Modern Figurative 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble
Early 2000s Hong Kong Modern Figurative Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Brass
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Plastic
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Fiberglass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Blown Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Late 20th Century English Modern Figurative Sculptures
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
1970s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Mexican Modern Figurative Sculptures
Clay
2010s German Modern Figurative Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
1990s Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Belgian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Fiberglass
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
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Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
1980s Brazilian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Rock Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Figurative Sculptures
Fabric, Faux Leather, Plastic, Paper
1920s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Wood
Early 2000s Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic, Porcelain, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Aluminum
1980s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble
Late 20th Century Zimbabwean Modern Figurative Sculptures
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Oak
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Other
Early 2000s Hong Kong Modern Figurative Sculptures
Rubber, Plastic
2010s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s German Modern Figurative Sculptures
Natural Fiber
2010s German Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Figurative Sculptures
Clay, Terracotta
2010s Colombian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Natural Fiber
2010s German Modern Figurative Sculptures
Natural Fiber
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble
2010s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Alabaster
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Figurative Sculptures
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Figurative Sculptures
Plastic, Paper, Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Lucite
2010s European Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
2010s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Brass
2010s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Brass
2010s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Brass