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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
1960s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware
2010s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Copper
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
2010s Argentine Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin, Fiberglass
1980s Spanish Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
1960s American Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Steel
1980s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s Polish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Concrete, Metal
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s Unknown Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Concrete, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
20th Century French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Alabaster
2010s European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass, Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass, Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass, Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware
1920s Swedish Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Plaster, Wood
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass
2010s European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Alabaster, Brass
2010s European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1970s Norwegian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
2010s Balkan Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
1980s Swedish Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
2010s European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Plastic