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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Belgian Black Marble
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Porcelain, Stoneware, Gesso, Paint, Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble, Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin
2010s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cast Stone
2010s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Foam
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
2010s European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Modern Abstract Sculptures
Acrylic
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Resin, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Copper
2010s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cast Stone
2010s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cast Stone
2010s Danish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Cast Stone
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Abstract Sculptures
Blown Glass
1980s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Gold
1980s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1980s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Abstract Sculptures
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Iron, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Copper
Late 20th Century French Modern Abstract Sculptures
Glass, Wood
2010s Balkan Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
1980s French Vintage Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1990s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ebony
2010s European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Abstract Sculptures
Concrete, Metal
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
2010s European Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Marble
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze, Copper
2010s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Bronze, Copper
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, Stoneware
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
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware, Ceramic, Blown Glass
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
Stoneware, Ceramic, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware, Ceramic, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Steel