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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Japanese Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Concrete, Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Paint
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cement
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Concrete, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Concrete, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Concrete, Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass, Murano Glass, Cut Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
2010s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Steel, Iron
2010s North American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin, Acrylic, Epoxy Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Gold Leaf
2010s British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Steel, Iron
20th Century Romanian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s Belgian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stone, Iron, Wire
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Quartz
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Quartz
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
2010s Greek Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Iron
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Copper
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Quartz
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cut Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Plastic
2010s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Quartz
1980s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Stone
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
Late 20th Century European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
2010s English Modern Abstract Sculptures
Acrylic, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Plastic
1980s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
2010s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 2000s Mexican Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Iron
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cement
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
Mid-20th Century French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron