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Art Subject: Figurine
Venus Africaine, Bronze by Charles Cordier
Venus Africaine, Bronze by Charles Cordier

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

Nu Assis Dans Un Fauteuil
Nu Assis Dans Un Fauteuil

Nu Assis Dans Un Fauteuil

By Chana Orloff

Located in Long Island City, NY

Chana Orloff was a Ukranian-born Israeli sculptor, who created many sculptures that focused on the human form. This editioned sculpture has a signature, date, and foundry stamp inscr...

Category

1920s Art Deco Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

'Amber Baby' Cast Glass, Wood
'Amber Baby' Cast Glass, Wood

'Amber Baby' Cast Glass, Wood

By Koichi Matsufuji

Located in Rye, NY

“The glass baby, filled with light, sits before us like a god. It is the Existence as a prayer for the future.” -Koichi Matsufuji Matsufuji has long been interested in the materiali...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Wood

Hippo Circus Ballerina
Hippo Circus Ballerina

Hippo Circus Ballerina

By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup

Located in Greenwich, CT

Edition 1/9 Bronze with fabric skirt Bjorn Skaarup, Danish, b. 1973 Bjorn Skaarup holds a MA in History and Art History from the University of Copenhagen, and a PHD in History from...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

'Boxing Hares' Contemporary Bronze sculpture, brown Hares Wildlife & Nature
'Boxing Hares' Contemporary Bronze sculpture, brown Hares Wildlife & Nature

'Boxing Hares' Contemporary Bronze sculpture, brown Hares Wildlife & Nature

By Richard Smith b.1955

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

'Boxing Hares' is a stunningly elegant Bronze sculpture. Richard Smith conveys so much character in such simple lines, exemplifying a truly wonderful talent. The fantastic richly det...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Nude Figurative Bronze Contemporary Sculpture 'Lazy Summer' by Carl Payne
Nude Figurative Bronze Contemporary Sculpture 'Lazy Summer' by Carl Payne

Nude Figurative Bronze Contemporary Sculpture 'Lazy Summer' by Carl Payne

By Carl Payne

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

'Lazy Summer' is a stunning sculpture by the hugely talented Carl Payne. The model featured in the sculpture is the artist's wife, who is a professional dancer. 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 Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Snake Dancer
Snake Dancer

Paul Landowski Snake Dancer

Price Upon Request

Snake Dancer

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Signed and stamped “Cire Perdue, Bisceglia F-es, Paris” Biography Paul Landowski was a French monument sculptor who was Polish. His parents were Polish refugees. He created over 35 monumental sculptures in the city of Paris. Landowski is known for the 1931 Christ the Redeemer...

Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Tolla Inbar, Encouragement, Bronze sculpture
Tolla Inbar, Encouragement, Bronze sculpture

Tolla Inbar, Encouragement, Bronze sculpture

By Tolla Inbar

Located in Tel Aviv, IL

Tolla Inbar, Encouragement, bronze sculpture, ropes, mutual help, International artist, Israeli artist, Figurative sculpture, art

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Seated Hippo Ballerina

Seated Hippo Ballerina

By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup

Located in Greenwich, CT

Bjorn Skaarup Biography Danish, b. 1973 Bjorn Skaarup holds a MA in History and Art History from the University of Copenhagen, and a PHD in History from the European University Inst...

Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pawns
Pawns

William WegmanPawns, 2015

Price Upon Request

Pawns

By William Wegman

Located in Saint Louis, MO

William Wegman Pawns, 2015 Pigment print 30 x 23 inches (76.2 x 58.4 cm) Edition 4/7

Category

2010s Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hebru Brantley Flyboy Set of 4 (Hebru Brantley art toy)
Hebru Brantley Flyboy Set of 4 (Hebru Brantley art toy)

Hebru Brantley Flyboy Set of 4 (Hebru Brantley art toy)

By Hebru Brantley

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Hebru Brantley Beyond the Beyond, 2018. Set of 4 Hebru Brantley Flyboy’s, each new in original packaging. Medium: Painted cast vinyl. Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 4 inches (22.9 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm). Each new in its original packaging. From a sold out edition of unknown; published by Hebru Brantley, Billionaire Boys Club & BAIT. Artist Statement: "Flyboy came out of characters of colour within popular culture. I hate saying “popular culture,” but it’s really popular culture. I mean you look at cartoons. You’ve got animated sponges and ducks and birds and whatever, and it’s very rare to see a popular character within any medium that is African-American, Latino, even Asian. What I wanted to do was create that, but in a space of high art and be able to have some historical context to that character. So I looked at the Tuskegee Airmen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

The Frog

The Frog

By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup

Located in Greenwich, CT

Edition of 9 Danish, b. 1973 Bjorn Skaarup holds a MA in History and Art History from the University of Copenhagen, and a PHD in History from the European University Institute in Fl...

Category

2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

'Otter in Pursuit' Contemporary Bronze Animal Sculpture Nature & Wildlife
'Otter in Pursuit' Contemporary Bronze Animal Sculpture Nature & Wildlife

'Otter in Pursuit' Contemporary Bronze Animal Sculpture Nature & Wildlife

By Richard Smith b.1955

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

'Otter in Pursuit' is a stunningly elegant Bronze sculpture. Richard Smith conveys so much character in such simple lines, exemplifying a truly wonderful talent. The fantastic richly...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rutty with Orange Chain
Rutty with Orange Chain

Rutty with Orange Chain

By Ross Bonfanti

Located in Saint Louis, MO

Ross Bonfanti Rutty with orange chain, 2015 Concrete, mixed media 11 x 14 x 8 1/4 inches (27.9 x 35.6 x 21 cm)

Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Concrete

Threads Bunnny
Threads Bunnny

Threads Bunnny

By Ross Bonfanti

Located in Saint Louis, MO

Ross Bonfanti Threads bunny, 2015 Concrete, mixed media 10 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (26 x 13.3 x 7 cm)

Category

2010s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Concrete

"N.E.S.W" BRONZE sculpture 39" x 19" x 19" inch Edition of 8 by Huang Yulong
"N.E.S.W" BRONZE sculpture 39" x 19" x 19" inch Edition of 8 by Huang Yulong

"N.E.S.W" BRONZE sculpture 39" x 19" x 19" inch Edition of 8 by Huang Yulong

By Huang Yulong

Located in Culver City, CA

"N.E.S.W" BRONZE sculpture 39" x 19" x 19" inch Edition of 8 by Huang Yulong ABOUT THE ARTIST Huang Yulong was born in 1983 in Anhui Province, China. In 2007 he graduated with a Ba...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rhino Harlequin, pirouette, maquette

Rhino Harlequin, pirouette, maquette

By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup

Located in Greenwich, CT

Edition of 9 Danish, b. 1973 Bjorn Skaarup holds a MA in History and Art History from the University of Copenhagen, and a PHD in History from the European University Institute in Fl...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Napoléon
Napoléon

Napoléon

By César Baldaccini

Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län

Napoléon. (Epruve d’artiste EA 1/2) Bocquel fondeur. Acquired directly from the artist. Signed by the artist. César Baldaccini (1921 – 1998) is one of the great sculptors of the twentieth century. As a young man he took a stand for art...

Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Birth" Sculpture, Bronze with Black Patina, Female, Nude
"Birth" Sculpture, Bronze with Black Patina, Female, Nude

"Birth" Sculpture, Bronze with Black Patina, Female, Nude

By Artis Lane

Located in Detroit, MI

"Birth" is a small intimate sculpture of a women in the act of pending birth. She gazes skyward beyond her own condition of birthing an earthly being, to encompass the intellectual a...

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"First Man"  Bronze with Black Patina, Nude Male Sculpture
"First Man"  Bronze with Black Patina, Nude Male Sculpture

"First Man" Bronze with Black Patina, Nude Male Sculpture

By Artis Lane

Located in Detroit, MI

"First Man" is a contemplative figure of an nude man with his hands clasped together and his head thrown back suggesting an individual deep in spiritual thought. Ms. Lane has stated ...

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Rebirth" Bronze Sculpture with Patina, Figures, Naked, Male
"Rebirth" Bronze Sculpture with Patina, Figures, Naked, Male

"Rebirth" Bronze Sculpture with Patina, Figures, Naked, Male

By Artis Lane

Located in Detroit, MI

All my life I have worked on three levels of consciousness: Portraits, Social Injustice & Metaphysics. In my work I strive to heal, uplift and inspire viewers and collectors to find ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Sojourner Truth" Bronze Sculptural Bust, Portrait,
"Sojourner Truth" Bronze Sculptural Bust, Portrait,

"Sojourner Truth" Bronze Sculptural Bust, Portrait,

By Artis Lane

Located in Detroit, MI

All my life I have worked on three levels of consciousness: Portraits, Social Injustice & Metaphysics. In my work I strive to heal, uplift and inspire viewers and collectors to find ...

Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

'Nuthatch' Contemporary Bronze Bird Sculpture by Wildlife Artist Richard Smith
'Nuthatch' Contemporary Bronze Bird Sculpture by Wildlife Artist Richard Smith

'Nuthatch' Contemporary Bronze Bird Sculpture by Wildlife Artist Richard Smith

By Richard Smith b.1955

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

'Nuthatch' is a beautiful little bird, native to the United Kingdom and distinctive by the black stripe around the eye. The inquisitive nature of the bird is captured perfectly in this piece. The perfect Bronze sculpture for a bird lover or nature enthusiast! Richard Smith has gained an international reputation for his works of art, he has exhibited at prestigious galleries such as the Tryon Gallery and W. H. Pattersons 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, 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 2013 Callaghans of Shrewsbury...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

After the Dance, bronze sculpture, realism, Native American, Man, Woman, Embrace
After the Dance, bronze sculpture, realism, Native American, Man, Woman, Embrace

After the Dance, bronze sculpture, realism, Native American, Man, Woman, Embrace

By Allan Houser

Located in Santa Fe, NM

After the Dance, bronze sculpture, realism, Native American, Man, Woman, Embrace limited bronze edition, lifetime casting Allan Houser (Haozous), Chiricahua Apache (1914-1994) Selected Collections Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France * “They’re Coming”, bronze Dahlem Museum, Berlin, Germany Japanese Royal Collection, Tokyo, Japan “The Eagle”, black marble commissioned by President William J. Clinton United States Mission to the United Nations, New York City, NY *"Offering of the Sacred Pipe”, monumental bronze by Allan Houser © 1979 Presented to the United States Mission to the United Nations as a symbol of World Peace honoring the native people of all tribes in these United States of America on February 27, 1985 by the families of Allan and Anna Marie Houser, George and Thelma Green and Glenn and Sandy Green in New York City. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington, DC * Portrait of Geronimo, bronze National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. * “Buffalo Dance Relief”, Indiana limestone National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. *Sacred Rain Arrow, (Originally dedicated at the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, US Senate Building) “Goat”, “To The Great Spirit” - dedicated in 1994 at the Vice President’s Residence in Washington, D.C.. Ceremony officiated by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tipper Gore. Oklahoma State Capitol, Oklahoma City, Ok * “As Long As the Waters Flow”, bronze Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK *Sacred Rain Arrow, bronze Fort Sill, Oklahoma *”Chiricahua Apache Family”, bronze Donated and dedicated to Allan Houser’s parents Sam and Blossom Haozous by Allan Houser and Glenn and Sandy Green The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona *Earth Song, marble donated by Glenn and Sandy Green   The Clinton Presidential Library, Arkansas * “May We Have Peace”, bronze The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, College Station, Texas *"Offering to the Great Spirit", bronze The British Royal Collection, London, England *Princess Anne received "Proud Mother", bronze in Santa Fe Allan Houser’s father Sam Haozous, surrendered at the age of 14 with Geronimo and his band of Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache people in 1886 in Southern Arizona. This was the last active war party...

Category

1970s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Falling Man and Form
Falling Man and Form

Falling Man and Form

By Ernest Tino Trova

Located in Missouri, MO

Ernest Tino Trova "Falling Man and Form" 1996 Brass and Bronze 14 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches Signed and Numbered 1/1 (Unique) Known for his Falling Man series in...

Category

1990s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Rhino Harlequin, pirouette

Rhino Harlequin, pirouette

By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup

Located in Greenwich, CT

Bjorn Skaarup Biography Danish, b. 1973 Bjorn Skaarup holds a MA in History and Art History from the University of Copenhagen, and a PHD in History from the European University Inst...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Hippo Ballerina, pirouette II

Hippo Ballerina, pirouette II

By Bjørn Okholm Skaarup

Located in Greenwich, CT

Bjorn Skaarup Biography Danish, b. 1973 Bjorn Skaarup holds a MA in History and Art History from the University of Copenhagen, and a PHD in History from the European University Inst...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Eupalinos
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Eupalinos

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Eupalinos

By Dominique Polles 1

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Eupalinos Bronze 1/4 Created in 2010, casted in 2011 116 x 68 x 60 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci in an anatomical search of perfection, of representation of movement,with an almost scientifical or medical glance, Pollès holds the utmost passion of anatomy: he learns about the human body, the complicated hank of muscles, movements of members and all the bodily mechanics. That’s why in 1964 he starts medicine school and along side goes to the Charpentier Academy where he follows art lessons. In 1966, he encountered sculpture in...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Extalina
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Extalina

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Extalina

By Dominique Polles 1

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Extalina Bronze 2/4 Created in 2015, casted in 2015 39 x 28 x 24 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci in an anatomical search of perfection, of representation of movement,with an almost scientifical or medical glance, Pollès holds the utmost passion of anatomy: he learns about the human body, the complicated hank of muscles, movements of members and all the bodily mechanics. That’s why in 1964 he starts medicine school and along side goes to the Charpentier Academy where he follows art lessons. In 1966, he encountered sculpture in London where he was invited by his friend Enzo Plazota. This final step teaching him all the bases of sculpture. Pollès then decides to go to live in Italy, in Carrare, an important art place. He moved in 1970 and settled in Pietrasanta where he still lives. ​ His sculptures, by creating a vision of the moving being, polished and smoothed, break the pureness of aestheticism. He just knows one theme, one model: the female form. According to Pollès, this is the most beautiful one, the most harmonious one. “When we are looking at a feminine body, it is splendid, it is musical”. His love of women, the sensuality, the complexity, the shapes and passions, brought him to explore the female form. Since the beginning he has created a singularly stylized cubist form; this becoming his signature form. ​ All are cast in bronze by Pollès himself and made in a series of four with one artist's proof. His masterliness of the patina is considered unparalleled. The world's recognition of his craft is evidenced by the many awards he has won, the unique places he has shown and the prestigious private collections he is in, including that of Princess Caroline of Monaco. ​ Pollès was recently honored in an exhibition outside Paris, sponsored by the French Government, called “Sculptors From Rodin to The Present”. He was one of the few living sculptors to be so honored; the others include Abakanowicz, Arman, Saint-Phalle & Wesselmann. Maurice Rheims, a respected Art Critic, and a member of The French Academy, has said “I consider Pollès to be one of the outstanding sculptors of our time.” His show in the Bagatelle Gardens in Paris in 1998 was a major honor as he was one of only two artists who have ever been allowed to present their work in the Bagatelle. The other artist is Henry Moore. Main Exhibitions 2018 : Exposition Sculptures Monumentales – Place du Louvre, Paris 2001 : Le corps mis à nu: sculptures de Rodin à Vanessa Beecroft, Donjon de Vez...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pollès - Unique Bronze Sculpture - Abysse
Pollès - Unique Bronze Sculpture - Abysse

Pollès - Unique Bronze Sculpture - Abysse

By Dominique Polles 1

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Pollès - Unique Bronze Sculpture - Abysse Bronze 1/1 Created in 1990, casted in 2000 28 x 13 x 14 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci in an anatomical search of perfection, of representation of movement,with an almost scientifical or medical glance, Pollès holds the utmost passion of anatomy: he learns about the human body, the complicated hank of muscles, movements of members and all the bodily mechanics. That’s why in 1964 he starts medicine school and along side goes to the Charpentier Academy where he follows art lessons. In 1966, he encountered sculpture in London where he was invited by his friend Enzo Plazota. This final step teaching him all the bases of sculpture. Pollès then decides to go to live in Italy, in Carrare, an important art place. He moved in 1970 and settled in Pietrasanta where he still lives. ​ His sculptures, by creating a vision of the moving being, polished and smoothed, break the pureness of aestheticism. He just knows one theme, one model: the female form. According to Pollès, this is the most beautiful one, the most harmonious one. “When we are looking at a feminine body, it is splendid, it is musical”. His love of women, the sensuality, the complexity, the shapes and passions, brought him to explore the female form. Since the beginning he has created a singularly stylized cubist form; this becoming his signature form. ​ All are cast in bronze by Pollès himself and made in a series of four with one artist's proof. His masterliness of the patina is considered unparalleled. The world's recognition of his craft is evidenced by the many awards he has won, the unique places he has shown and the prestigious private collections he is in, including that of Princess Caroline of Monaco. ​ Pollès was recently honored in an exhibition outside Paris, sponsored by the French Government, called “Sculptors From Rodin to The Present”. He was one of the few living sculptors to be so honored; the others include Abakanowicz, Arman, Saint-Phalle & Wesselmann. Maurice Rheims, a respected Art Critic, and a member of The French Academy, has said “I consider Pollès to be one of the outstanding sculptors of our time.” His show in the Bagatelle Gardens in Paris in 1998 was a major honor as he was one of only two artists who have ever been allowed to present their work in the Bagatelle. The other artist is Henry Moore. Main Exhibitions 2018 : Exposition Sculptures Monumentales – Place du Louvre, Paris 2001 : Le corps mis à nu: sculptures de Rodin à Vanessa Beecroft, Donjon de Vez...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Athanor
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Athanor

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Athanor

By Dominique Polles 1

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Athanor Bronze 1/4 Created in 2013, casted in 2013 19 x 16 x 14 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Chrysolithe
Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Chrysolithe

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Chrysolithe

By Dominique Polles 1

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Pollès - Bronze Sculpture - Chrysolithe Bronze 3/4 Created in 2012, casted in 2013 22 x 10 x 13 cm Signed and Numbered BIOGRAPHY Pollès was born in Paris in 1945 Like Leonard de Vinci in an anatomical search of perfection, of representation of movement,with an almost scientifical or medical glance, Pollès holds the utmost passion of anatomy: he learns about the human body, the complicated hank of muscles, movements of members and all the bodily mechanics. That’s why in 1964 he starts medicine school and along side goes to the Charpentier Academy where he follows art lessons. In 1966, he encountered sculpture in London where he was invited by his friend Enzo Plazota. This final step teaching him all the bases of sculpture. Pollès then decides to go to live in Italy, in Carrare, an important art place. He moved in 1970 and settled in Pietrasanta where he still lives. ​ His sculptures, by creating a vision of the moving being, polished and smoothed, break the pureness of aestheticism. He just knows one theme, one model: the female form. According to Pollès, this is the most beautiful one, the most harmonious one. “When we are looking at a feminine body, it is splendid, it is musical”. His love of women, the sensuality, the complexity, the shapes and passions, brought him to explore the female form. Since the beginning he has created a singularly stylized cubist form; this becoming his signature form. ​ All are cast in bronze by Pollès himself and made in a series of four with one artist's proof. His masterliness of the patina is considered unparalleled. The world's recognition of his craft is evidenced by the many awards he has won, the unique places he has shown and the prestigious private collections he is in, including that of Princess Caroline of Monaco. ​ Pollès was recently honored in an exhibition outside Paris, sponsored by the French Government, called “Sculptors From Rodin to The Present”. He was one of the few living sculptors to be so honored; the others include Abakanowicz, Arman, Saint-Phalle & Wesselmann. Maurice Rheims, a respected Art Critic, and a member of The French Academy, has said “I consider Pollès to be one of the outstanding sculptors of our time.” His show in the Bagatelle Gardens in Paris in 1998 was a major honor as he was one of only two artists who have ever been allowed to present their work in the Bagatelle. The other artist is Henry Moore. Main Exhibitions 2018 : Exposition Sculptures Monumentales – Place du Louvre, Paris 2001 : Le corps mis à nu: sculptures de Rodin à Vanessa Beecroft, Donjon de Vez...

Category

2010s Contemporary Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Lion and Antelope (No. 23)
Lion and Antelope (No. 23)

Lion and Antelope (No. 23)

Located in Missouri, MO

Alfred Barye (1839-1882) "Lion and Antelope" Bronze Approx. 7.5H x 9W x 4D inches Signed "BARYE.ALF" and Inscribed under base "NO. 23 LION AND ANTELOPE" The son of a goldsmith, Parisian born Antoine-Louis Bayre was a sculptor of animal subjects and acclaimed, not only for his apparent skill, but as the founder of what became known as the French Animaliers School. Among his patrons were representatives of the state government and royalty including the Duke of Orleans and the Dukes of Luynes, Montpensier and Nemours. Well compensated financially, he was able to buy the best of materials and hire the country's most skilled foundry craftsmen. The foundry he hired was owned by Ferdinand Barbedienne, and casts from this period were stamped with the letters, FB. However, he did not make a lot of money from his work because he was such a perfectionist that often he would not sell his work because he thought it was not 'quite right'. In 1848, he declared bankruptcy, and his molds and plaster casts were sold along with the copyrights. Bayre's specialty was aroused, angry seeming wild game such as lions and tigers and elephants, but he also did equestrian groups and mythology figures. In order to do realistic depictions of animal anatomy, he spent much time at the Jardin de Plantes in Paris. His early training was as an apprentice to a metal engraver, but being drafted in the army in 1812, ended that education. In 1832, he had established his own studio, and unique at that time was his method of cold stamping his bronze casts, so that each one had a special number. He had his first entry, The Milo of Croton...

Category

19th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Regina Enthroned
Regina Enthroned

Regina Enthroned

By Lazzaro Donati

Located in Missouri, MO

Lazzaro Donati (Italian 1926-1977) "La Regina" Bronze Signed on Base Size: approx 19 x 9 x 9 inches Lazzaro Donati (1926-1977) was born in Florence in 1926 and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He began to paint in 1953, and in 1955 held his first exhibition at the Indiano Gallery in Florence. Within three years eleven exhibitions followed in Italy, and as his reputation grew he was invited to give major exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. He is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters and his paintings hang in museums and private collections throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. Mr. Donati lived and worked at 24 Piazza Donatello in Florence, the square where generations of artists have created works worthy of the great Florentine tradition. As you entered the narrow hallway to his studio, a gilded life-size Venetian angel beckoned you to his door. Once inside, the present faded away and you found yourself in an atelier where early masters might have worked during the Renaissance. Within, luxurious Persian rugs set off the innumerable objects d'art and antique furnishings. Light poured in through the sloping glass wall on the north side. A dramatic stairway led to an overhanging balcony which served as a private gallery where the artist hung some of his favorite early works. To the left of the entrance was a smaller studio where Donati sculpted, with a window overlooking the famous old English cemetery where tourists laid flowers on the grave of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In the main studio itself, where Donati received his clients in an atmosphere as polished as an office of a top executive, one hardly realized that it was here that the artist actually painted. His easel was covered with Persian blue velvet, the painting on the easel was already framed, his chair was upholstered in red velvet and on his palette the colors were arranged with the precision of a Byzantine mosaic. In a corner stand were his latest works, framed and ready to be sent off to his next exhibition in Europe or America. Donati was a born host with a warm welcome, an elegant man who possessed enormous charm a good nature and a keen sense of humor. Apparently shy, he preferred to speak on subjects extraneous to his art, purposely distracting you from his paintings, then leading you back to them, tactfully and without pretension. He spoke fluent French and English as well as some Spanish and German. "After all", he said, "you've got to know how to sell a painting to everyone." He had no sympathy for the "drip and splash" studios of his contemporaries, preferring to keep his studio tidy and spotless. "Painting is a matter of precision", he said, "If a painter can't put his paint where he wants it to go, I don't see how he can call himself a painter. For me it is absolutely necessary to control the paint." When asked to reveal the technique he used to achieve the enamel-like finish typical of his paintings he answered, "That is a secret between me and my butler. Actually, most of my paintings are done by him!" But in fact behind the façade, Donati was a serious craftsman who devoted to his painting as a way of life and means of expression. From the beginning of his career, his paintings revealed a striving for perfection and continual research in problems of style and technique. His early works indicated a momentary interest in surrealism and abstract art; they were predominantly two dimensional, depending on line and strong color. But by 1958, with his painting The Lady with a Fan...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze