Blind Trust, Atelier Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
As we all face this crisis of unusual scope, we are all living as the figures in Richard MacDonald’s “Blind Faith” and "Blind Courage."
Bronze
Blind Faith: Contemporary Atelier Bronze Sculpture, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Blind Faith, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald depicts a blindfolded male performer balancing on pointe atop the sharp corner of a cube.
Bronze
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Blind Faith Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Such a life is shaped by vision: not the vision of the eyes, but the unlimited vision of the imagination. Richard MacDonald has lived this way, and he encourages others to find the s...
Bronze
Blind Faith Atelier, Platinum, One Drop Special Edition
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald has released this special platinum Atelier edition of 196: a reference to the 196 countries around the whole world where women and children receive the life-changin...
Bronze
Blind Faith Red Atelier, Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century, Unframed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Such a life is shaped by vision: not the vision of the eyes, but the unlimited vision of the imagination. Richard MacDonald has lived this way, and he encourages others to find the s...
Bronze
Blind Trust, Atelier
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
As we all face this crisis of unusual scope, we are all living as the figures in Richard MacDonald’s “Blind Faith” and "Blind Courage."
Bronze
Blind Faith, Atelier
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Critical acclaim and public enthusiasm have continued to surround Blind Faith, which now serves as the iconic symbol of MacDonald’s strengthened connection to Cirque du Soleil.
Bronze
Blind Faith, Atelier
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Signed by the artist.
Bronze
Blind Faith, Atelier
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Signed by the artist.
Blind Faith, Atelier, Red
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Such a life is shaped by vision: not the vision of the eyes, but the unlimited vision of the imagination. Richard MacDonald has lived this way, and he encourages others to find the s...
Bronze
Blind Faith, Atelier, RED
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The exhibition features forty-two bronze sculptures, from quarter-life to heroic scale, together with red mixed media drawings from the artist’s personal collection - all united with...
Bronze
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H 21.5 in W 9 in D 6 in
Blind Faith Atelier, Platinum, One Drop Special Edition
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald has released this special platinum Atelier edition of 196: a reference to the 196 countries around the whole world where women and children receive the life-changin...
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
$8,700
H 19 in W 6 in D 5 in
Leap of Faith, Contemporary Atelier Gold Bronze Sculpture, Signed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Leap of Faith, Atelier" captures the dynamic spirit of Viktor Kee, the world-renowned Cirque du Soleil performer, in a moment of pure elevation and fearless expression. Composed wit...
Bronze
$7,630
H 15.5 in W 6.5 in D 3.5 in
Blind Courage, Atelier Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In “Blind Courage, Atelier" we witness Richard MacDonald’s vision come full-circle. The feminine counterpart to “Blind Faith”, “Blind Courage, Atelier" embodies the call to live life...
Bronze
$11,150
H 17.75 in W 8 in D 7 in
Duality, Atelier Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century, Signed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald’s sculpture Duality, Atelier, originally introduced to collectors under the working title of Yin and Yang II, represents a principle that is fundamental to art from...
Bronze
$6,425
H 16 in W 7 in D 6 in
Showtime, Atelier Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, Signed, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
“A silent medium within a silent medium.” These are the words contemporary master Richard MacDonald uses in describing his world renowned Mime Series. MacDonald’s trademark skill at ...
Bronze
$10,600
H 7 in W 7 in D 19 in
Origins, Atelier Red Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald has always been intrigued by opposites, and his mastery allows him to sculpt both delicate, archetypal femininity and bold, athletic masculinity. In Origins, he u...
Bronze
$7,630
H 11 in W 11 in D 9 in
Jacques Atelier Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century, Unframed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Jacques Atelier" by Richard MacDonald captures the expressive essence of the mime—a timeless symbol of vulnerability, artistry, and silent storytelling. Cast in bronze, the figure i...
Bronze
$9,790
H 16.25 in W 11 in D 12 in
The Doves, Atelier, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture, Signed, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald has always been intrigued by opposites and he has the range to be able to create both sculptures of delicate, archetypal femininity and powerful, athletic masculini...
Bronze
$7,765
H 16.75 in W 7 in D 5 in
Dance the Dream: Contemporary Signed Atelier Bronze Sculpture
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Dance the Dream, Atelier" is a radiant celebration of movement, passion, and the transformative power of dance. In this evocative bronze sculpture, Richard MacDonald captures a danc...
Bronze
$6,955
H 10.5 in W 9.5 in D 8.5 in
Piper Draped, Atelier: Contemporary Bronze Sculpture, Signed, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Piper Draped, Atelier" captures a moment of lyrical expression, where movement and stillness converge in a harmonious balance. The figure's poised stance and flowing drapery evoke a...
Bronze
$11,150
H 7 in W 7 in D 19 in
Origins: Contemporary Atelier Bronze Sculpture, 21st Century, Unframed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald has always been intrigued by opposites, and his mastery allows him to sculpt both delicate, archetypal femininity and bold, athletic masculinity. In Origins, he u...
Bronze
$8,450
H 13.5 in W 17 in D 7 in
Dance to Paradiso: Contemporary Atelier Bronze Sculpture, Unframed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
In "Dance to Paradiso, Atelier," Richard MacDonald masterfully selects an exceptional moment of observation as two figures dance with utter trust and harmony. Her foot one with his,...
Bronze
$7,090
H 11 in W 11 in D 5 in
La Fuite du Temps, Atelier: Contemporary Bronze Sculpture, Signed, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Reflecting MacDonald’s lifelong creative exploration of the nature of human reality, La Fuite du Temps, Atelier reveals a powerful statement about the passage of time as it is measur...
Bronze
$7,495
H 16.5 in W 13 in D 7.5 in
Study for The Rose: Contemporary Atelier Bronze Sculpture
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Study for The Rose, Atelier" offers an intimate glimpse into Richard MacDonald’s creative process, capturing the dancer in a moment of quiet introspection. Sculpted in her leotard, ...
Bronze
$6,750
H 18 in W 7 in D 7 in
The Flutist, Atelier: Contemporary Bronze Sculpture, 21st Century, Unframed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The Flutist, Atelier was inspired by Richard MacDonald’s signature Heroic work, Joie de Vivre - the "joy of life." Drawing on his own belief in the irrepressible will of the human s...
Bronze
$6,280
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
Art Deco Style Silvered Brass Etruscan Horse Sculpture
By Boris Lovet-Lorski
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Art Deco style silvered brass / bronze Etruscan horse sculpture on 12-karat white gold leaf base. We also have larger version of this horse sculpture in our other listing.
Brass
$7,800
H 11.6 in W 12.2 in D 3.9 in
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture of an Archer by Michel Decoux (1837-1924), France.
Located in New York, NY
Green patinated bronze sculpture of an archer by Michel Decoux (1837-1924). This petite Art Deco sculpture beautifully captures the elegant formal language of the period. Crafted in ...
Bronze
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
$341,252
H 100.6 in W 66.93 in D 24.81 in
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
By Pauly et Cie, Guggenheim Museum
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...
Walnut
Arabesque, Ballet Dancer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This sculpture titled "Arabesque (Ballet Dancer)" 2001 is a cast bronze sculpture with silver patina by noted contemporary American artist Rebecca Clark. Signature, date and numberin...
Bronze
$5,500
H 27.5 in W 14.25 in D 5.5 in
Mercury Standing on the Breath of Zeus, Antique Grand Tour
By Giambologna
Located in Beachwood, OH
After Giambologna (Italian, 1529-1608) Mercury Standing on the Breath of Zeus Bronze 27.5 x 14.25 x 5.5 inches The sculpture depicts Mercury wearing his winged helmet and sandals an...
Bronze
$8,100
H 20 in W 8 in D 16 in
Gymnast, Eighth Life Bronze Sculpture, Signed, 1990s, Unframed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America celebrates the triumph of the human spirit and the idealization of the human form. Wh...
Bronze
$10,735
H 16.5 in W 9 in D 8 in
Nightfall Red Atelier, Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary Figurative, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Cloaked in mystery, the female form of “Nightfall” intrigues us. Concealed is a beautiful face, but like nightfall itself, all is not revealed. The globes in each hand suggest the ar...
Bronze
$23,900
H 27 in W 8.5 in D 8 in
Aurora, Bronze Sculpture of Roman Goddess, Modern, 2010+, New, 27"
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Inspired by the Roman goddess of the Dawn, Aurora embodies renewal, hope, and the first light of a new day. Suspended between earth and sky, the figure appears to levitate effortless...
Bronze
$8,100
H 20 in W 8 in D 16 in
Gymnast, Eighth Life Bronze Sculpture, Signed, 1990s, Unframed, 20x8"
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America celebrates the triumph of the human spirit and the idealization of the human form. Wh...
Bronze
$8,035
H 12.25 in W 5.5 in D 9.75 in
Trumpeter Draped Atelier, Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, Signed, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The Trumpeter represents the very embodiment of joy. With a thousand nuances of form, from her outstretched fingers to the carefree tilt of her head, she conveys a sense of youth and...
Bronze
Contemporary Bronze Male Torso Sculpture
By Roger Reutimann
Located in Boulder, CO
This contemporary bronze sculpture by Swiss-American artist Roger Reutimann combines the refinement of classical figurative sculpture with a clean modern aesthetic. Featuring a power...
Bronze
$10,595
H 20 in W 10 in D 9 in
Elena, Atelier, Platinum Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary, 21st Century
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Elena, Atelier, Platinum" captures the timeless elegance of the ballerina through Richard MacDonald’s masterful eye for form, emotion, and movement. In this special edition, the coo...
Bronze
$7,695
H 17 in W 9 in D 8 in
Sleep Marcel Sleep: Contemporary Atelier Bronze Sculpture
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
“Sleep, Marcel, Sleep, Atelier” by Richard MacDonald is a tender and poetic tribute to the legendary mime Marcel Marceau. The figure rests gently atop a sphere, suspended in a quiet ...
Bronze
$9,750
H 21 in W 7 in D 7 in
Yin & Yang, Atelier, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture, 21st Century, Unframed
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald’s Yin & Yang reflects a timeless truth shared across all cultures: opposites exist in harmony and define one another. Light and dark, male and female—when seen in b...
Bronze
$1,600
H 12 in W 6 in D 10 in
Cavendish, PEI - surrealist, abstract, figurative, male, bronze sculpture
By P. Roch Smith
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Roch Smith’s ‘Tree Man’ series of bronze tabletop sculptures are playful pieces that feature figures whose human limbs have been replaced by tree branches. This figure is dressed for...
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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Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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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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