Nureyev Atelier, Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary 21st Century, Unframed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Considered one of Richard MacDonald’s greatest achievements, Nureyev reflects the artist’s deep sensitivity to the emotional and physical experience of the dancer. Capturing a moment...
Bronze
Nureyev, Atelier, Red Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Considered to be one of Richard MacDonald’s greatest achievements, “Nureyev” draws on the artist's highly developed sensitivity for the experience of the dancer, and displays all the...
Bronze
Price Upon Request
Nureyev, Half Life Bronze Sculpture, 21st Century, Signed, 43x27 in
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Artist signature in the bronze.
Bronze
Nureyev
By Richard MacDonald
Located in La Jolla, CA
Richard MacDonald is one of the most eminent and prolific figurative bronze sculptors of this era. 1/3 life size (third-life-scale) Bronze edition 30/90.
Bronze
Unavailable
H 8 in W 14 in D 3 in
Richard MacDonald Bronze Relief Sculpture Signed Nureyev Bust Fragment Ballet
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Bloomington, MN
Richard MacDonald Authentic Bronze Relief Sculpture "Nureyev Bust (Relief)", Professionally Custom Framed and listed with the Submit Best Offer option Accepting Offers Now: Here we...
Bronze
Unavailable
H 17 in W 19.5 in
Richard MacDonald Nureyev Romeo 1/3 Life Bronze Sculpture Signed Ballet Artwork
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Bloomington, MN
Richard MacDonald Authentic Bronze Sculpture "Romeo" as depicted by Rudolf Nureyev, listed with the Submit Best Offer option Accepting Offers Now: Here we have something that is ve...
Bronze
Nureyev, Atelier, Red
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Considered to be one of Richard MacDonald’s greatest achievements, “Nureyev” draws on the artist's highly developed sensitivity for the experience of the dancer, and displays all the...
Bronze
Nureyev, Atelier, Red
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Considered to be one of Richard MacDonald’s greatest achievements, “Nureyev” draws on the artist's highly developed sensitivity for the experience of the dancer, and displays all the...
Bronze
Sold
H 18.5 in W 10 in
Richard MACDONALD 1/2 Life NUREYEV Signed BRONZE SCULPTURE Art Cirque Ballet COA
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Bloomington, MN
RICHARD MACDONALD 1/2 LIFE "Nureyev Bust" BRONZE SCULPTURE Offered for Sale with the SUBMIT BEST OFFER Option Submit Best OFFER: Up for auction is an extremely Rare & Authentic Rich...
Bronze
$14,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.25 in W 9 in D 4.5 in
"Seated Male Nude, " Remarkable Bronze Sculpture by Choate, Figural Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although America's sculptors interested in African American life and Black subjects, including Elizabeth Catlett, Richmond Barthé, Sargent Johnson and Augusta Savage, are increasingl...
Bronze
$1,500
H 14 in W 11 in
Portrait - Gregory, Contemporary Black and White Male Nude Portrait Photography
By Victor Carnuccio
Located in New York, NY
Portrait - Gregory, Contemporary Black and White Male Nude Portrait Photography by Victor Carnuccio. Portrait – Gregory 1991 Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed, verso; Also studi...
Silver Gelatin
$1,859
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 0.79 in
Summer 8 - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
By Bartosz Kolata
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Canvas, Oil
$96,000Sale Price|67% Off
H 84 in W 26 in D 18 in
Japan 1950s Museum Bronze Over Life-Size "Male Reborn” Koga Tadao, 84"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan an important 84" Tall life-size sculpture of "Male Reborn" by midcentury master sculptor Koga Tadao (Meiji 36 (1903) to Showa 54 (1979). For further information please call D...
Bronze
Joe Dallesandro Andy Warhol Trash promo photo
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Jack Mitchell, American Photographer (1925-2013). Joe Dallesandro, ca. 1973. 11 x 14 inches; 12 x 15 inches framed. Period print from artist's studio. The image was intended for ...
Photographic Paper
$7,100
H 15.25 in W 11 in D 11 in
The Guardian, Atelier, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture, 21st Century, Unframed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Long fascinated by the brilliant spectacle of Cirque du Soleil, Richard MacDonald has brought sculptures to life that have the intrigue, allure and beauty that has made Cirque du Sol...
Bronze
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[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Statue of an Athlete
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art movement. He embodies a world that is in many ways lost to us; he...
Bronze
Flight in Attitude, Atelier
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Flight in Attitude, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald captures a dancer mid-ascent, suspended in a moment of pure elevation and grace. The figure’s outstretched limbs and lifted gaze ...
Bronze
$8,250
H 22.25 in W 6.25 in D 6.25 in
Diana Earth and Moon Atelier Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, Signed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Diana, Earth and Moon, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald presents a powerful interpretation of the Roman goddess Diana—divine huntress, lunar deity, and protector of the natural world. ...
Bronze
$5,500
H 17 in W 6 in D 10 in
O-Flier Atelier, Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, Signed, 21st Century, 17x6 in
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
“O-Flier” is one of the more dynamic works to spring from the inspiration Richard MacDonald has found in the creative choreography and the artistic physicality of the extraordinary p...
Bronze
$11,300
H 15.5 in W 10 in D 8.25 in
Joie de Femme, Atelier Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Joie de Femme, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald celebrates the strength and beauty of the feminine spirit through the expressive forms of two dancers in motion. With arms extended and ...
Bronze
$10,050
H 20 in W 10 in D 9 in
Elena, Atelier Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, Signed, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
“Elena", poised mid-air, elevated by an elegant cascade of drapery, becomes the embodiment of freedom, grace, and hope. Soaring and ethereal, the Cirque du Soleil performer sculpted ...
Bronze
$11,150
H 17.75 in W 8 in D 7 in
Duality, Atelier, Platinum: Contemporary Bronze Sculpture in the 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Duality, Atelier, Platinum" is derived from a major work by Richard MacDonald and explores a timeless artistic principle—the paradox that opposites coexist in harmony and define one...
Bronze, Platinum
$5,800
H 18 in W 9 in D 7 in
Flight in Attitude, Atelier, Contemporary Red Bronze Sculpture, Signed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The essence of dance is captured in a single, soaring moment in "Flight in Attitude, Red, Atelier". Richard MacDonald freezes time as the performer arches upward in a sweeping attitu...
Bronze
$8,000
H 20 in W 10 in D 9 in
Elena, Ateleir: Contemporary Red Bronze Sculpture, Signed, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Elena, Atelier, Red" captures a Cirque du Soleil performer suspended mid-air, elevated by an elegant cascade of drapery. Embodying freedom, grace, and transcendence, she appears cau...
Bronze
$8,600
H 18.5 in W 6 in D 5 in
Leap of Faith, Atelier, Platinum, One Drop Special Edition
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Leap of Faith One Drop Special Edition Atelier is a special platinum Atelier edition of Richard MacDonald's iconic Leap of Faith sculpture, in support of the "One Drop" Foundation. L...
Silver, Bronze
There are artists and there are masters. Richard MacDonald will go down in the history of sculpture as Picasso did painting, as an unequivocal master of the art.
Only a number of people can master craftsmanship, far fewer, the art of the human form. Figurative sculpture is a language MacDonald speaks with astounding fluency, and as with any language, MacDonald’s creative drive is formed from a need to share the universal dialect of the human figure with those who understand it; this is the unique privilege the artist affords his viewers.
MacDonald captures the beauty, romance and essence of the human spirit in motion. Influenced by the expressiveness in the figures of Renaissance master Donatello, the emotional intensity of works by 19th century French sculptor Auguste Rodin, and the power of Michelangelo’s sculptures, MacDonald’s inspirational, sensitive works are precisely of the moment, yet profoundly historic by reference. And they dance rhythmically for all to see — in the leap and grace of the dancer, the power of the athlete, the gesture and passion of lovers, the spirit rises, and MacDonald captures it.
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Figurative sculptures mix reality and imagination, with the most common muse being the human body. Animals are also inspirations for these sculptures, along with forms found in nature.
While figurative sculpture dates back over 35,000 years, the term came into popularity in the 20th century to distinguish it from abstract art. It was aligned with the Expressionist movement in that many of its artists portrayed reality but in a nonnaturalistic and emotional way. In the 1940s, Alberto Giacometti — a Swiss-born artist who was interested in African art, Cubism and Surrealism — created now-iconic representational sculptures of the human figure, and after World War II, figurative sculpture as a movement continued to flourish in Europe.
Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were some of the leading figurative artists during this period. Artists like Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan propelled the evolution of figurative sculpture into the 21st century.
Figurative sculptures can be whimsical, uncanny and beautiful. Their materials range from stone and wood to metal and delicate ceramics. Even in smaller sizes, the sculptures make bold statements. A bronze sculpture by Salvador Dalí enhances a room; a statuesque bull by Jacques Owczarek depicts strength with its broad chest while its thin legs speak of fragility. Figurative sculptures allow viewers to see what is possible when life is reimagined.
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