John Willis Good Figurative Sculptures

Carved grotesque wood mask with pierced eyes, very hooked nose, cigar between very crooked bone teeth. Label on verso reads, “Willi Huggler (Swiss, 1925...

A plaster bust after the antique issued by the Musee Du Louvre in the early 20th century for academic instruction, supplying art schools and private studios for subjects essential to...

Thomas François Cartier, born on January 3, 1879, in Marseille, France, and passing away on December 27, 1943, was a notable French sculptor celebrated for his masterful depictions o...

Sculpture in patinated bronze representing a seated child feeding a bird, after Pigalle. The original "the girl with the bird and the shell" is a counterpart of "the child with the cage" by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. The naked child...

Patinated bronze the "Hugger" after Bruno Zach

A small patinated bronze sculpture of the Discobolus of Myron, after the antique. Dating to circa 1880, the statue depicts a male figure in a classic poised pose as if ready to thro...

Bronze After the antique, Le Discobole, green patina

This wood scultpure showing fine traces of polychromy depicts John the Baptist, one the Old Testament’s last prophets and the first martyr of the New Testament. He is easily recognizable with the lamb he is carrying in his left hand. The way the artist has carved the face exudes a spiritual strenght inherited from previous centuries. Description Saint John the Baptist is depicted bare feet, seated in a hieratic manner. His elongated face is marked by a beard and a moustache. The straight nose and wide eyes indicate a Spanish origin. This asumption is reaffirmed by the Saint’s resigned expression. His parted hair frames his face while uncovering his ears. He wears a round collar red-orange tunic, draped onto the body and belted at the waist. A flap of his green coat covers his knees and falls down in stylized pleats. Following iconographic rules Saint John the Baptist is pointing with his right hand the lamb seated...

Thomas François Cartier, born on January 3, 1879, in Marseille, France, and passing away on December 27, 1943, was a notable French sculptor celebrated for his masterful depictions o...

Blue ceramic Elephant is an original decorative object realized in the 1970s. An ornamental object realized in colored ceramic. Good overall conditions except for some lack of ...

The wrestlers, after the antique Statuary Marble Signed dated Located "A Leoni di Firenze Fecit L'ano 1835".  

Elegant and expressive bronze sculpture titled “Panther” by French artist Thomas Cartier (Marseille 1879 – Paris 1943). Known for his dynamic animal figures, Cartier captures the fel...