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Art Subject: Wood
ANOUKIS Life-Size Sculpture of Feathered Wolf, Unique, Mixed Media
ANOUKIS Life-Size Sculpture of Feathered Wolf, Unique, Mixed Media

ANOUKIS Life-Size Sculpture of Feathered Wolf, Unique, Mixed Media

By Laurence Le Constant

Located in PARIS, FR

ANOUKIS is a real-size wolf-bird sculpture by Laurence Le Constant. Inspired by ancient Egyptian mythology, Anoukis refers to the goddess of water, known as “the one who encircles a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Leather, Organic Material, Epoxy Resin, Other Medium

Le guépard blessé
Le guépard blessé

Le guépard blessé

Located in Ixelles, BE

Jean Vassileff, dit « Vassil » est né en 1949 à Drancy. Artiste autodidacte, Vassil s’est intéressé très tôt à la peinture et à la sculpture. Il pratique tout d’abord la taille direc...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Diogenes, terracotta sculpture, 1939, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981).
Diogenes, terracotta sculpture, 1939, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981).

Diogenes, terracotta sculpture, 1939, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981).

Located in Firenze, IT

**Diogenes.** **Terracotta sculpture, 1939, Giorgio Rossi (1894-1981): Tuscan Sculptor.** **Material:** Hand-modeled terracotta by the artist. **Unique piece.** **Dimensions...

Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Pearfect in Pink
Pearfect in Pink

Pearfect in Pink

By Bela Bacsi

Located in Pasadena, CA

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Exhibitions Exhibited at the Los Angeles Art Show 2014, January 15-19, 2014

Category

Early 2000s Realist Nude Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Brutalist Late 20th Century Figurative Panther Sculpture
Brutalist Late 20th Century Figurative Panther Sculpture

Brutalist Late 20th Century Figurative Panther Sculpture

Located in Beachwood, OH

Alexsander Danel (Estonian, 1940-2001) Brutalist Panther Sculpture, 1996 Signed 'Danel' and 'Austin Sculpture' to back leg 13.5 x 16.5 inches Alexsander Danel was born in Estonia and graduated from both the Moscow Industrial Arts School and the Moscow Fine Arts Academy. He earned many awards and distinctions in the Soviet Union, including "Best Work of the Year" in 1973 for his monumental work commemorating the history of the Russian Wars, installed in Kirov. Alexsander Danel emigrated to the U.S. in 1976, after spending a year in Rome where he sculpted set designs for Fellini's "Cassanova" and the Napoli Theater production of "Aida". After settling in New York, he completed commissions for Rockefeller Plaza and Radio City Music Hall. In 1992, he held his first one person show exhibiting computer generated...

Category

1990s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Democratic Republic of Congo Lega mask
Democratic Republic of Congo Lega mask

Democratic Republic of Congo Lega mask

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

Democratic Republic of Congo Lega mask Wood / raffia and kaolin Late 19th century H mask alone 18 x W 10 x D 4cm With beard / metal base: 35cm Provenance: collection of Hillary Ger...

Category

19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"MAN ON HORSE" DAVID ADICKES (1927-2025). MCM. Houston Artist Bronze Sculpture
"MAN ON HORSE" DAVID ADICKES (1927-2025). MCM. Houston Artist Bronze Sculpture

"MAN ON HORSE" DAVID ADICKES (1927-2025). MCM. Houston Artist Bronze Sculpture

Located in San Antonio, TX

David Adickes (1927-2024) "Man On Horse" Bronze Sculpture 7.5 x 6.5 x 3 Signed inner rear leg. cowboy, horseback, horse, western, wooden base Houston sculptor and painter David Pryor Adickes died on Sunday, July 13 at age 98, leaving a legacy of nearly eight decades of artmaking that included many notable monumental public sculptures and signature paintings. Mr. Adickes may have cut a diminutive figure — at 105 pounds he was once deemed too slight to enlist as a World War II Army pilot — but he became a giant of Texas art over his long lifetime. Mr. Adickes was born in Huntsville in 1927, and lived there through graduating with a degree in math and physics from Sam Houston State University (SHSU), before decamping to Paris in 1948. There he studied the art of El Greco, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Marc Chagall. In a 2017 Texas Country Reporter story, Mr. Adickes quoted his friend, noted author James Michener — whom he called “Jim” — in saying, “I just come from Texas, but I’m not a Texan. I’m a French artist, if you had to really put geography [on it]. Paris influenced me more than any other place in the world.” But few artists could have been more Texan. In true maverick style, Mr. Adickes sidestepped traditional methods of applying for public art commissions through governmental channels, instead parlaying successful real estate ventures into buying land on which to situate his artworks. One such example is his massive Sam Houston sculpture — a Huntsville icon, titled A Tribute to Courage — grandly stands nearly 70 feet tall on a grassy plot he owned on the southern edge of town, overlooking Interstate 45. Dixie Friend Gay, a longtime friend of Mr. Adickes and noted public sculptor who goes through traditional channels to propose and site her work, said good humoredly, “He talked to me about how I did public art, and he goes, ‘You know what? I just go buy the property and stick what I want to on it.’” Ms. Gay said Mr. Adickes was generous in sharing his substantial knowledge on complex sculptural processes. This trait was also recognized by artist Jack Massing, Executive Director of The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, who to work through the complex concrete layering processes of building his huge sculptures. “As a maker, he was fearless in making these giant things. He figured it out. He got it done, and he did it for so long,” Mr. Massing said. Linda Wiley also admired Mr. Adickes, for his work as an artist and for his charming personality. They met 30 years ago while he was working on the Sam Houston sculpture. “Those of us around in Huntsville ... had heard of this guy that was building a giant statue, and so I went out and met David and his charming self, and started taking pictures,” she said. That initial encounter eventually became Ms. Wiley’s 1996 book about Adickes as an inspiration for creativity in everyone, Making It Happen: Exploring the Creative Process Through the Sculptures of David Adickes. The title is a reference to Mr. Adickes’ fortitude, Ms. Wiley said. “David didn’t just dream up the dream, he realized the dream.” The two became a couple, then life partners. One dream of Mr. Adickes’ that remains unrealized was finding a permanent Texas home for his collection of 43 famed giant president’s head sculptures, which remain at his downtown studio. The building faces demolition by the Texas Department of Transportation through eminent domain. “So there’s the ticking of the clock, because we’re hoping to get them transferred to their new home before TxDOT says you gotta move them now,” Ms. Wiley said. Thirty years ago, after seeing firsthand the monumental Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, Mr. Adickes undertook what would become an expensive and consuming obsession to craft large-scale concrete heads for each president. By the end of his life, he had completed every president through Barack Obama. In a 2014 interview with Houston Public Media, Mr. Adickes said, “It’s this crazy idea, but I have crazy ideas,” concluding with a lightheartedly self-deprecating pronouncement, "It's a curse." In a February 2025 Texas Monthly article on the quandary of their preservation, Mr. Adickes is quoted as saying, “I don’t want them to die. ... My goal is to create works of art that will be here for generations — that will bring pleasure for generations to come. My whole life is based on that desire.” Mr. Adickes purchased the former Huntsville High School, when the building was to be razed, and converted it into the Adickes Art Foundation Art Museum to house his ever-growing collection of paintings and sculptures. Ms. Wiley said they sold the building a few years ago to SHSU, which turned it into a natural history museum. Regarding what will happen to the artistic legacy of Mr. Adickes, “As far as a museum in his honor, that remains to be seen. I’m going to let the stars align on that and see what happens.” She said TammyDowe of Spot On Public Relations in Houston is working on finding a home for the presidents’ heads, and Mr. Massing said he believes the heads will be the most important part of Mr. Adickes’ legacy and hopes they find a home. According to those who knew him, Mr. Adickes will be remembered for his good will as much as his artwork. Mr. Massing said, “His impact is going to be felt for another 30 to 50 years because of the people that he touched.” Ms. Gay remembered him as an engaging personality. “I loved his stories. He was such a unique storyteller,” she said, describing him as a “Renaissance Man” with a wide range of interests. In a 2008 oral history book by Sarah C. Reynolds, Houston Reflections: Art in the City, 1950s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, Mr. Adickes recalled starting The Studio School of Contemporary Art on Truxillo Street with Paris colleague Herb Mears in 1951, and later, opening the Love Street Light Circus and Feel Good Machine in 1967, calling it “the hottest psychedelic club in town," having hosted such bands as The Red Crayola, at the time "just a bunch of kids from Rice (University)." In 2017, Mr. Adickes told the Texas Country Reporter that loving what he did was key to his longevity, declaring, “I’ll never retire. That’s not possible.” Ms. Wiley said he stayed active, in mind and spirit, until he died. “He was David until the very last.” For an extended visual tour of Mr. Adickes’ Houston- and Huntsville-based monumental sculpture, visit the Houston Chronicle’s recent memorial photo essay. A public memorial event will be held in mid-October, Ms. Wiley said, with further details forthcoming. Source: Glasstire (2025), written by Nicholas Frank Submitted by: Stephanie Reeves Biography from the Archives of askART Photo of David Pryor Adickes Sculptor David Adickes is known for a major project titled Presidents Park in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he created 42 portraits bust of American presidents. Each sculpture is twenty feet tall, and their size was the subject of much protest and controversy. However, a court ruling allowed them to stay. Source: Art & Antiques, November 2000 Now mainly known as a creator of giant sculpture, Adickes spent most of his professional life teaching, painting, and creating small bronzes. A commission for Houston's Performing Art Center in 1982 marks the beginning of his giant sculpture design. After the 36-foot tall cellist called the Virtuoso in a cubist style, he created a number of abstract works, including a giant cornet for the jazz stage at the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans, Louisiana. Circa 1994 he finished a giant statue of Sam Houston, first President of Texas, followed by his 42 statue tribute to United States Presidents. Adickes has degrees in mathematics and physics which serve him well in the engineering of his works. Working on a giant sculpture series which includes the Beatles, and he hopes to end with a 280-foot tall cowboy statue...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Smokestack Nine - Porcelain Cubes Pine Wood Shelf Wall Sculpture, 2025
Smokestack Nine - Porcelain Cubes Pine Wood Shelf Wall Sculpture, 2025

Smokestack Nine - Porcelain Cubes Pine Wood Shelf Wall Sculpture, 2025

Located in Kent, CT

Contemporary wall-mounted sculpture by Tristan Fitch composed of pit-fired porcelain cubes on a hand-carved shelf made from locally sourced pine referencing architectural forms and a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Arc of Peace 11/19

Arc of Peace 11/19

Located in Napa, CA

Lorri Acott is an internationally collected sculptor known for her impressionistic, figurative works that explore themes of connection, resilience, and the shared human experience. H...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Life-Size Wooden Carved Holy Figures, German Neo-Gothic Style ca. 1890
Life-Size Wooden Carved Holy Figures, German Neo-Gothic Style ca. 1890

Life-Size Wooden Carved Holy Figures, German Neo-Gothic Style ca. 1890

Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE

South German woodcarver, circa 1890, Gothic style Jesus, John and Mary Life-size group of saints in 2 parts, carved from lime wood Jesus: 164 x 61 x 97 cm John, Mary: 164 x 53.5 x 8...

Category

Late 19th Century Gothic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Japanese Suzuribako Writing Box-Showa Era-Excellent condition-GSY Gallery Select
Japanese Suzuribako Writing Box-Showa Era-Excellent condition-GSY Gallery Select

Japanese Suzuribako Writing Box-Showa Era-Excellent condition-GSY Gallery Select

Located in London, GB

-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...

Category

1980s Showa Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Blind Trust, Atelier
Blind Trust, Atelier

Blind Trust, Atelier

By Richard MacDonald

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

“Courage is a kind of salvation.” —Plato. Nothing worthwhile springs from fear: fear is the serpent in the garden, the hole in the boat, the flaw in the plan—it can steer us from danger, but ungoverned by courage it is just as likely to steer us toward a bad outcome. We all have the capacity to be brave, and it is by finding our courage that everything we value comes into being—there can be no love without courage, no kindness without courage, no creativity without courage. As we all face this crisis of unusual scope, we are all living as the figures in Richard MacDonald’s “Blind Faith...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

''Big Pig'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Pig
''Big Pig'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Pig

''Big Pig'', Contemporary Bronze Sculpture Portrait of a Pig

By Ans Zondag

Located in Utrecht, NL

After studying Fine Art in the Netherlands Ans Zondag (1959) spent several years abroad in order to explore different artistic areas and to establish which technique suited her best....

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Standing Figure
Standing Figure

Standing Figure

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Tom Cramer (b.1960). Standing Figure, 1998. Carved wood and polymer paint. Measures 12 inches high. Excellent condition. Signed and dated under base. Tom Cramer is an American artist working in Portland, Oregon noted for his intricately carved and painted wood reliefs and ubiquity throughout the city of Portland. Often called the unofficial Artist Laureate of Portland,[2] Cramer is one of the most visible and successful artists in the city. The influences on his work are both organic and technological. He is widely collected and is in many prominent west coast museum and private collections. He is in the permanent collections of the Portland Art Museum[3] in Portland Oregon, the Halle Ford Museum in Salem Oregon, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum in Eugene, Oregon, the Boise Art Museum in Idaho. Cramer made a name for himself in the 1980s and 1990s becoming a bridge between historical Oregon artists like Clifford Gleason and Milton Wilson...

Category

Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Latex

"HORSE TAMER" BRONZE SCULPTURE

"HORSE TAMER" BRONZE SCULPTURE

Located in San Antonio, TX

John Bennett (Born 1952) Fredericksburg, Texas Artist Image Size: 22 x 39 across x 11 Medium: Bronze "Horse Tamer" John Bennett (Born 1952) John Bennett was designated Texas State Ar...

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Salvador Dalí­ -- Nobility of Time
Salvador Dalí­ -- Nobility of Time

Salvador Dalí­ -- Nobility of Time

By Salvador Dalí­

Located in BRUCE, ACT

Salvador Dali "Nobility of Time" from "The Sculpture Collection" Conceived in 1977, first cast in 1984 Bronze and green patina Edition: 194/350 Inscribed "Dali" Dimensions: 60 x 38...

Category

1980s Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Side-view mirror Pink Cabin

Vintage Side-view mirror Pink Cabin

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Original rear view mirror sculpture by Katherine Flynn.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Kuba African Warthog Divining Figure tribal arts sculpture
Kuba African Warthog Divining Figure tribal arts sculpture

Kuba African Warthog Divining Figure tribal arts sculpture

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Warthog Divining Figure. Kuba, DRC. Late 19th century. Carved wood with palm oil patina, 12.5 incehes (l), 3.25 inches (h), 2 5/8 inches (d). Loss evident at tip of right ear and on snout. Provenance: Ex. collection Martin and Faith-Dorian Wright; J.J. Klegman; Angelo Caggiula-Carulucci, chief magistrate in Belgian Congo for King Leopold...

Category

Late 19th Century Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"A Likely Story" (2020) By Linda Prokop, Original Bronze Sculpture
"A Likely Story" (2020) By Linda Prokop, Original Bronze Sculpture

"A Likely Story" (2020) By Linda Prokop, Original Bronze Sculpture

Located in Denver, CO

"A Likely Story" (2020) By Linda Prokop is an original bronze sculpture that depicts an abstracted portrait of a young girl standing next to a large bear. About the Artist: Linda Pr...

Category

2010s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Sculpture, "Icarus Ascending"
Sculpture, "Icarus Ascending"

Sculpture, "Icarus Ascending"

Located in San Diego, CA

This is a limited edition figurative realistic sculpture by San Diego artist, Peter Dingli. It is made of bronze. Its dimensions are 21" x 35" x 15". A certificate of authenticity wi...

Category

2010s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Pheasant
Pheasant

Pheasant

By François Pompon

Located in PARIS, FR

Pheasant by François Pompon (1855-1933) Exceptional bronze with old gilded patina Cast by Valsuani Period cast France circa 1930 height 8,2 cm length 14,2 cm width 3,6 cm A similar model is represented in "Pompon, Catalog raisonné", Editions Gallimard, RMN, 1995, page 202, n°95B. Biography: François Pompon (1855-1933) is known for his animal sculptures whose innovative style is characterized by the simplification of shapes and polished surfaces. Pompon entered as an apprentice in the workshop of his father, Alban Pompon (1823-1907) who was a "compagnon du devoir" of the carpenter-cabinetmakers. Thanks to a scholarship obtained by the parish priest, he left in 1870 for Dijon where he became an apprentice stonemason with a marble worker. He attended evening classes at the School of Fine Arts in Dijon, first in architecture and engraving with Célestin Nanteuil, then in sculpture with François Dameron (1835-1900). After a short stint in the army in 1875, Pompon arrived in Paris where he became a marble worker in a funeral business near the Montparnasse cemetery. He attended evening classes at the Petite École, the future National School of Decorative Arts. His teachers were the sculptors Aimé Millet (1819-1891) and Pierre Louis Rouillard (1820-1881), also professor of anatomy, who showed him the menagerie of the Jardin des Plantes. In 1890, François Pompon entered the studio of Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), where he worked as a practitioner at the marble depot, rue de l'Université. He quickly gained the master's confidence since he ran the workshop in 1893. His role then was to pass on the accounts, pay for the marbles and supervise the work. It is in this same workshop that he met Ernest Nivet and Camille Claudel. He worked for a long time as a practitioner for other sculptors such as Jean Dampt...

Category

1930s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

American Story No.1776
American Story No.1776

American Story No.1776

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles. Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Arbre-monde III by Cécile Raynal - sandstone sculpture, pigments, birds, tree
Arbre-monde III by Cécile Raynal - sandstone sculpture, pigments, birds, tree

Arbre-monde III by Cécile Raynal - sandstone sculpture, pigments, birds, tree

By Cécile Raynal

Located in Paris, FR

Arbre-monde III is a unique smoke-fired sandstone sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 85 × 44 × 25 cm (33.4 × 17.3 × 9.8 in). This sculpture is a unique piece signed by the artist and comes with a certificate of authenticity. This highly narrative sculpture depicts a tree inhabited by various symbolic elements perched among its branches—birds, a wolf, a hare, and even a human hand. In recent years, animals have become increasingly prominent in Cécile Raynal’s artistic universe: "All kinds of beasts and hybrid forms populate my work. Chimeras, constructed by elective affinities between animal figures and human," she writes in Memories of Embers (Éditions Privat, 2018). More recently, however, the vegetal world has found a place in her sculptures, through representations of trees or the “vegetalization” of human and animal forms with branching elements. This evolution plays a central role in the present work. “The title of this series naturally echoes the novel by Richard Powers...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

Panther licking
Panther licking

Panther licking

By André Vincent Becquerel

Located in PARIS, FR

Panther licking by André-Vincent BECQUEREL (1893-1981) A bronze sculpture with nuanced green patina Signed on the base " Becquerel " Old edition cast Presented on a wooden base Fra...

Category

1930s French School Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

FishieZ ochre

FishieZ ochre

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Hugh Findletar is perhaps best known for his bustlike vases, which he calls "flowerheadz." They are created in glassblowing workshop on Murano, an Italian island near Venice. The "z,...

Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Gold

Au gré des vents by Marine de Soos - Contemporary bronze sculpture, tree houses
Au gré des vents by Marine de Soos - Contemporary bronze sculpture, tree houses

Au gré des vents by Marine de Soos - Contemporary bronze sculpture, tree houses

By Marine de Soos

Located in Paris, FR

Au gré des vents is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 87 × 70 × 63 cm (34.3 × 27.6 × 24.8 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Nativity Scene By Leo Salazar Hand Carved Cedar Wood 1960s
Nativity Scene By Leo Salazar Hand Carved Cedar Wood 1960s

Nativity Scene By Leo Salazar Hand Carved Cedar Wood 1960s

By Leo Salazar

Located in Detroit, MI

Nativity Scene with Blessed Mary, Kneeling Joseph, Angel, One Shepherd, One King, Manger, Baby Jesus, and Two Animals. The figures range in height from 18.5" to 12"; animals are 3" ...

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cedar

"BEACH CIGS" Assemblage cigarette sculpture
"BEACH CIGS" Assemblage cigarette sculpture

"BEACH CIGS" Assemblage cigarette sculpture

By Jim Houser

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "BEACH CIGS" is an original painted sculpture by Jim Houser made of assembled objects. This piece measures approximately 7”h x 12”w x 3.5”d. It includes the pictured cigarette...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Acrylic

Outcrop No.16 - sculpture, glass
Outcrop No.16 - sculpture, glass

Outcrop No.16 - sculpture, glass

By Cheryl Wilson Smith

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This contemporary glass wall sculpture by Cheryl Wilson Smith has an earthy colour palette. Cheryl Wilson Smith’s delicate glass sculptures are inspired by ancient rock and the bore...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Mixed Media

Barn Owl by Cécile Raynal - Animal smoke-fired stoneware sculpture, fable, clay
Barn Owl by Cécile Raynal - Animal smoke-fired stoneware sculpture, fable, clay

Barn Owl by Cécile Raynal - Animal smoke-fired stoneware sculpture, fable, clay

By Cécile Raynal

Located in Paris, FR

Barn Owl is a unique smoke-fired stoneware, resin, plaster and clay sculpture by French contemporary artist Cécile Raynal, dimensions are 75 × 52 × 60 cm (29.5 × 20.4 × 23.6 in). Thi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Stoneware, Resin, Plaster

Hoop Dancer
Hoop Dancer

Demetre ChiparusHoop Dancer, 1920's

$4,400Sale Price|20% Off

Hoop Dancer

By Demetre Chiparus

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Demetre Haralamb Chiparus (also known as Dumitru Chiparus) (16 September 1886 in Dorohoi, Romania - 22 January 1947 in Paris, France) was a Romanian Art Deco* era sculptor who lived and worked in Paris. He was born in Romania, the son of Haralamb and Saveta. In 1909 he went to Italy, where he attended the classes of Italian sculptor Raffaello Romanelli. In 1912 he traveled to Paris to attend the Ecole des Beaux Arts* to pursue his art at the classes of Antonin Mercie and Jean Boucher. Demetre Chiparus died in 1947 and was buried in Bagneux cemetery, just south of Paris. The first sculptures of Chiparus were created in the realistic style and were exhibited at the Salon of 1914. He employed the combination of bronze and ivory, called chryselephantine*, to great effect. Most of his renowned works were made between 1914 and 1933. The first series of sculptures manufactured by Chiparus were the series of the children. The mature style of Chiparus took shape beginning in the 1920s. His sculptures are remarkable for their bright and outstanding decorative effect. Dancers of the Russian Ballet, French theatre, and early motion pictures were among his more notable subjects and were typified by a long, slender, stylized appearance. His work was influenced by an interest in Egypt, after Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb was excavated. He worked primarily with the Edmond Etling and Cie Foundry in Paris administrated by Julien Dreyfus. Les Neveux de J. Lehmann was the second foundry which constantly worked with Chiparus and produced the sculptures of his models. Chiparus rarely exhibited at the Salon. In 1923 he showed his Javelin Thrower, and in 1928 exhibited his Ta-Keo dancer. During the period of Nazi persecution and the World War II, the foundries discontinued production of work by Chiparus. The economic situation of that time was not favorable to the development of decorative arts and circumstances for many sculptors worsened. Since the early 1940s almost no works of Chiparus were sold, but he continued sculpting for his own pleasure, depicting animals in the Art Deco style. At the 1942 Paris Salon, the plaster sculptures Polar Bear and American Bison were exhibited, and in 1943 he showed a marble Polar Bear and plaster Pelican. Sculptures of Dimitri Chiparus represent the classical manifestation of Art Deco style in decorative bronze ivory sculpture. Traditionally, four factors of influence over the creative activity of the artist can be distinguished: Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, ancient Egyptian art, and French theatre. Early motion pictures were among his more notable subjects and were typified by figures with a long, slender, stylized appearance. Some of his sculptures were directly inspired by Russian dancers. Quite often, Chiparus used the photos of Russian and French dancers, stars and models from fashion magazines of his time. After the tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered in 1922, the art of ancient Egypt...

Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

18th Century New England Cartographer's Office - Kupjack Studios Miniature Room
18th Century New England Cartographer's Office - Kupjack Studios Miniature Room

18th Century New England Cartographer's Office - Kupjack Studios Miniature Room

By Henry "Hank" Kupjack

Located in Chicago, IL

Cartography, the study and practice of making and using maps, was at the cutting edge in the 18th-century, helping to shape and define a world rapidly coming into focus. Over the course of the century, exploration and colonization expanded the scope of the known world, especially in the Pacific and the Americas. Advances in geography enabled cartographers to map these new discoveries with increasing accuracy. The days of conjecture and myth in cartography were fast coming to an end. Here, the Kupjack Studios has captured this discipline with exacting details. From the smallest of tools, to the rolls of maps and maps in progress displayed on the desk, the world of miniatures comes to life and brings us into a bygone era. Kupjack Miniatures 18th Century New England Cartographer, circa. 2008 mixed media 14h x 26.25w x 14.75d in 35.56h x 66.67w x 37.47d cm KJK001 Eugene Kupjack and his sons Hank and Jay created museum quality miniature rooms in their studio outside of Chicago for many years. Hank and Jay learned the at their father’s side as he assisted Mrs. Narcissa Niblack Thorne with the creation her many miniature rooms now housed at The Art Institute of Chicago. Almost every piece of molding, furniture, rugs, and accessory items that are contained in their rooms are designed and created by hand. In addition to designing and building rooms they would sometimes work to restore the rooms built many years ago by their father and Mrs. Thorne. Their work can be seen in various museums as far away as Turkey where they were exhibited in 2009. In the United States their work can be seen in the permanent collections of The Kentucky Museum Center, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Philadelphia Art Museum...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Art Deco Bronze "The Will" German 1930s Signed
Art Deco Bronze "The Will" German 1930s Signed

Art Deco Bronze "The Will" German 1930s Signed

Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE

Wilhelm Andreas Leipzig 1882 - 1951 The Will Bronze, signed Height including base 26.7 cm Authenticity confirmed in writing Wilhelm Andreas studied at the Leipzig Academy of Fine Arts from Easter 1899 to Easter 1903 as a full-time student and was again a student of Adolf Lehnert from 1919 to 1920. In the meantime, he spent ten years in Berlin working in the arts and crafts and continued his self-taught education on study trips that took him to Rome and Paris. He then settled in Leipzig as a freelance artist. He lived at Zeitzer Straße 2a (now Karl-Liebknecht-Straße). His studio was located in the Künstlerhaus (artists' house) on Nikischplatz. After its destruction on December 4, 1943, he and Johannes Hartmann used...

Category

1930s Art Deco Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Angelic Crystal Column
Angelic Crystal Column

Angelic Crystal Column

By Richard MacDonald

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

Crystal is a young ballerina who has posed for Richard many times. She has a quiet radiance, a pure and thoughtful quality that gives her grace an added dimension. She is lithe and d...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Miniature corner sculpture, ceramic and concrete brick wall, architecture
Miniature corner sculpture, ceramic and concrete brick wall, architecture

Miniature corner sculpture, ceramic and concrete brick wall, architecture

Located in Carballo, ES

Miniature wall sculpture created by Ruth Vidal, currently part of the "Côte à Côte" exhibition at the Vilaño de Camariñas Lighthouse, on the Galician Costa da Morte. The artist focus...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Concrete

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