Naturalistic Sculptures

Great Dane Wonderfully stylish statue of a great dane, with a black patina by Gustav Reissmann (1887-1954). The dog is standing still and fully alert. Signed on the side of the base...

This amusing naturalistic sculpture in silver-plated pewter was probably made in the 17th century by Georg Schweigger. Inspired by a model created by another Nuremberg sculptor, Peter Flötner, it bears witness to the persistence during the baroque era of the naturalistic taste that emerged in the Renaissance. Intended as an ornament for some Kunstkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, this sculpture was a great success, as can be seen from the presence of similar works in many European museums. 1. Georg Schweigger Georg Schweigger was a baroque sculptor and medal founder from Nuremberg, known mainly for his small-scale works in stone, carved wood and cast metal. His only large-scale work, the Neptune Fountain, has been in the Petershof Palace, the summer residence of the Tsars near St. Petersburg, since 1797. This monumental sculpture demonstrates his taste for the representation of movement, which we find in this small piece, inspired, as we shall see, by earlier models. 2. The success of a naturalistic theme As is often the case in the history of art, the source of the Dog scratching his ear theme probably comes from an engraving, and more precisely from one made in Strasbourg in 1480 or in Aschaffenburg in 1481 by the Master of the Housebook, an anonymous engraver working in southern Germany at the end of the 15th century. This engraving seems to have been Peter Flötner’s (1490 - 1546) source of inspiration. Peter Flötner was a sculptor and engraver who settled in Nuremberg in 1522. The Louvre Museum also has a gilded lead statuette dated between 1500 and 1515 (on deposit at the Musée de L'Œuvre in Strasbourg), which in turn is thought to have served as a model for other known statuettes. This model was later taken up by the Frenchman Barthélemy Prieur...

Artist Commentary: All of my ceramic sculptures are well crafted, hand-built and one of a kind. Keywords: Abstract Artist Biography: Judith grew up 15 miles north of Milwaukee in ...

#garden #sculpture #contempraryart #decoration #outdoors #bronze #nature #acorn This large bronze sculpture is a contemporary art piece which can also serve as art for the garden or outdoors. María José de...

María José de la Macorra (México, D.F., 1964) realizó sus estudios en la Escuela de Cerámica y Porcelana de Toluca, Mokichi Okada Association,...

María José de la Macorra (México, D.F., 1964) realizó sus estudios en la Escuela de Cerámica y Porcelana de Toluca, Mokichi Okada Association,...

Jessica Carroll is an Italo- American sculptor (b. 1961), member of an artistic family (her father was a painter, her mother a writer and her grandfather directed the movie Totò, Pep...

Carmen Almon grew up in Barcelona and Washington DC and resides in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She uses copper sheeting, brass tubing, steel wire and enamel paint to create botani...

Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...

Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...

Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...

Dionisios Fragias is a New York -based artist born on the Greek island of Kefalonia and raised in New York City. He is the protege of the artist Jeff Koons whose years-long mentorshi...

A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal. The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...

A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal. The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculpture an extraordinary three-dimensional volume. The Turquoise Tree...

A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal. The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...

A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal. The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...

With the distinctive medium of nail polish on glass, Özmenoğlu re-contextualizes everyday objects from something ordinary to a beautiful work of art. Her glass panel sculptures play ...

A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal. The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculpture an extraordinary three-dimensional volume. With the distinctive medium of nail polish on glass, Özmenoğlu re-contextualizes everyday objects from something ordinary to a beautiful work of art. Her glass panel sculptures play with the viewer’s perspective, changing with every angle to appear both two and three dimensional. Keywords: Glass, nail polish, pedestal, new york, interior design, plum tree...

A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal. The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...

A sculpture made with glass layers and painted with nail polish and acrylic, set on an acrylic pedestal. The glass leaves are separated by slits on the pedestal and give the sculptu...

Floral Wall Installation (one set approximatelly 140-150 elements ) ceramic, glaze dimensions variable All elements are unique, hand-built and individually developed and therefore ...

The is a site-specific installation consisting of about 150 elements.