Modern Abstract Sculptures
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
1980s Mexican Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s Finnish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
1990s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware, Rope
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
1990s Brazilian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Gold, Copper
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
2010s German Modern Abstract Sculptures
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Copper
2010s Finnish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Oak, Walnut
2010s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware
2010s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
20th Century British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Bronze
2010s Turkish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Indian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s Belgian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Agate, Brass
1970s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Granite
2010s South African Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware
1960s British Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
1990s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s German Modern Abstract Sculptures
Clay
2010s Chinese Modern Abstract Sculptures
Fiberglass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
1980s Brazilian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cement
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Terracotta
2010s Brazilian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Soapstone, Nickel
2010s Brazilian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Soapstone, Nickel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
Early 2000s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Brass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Foam
2010s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Foam