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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1940s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass, Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Sculptures
Amethyst, Rock Crystal, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
20th Century South American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal, Gold
1970s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
Early 2000s Mexican Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Early 2000s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
Late 20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Chrome
20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
20th Century Mexican Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Sculptures
Limestone, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Sculptures
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Wood
Early 2000s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze, Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Sculptures
Rock Crystal, Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Lucite
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
1970s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
Early 20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal, Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Terracotta
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Gold
Late 20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Stone, Alabaster
Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass, Murano Glass
2010s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Terracotta
1980s French Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1980s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Sterling Silver
2010s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1930s French Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Pottery
1960s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Stone, Marble
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Horn
1990s European Modern Animal Sculptures
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Sculptures
Cut Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Gesso, Resin
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Terracotta
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
1980s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
Late 20th Century Swedish Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
20th Century Brazilian Modern Animal Sculptures
Multi-gemstone