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
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
Victory
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
4/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,400
Nuthatch Glissando
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by the Artist with a signature and edition number on bronze base.
12/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Makin' It Look Easy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
10/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$11,000
Little Red Riding Hood Inkwell
Located in Missouri, MO
Antoine Bofill
"Little Red Riding Hood"
Bronze Inkwell
6H x 10W x 6D
Signed
Inscribed: 25 Septembre 1920
Antoine Bofill was born in Barcelona i...
Category
1920s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Continuum
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
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
Bing & Grondahl Figurine Youthful audacity / - Dancing Kiss -
Located in Berlin, DE
Bing & Grondahl / Weiss, Claire, Youthful audacity
Bing & Grondahl figurine by Claire Weiss (1906-1997), Youthful audacity, made between 1970 and 1982, model number 2162, first choic...
Category
1970s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
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
The Scholars
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #1/1 - Original bronze sculpture and acrylic painting by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cedar Waxwing
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
4/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Unconditional Love
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by E.C. Wynne.
Edition #26/50.
Signed on bronze.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Run Around
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/engraved by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number.
1/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dust Devil
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original Bronze Sculpture by Veryl Goodnight.
Edition number: #12/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Livin' the Life
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
21/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,200
Bronze Beauties, Hummingbirds and Hollyhocks
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/engraved by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with an edition number.
6/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chipmunk
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mark Morrison (1895-1964)
Chipmunk, ca. 1940
Italian granite
5" by 4", height is 4 1/8"
Provenance: Estate of Mrs. Mark Morrison.
Born:
Kingfisher, OK
Education:
Universit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Stone
By The River
By Kent Ullberg
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
3/9
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Garden Glove
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by E.C. Wynne.
Edition #46/125.
Signed on bronze.
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
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
Rockin' Out I
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on base of bronze with an edition number.
17/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,800
Rock of Liberty(Eagle)
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist in the bronze base with an edition number.
4/25
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$18,000
Nap Time (Puppy on a Boot)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by artist Andrea Wilkinson. Edition 11/30. Artist signature inscribed on sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Crow Tray
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #3/60.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Making Friends
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of a young girl holding a bowl for a cat.
Category
Early 2000s 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
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
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
"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
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
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
Buffalo Pot
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #75/100.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
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
"Contemplation", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Resin, Figurative Sculpture,
Located in Dallas, TX
"Contemplation" by Frederick Hart is a figurative acrylic sculpture numbered 88/300. Hart’s emotional and intellectual response to the theme
of Creation resulted in a vision for him–...
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
High Ridge
By Kent Ullberg
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
39/50
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
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
Bolt from the Blue
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed/signed by Artist on base of sculpture with edition number.
7/18
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$23,000
Wilderness Spirit
By Kent Ullberg
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
59/300
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
Luna Tunes
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on lower bronze base with an edition number.
9/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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
Wille (Peekapoo)
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
Morning Hook-Up
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
$3,000
Watching Momma Pick Berries
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on bronze base with an edition number.
15/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Orchard Porker
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number.
6/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,400
Huntin' Buddies
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. 11/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,600
The Giver
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on bronze base with an edition number.
5/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,600
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
Among the Stones, 48" wide, mixed media wall sculpture
Located in Loveland, CO
Among the Stones by Leo E. Osborne
Abstract Nature Wall Relief, best suited for interior placement
Carved Canada Goose and Rocks - Unique Carved Mixed...
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Sonoran Serenade
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
13/30
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
A Storytelling
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number. 5 piece set.
5/50
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
Joy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on lower bronze base with an edition number.
4/5
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$25,000
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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