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Art Subject: Figurine
Caballo con Hombre Pájaro Horse With A Bird Man Rider
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Caballo con Hombre Pájaro Horse With A Bird Man Rider
The surrealist composition features a stylized horse with a seated human figure bearing a bird-like head, reflecting Bustamante'...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"LA ROC Cat Woman" Decorated Graffiti Street Art Mannequin Bust Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful street art, abstract Mannequin Bust decorated by artist Angel Ortiz. Here we find this stylish bust figure with the artist signature tag...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Mini-Caryatid - Sculpture by M. Berrocal - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Nickel Plated 24 Element Puzzle Sculpture, 1968-1969, realized by Miguel Berrocal.
Signature and number engraved. Edition of 9500 pieces.
Ref. Catalogo General/Obras Recientes,197...
Category
1960s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair Primitive Oversized Mistique Paper Mache Wall Figural Sculptures
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1482 Pair oversized primitive hand made and painted Caribbean figural wall sculptures made from corrugated boxes and hand painted
Category
1960s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Handmade Paper
$975 Sale Price
59% Off
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
$904 Sale Price
20% Off
Thoroughbred, Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Loet Vanderveen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Loet Vanderveen, Dutch (1921 - 2015) - Thoroughbred, Medium: Bronze sculpture, signature and numbering inscribed on bottom, Edition: 235/500, Size: 4.75 x 8 x 4 in. (12.07 x 20.3...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
La Vague (The Wave)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"La Vague (The Wave)" is a figurative abstract bronze sculpture created by Camillle Claudel. The artwork is 24 1/4 x 19 x 24 inches, weighing less than 50 lbs. It is signed "C. Claud...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sherlock, Bronze Sculpture by Volodymyr Mykytenko, 2021
Located in Zofingen, AG
Volodymyr Mykytenko - Sherlock (2021)
Sherlock - dozens of societies, museums and monuments are dedicated to him in different countries, fans writ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th century Bronze Dog Portrait of a Löwchen on a Marble Base
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait of a Löwchen on a Marble Base
French 19th century
1/2 x 8 x 5 1/2 inches
The chiseled bronze has a nuanced, rich brown patina depicting a Löwchen in the round, seated on a quadrangular marble base decorated with very fine gilt bronze flowers and fluted feet. Napoleon III, Louis XVI style. Based on a model by Jacques Caffieri for the Prince de Condé in 1773.
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Executed during the nineteenth century, this figure is fully in line with the eclectic taste of the reign of Napoleon III. Indeed, the Empress Eugenie brought the Louis XVI style up to date in her castle of Compiègne. Jacques Caffieri is one of the most famous bronze smiths of the eighteenth century. In 1715 he was admitted as a master caster and chiseler, and worked almost exclusively for the crown castles...
Category
19th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bacchanal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charles Edouard Richefeu (1868-1945)
A stunning dated 1926.
A faun and nude woman dancing.
Signed RICHEFEU in the bronze. Foundry mark stamp "R. COTTIN & FILS Paris Bronze".
Definitely inspired by Diagilev Russian Ballet and Nijinsky dancer on Claude Debussy...
Category
1820s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,368 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Cowan Pottery Ceramic Sculpture of a Native American
By F. Luis Mora
Located in Beachwood, OH
F. Luis Mora (American, 1874-1940)
Native American, c. 1930s
Ceramic
Stamped on bottom, Cowan Pottery
9 x 7 x 5 inches
Francis Luis Mora was one of the better-known American artists...
Category
1930s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Group of four 18th century Venetian wooden sculptures - Singer and musicians
Located in Varmo, IT
Four table sculptures - Concertino with musicians and singer. Venice, late 18th century.
9 x 7 x h 20 cm each.
Entirely in wood, finely carved and painted in polychrome.
Condition...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
$2,376 Sale Price
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Terracotta Bust of a Young Gentleman, Late 18th Century French Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Philippe-Laurent Roland (French, 1746-1816)
Bust of a Young Man, 1772
Terra cotta set on painted wood pedestal
Signed and dated at back
16.5 x 11 x 8 inches
Philippe-Laurent R...
Category
1770s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Jean Clesinger "Zingara" Patinated Bronze
Located in Astoria, NY
Jean Baptiste Clesinger (French, 1814-1883) "Zingara" Patinated Bronze Sculpture, 1857, cast by F. Barbedienne, the Neapolitan dancer upholding a tambourine, signed "J Clesinger, Rom...
Category
Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Art Nouveau Female Carrara Marble Gilt Bronze Bust Statue Sculpture 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A very beautiful antique Art Nouveau bronzed Carrara marble sculpture bust of a young maiden circa 1900, by Gustave Van Vaerenbergh (1871-1927).
The sculpture portrays a beautiful young maiden made from Cararra marble, she is wearing a laurel wreath in her hair. She wears a bronzed bodice with leaf decoration in relief and is raised on a varigated grey & white socle base. The sculpture is signed to the rear " G. V. Vaerenbergh" and numbered "1173", the bust is in excellent condition.
Gustave Van Vaerenbergh attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium from 1888 to 1890. Like many artists from a modest background (he was the son of a shoemaker) , Gustave Van Vaerenbergh went to work in companies where he could use his artistic talent and education for commercial purposes.
In 1901 he moved to Saint-Josse-ten-Noode , and a year later to Schaerbeek where he would live for the rest of his life. He went to work there as a " mouleur en plâtre " (modeller or maker of matrices for plaster statues) at the company A. Carli Frères in the L'Olivierstraat in Schaerbeek, a company that produced commercial statues. This successful company, which was active from the beginning to the middle of the twentieth century , initially had about 20 employees and at its peak about 100 employees. The statues were distributed worldwide. Antonio Carli, a sculptor, was the founder of the Atelier A. Carli Frères, together with family members. They came from Bagni di Lucca...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Antique Exceptional Bronze Draft Horse by Pierre Jules Mêne (French, 1810-1879)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
Exceptional Bronze of a Draft Horse
Pierre Jules Mêne (French, 1810-1879)
Circa 1860s
4 3/4 (W) x 3.25 (H)
As Mêne personally ov...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Traveler with Camel, Orientalist Bronze Sculpture by Franz Bergmann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Franz Bergmann, Austrian (1861 -1936) - Traveler with Camel, Year: circa 1900, Medium: Cold painted Bronze sculpture, Size: 4.75 x 6 x 3 in. (12.07 x 15.24 x 7.62 cm)
Category
Early 1900s Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Basket Dancers Bronze Sculpture Statue Young Native Pueblo Women New Mexico
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & large bronze sculpture "Basket Dancers", by the celebrated American sculptor Glenna Goodacre (1939-2020).
A beautiful and sensitively rendered bronze sculptural group depict...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Winged Tiger, Bronze Sculpture by Volodymyr Mykytenko, 2010
Located in Zofingen, AG
Volodymyr Mykytenko - Winged tiger (2010)
The tiger in culture and mythology has always acted as a protector who gladly helped and took care of his masters. My tiger is the protecto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Venus, Unique Carved Green Onyx Sculpture by Anthony Quinn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Date: circa 1980
Green Onyx sculpture on marble base, signature inscribed at base
Size: 45 x 10 x 10 in. (114.3 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
19th century Bronze Sculpture of Cupid After Pierre Chenet
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Bronze Sculpture of Cupid After Pierre Chenet
Base diameter 6"
9"W x 23"H
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pothos Sculpture Lost Wax Bronze Method Florence Cesello 18 x 6 x 6
Located in Houston, TX
"Pothos is one of the Ancient Greek Erotes dedicated to yearning and desire. He is the son of the West Wind "Zephryos" and "Iris," the rainbow. This is the artist proof of an edit...
Category
2010s Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monopoly Man (rare signed acrylic painted sculpture)
Located in Aventura, FL
Fiberglass sculpture with acrylic paint. Hand signed on base by Alec Monopoly. Hand numbered "AP" on base. Sculpture size: 17 x 12.25 x 10 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condi...
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass, Acrylic
$15,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Angel of the Annunciation
Located in Wien, Wien
Angel of the Annunciation
Prague workshop from the circle of Master Theoderich
(mentioned from 1359 to 1368)
Around 1380/90
Carved & polychrome painted limewood
Height 88 cm
An ang...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$168,000
Eighteenth-century Grand Tour marble bust of Faustina the Younger
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated: ‘F. Harwood Fecit 1764’
Collections:
Probably commissioned by Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743-1827);
Probably by descent at Gordon Castle, Banffshire to c.1948;
Possibly acquired by Bert Crowther of Syon Lodge, Middlesex;
Jacques Hollander (1940-2004);
Christie’s, 5 December 2013, lot 101;
Private collection;
Sotheby’s, 2 July 2019, lot 106
Literature:
John Preston Neale, Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales and Scotland, London, 1822, vol.I, unpaginated.
This marble copy of an ancient bust in the Musei Capitolini usually identified as Faustina the Younger, the daughter of Antoninus Pius and future wife of Marcus Aurelius, was made in Florence by Francis Harwood in 1764. Harwood was one of the most prolific suppliers of decorative marbles for the Grand Tour market and this finely worked example demonstrates the quality of luxury goods available to travellers to Italy. So often anonymous, this unusually signed and dated example, raises questions about the status of marble copies in the period and of sculptors such as Harwood who are known principally for ornamental work.
Harwood’s origins remain obscure. He is documented living in Palazzo Zuccari with Joshua Reynolds and the Irish sculptor Simon Vierpyl at Easter 1752, he had certainly settled permanently in Florence by the following year, when he is recorded working with Joseph Wilton. He was admitted to the Florentine Academy on 12 January 1755 (as pittore Inglese, although he was described as scultore in the matriculation account). After Wilson returned to England in 1755 Harwood appears to have worked in a studio near SS. Annunziata with Giovanni Battista Piamontini who had made life-size copies of The Wrestlers and The Listening Slave for Joseph Leeson in 1754. In 1758 both sculptors were contracted to make a statue and a trophy to complete the decoration of the Porta San Gallo, Harwood completing a statue of Equality, installed the following year.
By 1760 Harwood was on the brink of his most productive period as a sculptor, producing copies of celebrated antiquities for the ever-increasing audience of Grand Tour travellers and for the domestic market in London. In 1761 Harwood met the young architect James Adam who was in Italy specifically to make contact with suppliers for Robert Adam’s burgeoning practice back in Britain. The Adams offered a remarkably cohesive design package to their clients, encompassing not just architecture, but fixtures, fittings and furniture as well. Harwood was able to supply the brothers with marbles for their new interiors. At Syon, for example, Harwood produced a full-size copy of Michelangelo’s Bacchus for the new dining room the Adams had designed for Hugh Smythson, 1st Duke of Northumberland.
Harwood seems to have also specialised in producing sets of library busts. In 1758 Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton, a distinguished traveller commissioned a set of busts which remain in situ at Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire. It is perhaps no coincidence that the Adam brothers were producing designs for new interiors at Castle Ashby at this date. The set included representations of: Cicero, Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina the Younger, Sappho, Seneca and Homer. Each of these busts Harwood seems to have replicated for multiple patrons, another Adam patron, Thomas Dundas...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"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
Horse XV by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze sculpture, elegant, light patina, wild
Located in Paris, FR
Horse XV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 71 × 60 × 17 cm (28 × 23.6 × 6.7 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Botero Style Bronze Horse Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Botero Style Bronze Horse Sculpture
Large and decorative bronze horse with removable saddle Botero style inspired, quality patinated bronze with some red and black trace of paint.
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Female Life-size Mannequin Italian Articulated Sculpture In Beech Mid 1800s
Located in Milano, IT
Female Painter's Manikin Mid-1800s jointed and articulated, life-size Italian sculpture, 167 cm tall 66 Inches, made of beech wood with traces of lacquer preparation. This extraordi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Soldier, Orientalist Bronze Sculpture by Franz Bergmann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Franz Bergmann, Austrian (1861 -1936) - Soldier, Year: circa 1900, Medium: Cold painted Bronze sculpture, Size: 5.5 x 3 x 2 in. (13.97 x 7.62 x 5.08 cm)
Category
Early 1900s Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Siamese Horse Cat with Foal Kitten" Found vintage ceramic animals
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative sculpture titled "Siamese Horse Cat with Foal Kitten" is an original artwork by Debra Broz made of secondhand ceramics and mixed media. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Ceramic
Vernal Equinox, 20th Century Bronze Figure of Woman, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Edris Eckhardt (American, 1905-1998)
Vernal Equinox, c. 1975
Bronze
Signed on base
16.5 x 4 x 3 inches
Born in Cleveland, Ohio January 28, 1905, Edris was given the name Edythe Alin...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Orientalist African Hunter Leaning on His Shield 19th cent. Black Forest, German
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Orientalist African Hunter Leaning on His Shield
Black Forest, School Switzerland 19th century
Carved Wood
21 inches
This is an exceptionally beautifu...
Category
19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Rabbit Balloon Seller PINKHAS Unique Piece Naive Art
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Sculpture unique piece combining resin, acrylic, collages, and varnish by Pinkhas
Hand-signed on the side of the sculpture
Titled and dated under the sculpture
Perfect condition ...
Category
2010s French School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Varnish, Acrylic
$640 Sale Price
20% Off
Virgin and Child
Located in Wien, Wien
OUTSTANDING MADONNA
Bavaria
Around 1515/20
Lime wood carved
Original, polychrome version
Height 60 cm
This masterfully carved, full-round Madonna was created around 1515-20 in...
Category
16th Century Medieval Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$180,000
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
$3,999 Sale Price
20% Off
Brutalist Late 20th Century Figurative Panther Sculpture
Located in Beachwood, OH
Alexsander Danel (Estonian, 1940-2001)
Brutalist Panther Sculpture, 1996
Signed 'Danel' and 'Austin Sculpture' to back leg
13.5 x 16.5 inches
Alexsander Danel was born in Estonia and graduated from both the Moscow Industrial Arts School and the Moscow Fine Arts Academy. He earned many awards and distinctions in the Soviet Union, including "Best Work of the Year" in 1973 for his monumental work commemorating the history of the Russian Wars, installed in Kirov. Alexsander Danel emigrated to the U.S. in 1976, after spending a year in Rome where he sculpted set designs for Fellini's "Cassanova" and the Napoli Theater production of "Aida". After settling in New York, he completed commissions for Rockefeller Plaza and Radio City Music Hall. In 1992, he held his first one person show exhibiting computer generated...
Category
1990s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Yellow Swimmer 2 Large - Handmade Modern Glazed Ceramics Sculpture, Man Portrait
Located in Salzburg, AT
The sculpture is signed below, inside
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
In Her Own Wake No. 2
Located in Columbia, MO
Kensuke Yamada (b. 1979) was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He received his MFA from the University of Montana in 2009 and has a BA from The Evergreen State College, in Olympia, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mathurin Moreau Bronze Allegorical Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
MATHURIN MOREAU
French, (1822-1912)
‘La Libellule’
signed ‘Moreau Mathurin’
27.5 in. 11.5 in. x 15 in.
Notes: A fine quality Art Nouveau allegoric...
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Florentine singer / - The Renaissance of the Renaissance -
By Paul Dubois
Located in Berlin, DE
Paul Dubois (1829 Nogent-sur-Seine - 1905 Paris), Florentine singer, 1865. Light brown patinated bronze with cast round plinth mounted on a square marble base (3.5 cm high). Total height 53 cm. Bronze dimensions: 49.5 cm (height) x 20 cm (length) x 10 cm (width), weight 5.6 kg. Inscribed on the plinth "P.[aul] DUBOIS", dated "1865", with the foundry's mark "F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR" and the signet "REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS".
- Patina very occasionally darkened, lute with loss of one tuning peg, otherwise in excellent condition.
- The renaissance of the Renaissance -
The bronze is a precisely executed and masterfully cast contemporary reduction of Paul Dubois 155 cm tall masterpiece "Florentine Singer", which is exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay and for which the artist was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Paris Salon in 1865. The work acted as a beacon, and was followed by a plethora of depictions of juveniles.
Inspired by Donatello and Luca della Robbia, but also by painters such as Piero della Francesca, Benozzo Gozzoli, and Pinturicchio, the "Florentine Singer" is not an epigonal work that pays homage to a vanished era, but a successful attempt to draw vitality from the art of the past and thus give it new life.
The effect of vitality is the core of Italian Renaissance art theory. In order to fulfill itself as art, art had to appear like nature. This naturalism also characterizes the "Florentine Singer". The young man appears to have been taken from life, which is reinforced by the momentary nature of his action. He has just struck a now fading chord. In addition, the natural appearance is enhanced by the detailed shaping of the figurative details, such as the laces with the slightly curved leather of the shoes, the belt buckle, or the ornamentation on the body of the lute. Even the fingernails are clearly defined. Unlike the Renaissance, however, the effect of liveliness here is not based on the "discovery" of nature and the human body, but primarily on the rediscovery of the art of the Quattrocento. The liveliness of the artwork is therefore at the same time a revitalization of this art, so that we can speak of a Renaissance of the Renaissance, just as the Pre-Raphaelites in England at the same time transferred the Quattrocento to contemporary art.
Dubois takes on the most difficult of all subjects, the depiction of singing through silent sculpture. He was preceded in this by Luca della Robbia and Donatello with their pulpits of singers created in the 1430s in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence. Compared to these works, the physiognomy of Dubois singer is far less animated, yet he also depicts singing in a convincing manner. He uses the whole body. He takes the ancient contrapposto, which was essential to Renaissance sculpture, and transforms the standing leg-playing posture into a late medieval S-swing, giving the body an elegant beauty and at the same time setting it in melodic motion. In the equally elegant finger position, the music is expressed in a much more literal way with the beating of the lute. Finally, the musicality of the sculpture culminates in the face with the mouth open to sing.
Through the act of singing, which is a great challenge to the artistic will to depict perfect beauty, the gracefulness of the classical face is not diminished, but enhanced. Starting from the face with the singing mouth and the gaze absorbed by the sounds, the inner vitality spreads, giving the bronze sculpture an intense aura, enhanced by the music. Dubois transfers the beauty of the Renaissance to the musical, sublimating the visible sculpture to the invisible of music.
He took up the challenge of transcending the Renaissance with the Renaissance, thus responding to the Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes, which arose at the end of the 17th century around the French Academy and remained virulent into the 19th century, in which antiquity was regarded either as an unattainable ideal or as a standard to be surpassed. With his work, Dubois proved that the Renaissance, which had championed the art of the ancients, could lead to a new renaissance of art.
About the artist
Paul Dubois' great-uncle was the famous French Baroque sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, in whose footsteps the talented great-nephew followed. When he debuted at the Paris Salon in 1858, he signed his work "Dubois-Pigalle". At his father's request, however, he first studied law before devoting himself to sculpture under the tutelage of François Christophe Armand Toussaint in 1856 and entering the École des Beaux-Arts in 1858. From 1859 to 1863, he lived in Rome and traveled to Naples and Florence. Inspired by Florentine art of the quattrocento, Dubois initiated a school-forming neo-Florentine style that combined the elegantly simple forms of youthful grace with a precise wealth of detail.Two purchases by the French state (“envois de Rome”) were made during his stay in Rome, which brought him recognition in Paris. After his return there, he quickly became an internationally sought-after artist.
Dubois was also active as a creator of monuments. His most famous work is the equestrian statue of Joan of Arc (1896) on the forecourt of Reims Cathedral. He was also a sought-after portraitist who produced around 50 busts and - Dubois was also a passionate painter - around 100 portraits in oil.
From 1873 to 1878 he was curator of the Museum du Luxembourg, in 1876 he became a member of the Institut de France and from 1878 to 1905 he was director of the École des Beaux-Arts.
In 1865, Dubois was awarded the Paris Salon Medal of Honor for his “Florentine Singer”. In 1867 he became Chevalier, in 1874 Officier, in 1886 Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, which awarded Dubois the Grande Croix in 1896.
Selected Bibliography
Stole, Elmar: Paul Dubois. In: Saur. Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, vol. 30, Munich - Leipzig 2001, pp. 677-678.
GERMAN VERSION
Paul Dubois (1829 Nogent-sur-Seine - 1905 Paris), Florentinischer Sänger, 1865. Hellbraun patinierte Bronze mit gegossener runder Plinthe auf quadratischem Marmorsockel montiert (3,5 cm Höhe). Gesamthöhe 53 cm. Maße der Bronze: 49,5 cm (Höhe) x 20 cm (Länge) x 10 cm (Breite), Gewicht 5,6 kg. Auf der Plinthe mit „P.[aul] DUBOIS“ bezeichnet, auf „1865“ datiert, mit dem Gießereistempel „F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR“ und dem Signet „REDUCTION MECANIQUE A. COLLAS“ versehen.
- Patina sehr vereinzelt nachgedunkelt, Laute mit Verlust eines Stimmwirbels, ansonsten ausgezeichnet erhalten.
- Die Renaissance...
Category
1860s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,285 Sale Price
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Ian Edwards - Born within Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
By Ian Edwards
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Ian Edwards - Born within Fire - Original Signed Bronze Sculpure
Dimensions: 160 x 60 x 60 cm
Edition of 12
Edwards’ practice expresses the power and determination of human endeav...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
After Albert-Ernest Carrier Belleuse Bisque Plotchrome Persian Maiden
Located in Soquel, CA
Bisque bust with ploychrome enamel decorated with painted gilt and raised on a circular socle with a square plinth. After Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse by Ferdinand and Bing Co. an ...
Category
Early 1900s Aesthetic Movement Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Large Modernist Bronze Abstract Figural Sculpture "Family" Wolfgang Behl
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a mid 20th century mod abstract large bronze sculpture by Wolfgang Behl (German/American, 1918-1994).
The sculptural group titled "The Family" features a mother and father with two children.
Numbered 20/20. Signed.
21" H x 10 1/4" x 10 1/4
Wolfgang (Johann Wolfgang) Behl (1918 - 1994) was active/lived in Connecticut, Illinois / Germany. Known for Sculpture and as an architectural carver.
A carver,designer, and teacher, Wolfgang Behl was born in Berlin, Germany where he studied at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. His teacher was otto Hitzberger, sculptor and architecture carver. I have seen some his work, particularly in carved wood compared to Constantin Brancusi although this one seems way more reminiscent of Alberto Giacometti. In 1939, Behl came to the United States and taught briefly in Pennsylvania at the Perkiomen School and in Rhode Island at the Rhode Island School of Design. There in 1943, he won the Joseph N. Eisendrath prize for sculpture. He also became a friend of Louis Mayer...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Zebra Reaches New Heights 1/15 - figurative, playful, bronze, tabletop sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The contemporary artistic duo of Gillie and Marc are passionate environmental activists who have used their sculptures, paintings and photographs to celebrate and save endangered ani...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Raffaello e Fornarina white marble statue by Raffaello Romanelli (1856 - 1928 )
Located in New York, NY
Raffaello Romanelli
1856 - 1928
Raffaello e Fornarina
signed Raffaello Romanelli Firenze and inscribed Raffaello et Fornarina
marble
height 38 in.; 96.5cm.
diameter 16 in.; ...
Category
19th Century Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Girl at Waterfall
Located in Zofingen, AG
"This is one of my earliest sculptures. I depicted a naked girl at the waterfall. She bathes under jets of water. The fabric of clothing hugs her body and lies down to her feet. The ...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Pair of Russian Wolf Hound/Borzoi Dog Portrait Sculptures circa 1930's
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Pair of Russian Wolfhounds/Borzois Dog Portrait Sculptures
by Scalini (aka Scali; Italian, 20th century)
circa 1930's
Patinated spelter
9 x 14 inches (on bases)
Though rath...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone, Bronze
$2,310 Sale Price
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The Dancer - Sculpture by Giacomo Manzù - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
The Dancer is a sculpture realized by Giacomo Manzù in 1957. Unique piece.
Exhibitions:
Manzù. L’Uomo e l’Artista, Palazzo Venezia, Roma 2002-2003
Manzù-Marino. Gli ultimi moderni,...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Small Horse III by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze sculpture, elegant, dark patina
Located in Paris, FR
Small Horse III is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 40 × 33 × 9 cm (15.7 × 13 × 3.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seated Mercury, or Hermes - God of Speed
Located in Greenwich, CT
This Mercury by Montagne has lovely patina and surface and is a pleasingly different depiction of Winged speed as he is seated! It is an arresting pose and elegant and covers all fa...
Category
1860s Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Französische Bronze Emile Louis Picault „Charity-Bien Faisance“
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze Emile Louis Picault
"Charity-Bien Faisance," a French bronze figure by Emile Louis Picault.
50 cm
Bronze signed Emile Louis Picault. With cast stamp.
Wonderful work with a ...
Category
1890s Jugendstil Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1930 French Bronze Figure of a Lurcher Dog on Stone Base
Located in Beachwood, OH
Jules Edmond Masson (French, 1871–1932)
Bronze Figure of a Lurcher Dog, 1930
Bronze with brownish green patination, on a fitted stone base
The base inset with a bronze plaque reading...
Category
1930s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Swimmer I - figurative sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This sculpture is from Orly's latest body of works.
It is part of an edition of 15 and comes signed and numbered.
It is made of Jasmonite casting and covered with acrylic paint.
"I ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Atlas Shrugged - Greek Mythology Inspired Bronze Sculpture on Granite Base
By Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
Dean Kugler
Atlas Shrugged, 2024
bronze, ed. 9/12
22h x 14.50w x 16d in
55.88h x 36.83w x 40.64d cm
ed. 9/12
DK0046
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and ...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lapin assis, tête tournée, Sandoz, 1910's, bronze, animal, rabbits, rare proof
Located in Geneva, CH
Lapin assis, tête tournée, circa 1919-1921
Fondry Susse, Ed. 3/5 pcs
circa 1919-1921
Rare bronze proof with a brown patina
8.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm
Certificate of authenticity issued by th...
Category
1910s Modern 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
Head Of A Warrior Large Clay Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Head of a warrior.
From the Totonaca culture (state of Veracruz) created about 1982.
Modern Pre Columbian style clay, terracotta sculpture artist signed on the right bottom.
Walter...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Terracotta
Ceremonial Musician, Chiang Mai Temple, Thailand
Located in Dallas, TX
This is a ceremonial musician from the Chiang Mai Temple in Thailand.
Category
1960s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze