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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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
20th Century Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Early 2000s Belgian Modern Animal Sculptures
Terracotta
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Cedar
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
20th Century Mexican Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Stone, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Animal Sculptures
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Antique Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Mexican Modern Animal Sculptures
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Late 20th Century North American Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Multi-gemstone, Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Terracotta
1990s Dutch Modern Animal Sculptures
Iron
Early 2000s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1950s Spanish Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Plaster
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1970s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
Mid-20th Century English Modern Animal Sculptures
Pewter, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Finnish Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Brass, Bronze
1990s Indian Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
Late 20th Century Swedish Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
Early 2000s Swedish Modern Animal Sculptures
Wool
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s European Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Danish Modern Animal Sculptures
Stoneware
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
Late 20th Century Dutch Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century English Modern Animal Sculptures
Vermeil, Silver
20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Leather
Early 2000s Mexican Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Sculptures
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass
20th Century Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
2010s Greek Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
Early 2000s Belgian Modern Animal Sculptures
Terracotta
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass