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
Bird's Eye View
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed signature by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
Open Edition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Indigo Bunting
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
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
Whole Hog
By Tim Cherry
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze inscribed with Artist's signature and edition number on bronze base of the piece.
12/18
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
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
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
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
"Spirita", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 15x14x7 in., 330/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Spirita" Dimensions: 15" x 14" x 7" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition of 350 Hart wanted to sculpt light, from which forms move in and out, that defined the very delicate sense of...
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
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
Winter World
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. 10/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,200
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
"Ground Zero" Bronze German Shepherd Dog Searching for Survivors
Located in Brookville, NY
This sculptor is not only an artist, but a vetrinarian. She knows anatomy as well as she knows breeds and behaviors.. This beautiful bronze depicts a German Shepherd Dog searching ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Relentless
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. 12/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,850
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
Design made in Italy duckboard bar cabinet in marple wood, fine details
Located in Milan, IT
The sideboard made by experienced contemporary Italian cabinetmakers is made of solid maple. Every finish is taken care of down to the smallest detail, from the duckboard on the four...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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
Wooden Maquette of a Leg, Hand Carved British Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Hand-carved wooden trunk and plinth
Height: 38 1/2 inches (98 cm)
Width: 10 1/2 inches (27 cm)
Lawson Rudge
Lawson Rudge was born in 1936. He is...
Category
20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Wood
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
"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
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
Bronze and steel sculpture by David Kimball Anderson 'Untitled 1'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled 1' by David Kimball Anderson, 2021. Bronze, steel, and paint, 18 x 8 x 8 in. This sculpture features a rounded vase cast in bronze and finished in patinas of grey. It featu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Across the Divide
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist into the base of bronze with edition number.
9/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,200
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
Double Rainbow - Wood Base
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed signature by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
10/32
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Quail Lamp (with 7 chicks)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
24/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
In the Rough
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by E.C. Wynne.
Edition #110/125.
Signed on bronze.
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
Down Time
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.
17/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ridin' to the Gate
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.
7/30
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
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
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
Eyes on the Prize
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed with Artist's name and edition number. 12/15
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$10,400
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
PAULA BLACKMAN Horse Bronze Sculpture small edition 2017 Female Artist Sculptor
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A limited edition bronze Horse on a black marble base.
From the limited edition of 8.
Signed 1/8
Paula Blackman has been a bronze sculptor for 30 years working in Cleveland Ohio. ...
Category
2010s 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
$2,788 Sale Price
32% Off
The Rise
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number.
6/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,800
Defi a Newton
By Arman
Located in Palm Beach, FL
ARMAN 1928 - 2005
Bronze sculpture, 2004
Polished bronze with black patina, 2004, stamped with foundry stamp and numbered, published by Venturi Arte, Bologna
Signed and numbered...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
$21,000
High Power
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on base of bronze with an edition number.
2/19
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$16,500
Kiowa Iron Tipped Medicine Arrows
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
3/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
For Life
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #5/24 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,800
In the Currents
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, Stainless Steel
Bird of Peace
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number.
1/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,900
"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
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
"Traditions", James Muir, Bronze, A&M, 6 Core Values, Figurative Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
As the six core values are perceived to be inseparable in the formation of character. I see them to also be inseparable in the rendering of a physical artistic depiction. I view them...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"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
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
Luna Song
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze signed/etched into base by Artist. 2/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,300
Tallgrass Prairie
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #7/20 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Double Happiness
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed signature by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
3/150
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chien Braque (Tom)
Located in Missouri, MO
Pierre Jules Mene
"Chien Braque" (Tom)
Bronze
approx. 5 x 9 x 4.25
Signed
PIERRE JULES MENE (1810-1879)
Pierre Jules Mene, (P. J. Mene), was born in Pa...
Category
1860s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Gone Fishin'
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Etched signature by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
4/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Commute (woman)
By Jim Rennert
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 9
American, b. 1958
National Sculpture Society Fellow
Jim Rennert was born in 1958, and grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, Utah. After ten trying years o...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pug
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture by artists Bill and Renee Shisler. Edition 4/25.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
High Point
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #12/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,200
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