Modern Animal 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Animal Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Animal Sculptures
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Animal Sculptures
Wool, Beech, Leather
1990s Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
Late 20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Composition
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Early 2000s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Iron
1990s Dutch Modern Animal Sculptures
Iron
2010s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Wood
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Pottery
Late 20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Plaster
20th Century Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
2010s Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
1970s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
2010s Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Cedar
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Gold
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Plaster
2010s Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
Late 20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Copper
2010s Portuguese Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Lucite
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
1940s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Animal Sculptures
Iron
1970s Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Wood, Pine
1970s Chinese Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Animal Sculptures
Leather
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Animal Sculptures
Resin
2010s Mexican Modern Animal Sculptures
Clay
2010s Philippine Modern Animal Sculptures
Aluminum
1930s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Multi-gemstone, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Animal Sculptures
Steel, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal