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Amelia Earhart Marble Bust Flight
Located in Oakland, CA
Amelia Earhart Marble Bust is ready to take flight. Rare original one-of-a-kind hand-carved marble bust, depicting Amelia ready for flight with goggles ...
Category
Vintage 1950s Argentine Art Deco Busts
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Lion Hunter Sculpture signed Limousin 1930s
By Limousin
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco Lion Hunter sculpture Signed by Limousin statue Circa 1930. Limousin ‘Hunter and Lion’ or Chasseur au lion. A Powerful Art Deco Study, in patina...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Bronze Art Deco Pair of Leaping Gazelle on Marble Base
Located in Oakland, CA
Bronze Art Deco Pair of Leaping Gazelle on Marble Base. A unique silhouette style bronze piece showing the natural movement of these animals is from Europe. I always love the leaping...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Hagenauer Sculpture "Woman Walking Panther, " Vienna 1930s Art Deco
By Karl Hagenauer
Located in Oakland, CA
This dynamic sculpture, “Woman Walking Panther,” is a striking example of Art Deco artistry from 1930s Vienna. Crafted by the renowned Austrian sculptor Karl Hagenauer in 1928, this ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Bronze Female Statue Egyptian Inspired Headdress and Waist Treatment
Located in Oakland, CA
The Art Deco bronze statue portrays a striking sensuous female figure bending with poise and confidence while at the same time, her arms are bent behind her head. Her body exudes the...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Franz Hagenauer Male and Female "The Couple" 1930
By Franz Hagenauer
Located in Oakland, CA
Franz Hagenauer Male and Female “The Couple” 1930. Rare sculpture highly stylized and unique piece made in Vienna, circa the 1930s. Recently restored in gleaming chrome patina portra...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Chrome
“Femme Au Levrier” Art Deco Statue Bust by Raymond Leon Rivoire Sevres France
By Raymond Rivoire
Located in Oakland, CA
“Femme au Levrier” Art Deco statue bust by Raymond Leon Rivoire Sevres France circa 1937. Rare and important bust from the iconic Art Deco sculpture Raymond Rivoire...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Busts
Materials
Porcelain
Edouard Marcel Sandoz Porcelain Musician Guitarist Statue
By Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Located in Oakland, CA
Edouard Marcel Sandoz Porcelain Musician Guitarist Statue. Figure “Pierrot Musicien”, circa 1917. Hard-paste porcelain with a white glaze, and pa...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Lady Icarus Gilded Art Deco Statue Adorns Marble French Clock
Located in Oakland, CA
Lady Icarus gilded Art Deco statue adorns French marble clock. A beautiful rendition of the female form of Icarus with Art Deco-style wings spread across the top of this lovely serene female form. Her head is set back in a special way as she contemplates the time and life’s unusual spiritual and psychological pursuits.
A unique piece of Art Deco mythology...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Max Le Verrier Bookends Statues of Dog and Cat French Art Deco
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Oakland, CA
A pair of Art Deco figural bookends in the shape of a cat and bulldog by the French artist Max Le Verrier. These are silvered finish and arrived without the marble base. We were able...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Silvered Bronze Art Deco Statue by Aurore Onu "Chasing the Hind"
By Aurore Onu
Located in Oakland, CA
Silvered Bronze Art Deco Statue Pair featuring a woman reaching and grasping the antlers of a deer, a rare version of “Chasing the Hind” Designe...
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Blue Bird Bell Sculpture by Edouard Marcel Sandoz Cubist, French
By Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco bronze blue bird bell sculpture by Edouard Marcel Sandoz. Bronze cubist bird figurine, circa 1920, finished in original dark brown/copper patinate...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
René Lalique Art Deco Opalescent Glass Clock with Love Birds
By René Lalique
Located in Oakland, CA
René Lalique Art Deco opalescent glass clock with love birds or cockatoo. Lalique design, signed in script on the bottom, Lalique, france. Excellent condition with a very nice origin...
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Group of Panthers by the French Artist Dominique Jean Baptiste Hugues
Located in Oakland, CA
Beautiful bronze Art Deco group of two panthers by the French artist Dominique Jean Baptiste Hugues. The sculpture has a lovely patina and stands on a Portoro marble base with onyx i...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Sculpture of a Bear by Martel
By Jan and Joel Martel
Located in Oakland, CA
This highly stylized modernist sculpture of a bronze bear provides a rare opportunity to own a piece by some of the most fascinating sculptors in history. Jan and Joel Martel were an...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Nude Bronze Sculpture by Affortunato Gory
By Affortunato Gory
Located in Oakland, CA
An early Art Deco bronze nude sculpture of a Dancer by Affortunato Gory. This is one of the most spectacular pieces we have been able to offer. The darkly gilded patina is smooth and flawless, highlighting all the delicate features of the subject. Note her lovely face, perfectly rendered hands, and feet (the details many sculptors do not execute so deftly). Her elaborate headdress has great texture, and the alabaster ball...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Hagenauer Carved Wood with Bronze Base Sculpture Head of African Woman, 1930
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Oakland, CA
Hagenauer wood sculpture Head of African Woman. This beautiful sculpture was designed and manufactured by Hagenauer in Vienna in the 1930s during the Ar...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Busts
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Copper, Chrome, Brass and Wooden Sailing Boat Sculpture
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco chrome, brass, copper, and wooden sailboat sculpture for your mantle or tabletop. It is clearly handcrafted but also finished with great de...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Mounted Objects
Materials
Metal
Lucien Charles E. Alliot French Art Deco Bronze The Gazelles 1930
By Lucien Charles Edouard Alliot
Located in Oakland, CA
Lucien Alliot French Art Deco Bronze The Gazelles 1930. The brown patina on a marble base signed on the bronze L Alliot and stamped bronze on the deer. This particular piece has exceptional rhythm where the two gazelles interplay in a movement depicting leaping over the hills or water. Very three-dimensional treatment showing the movement of the animals.
Lucien Charles Eduoard Alliot (1877-1967), the sculptor was born in 1877 in Paris, France. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français, member and the gold medal in 1920, out of competition, and member of the sculpture jury from 1934 to 1939. Alliot was well known for his figurative sculptures which were exhibited for many years at the Salon de Paris...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Reclining Woman by Darcles
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco bronze sculpture by Darcles entitled “Nu Allonge” (Reclining Nude) on a marble base. Created in 1925 and embodying all the stylistic elements of the Deco Era and executed...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Maurice Guiraud Rivière & Etling Paris Cowboy at the Rodeo Art Deco Statue
By Maurice Guiraud-Rivière
Located in Oakland, CA
A rare tall bronze sculpture by Maurice Guiraud Rivière & Etling Paris representing the figure of a cowboy at the rodeo on a bucking bronco.
S...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jan and Joel Martel "L'Accordioniste" The Accordion Player Sculpture Art Deco
By Jan and Joel Martel
Located in Oakland, CA
Jan and Joel Martel “L’Accordioniste” The Accordion Player. in cast stone sculpture with painted wood base France, circa 1925. One of the most imp...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
French Art Deco Sculpture of a Walking Lion King by Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco sculpture of a walking lion by the famous French sculptor Max Le Verrier. Art metal of the highest quality with beautiful dark brown/bronze patina on a Belgian black marble ...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Spelter
Jan & Joel Martel Art Deco Cubist Bronze Angel Monumental 2 of 8
By Jan and Joel Martel
Located in Oakland, CA
Original bronze by Jan and Joel Martel. Image of a stylized cubist Angel playing a harp.. Rare and famous figurative bronze made by Susse Frères foundry cast posthumously from the original with permission of the family in 2002. Signed: "JJ MARTEL" The Martel brothers...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chase Walter Von Nessen Horse Bookends Statue
By Walter Von Nessen, Chase Brass and Copper Company
Located in Oakland, CA
Extremely rare set of chase Equestrian bookends sculpture designed by Walter Von Nessen in 1932. Industrial Design incorporated with the latest mat...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Chiparus 'The Hunter' Large Art Deco Sculpture with Panther, 1930
By Demetre Chiparus
Located in Oakland, CA
Large Art Deco sculpture of hunter and panther (or lion) by the famous sculptor Demetre H. Chiparus. The Art metal sculpture has a beautiful green verdigris patina and stands on an angled green/white/black multi-color marble base. Excellent condition and inscribed on the base “D.H.Chiparus”! Original bronze spear and patina. Very large in size and would look incredible in your entryway, living room, mantle or buffet, or just about anywhere you have 36 inches wide.
Chiparus of course the master sculptor, arguably the most important artist for statues of the Art Deco period. He always had a way of rendering both men and women in a most natural and desirable way. A very important piece, pictured in many books on Art Deco...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
French Art Deco Cubist Monkey by Gabriel Beauvais 1930s Ceramic
Located in Oakland, CA
French modernist glazed ceramic monkey sculpture by Gabriel Beauvais,1930. This sculpture was made in a turquoise blue glaze ceramic, a stunning color most likely by Kaza Edition in ...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Creamware
Art Deco Elephant Sculpture Lamp, French, 1930
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco elephant sculpture lamp French 1930, patinated art metal with antique red glass inlay. Excellent condition mood lamp with detailed embossed ...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Bronze Art Deco Lion Sculpture
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco era bronze statue of a lion with a great marble base of three tones inlaid in geometric shapes. The lion is powerfully rendered, its expression and musculature well defined.
Throughout history, the Lion has been known as the “king of the jungle” but has also served as symbol of protection for a home or public building. The task of scaring off the “demons” and keeping away intruders is the reason you can find sculptures of lions guarding structures from the ancient Ishtar Gates...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Original Carved White Venus Marble Statue by French Artist Marius Sain
By Marius Sain
Located in Oakland, CA
Here is chance to own a real treasure. One of kind and brilliantly carved white marble. This piece depicts a beautiful Venus inspired woman in a Greek Art Deco pose, naked and free (well not really free). She is yours to fall in love with. Very impressive size 23" tall. A wonderful material and something that we do have a chance to acquire due to its rarity, uniqueness (one of kind) and historical significance. The sculptor Marius Sain has many books written on his work and is listed in every important European and American art reference book (Benezit.)
About Marius Sain
Marius Sain is a famous French sculptor and designer, best known for his monumental work : A statue of Louis Girard...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Masterpiece Bronze Reclining Sculpture Important Artist Jan Anteunis
By Jan Anteunis
Located in Oakland, CA
A rare Art Deco Bronze. Incredible quality from an important Belgian artist named Jan Anteunis, (1896-1973). It is not often that we are able to find a piece with all of these qualit...
Category
Vintage 1940s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Lucien Gibert Bronze Statue 'The Archer' French Art Deco Sculpture
By Lucien Gibert
Located in Oakland, CA
Master sculptor Lucien Gilbert with his famous “The Archer” sculpture embraces the finest in French bronze detailing of the period. The size, quality...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ary Bitter Bronze Art Deco Sculpture Woman Running with Lambs Bronze
By Ary Bitter
Located in Oakland, CA
Ary Bitter was an important French Artist who specialized in animal sculptures and the female form. He created many significant works during the Art Deco period. This unique piece, e...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Panther Leopard Panther Bookends by Maurice Frecourt, Statue
By Maurice Frecourt
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco leopard panther bookends by the French artist Frecourt on a marble base. Fine animal detailing work and signed on the metal with artist name, France and initial C.R. Unusual...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Female Statue by Belgian Artist M. D'Haveloose
By Marnix d'Haveloose
Located in Oakland, CA
Bronze dancer, circa1930. Sculpture with black patina, by MARNIX D’HAVELOOSE (1885-1973). This classically interpreted nude dancer is rendered in an elegant Art Deco style. The signa...
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alexandre Kéléty Art Deco Bronze Scarf Dancer 1925 French
By Alexandre Kéléty
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco Bronze Scarf Dancer by Alexandre Kéléty created in France in1925 . It depicts a dancer holding aloft a stylized scarf, silver-plated and gilded, mounted on a silvered bro...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Elephant Sculpture on Marble Styled Base
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco elephant sculpture on marble stylized base. Spelter metal with ivoroid ( synthetic) tusks, in the lucky position of going upward. This is a great piece, showing style and mo...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Jan Anteunis Art Deco Female Statue Belgian Sculptor
By Jan Anteunis
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco female bronze sculpture by important Belgian artist, Jan Anteunis who worked primarily in the city of Ghent. A large and dra...
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Diana Huntress and Leaping Antelope by Le Verrier and Demarco Base
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Oakland, CA
This is Diana the Huntress, a theme often repeated in Art Deco folklore. What makes this piece so spectacular: It has the style, small size and all the elements. The quality is of th...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Art Deco Greyhound Dogs Bronze Sculpture Statue by S. Bizard
By Susanne Bizard
Located in Oakland, CA
Two Greyhound dogs, a nickeled bronze sculpture by French artist Suzanne Bizard. Stylized figural and accurate rendering portraying a pair of...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco Diana the Huntress Bronze by S. Melanie 1930s
By Salvatore Melani
Located in Oakland, CA
French Art Deco Diana the Huntress Bronze by S. Melanie 1930s, crafted in the 1930s, stands as a testament to the artistic brilliance of the era. This extraordinary sculpture exudes ...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Art Deco Golden Bronze Sculpture by Gaston Beguin
By Gaston Béguin
Located in Oakland, CA
A French bronze sculpture in the pastoral and Classic Art Deco image of a woman and deer. Partially nude, but draped in elaborate folds of dark bronze which contrasts the brilliant gold tones of her skin and tresses. The artist is Gaston Beguin...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wonderful French Bronze if Female Dancer by S. Bauer, circa 1910s
By S. Bauer
Located in Oakland, CA
This wonderful and sexy boudoir piece by Austrian sculptor. S. Bauer. Executed in brown patinated bronze with gold details represents this rather inquisitive carefree dancer. Her bod...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Female Bronze by Paule Bisman Serenite
Located in Oakland, CA
Art Deco bronze female statue by Paule Bisman entitled ”Serenite”. A high quality bronze was produced with only 12 examples ever made, this is number 4/12...
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Edouard Drouot Original Bronze American Indian Hunting
By Edouard Drouot
Located in Oakland, CA
Indian bronze signed E. Drouot. Cast with plenty of detail depicting an Indian man who is on the look out while holding a bow in hunting position. Drouot did multiple sculptures rend...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ary Bitter Reclining Diana the Huntress with 2 Greyhounds Bronze Art Deco
By Ary Bitter
Located in Oakland, CA
Ary Bitter was an important French Artist who specialized in animal sculptures and the female form. He created many significant works during the Art Deco period. This unique piece, extremely rare, is stunning, artistic and rendered in the highest quality. The sculpture depicts Diana the Huntress resting in the forest surrounded by her two faithful greyhound hunting dogs. Her bow and arrows are lying by her side. A quality bronze with a verdigris green patina bears the artists signature. The statue is sitting on a most outstanding original Portoro marble base. The shape of the base is contoured precisely to fit the unusual rounded shape of the bronze. Also stamped in the bronze Susse...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
L. Carvin Black Panther Art Deco Bronze Sculpture
By Louis-Albert Carvin
Located in Oakland, CA
Extremely rare black panther bronze sculpture by Louis Albert Carvin, circa 1930. This is an example of pure cubist style in black patina, portraying a panther standing tall and prou...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Classic Female Art Deco Bronze Statue by Listed Belgian Artist M. D'haveloose
By Marnix d'Haveloose
Located in Oakland, CA
Marnix D’Haveloose (1885-1973) dancer, circa 1930. Bronze sculpture with black patina, representing a classic styled nude dancer, elegant Art Deco stylization. Signed on the base. Im...
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Panther Sculpture By Guy Debe French
Located in Oakland, CA
Black Panther Art Deco sculpture was designed and signed by Guy Debe. It features a black metal patinated material of the body of the panther wh...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Jean Canneel Art Deco Belgian Sculptor Monumental Bronze
By Jean Canneel
Located in Oakland, CA
Impressive bronze sculpture by International artist Jean Canneel. A serious statue depicting a man on horse. The figures of both the man and horse are rendered Art Nouveau to Art Deco realistic style, the figure is mounted on red marble. Artist signature clearly embedded in the base. An extremely rare piece, Jean Canneel exhibited many times in Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Liège, but also in Paris. In 1925 he participated in the Exhibition of Decorative Arts and presented Joy of Spring for which he was a medalist. Eugène Canneel...
Category
Vintage 1930s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jan & Joel Martel Art Deco Bronze Pigeon Statue
By Jan and Joel Martel
Located in Oakland, CA
Rare and beautiful original bronze by Jan and Joel Martel. Image of a stylized cubist pigeon on thin marble base. One of their famous animal pieces as shown in the most important boo...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Art Deco Nude Sculpture by S. Melani
By Salvatore Melani
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco era reclining nude bronze sculpture by Salvatore Melani, created at the end of his career which began in his early 1920s and ended in 1934 at the age of 32. The serene an...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Terra Cotta Mask Art Deco Czech like Goldscheider
By Goldscheider Manufactory of Vienna
Located in Oakland, CA
These 3 dimensional masks do not come up very often. Made in the Austrian tradition like Goldscheider, it is not marked. After, many years of working with these masks, we have learne...
Category
Vintage 1940s Czech Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
Notari Art Deco French Cubist Panther Sculpture
By A. Notari
Located in Oakland, CA
1930s Cubist sculpture of a climbing and growling panther on the prowl. Art Deco design with the artistic facet-like details are imaginative and convey a ...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Belgian Black Marble, Spelter
Art Deco Bronze Statue of Man Pulling Boat Sculpture
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco bronze sculpture of a man gripping a rope and pulling a row boat ashore, It is a strong and unusual image, in contrast to the many images of men throwing spears or bendin...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Nude Sculpture with Tambourine by Guerbe
By Guerbe Le Verrier
Located in Oakland, CA
A petite Art Deco sculpture created in the early 1930s, sometimes referred to by the name “Esmeralda”. This piece is both athletic and feminine in its bold pose holding a tambourine ...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Chrome-Plated Elephants Bookends French Art Deco
Located in Oakland, CA
Fun pair of Happy Elephants bookends. Rather cubist shape on a nice marble base. These little ones are sitting up straight ready to serve the most astute reading needs!
Measuremen...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Bookends
Materials
Marble, Metal, Chrome
Popeye Sailor European Sculpture Ebony and Metal Art Deco Hagenauer
By Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien
Located in Oakland, CA
Popeye the Sailor, a European Sculpture in the style of Hagenauer made of Ebony wood and Metal in the Art Deco style. We have had a few pieces in this treatment, style and materials. They are very rare to find. This one is particularly interesting since it is an homage to the character of Popeye. This sculpture has a slightly cubist feeling with the treatment of black ebony and silver including the navy anchor on its arm obviously inspired by the original Popeye.
It’s not a widely known fact that a real person inspired E.C. Segar, the creator of Popeye. We have discovered was fashioned to resemble this man Frank “Rocky” Fiegel, whose parents immigrated from Poland to the United States. Rocky was born in 1868-1947 and as an adult he joined the navy. He was considered very strong and smoked a pipe, all characteristics of the cartoon Popeye which became such an important icon of protection, not allowing bullying or to be bulled.
This Popeye Sailor sculpture...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of "Heroine" by théophile François Somme
By Théophile François Somme
Located in Oakland, CA
“Heroine” by Theophile Francois Somme is a dramatic and richly detailed Art Nouveau sculpture in bronze and chryselephantine created, circa 1920. This exceptional piece has finely carved facial features and wonderful use of patinated bronze to create the sweep of fabric. The statue sits on a carved marble base.
Somme was born in Nancy in 1871, lived until 1952 and was a frequent participant in the Parisian Salon des Artistes. He won the Gold Medal at the salon in 1924, a silver medal in 1925 and in 1937 he was awarded the Gold Medal at the Paris Exposition Internationale.
Today his work can be viewed at the Toulon...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Bouraine of Amazon Queen Penthesilea
By Marcel-André Bouraine
Located in Oakland, CA
iconic sculpture by Marcel Andre Bouraine of “Penthesilea, queen of the amazons”, is cast bronze in the rarest original antique silver color patina. Depicted is a nude woman archer i...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
