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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Velvet
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass, Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Sculptures
Amethyst, Rock Crystal, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
Late 20th Century Canadian Modern Animal Sculptures
Epoxy Resin, Fiberglass, Paper
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Velvet
1950s Austrian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s European Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Velvet
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Animal Sculptures
Gold Leaf
20th Century South American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century Dutch Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal, Gold
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Fiberglass
2010s Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Paper
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass, Art Glass
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic