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Art Subject: Bronze
River
By Gil Bruvel
Located in PARIS, FR
This captivating sculpture stands out for its futuristic and organic aesthetic. Shaped in metal, it depicts a stylized human head with fluid curves and undulating patterns that evoke...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Bookshelf Buddha Gold
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
When people first view Marlene Rose, they often feel certain aliveness inherent in the work itself. Her goal as an artist is to inject life into whatever she makes. In simple terms, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Horse No 2, series of 9
Located in Eversholt, Bedfordshire
ROBERT CLATWORTHY (b1928)
HORSE, No2, Series of 9
28cm
Bronze
Stamped with initials
Clatworthy produced his most important works during the early 1980’s.
Horse is powerful expressi...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dreams
Located in Roma, RM
Giovanni Nicolini (Palermo 1872 - Rome 1956), Dreams
Bronze sculpture 63 x 35 x 35 cm signed and located Rome on the back; in the wooden base is a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Symbolist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bajo Fisherman by Marine de Soos - Large outdoor bronze sculpture, human figure
Located in Paris, FR
Bajo Fisherman is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 253 × 180 × 176 cm (99.6 × 70.9 × 69.3 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Reader, by Rodger Jacobsen, bronze, large, big head, book, glasses, chair
Located in Santa Fe, NM
The Reader, by Rodger Jacobsen, bronze, large, big head, book, glasses, chair
limited edition of 12
Please allow 9-12 weeks for delivery from foundry
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dreams
Located in New York, NY
Johannes Nielsen (b.1979) was born in Falkenberg, Sweden. He is an artist who uses bronze sculpture to celebrate life and its beauty. He believes that sculptures of the human body ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Daydreamer
Located in New York, NY
Johannes Nielsen (b.1979) was born in Falkenberg, Sweden. He is an artist who uses bronze sculpture to celebrate life and its beauty. He believes that sculptures of the human body ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Come on & Let Me Know, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Bronze
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Come on & Let Me Know, Should I Stay or Should I Go," is a bronze sculpture. The work is signed and numbered by the artist.
Leon Bronstein's work is intimate, elegant and graceful...
Category
2010s Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Nude, Figurative Bronze Sculpture Athena - The Goddess of Wisdom
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Athena the Goddess of Wisdom' by Carl Payne is a stunning Contemporary Nude Bronze Sculpture.
Continuing a successful career in England and Ireland, Carl joined Callaghan Fine Pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Woman with Head of Roses, Surrealist Bronze Sculpture by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Woman with Head of Roses" or "Femme à Tête de Roses" is a bronze sculpture by Surrealist Salvador Dali. This interesting piece, referenced by Descharnes as number 684, includes a pl...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Whisper
Located in New York, NY
Johannes Nielsen (b.1979) was born in Falkenberg, Sweden. He is an artist who uses bronze sculpture to celebrate life and its beauty. He believes that sculptures of the human body ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Boy Riding Burro with Cape
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Boy Riding Burro
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Charro Initial
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1970s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seated figure
Located in Fairfield, CT
Cast bronze with patina finish on marble base
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Limacina Helicina I
Located in Fairfield, CT
Bronze on painted steel base
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Mitsuko Uchida
Located in Fairfield, CT
Cast bronze
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
AfterMoore III
Located in Fairfield, CT
Cast bronze
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
AfterMoore I
Located in Fairfield, CT
Cast bronze
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mother and child
Located in Fairfield, CT
Cast bronze
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Reclining figure
Located in Fairfield, CT
Cast bronze on bronze base
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Drying Bather
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
After Degas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Remorse
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bather with Cloth Drape
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seated Bather Washing Foot
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Kneeling Bather Washing Hair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bather Washing Hair
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bather
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Reclining Nude
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Guitar Player
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lovers #3
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico and lived nearly the entire 20th century. After service in the Mexican Revolution as a youth, he emigrated to Texas, studied in C...
Category
1980s Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Woman's Head, Horizontal Hair
Located in Rye, NY
In my effort to make the sculpted bust a viable contemporary art form I have tried several approaches. This under-life-size piece is an early example of my current preferred approach...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Woman's Head, Tom Tom Club
Located in Rye, NY
Stoneware with patinas, available with tall (40") or table-top custom steel stand
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Taken by trees
Located in New York, NY
Kristalova is best known for her figurative ceramic sculptures that incorporate aspects of the human body and elements of nature. Across her oeuvre, she explores transition as a stag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Preparing to Ride
Located in Missouri, MO
Preparing to Ride
By. George B. Marks (American, 1923-1983)
Signed and Dated
Throughout his artistic career, George Marks’s work was always guided by the...
Category
1970s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Holdup of the Overland Stagecoach
Located in Missouri, MO
The Holdup of the Overland Stagecoach
By. Gordon Phillips (American, 1927-2011)
Initialed and Edition 493/750
Gordon Phillips was born in 1927 in Boone, North Carolina. He studied a...
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Unfolding
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erica Larkin Gaudet has been fabricating sculptural work for over 30 years. By forging, welding, applying patinas and leafing, she creates ethereal forms that oscillate between abstr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Steel
'Libri' Figurative Nude bronze Sculpture of a Woman reading a book, dancer, gold
By Carl Payne
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Libri' is a stunning sculpture by the hugely talented Carl Payne. Payne has a talent to create a real feeling of movement and lightness in his Bronze sculptures, no small feat!
Continuing a successful career in England and Ireland, Carl joined Callaghan Fine Paintings and Works of Art at the beginning of 2004 in order to dedicate his time to create and develop stunning individual contemporary sculpture. Carl is a Staffordshire based sculptor for whom art has played a large part in his academic work taking him through the Burslem School of Art, the Henry Doulton School of Sculpture and then to Stafford College. After qualifying in Figurative Sculpture he launched his career with commission after commission which has now secured his reputation for fine quality workmanship both in life-size format and smaller decorative pieces. The list of his completed commissioned work is extensive, including many ‘house-hold’ names from the sporting world, commerce and the past. The following are just some of the private and publicly commissioned completed works that form Carl’s prestigious portfolio:- King George 5th and Queen Mary – life size portrait buste commissioned by Cunards Cruise Ships and located in the ballroom of the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) cruise ship. Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross – life size and a quarter commissioned by Banbury Council, located at Banbury Cross and unveiled by Princess Anne. Randolph Turpin – life size and a quarter - commissioned by Warwick and Leamington Spa Council located in Warwick Town Centre, Sir Stanley Matthews – life size and a half - commissioned by the Stanley Matthews Foundation located at The Britannia Stadium, Stoke. George Best...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Native American Girl with Doll
By Dave Powell
Located in Missouri, MO
Native American Girl with Doll
By Dave Powell (American, b. 1954)
Signed on Back
17.5" x 8"
Dave Powell is a native son of Montana, in a world of change and transition; few can say they have roots in a single geography that go back four generations. Dave's pedigree in art is just about as deep. He is the son of artists Ace Powell and Nancy McLaughlin Powell. That heritage leads back to the likes of Charlie Russell and Joe De Young, both famous for their abilities to "tell the story" through their art. His father, Ace Powell, was a prolific Western artist whose first childhood paint-box set was a gift from Charlie and Nancy Russell.
Dave became a serious student of art in his mid-teens, and has been a professional artist most of his adult life. Over the years he has worked with Bob Scriver, Ned Jacob and Robert Lougheed. Dave will be the first to give thanks...
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sisters (Small) (2/75)
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Gustavo Torres
Sisters (Small) (2/75), 2022
Bronze
23 x 5 x 5 in
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Wildlife Bronze Sculpture Patinated 'Woodcock' by Richard Smith
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Woodock' by Richard Smith is a beautiful contemporary bronze sculpture. Beautiful patina and incredible detail. Sure to make an amazing addition to any collection!
Richard J. Smith was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK in 1955. He studied illustration at Luton School of Art to a high standard and graduated with a diploma in Technical & Scientific Illustration. He was soon offered a job as a medical artist at the John Radcliffe teaching hospital in Oxford. In 1978 he was painting for galleries as a full time artist with his depictions of wildlife. He has gained an international reputation for his work and is best known for his superb paintings of fish and water. He has exhibited at prestigious galleries such as the Tryon Gallery and W. H. Patersons in London, The Sportsman's Edge Gallery in New York, The Call of Africa in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the Everard Reed Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa. Richard has exhibited his paintings at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum in the USA and the Natural History Museum and Tring Museum in Britain. He has sold at all the major auctions houses in London, such as Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams and Phillips. In the latter part of 2007, Richard was commissioned to produce several fish paintings, for the Sultan of Oman. Callaghan Fine Paintings has commissioned a series of life size bronze birds. His works include British birds such as the elusive Snipe sitting atop a fence post and the beautiful Little Blue penguin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze sculpture of 'Rapunzel' from German fairytale by Carl Payne
By Carl Payne
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
A stunning Nude Bronze Sculpture 'Rapunzel' with inspiration taken from the German fairytale.
Continuing a successful career in England and Ireland, Carl joined Callaghan Fine Paintings and Works of Art at the beginning of 2004 in order to dedicate his time to create and develop stunning individual contemporary sculpture.
Carl is a Staffordshire based sculptor for whom art has played a large part in his academic work taking him through the Burslem School of Art, the Henry Doulton School of Sculpture and then to Stafford College.
After qualifying in Figurative Sculpture he launched his career with commission after commission, which has now secured his reputation for fine quality workmanship both in life-size format and smaller decorative pieces. The list of his completed commissioned work is extensive, including many ‘house-hold’ names from the sporting world, commerce and the past.
The following are just some of the private and publicly commissioned completed works that form Carl’s prestigious portfolio:-
King George 5th and Queen Mary – life size portrait buste commissioned by Cunards Cruise Ships and located in the ballroom of the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) cruise ship.
Randolph Turpin – life size and a quarter - commissioned by Warwick and Leamington Spa Council located in Warwick Town Centre,
Sir Stanley Matthews – life size and a half - commissioned by the Sir Stanley Matthews Foundation located at The Britannia Stadium.
The Stadium of Light - life size group of figures – commissioned by Sunderland Football Club...
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Madonna
Located in Wien, Wien
MADONNA
Il DE FRANCE/PARIS
Around 1270
Oak wood carved
Height 79cm
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Elena Study II, Extended Drapery
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Like all of Richard MacDonald’s most important works, Elena Study II transcends the definition of it’s initial concept and becomes a metaphor of wide ranging meaning: different for e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
UNFURLED I
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erica Larkin Gaudet has been fabricating sculptural work for over 30 years. By forging, welding, applying patinas and leafing, she creates ethereal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper, Steel
"Dear Theodosia" Bronze sculpture 34" x 49" x 31" in Ed. of 8 by Huang Yulong
By Huang Yulong
Located in Culver City, CA
"Dear Theodosia" Bronze sculpture 34" x 49" x 31" in Ed. of 8 by Huang Yulong
Adult: 34" x 49" x 31" in
Kid: 30" x 25" x 17" in
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Huang Yulong was born in 1983 in An...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Venus Africaine, Bronze by Charles Cordier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Venus Africaine by Charles Cordier, French (1827–1905)
Bronze Sculpture, signature inscribed
Size: 15 x 9 x 5 in. (38.1 x 22.86 x 12.7 cm)
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'Nico Jnr' Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Gorilla on a bronze plinth
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Nico Jnr' by Tobias Martin is a Solid Bronze Animal Sculpture. Based on the famous Gorilla 'Nico' who was the largest and oldest Silverback Gorilla kept in captivity.
Tobias Martin was born in 1972 in Wiltshire, 12 miles from Stonehenge. Influenced by his idyllic rural upbringing, and the forces of nature and magic that permeated his childhood surroundings, these works have something of the mystical about them.
Each piece is approached with precise observation and an acute interest in the minutiae of the subject matter, manipulating the material with a delicacy and lightness of touch. Despite being realised in heavy materials such as bronze, the resulting piece achieves a sense of movement and character that conveys the essential spirit of the animal.
Inspired by the work of Grinling Gibbons and Alfred Gilbert...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Solid Bronze 20th Century Nude Ballet Dancer 'Stepping Stones' by Benson Landes
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Stepping Stones' by Benson Landes is a Solid Bronze 20th Century Nude Ballet Dancer - she is so light on her feet and beautifully elegant.
For Benson Landes, sculpture was most definitely a passion. His oeuvre of cast bronzes is populated with ‘off duty’ ballet dancers, rather wistful women, often caught in moments of solitary repose. Such an obvious appreciation of the grace and elegance of the female form was, no doubt, heightened by 25 years spent in the couture business, which Benson entered at the age of 14. The sculptor admitted that his time as an apprentice at his father’s clothing...
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Shared Dreams, stone, sculpture, by Allan Houser, Texas steatite, mother, child
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Shared Dreams, stone, sculpture, by Allan Houser, Texas steatite, mother, child
signed by the artist at the base of the child's blanket
Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache 191...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
'Shaggy Ink Cap Mushroom' Contemporary bronze sculpture of a British Mushroom
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Shaggy Ink Cap Mushroom' is a stunningly elegant Bronze sculpture of a British Mushroom in Nature. The patina you see is what makes this piece so lifelike, rarely seen in bronze tod...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cornelis Zitman, Divertimiento, 1973, Bronze, 72 x 34 x 45 cm
Located in Miami, FL
Cornelis Zitman
Divertimiento, 1973
Bronze, AP
72 x 34 x 45 cm
28.3 x 13.3 x 17.7 in.
Cornelis Zitman (1926-2016)
Born in Leiden in a family of builders, he enters the Fine Arts ...
Category
1970s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Golden Bronze Made Figure Sculpture In Hip-hop Pop Hoodie Style. Limited Edition
By Huang Yulong
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
Leader唤 ( Edition of 8 )
Leader draws inspiration from the imagery of a leader waiving at the crowd. In the course of creation, the wax prototype was deformed due to the prolonged p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Porcelain Sculpture With Skull Shape In Gold Color, Removable Cover
By Huang Yulong
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
Roses and skulls were the first batch of products produced by Yulong Lab under the name of the studio at that time. The original intention of this design was to focus on people who a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
'Elephant' Bronze Wildlife contemporary sculpture of an African Elephant. Brown
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Elephant' by Tobias Martin is a Solid Bronze Animal Sculpture.
Tobias Martin was born in 1972 in Wiltshire, 12 miles from Stonehenge. Influenced by his idyllic rural upbringing, an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jorge Segui Magic Woman, 2019 Bronze. 1/3 AP
By Jorge Seguí
Located in Miami, FL
Jorge Segui
Magic Woman, 2019
Bronze. 1/3 AP
83.8 x 91.4 x 59.6 cm 33 x 36 x 23.5 in.
Signed and Numbered.
Jorge Seguí b. 1945, Argentina. He attended th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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