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
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
"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
" THE LAST DROP " Charles Schreyvogel (1861-1912) BRONZE SCULPTURE 1903 WESTERN
Located in San Antonio, TX
Charles Schreyvogel
(1861-1912)
New York / New Jersey Artist
Image Size: 12" x 18.50" x 5"
Medium: Bronze Sculpture
1903
"The Last Drop"
Charles Schreyvogel (1861-1912) New York / Ne...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Native American On Horseback Bronze Sculpture Daro Flood
By Daro Flood
Located in Norwood, NJ
Native American on horseback. Signed and numbered 24/30, artists cypher.
Daro Flood (1954 - 2017) was active/lived in Arizona. Daro Flood is known for Portrait bust Indian and cowboy sculpture...
Category
Late 20th 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
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
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
Bust of a young woman / - Beauty of youth -
Located in Berlin, DE
Anonymous, Bust of a young woman, c. 1900, artificial marble and gray onyx marble. 37 cm (height) x 37 cm (width) x 22 cm (depth), weight 17.2 kg. Signed “GURRINI” on the reverse.
-...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$905 Sale Price
20% Off
"Pitcher Plants and Frog" (2016) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Pitcher Plants and Frog" (2016) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts a small frog standing under 3 pitcher plants.
TONY HOCHSTETLER is a sculpto...
Category
2010s 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
"Hot Wings Wall Mount" By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Wall Installation
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Hot Wings Wall Mount (8/21)" (2022) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts a dried peppers with a bat flying downwards.
Tony Hochstetler is a scul...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horse
By Aga Ousseinov
Located in Long Island City, NY
This bronze sculpture, from 1996, is a powerful rendering of a horse rearing. It is not uncommon to see stallions rearing; it is a tactic that can be used to dislodge a predator, to...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$40,000
Royal Copenhagen Figure Carving Boy / - Immersed in concentration -
Located in Berlin, DE
Christian Thomsen (1860 Kolding - 1921 Copenhagen), Carving boy, design around 1915, execution 1966. model number 905. First choice. Porcelain with underglaze painting. 18.5 cm (heig...
Category
1910s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Grand Tour Marble Bust of a Young Apollo
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Grand Tour Marble Bust of a Young Apollo (Late 19th Century)
Marble bust on a swivel marble base
Unsigned
24 ½" high x 21" wide x 9 1/2 " deep...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Catrina en Día de Muertos - Ceramic Sculpture - Mexican Folk Art - Cactus Fine A
By Alvaro de la Cruz Lopez
Located in Jesus del Monte, MX
MASTERPIECE
Made with natural ceramic. Hand-modeled technique and cooked in a wood-fired oven.
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2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
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...
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2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
PAULA BLACKMAN Seated Cat Bronze Sculpture Black Patina 2017 FEMALE ARTIST
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
“Bast” is A limited edition bronze sculpture of a seated black cat on a black marble base.
Black patin
From the limited edition of 8.
Signed 1/8
Paula Blackman has been a bronze scu...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Herself", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Female Sculpture, 17x16x6 in., 176/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Herself" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman's face numbered 176/350. Hart began to equate light and spirit, the medium itself conveying the meaning, bey...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
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
Alfreda, The Artist's Daughter - British 1950s plaster bust by Richard Garbe
Located in London, GB
RICHARD LOUIS GARBE, RA
(1876-1957)
Alfreda, The Artist’s Daughter
Signed and dated 1956
Plaster with patinated surface on a wooden base
30 cm., 11 ¾ in. high
Provenance:
Gifted ...
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Quarter Horse
Located in Milwaukee, WI
A life-sized fiberglass sculpture of a horse, unsigned. This specific breed of horse the sculpture is based on is called Quarter Horse. Many visitors to ...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
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
La cruche cassée
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Nice, 19th-century gilt bronze cast by Emile Francois Carlier
Exhibited:
Salon, Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1865 (another cast)
Salon, Société des Artistes Français, Pari...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$14,000
Horse Playing with a Dog (The Good Companions) Pierre-Jules Mene (1810-1879)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
"Horse in the Stable Playing with a Dog (The Good Companions)"
Jument à l'écurie jouant avec un chien
Pierre-Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879)
Bronze
19 x 10 inc...
Category
1860s 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
Frederick Hart"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 43x31x18 in, 2005
$44,000 Sale Price
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"Adam Maquette", Frederick Hart, Bronze Figurative Man Sculpture, 21x5x5 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
"Adam Maquette" by Frederick Hart is a figurative female and male figure bronze sculpture with the edition number 116/350.
“Adam is Everyman, pulled from the waters of baptism, concrete and universal, led by the fire of day by night, and the cloud of night by day — triumphing over the powers of darkness-emergent radiant in light.”After “Ex Nihilo” and “Adam” were carved into Indiana limestone...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Danish Porcelain German Shepherd by Svend Jespersen for Bing & Grøndahl
Located in Firenze, IT
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Cat Figurine No. 774
Model by Knud Kyhn – ca. 1898–1923
Model no. 774 is considered one of the rarest and most techn...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,600 Sale Price
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Siamese Fighter Fish-original bronze wildlife 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
sculptures for sale, original sculptures for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seahorse Couple (verdigris)-original wildlife marine sculpture-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Bronze , Limited edition of 8
In the mesmerizing depths of An...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Debora Lima-original figurative female dancers bronze sculpture-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Bronze , Limited edition of 8
"Debora Lima" stands as a capti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Zebra Shark -original modern bronze wildlife marine sculpture - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Bronze , Limited edition of 12
Enter the realm of the ocean's...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Sifaka Lemur -original modern wildlife bronze sculpture - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Bronze , Limited edition of 12
Enter the enchanting world of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cameleon -original modern wildlife animal bronze sculpture - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Bronze , Limited edition of 12
Step into the world of camoufl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seahorse -original figurative bronze marine 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.
"Hippocampus" by Andrzej Szymczyk is a captivating bronze scul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hippocampus original figurative bronze animal 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.
This stunning bronze sculpture titled "Seahorse" encapsulates...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Octopus-original bronze marine sculpture- contemporary art - figurative artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Octopus" by Andrzej Szymczyk is a captivating bronze
Limited...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Muses Suit" Bronze Collection of Dance, Music, Poetry, and Theater, 42/65
Located in Dallas, TX
Step into the world of artistic elegance with our exclusive offer on the Muses suite by master sculptor Frederick Hart. Each bronze head, representing Dance, Music, Poetry, and Theat...
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
"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
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
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
"Middle White Sow (Wharfedale Royal Lady)" Herbert Haseltine, Pig, Farm Animal
Located in New York, NY
Herbert Haseltine
Middle White Sow (Wharfedale Royal Lady), 1925
Polished bronze with opaque ochre patina
4 ⅛ x 8 ⅛ x 3 ⅝ inches
Period speckled Belgian marble base: 1 ½ x 7 x 3 inch...
Category
1920s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"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...
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1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Portrait of Lady Lucy Henderson
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
John Edward Jones (Irish – 1806-1862)
“Portrait of Lady Lucy Henderson”
Signed and dated London 1858, and inscribed, “Lucy Henderson, Nee Durham”
28 ½” high x 20 ½” wide x 11” deep
Provenance: Collection Saratoga Springs, NY
About
John Edward Jones was born in Dublin on May 2nd, 1806. He was the son of a miniature painter Edward Jones. He was trained as an engineer under Alexander Nimmo and worked with him on many important works in Ireland, including the building of the bridge at Waterford between 1829 in 1832, of which he was in charge. A taste and an aptitude for sculpture induced him to relinquish his prospects as an engineer and he commenced practice in London as a sculptor. He achieved considerable success, especially in portrait busts, and was employed by many notable persons of the time. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844 and continue to do so until his death. He executed a considerable number of bust of Irish personages. He paid occasional visits to Dublin where he contributed to the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1847, 1852,1853 and 1854. A full-length statue by him of Sir Robert...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
"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
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
"Whirlwind", Martin Eichinger, Figurative, Bronze, Romantic, 54x84x72 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
The dynamic nature of this ecstatic pirouette must be experienced from all sides. Whirlwind examines the forces of attraction and separation in a relationship. The couple’s solid bon...
Category
Early 2000s 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
"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
"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
$25,000
Portrait of Ni-Polog
Located in New York, NY
Signed, dated, and inscribed on the verso:
Malvina Hoffman/ Den Pasar/ “Nipolog”-/ © 1932/ Bali
Provenance:
The artist; her estate.
Literature:
Mal...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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
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
"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 56/65.
I saw Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothingness) as a single expression of creation, as the metamorph...
Category
Early 2000s 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
Earth, midsize
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a woman representing the element of earth.
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.