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Bedroom Brunette with Irises
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A sculpture by Tom Wesselmann. "Bedroom Brunette with Irises" is a contemporary wall sculpture, oil on cut-out aluminum by Blue Chip, Pop artist Tom Wesselmann. The work is unsigned. This piece was conceived in 1988 and frabricated by Lippincott Sculpture studio in 2004. Tom Wesselmann was born in Cincinnati Ohio on February 23 1931. He attended college from 1945-1951, first at the Hiram College in Ohio and then the University of Cincinnati, where he majored in psychology. He was drafted during the Korean War in 1952, and it was during this time that Wesselmann did his first cartoons. After he was discharged and had finished in degree in psychology, Wesselmann began to study drawing at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He sold his first cartoon strips to two magazines, 1000 Jokes and True. In 1956, he was accepted to Cooper Union in New York and he continued his studies there. It was while he was studying in New York, specifically on a trip to the MoMA that Wesselmann became inspired by Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning. In 1958, a landscape painting trip to Cooper Union’s Green Camp in New Jersey brought him to the realization that he could make his career in painting, rather than cartooning. After graduation, Wesselmann became one of the founding members of the Judson Gallery, along with Marc Ratliff and Jim Dine. Wesselmann also began to teach art at a public school in Brooklyn and later at the High School of Art and Design. In 1961, Wesselmann began the series that would bring him to the attention of the art world, Great American Nude. After a dream concerning the phrase “red, white and blue”, Wesselmann decided to limit himself to a palette of only those colors (including colors like gold and khaki that are associated with patriotic motifs). This series incorporated representational images along the same patriotic theme, including American landscape photographs and portraits of the founding fathers. Wesselmann often collaged these images from magazines and discarded posters which required him to work in a much larger format than he was used to. As his works became larger and larger he approached advertisers directly to acquire billboards. Wesselmann’s first solo show was held in 1961 at Tanager Gallery. In 1962, Richard Bellamy gave him a one man exhibition at the Green Gallery. In 1962, Wesselmann participated in the group exhibition “New Realists” at the Sidney Janis Gallery and kicked off his international career. In that same year his first pieces with the title of Still Life, came about. In these works, Wesselmann concentrated on the juxtaposition of different elements, i.e. a cigarette ad...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

After Botero - Small Bird Sculpture
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero Bronze Small Bierd Sculpture on Marble Base Stamped F. BOTERO 1992, Numbered.
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Nymphe des bois
Located in PARIS, FR
Born december 19 1958, De Keyzer studied at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Eeklo, lead by professional sculptor Leo De Buysere. In a time and environment where creati...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Miu
Located in PARIS, FR
Nadim Karam is a Lebanese artist, architect, and urban planner known for his diverse body of work that includes sculpture, painting, installations, and urban interventions. Born in 1...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

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Stainless Steel

Minnie Mello Yellow
Located in PARIS, FR
Anna Kara is a designer who does everything with hands. She uses resin and marble powder for her creations, and we find on each skull more than 150 details. Born in Armenia in 1980, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Prometheus Freed by Walter Peter Brenner - mythological figure, bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Prometheus Freed is a sculpture by Guatemalan artist Walter Peter Brenner. It is a tribute to the hero of the Greek mythology, Prometheus, who granted human the ability to think. Pro...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Magenta Balloon Dog Iconic Sculpture by Jeff Koons, Porcelain, Contemporary Art
Located in Zug, CH
In Koons’ hands even the most familiar, everyday items transcend commonality to become true icons manifesting the essence of American popular culture. Balloon Dog (Magenta) - Jeff K...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Black Tulips and Vase, April 5 - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Black
Located in Zug, CH
Belonging to the famous Flower series, this sculpture is an abstract reinterpretation of still life tradition. Donald Sultan, Black Tulips and Vase, April 5 Black Tulips and Vase, A...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Woman Reclined bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz
Located in Hudson, NY
Organic, abstract bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz of a reclined woman. About this artist: Yulla Lipchitz, née Halberstadt, was born on April 21, 1911 in Berlin, Germany. While g...
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1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hombre Colorado II
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Hombre Colorado II" is a papier-mâché sculpture made by Manuel Neri in 1958. The total dimensions of the piece are 65.5 x 27 x 10 inches. This work is a good representation of the ...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Papier Mâché

Echo
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Echo" is a sculpture made of steel and tin by Deborah Butterfield in 1986. The total dimensions are 26 x 107 x 76 inches. Deborah Butterfield was born the same day as the 75th runn...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

Rise of a Lollipop Man: The Bike - Original Hand Blown Glass Sculpture
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Boris Shpeizman, an glass craftsman, transforms the childhood dreams of men into tangible art, focusing on the yearning for unattained toys and their delicate inner worlds. He crafte...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Futurist abstract figurative plaster statue with religious theme
Located in Florence, IT
This plaster statue, depicting "the Annunciation," is a sketch for a bronze that the artist would exhibit between 1957 and 1960 at his solo shows at the Strozzina in Florence, the Co...
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1950s Futurist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Chalk

Nul - Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Limited Edition, Neon Light
Located in Zug, CH
This high-impact neon sculpture creates a mellow atmosphere as a result of the expertise of a glass blower and a neon technician. Jan Henderikse, Nul Contemporary, 21st Century, Sc...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Neon Light

"untitled" sculpture, Steel contemporary snake sculpture in black
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
Jake Michael Singer (b. 1991) experiments with a broad range of disciplines from photography to works on paper, and commands an exquisite mastery of sculpture. Meticulously construct...
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2010s Symbolist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

NAOR 35cm Teddy CH Tribute, bi color black
Located in PARIS, FR
About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

French Bronze by André Vincent Becquerel Sculpture of Ibex Rare
Located in Oakland, CA
This piece stands 30 inches tall, a very statuesque pose for the Ibex, the fur and body details are also well defined as one can imagine this wild mountain goat in the most natural o...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

NAOR - 30cm Heart GUC Tribute, Blue with Red Strips
Located in PARIS, FR
About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Crabe aux pattelas by Chésade - Bronze sealife sculpture, animal art, crab
Located in Paris, FR
Crabe aux pattelas is a unique bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 38 × 31 × 30 cm (15 × 12.2 × 11.8 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a certifi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Georges-Lucien GUYOT (1885-1973) German Shepherd Dog
Located in Gent, VOV
Lying German Shepard Dog A bronze cast of a resting German Shepard Dog, by Georges-Lucien Guyot (1885-1973). An early work, and a cast of 1920 with a brown patina with some reddish u...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Auguste DE WEVER (1836-1910) Hindu Birdcatcher
Located in Gent, VOV
Hindu Birdcatcher A fine quality, a nineteenth-century bronze cast of the Hindu bird-catcher standing on an elephant skull and holding two birds in the air which are sitting on a bambu stick by Auguste De Wever (Belgian 1836-1910). Old cast probably by the Compagnie des Bronzes foundry signed...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Kioetano by Jacques Owczarek - Animal Bronze Sculpture (Scorpio)
Located in Paris, FR
This scorpio in bronze by French contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek takes shape through a series of lines, edges and curves. The peculiarity of the ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Günther Uecke, Do it Yourself - Signed Multiple, ZERO, Abstract Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Günther Uecker (German, b. 1930) Do it Yourself, 1969 Medium: Two nails, 300g hammer, wood board Dimensions: 34 × 16.5 × 7 cm (13 2/5 × 6 1/2 × 2 4/5 in) Signature: Hand-signed in pe...
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Mid-20th Century Arte Povera Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

They
Located in Fairfield, CT
Red Porsche Guard on Fiberglass Edition of 6
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Automotive Paint, Fiberglass

T-Rex-i
Located in Fairfield, CT
Gold leaf over wood and Chevy Black fiberglass Edition of 6
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Kidush Cup , Judaica
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Kiddush Cup by Agam, Yaacov. This is a limited edition 24k gold plated sterling silver with agamograph in lucite "Kiddush Cup" by Yaacov Agam. This piece is numbered and hand signed ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Kinetic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Joonsang Park Ceramic Tiger Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Work is titled “Scientific Name Tiger”. Provenance: Habatat Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida | Private Collection, West Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes:...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ross Richmond Glass “Portrait” Bust / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted gl...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ross Richmond Glass “Portrait” Bust / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: no marking(s) apparent Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted gl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Alexander Ney Figural Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Unfinished base may not be original to the piece. Provenance: Private Collection New York, from a collector of many petite works by the artist. Marking(s); n...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Mare - hunting horse by Josuë Dupon 1864-1935
Located in Gent, VOV
A beautiful large bronze sculpture of a proud standing mare. Old sand cast created during the artist Josuë Dupon's lifetime. Josuë Dupon (also Josué or Josue Dupon) was a Flemish sculptor and engraver. His work also includes painting and graphics. He received his training through evening classes at the academy of Roeselare and Antwerp (1884) and later at the National Institute of Fine Arts (1887). In 1891, he won a gold medal with the monumental sculpture group Samson kills the lion and was runner-up in the Prix de Rome for sculpture. From that year on, his work appeared regularly in exhibitions at home and abroad. His reputation was such, that he became one of a select group of sculptors allowed by King Leopold II to carve statues in Ivory, which was imported from the Congo, the Belgian colony. In 1893 his exceptionally refined ivory statue of Diana was bought by the Antwerp Royal Museum of Fine Arts, which also acquired his spectacular bronze Vulture defending its prey a year later. Working in every genre and mastering every technique and material, Josuë Dupon became best known as a sculptor of exotic animals. He was equally capable of faithfully expressing anatomical detail as of rendering the animals' nature. Josuë Dupon was a technically faultless realist, with a sense of the dramatic, a feeling for decorative complexity and a tendency towards idealizing. The placement of his camel driver and two bronze groups at the entrance to Antwerp Zoo confirmed this reputation as animalier. The career that Dupon subsequently built, brought him numerous important awards and an appointment as professor at the Antwerp Academy, a tenure he held between 1905 and 1934. Besides animals, he sculpted busts, war memorials and public monuments. For one of the largest sculptural monuments and the largest fountain in the city of Buenos Aires, called Monument of the Two Congresses, he collaborated with his good friend, the Belgian sculptor Jules Lagae. Josuë Dupon created several statues of mighty condors for this monument. At the start of his career his conception of art was strongly influenced by traditional 19th century artistic ideals. After the turn of the century his compositions and surface treatment changed and became more modern. He met Rembrandt Bugatti around 1905 or 1906 in the 'Jardin des Plantes' in Paris and invited him to Antwerp. Bugatti began travelling to Antwerp in 1906 to observe and sculpt the inhabitants of its zoo, which was then considered the best in the world, and Dupon allowed Bugatti to stay with him during several of his early visits. As such Dupon became a friend and a bit of a father figure to Rembrandt Bugatti. Dupon did not play a very active part in artistic movements or associations. Dupon remains an important sculptor not only through his body of work but also because of the influence he exercised through interactions and collaboration with other sculptors such as Lagae, Bugatti and Bourdelle but also because he trained leading sculptors such as Albéric Collin (1886-1962), Willy Kreitz...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ross Richmond Glass Bust & Bird / Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida. Marking(s); notes: signed; 2008 Country of origin; materials: USA; blown and hot-sculpted glass, metal...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Ben le tueur
Located in Barcelona, ES
It happened near you. He murders with such humanity... He's a streetwise Belgian hiding an immense talent.
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Homo Futuris
Located in Barcelona, ES
Ecological migrations, economic migrations, philosophical migrations, political migrations… Humanity is mixing, what will be the human nose of tomorrow?
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glaze

Woman with Long Neck
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed underneath. This carved stone sculpture by Bernard Takawira (1948 - 1997) is from a private collection. The family owns a quality collection o...
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Trois suricates
Located in PARIS, FR
Born in 1960 in Lourdes, France, Mauro Corda now works and lives in Paris. Son of a Sardinian bricklayer, he never forgot his roots and showed a great talent in drawing since he was ...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Ipazia
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he displayed a strong predisposition for ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Meditation
Located in Breckenridge, CO
This monumental face sculpture is a captivating testament to the enduring power of art to evoke emotions, spark imagination, and provoke thought. Crafted on a grand scale, this strik...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

The Superego's a Judge, The Amygdala a Mutineer
Located in Nashville, TN
Ford William is a self-taught folk/outsider artist, who began making art after coming to terms with chronic mental health issues that had plagued him all his life. The piece was made...
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2010s Outsider Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Wolf - Cherry", unique animal sculpture, ceramic, sgraffito technique
Located in CANNES, FR
Unique, original work of art, made 100% of ceramic, hand-signed, siliconized underneath. Original composition of a classical sculpture with a graphic design in sgraffito technique. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Ciervo" - figurative animal sculpture, translucid resin, blue deer
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
The artwork of Alejandra España is an invitation to her intimate cosmogony. In it, she displays modules to give meaning to the observer through the co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Could AI develop emotions?
Located in MADRID, ES
Ai has no emotions but can simulate them. Maybe there will also be AI with real emotions in the future. At worst, they could look like the sculpture.
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Letto matrimoniale
Located in Milano, MI
Giuseppe Bergomi was born in Brescia in 1953. After attending the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, he held his first solo exhibition as a painter in his ho...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bromoil

Balloon Dog (Orange) - Jeff Koons, Contemporary, Porcelain, Sculpture, Decor
Located in Zug, CH
Balloon Dog (Orange) - Jeff Koons, Contemporary, 21st Century, Sculpture, Decor, Limited Edition Limoges porcelain with chromatic metalized coating Edition of 2300 Signed and numbered In mint condition, as acquired from the manufacturer In the original box designed by Jeff Koons, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity Jeff Koons playfully tests the boundaries of commerce, celebrity, banality, and pleasure. In his hands even the most familiar, everyday items transcend commonality to become true icons that manifest the essence of American popular culture. "Balloon Dog is a very optimistic piece, it is a balloon that a clown would have maybe twist for you at a birthday party. But at the same time, there's the profoundness of an archaic sculpture...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Porcelain

Coade Stone Roundel Depicting Summer from The Four Seasons Set
Located in Salisbury, GB
Coade Studio decorative roundel depicting 'Summer' cherub floating on cloud formation. 'Summer' is holding wheat. Modelled in delicate low relief. The four seasons roundels are influ...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

David Hostetler Torso Sculpture Bronze Nude Mid Century Figurative Brown
Located in Nantucket, MA
David Hostetler created this form originally in ceramic in 1948. He used the mold in the 1980's to cast a bronze. It has a green marble base that measures 2"h x 5.5"w x 4"d. The sculptures David created at the beginning of his career in the late 1940's and 1950's were abstract and in stone and ceramic. He was inspired by Henry Moore, Archipenko, Modigliani and Ancient Greek statues...
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1980s Post-War Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Coade Stone Roundel Depicting Autumn from The Four Seasons Set
Located in Salisbury, GB
Coade Studio decorative roundel depicting 'Autumn' cherub floating on cloud formation. 'Autumn' is decorated with abundance of fruits. Modelled in delicate low relief. The four seaso...
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2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Lioness - Protea", unique animal sculpture, ceramic, sgraffito technique
Located in CANNES, FR
Unique, original work of art, made 100% of ceramic, hand-signed, siliconized underneath. Original composition of a classical sculpture with a graphic design in sgraffito technique. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Zeus
Located in Miami, FL
Approximately 10,000 U.S pennies.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

The woods give comfort II
Located in Oslo, 03
Black stoneware
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Alvin Ailey
Located in Wien, 9
John William Mills (born 4 March 1933, London) is an English sculptor. He studied at Hammersmith School of Art, 1947–54, and at the Royal College of Art, 1956–60. He was a resident ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

RGB Kudu
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique piece Created in 2015 109 x 61 x 48 cm " My work investigates the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality. Specifically, I am interested in how we experie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plywood, Ink, Acrylic

Nest
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique piece Created in 2015 38 x 23 x 33 cm " My work investigates the slippery intersection between the digital world and reality. Specifically, I am interested in how we experie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plywood, Ink, Acrylic

Adara
Located in Southampton, NY
J. OSCAR MOLINA Salvadoran, born 1971 J. Oscar Molina is a painter and sculptor as well as Founder of Oscar Molina Gallery in Southampton, NY. He is most well-known for his “...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wire

NAOR - 45cm Teddy Ferrari Tribute
Located in PARIS, FR
About the artist : Naor is a French artist from Lyon born in 1988. Completely anchored in his time, he has always traveled a lot around the world. If travels form youth, Naor was ins...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

La Nena 100 - Resin Sculpture, 2022
Located in Porto, 13
La Nena 100 is an original work of art by the French artist Idan Zareski. « La Nena » is young, petulant, exuberant and free, communicating her joy through a ...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Coolfoot 75 - Resin Sculpture, 2022
Located in Porto, 13
Coolfoot 75 is an original work of art by the French artist Idan Zareski. "Our feet are our roots, our roots are our heritage. They ground and anchor us...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Máscara Oso - 21st Century, Contemporary Sculpture, Figurative, Recycled Objects
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Miquel Aparici's sculptures are surprising assemblages made from old objects that had other uses in the past, and which the artist recovers and uses in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Mixed Media

Bring Figurative Sculptures into Your Home

Figurative sculptures mix reality and imagination, with the most common muse being the human body. Animals are also inspirations for these sculptures, along with forms found in nature.

While figurative sculpture dates back over 35,000 years, the term came into popularity in the 20th century to distinguish it from abstract art. It was aligned with the Expressionist movement in that many of its artists portrayed reality but in a nonnaturalistic and emotional way. In the 1940s, Alberto Giacometti — a Swiss-born artist who was interested in African art, Cubism and Surrealism — created now-iconic representational sculptures of the human figure, and after World War II, figurative sculpture as a movement continued to flourish in Europe.

Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were some of the leading figurative artists during this period. Artists like Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan propelled the evolution of figurative sculpture into the 21st century.

Figurative sculptures can be whimsical, uncanny and beautiful. Their materials range from stone and wood to metal and delicate ceramics. Even in smaller sizes, the sculptures make bold statements. A bronze sculpture by Salvador Dalí enhances a room; a statuesque bull by Jacques Owczarek depicts strength with its broad chest while its thin legs speak of fragility. Figurative sculptures allow viewers to see what is possible when life is reimagined.

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