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Italian Art Nouveau Sculpture

1890

#5-2793a Contemporary portrait of young lady, a 1960's acrylic on canvas displayed in a wood frame.Signed lower rightby Ron Workman 1960's

5-3535 Acrylic on paper applied to board Set in a black wood frame

3910 Oversized oil on canvas Corus Girl at the Moulin Rouge

3867 Parthenon Greece landscape watercolor on paper Part of a series of 10 Greek watercolors on our site by the same artist

4041 Antique landscape oil painting in a period frame 1920's

3866 Mykonos watercolor village view Part of 10 watercolors of Greece on our site

Emmanuel Villanis was well known primarily for his bronzes of beautiful young women. With Phryne, the sculptor is working in marble. Since stone is not in the least forgiving, it's...

Antique bronze sculpture of male nude reading a letter or proclamation. Marble base, 19th century. Unsigned.

After WILLIAM ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU French, (1825–1905) Cupid With Butterfly H 34 in. x W 16 in. x D 16 in.

Charming and expressive terracotta sculpture of a young maiden and child, after Claude Michel Clodion ( 1738-1814) . Clodion was one of the most esteemed sculptors of the 18th cent...

Beautiful alabaster sculpture of an Art Nouveau lady resting on a marble plinth. Signed R. Schoggi.

This is beautiful antique white and grey marble shoulder length bust of Iullette, a beautiful maiden, by Professore Giuseppe Bessi, circa 1900 in date. Her dress with chased detai...

Sculpture In Alabaster Of Art Nouveau Style Alabaster sculpture of a woman sitting on a chair in bronze with brown patina beautiful composi...

Large decorative alabaster panel with Art Nouveau design. Dramatic high-relief sculpture of daffodils (Jonquils) with leaves and flower heads in 3-D. Such items were typically used a...

Wonderfully detailed Art Nouveau style alabaster carved bust of a woman with a sheer dress wearing a head band by famous Italian artist Antonio Frilli. Signed “A. Frilli Firenze" ...

This gorgeous marble sculpture falls in that magic area between abstraction and representation. It loosely depicts a woman combing her hair, but really is about the beautiful curves and lines. Stunning veined alabaster. A substantial sculpture, weighing in at 50 pounds. I've included a shot showing the striations the artist carved into the woman's hair. Comes mounted on a wooden base. Here are some biographical details about the artist gleaned from AskArt, very impressive to know his work was shown at the Met, arguably America's premier art museum, in 1951, and to be called "preeminent among American sculptors" by a critic at a major paper is also notable! Proudly presented by Guy Lyman Fine Art, New Orleans, with our firm guarantee of satisfaction. "Ralph N. Hurst September 4, 1918 - December 7, 2003 Since his first major competitive exhibition "American Sculpture 1951" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and "Art USA: '58" at Madison Square Garden in New York, Ralph Hurst...

After WILLIAM ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU French, (1825–1905) Cupid With Butterfly H 34 in. x W 16 in. x D 16 in.

A substantial and dramatic Art Deco figure of a horse, hand-carved in rose-ochre alabaster. Unsigned, American School circa 1930.

A lovely Native New Mexico sculpture of a corn man delicately sculpted in a beautiful translucent pink alabaster. Attached to a dark wooden base which compliments the beautiful pink ...

A rare and important Italian alabaster bust sculpture of Jesus Christ, C. 1860 A modeled bust of Holy Christ wearing a crown of thorns, exceptio...

An exquisite pair of a alabaster lions on marble bases in excellent condition.

The Old Testament character Judith originally held the severed head of the Assyrian army commander Holofernes in her left hand. In her missing right hand, she held the sword with which she beheaded him. Freestanding parts of sculptures – such as arms – are vulnerable to fractures. That explains why they didn’t survive the test of time. The sculpture is carved in alabaster and painted. Typical for the renaissance, is Judith’s clothing, which is inspired by a Roman soldier’s outfit with breastplate. Her boots refer somewhat to the Roman shin leg protectors. Mechelen was an important 16th-century center for alabaster carving in the Southern Netherlands. When the demand for carved wooden altarpieces fell sharply around the middle of the 16th century, many woodcarvers from Mechelen were out of work. It was probably they who retrained themselves to ‘antycksnijders’ (=carvers who worked in the style of Classical Antiquity), ‘cleynstekers’ (= small size image cutters) and ‘albastsnijders’ (=alabaster cutters). During the years 1530-1565, Mechelen was also able to profit from the increasing market for luxury goods in Antwerp. It was a major distribution hub at the time. Alabaster carvers mainly manufactured small reliefs and house altars, individual statuettes seem – based on the scarcely preserved examples – never have been produced on a large scale. Most freestanding sculptures were part of epitaphs or placed in the niches of superstructures of altarpieces. Some small alabaster figurines were intended as ornamental objects for ‘Kunstkammer’. One of the artists who manufactured such precious figurines, was Gert van Egen (Mechelen, ca. 1550-Helsingør, 1612). He who worked for some time in the studio of Cornelis De Vriendt...