Realist Figurative Sculptures
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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Style: Realist
Mountain Goat
Located in Missouri, MO
Jules Moigniez
"Mountain Goat"
Bronze
approx 11 x 9 x 4 inches
Signed
Jules Moigniez (1835-1894)
Jules Moigniez was born in Senlis sur L'Oise, France ...
Category
1870s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Dog: Bulldog Playing with a Mouse- Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux ca. 1870s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog
Bulldog Playing with a Mouse on Sheaves of Wheat
Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux (1815-1881)
6 1/8 x 3 7/5 inches
Signed on the terrace
Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux (Fre...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chien Braque (Tom)
Located in Missouri, MO
Pierre Jules Mene
"Chien Braque" (Tom)
Bronze
approx. 5 x 9 x 4.25
Signed
PIERRE JULES MENE (1810-1879)
Pierre Jules Mene, (P. J. Mene), was born in Pa...
Category
1860s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Twice as Spicy (TBD/7)" (2022) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Twice as Spicy" (TBD/7)" (2022) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts a two dried red chili peppers resting on one another.
Tony Hochstetler is a...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Octopus and Shell 20/21" (2014) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Octopus and Shell" (2014) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts an octopus hiding in a sea shell.
TONY HOCHSTETLER is a sculptor of unusual anima...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Crusader with shield and mace / - Ready to strike -
Located in Berlin, DE
Josef Moest (1873 Cologne - 1914 Rath), Crusader with shield and mace, around 1910. Bronze on a black marble pedestal (19 cm high). 57.5 cm (total height) x 21 cm (width) x 12 cm (de...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Reading Woman / - The golden glow of imagination -
Located in Berlin, DE
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824 Anizy-le-Château - 1887 Sèvres), Reading Woman, around 1880. Polished bronze mounted on a cast base. 33 cm (total height) x 9 cm (length) x 9 cm ...
Category
1880s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Keeping the Ball Rolling
Located in Greenwich, CT
Life-size sculpture of a bare-footed boy balancing himself atop a ball.
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Foundry Worker
Located in San Francisco, CA
This sculpture "The Foundry Worker" c.1925 is a bronze sculpture by German artist Albert Caasmann, 1886-1968. The signature is impressed in the bronze. The subject size is 11.15 x 8.15 x 3.15 inches, including marble base, the size is 13.15 x 8.15 x 5 inches. It is in excellent condition.
about the artist:
Albert Caasmann (2 June 1886 – 23 March 1968) was a German sculptor and porcelain artist. Caasmann designed toy figures for the Berlin toy company Lineol and from 1919 to 1952 was the lead designer and production manager for the company. He designed figurines for the porcelain companies Rosenthal AG and Volkstedt. Caasmann's work for the company Rosenthal are exhibited in the Porzellanikon's Rosenthal Museum. Lineol toy figures modeled by Caasmann are in the Historical Toy Museum in Freinsheim and the Toy museum in Havelland.
Albert Caasmann was born on 2 June 1886 in Berlin, Germany. From 1909 to 1919, he worked as a freelancer for the Berlin toy company Lineol, founded by Oskar Wiederholz in 1906. After service as a soldier in the First World War, he became the leading designer and production manager of Lineol from 1919 to 1952. He designed over 600 figures for Lineol, including soldiers, animals, Indians, knights, fairy figures, and railroad figures. His toy figures were widely used in the region by children. Lineol ceased operations in 1965, and in 1985 the company Lineol Duscha has the trademark rights to Lineol. Lineol Duscha reproduces Lineol figures modeled before 1945. Lineol toy figures modeled by Caasmann are in the Historical Toy Museum in Freinsheim and the Toy museum in Havelland.
Caasmann spent time in the Berlin Zoo, where he modeled his animal models. He made a model for a porcelain cheetah...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Mother & Child", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 24x18x10 in., 43x150, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Mother and Child" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman and her baby numbered 43/150.
Inspired by the birth of his own child, Frederick Hart masterfully ce...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
"Boa (9/21)" (2014) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Still Life Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Boa" (2014) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that perfectly captures the detail of a boa constrictor snake.
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lynx inside and outdoor sculpture unique black wrough iron feline cat natural
By Ivan Zanoni
Located in Milan, IT
The sculpture is a unique, unrepeatable piece. Can be an outdoor sculpture.
The Lynx belongs to the cycle dedicated to local animals that the sculptor has been working on.
The artwork has just been exhibited in the prestigious museum in Rovereto, the Mart, Italy's leading museum of modern and contemporary art.
It has been created with a technique that the artist has perfected over his long experience. Furthermore, he learnt a few technical skills from his father, a sculptor of wrought iron too. A few artworks made by father and son are in significant private and public collections, the best known of which is the Melinda and Bill Gates...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
"Turtle Pad" (2024) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Turtle Pad" (2024) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts two turtles, one standing on top of the other.
TONY HOCHSTETLER is a sculptor of unusual...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Le Rieur Napolitain" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875)
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A stunning bronze bust "Le Rieur Napolitain" by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875), a master of 19th-century French sculpture. This piece captures the joyful expression of a young Neapolitan boy, reflecting Carpeaux’s signature realism and dynamic movement.
Details:
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Title: Le Rieur Napolitain (The Laughing Neapolitan)
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: Height 27 cm, Width 19 cm, Depth 12 cm
Period: 19th century
Condition: Good, with a beautiful natural patina
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827–1875) was a leading French sculptor of the 19th century, known for his ability to infuse lifelike movement and emotional depth into his works. Le Rieur Napolitain (The Laughing Neapolitan) is a striking example of his dynamic and expressive style, embodying his fascination with naturalism and human vitality.
This bust is part of Carpeaux’s series of Neapolitan figures...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Spirita", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 15x14x7 in., 330/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Spirita" Dimensions: 15" x 14" x 7" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition of 350 Hart wanted to sculpt light, from which forms move in and out, that defined the very delicate sense of...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Antique Horse Bronze Trotting Stallion Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
Portrait of a Trotting Stallion
Isidore Jules Bonheur (France, 1827-1901)
Cast bronze mounted on a rectangular plinth with dark brown patina,
Signed: I. BONHEUR
17 x 11 3/4
A brilliant exploration of a stallion in full trot. The patina is a deep, warm walnut brown with honey-colored tones.
Isidore Bonheur was best known and the most distinguished of the 19th century French animalier sculptors. Isidore, the younger brother of Rosa Bonheur and older brother of Auguste, began his studies of painting initially with his father, who was friends with Francisco Goya. By 1848 he debuted at the Paris Salon having discontinued animal and landscape painting to concentrate on creating sculptures and in 1849, Bonheur enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He won medals at the Paris Salon in 1859 and did so again in 1865 and in 1869. After entering the Exposition Universelle 1855, he won the Gold Medal in 1889. In the 1870s exhibited in the London at the Royal Academy of Arts where he earned great prestige and won the coveted Medaille d’Or. After winning numerous other medals and prizes, Bonheur was awarded the Legion d' Honneur in 1895 and he was Knighted in Portugal, Spain and France. Bonheur continued exhibiting at the Paris Salon until 1899.
Many of his bronzes were fabricated at the foundry owned by Hippolyte Peyrol, Bonheur's brother-in-law by marriage to Isidore’s youngest sister Juliette Bonheur. The Peyrol casts for both Rosa and Isidore are exceptionally well executed which suggests a strong working relationship between the founder and sculptor. There is little doubt that Isidore Bonheur was an acute observer of nature; his animals were not anthropomorphized but modelled to catch movement or posture characteristics of the particular species he was sculpting. He achieved this most successfully with his sculptures of horses which are usually depicted as relaxed rather than spirited. These figures are among his most renowned works and his equestrian models became very popular, particularly among the British aristocracy.
An acute observer of nature, his sculptures reflect his commitment to the Realist school - with precise detailing of the movements of animals in their natural habitats. Ultimately, His naturalistic studies of animals are now some of the most highly sought after works by any of the animalier. He was possibly inspired by his many visits to the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show...
Category
1870s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Delft Frog 1" - Hand-Painted Resin Sculpture by Nana Williams, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Nana Williams' "Delft Frog 1" is an exquisitely crafted small-scale sculpture blending contemporary artistry with classic Delftware aesthetics. This one-of-a-kind piece is made from ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Gouache
"Delft Toad 1" - Hand-Painted Resin Sculpture, Blue and White, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Nana Williams' "Delft Toad 1" is a handcrafted resin sculpture, measuring 2 x 2 x 2 inches, featuring intricate hand-painted acrylic gouache patterns in rich Delft blue against a pri...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Gouache
0ctopus Bronze by Sophie Martin 3/8
Located in Pasadena, CA
Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom.
She freely observes the animal and captures and interprets a movement; and places it in nature an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Transcendent", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 19x11x9 in., 96/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Transcendent" Dimensions: 19" x 11" x 9" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition 96/350
Frederick Hart's 1991 “Transcendent” lucite sculpture is imbued with a truly sublime presence. Female and male figures emerging from the Lucite seem to appear and disappear within the work. This ghostly effect is created through Hart’s unique process of embedment, which involves casting one acrylic work within another. It is a technique the artist patented in 1982, marking the end of a decade of constant experimentation and progression and the beginning of a period of precise refinement. Consistent with his unique poetic vision, the inner, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual forces dominate the work. Imbued with a distinct sense of grace, this piece is a testament to Hart’s remarkable technical abilities and devotion to the craft.
Frederick Hart's "Transcendent" is signed by the artist and includes a gallery certificate of authenticity. It is from an edition of 350 (+ 60 AP) and the current gallery retail price for the piece is over $40,000.
About Frederick Hart
As one of America’s greatest representational artists, Frederick Hart left a lasting and unique mark in the world of modern sculpture. Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1943, he studied at the University of South Carolina and after protesting alongside black students during the Civil rights movement, he moved to Washington D.C. to continue his studies at the Corcoran School of Art. Fascinated with the human figure and the classical approach, he started developing his career in 1966 as a stone carver apprentice at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. Leaving the Cathedral in 1971, Hart started his own studio practice but had little success in the first years. In 1974, he was awarded the project by the Cathedral to create a contemporary interpretation of The Creation, an event that would change his life. Soon, Hart’s career took a turn for the better, and in the upcoming decades, he rose to national prominence, becoming a government art advisor in 1985 and receiving the prestigious Henry Hering...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
"Spicy (14/21)" (2022) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Food Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Spicy" (2022) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts a red chili.
TONY HOCHSTETLER is a sculptor of unusual animals and botanical subjects. His r...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 43x31x18 in
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with the edition of 61/65.
I saw Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothingness) as a single expression of creation, as the metamorphosis of divine spirit and energy. The figures emerge from the nothingness of chaos, caught in the moment of eternal transformation — the majesty and mystery of divine force in a state of becoming.
-Frederick Hart
Ex Nihilo, Fragment No.3. Detail from the full-scale plaster for the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, commissioned as part of The Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fisherman
Located in Roma, RM
Francesco Messina (Linguaglossa 1900 – Milan 1995), Fisherman (1930)
Bronze sculpture measuring 131 x 52 x 65 cm, signed and dated 1930 on the base.
Francesco Messina’s Fisherman w...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Poodles: Nora and Sheila" Herbert Haseltine, 1944 Bronze Animalier Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Herbert Haseltine
Poodles: Nora and Sheila, 1944, cast 1945
Signed and dated on base
Bronze with green patina
11 inches high x 17 inches wide x 6 inc...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Die Trinkende
Located in New York, NY
Victor Heinrich Seifert (1870 – 1953)
Die Trinkende, c. 1900
H 26.25 in. x W 8 in. x D 11.38 inch
Bronze with brown patina
Austrian artist Victor Heinrich Seifert is known for his ...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Victorious David / - The melancholy of the radiant hero -
Located in Berlin, DE
Henri Honoré Plé (1853 Paris - 1922 Paris), The Victorious David, around 1890. Red-brown and brown patinated bronze with terrain plinth mounted on a round base. 62 cm (total height) ...
Category
1890s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horticulture, Garden Prize relief wall hanging
Located in Greenwich, CT
A unique wall piece that is a great gift for any avid gardener or lover of horticulture. Sit Hamo Thornycroft would become one of the youngest members of the Royal Academy, achieve the Medal of Honour at the Paris Exhibition in 1900, and be knighted in 1917. Working in a transitional style between that of the neo-classicists of his parent’s generation and the Modernist style of the 20th century, Thornycroft carved out a niche as a figurative sculptor and noted modeler of public monuments in and around London.
Toogoods and Sons, Ltd, established in the early nineteenth century, had, by the turn of the century, grown to become the largest seed company...
Category
1920s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"From the Heart", Martin Eichinger, Figurative, Bronze, Romantic, 62x38x33 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
The male figure lies atop a cresting wavelike column, seemingly elevated by the experience. One hand is nearly touching his heart while the other hand is held open in a gesture of re...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cat forged crafted in black wrough iron. Unique. In and outdoor fine sculpture
By Ivan Zanoni
Located in Milan, IT
An exquisite and highly tasteful sculpture, The Cat is one of the most recent artworks by the Italian master blacksmith Ivan Zanoni who has recently been put on display at MART, Museum of Modern Art in Rovereto (the most prominent in Italy), which has dedicated a significant exhibition to him.
Ivan Zanoni has learned this rare activity from his father, Luciano, who, among other artworks, has sculpted a four-meter olive tree for Melinda and Bill Gates...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Le cheval demi-sang arabe
Located in Mc Lean, VA
A nineteenth-century cast of Antoine-Louis Barye's Le cheval demi-sang arabe (no. A125-Poletti; A148-Pivar), with nice patina.
Poletti and Richarme, Barye: ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nehemiah 2
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
Slatoff’s sculpture is a biblical reference to the central figure in the book of Nehemiah, which describes a ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 6", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 39X23X12 in
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 6" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with the edition of 55/65. Ex Nihilo Fragment No. 6, detail from the full-scale plaster for the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, was commissioned as part of The Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fertility Venus, Bronze Nude Sculpture by Telly Mia
By Telly Mia
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Telly Mia
Title: Fertility Venus
Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature inscribed
Size: 20 in. x 11 in. x 10 in. (50.8 cm x 27.94 cm x 25.4 cm)
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Porcelain Pattern Sphynx 2" - Hand-Painted Resin Cat Sculpture, 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Nana Williams’ "Porcelain Pattern Sphynx 2" is a captivating resin sculpture that merges delicate craftsmanship with intricate surface decoration. This 2024 original work is a resin cast, hand-painted with acrylic gouache, standing at 5.50 x 2 x 3.50 inches (13.97 x 5.08 x 8.89 cm). Inspired by the elegance of fine porcelain, the piece mimics the timeless beauty of blue-and-white ceramic motifs...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Gouache
Five Hummingbirds
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition 6/30. Original bronze bell sculpture by artist James Moore. Inscribed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Hippopotame
Located in Pasadena, CA
Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom.
She freely observes the animal and captures and interprets a movement; and places it in nature a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chevre Allongee (Reclining Goat)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Chevre Allongee (Reclining Goat)" c. 1860, is bronze sculpture after renown French artist Antoine Louis Barye, 1796-1875. Signature is impressed in the bronze. The subject size is 4.25 x 7 x 3.35 inches, including marble base is 5.25 x 4 x 7.75 inches. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Antoine-Louis Barye lived his entire life in Paris and may never have left France. He was born in 1795 (a date revised in the 1990s from 1796 as a result of Martin Sonnabend's recalculation of the Revolutionary calendar). He is reported to have had minimal formal schooling even in reading, and to have acquired his extensive liberal-arts education on his own. His initial professional training was in metalwork: first with his father, a goldsmith from Lyons, then with a metal engraver in military equipment, and finally with Martin-Guillaume Biennais (active 1800-1832), then master goldsmith to Napoleon. After serving in the army from 1812 to 1814, Barye trained in the fine arts with sculptor François-Joseph Bosio (1768-1845) and painter Baron Gros (1771-1835). He then studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1818 to 1823. His miniature medallion, Milo of Crotona Devoured by a Lion, won an honorable mention in metal engraving in 1819, but he failed to win the Prix de Rome. He worked as a craftsman for the goldsmith Jacques-Henri Fauconnier (1779-1839) from 1823 to 1831 and made his Salon debut in 1827 with a selection of busts.
Barye made his critical and public mark as a sculptor four years later, in the Salon of 1831, with groups representing predatory violence in the wild. His first government commission came soon after, precisely for such a subject. The Minister of the Interior purchased Barye's monumental plaster Lion (since called Lion Crushing a Serpent), shown in 1833, and had it cast in bronze by Honoré Gonon and shown in 1836, before placing it in the public Tuileries Gardens (now Musée du Louvre, Paris). In 1834 Barye was chosen for a project that was never executed, the colossal eagle as the crowning element of the triumphal arch at the Etoile. Around 1836 the government commissioned him to execute the emblematic animal decoration on the July Column at the place de la Bastille, inaugurated in 1840. He produced a monumental effigy of Saint Clotilde for the Church of the Madeleine, Paris, in the early 1840s. In 1846 the government commissioned a pendant Seated Lion for the Tuileries Lion Crushing a Serpent (1847, bronze, Portal, Pavillon de Flore, Palais du Louvre, Paris). During these same years the royal family began buying and commissioning small-scale works from Barye for their private collections. Around 1834, the duc d'Orléans commissioned a highly publicized surtout de table representing hunts of different regions and historical periods, possibly one of several tabletop projects that he ordered from Barye. The duc's sister Marie d'Orléans allegedly commissioned a lost-wax bronze of Barye's Charles VI Surprised in the Forest of Le Mans (location unknown; later serial variants), a model first shown in the Salon of 1833; his brother, the duc de Montpensier, apparently commissioned a pair of figurative...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Last Days of Napoleon in St-Helena
Located in Paris, FR
Vincenzo VELA (1820-1891)
Last Days of Napoleon in St-Helena
Created in 1866
Bronze with brown patina
Signed ‘V. Vela F. 1867’ on the terrace. Signed ‘F. Barbedienne Fondeur’. Stamp ...
Category
1860s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
THE LAST DAYS OF NAPOLÉON BY
Located in New Orleans, LA
This highly evocative bronze by Vincenzo Vela captures the deposed Emperor Napoléon on his deathbed, holding a map of Europe and lost in thought about what might have been. Remarkable among most portrayals of the exiled leader, this highly detailed sculpture depicts Napoléon at his most vulnerable. Nonetheless, Vela perfectly captures his still-heroic bearing, which imparts to this work a monumental quality and quiet dignity. The mate to this figure is the colossal marble at the Musée du Château de Malmaison, which was shown at the Paris Salon of 1867.
The founder of the verismo movement in Italy, Vela was one of the great exponents of realism in sculpture. Born in Ligornetto, Switzerland in 1820, he studied under celebrated sculptor, Benedetto Cacciatori. He was also influenced both by the work of Tuscan sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini, who seamlessly combined neoclassicism with naturalism and the romantic painting of Francesco Hayez...
Category
19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Veil of Light", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 22x12x6 in., 310/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Veil of Light" Dimensions: 22" x 12" x 6" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition of 350
Created in 1987, the work “Veil of Light” is characterized by an other-worldly appearance. Payi...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
"On the Wings of an Eagle", Chester Fields, Bronze and Steel Sculpture, 54x40x24
By Chester Fields
Located in Dallas, TX
"On the Wings of an Eagle by Chester Fields is one of his most popular sculptures. This is number 26 of 75 made. It is made with the following:
Bronze Casting
Deluxe Patina
Gold Beak...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Pole Dancer-original nude figurative bronze sculpture-artwork-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Andrzej Szymczyk's "Pole Dancer" stands as a mesmerizing testa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Old Man and the Cat
Located in Wimberley, TX
George Lundeen's Old Man and the Cat is a captivating bronze sculpture that pays homage to literary giant Ernest Hemingway. This limited-edition piece, numbered 22 out of 100, measur...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Two meters pear tree wrough iron sculpture. Unique piece. In & outdoor sculpture
By Ivan Zanoni
Located in Milan, IT
Pear Tree Sculpture.
Elegant, fine and unique piece, not replicable. Forged on wrought iron. Made by six different branches, easy assembled.
The sculptor is fresh from the success ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Bronze Colt 6/8 by Sophie Martin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom.
She freely observes the animal and captures and interprets a movement; and places it in nature and real life with a zest of fancy. Without humanizing the model, respecting the uniqueness of each one in its biodiversity. After studying three years of art history at the Ecole du Louvre, it was with her uncle and her aunt veterinarians, that her love for animals truly took shape in the clay; as with the first models animals on the examination table...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
MINIATURE DOUBLE DIVER
Located in Aventura, FL
Bronze sculpture with 24K gold leaf caps on granite base. Variant of 48.
Artwork in Excellent Condition. Certificate of Authenticity is included. Please do not hesitate to ask us any further questions. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: Carole A. Feuerman (American, born 1945) is a Hyper-Realist sculptor. Along with artists like Duane Hanson and John DeAndrea...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Sculpture of Male Head in Bronze "Giorgi"
Located in New York, NY
Bronze life-size male head with a dark brown patina.
Rushton sculpts all of his busts using live models over the course of multiple sittings. While realistic and classical in charac...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture of Male Head in Terracotta "Giorgi"
Located in New York, NY
Terracotta life-size male head.
Rushton sculpts all of his busts using live models over the course of multiple sittings. While realistic and classical in character, his sculptures ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"Eve"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The sculpture "Eve" embodies the image of a primitive woman, a symbol of the beginning of humanity, the harmony of nature and life. Made of bronze, it has classical proportions that ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bollel Child and conch shell. Original multiple bronze sculpture
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
BOLLEL. Child and conch shell. Original multiple bronze sculpture
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Rough Skinned Newt" (2023) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Rough Skinned Newt" (2022) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts a newt curiously looking upwards.
Tony Hochstetler is a sculptor of unusual anim...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
"Delft Frog 1" - Hand-Painted Resin Sculpture by Nana Williams, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Nana Williams' "Delft Frog 1" is an exquisitely crafted small-scale sculpture blending contemporary artistry with classic Delftware aesthetics. This one-of-a-kind piece is made from ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Gouache
"The Source", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture & Fountain, Half Life Size, 1995
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Source" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with a glass orb and a working water fountain with edition 94/175. This edition has been Sold out from the creation date of 1995...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Light Whispers", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 17x12x5 in., 182/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Light Whispers" Dimensions: 17" x 12" x 5" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition 182/300
Frederick Hart's "Light Whispers" is the perfect name for this lucite sculpture that studies translucency's impact on the interplay of shadow and light. The nude woman subject is repeated several times, with varying degrees of revelation. In some iterations, she is shrouded in mystery, while other representations show her on full display with remarkable detail.
Thanks to his impeccable eye for detail and technical precision, Frederick Hart is considered one of the world's foremost figurative sculptors. His classical techniques make for timeless, traditional works, but the innovative and modern use of lucite as a material help modernize the work.
Frederick Hart's "Light Whispers" is signed by the artist and includes a gallery certificate of authenticity. It is from an edition of 300 and the current gallery retail price for the piece is over $16,000.
About Frederick Hart
As one of America’s greatest representational artists, Frederick Hart left a lasting and unique mark in the world of modern sculpture. Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1943, he studied at the University of South Carolina and after protesting alongside black students during the Civil rights movement, he moved to Washington D.C. to continue his studies at the Corcoran School of Art. Fascinated with the human figure and the classical approach, he started developing his career in 1966 as a stone carver apprentice at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. Leaving the Cathedral in 1971, Hart started his own studio practice but had little success in the first years. In 1974, he was awarded the project by the Cathedral to create a contemporary interpretation of The Creation, an event that would change his life. Soon, Hart’s career took a turn for the better, and in the upcoming decades, he rose to national prominence, becoming a government art advisor in 1985 and receiving the prestigious Henry Hering...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Wille (Peekapoo)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture by artists Bill and Renee Shisler. Edition 4/25.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Dog: Bulldog Playing with a Mouse- Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux ca. 1870s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog
Bulldog Playing with a Mouse on Sheaves of Wheat
Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux (1815-1881)
6 1/8 x 3 7/5 inches
Signed on the terrace
Henri Émile Adrien Trodoux (Fre...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Liberty & Sacrifice", Frederick Hart, Bronze Figurative Sculpture, 36x28x22 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
"Liberty and Sacrifice" by Frederick Hart is a figurative female figure bronze sculpture with the edition number 14/50.
"The figures of Liberty and Sacrifice are used in an allego...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Woman w/ Outstretched Arm", Frederick Hart, Bronze Figurative Sculpture, 20x7x4
Located in Dallas, TX
"Woman with Outstretched Arm" by Frederick Hart is a figurative female figure bronze sculpture with the edition number 69/175.
The story of “Woman with Outstretched Arm” began ove...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Defi a Newton
By Arman
Located in Palm Beach, FL
ARMAN 1928 - 2005
Bronze sculpture, 2004
Polished bronze with black patina, 2004, stamped with foundry stamp and numbered, published by Venturi Arte, Bologna
Signed and numbered...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Model Girl
Located in Zofingen, AG
Classic female torso inspired by examples of high Greek sculpture. Sculptor explores the lines and shapes of the female body, embodied the diversity, slightly changed the poses.
Thi...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
20th Century Solid Bronze Nude Ballet Dancer 'Preparation' by Benson Landes
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Preparation' is a 20th Century Solid Bronze ballet Dancer by Benson Landes.
For Benson Landes, sculpture was most definitely a passion. His oeuvre of cast bronzes is populated wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Dreams of Ecstasy", Martin Eichinger, Figurative, Bronze, Romance, 70x12x17 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
Immerse yourself in a world where emotions run high and desires are laid bare with our stunning Dreams of Ecstasy sculpture. Crafted with exquisite detail, this towering masterpiece ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Contemplation", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Resin, Figurative Sculpture,
Located in Dallas, TX
"Contemplation" by Frederick Hart is a figurative acrylic sculpture numbered 88/300. Hart’s emotional and intellectual response to the theme
of Creation resulted in a vision for him–...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
"Metamorphosis", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 37x29x7
Located in Dallas, TX
"Metamorphosis" by Frederick Hart is figurative bronze bust of a woman numbered 17/29.
“Metamorphosis” was a journey of transformation for Hart. The work haunted and yet thrilled hi...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Realist figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist 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, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Frederick Hart, Gary Alsum, SOPHIE MARTIN, and W Stanley Proctor. 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 Realist figurative sculptures, so small editions measuring 1 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 $550 and tops out at $935,000, while the average work sells for $7,833.