Austrian Erotic and Naughty Bronze "Treasure Seeker" Carl Kauba, Boy Finds Gold!
By Carl Kauba
Located in Petaluma, CA
This whimsical and sexy bronze (titled Treasure Seeker) was done by the noted Austrian Sculptor of many unusual and sexy and erotic bronzes, Carl Kauba.
Bronze
"The Treasure Seeker" Bronze Sculpture by Carl Kauba
By Carl Kauba
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Carl Kauba Austrian, (1865-1922) The Treasure Seeker Bronze, signed Height: 7½ inches Width: 5¾ inches Depth: 2¾ inches An early 20th century metamorphic patinated and gilt ...
Bronze
Bronze Study "Treasure Seeker" by Carl Kauba
Located in London, GB
Asuperb quality early 20th century Austrian bronze study of a young man digging in search of treasure. The top of the bronze lifting to reveal the buried treasure of a reclining nake...
Bronze
Austrian Bronze Study "Treasure Seeker" by Carl Kauba
By Carl Kauba
Located in London, GB
An enticing early 20th century Austrian bronze study of a young man digging in search of treasure. The top of the bronze lifting to reveal the buried treasure; a reclining naked beau...
Bronze
The Treasure Seeker
By Carl Kauba
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Carl Kauba Austrian, (1865-1922) The Treasure Seeker Bronze, signed Height: 7½ inches Width: 5¾ inches Depth: 2¾ inches An early 20th century metamorphic patinated and gilt ...
Bronze
$1,700
H 13.5 in W 4 in D 3 in
1890s Belle Époque Bronze Sculpture 'Pêcheur' by Adolphe-Jean Lavergne, France
By Adolphe-Jean Lavergne
Located in North Miami, FL
1890s Belle Époque bronze sculpture of a young fisherman 'Pêcheur' by the sculptor Adolphe-Jean Lavergne, France By: Adolphe-Jean Lavergne Material: bronze, copper, metal Technique:...
Metal, Bronze, Copper
$5,887Sale Price|25% Off
H 7.52 in W 6.64 in D 4.81 in
BRUNO ZACH 1930 Austria Art-Deco The Hugger Erotic Sculpture In Bronze & Marble
By Bruno Zach
Located in Miami, FL
An erotic "The Hugger" sculpture by Bruno Zach (1891-1945). This is an erotic desk sculpture created by the Austrian sculptor Bruno Zach circa 1930. The name of the sculpture is "Th...
Bronze
Young Goatherder Bronze Sculpture by Oscar Gladenbeck, Circa 1900
Located in Rochester, NY
Bronze statue of young goatherder by Oscar Gladenbeck. Circa 1900. Signed "Oscar Gladenbeck Friedrichshagen".
Metal, Bronze
$700
H 9.06 in W 7.49 in D 3.94 in
Just Andersen '1884-1943', Figure in Light Bronze in the Form of a Seaboy
Located in København, Copenhagen
Just Andersen (1884-1943). Figure in light bronze in the form of a seaboy on fish. 1930s-1940s. Marked on the back Just A, D 2114. Height 23.5 cm. 19 cm. long. In very good condit...
Bronze
$5,245
H 12.6 in W 19.3 in D 8.67 in
Emmanuel Villanis: Child playing with a boat, Patinated bronze sculpture C. 1900
By Emmanuel Villanis
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Emmanuel VILLANIS (1858-1914, France) : "Child playing with a boat" Important bronze sculpture with 3 patina "Mordoré", medium and dark brown Antique bronze cast France, Art Nouve...
Bronze
19th Century Bronze Fisher Boy
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality late 19th century bronze statue of a young boy fishing. Standing on a rocky out crop with a crab at his feet. Holding a fish and wearing a wide brimmed hat.
Bronze
$5,531Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.54 in Dm 5.12 in
Bronze Boy Sculpture by Charles Anfrie, 19th Century, French Art, 42cm
By Vrai Bronze B.D., Charles Anfrie
Located in Lisbon, PT
This 19th-century tabletop bronze sculpture titled Un Accident captures a moment of innocent confusion through the detailed depiction of a barefoot boy in rustic clothing, scratchin...
Metal, Bronze
Robert Rudolfi Bronze Sculpture “An der Quelle” – ca. 1920s
Located in Staffanstorp, SE
A finely detailed bronze sculpture by Austrian artist Robert Rudolfi (1873–1935), titled An der Quelle (“At the Spring”). The piece depicts a young woman gracefully gathering water i...
Marble, Bronze
Erotic bronze sculpture. Austria, early 20th century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Erotic bronze sculpture. Austria, early 20th century.
Bronze
Late 19th c French Escholier Bronze by Emile -Louis Picault
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A finely cast 19th c French Bronze by Emile - Louis Picault, Titled Escholier du XIVe Siecle. A 14th century scholar portrayed as an intellectual and spiritual pilgrim. A sculpture t...
Marble, Bronze
$1,950
H 13 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
Bronze Group, Young Boy and His Trained Pet Monkey, German, Dated, 1894
By Gladenbeck Foundry, Carl Theodore Wegener
Located in Petaluma, CA
This very whimsical bronze features a young street kid, cigar in hand, and monkey on a chain in the other hand. A scene that should inspire a smile. Sculpted by the Danish artist Car...
Marble, Bronze
$440
H 3.75 in W 5.5 in D 2.13 in
Two Boys & Tinker Tramp Metal Figurine Vienna Bronze Style, Austria 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Classic early 1900s metal miniature figurine, in the style of Vienna Bronze. Nice addition to your room, in your Display Cabinet or just for your collection of antiques. Found at an ...
Metal
$55,000
H 74 in W 29 in D 24 in
Exceptional Early 20th Century Life Size Bronze Sculpture by Raffaele Marino
By Raffaele Marino
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exceptional Early 20th Century Life Size Italian Bronze Sculpture of a Child Fisher By Raffaele Marino Raffaele Marino The young boy, sitting on the edge of a wooden pier, hauli...
Bronze
$4,895
H 23.43 in W 25.79 in D 8.27 in
Art Deco Sailor Patinated Bronze Sculpture Signed "MEURICE", Circa 1940's
By Meurice
Located in Beirut, LB
French Art Deco patinated bronze sculpture from circa 1930, celebrating the heroic figure of a Sailor or Navigator at sea. The muscular male nude is captured in a dramatic, powerful ...
Ceramic
Double Patina Bronze by Kossowski
Located in Marseille, FR
Art deco "Pax Labor" double patina bronze, height 36 cm. Signature Kossowski. Additional information: Material: Alabaster, Marble & onyx Style: 1930s art deco.
Bronze
$350
H 8 in W 5 in D 12.5 in
Vintage Bronze Boy Fishing After Friedrich Goldscheider Sculpture Figurine 13"
By Friedrich Goldscheider
Located in Dayton, OH
The Boy Fishing Bronze Statue is designed after a figure by by Austrian sculptor and potter Friedrich Goldscheider. It depicts a young boy fishing in a genre scene. The original scu...
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
Art Deco Male Sculpture, Spelter, Marble, France circa 1930
By Jean de Roncourt
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant Art Deco sculpture of an athletic scouting / watching male figure by Jean de Roncourt from France around 1930. Very good original condition, greenish patinated Spelter / Zinc...
Marble, Metal, Spelter
Grand Tour Male Nude Bronze Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Early 20th Century bronze male nude sculpture on wood pedestal base.
Bronze
$163,180
H 74.81 in W 23.63 in D 19.69 in
ANTINOUS Magnificent Italian Neoclassical Carrara Marble Sculpture
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding 19th century Italian finely carved Carrara "Statuario" marble sculpture of Antinoo , after the Antique The Capitoline 'Antinous'. Antinous, a young Bithinius favorite...
Marble
$2,797
H 35.44 in W 17.72 in D 0.04 in
Klaudia frontal nude - Oil Paint by Marco Fariello - 2021
By Marco Fariello
Located in Roma, IT
Klaudia frontal nude is one of the best works by the artist Marco Fariello. It is made on canvas, painted in oil in 2021. The subject of the work is the representation of a nude of ...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 41.5 in W 18.75 in D 1.5 in
"Standing Male Model from Behind, " Beautiful Male Nude, Three-Quarters Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this view of a young, nude male model, facing away from the viewer, places him in an artist's studio or atelier, with painters and their easels v...
Paint
'Seated Hermes', a 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze
Located in Chicago, IL
An extraordinary and wonderfully rendered 19th century Italian cast bronze depicting a seated Hermes, the Greek god of messengers, travelers, and merchants, modeled after an original...
Bronze
$31,525Sale Price|35% Off
H 49 in W 59 in D 1.75 in
"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Monumental and quite extraordinary, this utopian scene -- all cast in a lovely, warm glow -- depicts a wide range of nude figures, mostly male, in a grassy river valley between mount...
Paint
$1,500
H 31 in W 15 in D 0.8 in
Nude Woman, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
By Ashot Muradyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2022 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Nude Woman, Size: 31" x 15" x 0.8'' i...
Canvas, Oil
$9,437
H 16.15 in W 15.75 in
Ausum Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Marble Stone Nude Boy Male Figure
By Wim van der Kant
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ausum Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Marble Stone Nude Boy Male Figure Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high scho...
Marble, Bronze
$5,245
H 29.53 in W 33.47 in D 1.19 in
The Origin - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
By Bartosz Kolata
Located in Hallein, AT
This work is framed. Unframed size: 70x80 cm, framed 75x85 cm Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas...
Canvas, Oil
$21,750Sale Price|25% Off
H 54.5 in W 24 in D 13.5 in
Erotic Sexual Mythological Marble Figural, Nude woman, Bacchante and Satyr Herm
Located in Miami, FL
Bacchic revelry. A sexy and nude curvaceous young Nymph/Bacchante makes amorous advances to a Herm - whose facial expression reflects her erotic touch. The Herm is stylized where his...
Marble
$2,797
H 8.6 in W 17 in D 8 in
Hand Carved Antique Alabaster Sculpture / Statue of The Dying Gaul, Grand Tour
Located in Lisse, NL
Handcarved and remarkable work of art of the 'Dying Gaul’ or 'The Dying Galatian'. If you are a collector of rare and good quality antiques then this rare and wonderfully hand carve...
Alabaster
$7,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 21 in W 14.5 in D 6.5 in
"Archer, " Rare, Sensuous Art Deco Bronze Sculpture with Male Nude by Gemignani
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large, extremely rare and highly sensuous, this Art Deco bronze sculpture shows a nude male figure, kneeling on his right leg and bracing himself on his left, arching his bow in read...
Bronze
Nude Male Bronze Sculpture Fountain
Located in Malibu, CA
Bronze male sculpture signed. Fonderia Giorgio Sommer Calabritto Napoli Thomas, sculptor, lived and worked in the Naples area, and especially on Capri, from 1889 to 1906. Given this ...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
$16,857
H 22.05 in W 22.05 in
Profundus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Contemporary Male Figure Marble Stone
By Wim van der Kant
Located in Utrecht, NL
Profundus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Contemporary Male Figure Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high ...
Marble, Bronze
Austrian sculptor Carl Kauba was fascinated by the American West, creating dynamic cast bronze sculptures of cowboys, Native Americans and buffalo. Between 1895 and 1912, his polychrome pieces captured the attention of an American audience, while his domestic statutory work in Austria helped solidify his artistic reputation.
He was born the son of a shoemaker in 1865 in Vienna, Austria. He later studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna before learning from sculptor Karl Waschmann and sculptor and medallist Stefan Schwartz.
Although some accounts have Kauba traveling to the United States to create models and sketches, scholars have questioned the inaccuracies in his work’s weapon detailing and equestrian costumes. Kauba loved the Western tales of German author Karl May and was known to have a friend in Ohio who mailed him costume material, all of which may have provided his references for art.
Kauba’s bronze work is recognized as exceptional Viennese craftsmanship imbued with artistic intricacies and realism. His sculptures of cavalrymen, cowboys and Indigenous people from the American West put him in the same category as titans of American Western art like Frederic Remington and Charles Marion Russell.
Original Carl Kauba art experienced a resurgence in popularity during a 1950s advertising campaign for Latendorfer in New York. His works have remained prized by Wild West collectors everywhere.
Kauba’s art has been exhibited at many American art galleries, including the Thomas Nygard Gallery in Montana and the Ophir Gallery in New Jersey.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Carl Kauba decorative objects, collectibles and more.
Figurative sculpture is a modern art form in which artists create work that is typically representative of the visible world. However, sculptures that are considered to be figurative in style can definitely be inclusive of abstract elements. A wide range of antique, new and vintage figurative sculptures has been made over the years by both well-known and emerging artists, and these pieces can prove striking and provocative as part of your home decor.
Realistic representation in visual art has a very long history. And while figurative artists, whether figurative painters or sculptors, find inspiration in humans, animals and real-life objects, good figurative sculptures can make us think differently about how the real world should look. Just as figurative paintings might include Photorealistic human likenesses, they can also include elements of Surrealism and can suggest a creative and alternative reality. Figurative sculptures aren’t always realistic impressions of our world — depictions of the human form in classical Greek sculpture, for example, might emphasize beauty and physical perfection.
There are a variety of figurative sculptures on 1stDibs created by artists working in a number of styles, including Art Deco, Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and more. A large figurative sculpture can introduce an excellent focal point in a guest bedroom, while smaller works might draw the eye to spaces such as wall shelving or a bookcase that people may otherwise overlook.
When decorating your living room, dining room, home office and study areas with figurative sculptures, don’t be afraid to choose bold colors to inject brightness into neutral spaces. Texture is another factor to consider when purchasing figurative sculptures. A highly textural work of ceramics or wood will catch the eye in a sleek modern space, whereas a smooth, flat glass sculpture can offer an often much-needed contrast in a room that already has many textures.
On 1stDibs, find antique, new or vintage figurative sculpture or other kinds of sculpture for your home decor today.