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
Dreams of Salmon
By Tim Cherry
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the lower 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
Far and Away
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
2/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$26,000
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
Dos Amigos
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed with Artist's name and edition number. 5/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,500
"Light Whispers", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 17x12x5 in., 182/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Light Whispers" Dimensions: 17" x 12" x 5" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition 182/300
Frederick Hart's "Light Whispers" is the perfect name for this lucite sculpture that studies translucency's impact on the interplay of shadow and light. The nude woman subject is repeated several times, with varying degrees of revelation. In some iterations, she is shrouded in mystery, while other representations show her on full display with remarkable detail.
Thanks to his impeccable eye for detail and technical precision, Frederick Hart is considered one of the world's foremost figurative sculptors. His classical techniques make for timeless, traditional works, but the innovative and modern use of lucite as a material help modernize the work.
Frederick Hart's "Light Whispers" is signed by the artist and includes a gallery certificate of authenticity. It is from an edition of 300 and the current gallery retail price for the piece is over $16,000.
About Frederick Hart
As one of America’s greatest representational artists, Frederick Hart left a lasting and unique mark in the world of modern sculpture. Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1943, he studied at the University of South Carolina and after protesting alongside black students during the Civil rights movement, he moved to Washington D.C. to continue his studies at the Corcoran School of Art. Fascinated with the human figure and the classical approach, he started developing his career in 1966 as a stone carver apprentice at the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. Leaving the Cathedral in 1971, Hart started his own studio practice but had little success in the first years. In 1974, he was awarded the project by the Cathedral to create a contemporary interpretation of The Creation, an event that would change his life. Soon, Hart’s career took a turn for the better, and in the upcoming decades, he rose to national prominence, becoming a government art advisor in 1985 and receiving the prestigious Henry Hering...
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Two meters pear tree wrough iron sculpture. Unique piece. In & outdoor sculpture
By Ivan Zanoni
Located in Milan, IT
Pear Tree Sculpture.
Elegant, fine and unique piece, not replicable. Forged on wrought iron. Made by six different branches, easy assembled.
The sculptor is fresh from the success ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Crappie
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
2/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,100
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
Commute (man)
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
"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
Fisherman
Located in Roma, RM
Francesco Messina (Linguaglossa 1900 – Milan 1995), Fisherman (1930)
Bronze sculpture measuring 131 x 52 x 65 cm, signed and dated 1930 on the base.
Francesco Messina’s Fisherman w...
Category
1930s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Beats Any Job In Town
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
6/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Flying High
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
1/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Resting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Ed. 2/6.
Bronze sculpture by Bruno Lucchesi of a woman sitting.
Category
1970s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$14,000
Longing
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #17/75 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,800
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
Papa's Chihuahua
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
23/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Froggy Came a Courtin
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. 22/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Opportunity
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #17/75 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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
First Night Out
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by Artist on Bronze base of the piece with signature and edition number.
39/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Reclining Figure", Frederick Hart, Bronze Figurative Sculpture, 7x14x7 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
"Reclining Figure" by Frederick Hart is a figurative female and male figure bronze sculpture with the edition number 54/65.
Frederick Hart was an American sculptor. His is best known for his Three Soldiers statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Ex Nihilo (1983) depicting Creation scenes above the doors of the Washington National Cathedral...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Scultura in marmo italiana ritratto di fanciulla religiosa del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il busto marmoreo, datato 1890, appartiene alla sua età adulta, nello specifico all’ultimo anno della sua vita, quando era molto richiesto e aveva uno studio molto prolifico a Firenz...
Category
1890s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Tidal Balance
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
$18,000
The Space In Between II
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #1/1.
Top two horses have magnetic bases so that they can be moved around
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Singing His Heart Out
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #7/100 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
$11,980
Pony Express Saddle
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #7/100.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Construction Crew
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #5/45 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cruising
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by Artist on Bronze base of the piece with signature and edition number.
2/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$11,400
March Madness
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
Branching Out
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #15/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Saint Mark's Theater
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unique terracotta sculpture of Saint Mark's Theater.
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Boat with Sunset Sail
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
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Atop the Cholla
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by Artist on Bronze base of the piece with signature and edition number.
27/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Oak Rock - Container
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #1/1 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bit of Sun
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
23/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Don't Move
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
30/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Comes a Horseman
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
11/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,500
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
Bachelor Pad
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #10/45 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Boy's Day Off
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. 8/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,100
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
Joy I
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #9/28 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,200
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
Smokey Joe
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #7/20.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sizin' Up The Bucket Shot
By Bill Nebeker
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by the artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with a signature and edition number.
3/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sawtooth Sentinel
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
14/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bluebell
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
Plentiful
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #3/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fetish Pot
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
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
Scottie
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Mark Dziewior.
Edition #3/10.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
King of the Forest - Maquette
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze signed/etched into base by Artist. 4/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Osage Destiny
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number.
1/18
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$18,000
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
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
Making Friends
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a young girl holding a bowl for a cat.
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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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