Figurative Sculptures

Very rare Goldscheider Vienna ceramic figure of the 1930s: Young pretty lady, chin-length hair fastened with a hair band, posing in a long green dress with a wide, high-slit skirt decorated with flowers, which she holds up with both arms stretched out to the side, her head turned to the side with a straight look. On a cream-colored oval base shaded on the side. Manufactory: Goldscheider Vienna / Austria Technique: handcrafted ceramics, finest hand painting, glossy finish Designer: Claire Weiss /= Klára Herczeg (1906-1997) Sculptor, childhood in Vienna, apprenticeship as a sculptor at the Vienna Arsenal Foundry, studies at the Budapest Art...

Mythologically perceived small group figurine with faun and rino by Just Andersen, Denmark. Designed and made around 1930. Composed of Just Andersens own alloy called Disko Metal. Th...

The creator of this piece is Dahl Jensen. The Siamese dancer depicted is no doubt in the Royal Court with her elaborate headdress and elegant robe of indigo blue. The figure has a lo...

DIMENSIONS Height: 9.5 inches Width: 6.5 inches Depth: 3.75 inches MARKINGS Brown-patinated bronze, inscribed on base: H. Scholter

South Africa, circa 1930 One Xhosa beaded medicine gourd. H 12 x Ø 10 cm

A Pair of 16th Century Oak Saints: One being a male depicted wearing a long hooded cloak held together with a brooch over a flowing tunic tied at the ...

An Art Deco Bronze Statue by Armand Godard, produced by the Parisian foundry of Edmond Etling. This is an example of a high style rendered in the highest quality. Nothing is more emb...

Ceramic Sign: Made in Austria Keramos 2051 19/M Wiener Keramos, later Keramos AG or Keramos KG , was a Viennese ceramics manufacturer that made a name for itself especially in the interwar period . In addition to their own designs, designs from the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were also produced from 1932 onwards. In over 60 years of company history, around 3000 model designs have been produced by around 60 ceramists. Keramos also carried out commissions from the Wiener Werkstätte, such as vases by Dagobert Peche . History The origins of the Keramos company lie in two companies with the same name. The company Keramos – Invalid Society for Viennese Art Ceramics was founded at the end of 1919 on the initiative of the three ceramists Rudolf Wolf, Heinrich Wolf and Ludwig Rys, who had become invalids in World War I. Production started in September 1920. Art-ceramic lamps, figures, vases and boxes were produced. The company Keramos – Viennese art ceramics and porcelain manufactory was founded in 1920. Josef Hoffmann was a shareholder of Keramos for a long time, as was the sculptor Rudolf Podany, who was engaged from the start and created a large number of designs. From 1921 Anton Klieber was employed, who was also responsible for most of the models. Around 1924 both companies were merged and converted into an AG, commercial director became Otto Köller, the technical directors were the brothers Rudolf and Heinrich Wolf. "Some war invalid ceramists founded a workshop with the help of some artists, which was subsequently financed by the state and later enlarged with its participation and converted into a joint-stock company." The company's headquarters were in the Hofburg , Schwarze-Adler-Stiege, the factory in the 10th district of Vienna, Schleiergasse 17. Artistic collaborators at that time were Eduard Klablena , Otto Prutscher , Karl Perl , Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , IDA Schwetz- Lehmann and Grete Fucik-Fischmeister. On February 23, 1928, the triangular mark was entered in the trademark register. It was now also produced for the Wiener Werkstätte. Difficulties for the company arose from the Great Depression . Around 1932, 50 people were employed and a large number of models from Eduard Klabena and the dissolved Wiener Werkstätte were taken over. The works created by Keramos were labeled with their company brands until after 1941. From 1939 the economic situation of the company was better managed by taking over the production of ceramic winter welfare organization badges, the so-called WHW badges. Before 1941 the company is converted into a KG named Keramos, Wiener Kunstkeramik und Porzellanmanufaktur Brüder Wolf KG . Otto Köller was no longer active from this point on. After the end of World War II, Robert Obsieger recommended Robert Mathis as the new head of Keramos, who took over the management of the ceramics manufactory in 1945. In 1949 Mathis introduced a new company logo, which was used alongside the existing triangle mark, the so-called coat of arms mark. Anton Klieber and Rudolf Podany continued to work as ceramists, and new artists such as Josef Lorenzl and Stephan Dakon , both of whom had previously worked for Goldscheider , as well as Rudolf Chocholka, Karl Grössl and Ina Eisenbeisser were engaged. New models such as dancers, children's figures, animals and nudes were created, as well as the well-known wall masks, young people and poodles from the mid-1950s, which corresponded to the trend at the time. In addition, however, traditional designs such as Madonna statues and busts, saints and angels were still made. Utility ceramics such as crockery, vases, lamp bases, candle holders and flower pots also became an important branch of production, and cooperation with the German manufacturer Carstens at the beginning of the 1960s was just as lucrative. In the course of the 1960s, the sales markets for figurative ceramics became increasingly difficult. So until 1982, production was increasingly shifted to everyday ceramics, since ceramic figures were no longer modern due to changing tastes and the spirit of the times. Ultimately, the economic situation at Keramos became more and more difficult and Klaus Mathis, the son of Robert Mathis and then director, who succeeded his father at the helm of the company at the beginning of the 1970s, initiated the liquidation of the company at the end of 1982 . Staff The following artistic collaborators have worked for Keramos over the years: Hans Adametz , Franz Barwig the Elder , Franz Barwig the Younger , Andreas Beck, Hans Bolek, Angelo Bortolotti, Hertha Bucher , Rudolf Chocholka, Stephan Dakon , Ferdinand Doblinger, Eckstein, Franz Eggenberger , Ina Eisenbeisser, English, Stephan Erdös, Alois Feichtinger, Feyslitz, Hans Friedberger, Grete Fucik-Fischmeister, Kurt Goebel, Anton Grath, Karl Grössl, M. Günther, Otto Hafenrichter, Arnold Hartig , Friedrich Herkner, Trude Hillinger, Leopold Hohl, Hostasch, Karl Jamök, Karin Jarl-Sakellarios , Eduard Klablena, Klar, Anton Klieber, Maria Klinger, Josef Kostial, Josef Lorenzl , Wilhelm Otto Lugerth, Viktor Matula, Gusty Mundt-Amman, Novotny, Carl Perl, Rudolf Podany, Friedrich Pollak, Hugo Postl, Adolf Prischl, Otto Prutscher , Max Rieder , Elisabeth Rieger-Hofmann, Walter Ritter , Willibald Russ, Karl Sailer, Schönberg, Schwarz, Ida Schwetz-Lehmann , Sult, Robert Ullmann , Otto Weigand, IDA Weiss-Moricz, Rudolf Wolf. Exhibitions • Jubilee exhibition of the Wiener Kunstgewerbeverein, Austrian Museum , Vienna 1924. • Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Paris, 1925. • Exhibition of Austrian arts and crafts...

A remarkable example of folk art sculpture influenced by the stylization of 1930s Art Deco, this bas relief sculpture depicts a man aiming a long harpoon toward his prey below, his b...

Agnolo di Polo (Firenze 1470 - Arezzo 1528) Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Around 1510-1520 Painted and gilded terracotta 55.5 x 24 x 16.5 cm San Nicholas de Tolentino is represe...

Jean Bulio, bronze statue of Léon Gambetta, Prime Minister, France, 1930. Work signed on the back by the artist. Small signs of the time. We guarantee adequate packaging and will sh...

1369 Indian goddess coppered brass finely detailed lost wax cast sculpture.

Raymonde Guerbe (1894-1995), Rare Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Lady With Cape Guillemard Edition is a remarkable piece of artwork from the Art Deco era. Created in France in the 1930s, ...

French Model Propeller Airplane Wood Metal Art Deco. Mixed wood with lots of metalwork. Wings, propeller, tail, and windows. Fashioned after The Dewoitine which was an Art Deco 1930s...

French Sevres style white glazed bisque porcelain decorative pastoral figural group in the manner of Michel Victor Acier ( French, 1736-1799 ) depicting a shepherd and shepherdess tying a ribbon around a lamb's neck on a field of roses. The pastoral sculpture...

This graceful dancer in bronze was done by the distinguished and highly regarded Austrian sculptor, Josef Lorenzl. Many of his other works are shown in the book "Art Deco and Other F...

This Lying woman is in Plaster. It is an Art Deco Sculpture, made circa 1930, in France. In a white color. In the Style of Jan and Joël Martel.

Art Deco 1930 porcelain figure by Karl Tutter (1883-1969) for Hutschenreuther. This piece has been created in Bavaria, Germany back in the 1930. This was designed by the artist Karl Tutter-one of the premiere porcelain modelers of his day!-and made by the Lorenz Hutschenreuther depicting a naked women, with the arms open in direction to the sun, this pose called Sun Child. The main body is decorated with delicate skin cream color, with accents of black, red and light gilding. all mounted in a ball on a round pedestal base. This piece have a height measure of 12.75 inches (32.40 Cm) and the base have a diameter of 3 inches (7.6 Cm). Signed at the base, with the company maker's logo for "HUTSCHENREUTHER GERMANY" and the incised inscription "K TUTTER...

A delightful and finely made English Art Deco porcelain figure titled The Thief in Middle Eastern dress made by Royal Worcester and dated 1936. The figure of...

A beautiful Souvenir building architectural model ash tray. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal. This was bought as a souvenir in Rome, Italy and was mad...

This woman bust is in Plaster. It is an Art Deco sculpture, made circa 1930, in France. In a white color.

very beautiful oak sculpture representing a monk with a ciborium and a bible in hand - Germany -16 century Old trace of polychromy Sculpture of good quality with fine hands, be...

Heavy vintage devil wall mask in conrete, 1960s. Beatiful Patina, little.

Superb Demosthenes bust in green hued patinated bronze by the artist René André Varnier. Excellent capture of the oratory prowess of Demosthenes considered...

Pair of ceramics Sign: Ceramic with enamel : Catherine Barjansky Made in Belgica Boch Ceramic White: Sign: BFK made in Belgium The Boch manufacture was established in Belgian La Louvière by Jean-François Boch, one of main owners of another known company, Villeroy & Boch. The direction of Boch Freres SNC was in 1844 taken by Victor Boch. Production could be started immediately thanks to other Boch family ceramic businesses that sold Victor ready-to-use copperplates. This faience manufacture developed very fast. In 1847 the company won a gold medal at the exhibition of the Belgian industry. In 1855 they already employeed 300 workers in La Louvière (Keramis) and 100 in Tournai (Boch Freres) factory. Around 1860 the production of polychrome pieces was started. In 1904 the first in Europe tunnel kiln was launched. Problems started in 1970s. The company went bankrupt in 1985 and was reactivated as Novoboch and MRL Boch. In 2015 was started Keramis Center, just two rooms showing Royal Boch history. One of the most important designers for Boch Frères Keramis was Charles Catteau. He was French but in 1906 moved to La Louvière. Patterns designed by Catteau were created in following years: The Boch Frères Kéramis factory (Belgium, province of Hainaut, La Louvière) is now well known thanks to the work of the very dynamic Charles Catteau. That of the sculptor Catherine Barjansky is much less so, even if her career is international: Rome, Berlin, New York, Vienna, Paris, Brussels... Catherine is from Odessa, a Ukrainian city located in the Soviet Empire. At the age of twenty, she studied sculpture in Monaco where she met her husband, Alexandre Barjansky, the famous violinist whose name is now inseparable from a Stradivarius! Thanks to her husband's job, she travels a lot. Witnesses to his exchanges with the intellectual milieu of the time, his portraits of personalities dominate his work: a bust of Einstein, kept at the Solvay Institute in Brussels; a bust of Freud; or even Colette, author who prefaced her first exhibition in Brussels. She made a bust of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium...

Italian Art Deco terracotta sculpture signed U. Cipriani. Italian Art Deco terra cotta sculpture of a male athlete artist signed, Ugo Cipriani. This terra cotta...

This is an exquisite pair of Italian Murano candle holders in the form on Nubian figures elegantly attired in early Venetian costumes. The figures are pr...

The Cobbler working on Boots and the Nobleman protecting his Money. Bookends by “Max Le Verrier”, signed Original French Art Deco, 1930s Bookends made in “Régule” (spelter) S...

Sculpture, attributed to Georges Lavroff Lady with kitten Bronze with original patina and partial gilding Stepped plinth Original Art Deco, France 1930s Dimensions: Width...

Stunning French Art Deco bronze patina spelter figure gracefully kneeling and decorated in two colors: bronze patinated blue color for her dress and gilt col...

This extraordinary pair of Late Renaissance/Early Baroque Genovese Italian wood cherubs is a testament to the exceptional craftsmanship and artistic f...

Griffin head Italy, 16th century On a modern metal stand Measures: 20 x 29 x 21 cm (without the stand) The griffin is a legendary creature with the body of a lion, the head an...

A very fine Art Deco pottery figure of a North American Native figure of a kneeling girl made by Van Briggle Art Pottery in the 1930’s. Van Briggle Art p...

Dancer with hat and fan by Marcel Bouraine (1886-1948), signed on the base bronze, silver plated detailed decorated base made of Portor marble Original Art Deco, France 1930s...

Three children walking side by side: in the middle a blond boy dressed as Pierrot with a pointed hat, arm in arm with two girls, one in a red tutu dress, th...

Rare Goldscheider Art Deco Ceramic Figure Of The 1930: Young dancer with chin-length, dark blonde hair in a form-fitting, short, light-blue dress with a long train attached to the back with white-blue floral decoration, holding it up on both sides with outstretched arms and taking a step to the left. On a beige, slightly curved, stepped oval base with light green painting. Designed by Josef Lorenzl (1892 - 1950), was an Austrian sculptor and ceramic modeler. His bronze statuettes often show graceful dancers with long legs and closed eyes. Lorenzl designed numerous ceramics for Friedrich Goldscheider and Keramos and was one of the most popular artists...

Bookends Pierrot and lady with fan White bronze with original patina on a base of Portor marble Original Art Deco, France 1930s Dimensions: Width: 22 cm Height: 19 cm Dept...

Precious bronze medal designed by the master sculptor Godefroid Devreese and made by Fonson & Cie in Belgium in 1939, equal to the one acquired by the British Museum in 2003, in whic...

Art Deco Valkyrie ceramic sculpture by Charles Lemanceau at Saint-Clement's, France Ca, 1930. Crackle glaze ceramic. Signed "Lemanceau" on the base. Biography: Charles Leman...

Elegant Goldscheider Art Deco ceramic figure of the 1930's: Dancer with shoulder-length hair in a long, wide, light gray skirt with floral decoration and ...

Mussolini Portrait is an artwork realized by Aurelio Mistruzzi in 1930s. The artwork is a bronze plate depicting the portrait of Benito Mussolini.

Original 7" ceramic nude Art Deco statue of a nude flapper dancing the night away. 1930, Austrian.

EUGENE MARIOTON (1857-1933),"La Reconoissance",statue in spelter,France,1930. It is in excellent condition considering its age and is 56 cm high. Signed by the artist, it is on a ma...

Wooden sculpture signed “G.G. Ysen”. Rare piece of art from The Netherlands. Height 45 cm width 19 cm depth 13 cm.

1930s Carved wood waiter / bottle opener.

Le Bertetti Sculpture depicting a bicaudate mermaid by Le Bertetti, 1920s-1930s. Model no. 40. Sculpture dated and signed.

A fine and stylish Art Deco early figurine by Royal Doulton titled The Parsons Daughter and designed by Harry Tittensor and dating between 1929 and 1938. The lightly potted hollow fi...

Sculptural group in patinated metal based on a solid plate of Belgian marble. Made in France Ca, 1930. Signed by J de Roncourt. Cataloged in the dossier...

Art Deco Rare Porcelain Figurine, Flower frog by the Porzellanfabrik Günthersfeld AG, Gehren, Germany 1930s. Rare find, this piece was made of porcelain trimmed in gold, it is in gre...

Guido Cacciapuoti Italian Art Deco large ceramic animal figurine Depiction: Two parrots on a tree trunk Hand crafted and hand painted in strong ...

Truly a majestic Benin Oba. Beautifully and finely hand carved in Ebony hardwood from the 1930's A piece of this quality and stature holds enormous presence...

Art Deco girl figure with faun made with patinated metal, mounted on checkered marble base. Made in France, c. 1930's by Paul Sega *Signed on the girl's le...

Paperweight" Taureau Sacre" made in frosted glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1938 for the Royal Dutch Mail. Acid-stamped signature and entitling on bottle. Edition limi...

Erotically stylized small sculpture from Just Andersen designed 1930-40 by female sculptor and artist Elna Borch. Its Composed of Just Andersens own al...

Rare Goldscheider Vienna Figurine of the late 1930s: Representation of an elegant lady in a long, close-fitting, off-the-shoulder dress with a ruffled neckline made of rose-colored ...

The Massacre of the Innocents Carved oak panel Normandy, late 16th century (Collection labels on the back) Measures: 43,5 x 61 cm.  

Lady Icarus gilded Art Deco statue adorns French marble clock. A beautiful rendition of the female form of Icarus with Art Deco-style wings spread across the top of this lovely serene female form. Her head is set back in a special way as she contemplates the time and life’s unusual spiritual and psychological pursuits. A unique piece of Art Deco mythology...

Fra Mattia Della Robbia (Firenze 1468-1534) Saint Joseph Terracotta Tuscany, around 1505-1510 55 x 40 x 30 cm Marco della Robbia the Younger (April 6, 1468 in Florence - 15...