Jits Bakker (1937–2014) was a Dutch visual artist deeply inspired by classical mythology and Renaissance ideals. Though best known internationally as a sculptor, his artistic talents spanned a wide range of disciplines including painting, drawing, watercolor, glass art, graphic techniques, and jewelry design. Bakker began his career as a painter rooted in Impressionism but later developed a bold Expressionist style influenced by Fauvism. He was passionate about plein air painting, capturing landscapes with emotional intensity and vibrant color. His diverse body of work reflects a deep connection to nature, personal experience, and classical themes. In 1962, he began working with glass mosaics, drawn to the interplay of color and light, and he remained active in this medium throughout his life. He also saw his jewelry as miniature sculptures and treated each piece with the same artistic integrity as his larger works. Bakker embodied the Renaissance principle of the "universal man," constantly exploring new creative fields and rejecting the idea of artistic specialization. His life’s work is a testament to versatility, craftsmanship, and timeless expression. He studied at ArtEZ in Arnhem and held numerous exhibitions across Europe and the U.S., with permanent installations and high-profile commissions, including for royalty and international institutions.
Miles Davis Trumpeter Jazz Musician Bronze Figurative Men Sculpture In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Miles Davis Trumpetist Jazz Musician Bronze Figurative Men Sculpture In Stock Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, silve...
Stone, Bronze
$25,384
Verlangen no. 5 Desire Longing Bronze Sculpture Figurative Mother In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Verlangen no. 5 Desire Longing Bronze Sculpture Figurative Modern Mother and Child In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937-2014) Sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, sil...
Bronze
Veulen Foal Young Horse Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Animal New In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Veulen Pony Horse Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Animal New In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937–2014) Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer,...
Stone, Bronze
Verlangen no. 2 Desire Longing Bronze Sculpture Figurative Mother In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Verlangen no. 2 Desire Longing Bronze Sculpture Figurative Mother and Child In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937-2014) Sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, silversmit...
Bronze
Verlangen no. 11 Desire Erotic Sculpture Bronze Big Art Garden In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Verlangen no. 11 Desire Erotic Art Sculpture Bronze Contemporary Big Art Garden In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937-2014) Jits Bakker knew the classi...
Bronze
$42,832
Verlangen nog 7 Desire Longing Erotic Art Bronze Sculpture Abstract In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Verlangen nog 7 Desire Longing Bronze Erotic Art Sculpture Figure Abstract In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937-2014) Jits Bakker knew the classics. I...
Bronze
Verlangen no. 8 Desire Longing Erotic Art Bronze Sculpture Figure In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Verlangen no. 8 Desire Longing Erotic Art Bronze Sculpture Figure In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937-2014) Jits Bakker knew the classics. In fact, he cherished them in his work. The vi...
Bronze
Verlangen no. 12 Desire Bronze Sculpture Erotic Art Human Emotion In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Verlangen no. 12 Desire Bronze Sculpture Figurative Erotic Art Human Emotion In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937-2014) Sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, silversmi...
Bronze
$3,724
Herinnering 2 Memory 2 Bronze People on Bench Figurative Sculpture Contemporary
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Herinnering 2 Memory 2 Bronze People on Bench Figurative Sculpture Contemporary Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, sil...
Stone, Bronze
Fluitspeler Flute Player Musician Bronze Figurative Contemporary Sculpture
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Fluitspeler Flute Player Musician Bronze Figurative Contemporary Sculpture Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, silvers...
Stone, Bronze
$38,073
Verlangen no. 3 Desire Longing Bronze Sculpture Mother Pregnant In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Verlangen no. 3 Desire Longing Bronze Sculpture Figurative Modern Pregnant Mother In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937-2014) Sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, sil...
Bronze
Verlangen no. 4 Desire Longing Bronze Sculpture Mother and Child Modern In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Verlangen no. 4 Desire Longing Bronze Sculpture Figurative Modern Mother and Child In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937-2014) Sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, sil...
Bronze
$3,331
Sax Solo Saxophonist Musician Bronze Figurative Contemporary Sculpture In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Sax Solo Saxophonist Musician Bronze Figurative Contemporary Sculpture In Stock Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, sil...
Stone, Bronze
Drie Paarden Three Horses Contemporary Figurative Animal Sculpture In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Drie Paarden Three Horses Contemporary Figurative Animal Sculpture In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937–2014) Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist,...
Stone, Bronze
$5,401
Amazone Ruiter Amazon Horseman Contemporary Animal Men Sculpture Bronze In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Amazone Ruiter Amazon Horseman Contemporary Animal Men Sculpture Bronze In Stock Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, si...
Stone, Bronze
$3,414
Scharrelkip Free Range Chicken Figurative Animal Sculpture Bronze Contemporary
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Scharrelkip Free Range Chicken Figurative Animal Sculpture Bronze Contemporary Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, silv...
Stone, Bronze
$1,986
Vinoloog Vinologist Wine Tasting Bronze Figurative Men Sculpture Contemporary
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vinoloog Vinologist Wine Tasting Bronze Figurative Men Sculpture Contemporary Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, silv...
Stone, Bronze
Moeder Studie 2 Mother Study 2 Figurative Bronze Woman Sculpture In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Moeder Studie 2 Mother Study 2 Figurative Bronze Woman Sculpture In Stock Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, silversmi...
Stone, Bronze
$10,291
Amazone met Twee Paarden Bronze Contemporary Animal Horse Sculpture New In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Amazone met Twee Paarden Bronze Contemporary Animal Horse Sculpture New In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937–2014) Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolo...
Stone, Bronze
$2,796
Herinnering 1 Memory 1 Men Sitting on Bench Park Sculpture Figurative In Stock
By Jits Bakker
Located in Utrecht, NL
Herinnering 1 Memory 1 Men Sitting on Bench Park Sculpture Figurative In Stock About Jits Bakker (1937–2014) Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolori...
Stone, Bronze
$6,300
H 5.91 in W 6.3 in D 3.75 in
"Felicity" Bronze Sculpture 15" x 16" x 9.5" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
By Sarkis Tossonian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Felicity" Bronze Sculpture 15" x 16" x 9.5" inch by Sarkis Tossonian Sarkis Tossoonian was born in Alexandria in 1953. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts/Sculpture in 1979....
Bronze
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.5 in W 7.5 in D 6.5 in
After Fernando Botero Standing Woman Bronze Sculpture, Edition of 50
By Fernando Botero
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
After Fernando Botero – STANDING WOMAN Bronze Sculpture Edition of 50 This beautifully executed bronze sculpture is an After Fernando Botero work, created in faithful homage to th...
Marble, Bronze
$960Sale Price|60% Off
H 14.5 in W 7.5 in D 6.5 in
After Botero - Standing Woman Bronze Sculpture, Contemporary 20th Century
By Fernando Botero
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
This AFTER BOTERO sculpture is a very beautiful, faithful reproduction in the style of BOTERO'S work that has sold very well here on 1st Dibs. The edition is 50 in Roman numerals. ...
Marble, Bronze
$2,350
H 12 in Dm 4 in
David Hostetler Bronze Sculpture Figurative Green Full FigureSmall By Commission
By David Hostetler
Located in Nantucket, MA
The Classic Lady bronze was cast from a wood carving. She is David's most petite sculpture. Movement and grace with the twist at the waist and tilt of the head. She can add beauty to...
Bronze
$2,082
H 12.21 in W 1.97 in D 3.94 in
Daniëlle - 21st Century Bronze Sculpture of a standing Young Girl
By Wim van der Kraan
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniëlle 50 x 13 x 10 cm Bronze The theme van der Kraan likes most is to show the growing of young girls. Living in their own world. Like this girl watching something she likes. The...
Bronze
$8,626
H 23.23 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Facile- 21st Century, Contemporary Italian Bronze Sculpture of a woman
By Eva Steiner
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Facile 59 x 30 x 30 cm bronze Facile is a bronze sculpture by Italian contemporary artist Eva Steiner. In her work she focuses on the gracefulness of women. Her sculptures of bronz...
Bronze
$12,000
H 31 in W 16 in D 7 in
Solstice Dark Bronze Ed 1/12 - elegant, female, figurative, bronze sculpture
By Jeremy Guy
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At once both elegant and classic, this superb sculpture is the work of Jeremy Guy. The graceful form of a female figure emerges from the black granite. Guy has long been influenced ...
Granite, Bronze
$1,546
H 6.7 in W 4.34 in D 4.34 in
Past Lives: Bronze and Marble Sculpture, Contemporary, 2010+
By Mariko Kumon
Located in BARCELONA, ES
According to reincarnation theory, there are lives previously lived in different bodies. Some people say they have memories of their past lives. May be one of the reason that you fee...
Marble, Bronze, Wire
$4,497
H 9.85 in W 7.88 in D 5.91 in
Forest Ape I - 21st Century bronze sculpture of a Orangutan
By Antoinette Briet
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Antoinette Briet (Dutch artist) Forest Ape I 25 x 20 x 15 cm Bronze Antoinette Briet's sculpture can be called both a figurative and an abstract work of art. Her sculpted animals sh...
Bronze
$6,800
H 31 in W 19 in D 14 in
Contemporary Stone-Inspired Bronze Portrait Sculpture
By Roger Reutimann
Located in Boulder, CO
This contemporary bronze portrait sculpture by Swiss-American artist Roger Reutimann explores the intersection of permanence and erosion, strength and vulnerability. Cast in bronze a...
Granite, Bronze
$8,090
H 16.93 in W 6.7 in D 3.94 in
The Dolmen Bronze Sculpture, Limited Edition of 8, Contemporary Art
By Martine Demal
Located in Paris, FR
The Dolmen is a bronze sculpture with a white stone plinth by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 43 × 17 × 10 cm (16.9 × 6.7 × 3.9 in). The sculpture is signed...
Stone, Bronze
$8,000
H 40 in W 7 in D 6 in
"Plunge Dress" Abstract Bronze Sculpture 40" x 7" x 6" inch by Sarkis Tossonian
By Sarkis Tossonian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Plunge Dress" Abstract Bronze Sculpture 40" x 7" x 6" inch by Sarkis Tossonian Sarkis Tossoonian was born in Alexandria in 1953. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts/Sculptur...
Bronze