Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

English, 1931-2016

Charles Richard "Dick" Smith was an English printmaker and painter. He Attended St Albans School of Art followed by post-graduate studies at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1954-57. Smith shared a flat-cum-studio with Peter Blake in his second year at the RCA, and then again for two years after he left the college in 1957. When Terence Conran's Soup Kitchen opened on Fleet Street in the late 1950s, it featured a letter-collage mural by Smith and Blake. Michael Chow would later commission Smith to design installations for his restaurant in Los Angeles, and Chow and Conran have remained two of his biggest supporters. In 1959 he moved to New York to teach on a Harkness Fellowship, staying for two years, where he produced paintings combining the formal qualities of many of the American abstract painters which made references to American commercial culture. The artist's first solo exhibition was at the Green Gallery. As his work matured it tended to be more minimal, often painted using one colour with a second only as an accent. In trying to find ways of transposing ideas, Smith began to question the two-dimensional properties of art itself and to find ways by which a painting could express the shape of reality as he saw it. These principles he carried into his graphic work by introducing cut, folded and stapled elements into his prints; some works were multi-leaved screenprinting, and others printed onto three-dimensional fabricated metal. Smith returned to England in 1963 - specifically East Tytherton, Wiltshire where Howard Hodgkin was a neighbour - and gained critical acclaim for extending the boundaries of painting into three dimensions, creating sculptural shaped canvases with monumental presence, which literally protruded into the space of the gallery. Evocative titles such as Panatella and Revlon, and cosmetic, synthetic colours alluded to the consumer landscapes of urban America which had proved so influential. He showed at the Kasmin Gallery, a venture between Kas and the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava in New Bond Street, throughout the 60s, more-widely known as David Hockney's first gallery. Smith was invited to exhibit at the XXXV Venice Biennale as the official British artist in 1970. Smith taught with Richard Hamilton at Gateshead in 1965, where he met Mark Lancaster and Stephen Buckley, and again in 2000, becoming close to the artist and his wife, Terry. By the late 1960s Smith's ambition to produce paintings which shared a common sensibility with other media, such as film and photography, began to wane and he focused on the formal qualities of painting. First exhibited in New York in 1971, the traditional wooden supports of the canvases were replaced by aluminium rods and strings, allowing them to be hung freely in response to the surrounding architecture. Smith continued in the subsequent decades to construct site-specific works in public and private spaces often hanging from the ceilings or architectural supports. He resettled in Patchogue, New York in around 1977. Smith was awarded the CBE in 1971.

Artist: Richard Smith

Richard Smith'Arctic Hare' Contemporary Bronze Animal Sculpture of a hare. Patinated White

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'Arctic Hare' Contemporary Bronze Animal Sculpture of a hare. Patinated White

By Richard Smith

Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

'Arctic Hare' is a stunningly elegant Bronze sculpture. Richard Smith conveys so much character in such simple lines, exemplifying a truly wonderful talent. The fantastic richly deta...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Wim van der KantGallulus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Green Patina Marble Stone, 2007

$9,959

H 16.54 in W 7.88 in

Gallulus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Green Patina Marble Stone

By Wim van der Kant

Located in Utrecht, NL

Gallulus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Green Patina Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profess...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Wim van der KantCrepis Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone, 2002

$17,049

H 17.72 in W 7.88 in

Crepis Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone

By Wim van der Kant

Located in Utrecht, NL

Crepis Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Male Figure Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Wim van der KantAquila Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Contemporary In Stock, 2015

$17,513

H 27.56 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in

Aquila Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Contemporary In Stock

By Wim van der Kant

Located in Utrecht, NL

Aquila Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Contemporary In Stock - Sculpture without Stone is 57 cm high Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Wim van der KantAusum Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Marble Stone Nude Boy Male Figure, 1998

$9,544

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Sergey OganovIron horse. Llimited edition: 3/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze, 2014

$4,715

H 11.82 in W 13.78 in D 3.94 in

Iron horse. Llimited edition: 3/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Located in Riga, LV

When a child learns to ride a bike, it's challenging, sometimes frustrating, and a big milestone. The object transforms into a trusty steed, becomes part of play and imagination – th...

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2010s Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

Sergey OganovThe hero must be alon. Llimited edition: 2/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze, 2024

$4,125

H 16.54 in W 10.24 in D 2.76 in

The hero must be alon. Llimited edition: 2/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Located in Riga, LV

This sculpture captures the moment when courage sheds all witnesses. A solitary figure steps forward, fragmented yet resolute, as if carved not only from metal but from doubt, loss, ...

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2010s Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Metal, Bronze

Wim van der KantIra Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Nude Boy Marble Stone Sitting, 2000

$9,429

H 14.57 in W 3.94 in

Ira Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Nude Boy Marble Stone Sitting

By Wim van der Kant

Located in Utrecht, NL

Ira Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Nude Boy Marble Stone Sitting Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Sergey OganovImmersion. Llimited edition: 2/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze, 2010

$5,894

H 14.97 in W 10.24 in D 9.06 in

Immersion. Llimited edition: 2/5. Sculpture by Sergey Oganov. Bronze

Located in Riga, LV

This is a visualization of the inner battle between awareness and chaos, where spiritual practices collide with primal fear. Can one truly meditate at the edge of the abyss – or is i...

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2010s Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Wim van der KantSaltationus Casus Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone, 2004

$10,160

H 14.97 in W 5.91 in

Saltationus Casus Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone

By Wim van der Kant

Located in Utrecht, NL

Saltationus Casus Bronze Contemporary Sculpture Nude Boy Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he intensively practises his profession as a sculptor. Only when his work would measure up to his own standards, he decided to present it to the rest of the world...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Wim van der KantFratres Bronze Sculpture Boys Brothers Male Nude Figure Marble Stone, 2013

$17,846

H 14.97 in W 14.57 in

Fratres Bronze Sculpture Boys Brothers Male Nude Figure Marble Stone

By Wim van der Kant

Located in Utrecht, NL

Fratres Bronze Sculpture Boys Brothers Male Nude Figure Marble Stone Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profess...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Wim van der KantSorbe Small Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Drinking Male Figure Marble Stone, 2004

$10,010

H 14.57 in W 7.88 in

Sorbe Small Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Drinking Male Figure Marble Stone

By Wim van der Kant

Located in Utrecht, NL

Sorbe Small Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Drinking 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 sc...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

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Marble, Bronze

Wim van der KantProfundus Bronze Sculpture Nude Boy Contemporary Male Figure Marble Stone, 2006

$17,049

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 p...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Smith Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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