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
Period: 1990s
Promise of the Prairie, 36"high Bronze Sculpture
Located in Loveland, CO
George Wayne Lundeen (American, born 1948) NSS
“Promise of the Prairie”
Museum Quality Cast Bronze, Limited edition of 21, signed and marked, G.W. Lundeen ©1983 20/21 on the top/back...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"On the Wings of an Eagle", Chester Fields, Bronze and Steel Sculpture, 54x40x24
By Chester Fields
Located in Dallas, TX
"On the Wings of an Eagle by Chester Fields is one of his most popular sculptures. This is number 26 of 75 made. It is made with the following:
Bronze Casting
Deluxe Patina
Gold Beak...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Morning
Located in Zofingen, AG
The author admires the beauty of the female body. Her movement - smooth, graceful and beautiful. The moment of awakening is very sensual. The girl stretches, revealing the beauty of her young body. Realistic manner shows her original beauty. Sculpture shapes create a play of light and shadow, curves, polished and brushed metal. The work is made of bronze- polish and patina.
This sculpture was created in the early period of Alex Radionov...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ballerina on a cube
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Classical ballet was my main source of inspiration. Grace and beauty of ballerinas combining with extremely hard work they do. This combination is shocking and inspiring in the same...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
"Transcendent", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 19x11x9 in., 96/350, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Transcendent" Dimensions: 19" x 11" x 9" Medium: Clear Acrylic Resin Edition 96/350
Frederick Hart's 1991 “Transcendent” lucite sculpture is imbued with a truly sublime presence. Female and male figures emerging from the Lucite seem to appear and disappear within the work. This ghostly effect is created through Hart’s unique process of embedment, which involves casting one acrylic work within another. It is a technique the artist patented in 1982, marking the end of a decade of constant experimentation and progression and the beginning of a period of precise refinement. Consistent with his unique poetic vision, the inner, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual forces dominate the work. Imbued with a distinct sense of grace, this piece is a testament to Hart’s remarkable technical abilities and devotion to the craft.
Frederick Hart's "Transcendent" is signed by the artist and includes a gallery certificate of authenticity. It is from an edition of 350 (+ 60 AP) and the current gallery retail price for the piece is over $40,000.
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
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Resin
Quarter Horse
Located in Milwaukee, WI
A life-sized fiberglass sculpture of a horse. This specific breed of horse the sculpture is based on is called Quarter Horse. Many visitors to our galler...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Quarter Horse
Located in Milwaukee, WI
A life-sized fiberglass sculpture of a horse. This specific breed of horse the sculpture is based on is called Quarter Horse. Many visitors to our galler...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
"The Source", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture & Fountain, Half Life Size, 1995
Located in Dallas, TX
"The Source" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with a glass orb and a working water fountain with edition 94/175. This edition has been Sold out from the creation date of 1995...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
New Seasons
Located in Loveland, CO
New Seasons by Gary Lee Price
Traditional Figurative Bronze Sculpture ©1996
15x5x5" numbered 25 in a limited edition of 200
"My sculpture, ‘New Seaso...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Squirrel I
By T. Galbreath
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: T. Galbreath
Title: Squirrel I
Year: 1997
Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Signature and number inscribed
Edition: 71/100
Size: 7 in. x 3 in. x 3 in. (17.78 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm)
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Mother & Child", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Sculpture, 24x18x10 in., 43x150, white
Located in Dallas, TX
"Mother and Child" by Frederick Hart is an acrylic figurative sculpture of a woman and her baby numbered 43/150.
Inspired by the birth of his own child, Frederick Hart masterfully ce...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Resin
"Union", Frederick Hart, Bronze Figurative Sculpture, 19x11x7 in., Woman & Man
Located in Dallas, TX
"Union" by Frederick Hart is a figurative female and male figure bronze sculpture with the edition number 299/350.
Inspired by The Creation Sculptures of the Washington National Cathedral...
Category
1990s 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
"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
"Celebration", Frederick Hart, Acrylic Figurative Sculpture Pair, Edition 8/8
Located in Dallas, TX
Frederick Hart's "Celebration" in clear acrylic resin is available for $250,000 for the pair (man and woman sold together). The Male measures 77x17x20 with out the black base and wit...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic Polymer
Kimi
By Gary Alsum
Located in Loveland, CO
Kimi by Gary Alsum
Bronze girl in traditional attire holding an Asian fan
20" x 7" x 7" ed/21
turnstyle base includes granite and wood.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Taking the knowledge passed on from artists such as Fritz White, Glenna Goodacre...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Horse
By Aga Ousseinov
Located in Long Island City, NY
This bronze sculpture, from 1996, is a powerful rendering of a horse rearing. It is not uncommon to see stallions rearing; it is a tactic that can be used to dislodge a predator, to...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mayan Warrior
By Peter Brooke
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
Peter Brooke's Mayan Warrior depicts a solemn and dignified military subject. Historically, few Mayan warrior...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sharing Space
By Bela Bacsi
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
Resting upon a golden cushion, this two-faced subject has the look of a mask that one would be able to wear. ...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Big Fish Story
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sculpture of two boys displaying a sizeable catch.
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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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.