Realist Sculptures
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
Find authentic realist paintings, sculptures, prints and more art on 1stDibs.
to
58
359
118
75
36
47
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
42
110
482
5
7
6
4
1
3
1
7
16
18
10,315
3,618
1,555
1,006
447
171
139
128
82
79
62
27
8
6
244
217
213
198
141
125
101
101
64
60
39
32
30
24
24
21
20
19
16
16
508
488
46
38
22
45
21
12
11
10
543
78
Style: Realist
FLORAL OUD II
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Introducing a Series of Ceramic Memorials by Nicolaas Maathuis - an exclusive collection that represents a fusion of artistry and functionality, offering a unique variation of memori...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Sculpture of Male Head in Bronze "Giorgi"
Located in New York, NY
Bronze life-size male head with a dark brown patina.
Rushton sculpts all of his busts using live models over the course of multiple sittings. While realistic and classical in charac...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
La cruche cassée
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Nice, 19th-century gilt bronze cast by Emile Francois Carlier
Exhibited:
Salon, Société des Artistes Français, Paris, 1865 (another cast)
Salon, Société des Artistes Français, Pari...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$14,000
Ducks in a Row
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
2/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,600
Goldfinch Scherzo
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by the Artist with a signature and edition number on bronze base.
9/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Herself", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Female Sculpture, 17x16x6 in., 176/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Herself" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman's face numbered 176/350. Hart began to equate light and spirit, the medium itself conveying the meaning, bey...
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Generations
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
7/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Out of the Darkness
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze piece signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
4/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Barn Owl
By Burt Brent
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signature of the Artist inscribed into the base of the bronze piece with an edition number.
31/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,500
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 43x31x18 in
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with the edition of 61/65.
I saw Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothingness) as a single expression of creation, as the metamorphosis of divine spirit and energy. The figures emerge from the nothingness of chaos, caught in the moment of eternal transformation — the majesty and mystery of divine force in a state of becoming.
-Frederick Hart
Ex Nihilo, Fragment No.3. Detail from the full-scale plaster for the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, commissioned as part of The Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Frederick Hart"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 43x31x18 in, 2005
$44,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Rooster II
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #21/24 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,600
Bronze Colt 6/8 by Sophie Martin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom.
She freely observes the animal and captures and interprets a movement; and places it in nature and real life with a zest of fancy. Without humanizing the model, respecting the uniqueness of each one in its biodiversity. After studying three years of art history at the Ecole du Louvre, it was with her uncle and her aunt veterinarians, that her love for animals truly took shape in the clay; as with the first models animals on the examination table...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 6", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 39X23X12 in
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 6" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with the edition of 55/65. Ex Nihilo Fragment No. 6, detail from the full-scale plaster for the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, was commissioned as part of The Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horse Playing with a Dog (The Good Companions) Pierre-Jules Mene (1810-1879)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Bronze
"Horse in the Stable Playing with a Dog (The Good Companions)"
Jument à l'écurie jouant avec un chien
Pierre-Jules Mene (French, 1810-1879)
Bronze
19 x 10 inc...
Category
1860s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Liberty & Sacrifice", Frederick Hart, Bronze Figurative Sculpture, 36x28x22 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
"Liberty and Sacrifice" by Frederick Hart is a figurative female figure bronze sculpture with the edition number 14/50.
"The figures of Liberty and Sacrifice are used in an allego...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Muses Suit" Bronze Collection of Dance, Music, Poetry, and Theater, 42/65
Located in Dallas, TX
Step into the world of artistic elegance with our exclusive offer on the Muses suite by master sculptor Frederick Hart. Each bronze head, representing Dance, Music, Poetry, and Theat...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Swallows (Latitude Series)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Stainless Steel sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the base of the piece.
24/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Screech Owl
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist's signature and edition number inscribed in the the bronze base of the piece.
2/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Keeping the Ball Rolling
Located in Greenwich, CT
Life-size sculpture of a bare-footed boy balancing himself atop a ball.
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tradition
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number.
1/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,800
"Dreams of Ecstasy", Martin Eichinger, Figurative, Bronze, Romance, 70x12x17 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
Immerse yourself in a world where emotions run high and desires are laid bare with our stunning Dreams of Ecstasy sculpture. Crafted with exquisite detail, this towering masterpiece ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Medium Sail Boat
Located in Fairfield, CT
Pedro's sculpture's are whimsical and sophisticated. The sailboat series is affordable for the work involved in creating them. His use of mixed media gives the sculptures a unique ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Steel
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Lovey Dovey
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
7/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Solid Bronze Nude Ballet Dancer 'Preparation' by Benson Landes
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Preparation' is a 20th Century Solid Bronze ballet Dancer by Benson Landes.
For Benson Landes, sculpture was most definitely a passion. His oeuvre of cast bronzes is populated wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bison Break Time
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. 15/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,800
Galapagos
By Kent Ullberg
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
67/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Source", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture & Fountain, Half Life Size, 1995
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Source" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with a glass orb and a working water fountain with edition 94/175. This edition has been Sold out from the creation date of 1995...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Six Miles South
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed/signed by Artist on base of sculpture with edition number.
7/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,800
"Porcelain Pattern Sphynx 2" - Hand-Painted Resin Cat Sculpture, 2024
Located in Denver, CO
Nana Williams’ "Porcelain Pattern Sphynx 2" is a captivating resin sculpture that merges delicate craftsmanship with intricate surface decoration. This 2024 original work is a resin cast, hand-painted with acrylic gouache, standing at 5.50 x 2 x 3.50 inches (13.97 x 5.08 x 8.89 cm). Inspired by the elegance of fine porcelain, the piece mimics the timeless beauty of blue-and-white ceramic motifs...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Gouache
Portrait of Lady Lucy Henderson
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
John Edward Jones (Irish – 1806-1862)
“Portrait of Lady Lucy Henderson”
Signed and dated London 1858, and inscribed, “Lucy Henderson, Nee Durham”
28 ½” high x 20 ½” wide x 11” deep
Provenance: Collection Saratoga Springs, NY
About
John Edward Jones was born in Dublin on May 2nd, 1806. He was the son of a miniature painter Edward Jones. He was trained as an engineer under Alexander Nimmo and worked with him on many important works in Ireland, including the building of the bridge at Waterford between 1829 in 1832, of which he was in charge. A taste and an aptitude for sculpture induced him to relinquish his prospects as an engineer and he commenced practice in London as a sculptor. He achieved considerable success, especially in portrait busts, and was employed by many notable persons of the time. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844 and continue to do so until his death. He executed a considerable number of bust of Irish personages. He paid occasional visits to Dublin where he contributed to the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1847, 1852,1853 and 1854. A full-length statue by him of Sir Robert...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Sculptures
Coat of Armor
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by Artist on Bronze base of the piece with signature and edition number.
64/75
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Delft Frog 1" - Hand-Painted Resin Sculpture by Nana Williams, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Nana Williams' "Delft Frog 1" is an exquisitely crafted small-scale sculpture blending contemporary artistry with classic Delftware aesthetics. This one-of-a-kind piece is made from ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Gouache
"Whirlwind", Martin Eichinger, Figurative, Bronze, Romantic, 54x84x72 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
The dynamic nature of this ecstatic pirouette must be experienced from all sides. Whirlwind examines the forces of attraction and separation in a relationship. The couple’s solid bon...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Danish Porcelain German Shepherd by Svend Jespersen for Bing & Grøndahl
Located in Firenze, IT
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Cat Figurine No. 774
Model by Knud Kyhn – ca. 1898–1923
Model no. 774 is considered one of the rarest and most techn...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Metamorphosis", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 37x29x7
Located in Dallas, TX
"Metamorphosis" by Frederick Hart is figurative bronze bust of a woman numbered 17/29.
“Metamorphosis” was a journey of transformation for Hart. The work haunted and yet thrilled hi...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
No Rest For The Weary
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture by artist Raymond Gibby. Edition 20/20.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Globe Trotter
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze piece signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
10/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,000
Modular Movement III
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #1/1.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Apex IV
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #5/12.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,800
"Octopus and Shell 20/21" (2014) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Octopus and Shell" (2014) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts an octopus hiding in a sea shell.
TONY HOCHSTETLER is a sculptor of unusual anima...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Straight and Narrow
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #6/12.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alfred Dubucand (1828-1894): Two hunting dogs
Located in Berlin, DE
Dubucand Alfred 1828-1894
Two Hunting Dogs, Bronze on a Marble Base
The bronze with the monogram 'E.V.' and the number '2958'
Two Hunting Dogs, Group Signed Alfred Dubucand, Fren...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Solitude
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
9/39
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bison Relief
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/signed by the Artist lower left. 3/10
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$12,000
Portrait of Ni-Polog
Located in New York, NY
Signed, dated, and inscribed on the verso:
Malvina Hoffman/ Den Pasar/ “Nipolog”-/ © 1932/ Bali
Provenance:
The artist; her estate.
Literature:
Mal...
Category
1930s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Seahorse -original figurative bronze marine sculpture-artwork-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Hippocampus" by Andrzej Szymczyk is a captivating bronze scul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
THE LAST DAYS OF NAPOLÉON BY
Located in New Orleans, LA
This highly evocative bronze by Vincenzo Vela captures the deposed Emperor Napoléon on his deathbed, holding a map of Europe and lost in thought about what might have been. Remarkable among most portrayals of the exiled leader, this highly detailed sculpture depicts Napoléon at his most vulnerable. Nonetheless, Vela perfectly captures his still-heroic bearing, which imparts to this work a monumental quality and quiet dignity. The mate to this figure is the colossal marble at the Musée du Château de Malmaison, which was shown at the Paris Salon of 1867.
The founder of the verismo movement in Italy, Vela was one of the great exponents of realism in sculpture. Born in Ligornetto, Switzerland in 1820, he studied under celebrated sculptor, Benedetto Cacciatori. He was also influenced both by the work of Tuscan sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini, who seamlessly combined neoclassicism with naturalism and the romantic painting of Francesco Hayez...
Category
19th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Where the Hare
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #10/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Friendly Chat
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #14/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Circle of Friends
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #10/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ballerina on a cube
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Classical ballet was my main source of inspiration. Grace and beauty of ballerinas combining with extremely hard work they do. This combination is shocking and inspiring in the same...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Sifaka Lemur -original modern wildlife bronze sculpture - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Bronze , Limited edition of 12
Enter the enchanting world of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Last Days of Napoleon in St-Helena
Located in Paris, FR
Vincenzo VELA (1820-1891)
Last Days of Napoleon in St-Helena
Created in 1866
Bronze with brown patina
Signed ‘V. Vela F. 1867’ on the terrace. Signed ‘F. Barbedienne Fondeur’. Stamp ...
Category
1860s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Manhattan Study
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #8/12.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Young Penguin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964)
Young Penguin, ca. 1950
Carved Tennessee Marble
8.5" x 7" by 3.5", height is 13 inches.
Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison.
Born:
Kingfisher, O...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$4,200 Sale Price
30% Off
"From the Heart", Martin Eichinger, Figurative, Bronze, Romantic, 62x38x33 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
The male figure lies atop a cresting wavelike column, seemingly elevated by the experience. One hand is nearly touching his heart while the other hand is held open in a gesture of re...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 43x31x18 in
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 3" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with the edition of 56/65.
I saw Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothingness) as a single expression of creation, as the metamorph...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Earth, midsize
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a woman representing the element of earth.
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dreaming girl
Located in Zofingen, AG
"I create this sculpture at the very beginning of my career. I sculpted it from a real model. The girl was very lost in her thoughts or dreamed of something. Her body was relaxed an...
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cinnamon Bear
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964)
Cinnamon Bear, ca. 1950
Carved red granite
11" wide, 11" deep, height (including wood base) is 15"
Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison.
Born:
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Granite
Realist sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Frederick Hart, Gary Alsum, SOPHIE MARTIN, and Peter Brooke. Frequently made by artists working with Metal, and Bronze and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Realist sculptures, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for sculptures made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $550 and tops out at $935,000, while the average work sells for $7,200.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Bill Mack Plaster
Dave Alexander
Elmo Street Art
Extra Large Pill
Kyung Kim
Mimbres Pottery
Picasso Pichet Espagnol
Pichet Espagnol
Desire Obtain Cherish
Frederick Prescott
Giant Cherry Sculpture
Jules Lagae
Louis Vuitton Replica
Menorah Dali
Randy Cooper Wire Mesh Sculpture
Salvador Dali Menorah
Vincent Beaurin
Aboriginal Masks