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
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
Royal Guard
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed with Artist's name and edition number. 12/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,900
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
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
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
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
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
Saint Mark's Theater
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unique terracotta sculpture of Saint Mark's Theater.
Category
1980s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Kingfisher
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #2/20.
Signed on base.
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
The Rooster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #3/15 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Power II
By Lisa Gordon
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Lisa Gordon.
Edition #6/30.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tail Tied
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
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
Jumpin' Jack
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #28/45 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dance of 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
On Parade
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #3/45 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Maximilien Fiot, Bronze +Eagle On A Rock
Located in Gent, VOV
A good quality, early twentieth century bronze model of an Eagle on a rock also 'Perched Eagle’ by Maximilian Fiot (French, 1886-1953). This bronze, signed ‘M. Fiot’, inscribed ‘Suss...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Draught Horses Sculpture By Hager Albert (1857-1940)
By Albert Hager
Located in Gent, VOV
Two draught horses, 1925
A fine bronze sculpture with dark brown patina with a reddish undertone., representing two draught horses one grazing, one looking forward. Documented in En...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
In the Canyon
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #14/60.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
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 bottom/base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Medicine Bow Lodge
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by George Walbye.
Edition #11/60.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Roxie
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #2/20.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
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
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
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
Winter Berries
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #25/35.
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
Free Lunch
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #4/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,400
Morning Melody
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Melissa Cooper.
Edition #7/35.
Signed on base.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vulnerable
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #15/75 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,900
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
Life-Mates
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #3/27 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,600
Midair Twist
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #1/23 - Original bronze sculpture by Dan Chen.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,200
Canyon Princess
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Edition #24/45 - Original bronze sculpture by Gerald Balciar.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Puppy Love
Located in Greenwich, CT
"This piece was commissioned by the American Animal Hospital Association as an award for the best veterinary hospital in animal care. After a lot of ha...
Category
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
Ballerina
Located in Greenwich, CT
Terracotta sculpture by Bruno Lucchesi of a ballerina.
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
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
"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
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
$11,749
Big Fish Story
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of two boys displaying a sizeable catch.
Edition of 50
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Swallowtail Bee Eaters
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed Artist's signature and edition number on the bronze base of the piece.
5/50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Adam Maquette", Frederick Hart, Bronze Figurative Man Sculpture, 21x5x5 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
"Adam Maquette" by Frederick Hart is a figurative female and male figure bronze sculpture with the edition number 116/350.
“Adam is Everyman, pulled from the waters of baptism, concrete and universal, led by the fire of day by night, and the cloud of night by day — triumphing over the powers of darkness-emergent radiant in light.”After “Ex Nihilo” and “Adam” were carved into Indiana limestone...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Going Out
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bruno Lucchesi Biography
Italian, b. 1926
Born in 1926 in the village of Fibbiano Montanino, Lucca, Italy, Bruno Lucchesi has been called “the last of the Renaissance sculptors.” A...
Category
1970s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dogs of War, 2003
By Thomas PROCHNOW
Located in Atlanta, GA
Thomas Prochnow is a German Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1978. Their work was featured in several exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the Semjon Con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
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
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
Another Kodiak Moment
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by Andrea Wilkinson.
Edition #8/30.
Signed on bronze sculpture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
House of Saguaro
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on the bronze base of the sculpture with an edition number.
96/100
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
Tiny Dancer
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on lower bronze base with an edition number.
2/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
I Love Ewe
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by the Artist on lower bronze base with an edition number.
1/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Best Buds
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
Spring Fun
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
3/20
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
Bison Tondo
By Sandy Scott
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number.
3/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,800
Cocktail
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze piece signed/etched by Artist on bronze base of sculpture with edition number.
11/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,600
Farm Boys
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/etched by Artist on base of bronze with an edition number.
6/20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$14,000
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
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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