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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
2010s Danish Modern Animal Sculptures
Ash, Maple, Oak, Teak, Walnut
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Slag Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Animal Sculptures
Resin
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Late 20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
2010s Philippine Modern Animal Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Czech Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
Late 20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
Late 20th Century North American Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Ukrainian Modern Animal Sculptures
Wood, Ash, Oak
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Granite, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Animal Sculptures
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1930s Czech Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s German Modern Animal Sculptures
Organic Material, Paper
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
2010s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Gesso, Resin
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century North American Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
2010s Finnish Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
1970s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
1970s Austrian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
2010s European Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Mid-20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Plaster
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Sterling Silver
Early 2000s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Sculptures
Limestone, Metal
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Canadian Modern Animal Sculptures
Epoxy Resin, Fiberglass, Paper