Gymnast Bust
By Richard MacDonald
Located in London, GB
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Gymnast Bust
By Richard MacDonald
Located in London, GB
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America
Bronze
Gymnast Bust, Platinum
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America
Bronze
Gymnast, Eighth Life
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America
Bronze
Gymnast, Eighth Life
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America
Bronze
Gymnast Bust, Quarter life
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
”, provides a glimpse into the creative process of the artist. Richard MacDonald created a bust that was very
Bronze
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H 13.5 in W 7 in D 6 in
Gymnast (bust), Bronze Sculpture
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Aventura, FL
1946 in Pasadena, California, Richard MacDonald graduated from Art Center College where he was
Bronze
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H 36 in W 13 in D 30 in
Richard MacDonald The Gymnast 1/3 Life Flair Signed Bronze Sculpture Large Art
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Bloomington, MN
Richard MacDonald Authentic & Large Original Bronze Sculpture "The Gymnast, State II (1/3 life
Bronze
1970s Metal Sculpture After "The Gymnast" By Richard MacDonald
Located in San Francisco, CA
1970s metal sculpture after "The Gymnast" By Richard MacDonald
Metal
Gymnast Terracotta Bust
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
donated to the American public: Richard MacDonald’s, “The Gymnast”. This 26-foot monument toured the
Epoxy Resin, Terracotta
Gymnast Bust, Platinum
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America
Bronze
Gymnast, Eighth Life
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America
Bronze
Gymnast Bust, Platinum
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America
Bronze
Gymnast Bust, Platinum
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Created by artist Richard MacDonald for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Flair Across America
Bronze
Gymnast Eighth Life, Platinum
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
celebrating the monument titled Flair Across America , which was created by the artist Richard MacDonald for
Bronze
Gymnast Bust, Quarter life
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
”, provides a glimpse into the creative process of the artist. Richard MacDonald created a bust that was very
Bronze
Gymnast, Eighth life
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Signed by the artist in bronze.
The Gymnast, Eighth Life
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald is a celebrated sculptor and a leading advocate of the neo-figurative movement
Bronze
Gymnast Bust, Quarter life
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Signed by the artist. Created for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA.
Bronze
Richard Macdonald Gymnast Bronze
By Richard D. MacDonald
Located in New York, NY
Brokerage: Richard MacDonald American Artist. Richard MacDonald will not allow art brokerage or his sellers
Bronze
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H 20 in W 15 in D 7 in
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by, Richard MacDonald the Gymnast, Eight Life 1995
By Richard D. MacDonald
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Rare solid bronze sculpture on a three-tier black granite base "The Gymnast" by, Richard MacDonald
Granite, Bronze
$5,000
H 23 in W 16 in D 8.5 in
Grand Tour Bronze Figure of Seated Hermes, Early 19th Century After the Antique
Located in Beachwood, OH
Large Figure of Seated Hermes, Grand Tour Bronze, Early 19th Century 19th Century Continental School After the Antique The large size figure well cast, with brownish green patination...
Marble, Bronze
Life-Size Art Deco Diana Bronze
By Hans Harry Liebmann
Located in Miami, FL
This is a rare statement piece that commands that eye. It is of museum quality will be the centerpiece of any space. Masterfully crafted details of the human form are finely rendered...
Bronze
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water Signed in red, recto Oil on canvas 96.25 x 67 inches (244.5 x 170.2 cm) $15,000 + $900 framing This work is offered by Cla...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
$13,750
H 66 in W 54 in D 4.5 in
[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon (The soldier of the Marathon), 1869 n.d. Signed, l.l. Oil on canvas 57 x 45 inches 66 x 54 x 4.5, framed This work is offe...
Canvas, Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1989-1938)] Hunter and Wrestler
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1989-1938)] Hunter and Wrestler n.d. Signed, l.r. Oil on canvas mounted to polycarbonite panel 79 x 43 inches (200.7 x 109.2 cm) $11,000 + $850 framing This wor...
Canvas, Oil
The Guardian, Atelier
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
Male Nude Model
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is a unique photographic work taken by Andy Warhol of an unknown man. Stamped twice on the reverse by both The Estate of Andy Warhol and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visu...
Silver Gelatin
Origins, Atelier, Red
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
$239,044
H 98.43 in W 19.69 in
Last Heroic Season Bronze Sculpture Classic Contemporary Mythology
By Margot Homan
Located in Utrecht, NL
Last Heroic Season Bronze Sculpture Classic Contemporary Mythology The sculptures of Margot Homan (1956, Oss, the Netherlands) show a perfect command of the old craft of modelling a...
Bronze
Sisters, Atelier
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Sisters, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald captures a radiant moment of connection between two female figures, posed in joyful harmony. Their mirrored gestures and flowing lines suggest...
Bronze
Joie de Femme, Atelier
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
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
Blind Faith, Atelier, Red
By Richard MacDonald
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Blind Faith is an emphatic expression of the call to live life with passion, faith, and courage. Such a life is shaped by vision: not the vision of the eyes, but the unlimited vision...
Bronze
Duality, Atelier, Platinum
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
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 d...
Bronze
The Doves, Atelier
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
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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