Roman Bronze Works Figurative Sculptures

An exquisitely cast pair of Clowns, each depicted with a pair of dogs at their feet also dressed up for the show. These were conceived by Charles Humphriss...

A very fine cast of Sulking Bull executed in 1937 by the Roman Bronze Works foundry in New York for Harry Wickey, it is an exceedingly rare model to show up on the open market. In 20...

Beautiful cast bronze archangel sculpture having incredible wings and details with a wonderful dark green patina and black marble base. Signed BM Mellon, 1947.   

Situated over a generous thick red granite base with faceted corners, this powerful sculpture depicts a figure of Pan sitting on a rock playing his wood flute. His figure is totally focused on the music, looking down the long pipes as his fingers depress and release the tiny holes. Modeled with a touch of modernism, it is a very finely cast work by Roman Bronze...

I recognized it was Charles Atlas before looking at the inscription on the front of the base bearing his name. Charles Atlas was such an iconic figure of my youth. We all wanted to look like him. He was handsome, and his body was godlike. He was everywhere, magazines, television and any place out in the public view. He was the original body builder, and was coaxing young men to follow his advice and no longer be a 97 pound weakling. Just read his book, follow his training advice, and you too could look like that. He was showing off his body well into the 1950s. If you are not a baby boomer (born after 1960), I suggest you look him up on your computer. Bearing the artist signature Nicolosi as well as the noted foundry Roman Bronze Works, who by the way cast the works of the western artist Remington and many other major artists. This is not some recent casting. This was cast circa 1930s. Now for something about the artist Joseph Nicolosi Italian /American 1893-1961. He studied with and was the protege of Solon Borglum; and Edward McCarten. His works are exhibited at Brookgreen Gardens, Stanford University and many other public places A sculpture of Ava Gardner, commissioned for the motion picture One Touch of Venus, 1948 is documented widely. The present sculpture of Charles Atlas is mentioned in the book by John Massey...

A model of a Human Fist in bronze, signed the Roman Bronze Works NY. Realistically cast and modeled, highly detailed. Artist unknown, possibly a life cast of Anna Hyatt Huntington...

Born in Rixdorf, Germany on October 16th of 1877, Lee Oscar Lawrie came to the United States to live in Chicago at the age of 5. He began working as a sculptor at the early age of 14, serving as an assistant to numerous professional sculptors and ultimately studied under Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Martiny. He would go on to work with some of the most influential architectural sculptors of the 20th century and established himself as a major exponent of Modernism by the late 1920s. His first major commission was the Nebraska State Capitol Building (1922-32) in Lincoln, Nebraska under retainer by architect Bertram G. Goodhue. He became well known for his innovations in flying buttress sculpture for decorative architecture and is perhaps most widely recognized for his monumental public commission of Atlas (1937) that stands prominently before New York City's Rockefeller Center. He was active in mixing architecture with sculpture, often in collaboration with other sculptors and architects; the sheer breadth of his chosen material is admirable, from bas-relief, free-standing statuary, bronze figural work and wooden frescoes. He had a comfort level with the Gothic-style that permeates his work, but his imagination was far-reaching, encompassing the Modernist, the Neoclassical, the Romantic and the Biblical in his subject matter. He would go on to execute numerous public commissions in the full Modernist taste of decoration, including the Church of Heavenly Rest in New York, the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., the Education Building of Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial Bridge in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Saint Thomas Church of New York and Westpoint Academy. From 1910-12 he served as an instructor in sculpture at Harvard University and was appointed to instructor in the Yale Fine Arts Department where he taught from 1908 through 1918. He was an associate of the National Academy of Design and he served as President of the National Sculpture Society. His acceptance of Metro's commission is unusual, as he firmly believed art should be accessible to the broader public and not only available for private display; but his fondness for his student, Rex Ingram, coupled with the moving subject matter of the film led him to sculpt the Horsemen. Metro bought rights to produce a film based on the bestselling novel The Four Horsemen...

A rare bronze sculpture of Saint or Santa Barbara by Francis Minturn “Duke” Sedgwick. It is signed on the reverse and marked for the Roman Bronze Works. It depicts Santa Barbara with...