Beaux Arts Busts

Cette sculpture représente un visage féminin aux traits épurés et harmonieux. Les yeux clos et la bouche délicatement dessinée confèrent à l’ensemble une expression de sérénité et d’...

This buste in terracotta was made by Ernest Henri Dubois (1863 – 1931)

O/5804 - Small signed terracotta female bust by a famous Italian artist: Celestino Fumagalli , born in Turin 1864, died in Milan 1941. It's a sm...

This is a pair of vintage Abraham Lincoln bust bookends. These bookends are made of brass and were produced by PM Craftsman in the U.S. On the bas...

A plaster bust from 1930s Belgium, depicting a man in suit and tie gazing into middle distance. The scuffed, nostalgic finish of the plaster complements the style and subject of the ...

Crafted in the 1920s in France, this plaster bust is a sculptural portrait of an unknown gentleman — an intellectual or a scientist, his contemplative look suggests. His facial featu...

This bronze in a few words "cannot be made any better". The casting is crisp and patinated in a warm, soft brown. The detail on his medal, which is not in the casting, but separate, ...

Marble bust, portrait of a girl, Carrara marble, signed Girard, it is represented classic, the face turned to the right. The statue rests on a fixed foot. XIX,th period.

A figurative bronze sculpture by J. Lambeux from turn of the century, Belgium. A man and a woman whirl in a dynamic, mobile gesture. A rich and evocative finish, the bronze is so dar...

Adolph Maubach signed 19th century. Bronze sculpture of a young violinist. This very sweet finely cast bronze is certain to draw attention in any room in the home. Having a fine gold...

The exceptional large bust of Wm. Shakespeare is as detailed and life like as any bronze bust can be executed. If you just look at his forehead you will see how finely sculpted and cast this bronze was done. Enhanced by a rich warm reddish brown patina that was a trademark of the great foundry ,Pinedo,which is also signed on the bronze. Sitting on top of a reddish marble base with the plaque which tells the story, finishes off this special bronze. I could write endless paragraphs on Albert Carrier-Belleuse . We encourage you to look him up, or if you wish, we will email you as much information as you care to know. His works are all over France and in museums. His dates are 1824 - 1887. He was considered a genius by many of his contemporaries. His at the top of the list of great 19th century French sculptors. He is in all my books on bronze sculptors. He sculpted many busts of famous people. After his death, his wife chose the Pinedo foundry to cast this bronze,and nearly a dozen other busts, so we date this bronze ca...

The sculptor Giovanni Nicolini (1872-1956) won fame and fortune when young, and kept two studios humming in Rome and Palermo until his death at eighty three. He exhibited at the Venice Biennale, and was compared by Primo Levi (no less) to the great Michelangelo (no less again), architect of St. Peter’s in Rome, where Nicolini’s over-life-size marble of St. Eufrasia surveys the nave. Nicolini also made his mark in Havana on the Avenida de los Presidentes with a monumental sculpture of General Jose Miguel...