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.
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Style: Realist
Abundance
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze signed/etched into base by Artist. 7/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$10,800
Altar boy
Located in Roma, RM
Alfio Castelli (Senigallia 1917 – Rome 1992), Altar boy
Bronze sculpture of 58 x 40 x 20 cm signed lower left.
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$12,014
Nina Simone-Feeling Good
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Nina Simone- Feeling Good Bronze
If you are a fan of Nina Simone, you know how beautifully the piece is executed.
"Feeling Good" - Birds flying high, Fish ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Steer Clear
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signature etched in base with edition number 7/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ball Elephant Bronze 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 an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Yawning Hippopotamus Bronze EA IV/IV
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
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Treehouse
By Tim Cherry
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Etched signature by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
AP/18
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Measure of a Man
By Bill Nebeker
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed/signed by the Artist on the bottom portion of the bronze piece with an edition number.
11/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dark Timber
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition AP 9/50. Original bronze sculpture by artist Greg Kelsey. Artist inscribed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Autumn Sunshine
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number into the bronze base of the piece.
3/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Songbird
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number into the bronze base of the piece.
#9
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kestrel
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number into the bronze base of the piece.
4/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Winter Berries
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number into the bronze base of the piece.
26/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chickadee Box
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number into the bronze base of the piece.
14/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chirp
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number into the bronze base of the piece.
13/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,200
Born and Raised
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
11/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Family Vacation
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
24/40
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The march of the crabs, series of wrought-iron sculptures by Italian blacksmith
By Ivan Zanoni
Located in Milan, IT
Ivan Zanoni's expert craftsmanship shows us this composition of 5 handmade and unique sculptures that provide the effect of watching crabs emerge from the sea.
The measure written a...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Iron
The Sentinel
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
29/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nina Simone-Feeling Good -Bronze 26"
By Deborah Philips
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Nina Simone- Feeling Good Bronze
If you are a fan of Nina Simone, you know how beautifully the piece is executed.
"Feeling Good" - Birds flying high, Fish...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
River King
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #5/20.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Barnyard Game - Chess
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #6/32 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Desert Bloom
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
6/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hippopotamus "lace" Bronze 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
"Destiny", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, Woman, 12x15x7 in., 124/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Destiny" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture numbered 124/350.
Frederick Hart believed everyone has their own destiny that is shaped by their ideals, abilities, an...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Blue-Eyed Girls Series, #6: Charlotte
By Bela Bacsi
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement “Charlotte is from a series I did, called ‘Blue-Eyed Girls.’ They take their names from heroines of Jane Austen, an...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Bronze Hippopotame
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 a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,040 Sale Price
33% Off
Unafraid
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. A/P 9
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,000
Shade Tree
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number on the bronze base of this sculpture.
46/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Ex Nihilo", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 20x19x6 in., 53/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Working Model" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture part of the "Ex Nihilo" serires numbered 53/350.
“I saw Ex Nihilo (Out of Not...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Foothold
By Kent Ullberg
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
4/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wet Leather, Cold Mornin'
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
A/C 2/3
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Classic Cast Bronze Sculpture of a Horse
Located in Toronto, ON
A realistic sculpture of a standing horse in bronze on a black marble base. Bronze base is patinated in a different tone to imitate ground.
Siegfried (Siggy) Puchta was born in 1933...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$1,650 Sale Price
25% Off
Maki in terracotta
Located in Pasadena, CA
Nicole DORAY SOULARD.
Animal ceramic sculptures, works centered on the forward. Nature and the study of bodies are sources of inspiration for her. She produces animals from all over...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
$1,152 Sale Price
20% Off
Meadowlark
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #8/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
King of the Coop
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number.
14/65
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,200
Another Drink
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition 11/25. Original bronze sculpture by artist Greg Kelsey. Inscribed by artist at base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Red-Tailed Hawk Alert
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number.
8/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Under Watchful Eyes
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base with an edition number.
15/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bear Fetish Bowl
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #72/100.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Soprano
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. 20/36
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,850
Hamlet
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #2/10.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Take a Look-See
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
37/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Urban Red
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #18/100. Original Bronze Sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signature inscribed on base of sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Raven Song Bell
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze signed/etched into base by Artist. 7/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,300
The Speaker
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist has inscribed their signature and edition number in the bronze base of the piece.
3/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pearfect in Pink
By Bela Bacsi
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Exhibitions
Exhibited at the Los Angeles Art Show 2014, January 15-19, 2014
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Cistern Fragment
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
“Ray Bradbury never ceases to inspire me. While working with him, I saw his ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Cactus Perch
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #29/100 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Searchin Silhouettes
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture etched/signed by the Artist on the bronze base.
11/13.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Trail Creek Brownies
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist's signature and edition number inscribed in the the bronze base of the piece.
5/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Little Earitated
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Artist's signature and edition number inscribed in the the bronze base of the piece.
10/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mother and child
Located in Täby, SE
Teuvo Kotilainen was born in 1925 in Rääkylä and died 2010 in Tampere. He was a finnish sculptor inspired by Jussi Mäntynen and his lynxs and he performed se...
Category
1970s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,785 Sale Price
32% Off
"Awake" by Bronze sculptor "Renzo", Larry Renzo Lewis, 58x26x16 in, 2009, Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
This masterpiece, "Awake" by Renzo was created in 2009, and intricately weaves together the essence of Symbols, Stones, Bindings, Nudity, and Masks to offer a profound reflection on ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hidden Layers
By Ben Young
Located in New York, NY
Ben Young’s sculpture fluidly blends glass, concrete, bronze, steel, and light to depict romantic and pensive imagery highlighting the fragility of our climate and its most precious resource – water. Born in Australia and raised in New Zealand, Young is an avid surfer and environmentalist, inspired by a lifetime on and around oceans, bays, and reefs, with an intimate understanding of the challenges our precious ecosystems face.
Young’s thought-provoking sculpture shows great range, portraying the beauty and solitude of life on the ocean, haunting depths of the deep sea, and stunning and relaxing upside of island life. Water is many things to many people, which Young encapsulates brilliantly in his work, encompassing themes of sustainability throughout.
Using concrete to create mountains, crevasses, sand bars, and cliffs, Young’s innovative use of materials is transportative. With hand-carved glass as his guiding medium, Young amplifies light and its relationship with water – our most sacred element – to create a glowing unity that people from around the world connect with on a personal level, whether they are beachside or in the Desert.
Ben Young’s exhibition Delicate Space at Chesterfield Gallery...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Bronze, Stainless Steel
$24,000
Ballerina
Located in Greenwich, CT
Terracotta sculpture by Bruno Lucchesi of a ballerina.
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Saint Mark's Theater
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unique terracotta sculpture of Saint Mark's Theater.
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
All Catch No Release
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze piece signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
2/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Charging Practice
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #4/30 - Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Summer Transits
Located in White Plains, NY
“Summer Transits” by David Kimball Anderson, 2017. Bronze, steel, and paint, 22½ x 14 x 6 inches. This sculpture features a square vase in a bright red patina. The flowers are painte...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
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.
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