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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Plaster
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1970s French Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
Early 20th Century Austrian Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Leather, Fabric
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
20th Century Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Iron
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Plaster
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Plaster
Late 19th Century French Antique Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass
2010s Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Wool
Mid-20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
2010s Ukrainian Modern Animal Sculptures
Steel
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Fiberglass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic, Fiberglass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Plexiglass
20th Century English Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Fiberglass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Fiberglass, Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
1990s Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Gold Leaf
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
1970s English Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Velvet
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze, Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Animal Sculptures
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic