Wood Figurative Sculptures

Signed with monogram and numbered from the edition of 8 (on left leg); stamped with foundry mark Susse Fondeur Paris (on right leg).

Acrobat Family is an original artwork realized by Arturo Martini in 1936. Bronze sculpture with wooden base. Provenance: Pecci Blunt Collection. Published in the general catalogue...

'Relaxing Dancer' by Benson Landes is a stunning 21st Century Solid Bronze Nude Figurative Ballet Dancer. For Benson Landes, sculpture was most definitely a passion. His oeuvre of cast bronzes is populated with ‘off duty’ ballet dancers, rather wistful women, often caught in moments of solitary repose. Such an obvious appreciation of the grace and elegance of the female form was, no doubt, heightened by 25 years spent in the couture business, which Benson entered at the age of 14. The sculptor admitted that his time as an apprentice at his father’s clothing workroom and factory was given rather reluctantly, as he always harbored desires to become an artist. The young boy’s sense of responsibility was clearly equal to his creativity, though, as Benson knuckled down and learned the family trade. At the age of 18, however, a 2 year conscription to the RAF provided one of the few opportunities for Benson to experience artistic freedom. The possibilities of otherwise unobtainable materials such as pastels, paper, perspex and plaster of paris fuelled his ingenuity at the base’s well-stocked workshop. On completion of his RAF service, Benson briefly returned to the clothing factory now owned by his father. After his marriage to Ruth at 21, in an effort to provide for his new wife, Benson decided to set up his own business. Starting with a single sewing machine and tailoress, Benson and Ruth soon expanded the business. By the 1970s they employed over 50 staff and supplied to prestigious stores such as Dickens & Jones and Harrods. As the decade progressed, however, fashion turned towards less structured, more casual garments; a trend that prompted Benson to retire and spend time with his first love, sculpture. Buoyed by the liberty he enjoyed in his studio, Benson succeeded in selling some of his first pieces of sculpture, a collection of sporting trophies...

Some works of art are exploratory; they ask questions, but offer no answers. Some are the distillation of a lifetime of experience, and the answers they give cannot easily be transl...

Some say the word Flamenco comes from the Spanish, flama, or “flame.” Richard MacDonald’s Flamenco Series employ that definition on many levels. While the studies depict a male figur...

"Mountain High'' is a edition bronzes sculpture by Paul Braslow. This sculpture is hand-signed. He was an American sculptor and artist that established himself in the medium of figur...

Eugène Marioton was a French sculptor who was born in 1857. Eugène Marioton's work has been offered at auction multiple times, Bronze patinated on a circular base fluted in gray vein...

Indian Eyes, by Austrian artist Carl Kauba shows an Native American behind a large rock. Is he hiding? and if so, from whom and why? That is left for the viewers imagination. This statue is cast in the finest American bronze, finished in the traditional dark brown patina, hand polished to bring out the awesome highlights and mounted on a black or green marble base. Due to the handmade process. 7.5″ H x 8.5″ L Carl Carl Kauba was born August 13, 1865 in Vienna, Austria. The son of a shoemaker, Kauba chose to follow his calling into the world of art. Collectors now rank him in a class with Remington and Russell as one of the great portrayers of American Western. His subjects were typically American Indians, calvarymen, cowboys, and roughriders. In addition to his American bronzes, Kauba produced a lifetime’s worth of Austrian statuary. His work became fully appreciated on both sides of the Atlantic. Carl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under professor Laufenberg. Later he would study at the academies under Carl Waschmann and Stefan Schwartz. Next, he went to Paris in 1886 to further study before he set off for the U.S. In fact, some debate still remains as to whether Kauba ever visited the U.S. Kauba’s fascination with the West was fired by the stories of the German writer, Carl May, whose tales of Western adventure were well known throughout Europe. Most authorities feel that he was about twenty-five years old when he traveled widely throughout the American West. He then returned to Austria with voluminous notes, sketches, and several models of Western sculpture...

In Erika Dueck’s optical machines, the viewer can peer through a small opening into a near-pathological state of anxious disorder; a state of things half-accomplished and naggingly remembered. Assembled with the materials of architectural models, the large, rectangular foam core structures - attached with neat Velcro fittings, loose cords and connections, small LED pods stuck to the pieces like urchins - allude to the temporary nature of the setup. It’s a travelling peep show...

“Untitled” 2018-2019 Porcelain, Paper Clay Cone 6 Size: 3.5 in. x 34.5 in. Danielle Weigandt explores the construct of events in time and their role in our lives. Time cannot be see...

Stephanie Lanter Title : "Missed" Materials : Porcelain, glaze, stoneware Date : 2019 Dimensions : 15" x 13.5" x 11" Description : Manually slip-trailed sculpture on coil built pedestal Stephanie is an artist and educator working in clay, fiber, and various media. Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Emporia State University, she previously taught at Washburn University and Wichita State University. She has also been fortunate enough to be a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation, the LH Project, the Red Lodge Clay Center, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and the Mendocino Arts Center, and was the first Jentel/Archie Bray Foundation “Critic at the Bray.” Abstract, abstract art, contemporary art, ceramcs, porcelain, contemporary ceramics, mixed media, fine art, glaze, gold luster, abstract geometric, minimalism, contemporary fine art, ceramic artists, sculptural ceramics, hand-build porcelain, crocheted, Betty Woodman, Toshiko Takaezu, Richard T. Notkin, Tony Marsh...

Stephanie Lanter Title : "Find the Line" Materials : Porcelain, glaze, stoneware Date : 2018 Dimensions : 12" x 8.5" x 9" Description : Manually slip-...

Stephanie Lanter Title : "If Nothing Else" Materials : Porcelain, glaze, stoneware Date : 2019 Dimensions : 15" x 15.5" x 8" Description : Manually sl...

Stephanie Lanter Title : "Lopsided" Materials : Porcelain, glaze, stoneware Date : 2018 Dimensions : 15" x 10" x 7" Description : Manually slip-traile...

Contemplating the Angel by Eduardo Oropeza, bronze sculpture, angel, church limited edition of 25 bronze and straw/twigs Sculptor, painter, printmaker, & photographer, Eduardo Orope...

Richard MacDonald’s sculpture Duality, originally introduced to collectors under the working title of Yin and Yang II, represents a prin...

Jasmin Anoschkin (Finnish, b. 1980) is a multi-disisplinary artist whose practice includes ceramic and wood sculpture, paintings and works on paper, a...

Cast concrete Unique Reference: LH1/35 Provenance Mr & Mrs Rowland Howarth Thence by descent

Artist : Rimas VisGirda Title : SC114 Champaign to L.A. Materials : Ceramic Date : 1995 Dimensions : 10.5x21x7 Description : White stoneware w/decomposed granite Coilbuilt, wax inlay, UG pencil Overglazes, lusters Rimas VisGirda began his academic career in science, earning a degree in physics from California State University at Sacramento. He later received a Master of Arts in Art degree from the same university and completed a Master of Fine Arts in ceramics and sculpture at Washington State University. He has exhibited his work, given workshops in ceramics, and lectured internationally. He is represented in over 30 public as well as numerous private collections. His work is pictured in many books on ceramics as well as periodicals in the field. He has taught at colleges and universities on the west coast and in the Midwest since 1973. Ceramic, Ceramic artists, contemporary art, contemporary ceramics, porcelain, luster, hand-built, granite, gold, Beatrice Wood, Betty Woodman, Mark Pharis...

Lazzaro Donati (Italian 1926-1977) "La Regina" Bronze Signed on Base Size: approx 19 x 9 x 9 inches Lazzaro Donati (1926-1977) was born in Florence in 1926 and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He began to paint in 1953, and in 1955 held his first exhibition at the Indiano Gallery in Florence. Within three years eleven exhibitions followed in Italy, and as his reputation grew he was invited to give major exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. He is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters and his paintings hang in museums and private collections throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Mr. Donati lived and worked at 24 Piazza Donatello in Florence, the square where generations of artists have created works worthy of the great Florentine tradition. As you entered the narrow hallway to his studio, a gilded life-size Venetian angel beckoned you to his door. Once inside, the present faded away and you found yourself in an atelier where early masters might have worked during the Renaissance. Within, luxurious Persian rugs set off the innumerable objects d'art and antique furnishings. Light poured in through the sloping glass wall on the north side. A dramatic stairway led to an overhanging balcony which served as a private gallery where the artist hung some of his favorite early works. To the left of the entrance was a smaller studio where Donati sculpted, with a window overlooking the famous old English cemetery where tourists laid flowers on the grave of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In the main studio itself, where Donati received his clients in an atmosphere as polished as an office of a top executive, one hardly realized that it was here that the artist actually painted. His easel was covered with Persian blue velvet, the painting on the easel was already framed, his chair was upholstered in red velvet and on his palette the colors were arranged with the precision of a Byzantine mosaic. In a corner stand were his latest works, framed and ready to be sent off to his next exhibition in Europe or America. Donati was a born host with a warm welcome, an elegant man who possessed enormous charm a good nature and a keen sense of humor. Apparently shy, he preferred to speak on subjects extraneous to his art, purposely distracting you from his paintings, then leading you back to them, tactfully and without pretension. He spoke fluent French and English as well as some Spanish and German. "After all", he said, "you've got to know how to sell a painting to everyone." He had no sympathy for the "drip and splash" studios of his contemporaries, preferring to keep his studio tidy and spotless. "Painting is a matter of precision", he said, "If a painter can't put his paint where he wants it to go, I don't see how he can call himself a painter. For me it is absolutely necessary to control the paint." When asked to reveal the technique he used to achieve the enamel-like finish typical of his paintings he answered, "That is a secret between me and my butler. Actually, most of my paintings are done by him!" But in fact behind the façade, Donati was a serious craftsman who devoted to his painting as a way of life and means of expression. From the beginning of his career, his paintings revealed a striving for perfection and continual research in problems of style and technique. His early works indicated a momentary interest in surrealism and abstract art; they were predominantly two dimensional, depending on line and strong color. But by 1958, with his painting The Lady with a Fan...

Clark Bronson Born 1939 Utah Artist Image Size: Height 9 1/2'' Base Length 11 1/2'' Width 12 1/2" Medium: Bronze "Wild Wings" Canada Geese Biography C...

Margit Brundin, Swedish, (b. 1981, Ängelholm, Sweden) A collection of works by Swedish ceramic artist Margit Brundin, of human-scale hares created for this exhibition, "A Place Behi...

The Spirit Phantom. Defined as “an individual's true inner self” referring to “the unconscious mind” or “the undiscovered self” in the analytic psychology of Carl Jung. It can also “...

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Ahlem Bronze 1/4 Created in 2013, casted in 2014 20 x 13 x 11 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci in ...

Stainless steel sculpture Edition of 20

Stainless steel sculpture Edition of 35

Carl Kauba "Study Aim" c. 1920 Bronze with Brown Patina Signed approx. 9.5 x 10 x 4 This Austrian sculptor was born in Vienna in 1865. His teachers were Karl Waschmann (1848-1905), known for his ivory sculptures and portrait plaquettes of contemporary celebrities, and Stefan Schwartz (1851-1924), who exhibited in Paris, including the Exposition Universelle of 1900 where he won a gold medal. Kauba's intricate bronzes, imported to the United States between 1895 and 1912, were cast at the Roman Bronze Works. Kauba was part of the nineteenth-century tradition of polychrome bronze sculpture. There were several types of patinas on a single statue: he could render the color of buckskin, variously tinted shirts, blankets, feathers, as well as beaded moccasins. Reportedly, Kauba came to America around 1886. Inspired by the Western tales of German author Karl May, he traveled to the West and made sketches and models. Critics, however, pointed out inaccuracies of costume and other details. For instance, the guns that his "mid-nineteenth-century" figures use are models produced after 1898. Apparently he did all of his works back in Vienna. Besides the variety of color, Kauba's bronzes show a great range of textures and his style is highly naturalistic. The sculptor loved ornament, some of which he rendered with coiled wire for reins, rope and feathers in headdresses. He successfully rendered figures in motion and often executed compositions with more than one figure. Berman (1974) illustrates non-Western subjects by Kaula, such as the pendants Where? and There (ca. 1910), a seated Scottish couple, impressive in the expressions and the details on patterned fabrics of both sitters. Another genre piece is Buster Brown...

Carl Kauba (1865-1922) "Native American in Canoe" Polychrome Bronze Signed approx 5.5 x 10 x 2.75 inches This Austrian sculptor was born in Vienna in 1865. His teachers were Karl Waschmann (1848-1905), known for his ivory sculptures and portrait plaquettes of contemporary celebrities, and Stefan Schwartz (1851-1924), who exhibited in Paris, including the Exposition Universelle of 1900 where he won a gold medal. Kauba's intricate bronzes, imported to the United States between 1895 and 1912, were cast at the Roman Bronze Works. Kauba was part of the nineteenth-century tradition of polychrome bronze sculpture. There were several types of patinas on a single statue: he could render the color of buckskin, variously tinted shirts, blankets, feathers, as well as beaded moccasins. Reportedly, Kauba came to America around 1886. Inspired by the Western tales of German author Karl May, he traveled to the West and made sketches and models. Critics, however, pointed out inaccuracies of costume and other details. For instance, the guns that his "mid-nineteenth-century" figures use are models produced after 1898. Apparently he did all of his works back in Vienna. Besides the variety of color, Kauba's bronzes show a great range of textures and his style is highly naturalistic. The sculptor loved ornament, some of which he rendered with coiled wire for reins, rope and feathers in headdresses. He successfully rendered figures in motion and often executed compositions with more than one figure. Berman (1974) illustrates non-Western subjects by Kaula, such as the pendants Where? and There (ca. 1910), a seated Scottish couple, impressive in the expressions and the details on patterned fabrics of both sitters. Another genre piece is Buster Brown...

bronze edition of 25

Death Contemplating Life, by Eduardo Oropeza, Day of the Dead, bronze sculpture limited bronze edition of 25 Sculptor, painter, printmaker, & photographer, Eduardo Oropeza remains a ...

Steel, fabric, plaster, glass, watercolor.

Stairway of Illusions, by Eduardo Oropeza, bronze sculpture, woman, violin Stairway of Illusions by Eduardo Oropeza bronze sculpture, a woman on stairs viola ESCALERA DE ILLUSIONES (Stairway of Illusions) Bronze, Ed. of 25 29.5" X 8" x 17.5" ©1995 Eduardo Oropeza The Chest cavity shown here is enclosed. Others in the series have negative space filled with straw and or twigs. Contact the gallery directly for more photos of sculptures in this edition. Sculptor, painter, printmaker, & photographer, Eduardo Oropeza remains a commanding presence in contemporary art. He applied a high level of devotion and integrity to his artwork. After the many years he had been working at his chosen profession, he saw being an artist as a tremendous gift, which honored and humbled him. A native of California's San Joaquin Valley and long time resident of East Los Angeles, Oropeza's academic training began with the study of Sociology. After taking an art course, he ultimately changed majors and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from San Jose State. Postgraduate work followed at San Jose, San Diego State at Long Beach, and Palomar College. Oropeza’s contribution to public art in Los Angeles can be seen in a ceramic mosaic covering the 2 story Self Help Graphics Workshop building located at Ceasar Chavez and Gage streets in East Los Angeles. Oropeza donated his time and artistic talent to complete this multi-year project. The second phase of this project was the creation of a Virgin of Guadalupe...

Presenting A stunning original WPA wood sculpture by Chicago artist Burton Freund. Freund worked for the FAP(Federal Arts Project) in Chicago in the 1930's as well as an accomplished...

Presenting an exceptional original wood sculpture by the famed Austrian design house Hagenauer. "Repose" is an original carved wood sculpture on the original metal base, signed, c...

Some works of art are exploratory; they ask questions, but offer no answers. Some are the distillation of a lifetime of experience, and the answers they give cannot easily be transl...

Presenting A stunning original WPA wood sculpture by Chicago artist Burton Freund. Freund worked for the FAP(Federal Arts Project) in Chicago in the 1930's as well as an accomplished illustrator for some of the countries leading magazines. "The Mechanic...