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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
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French bronze bust of a woman after Jean-Antoine Houdon
Located in London, GB
French bronze bust of a woman after Jean-Antoine Houdon
French, late 19th Century
Height 60cm, width 26cm, depth 22cm
This superb patinated bro...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Figural Group of Perseus Freeing Andromeda by Jean Louis Grégoire
Located in London, GB
The patinated bronze sculpture standing on naturalistic circular base, signed 'L. Grégoire' on base
Jean Louis Grégoire (French, 1840-1890) was born and died in Paris. Training ...
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19th Century French Classical Greek Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Post-Modern Kneeling Figure Sculpture
By Carol Bruns
Located in New York, NY
American Post-Modern Design bronze sculpture of a kneeling figure with lowered arms on a narrow rectangular base, (signed: CAROL BRUNS, 2003)
Category
Early 2000s American Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique Bronze Figures of Cherubs and Animals
Located in London, GB
Full of humour and narrative detail, this joyous set of two figural sculptures are charmingly cast in bronze to depict young boys playing with animals. One of the figures shows a boy in draped...
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Ceramic Seated Pug Dog
Located in New York, NY
19th century seated ceramic pug dog.
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19th Century Austrian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
'Eve', Biblical Marble Figure by Claude Michaud
By Claude Michaud
Located in London, GB
This fantastic sculpture depicts the famous story of the Original Sin, Eve's acquiescence to temptation by eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Ful...
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19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair Antique Italian Porcelain Figures Early 19th Century Made by Le Nove
By Carlo Ginori
Located in Katonah, NY
Provenance: The Metropolitan Museum in New York has a similar Le Nove Porcelain pair of courting figures in its collection. Accession Number: 06.381. Factory: ...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sterling Silver Swashbuckler, Cartier, circa 1910
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver swashbuckler, Cartier, circa 1910.
Category
1910s French Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silvered and Gilt Bronze Antique French Figural Sculpture of a Couple by Devaulx
Located in London, GB
Depicting a moment of tender intimacy, this antique French bronze sculpture shows a couple in a moment of calm repose. Dressed in typical Classical Roman attire, the man sits, holdin...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Figurative Sculpture of Amor with a Dolphin
Located in London, GB
The bronze figurative group on a cylindrical marble base with the mythological god Amor encircled by a large dolphin, signed 'Poirier'.
This bronze model is based on the design of an original ancient Roman marble fountain, which was discovered in the city of Pompeii. In 79 AD, the volcano Versuvius erupted, causing the neighboring cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum to become submerged under layers of molten lava and ash. Although the volcanic eruption caused devastation for the people of these ancient cities, the thick layers of ash and pumice preserved many ancient objects and architecture. One of these was the ancient marble fountain that provided the model for this bronze. The original marble was found in the remains of an aristocratic family's garden, where it had stood as an ornamental garden fountain that featured the dolphin's open mouth as a waterspout.
The ancient fountain...
Category
Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Set of Three Murano Glass Cone-Shaped Decorations by Cenedese
Located in Montreal, QC
Set of three large cone shaped Murano glass decorations by Gino Cenedese.
Category
1960s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Pair of Chinese Decorated Terra-Cotta Figures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese style (1960s) decorated terra-cotta life size seated figures in classical dress holding an umbrella
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
19th Century Italian Orientalist Style Alabaster Relief Plaque
Located in London, GB
This charming antique panel is carved in the refined Orientalist style, and depicts a tender embrace between man and woman, capturing a moment of emo...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
French Art Nouveau Ceramic Inkwell by Carabin
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau "Femme à la Coloquinte," glazed ceramic inkwell by François-Rupert Carabin. The inkwell feature a nude woman embracing an unusually large gourd, circa 1900.
A s...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Austrian Lifelike Figure of a Seated Brown British Bulldog
Located in London, GB
A lifelike size figure of a British Bulldog in the manner of Goldscheider, potted in terracotta and realistically hand-painted.
Category
19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Odysseus, a unique black hand-blown glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
Odysseus, is a unique black glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. A handblown and free-form shaped glass sculpture with 'glass fabric' decoration worked onto the glass body while hot. A spectacular fusion of blown and kiln formed glass techniques incorporating Cathryn Shilling's signature woven glass. With her Cloaked Collection, Shilling takes mythical tragic figures as her inspiration. This piece is based on Odysseus.
Cathryn Shilling began her arts career as a graphic designer but went on to study glass after moving to Connecticut with her family. On returning to the UK she studied kiln-formed glass at Kensington and Chelsea College and blown glass with Peter Layton at the London Glassblowing Workshop. She set up studio in London in 2007 from where she has gone on to create a huge body and variety of work.
Shilling experiments with colour and technique to produce beautiful one off sculptures. Her innovative pieces push the glass beyond our usual comfort zones. With some sculptures, glass rods are woven together like fabric, mimicking the flexibility and movement of cloth. The apparent frailty of the glass is balanced by the strong dynamic forms, differing levels of light picking out layers of colour. With other works, bubbles are trapped in swathes of watery hues. Her colour palette and choice of forms are very much informed by the various natural states in which water is found: icebergs, waterfalls and whirlpools for example.
Shilling’s work has been collected and widely exhibited internationally including: Ireland Glass Biennale 2019 at Dublin Castle The 3rd Session of China·Hejian Craft Glass Design & Creation Exhibition and Competition, Ming Shangde Glass Museum, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, China 2019 TACTILE at Glazenhuis, Lommel, Belgium New Aquisitions 2017 at Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfield, Germany Peter Bremers...
Category
2010s British Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Large Pair of Circular, Patinated Bronze Relief Plaques of Night and Day
Located in London, GB
A pair of patinated bronze antique plaques of Night and Day
French, Late 19th Century
80cm in diameter, 5cm in depth
Modelled after Bertel Thorvaldsen's iconic 'Night and Day' relie...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture by Gunnar Nylund for Rörstrand
Located in Hudson, NY
Large seashell sculpture design by Gunnar Nylund made by Rörstrand in Sweden, circa 1960 signed on the bottom size with the pedestal.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
"Femme Au Pieuvre" French Art Nouveau Glazed Ceramic Inkwell by Rupert Carabin
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau "Femme-Pieuvre," brown glazed ceramic inkwell by Rupert Carabin, wherein a woman ecstatically rips open the head of an octopus, spilling its ink. A beautiful pl...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
English Pottery, Charles Vyse, 'Tug of War, ' 1924
Located in New York, NY
English pottery, Charles Vyse, 'Tug of War,' 1924.
Category
Early 20th Century English Figurative Sculptures
Bronze Blacksmith Sculpture by Adolph Joseph Pohl
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A bronze statue of a blacksmith on a marble base by Adolph Joseph Pohl. Made in Austria, circa 1920s.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Charles Vyse Studio Pottery Figure
Located in New York, NY
"The Cinneraria Boy" circa 1925. Modeled as a boy wearing herringbone trousers and plaid jacket holding a wrapped bunch of blue cineraria flowers.
Category
1920s English Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Pair of French Porcelain Chinoiserie Figures, circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French porcelain chinoiserie figures, circa 1840.
Category
1840s French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Indian Chief Dish, Olaf Carl Wieghorst, American, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
Bronze Indian chief dish, Olaf Carl Wieghorst, American, circa 1820. Inscribed O. Wieghorst.
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Stoneware Fawn Head by Axel Salto
By Axel Salto
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fallow deer head, stoneware decorated with oxblood glaze. Incised signature: [Salto 20803] with stamped manufacturer’s mark to underside: [Royal Copenhagen Denmark].
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Gilt and Patinated Bronze Group Dancers by S. Loveque
Located in London, GB
The intertwined dancing couple wearing neoclassical clothing, accompanied by a child putto, signed S. Loveque.
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Bronze Girl with Cats, William Zorach, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
American bronze girl with cats, signed William Zorach with copyright WZ mark, circa 1920.
Category
Early 20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture of a Child Blowing a Kiss, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Bronze sculpture of a child blowing a kiss, signed A. Lefebvre, entitled "Bonjour."
Category
1870s French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Pair of Military Bronzes by Etienne Henri Dumaige
Located in London, GB
Representing two separate moments in the French Revolution, the uprising against Louis XVIth, and the fall of the monarchy in 1792. One subject being a drummer, marked a^??Avant le c...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Figure of a Teutonic Warrior
Located in New York, NY
Bronze figure of a Teutonic warrior. Paul Ludwig Kowalczewski (German, 1865–1910).
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Martin Brother's Bird
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
16
R W Martin for the Martin Brothers a Bird Sculpture with webbed feet and raised eyebrow.
This is a well modelled example and dated 1903
There is rubbing tothe glaze to the back of...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
‘Stelle Cadenti’ (‘Falling Stars’) By Vittorio Caradossi (Italian, 1861-1918)
By Vittorio Caradossi
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
An Exceptional White Statuary Marble Figural Group of Two Nymphs, Entitled ‘Stelle Cadenti’ (‘Falling Stars’) By Vittorio Caradossi (Italian, 1861-1918).
Sculpted from a single bloc...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Carrara Marble
Archer Statue by Salvatore Melani
Located in Austin, TX
Statue of an archer with drawn bow made of bronze patinated pewter. The sculpture sits on a black marble base adorned with two onyx embellishments. The figure is in very good antiqu...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze ''Aphrodite'' Sculpture in Verdigris Patina by Gabriel Forestier
Located in Montreal, QC
Bronze sculpture in verdigris patina by Gabriel Forestier (1889-1969), representing "Aphrodite".Signed Gabriel Forestier on the base; also inscribed "Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris". France Circa 1930 Provenance: Private New York Art Deco collection. Forestier entered the Municipal School of Fine Arts of Bordeaux in 1907. He won the end-of-year competition in 1907 and was authorized to compete for the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris where he was permanently admitted in 1908. He settled in Paris. From 1909, at the age of 20, he received his first orders. He exhibited regularly at the Salon of French Artists between 1910 and 1939, and won several medals there. After the war, he obtained several commissions for war memorials across France: He sculpted the War Memorial of La Force, that of Ducey in 1921. In 1922, he made a study trip to Italy and continued his artistic research. He created the war memorials of Bergerac in 1927, and that of his hometown, Eymet. In 1930-1931, he participated in the creation of the large bas-relief for the facade of the Musée des Colonies, for the colonial exhibition of 1931. Returning to Paris, he continued his work. His "Giant Suffocating a Snake" from the Salon of 1934 earned him a gold medal, and he received the grand prize of the International Exhibition of 1937 for the creation of the sculpture of the bronze door of the City's museum of modern art from Paris. He received the title of knight in 1939, then Officer of the Legion of Honor of Arts and Letters in 1949 for his works. He served as a jury at the École des Beaux-Arts between 1939 and 1942. After the war, he created the Sea Horses fountain...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Orientalist Bronze Sculpture of Arab Man in Prayer by Antoine Bofill
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ANTOINE BOFILL
French, active 1880-1921
"Arabe en Prière" [Arab Man in Prayer]
Polychromed and patinated bronze signed "Bofill", sealed with editeur cachet "Bronze Garanti Au Titr...
Category
20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marie-Louise Simard, Art Deco Sculpture of a Woman, France, 1926
Located in New York, NY
Signed M SIMARD, located PARIS and dated 1926 on the base.
This is likely the Mona Vanna sculpture exhibited by Simard in 17th Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1927. Its date (of 1...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
English Bronze Sculpture “Mercy on Battlefield” (1856), Edward Bowring Stephens
Located in Shippensburg, PA
EDWARD BOWRING STEPHENS A.R.A.England, 1815-1882"Mercy on the Battlefield" (1856)Patinated bronze on cararra marble signed in cast "E.B. Stephans Sc 18(?)6" and marking for "ART UNI...
Category
19th Century English Romantic Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pair of Silver Knight Figures
Located in London, GB
Two fine quality silver figures in the form of medieval knights in armour. Both have finely detailed carved ivory faces as was typical of models made during the end of the 19th century. These silver figures are intricately detailed in every way and each rests on a cast panelled openwork base decorated with scrolling foliage. Both shields are decorated with panels of fleur-de-lys and rampant lions.
Although made in Germany, each antique silver knight...
Category
Early 20th Century German Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sterling Silver
Untitled Vessel #23, USA
Located in New York, NY
Curtis Fontaine’s abstract ceramic sculptures are created through a unique process of hand building that relies as much on intuition as structural aptitude. Years apprenticing under ...
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2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel #21, USA
Located in New York, NY
Curtis Fontaine’s abstract ceramic sculptures are created through a unique process of hand building that relies as much on intuition as structural aptitude. Years apprenticing under ...
Category
2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel #20, USA
Located in New York, NY
Curtis Fontaine’s abstract ceramic sculptures are created through a unique process of hand building that relies as much on intuition as structural aptitude. Years apprenticing under ...
Category
2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel #19
Located in New York, NY
Curtis Fontaine’s abstract ceramic sculptures are created through a unique process of hand building that relies as much on intuition as structural aptitude. Years apprenticing under ...
Category
2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel #18, USA
Located in New York, NY
Curtis Fontaine’s abstract ceramic sculptures are created through a unique process of hand building that relies as much on intuition as structural aptitude. Years apprenticing under ...
Category
2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel #17, USA
Located in New York, NY
Curtis Fontaine’s abstract ceramic sculptures are created through a unique process of hand building that relies as much on intuition as structural aptitude. Years apprenticing under ...
Category
2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel #16, USA
Located in New York, NY
Curtis Fontaine’s abstract ceramic sculptures are created through a unique process of hand building that relies as much on intuition as structural aptitude. Years apprenticing under ...
Category
2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel #15, USA
Located in New York, NY
Curtis Fontaine’s abstract ceramic sculptures are created through a unique process of hand building that relies as much on intuition as structural aptitude. Years apprenticing under ...
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2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel #13, USA
Located in New York, NY
Curtis Fontaine’s abstract ceramic sculptures are created through a unique process of hand building that relies as much on intuition as structural aptitude. Years apprenticing under ...
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2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled Vessel #12, USA
Located in New York, NY
Curtis Fontaine’s abstract ceramic sculptures are created through a unique process of hand building that relies as much on intuition as structural aptitude. Years apprenticing under ...
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2010s American Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic
Untitled Vessel #11, USA
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary ceramist Curtis Fontaine unequivocally embodies the vanguard spirit of the artists of the 1960s who fostered a re-examination of the purpose of clay. Artists like Peter ...
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2010s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Art Nouveau French Bronze Sculpture “Ariadne” by Georges Flamand
Located in Shippensburg, PA
GEORGES FLAMAND
French, fl. 1895-1925
Ariadne and the Corona Borealis
Dark-brown patinated bronze over verde marble on bronze rim signed in base "G....
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Jotunheim, Brown Glass & Oak Unique Sculpture by Backhaus & Brown and Egeværk
Located in London, GB
Fine cabinet making & crafted oak with handblown & cut tea/amber/brown glass combine to create this unique sculpture "Jotunheim" from the Glasskibe Collection (Jotunheim is the home ...
Category
2010s Danish Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Oak
Return of History, a Colourful Boat Glass Sculpture by Baldwin & Guggisberg
Located in London, GB
'The Return of History' is a unique artwork by the American and Swiss artists, Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg.
Combining Scandinavian and Venetian glass making techniques, their sculptural boat centrepieces are made from smaller blown and cut glass components nestled (in sand) inside a metallic hull.
''We are migratory creatures; the history of our species is about journeys, departures, leaving and arriving, starting over. And none more so than ourselves. Our new work is both culturally and personally inclined. An autobiographical touch in civilizational reflection. Wherever man goes he builds, laying down cultural lines which gradually transform into relics and artefacts over time''s inevitable march. Urban landscapes and complex designs grow and expand, deteriorate and decay. And on again we move, taking the memories of our exploits with us to use in the next story.'' B&G
Baldwin (1947, New York) and Guggisberg (1955, Bern) have been a collaborative team for over forty years. They share an instinctive appreciation for the subtle blending of art and design, functionality and abstract expression, combined with a love of material – especially glass.
The list of museums and collections which have acquired their works is long and impressive. Individual showings, as well as participation in group shows, have given them opportunities to present their works at leading galleries and in major museums in Europe, Japan and the United States and their works rank among the best to be found in the international glass art scene. Working freelance, they have also designed successful products for international glass manufacturers since 1985. Their clients have included renowned firms like Rosenthal, Steuben, Corning and Venini.
Over time their work has developed its own distinctive signature, based in Italian cold-working (battuto) combined with the Swedish overlay process for layering colours. They have been pioneers in adapting these techniques and in creating a distinct expression of their own. Colour, light, texture, pattern, and shape together reveal an undercurrent of meaning and value, adhering to the simplest of forms and clear lines.
Over the years they have become more sculptural in focus, while seeking to imbue their work with a deep connection to archetypal forms and shapes, and striving for the highest level of craftsmanship. They address eternal symbols of human culture and history, while embracing contemporary evolution in form and meaning.
In recent years large installations and major exhibitions in public spaces, such as Canterbury Cathedral...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
"Knees Up", A Patinated Bronze Nude By Barbara Beretich
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This bronze sculpture, "Knees Up", by Barbara Beretich is magnificent. It depicts a woman leaning back on her hands with her knees up. Her facial features are undefined as her head is tilted slightly upwards. The patina is a beautiful deep and rich green/ teal, complimenting the ambiguity of the piece. Perfect sized sculpture for a powder room or beside a bed, this piece will definitely receive much attention.
During her younger years in California, Beretich's family raised multiple animals including hogs, cows, sheep and horses, influencing her artwork. Her work is very versatile including equine, other animals, human figures and abstract work. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a BA in art. The following year Beretich spent time in Europe where she met and became lifelong friends with French artist, Francoise Gilot. Later, she moved to Claremont CA...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Martin Brothers Figural Sculpture, circa 1900
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Rare and unrecorded Martin Brothers Figural Sculpture modelled as a Man Gardening with Two plant pots in a clear glaze.
Dimensions: 11cm high, 12cm wide, 9.5cm deep
Firing crac...
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19th Century Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Njal, Unique Blue Glass & Oak Unique Sculpture by Backhaus & Brown and Egeværk
Located in London, GB
'Njal' from the Glasskibe Collection is a unique glass and oak sculpture by the Danish and British artists, Backhaus & Brown and Egeværk.
The title explained by the artists;
"Njal is a Viking boy’s name that means giant. Viking names were often given special characteristics and bestowed strength and protection in life. We know the names of the Vikings from runic inscriptions and place names, among other things. Many of these names are specific to the Nordic countries".
The Danish town of Hundested is steeped in maritime history and richly from the Viking Age. It is the majestic imagery of the Viking ships passing that has inspired two of the harbour’s contemporary craft companies; cabinetmakers Egeværk and glass artists Backhaus & Brown. These two award-winning workshops have combined their masterful crafts in an innovative collaboration; namely a series of sculptures named ”Glasskibe” – Viking ships in hand-blown glass and carved oak.
Artworks from this collection have been sold to many private collectors but have also been purchased for the Vikingskipshuset, the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo and more recently, shown at the Danish Pavilion during the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
A unique collaboration in the truest sense, drawing on the skills of two crafts, based in two workshops and from two Nationalities, British and Danish.
Backhaus & Brown
Nanna Backhaus Brown (Danish) and Andrew Jason Brown...
Category
2010s Danish Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass, Oak
Strange Fruit - The Congregation V, a unique mixed media sculpture by Chris Day
By Chris Day
Located in London, GB
'Strange Fruit - The Congregation V' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Chris Day, created from handblown & sculpted glass with terracotta, micro bore copper pipe and coppe...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Orestes, a Clear, Blue & Grey Figurative Glass Sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Orestes' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. The interior figure is free-blown glass which is wrapped in kiln-formed glass cane 'fabric' which is app...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Electra, a Clear & Grey Classical Greek Inspired Sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Electra' is a unique glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. The interior figure is free-blown glass which is wrapped in kiln-formed glass cane 'fabric' which is app...
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2010s British Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass, Glass, Art Glass
Antique, New and Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Figurative sculpture is a modern art form in which artists create work that is typically representative of the visible world. However, sculptures that are considered to be figurative in style can definitely be inclusive of abstract elements. A wide range of antique, new and vintage figurative sculptures has been made over the years by both well-known and emerging artists, and these pieces can prove striking and provocative as part of your home decor.
Realistic representation in visual art has a very long history. And while figurative artists, whether figurative painters or sculptors, find inspiration in humans, animals and real-life objects, good figurative sculptures can make us think differently about how the real world should look. Just as figurative paintings might include Photorealistic human likenesses, they can also include elements of Surrealism and can suggest a creative and alternative reality. Figurative sculptures aren’t always realistic impressions of our world — depictions of the human form in classical Greek sculpture, for example, might emphasize beauty and physical perfection.
There are a variety of figurative sculptures on 1stDibs created by artists working in a number of styles, including Art Deco, Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and more. A large figurative sculpture can introduce an excellent focal point in a guest bedroom, while smaller works might draw the eye to spaces such as wall shelving or a bookcase that people may otherwise overlook.
When decorating your living room, dining room, home office and study areas with figurative sculptures, don’t be afraid to choose bold colors to inject brightness into neutral spaces. Texture is another factor to consider when purchasing figurative sculptures. A highly textural work of ceramics or wood will catch the eye in a sleek modern space, whereas a smooth, flat glass sculpture can offer an often much-needed contrast in a room that already has many textures.
On 1stDibs, find antique, new or vintage figurative sculpture or other kinds of sculpture for your home decor today.
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