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Figurative Sculptures For Sale
Whimsical 9 Clowns Artisan Figurines
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Unique artisan sculpted and handpainted 9 circus clown figurines. Great collectors find.
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
$520 Sale Price / set
58% Off
Antique Italian Alabaster Sculpture of Leda & the Swan
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A mid-late 19th century antique Italian alabaster sculpture depicting Leda and the Swan mounted on a green marble base. This figure of neoclassical interest is brilliantly detailed, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Marble
Set of Eight Mid-Century French Santons from Provence
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring the warmth and enduring tradition of Provence into your home with this charming set of eight antique-style Provençal santons. Handcrafted in southern France circa 1970, each fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Fabric
Mid-Century Astrolite Thick Lucite Sailboat Sculpture
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming lucite sailboat from Astrolite. We see this nautical two piece sculpture displayed on a bookshelf or as a statement piece on a console, side or coffee table. Makes a wonderf...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
1950's Small American Vintage Gas Station Enamel Marquee Letter - G
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950’s American Vintage Gas Station Enamel Marquee Letter – G.
We sourced these from an old gas station in America, thought to be from the 50’s and 60’s. We have a number of colours...
Category
1950s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sheet Metal
American Sculpture "The HOOP DIVER" Hand Painted with 1920's Swimsuite
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1706 American hand cast and painted whimscal sculpture of a man ina 1920's swimsuite in a life raft
Category
1970s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
Art Deco Flapper Girl Ceramic Powder/ Trinket Box, c1930's, France
Located in Devon, England
Wonderful 1930's Art Deco ceramic powder box. A rare design and highly sought after. The attention to detail is just wonderful, so skillfully painted, from her slightly blushed cheek...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Hollywood Regency Brass Koi Fish Sculpture Bottle Chiller or Wine Holder
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A high end quality ice bucket / bottle holder that doubles as a chic table sculpture. It features a swiveling lid and copper bottle holder insert. Extremely heavy with a warm vintage...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Invocation" Art Deco Bronze & Marble Sculpture by D.H. Chiparus, c. 1920's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sensational Art Deco bronze and marble sculpture titled "Invocation" by the renowned D.H. Chiparus, made in quality bronze and supported on a marble sculpture. It depicts an alluring...
Category
1920s French Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
8 Foot Tall Pop Art Wood Pencil, 1970s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Back to the drawing board! A remarkable piece for spurring conversation at home or for capturing attention in a store display. This massive vintage trompe l'oeil pencil is made of on...
Category
1970s American Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
19th Century Cesare Beccaria Bronze Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
19th Century.
Cesare Beccaria
Bronze, 49 x 13 x 15 cm
The bronze statue examined faithfully reproduces the famous Milanese monument by Giuseppe Grandi (1843-1894) dedicated to Cesare Beccaria. The work, from the top of a high base in white Montorfano granite, dominates the homonymous Milanese square, a sad stage for executions at the time of Austrian rule, in a bronze copy of 1914 to replace the original stone statue which already at the beginning of the new century showed serious signs of deterioration. The marble became part of the collections of the Gallery of Modern Art and is now located inside the Palazzo di Giustizia in Milan. The initiative regarding the erection of a monument dedicated to Cesare Beccaria originates in 1865, in support of the proposed abolition of the death penalty...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture Of A Young Peasant Girl
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Bronze Sculpture of a Girl by Auguste Moreau. It depicts a painted bronze sculpture of a young peasant girl wearing a yellow dress and barefoot. She has curly hair that is ...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Murano Powder Blue Handblown Flower
By Murano 5
Located in Pasadena, TX
This flower is handblown.
It was crafted in Murano, Italy.
It is powder blue with 5 petals.
Makes for a great gift.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Vintage Figure Set of Miniature Terracotta Chinese Xian Warriors
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful set of Terracotta sculptures representing Xian Warriors. This set of figures is incredibly detailed and presents 4 warriors and a horse. Intrica...
Category
1960s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
$212 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century, French Hand Carved Walnut Virgin Mary and Child Wall Statue
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant antique wall statue of the Mother and Child, was carved in Southern France, circa 1960. The large alluring sculpture in high relief, features ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Meissen Porcelain Group of Zeus with Cherubs Sculptures
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Meissen Porcelain Group Sculpture. It depicts the Greek god Zeus seated in a kind of a rectangular rock surrounded by four “ hard workers “ winged cherubs. He is wearing hi...
Category
20th Century German Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Continental Putti Sculpture
Located in Sarasota, FL
A 19th Century continental carved wooden putti. The Italian word putti refers to winged angel children, or more rarely boy toddlers or children.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Chinese Stone Seated Shakyamuni Buddha Stele, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This carved stone stele depicts the historical Buddha, known also as Shaka, Shakyamuni, or Siddhartha Gautama. Seated in perpetual meditation, the Buddha embodies virtues of wisdom and composure. Hand-carved of limestone in the style of Northern Wei (386-535) statuary, the Buddha is depicted upon a lotus plinth with legs crossed in lotus position. His hands are held downwards in bhumisparsha mudra, a gesture representing the moment that the Buddha claimed the earth as witness to his awakening.
The Buddha has a peaceful, benevolent expression and is framed by a halo of concentric circles. His figure is surrounded by attendant bodhisattvas, carved in relief on the curved stele behind and platform below. Leafy tree branches add a naturalistic touch to the background, wrapping around to the back of the stele to form a canopy above a second, smaller Buddha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone
Pastoral Group/Handkuss 'The Hand-kiss'
Located in Lantau, HK
Meissen, hard-paste porcelain, circa 1738-1740.
The Artist
The Meissen manufactory near the city of Dresden was founded by Augustus II (1670-1733), King of Poland and Electoral of Saxony, in 1710. It was the first factory in Europe to succeed in making white hard-paste porcelain. The early years of the Meissen production were focused on creating copies of Chinese porcelain. It was only when Kaendler began to work at Meissen in 1731 that the manufactory would break free from the influence of Asia and produce porcelain of true European character.
The Painting
A sculptor by training, Kaendler took over the direction of the manufactory in 1733. He is considered the key figure in the development of Meissen and the individual behind the transformation of the factory’s porcelain during the 18th century. Kaendler demonstrated his artistic ability by creating a variety of porcelain groups including the Italian Commedia dell’Arte, Pastoral and Crinoline groups, and Cris de Paris, which were met with widespread acclaim and made Meissen famous throughout all of Europe. Soon these porcelain figures would be used extensively alongside vases and other ornaments to decorate interiors.
Provenance
The themes of fête galante, pastoral idylls and masquerade themes, created by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), and then developed further by Francois Boucher (1703-1770) and Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), depicting amorous scenes with dancers, women and shepherds engaged in frivolous pursuits, spread all over Europe during the first half of the 18th century. This is due to the French engraver Gabriel Huquier (1695-1747), who dedicated himself to images and engravings after Francois Boucher and Juste-Aurele Meissonnier (1695-1750), who fostered the concept of Rococo style, that brought about the new trend in decorative arts.
In 1738, Kaendler introduced one of his figures in pastoral costume with the Handkuss (Hand-kiss) scene under a tree. For the shepherd lovers’ scene, the German sculptor drew his inspiration from Boucher and Watteau. Since the 1730s, the Meissen manufactory has been providing Watteau’s engravings...
Category
1830s Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Italian Lighting Sculpture Mosaic Etched Glass Shaped as Venus of Milo
By Poliarte
Located in London, GB
A 1960 vintage stunning and rare Sculptural Light shaped as “ Venus of Milo “ ancient classical Greek sculpture.
This sculpture functions equally we...
Category
1660s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
pair of French 19th century Empire st. Ormolu and patinated Bronze statues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Empire st. Ormolu and patinated Bronze statues. Each wonderfully decorative statue of a dancing maiden is raised on a square p...
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Wood Sculpture in Oak by French Designer 1950 Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This sculpture is in solid wood. Hand carved by a french artist in the 1950's
Brown Color. Made in Oak
Category
1950s French Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$430 Sale Price
20% Off
1970s Large Hammered Copper Wall Sculpture of a Dancing African Warrior
By Kalumba Tshung Manu Gabriel
Located in Antwerp, BE
Monumental mid-century hammered copper wall panel depicting a dancing African warrior with spear and shield, in the style of Gabriel Kalumba Tshung-Manu. Richly patinated surface wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
An 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Sculpture of an Elegant Woman, Louis XV Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An 18th century Meissen porcelain sculpture of an elegant woman, Louis XV period.
An 18th century Meissen porcelain sculpture of an elegant woman, Louis XV period, mythological figu...
Category
18th Century German Louis XV Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
John Rose Coalport Prince of Wales Parian Bust, 1863
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine antique Coalport parian bust of the Prince of Wales sculpted by John Rose and dated 1863. Probably made to commemorate the forthcoming marriage of Albert Edward Prince...
Category
1860s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of French Bisque Porcelain Hand Painted Figural Sculptures, Circa 1900
Located in Tarzana, CA
Pair of French Bisque Porcelain Hand Painted Figural Sculptures, Circa 1900
Depicting male and female fruit pickers
Category
Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 18th C. Louis XVI Patinated & Gilt Bronze Sphinx Motif Andirons/Chenets
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning Pair 18th C Louis XVI French Bronze Recumbent Sphinx Chenets
France, circa 1790
A stunning pair of 18th-century Louis XVI French bronze chenets featuring recumbent sphinxes...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Figurine "Dancing Woman" by Karl Hagenauer
Located in Vienna, AT
Brass figurine showing an African dancing woman. Manufactured by Werkstätte Hagenauer Wien in the 1950s.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bruno Zach Bronze female figurine "Flapper girl" on marble base. Austria 1920s
By Bruno Zach
Located in Köln, NW
Fine Bruno Zach bronze figurine "FLAPPER GIRL" on a reddish marble base. Table centerpiece.
Dark patinated Bronze. Signed ZACH on the plinth. Circa 1...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Rosenthal Art Déco Figurine Pierrot 'Ash Wednesday' Max Valentin Germany, 1922
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Art Deco figurine of a lute playing pierrot
In a wide bright robe with Art Deco decoration. Wearing hat and ruff and playing a lute. A white ca...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Grand French Gilt and Patinated Bronze Mantel Clock in the Empire Style
Located in London, GB
Constructed in bronze, patinated and gilt; the rectangular form case supported on engraved oblate spherical feet, the frieze dressed with a row of female masks capping pillars, linke...
Category
19th Century English Empire Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
scultura in travertino -Prigione Michelangiolesco -made in Italy
Located in Tarquinia, IT
Originale scultura scolpita su travertino romano rappresentante una rivisitazione di un "Prigione" michelangiolesco. in particolare dello "Schiavo che si ridesta".
I Prigioni di Mich...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Arts and Crafts Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Travertine
"Discus Thrower, " Large, Extremely Rare Bronze with Nude Male Athlete, McKenzie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted by America’s foremost artist with a focus on the form and performance of male athletes, this masterpiece of 20th century sculpture -- especially large and rare -- depicts a nude discus thrower as he is about to hurl the disc forward. Robert Tait McKenzie...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$28,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Strikingly Powerful, Vintage Clay Sculpture Bust Of A South American Macho Male
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Mid 20th century hand sculpted clay bust of a Peruvian male
The intense expression and rough texture accentuate the machismo of this piece
A portion of one shoulder is missing, howev...
Category
Mid-20th Century Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Staffordshire Couple w Peacocks Pocket Watch Holder Figurine 11"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figural mantel pocket watch holder, allowing a pocket watch to be used as a table clock. Depicts a pair of figures in colorful c...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$332 Sale Price
30% Off
Exceptional Virgin and Child in Majesty or "Sedes Sapientiae", Throne of Wisdom
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Exceptional virgin and child in majesty
or “Sedes Sapientiae”, throne of wisdom
Origin: southwestern France.
Period: late 12th - early 13th cen...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Daum Art Glass Green Dague Decorative Object, France
By Daum
Located in Rijssen, NL
Luxury at its finest, high-end art glass green dague by Daum, France.
A beautiful green dague. On top of the dague, there is a head of a horse looking downward. We have another dagu...
Category
1970s French Art Nouveau Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
"Seated Male Nudes, " Pair of Bookends with Figures in Michelangelo-Esque Poses
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and very fine, this set of bronze-toned bookends feature a nude male figure in repose, his arms resting on one knee, in a Renaissance setting topped with an arched cornice and p...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
1940s Art Deco, Pair of Very Rare Golden Sculptures
Located in IT
Elegant pair of Art Deco sculptures dating back to the 1930s, crafted in the style of Gustave Miklos. The pieces depict two standing figures, sculpted with great refinement and atten...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$18,159 / set
Vintage Brass Unicorn Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage solid brass unicorn sculpture circa, 1970s. The piece is in good vintage condition with a great patina and measures 3"W x 5.5"D x 7.5"H. Super co...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist 1950's Achilles God Patinated Bronze Sculpture Made in Italy Weinberg
By Frederic Weinberg, Francesco Simoncini
Located in San Diego, CA
Exquisite modernist bronze Greek "Achilles" bronze sculpture dating from the 1950's. Made in Italy and has wonderful patina. Great design and form. No signatures or maker marks. Attributed to Francesco...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Pair Pineapple Antique Decorative Rustic Finials Sculpture Los Angeles
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Art Deco Pair Pineapple Antique Decorative Rustic Finials Sculpture Los Angeles . Pair of Pineapples Metal Hand forged Cast and hand made Garden fini...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Nun Reading Gospels Patinated Plaster Statue French, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Patinated plaster french statue of a religious reading the Bible.
Antique French, circa 1880s
This nun character inspires serenity.
Created in 1855, the Giscard Manufacture in Tou...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
$398 Sale Price
31% Off
Sculpture of Womanin Silver Foil and Gold Italy 1970s Guido Mariani
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Sculpture of Womanin Silver Foil and Gold Italy 1970s Guido Mariani
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver
$668 Sale Price
30% Off
Art Deco Desk Ballerina Sculpture in Bronze, 1940s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A small desk sculpture or paperweight executed in patinated bronze. Given as a 40 year anniversary gift in 1949 (dated 1909-49). Danish made. Mea...
Category
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Chinese Porcelain Blanc De Chine Figural Group, Circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Depicting a seated Guanyin surrounded by two attendants and two musicians all set onto a gnarled boat or raft above turbulent waves, a branch of blossom...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Denver, Set of 6 Murano glasses color "Millefiori" handmade, Murano glass
Located in Roma, IT
Set of six water/drink/wine glasses color Millefiori - Murano glass - Made in Italy.
These individual Murano glasses are inspired by the classic "Goto" Murano glass.
Other colors a...
Category
2010s European Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
$219 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Bronze After The Antique, The Discobolus, 19th Century
Located in Honnelles, WHT
Bronze After the antique, Le Discobole, green patina
Category
19th Century Greco Roman Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1980s Postmodern Female Face Ceramic Sculpture in the Austin Productions Style
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Large scale, Postmodern / 1980s Art Deco revival Female Head Ceramic Sculpture in the Austin Productions Style. Circa 1980s
Features a flatten female head figure molded on a...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
11 Erinna Glass Vase, by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Erina vase is blown glass, originally designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1986. The vase is part of the “Vetri Glass” collection. Made in Murano, its hand blown with techniques from m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
20th Century Art Deco Bronze Entitled "Chinese Legend" by Erté
By Erté
Located in London, GB
"Chinese Legend" by Erté
An eye catching limited edition cold painted Art Deco bronze figure of an elegant beauty in a full length costume resembling a Fenghuang. The bronze surface with excellent colour and detail, signed Erté, numbered 50/500, dated 1988 and with foundry mark.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 55 cm
Circa: 1988
Foundry: Seven Arts
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref: Erte – The Last Works by Eric Estorick
Page No: 152
SKU: 8260
ABOUT
Erté Sculpture...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fine Male Torso in Greek Thassos Marble, base in black Imperial Marble 18th Cent
Located in Madrid, ES
Fine male torso in Greek Thassos marble with base in black Imperial marble, late 18th century WITH VIDEO
Origin Venice, private collection.
Torso of great quality and workmanship, ...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
"Adam", Handsome, Lustrous Bronze of Crouching Nude Male, After Bartlett
By Paul Wayland Bartlett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The remarkable bronze of "Adam," crouching in fear and shame after being expelled from Eden, is one of the finest nude male bronzes ever sculpted by an American artist. The original...
Category
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A fine original hand carved sculpture of a woman signed F. Vichi
Located in New York City, NY
An exquisite example of a late 19th early 20th century hand carved sculpture of a semi -robed nude signed F. Vichi. The statue portrays a coy yet sensuous female figure, bare breaste...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
19th Century Balinese Hand-Carved and Painted Wooden Sculpture of a Young Dancer
Located in Yonkers, NY
A tall antique Balinese hand-carved and painted wooden statue from the 19th century on black base. Hand-made on the island of Bali, Southern Indonesia during the 19th century, this w...
Category
19th Century Balinese Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
César Manrique, Model of Ceramique, circa 1960-1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
César Manrique (1919-1992) (model of) ceramique, circa 1960-1970.
These are small official prints made after Cesar Manrique.
It's not a unique piece mad...
Category
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Grand Tour – Bronze Sculpture Representing Mars, Italy, 19th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Grand Tour – Bronze Sculpture Representing Mars, Italy, 19th Century"
Fine bronze sculpture depicting Mars, the Roman god of war, shown standing in a composed and authoritative pose...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Josef Lorenzl Art Deco Sculpture, 1930s
Located in Skanninge, SE
Josef Lorenzl Art Deco bronze sculpture.
Size: Height 33cm.
The cold painted bronze sculpture is mounted on a Brazilian green onyx plinth.
All in an o...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1940s Bronze Sculpture of a Nun
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s bronze sculpture of a nun.
Category
1940s Vintage Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Apple Sculpture by Selma Calheira
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Monumental Apple sculpture by Selma Calheira for Cores Da Terra. This fired clay apple is a true show stopper. Very realistically done.
Category
20th Century Brazilian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
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.