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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Art Nouveau
Paul Silvestre, Faun & Goose, French Art Deco Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1920's
Located in New York, NY
Signed on the plinth “Silvestre”
Original wooden base.
Dimensions
Height: 11.75 inches (29.37cm)
Width: 23.25 inches (58.12cm)
Depth: 6 inches (15cm)
PAUL SILVESTRE (French...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Otto Petri Glazed Earthenware Sculpture of a Woman Carrying Baskets
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This glazed earthenware sculpture was done by the German sculptor, Otto Petri in the period Art Nouveau style. This sculpture is a very detailed depiction o...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
"Exotic Head Vases, " Unique California Pottery Sculptures, circa Late 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exotic and dramatic, this pair of tall head vases, partially molded and partially hand-formed, depict mask-like smiling heads with chocolate-brown bodies contrasting with sage-green ...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Terracotta Déco Sculpture Signed Pleasant Nude
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Terracotta nude - dated 2th April '43 and signed on the back. Discrete and elegant -
Perfect in a beach house or in a ..bathroom !
O/5238 -
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Austrian Jugenstil Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Fawn Youth, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Probably Austrian, this lovely Jugenstil desk-sized black-patinated bronze figurine on its original marble pedestal depicts a fawn youth, checking the size of his tail to see how muc...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Art Deco Colonial Sculpture
Located in bari, IT
Colonial Art Deco period sculpture in solid wood depicting an African woman.
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Whispering with the Sphynx", Stunning, Rare Art Deco Bookends, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unusual in conception and stunning in color, this pair of bookends from France -- unlike other depictions of the sphynx which show a man straining to hear its whisper -- depict a win...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Woman Dancing Sculpture, France, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1900
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sculpture
Year: 1900
Material: silver plated bronze
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at ...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Lenci Italian Ceramic Design Helen Scavini Konig
By Lenci
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lenci, Italian ceramic
Design: Helen Scavini Konig
Ragazza di Harrar, 1936
Size: 54 cm in 21.7
Very good condition.
Category
1930s Albanian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Gilt and Patinated Bronze Nude Figure Bud Vase by Charle Korschann.
Located in Sarasota, FL
Art Nouveau Gilt and Patinated bronze figural bud vase by well listed
sculptor Charles Korschann. Signed at base.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Prototype of Blacksmith by Wessel Couzyn
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
A prototype by Dutch sculptor Wessel Couzyn in plaster depicting a blacksmith with hammer. Signed at base.
Couzyn attended the Dutch Royal Academy of Plastic Arts in the late 1930s and was awarded the Prix de Rome in that time to study in Italy. Some bronze works can be found at the Jewish Heritage...
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Grégoire Calvet 'French, 1871-1928' 19th Century Marble Sculpture of a Nude Girl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grégoire Calvet (French, 1871-1928) A Fine Late 19th Century Life-Size White Marble Sculpture representing "Peace & Love". The beautifully carved white...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Entitled "Venus & Cupid" by Jean Sul-Abadie
By Jean Abadie
Located in London, GB
A very fine bronze study of Venus taking an arrow from Cupid her son, who at times would shoot his arrows without meaning or reason into the hearts of men, igniting their desire. Exhibiting excellent rich brown patina and good detail, signed Sul Abadie and stamped.
Additional information
Height: 93 cm
Condition: excellent condition
Circa: 1885
Materials: bronze & marble
SKU: 4979
ABOUT
Jean Sul-Abadie
Jean Sul-Abadie (Born 1850 ~ Died 15th April 1890) was a French artist, a pupil of Jouffroy and Falguière. Specialising in bronze sculpting in the Art Nouveau style. He made his Salon debut in 1872.
Cupid & Venus
Different tales exist about the origin of Venus and Cupid. Some say that Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, had a love affair with Mars, the god of war. Out of this relationship, Cupid was born. In the following painting you see Venus with Mars, who is being disarmed by Cupid.
Cupid has attributes from both of his parents. Like his mother he is considered to be the god of love, or more precisely, the god of falling in love. He is portrayed as an innocent little child with bow and arrows. He shoots arrows to the heart, and awakening a love that you’re powerless to resist.
In classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupido, meaning “desire”) is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars, and is known in Latin also as Amor (“Love”). His Greek counterpart is Eros.
Although Eros is in Classical Greek art as a slender winged youth, during the Hellenistic period, he was increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy. During this time, his iconography acquired the bow and arrow that represent his source of power: a person, or even a deity, who is shot by Cupid’s arrow is filled with uncontrollable desire. In myths, Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion. He is a main character only in the tale of Cupid and Psyche, when wounded by his own weapons he experiences the ordeal of love. Although other extended stories are not told about him, his tradition is rich in poetic themes and visual scenarios, such as “Love conquers all” and the retaliatory punishment or torture of Cupid.
In art, Cupid often appears in multiples as the Amores, or amoriniin the later terminology of art history, the equivalent of the Greek erotes. Cupids are a frequent motif of both Roman art and later Western art of the classical tradition. In the 15th century, the iconography of Cupid starts to become indistinguishable from the putto.
Cupid continued to be a popular figure in the Middle Ages, when under Christian influence he often had a dual nature as Heavenly and Earthly love. In the Renaissance, a renewed interest in classical philosophy endowed him with complex allegorical meanings. In contemporary popular culture, Cupid is shown drawing his bow to inspire romantic love, often as an icon of Valentine’s Day.
Venus is the Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity, victory, and desire. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Breccia Marble, Bronze
"African with Lute, " Rare Sculpture of Female Nude by Archipenko Student
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted in the late 1920s by Margaret Berger, a student of Alexander Archipenko, this is one of the finest sculptures to come out of his ARKO Modern A...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Edith Annie Laidman, Art Nouveau Sculpture of Daphne with Laurel
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Edith Annie Laidman, Art Nouveau Sculpture of Daphne with Laurel, Pelicans and Parrots, Ceramic.
Statue sculpted and modeled by Edith Annie Laidman.
Daphne, a figure of a naked girl ...
Category
1990s English Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Iron Floral and Leaf Design Store Display, Italy
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large iron floral and leaf design store display. Recently salvaged from downtown buffalo New York department store.
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
20th Century Gilt Bronze Entitled "Daphne" by Ernst Fuchs
By Ernst Fuchs
Located in London, GB
"Daphne" by Ernst Fuchs
Dramatic gilt and black patinated bronze study of a seductive young woman holding aloft a feathered display, raised on a domed base, signed and inscribed on the underside Euro Art - Venturi Arts 0998 from the limited edition produced by this foundry
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 41 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Foundry Venturi Arte
Circa: 1970
Materials: Bronze
SKU: 8193
ABOUT
Ernst Fuchs (13 February 1930 – 9 November 2015) was an Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, singer and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. In 1972, he acquired the derelict Otto Wagner Villa in Hütteldorf, which he restored and transformed. The villa was inaugurated as the Ernst Fuchs Museum in 1988. Fuchs studied sculpture with Emmy Steinbock (1943), attended the St. Anna Painting School where he studied under Professor Fröhlich (1944), and entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (1945) where he began his studies under Professor Robin C. Anderson, later moving to the class of Albert Paris von Gütersloh. At the Academy, he met Arik Brauer, Rudolf Hausner...
Category
20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Art Deco Carved Wood Reclining Nude, Stylized Hair / Face
By Frankart
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Art Deco carved wood reclining nude, Stylized Hair / Face, Iconic design, pose. Retains original surface, patina. Possibly held a planter, fish bow...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Art Deco Hand-Carved Wooden Sculpture of a Nude Female Holding a Basket
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This hand-carved Art Deco sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The sculpture is done in a softwood and depicts a stylized recling nude female holding a basket high above her head. The sculpture is mounted on a stepped base with painted inset accent squares. This could be a depiction of a woman giving...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Softwood
RICHARD W. LANGE (1879-1944) Sculpture early 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
RICHARD W. LANGE (1879-1944) Sculpture early 20th Century
Sculpture, in gilded bronze, with face and hands in bakelite.
Standing on a marble base.
Signed and dated 1914.
Height: 33 ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Art Deco Bronze Figural Male & Female Character Sculptural Bookends
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of Art Deco bronze figural bookends are signed, but the artist could not be identified. It is presumed this pair of bookends was made in Austria in approximately 1920 in th...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Vintage Art Deco Dancing Disc Bowl Lady Woman Mid Century Modern Sculpture Art
Located in Seattle, WA
Vintage condition as pictured. This piece is vintage, we are not sure on what materials it is made of.
Please inspect all photos. We strive to represent the item as best we can thr...
Category
1970s Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
figurative carrara marble by H.Moreau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Extremely rare and top quality carrara marble loves sitting on a rock by Hippolyte Francois Moreau ,one of the best sculptor at the biginniing of the 20 th century
Category
Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Figure 'Ruth' Dancer In Oriental Costume, by Rosé
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of dancer Ruth Saint Denis (1877/79 - 1968, actually Ruth Dennis, 'Miss Ruth') performing her dance 'Radha'- Dance of the Five Senses, first performed in 1906.
Dancer with her hair pinned up and decorated with pearls, her head tilted gracefully to one side, wearing a bustier and a long, wide skirt held around her hips with a triple belt, holding it at the sides with her raised hands, bell straps on her anklets, one leg placed one step in front, behind her two baskets filled with roses.
On creme-colored three-passage stepped base with light green painting...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
French Art Deco Greyhound Dog Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Unique and rare French Art Deco Greyhound dog, large size sculpture in ivory color, in a very good condition. Beautiful line, movements and wonderfu...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bronze figure P.Chenet SITTING MAN
Located in Aachen, DE
Seltene nuanciert braungrün patinierte Bronzeskulptur eines muskulösen, nackten, sitzenden Mannes von PIERRE CHENET, signiert, um 1930
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cast stone Sculpture of Nude with Cat by William Zorach
Located in Montreal, QC
Cast stone Sculpture of Nude with Cat by William Zorach Incised signature near base '©WZ Zorach William Zorach' with publisher's mark. This work is from the edition published by Robi...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Gilt Bronze Native North American Indians Bookends, France, 1920
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Fantastic bronze bookends. Gilt bronze sculptures of North American native tribal chief. Mounted over green marble. Signed A. Bofill and numbered 35 an...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Woman Sculpture with Light in Marble, 1900, France, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushing ...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Lucien Gilbert Art Deco Musicians Monkey French Bronze Sculpture
Located in Sarasota, FL
Signed Lucien Gilbert.
French bronze sculpture depicting two musicians including a monkey.
Signed to the base L Gilbert.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Shallow possibly brass Dish, woman with harp.
Located in Seattle, WA
This sturdy possibly trinket/ jewelry tray or wall art depicts a woman with a harp and other nature elements. This Piece has nice patina and character. Vintage Condition as pictured....
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Statuetta Girl Sitting with Hands on the Head Ronzan, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Statuetta Girl Sitting with Hands on the Head Ronzan, 1940s
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (fumigated crates or boxes) ...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Hendrik Scholter, Capitalist & Proletarian, Dutch Art Deco Bronze, ca. 1930s
By Hendrik Scholter
Located in New York, NY
DIMENSIONS
Height: 9.5 inches
Width: 6.5 inches
Depth: 3.75 inches
MARKINGS
Brown-patinated bronze, inscribed on base: H. Scholter
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture Signed by Jean Lambert-Rucki, circa 1925, France
Located in Jersey City, NJ
French deco Sculpture by Jean Lambert-Rucki is whimsical example of a Norman Warrior with pointed hat and nose guard this early wooden sculpture with has maintained its colors well.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Large Fiberglass Pinecone Decoration
Located in Buchanan, NY
This fiberglass decoration in the shape of a pinecone is a truly interesting piece that is most likely a stage prop or a shop decoration. The piece is a beautiful representation of a...
Category
1980s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Porcelain sculpture "Bildhauer" by Thomas Andreas "Theo" Vos
By Theo Vos
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
"Bildhauer" model porcelain sculpture made by Thomas Andreas "Theo" Vos (1887–1948). It represents the German dancer Gertrud Leistikow.
Leistikow beg...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
American Art Deco Carved Slate Nude Kneeling Woman Sculpture, ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco
Nude Kneeling Woman
Carved Slate Sculpture
ca. 1920
DETAILS
Mounted on original marble base.
Apparently unsigned.
DIMENSIONS
Hei...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Slate
Art Deco Sculpture, Lady the Book Lady Bronze and Marble
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A highly detailed figurine in multi-patina finishes. Mounted on a solid absolute black marble base. Made after the design of Chiparus circa 1990,s . From a private collection of hi-q...
Category
1990s North American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Figure of a Nude Girl from C.I.A. Manna Torino, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Ceramic sculpture of a woman by C.I.A. Manna Manna Torino, 1940s
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is n...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Déco Austrian Ceramic Sculpture 'Aida' by Josef Lorenzl for Goldscheider
Located in North Miami, FL
Art Déco odalisque ceramic sculpture 'Aida' designed by Josef Lorenzl for Goldscheider Manufactory in Vienna, Austria
By: Josef Lorenzl, Goldscheider Manufactory
Material: ceramic, ...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Bayadère Dancer Sculpture in Art Deco Style by Charles for Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier, Janle
Located in Ulm, DE
"Le Bayadère" (The Temple Dancer) is a ballet, full of Indian exoticism and romantic poetry.
Dancing Sculpture with a Hoop
Designed in France by “Charles”, signed
Original “Max...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Spelter
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure, Girl With Pointed Hat, by Stephan Dakon, ca 1934
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare art ceramic figurine of the 1930s:
Standing girl with a pointed, sombrero-like hat on her chin-length brunette hair, dressed only in a black, short bolero jacket opened wid...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Vienna Art Déco Marlene Dietrich, 'Fashion Lady', By C. Weiss, 1937
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of an elegant fashionable lady in long, tight lace skirt in red with black and white, low-cut waisted top at the back, supporting her arms on her hips, her pointed black sh...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Bronze Lady, Marble Base 'The book Lady'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine detailed bronze casting of an elegant lady in full dress reading a book. Hence the title is (The book Lady) lost wax casting in multi-patina mount...
Category
1990s North American Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Goldscheider Art Deco Odalisque 'Aida' by Josef Lorenzl, Around 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Very exceptional decorated Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1920's:
Depiction of a standing lady proudly looking to the side in oriental garb, wrapped in a large blue-gree...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
W.P.A. Style Terracotta Figure's Study attributed to Frank Dobson
By Frank Dobson
Located in Buffalo, NY
W.P.A. Style Terracotta Figure's Study attributed to Frank Dobson. Amazing sculpture... unsigned but please feel free to research Dobson's terracotta studysmm
Dobson, Frank (1886–1963). British sculptor, born in London, the son of an illustrator of the same name. From 1902 to 1904 he worked as an assistant to William Reynolds-Stephens. He then spent two years in Cornwall, earning his living with landscape watercolours, before winning a scholarship to Hospitalfield Art Institute, Arbroath, where he studied 1906–10.
After returning to London, he continued his studies at the City and Guilds School, Kennington, then again lived in Cornwall, where he shared a studio with Cedric Morris in Newlyn. His early work consisted mainly of paintings, the few surviving examples showing how impressed he was by Roger Fry’s Post-Impressionist exhibitions (Stanhope Forbes, whom Dobson met in Newlyn, had been shocked by his modernism). He made his first carving in 1913, but his first one-man exhibition—at the Chenil Gallery, London, in 1914—consisted of paintings and drawings. After the First World War (when he served in France with the Artists’ Rifles...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze Entitled "Art Deco Lady" by Josef Adolf
Located in London, GB
Impressive Austrian cold painted silver bronze figure of a naked Art Deco lady in a questioning pose with one hand out, signed Adolph and raised on a tall cy...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Bronze Sculpture, Double Figure, Antique, Signed F Sanzel Large
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large sculpture of angel in bondage held by the Devil image. Great patinas and mounted on red marble with brass bottom plate. Has the signature F...
Category
1890s European Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Original Female Nude on a Shell with Putti, Art Nouveau 1890, s Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fantastic subject of a nude young Female sitting on a Large seashell with a shell in her hand . And with a Putti climbing up to her. Great detail...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Fall of Eve, Art Deco Multi-Color Patinated Bronze Sculpture, ca. 1920
Located in New York, NY
Bearing a clear aesthetic influence of the Art Deco era, this wonderfully beautiful image of the progenitor Eve is a Western-European school sculptural portrait of a stunningly beaut...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure 'Cowboy Girl', By Stephan Dakon, Circa 1929
Located in Vienna, AT
Very Rare Art Ceramic Figurine Around 1929:
Girl with a wide-brimmed hat on her short curls, sleeveless, short top, wearing long flared trousers and cowboy boots on her feet, standin...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Edwardian Sterling Silver Presentation or Champagne Cup and Cover
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large antique Edwardian English sterling silver presentation or champagne cup and cover made in the Art Nouveau style; an addition to our presenta...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Italian Hand Painted Plaster Mannequin Head, 1920s
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Italian unique hand painted plaster mannequin head 1920s.
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Art Deco Harlequin Glazed Earthenware Figurine
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Art Deco glazed earthenware figurine is unsigned and only numbered, but believed to have been made in either Germany or Austria in circa 1920. This figurine is done in a thick c...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Carrara Marble Bust Sculpture Signed H. Moreau, France, circa 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble bust sculpture signed H. Moreau, France, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Austrian Cold-Painted Art Deco Bronze Entitled "Shy Maiden" by Josef Adolph
By Joseph Adolph
Located in London, GB
A fabulous cold painted Art Deco bronze figure of a naked beauty in a revealing pose with very fine colour and excellent detail, raised on an onyx base and signed Adolph
Additional information
Height: 27 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1930
Materials: cold painted bronze & onyx
SKU: 7692
ABOUT
Josef Adolph
Josef Adolph ~ Austrian, created many small figural models in the Art Deco period around 1910-1939. Typical for Adolph and at the same time characteristic of the Art Deco era, was the depiction of the concept of modern life - in particular, that of the “modern woman” in rhythmic, sensual and aerodynamic poses taken from the new forms of dance, for which there was a lot of enthusiasm at that time.
The Art Deco Period: although Art Deco derives its name from the great 1925 Paris Exhibition, ‘L’Exposition Internatlionale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes’, the term is now generally applied to the typical artistic productions of the 1920’s and 1930’s. It might best be characterised as an attempt to unite arts with industry, embracing the machine age and repudiating the old antithesis of ‘Fine’ and ‘Industrial’ art. The sources of the Art Deco movement include Egyptian and Mayan Art, Cubisim, Fauvism and Expressionism, heavily influencing the chief force underlying all Art Deco...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Art Deco Figurine, Female Javelin Thrower
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very well cast sculpture of a Female Athlete in full action pose. Title is (Amazone Au Javelot ) in French. The Amazon Girl! Lost wax bronze with multi patina's. Possibly by the Ar...
Category
1990s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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.
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