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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1990s French Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s European Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1990s English Modern Animal Sculptures
Sterling Silver
1990s German Modern Animal Sculptures
Stainless Steel
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Resin
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
1990s Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Metal
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1990s European Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1990s Canadian Modern Animal Sculptures
Zebra Wood
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Dutch Modern Animal Sculptures
Iron
1990s European Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
1990s European Modern Animal Sculptures
Aluminum
1990s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Glass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Copper, Bronze
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s French Modern Animal Sculptures
Other
1970s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Quartz, Metal
2010s Polish Modern Animal Sculptures
Stainless Steel
1840s Antique Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
Late 19th Century French Antique Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Indian Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1960s Danish Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Danish Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Plaster
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Cut Steel
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Wire
1990s French Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
1990s French Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Pottery
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Pottery
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Pottery
1990s American Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Pottery