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Art Subject: Bronze
Jewel box "Soleil"
Located in PARIS, FR
Ceramic and gold leaf 7 x 23.5 x 22 cm
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Late 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic

Nude kneeling
Located in PARIS, FR
Nude kneeling by Baltasar LOBO (1910-1993) A bronze sculpture with an old gilded patina Signed on the lower side " Lobo " Cast by " Susse Fondeur Paris " (with the foundry mark) Art...
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Mid-20th Century French School Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Putto in legno dorato reggi candela barocco italiano
Located in Florence, IT
One flame candle holder putto made of gilded wood. Those kind of objects were present in churches or noble villas, specially during the Baroque times. The base is not coeval.
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17th Century Baroque Nude Sculptures

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Gold

"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...
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1990s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Sitting Man
Located in Somerset West, WC
Sitting Man is a limited edition bronze sculpture plated in nickel.
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Take the Scales From my Eyes - contemporary, figurative, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This indoor tabletop figurative sculpture that includes fish is forged from bronze and patinated. The award-winning sculptures of Susan Valyi were often created from an imaginative ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Three Assed Centaur
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua Goode travels the world performi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Acrylic Polymer

Vagabond by Édouard Fortiny (Born in 1862)
Located in Gent, VOV
Édouard Fortiny’s sculpture, "Vagabond", is a deeply emotive bronze piece that portrays a man from the margins of society. Standing at 28 cm, the sculpture captures the essence of a ...
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

French Patinated Bronze Sculpture of a Girl with Doll by Auguste Moreau
Located in New York, NY
LOUIS AUGUSTE MOREAU (French, 1834-1917) Signed ‘auguste moreau’ 19th Century 24 1/2 in. x 11 in. x 11 in.
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Pair of Elegant Brass Sculptures of Greyhound Dogs
Located in Rome, IT
Fine pair of gilt bronze Greyhound dog sculptures. The item will be well-suited to either an indoor or outdoor setting. Excellent condition.
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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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...
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Unknown woman
Located in Täby, SE
Inspired by the head of Apollo by Antoine Bourdelle. A woman with strong firm but still vulnerable expresson.
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1980s French School Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Unknown woman
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"Ex Nihilo Figure 2", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture, Figurative, Traditional
Located in Dallas, TX
Don't miss this opportunity to own a piece of history! Ex Nihilo Figure 2, a full-scale plaster from the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, commissioned as part of the Creation Scul...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Tradition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Signed/inscribed by Artist on bronze base of piece with edition number. 1/25
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

Woman Lying Down & Growing with Tree bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz
Located in Hudson, NY
Organic, abstract bronze sculpture by Yulla Lipchitz of a woman lying down with a tree. About this artist: Yulla Lipchitz, née Halberstadt, was born on April 21, 1911 in Berlin, Ge...
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1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Standing Bull, head bowed
Located in PARIS, FR
Standing Bull, head bowed by Isidore BONHEUR (1827-1901) A bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed on the base " I. Bonheur " A period cast by " Peyrol " (with the...
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Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Akop GURDJAN (après) (1881-1948) Sitting Baboon Bronze
Located in Gent, VOV
Akop GURDJAN (après)(1881-1948) Sitting Baboon Bronze Akop Gurdjan (1881-1948) Akop Gurdjan (also Hakob Gyurjyan) was born in Shusha (Nagorno Karabakh)...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Ravageot and Ravageode
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze with nuanced dark brown patina Old edition cast version with a leash at the necks of dogs France circa 1890 height 14,5 cm diam. 17 cm A similar model is reproduced in "Emma...
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Late 19th Century French School Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Asymmetrical head of man, terracotta, 1930s-40s, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981).
Located in Firenze, IT
Asymmetrical head of man, terracotta sculpture, 1930s-40s, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981). Terracotta modeled by hand by the artist. Unique piece.  Dimensions: Height 34 cm. The choice ...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

ANTIQUE ITALIAN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS WITH CHIMERAS
Located in Milan, IT
ARCHITECTURAL RELIEFS WITH CHIMERAS Central Italy, 16th Century green marble 26 x 25 cm 10 1/4 x 9 3/4 in
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16th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Le Rêve du Poète
Located in New York, NY
MATHURIN MOREAU French, (1822-1912) Le Rêve du Poète Circa 1860, Patinated bronze; Signed ‘math moreau’ and Inscribed REVE DU POETE par MTH MOREAU, MEDAILL...
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1860s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Bust of an Oriental woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Bust of an Oriental woman by Emile GUILLEMIN (1841-1907) Orientalist bronze sculpture with triple patina, gilded, dark reddish brown and silvered. France circa 1880 total height 63 ...
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1880s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Ex Nihilo Figure 3", Frederick Hart, Bronze Sculpture, Figurative Man
Located in Dallas, TX
Ex Nihilo Figure 3 is a full scale plaster from the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, commissioned as part of the The Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

The two of us
Located in New York, US
Marco Olivier is a renowned South African artist and owner of a bronze foundry in Cape Town. He is widely known for his original art in resin and bronze,...
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2010s Sculptures

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Resin

Swan Diver Female 1m
Located in Somerset West, WC
Swan Diver Female 1m is a limited edition bronze sculpture plated in nickel.
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21st Century and Contemporary Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Dancing in the moonlight
Located in New York, US
Marco Olivier is a renowned South African artist and owner of a bronze foundry in Cape Town. He is widely known for his original art in resin and bronze,...
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2010s Sculptures

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Resin

'Dinonaut'
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by amateur archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, Joshua travels the world performing sta...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Acrylic

Ragazza con Treccie Bronze Sculpture Head Portrait Woman Face Hair
By KOBE
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ragazza con Treccie Bronze Sculpture Head Portrait Woman Face Hair KOBE, pseudonym of Jacques Saelens, was a Belgian artist (Kortrijk, Belgium ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

& Tall Tales
Located in Santa Fe, NM
hand-finished cast urethan resin 12/20 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Melissa Zink Born 1932 Kansas City, Missouri Died 2009 (aged 76–77) Taos, New Mexico Nationality American Occupation(s) Artist, Sculptor Melissa Zink (1932-2009) was an American artist. An active member of the Taos, New Mexico art scene, she blended storytelling with sculpture, and described the enchantment of books and the imaginary worlds they evoked as the focus of her work.[1] Critics lauded her as a "late bloomer" because she only began to exhibit and sell her multi-media works of ceramics, cast bronze, and collage, when she was in her forties.[2] She became known for her "three-dimensional stories" and "dream-like dioramas" in clay, interior scenes that blend whimsy with surrealism.[2][1] Later she cast large bronze statues of human figures embossed with texts drawn from dictionaries and illuminated manuscripts.[2] In 2001 she won a Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts from the state of New Mexico.[3] In 2021, one of her works featured in a special exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Art entitled, "Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwich," which featured a group of artists in the 1970s and 1980s who together launched a movement described as "new Western art" or "Southwest pop".[4] Education and career Melissa Zink was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended the Emma Willard School, Swarthmore College, the University of Chicago, and the Kansas City Art Institute.[5] She later admitted that her professors' efforts to push her and her peers towards abstract expressionism during the 1950s deterred her from pursuing a career in art.[2] Instead she worked for many years by designing picture frames and operating an embroidery and craft shop while continuing to paint and experiment with various media in her free time.[6] In her forties, she married Nelson Zink, who encouraged her to pursue her artistic ambitions. The owner of the Parks Gallery in Taos, which represented her for many years, described her works as aiming to replicate through multi-media art the "book experience, that altered state of consciousness we enter when engrossed in a book."[7] Though known primarily for her clay dioramas and bronze figural sculptures, in later years she also created multi-media, collage wall hangings that incorporated fabrics and painted elements.[1] In 2000 Zink represented New Mexico at an exhibit of women artists called "From the States" held at Washington, D.C.'s National Museum of Women in the Arts.[1] In 2006 the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos staged an exhibition on her work.[8] In 2009, following her death, the Taos Art Museum and Fechin House staged a memorial exhibition entitled, "Melissa Zink: Her Singular World."[9] She featured among leading women artists in the book Exposures: Women & Their Art by Betty Ann...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Saving Gaia III
Located in Dallas, TX
Deborah Ballard is best known for conceiving of figures and groupings of figures who relate to one another (and the viewer) through their body language, relationships and dialogue. S...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Slave Trader, Orientalist Bronze Sculpture on wooden base by Franz Bergmann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Franz Bergmann, Austrian (1861 -1936) - Slave Trader, Year: circa 1900, Medium: Bronze sculpture on wooden base, Size: 5.25 x 3 x 3 in. (13.34 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm), Description: "Re...
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Early 1900s Romantic Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Focus Bronze Sculpture Woman Lady Figurine Brown Patina In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Focus Bronze Sculpture Woman Lady Figurine Brown Patina In Stock The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, personal handwriting. They...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Jules Moigniez Bronze Sculpture of a Pointer and Pheasant, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
Image of Jules Moigniez Bronze Sculpture of a Pointer and Pheasant, 19th Century Jules Moigniez Bronze Sculpture of a Pointer and Pheasant, circ...
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1860s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Austrian Cold Painted Bronze by Franz Bergmann
Located in New York, NY
FRANZ BERGMANN Austrian, (1838-1894) Fetching Water Arab on a Camel Fetching Water From a Woman 11 inches high
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Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Diana with an arrow
Located in PARIS, FR
Diana with an arrow by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) Bronze sculpture with a dual light and dark brown patina signed on the base "Carrier-Belleuse" inscribed on a front plaque "Diane à la Flèche par Carrier-Belleuse (Sculptr)" France circa 1870 height 83 cm arrow added probably in the 20th c. Biography : Albert-Ernest Carrier de Belleuse known as Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887) was one of the most prolific artists of the century and had the greatest successes under the Second Empire, enjoying the personal support of Napoleon III. His work was greatly influenced by the style of the Italian Renaissance and that of the 18th century, which he helped to bring up to date. In 1837, the young Carrier-Belleuse apprenticed in the workshop of the engraver Bauchery. He was admitted soon after to the goldsmith Jacques Henri Fauconnier. Through François Arago, he met the sculptor David d'Angers who facilitated his admission to the School of Fine Arts. Carrier-Belleuse entered it in 1840. Noted for his skill by the great bronze companies in Paris such as Barbedienne and Denière, he soon received numerous orders for models for candelabras, pendulums, fittings for fireplaces, etc. In 1848, probably at the initiative of François Arago, who became head of state, he received his first public order for a small statue of "Mademoiselle Rachel singing La Marseillaise". In 1851, he appeared for the first time at the Salon of French Artists, where he presented two bronze medallions. From 1851 to 1855, Carrier-Belleuse stayed in England, in Stoke-on-Trent where he served as director of the modeling and drawing school of the Minton house, a large porcelain manufacturer. Back in France, Carrier-Belleuse moved to Paris in a large workshop located 15 rue de la Tour d´Auvergne. From 1857, he made regular sendings to the Salon and became famous thanks to the success of large marbles, such as the "Bacchante" exhibited at the Salon in 1863, and acquired by Napoleon III, "Angelica" (1866) or even "Hebe asleep" (1869). At the Salon of 1867, his group entitled "Messiah" earned him the medal of honor of sculpture. It was acquired by the State to adorn the Chapel of the Virgin in the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul church. Carrier-Belleuse acquired a great reputation in parallel for his terracotta busts which, in many respects, recall those of 18th century artists. He made portraits of a large number of celebrities of his time. He produced, among others, the busts of Napoleon III, Renan, Thiers, Grévy, Arago, Marguerite Bellanger, Théophile Gautier, Honoré Daumier, Delacroix, Hortense Schneider, Réjane… He also modelled numerous busts of mythological inspiration and historical and artistic portraits like Marie Stuart, Shakespeare or even Mozart. Carrier-Belleuse used and trained in his workshop in the rue de la Tour d´Auvergne many young talented artists such as Alexandre Falguière, Jules Desbois...
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1870s French School Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Bison Break Time
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original sculpture signed/etched by the Artist on the base. 15/20
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures

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Bronze

"The Muses Suit" Bronze Collection of Dance, Music, Poetry, and Theater, 42/65
Located in Dallas, TX
Step into the world of artistic elegance with our exclusive offer on the Muses suite by master sculptor Frederick Hart. Each bronze head, representing Dance, Music, Poetry, and Theat...
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Silvered Bronze Figure of Psyche
Located in New York, NY
MATHURIN MOREAU French, (1822-1914) Silvered Bronze Figure of Psyche Silvered bronze; Signed ‘Moreau Mathurin’ 30 3/8 x 15 x 13 inches
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Late 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Art Deco Bronze Nude Girl with Fawn, Amazon with Fawn
Located in Miami, FL
Signed on base. This was exhibited at the Goldscheider Pavilion at the 1925 Paris Exhibition Marble base has loss to right edge and very small lose to center edge. , Bronze is in ve...
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1920s Art Deco Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Silvered Figural Bacchante Torcheres
Located in New York, NY
ALBERT ERNEST CARRIER BELLEUSE French, (1824-1887) Silvered Figural Bacchante Torcheres on Pedestal Silvered and Gilt bronze; one figure inscribed ...
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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Seane III - Figurative Abstract Bronze Sculpture for Shelf or Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

Female Nude Godiva Riding a Rhinoceros Sculpture, 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
John W. Kearney (American, 1924-2014) Godiva on a Rhinoceros Bronze Signed with monogram to base 6.5 x 3 x 8.5 inches Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he studied at the Cranbrook Acadamy of...
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Late 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Gloria II by Nando Kallweit. Bronze Sculpture, Edition of 25
Located in Coltishall, GB
Gloria II by Nando Kallweit Bronze sculpture, edition of 25 Dimensions: 26 x 19 x 7cm
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Hyperrealistic Bronze Female Head Lost-Wax Sculpture, Hollow Skull, Contemporary
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Hyperrealistic bronze female head sculpture with hollowed skull evokes mystery and organic patina. Soño (24 × 17 × 22 cm) by Aldonza is cast by the artist using the traditional lost-...
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2010s Conceptual Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Louis Ernest Barrias Bronze Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
French dore bronze depicting a seated figure of a boy with tablet by Louis Ernest Barrias, French(1841-1905) Circa 1912 Modeled as a partially nude youth seated with a tablet and p...
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1910s Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Victoire
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Jacques COQUILLAY (né en 1935) Victoire Original bronze Size : 105 x 22 x 20 cm Copy No. 1/8 Signature and numbered on the base. Original bronze m...
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Early 2000s French School Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Head with Bandana – High-Temperature Sea Glazed Refractory and Iron Sculpture
Located in FISTERRA, ES
High-temperature glazed refractory and iron sculpture evokes Mediterranean earth and sea through layered blue-green tones and tactile textures. Aldonza’s Head with Bandana (38 × 36 ×...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Ceramic, Tin Glaze

Untitled, Glazed Stoneware, 2022
Located in Orange, CA
Untitled, Glazed Stoneware, 2022 Additional information: Medium: Glazed stoneware Condition: Excellent Dimensions: 33 1/2 x 15 x 18 in About artist: David Klamen (American, b.1961)...
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

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Stoneware, Glaze

Chien à la sauterelle, Sandoz, Dog, Sculpture, Bronze, Animal, 1910's
Located in Geneva, CH
Chien à la sauterelle, Sandoz, Dog, Sculpture, Bronze, Animal, 1910's Chien à la sauterelle Susse Fondeur circa 1918-1930 Bronze with brown patina and shade of green 13 x 13 x 9 cm Signed and seal of the foundry on the base : Sandoz, Susse Fondeur Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre sculpté de Edouard Marcel Sandoz, sculpteur figuriste et animalier 1881-1971, by Félix Marcilhac, Les Editions de l'amateur, 1993...
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1910s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is a bronze sculpture by Bill Nebeker. Signed on reverse base "Bill Nebeker CA 6/30". The full size is 23 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Bill Nebeker is an American artist ...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Can Can
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 50 Jane DeDecker’s energetic and dynamic bronze sculptures serve as a reflection of her own life experiences and those of her closely-knit family. Her twelve nieces and nephews are the primary source of her inspiration, though DeDecker’s sculptures are not portraits. In fact, her loose style leaves her viewers with room for interpretation, so as to see their own lives within her sculptures. This imprecision, combined with her unique ability to capture specific moments to which each viewer can relate on a personal level, regardless of age, give DeDecker’s work a timeless quality that spans generations. DeDecker began her artistic training as a painter at the University of Northern Colorado, until a professor, noticing her joy in the portrayal of shapes and forms, suggested she try her hand at sculpture...
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1990s Impressionist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Danse Mystique Dance Mystic Bronze Sculpture Classical Contemporary
Located in Utrecht, NL
Danse Mystique Dance Mystic Bronze Sculpture Classical Contemporary The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a perfect command of the old craft of modelling ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Tigre et Lion
Located in Paris, FR
Charles Valton 1851-1918 French Tigre et Lion Bronze with brown patina Both item measure 13 1/2" high x 15" wide x 6 1/5" depth
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1880s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Ex Nihilo Fragment 6", Frederick Hart, Figurative Bronze Sculpture, 39X23X12 in
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ex Nihilo Fragment 6" by Frederick Hart is a figurative bronze with the edition of 55/65. Ex Nihilo Fragment No. 6, detail from the full-scale plaster for the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, was commissioned as part of The Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral...
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Early 2000s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Keeping the Ball Rolling
Located in Greenwich, CT
Life-size sculpture of a bare-footed boy balancing himself atop a ball.
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1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Sea Legs 2/99
Located in Napa, CA
Giuseppe Palumbo’s whimsical, anthropomorphic sculptures delve into the human psyche through irony, wit, and humor. By applying classical techniques to his contemporary subjects, Palumbo’s textured and spirited bronzes embody the essence of each being he portrays. The surprising humanization of common animals urges the viewer to identify with the creatures and forge surprisingly intense emotional connection with the artwork, shattering not only the barriers between viewer and artwork, but between human and beast. In addition to Palumbo’s renowned collection of animals, Palumbo pushes the boundaries of the human experience even further with his exploration of shapes and objects. From small people...
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2010s Sculptures

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Bronze

Small Bronze Sculpture Cast Head After Rodin "Petite tete au nez retrousse"
Located in Surfside, FL
(after) Auguste Rodin Posthumous cast "Petite tete au nez retroussé" Featuring a bust of a woman. Limited edition bronze is mounted on a marble base and is signed on the lower right. Great detail. Dimensions: approx. 7-1/4" tall x 5" across x 5" deep with base Foundry mark on the reverse, #13 of 299 produced. François Auguste René Rodin (1840 – 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. He is known for such sculptures as The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell. He modeled the human body with naturalism, and his sculptures celebrate individual character and physicality. Although Rodin was sensitive to the controversy surrounding his work, he refused to change his style, and his continued output brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community. Rodin became the preeminent French sculptor of his time. By 1900, he was a world-renowned artist. Wealthy private clients sought Rodin's work after his World's Fair exhibit, and he kept company with a variety of high-profile intellectuals and artists. His student, Camille Claudel, became his associate, lover, and creative rival. Rodin's other students included Antoine Bourdelle, Constantin Brancusi, and Charles Despiau. Rodin entered the studio of Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, a successful mass producer of objets d'art. Rodin worked as Carrier-Belleuse' chief assistant until 1870, designing roof decorations and staircase and doorway embellishments. With the arrival of the Franco-Prussian War, Rodin was called to serve in the French National Guard, but his service was brief due to his near-sightedness. Rodin took classes with animal sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye. The teacher's attention to detail and his finely rendered musculature of animals in motion significantly influenced Rodin. Rodin won the 1880 commission to create a portal for a planned museum of decorative arts. Rodin dedicated much of the next four decades to his elaborate Gates of Hell, an unfinished portal for a museum that was never built. Many of the portal's figures became sculptures in themselves, including Rodin's most famous, The Thinker and The Kiss. With the museum commission came a free studio, granting Rodin a new level of artistic freedom. By 1900, Rodin's artistic reputation was established. Gaining exposure from a pavilion of his artwork set up near the 1900 World's Fair (Exposition Universelle) in Paris, he received requests to make busts of prominent people internationally, As Rodin's fame grew, he attracted many followers, including the German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, and authors Octave Mirbeau, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Oscar Wilde. Rodin and Beuret's modest country estate in Meudon, purchased in 1897, was a host to such guests as King Edward, dancer Isadora Duncan, and harpsichordist Wanda Landowska. He left Beuret in Meudon and began an affair with the American-born Duchesse de Choiseul. From 1910, he mentored the Russian sculptor, Moissey Kogan...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Angelic Crystal, Atelier, Terracotta
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Angelic Crystal, Atelier – Terracotta" is a radiant expression of purity, ascension, and transformation. Captured in a moment of poised elevation, the female figure is both grounded...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

16th Century Venetian bronze sculpture of a Young Man in Armour
Located in Milan, IT
16th Century Venetian bronze sculpture of a Young Man in Armour attributed to the Florentine artist Andrea di Alessandri, called Il Bresciano (Fl...
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16th Century Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Inheritance 18/25
Located in Napa, CA
jd Hansen crafts works with exceptional detail, utilizing texture and language in a unique way to create ephemeral and intricate bronzes. Hansen's work has been collected and exhibi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

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