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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Mexican Modern Animal Sculptures
Clay
1970s Philippine Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Stone, Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
Late 20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Animal Sculptures
Wood
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s German Modern Animal Sculptures
Organic Material, Paper
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
1970s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Enamel, Wire
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
2010s Mexican Modern Animal Sculptures
Wood
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
1980s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Leather, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Lucite
Mid-20th Century German Modern Animal Sculptures
Stone
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Plaster
2010s Finnish Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Lucite
Late 20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal, Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Israeli Modern Animal Sculptures
PVC