Metropolitan Museum, New York and the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA. Avniel's manipulations of light and colour share much with those of compatriot artists Shimshon Holzman and Joseph Kossonogi.
Education
1913-19 Art School of Katrinburg, Russia
1923 Bezalel School of Art, Jerusalem
Selected exhibitions:
2004: Our Landscape: Notes on Landscape Painting in Israel, University of Haifa Art Gallery, Haifa (online catalogue)
1965: Mordechai Avniel Retrospective, Haifa Municipality Museum of Modern Art, Haifa
1964: Galerie Synthèse, Paris
1962: New York University, New York
1961: Rina Gallery of Modern Art, Jerusalem
The Autumn Exhibition Rina Gallery, Jerusalem
Artists: Dedi Ben Shaul...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Odchodzacy (Departure II), Figurative Abstract Tapestry, Textile Sculpture
By Lilla Kulka
Located in Wilton, CT
Odchodzacy (Departure II), wool, cotton & stilon, 92" x 36", 1993.
This large figurative, abstract tapestry was done by textile artist, Lilla Kulka (b. 1946, Krakow, Poland).
Arti...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Wool, Cotton
"Entropy" Bronze Sculpture 22" x 9" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Entropy" Bronze sculpture 22" x 9" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Entropy, 2005
Bronze & Marble
Signed & Dated
Sculptures that mostly depict his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Midnight Rider" Wall Sculpture 42" x 29" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Midnight Rider" Wall Sculpture 42" x 29" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Fiberglass
Signed & Dated
Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristic figures of feminine form and feel...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
"Young Flower" Abstract Sculpture 41" x 24.5 "x 13" in Ed. 1/5 by Sergii Shaulis
Located in Culver City, CA
"Young Flower" Abstract Sculpture 41" x 24.5 "x 13" in Ed. 1/5 by Sergii Shaulis
2022
Aluminum
From the Fateful Flowers series
Approximate weight 33 lbs
ABOUT ARTIST
Born on 27 May 1985 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. From 2005 to 2011 studied at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, at the Faculty of "Fine Arts" specialty "Easel and monumental sculpture." Now studying postgraduate at Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. Works are in private collections in Ukraine, Israel, Germany, USA, Australia, Finland, Holland, Spain, Belgium, England.
Education
2002‑2005 Faculty of Engineering and Physics (NTU KhPI)
2005‑2011 Easel and monumental sculpture (KSADA)
2012-2016 postgraduate education (KSADA)
Exhibitions
2007-15 City exhibition HONSKHU. Kharkiv.
2007-14 Ukrainian Exhibition KONSKHU. Kyiv.
2008-11 "The maestro and his students", KSADA. Kharkiv (Audience Award 2009)
2008 11 International Triennial of sculpture. Kyiv .
2009 “Male portrait”, gallery KSADA. Kharkiv .
2009 "You get SMS ", Kharkiv ( Grand Prix "The best sculpture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Flower Maiden" Wood Sculpture 17" x 11" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Flower Maiden" Wood Sculpture 17" x 11" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristic figures of feminine form and feeling – a central element to Abd E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 2), pink fantastical sculpture of female hand
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts,
Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT.
Artist Statement:
#1 My hands reach, touch, and shape.
Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Oil
Rose Sprinkle Pop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Betsy Enzensberger sculpts works that create a visceral longing and remembrance of the most nostalgic delights from childhood. The artist uses the familiarity of those sweet treats t...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Epoxy Resin
" Skywalker " Abstract Sculpture with Brass Figures, Steel, Wood
Located in Benahavis, ES
The Modern Outdoor Sculpture " Skywalker ” is a unique striking piece of Art that combines steel, brass and wood to create a interesting blend of materials made by David Marshall in...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Steel
“Mother and Child” Biomorphic Modern Abstract Sculpture of Embracing Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Biomorphic abstract sculpture by Canadian artist John McKinnon. The work features a mother figure holding her child in a loving embrace. Inspired by other modern artists such as Henr...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Alabaster
Figural Terracotta Sculpture, Alexander Ney, 'Guardian', 2012
Located in New York, NY
The ‘Guardian’ by visionary artist Alexander Ney was handcrafted using italian white terra cotta in 2008. Ney began his professional career as a highly productive visual artist, as a...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$2,240 Sale Price
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"Iridescence, " 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 travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life.
Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Ornament Red, Turquoise & Gold Pattern (Medium) (MADE TO ORDER) (Hand-painted)
Located in Kansas City, MO
(MADE TO ORDER) (Hand-painted, hand-made, porcelain)
*Lead Time may vary between 1-3 weeks
Melanie Sherman
"Ornament Red, Turquoise & Gold Pattern (Medi...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Porcelain, Glaze
Archy - #12 P, Sculpture 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
"My Pop Minimalist collection, “A Small World”, celebrates iconic characters from pop culture, film, music and television by presenting them in a pared-down, regressive form, highlig...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Archy - #1 M & M (Part One), Sculpture 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
"My Pop Minimalist collection, “A Small World”, celebrates iconic characters from pop culture, film, music and television by presenting them in a pared-down, regressive form, highlig...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Brutalist Bronze Sculpture “La Nuit De Profil”
Located in Dallas, TX
EMILE-ANTOINE BOURDELLE (French, 1861 - 1929).
La Nuit de profil (The Night in profile)
Conceived 1900-1904
Cast 1972
Patinated bronze
Interior signature "BY BOURDELLE."
Foundry st...
Category
Early 1900s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Sisters of the Wind" Wall Sculpture 25" x 36" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sisters of the Wind" Wall Sculpture 25" x 36" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Fiberglass
Signed & Dated
Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristic figures of feminine form and...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
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