Skip to main content

Modern Figurative Sculptures

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.

to
66
443
118
92
31
115
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
3
482
314
5
7
7
15
20
43
116
55
31
40
5,351
536
356
198
94
92
77
45
35
20
17
5
3
343
190
184
140
124
115
109
68
58
53
51
51
49
40
39
35
33
30
29
27
402
321
219
74
70
54
22
15
14
11
524
237
Style: Modern
Exquisite Signed Murano Handblown Glass Toucan Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
A mid Century Modern Italian Toucan bird on a branch by a contemporary master. smoked and clear hand blown Murano glass. The base is Hand signed with the signature "L Zanetti". Licio...
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Joubana, Bronze, by Modern Indian Master Artist Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw - Joubana - 27 x 21 x 18 inches (unframed size) Bronze, Edition-5. Style : Known widely for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and couples, Lalu Prasad ...
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Original Marble Sculpture - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This Portrait go Giuseppe Garibaldi is an original decorative marble sculpture realized in Italy by Italian manufacture during the end of the XIX century. The alabaster marble sta...
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Horse and Rider, Cubist Bronze Sculpture by Pearl Amsel
By Pearl Amsel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Modern Cubist sculpture by Pearl Amstel of a Horse and Rider. Artist: Pearl Amsel (1931 - ) Title: Untitled - Horse and Rider Year: 1974 Me...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Krishna, Hindu God, Bronze Sculpture, Indian Artist K.S. Radhakrishnan"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
K.S. Radhakrishnan - Krishna - HT : 13 x W : 10 x CIR : 20 inches Bronze Sculpture. Krishna : Figurative sculpture of Hindu God by great Modern Indian Artist K.S. Radhakrishnan who has successfully brought about a defenitive resurgence in Indian sculpture. Style : K.S Radhakrishnan is one of the most notable among the new generation of sculptors. Like many of his contempories he is a figurative sculptor, but his preference for modelling and bronze casting sets him apart from the rest of them. Recharging age old sculptural processes with a new sensibility, thus is the singular challenge he brings to modern Indian sculpture. And this makes him a modernist - who approaches his work with discernible ambition and considerable aplomb while steering clear of brinkmanship. Radhakrishnan's works often drawn from the emotions and myths of the Hindu gods, such as Shiva, Kali and Radha. His sculptures are often larger than life-sized; placed in the outdoors, they evoke a superhuman atmosphere. Over the years, Radhakrishnan has experienced with alternate sculpting mediums, working in molten bronze, beeswax and Plaster of Paris.The physical process of working with the materials becomes a performance in itself. The sculpture is the product of a tactile engagement with his medium. With celebration of sensuality as one of its running themes, his works is at once both intimate and universal in its appeal. A personal commemorative sculpture, with a scale and presence that holds well in natural settings, his work has found permanent home in a number of public collections all over the world. About the Artist and his work : Born : Born 1956, Kerala. Education : 1979 : B.F.A. in Sculpture, Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal 1981 : M.F.A. in Sculpture, Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal. Solo exhibitions : 2006 : ’Freehold’ at Museum Gallery, Mumbai ‘Freehold’ at Artalive Gallery, New Delhi 2005 : ’The Ramp’ at Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai ‘Unbearable Lightness of being’ at India International Centre, New Delhi 2004 : ’The Ramp’ at Sridharani Art Gallery, New Delhi ‘The Ramp’ at Bayer ABS Limited Gallery, Vadodara 2000 : ’Musui Maiya’ sponsored by Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi 1998 : ’Song of the Road’ – sponsored by International Travel House, ITC, New Delhi ‘Portal’ – Apeejay Lawns, Calcutta, sponsored by Apeejay Surendra, Group, Calcutta 1993 : Centre des Bonds de Marne, LePerreux-Bry sur-Marne, Paris, France. 1987 : Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai. Participated Exhibitions : 2007 : ’Darpan’ an exhibition sponsored by Nvya Gallery, New Delhi Travel to Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia – sponsored by Nvya Gallery. 2006 : Travel to U.S.A, sponsored by Arts India, New York Travel to Russia, sponsored by Art Resource Trust, Mumbai Travel to Morocco, sponsored by Popular Prakashan, Mumbai. 2005 : Travel to Istanbul, Turkey to attend artists workshop Travel to China (Silk Route) sponsored by Uttarayan, Baroda Travel to South Africa organised by Gallery Navya, New Delhi. 2003 : Travel to Cairo and other cities in Egypt to attend an artists workshop Travel to France and Italy sponsored by TMI Foundation France Exhibition titled ‘Can’ curated by Johny M.L Exhibition ‘Only connect’ at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi Exhibition ‘Nayika’ by Ganesha Art...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Torso Verona, Wearable Necklace Art Sculpture by Miguel Ortiz Berrocal
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original wearable sculpture by Berrocal. Artist: Miguel Berrocal, Spanish (1933 - 2006) Title: Torso Verona Year: 1980 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and numbering inscrib...
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Evening Paper, Modern sculpture by Bruno Lucchesi
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Modern figurative sculpture by Bruno Lucchesi of a man reading his even paper with fascination. Evening Paper Bruno Lucchesi, Italian (1926) Date: 1961 Bronze Sculpture, signed Si...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Latin American Raúl Valdivieso Bronze Organic Abstract Sculpture
Located in Washington, DC
Striking bronze organic sculpture by Latin American sculptor Raúl Valdivieso (Chilean, 1931-1993). Valdivieso is known for his reinterpretation of the ...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Eduardo Paolozzi: 'Triangular Construction' plaster sculpture
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you ...
Category

1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Woman with Lowered Head
Located in Greenwich, CT
Joseph Goethe was one of our finest American modernist carvers in wood. He loved to use exotic and or beautiful woods to inspire his compositions which ranged from figurative, to an...
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mahogany

" Vita " In or Outdoor Figurative Sculpture, Cast Brass, Steel
Located in Benahavis, ES
The modern Sculpture " VITA ” is a unique piece made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2015, sand cast brass in our foundry, handcrafted by the Artist in his workshop in Spai...
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Steel

Jacqueline au chevalet (A.R. 333), Pablo Picasso, Design, Ceramic, Madoura
Located in Geneva, CH
PABLO PICASSO Jacqueline au chevalet (A.R. 333), 1956 Ed. 90/200 pcs White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes under partial brushed glaze, grey patina, ivory, black, green. D. ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware

Scène de Tauromachie
Located in CANNES, FR
Pablo Picasso ( Ceramic work made in Vallauris .France ) "Scène de tauromachie " model created 11 June 1959 , numbered 54 / 100 . Mint Condition .Original work edited in a series of ...
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Large Bronze Modernist Sculpture Acrobats 1/3 French German Artist Gerard Koch
Located in Surfside, FL
Untitled (it depicts acrobats, trapeze artists or gymnasts in mid pose) bronze cast sculpture signed and numbered from small edition (1 of 3). Gerard Koch was a French Post War & C...
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Woman with Blonde Hair, Sculpture by Ellen Brenner-Sorensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ellen Brenner-Sorensen, American Title: Woman with Blonde Hair Year: circa 1992 Medium: Bronze Sculpture with Patina Size: 35 in. x 12 in. x 5 in...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern 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 Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bust of a Man, Sculpture by Paul von Ringelheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Von Ringleheim, Austrian/American (1933 - 2003) Title: Bust - II Year: Circa 1970 Medium: Painted Plaster Size: 26 x 11 x 15.5 inches
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Paint

La Carezza (The Caress) - Sculpture by Sirio Tofanari - 1910
Located in Roma, IT
A sculptor of animals, Sirio Tofanari (Florence 1886 – Milan 1969) is not inclined to the school discipline, he decides to learn and train as self-taught by travelling around Europe ...
Category

1910s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Mini-monde, père et fils
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Ceramics and resin figurines. Unique piece Height: 9,5 cm, 3,54 in Length: 10 cm, 3,94 in Signed on the base. Work sold with invoice and certificate o...
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Synthetic Resin

Up
Located in New York, NY
Bronze, 1967. Height 59" (149.9 cm) width max 15" (38 cm). Signed on base "R Cook." This unique large sculpture was made using the lost wax process. “ ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Southeast Asian Soap Stone Buddha Head Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, CA
This sculptural head, crafted from heavy soapstone —a naturally occurring metamorphic rock —depicts a serene Southeast Asian-style figure with softly closed eyes, arched brows, and a...
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Bill Haendel Americana 'A Child's War' Cast Paper Relief Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Other Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions w/Mat: 20" x 21" Bas relief on hand-made paper; Visual statement of society’s role in...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Strong Suspicions (2012) - Glass sculpture
Located in Oostende, BE
Glass sculpture of a woman with wings
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Cast Bronze Organic Husk Wall Mounted Abstract Textured Sculpture Seena Donneson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an abstract Flora based hand made, cast sculpture done by Seena Donneson an acclaimed woman artist. A textured abstract bronze with deep, rich patina; The sculpture is signed...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Minna Rothenberg Harkavy (1895-1987) Estonian-American This is not signed bronze portrait bust Provenance: Estate of the artist by descent Minna Harkavy (1887 – 1987) (birth occasio...
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Metrix Large Modern Marble Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Matrix White Carrara Marble on marble base, singed and titled in plate. Created 1972 Solo exhibition in 1976 Le Galeria De Arte Moderno Dominican Republic. It will be shipped in tw...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Russian French Judaica Jewish Shtetl Wedding Klezmer Musician Bronze Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Bronze Double Bass Player Klezmer Musician Sculpture signed Mane-Katz at base. Numbered 8/8. -Katz (1894-1962) was a Litvak painter born in Ukraine best known for his depictions of...
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cast Bronze Organic Husk Wall Mounted Abstract Textured Sculpture Seena Donneson
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an abstract Flora based hand made, cast sculpture done by Seena Donneson an acclaimed woman artist. A textured abstract bronze with deep, rich patina; The sculpture is signed...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Aspiration
Located in Atlanta, GA
Tolla Inbar is an international sculpture artist. Born in Germany in 1958, Tolla attended the Merz school in Stuttgart until 1971. There she specializing in the art of ceramics and s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Polish Modernist Man Walking Dog Bronze Expressionist Art Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed bronze from small edition of 8. plus 4 artists proofs Dominik Albiński (born 1975, South Africa) He started carving at the age of twelve. When he was eighteen he went to Pari...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Cuando il cielo ti accarezza, 2010
Located in Atlanta, GA
“Making sculpture is a very complex matter. A word added to a form, ultimately helping to better define it. And ultimately helping to understand the whole.” Ugo Riva is probably the most eminent and affirmed artist represented by the Frilli Gallery...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Iron

"Owl" Bronze Sculpture, Caricature, Rich Dark Brown Surface
Located in Detroit, MI
The bronze sculpture "Owl" is an exaggerated rendition of an owl that emphasizes the bird's most prominant characteristics - a big fluffy round body and large unblinking eyes making it a charicature of the bird. It is very touchable and calls for one to pet its rounded back. Tom Brun, the sculptor and zookeeper, is well-known for his wood, stone, marble, ceramics and ivory sculptures. One of them, a large hippopotamus, carved from walnut wood travelled the world in the State Department collection. It is said that Tom would often go into a house and pick up one of his sculptures and say that it was unfriendly – meaning that it had not been handled enough. Morley Driver has said of Brun in a newspaper article from the 1950’s “In Any Animal He Sees Beauty”: No one who has ever seen a Tom Brun hippopotamus will ever again think of it as ugly or ungainly, meaning that the artist not only gives you beauty but teaches you to see it. Tom has said: “Small pieces are like a proverb – a gem of meaning that one can dissect.” They are meant to be picked up, caressed and held. This owl, too, seems destined to be caressed. Brun was born in England in 1913. A few years after the end of World War I his father moved the family in 1919 to Detroit, Michigan. In 1935 at age 23, he officially became a U.S. citizen. He served in the army during World War II for five years and upon discharge and at the age of 36 took advantage of the GI Bill and applied for admission to Society of Arts and Crafts (now known as the College for Creative Studies) where he was gladly accepted. While at Arts and Crafts his instructors and established artists such as Sarkis Sarkisian, John P. Foster, Morris Brose, Richard Koslow, Patricia Burnett, Lloyd and Renee Radell...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Polish Modernist Charging Rhino Bronze Expressionist Rhinoceros Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed bronze from small edition of 8. plus 4 artists proofs Dominik Albiński (born 1975, South Africa) He started carving at the age of twelve. When he was eighteen he went to Pari...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Polo (Wall Plaque)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Polo (Wall Plaque) Polychromed ceramic, c. 1930-1931 Signed with the artist's initials: VS recto Cowan Pottery stamp verso References And Exhibitions: Designed by the artist while working for Cowan Pottery in 1930. One of Cowan's clients, an interior designer, requested plates decorated with different outdoor activities. Others in the series included "Swimming," "Tennis," "Golf," and "The Hunt." Condition: with the usual craquelure Size: 11 1/4 inches in diameter Industrial design democratizes high style, and Mr. Schreckengost was widely considered among the most democratic industrial designers. He made, quite literally, the stuff of life — things found routinely in homes, backyards and garages in this country and around the world. He designed bicycles for Sears and everyday china for American Limoges. He designed children’s toys and pedal cars; flashlights, furniture and fans; lawn chairs, lawn mowers...
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Victor Salmones QUEEN OF SPACE Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Victor Salmones (Mexican, 1937-1984) Marking(s); notes: signed; marking(s); ed. 1/10 Materials: bronze Dimensions (H, W, D): 21"h, 10.75"w, 16.75"d; 36...
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Riho Kuld, "Night Bird, " bronze sculpture
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a bronze sculpture created by Riho Kuld in 1990. Kuld was born in Estonia in 1936, his work is exhibited in the museums all over the world in c...
Category

1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bill Haendel Americana Cast Paper Relief Sculpture Overalls
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Other Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 21" x 21" Bas relief on hand-made paper; Visual statement of society’s role in conformity of the individual and acquiescence to nationalism. William G. Haendel is originally from Wisconsin, born in West Bend in 1926. He has had exhibitions in Canada, Sweden, Italy, and England as well as many in the United States. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a M.S. degree in 1954 followed by advanced study in both Seattle, Washington and London, England. In 1960 he was the recipient of a Fulbright Award to study silversmithing and sculpture in England. He is Professor Emeritus in Sculpture from Northern Illinois University and currently resides in DeKalb, Illinois. His most notable work is with cast paper. Images are created by transferring a wet sheet of hand-made paper to plaster molds. Images are created by transferring a wet sheet of hand-mad paper to plaster molds. These molds are created with found objects or are the direct product of the artist’s imagination. Many of the found objects are parts of Haendel’s vast collections of old toys...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Mother Holding Baby Large Clay Sculpture Pre Columbian Style
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Mother Holding Baby, large terra-cotta and clay sculpture. From the Totonaca culture (state of Veracruz). Modern Pre Columbian style large sculpt...
Category

1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Terracotta, Resin

"Bending Figure"
By Chrissy Harris
Located in Southampton, NY
Marble free form sculpture by Chrissy Harris. Composition is cipollino green marble from Greece. Signed on base of marble sculpture. American School....
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Moses, Bronze Sculpture by George Gach 1966
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Gach, Hungarian (1909 - 1996) Title: Moses Year: 1966 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and date inscribed Size: 17 x 11 x 10 in. (43.18 x 27.94 x 25.4 cm)
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bouthakurani, Bronze Sculpture by Lalu Prasad Shaw "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Lalu Prasad Shaw - Bouthakurani - H 44 x W 18 x D 13.5 inches Bronze, Edition of 5 + AP ( Delivered ) Style : Known widely for his highly stylized portraits of Bengali women and cou...
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Heavy Bronze Relief Plaque, Young King David with Harp
Located in Surfside, FL
American sculptor Hana Geber (1910 - 1990) She was born in Prague of Czechoslovakian heritage and eventually settled in New York. Her sculptures deal with Jewish themes...
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Buste Emporté", Sensual Black Marble Nude Female Bust Figurative Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This figurative sculpture by Lutfi Romhein depicts a female nude bust in Belgian black marble mounted on a grey marble base. It has a very fine grain which provides a really soft tou...
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Bull, Bronze Sculpture by Modern Indian Artist B. Vithal "In Stock"
By B. Vithal
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
B. Vithal – Horse – H 13 x W 14 x D 5 inches Bronze Born : 1935 Vardha Maharashtra Died : 1992 Education : Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai Exhibitions : Selected Posthumous Exhibitions 2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi 2011 'Agape', Hacienda Art...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Seahorse - Wooden Sculpture by Ferdinando Codognotto - 2010
Located in Roma, IT
Seahorse is an original decorative object realized in the 2010s by Ferdinando Codognotto. Original wood sculpture realized in swiss pine expert...
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

White Mountain
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Very rare early work by master Michael Lucero. Originally purchased at Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle in 1982 for $8500. Michael Lucero (b. 1953) was born in Tracy, California and...
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Amandine Bronze Sculpture
By Ybah
Located in Pasadena, CA
After studying fine arts, a need for contact with solid material was needed. Ybah took a classic artistic path from an academic education from the Louvre reproductions, learning at t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Eduardo Paolozzi: 'Striated Construction' plaster sculpture
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you ...
Category

1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Seated Figure Clay Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Seated Figure Modern Pre Columbian style, large sculpture edition 21/30, artist signed. This one was made approximately between 1982/83. Walter started making giant size copies of ...
Category

1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Terracotta, Oil

Large Nike Torso-Bronze Sculpture Ed. 1/6
Located in Zug, CH
Hermann Rastorfer was a draftsman, painter, sculptor, illustrator, ceramist, designer, poster artist, developer of advertising concepts and communication campaigns, inventor, and architect. He began as a typesetter in Salzburg. In the mid-1950s, he moved to Germany, where he soon founded his own studio for graphic design and advertising. His goal was always to give each product a distinctive, highly recognizable appearance. He designed his own design line for the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, artistic cover images for numerous paperbacks from renowned publishers, and packaging for well-known products such as Ferrero Küsschen, Mon Chéri, Martell cognac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Alvin Ailey
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor. He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Bronze life-size statue of a woman standing, called 'Red Right Hand'
Located in Oostende, BE
Unique life-size bronze statue of a woman standing. The hands were painted red, hence the name 'Red right hand'. Very impressive statue and a real eye catcher.
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bailarines, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Jose Almanzor
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bailarines Jose Almanzor, Mexican (1962–2015) Date: circa 1990 Bronze Sculpture Size: 67 x 50 x 10 in. (170.18 x 127 x 25.4 cm)
Category

1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Savannah 3/12" modern bronze sculpture of woman with wavy hair and teal patina
Located in Edgartown, MA
The historic tradition of cast bronze provides a contemporary avenue for the creation of Wayne Salge’s abstracted human and animal figures. Thoroughly modern and distinctly impressio...
Category

2010s Modern 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 Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Arch, Sensual White Carrara Statuary Marble Stone Vertical Figurative Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This Carrare statuary marble stone sculpture in a very pure white with slightly colored veins is by Lutfi Romhein. A graduate from the Academy of Fine A...
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Una Dia en el Parque, Modern Bronze Sculpture by Jose Almanzor
Located in Long Island City, NY
Una Dia en el Parque Jose Almanzor, Mexican (1962–2015) Date: circa 1990 Bronze, signature and number inscribed Edition of XVII/XXX Size: 32 x 23 x 13.5 ...
Category

1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Heron Sculpture by Wayne F Williams
Located in Rochester, NY
Bronze heron by American sculptor Wayne Williams. Signed and dated 1993. Edition 2/2. Mounted on a walnut base. From Finger Lakes Magazine 2001: Art is everywhere in the Finger Lakes. Inspired by the region’s diverse scenery and lifestyles, artists pursue their creativity outdoors, in studios and in workshops. In the many well-established museums and galleries or at the newer fledgling arts organizations, a wide array of artistic styles and talents are represented. Often the artists, like Wayne Williams, share their artistic skill and passion through teaching at local colleges. Williams, who is retired after a 35-year career at Finger Lakes Community College, found his calling there. “I didn’t want to teach in public schools,” explains Williams of his career choice. “I wanted to be at the college level. CCFL (the Community College of the Finger Lakes, as it was then known) was literally creating a college, right from scratch.” The year was 1968 and Williams was charged with coordinating the new college’s art program. Rand Darrow, a CCFL student in that first year, remembers attending Williams’ art classes in a commercial building on Main Street just south of the railroad tracks in Canandaigua. Darrow appreciated his instructor’s relaxed manner. “He was a great teacher,” recalls Darrow, “cracking jokes all the time.” Darrow graduated with a major in Liberal Arts and continued on to SUNY Oswego where he earned a BA in fine arts. He taught art to elementary and middle school students for 30 years. These days Williams and Darrow typically cross paths at the Wayne County Arts Council in Newark where Williams and his wife, Marleen, are heavily involved. Williams offers classes in figure drawing and sculpture and hangs the gallery’s shows, including his former student’s “Slavic Tales of Novgorod” this past August. “I’d like to take a sculpture class from him,” says Darrow. In 2003 when Williams retired, the college honored him and another retiring art professor, Tom Insalaco, by renaming its art gallery the Williams-Insalaco Art Gallery. It was known formerly as Gallery 34 to recognize its origins at 34 North Main Street in Canandaigua. Williams held professor’s rank from 1976 and served as director of the art gallery beginning with its opening in 1983. Williams, who was born and raised in Newark, New York, says he began doing art at about age 8. By the time he was in junior high school his career direction seemed clear. He received local and national awards for his art and a scholarship to Syracuse University, from which he graduated in 1958 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture. He continued with graduate work at Syracuse, receiving an MFA in sculpture in 1962. He worked full time as a sculptor until he began teaching. At one point Williams admits he wanted to be a painter, but didn’t want to adopt the abstract expressionist style in vogue in the 1950s, preferring to pursue the realist tradition. He advises any would-be artist to “do what you do because you love it.” After graduation he traveled abroad, spending time in Belgium, the land of his ancestors. “My family’s name was originally Willems,” explains the 73-year old who still relishes the time spent in the Flemish countryside. Williams speaks excitedly about art, referencing the lives of great artists. He acknowledges that American artists do not have the same stature as those in Europe, where Old Masters like Brueghel and Rembrandt are national heroes. These days the energetic Williams, known primarily as a sculptor, is active at the Phelps Arts Center where he is on the board of directors. In mid-September when a group of visitors on a motor coach tour explored artworks displayed in the beautiful church-turned- gallery, they were treated to a large number of Williams’ bronze and metal sculptures, along with his charcoal drawings. “I’ve always loved his work because he deals with things, people, and animals you understand,” says the center’s Director Emeritus Marion Donnelly, who has known him for many years. Outside the Phelps Community Historical Society, Williams’ life-size figure of a farmer raises his pitchfork above a colorful flower garden on the front lawn. Inspired by the peasants working the fields in Europe, the metal figure is shown with wooden shoes. This is Williams’ largest copper piece, loaned to the Phelps museum in connection with Artistry in Sculpture, a community exhibition in 2009. Williams added a new base using a metal wagon...
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Portrait boy
Located in Pasadena, CA
Marble portrait of a boy in 1930 not signed
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Portrait boy
Portrait boy
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off

Modern figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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 orange, red, blue, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Pablo Picasso, Richard Orlinski, Mauro Corda, and Dominik Albinski. 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 Modern figurative sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.4 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 $68 and tops out at $580,000, while the average work sells for $5,349.

Recently Viewed

View All