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Item Ships From: Europe
Material: Ceramic
Art Déco sculpture ceramic signed odyv
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
French Art Deco ceramic sculpture by BERLOT-MUSSIER (Vierzon, 1929-1939), France, 1930s. Young Lady among flowers in the style of René Buthaud in colored crackle glaze ceramic. Measu...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Stoneware Wall Plaque by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, Swedish Modern
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare Stoneware Wall Plaque by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg, 1950s.
Beautifully glazed relief carvings and incisions. Stamped at the back and the artist’s signature at the front in...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Bisque Porcelain Statue "Le Baiser" after Jean Antoine Houdon
Located in NICE, FR
We present you this elegant and incredibly charming titled 'le baiser', translating to 'the kiss' in French. This statuette is rendered in bisque porcelain and depicts a bust of a te...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Nadal Porcelain Japanese Geisha Figurine Made in Spain
Located in Antwerp, BE
Nadal porcelain figurine Geisha in pink dress with flowers and parasol.
The Japanese Geisha has spent much time and careful attention in ord...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Anglo-Japanese Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Ceramic Sculpture Face Model by Ambrogio Pozzi for Superego Editions, Italy
Located in Milan, Italy
Ceramic sculpture Face model from Faces Collections designed by Ambrogio Pozzi and produced by Studio Superego in 2008. Signed and numbered.
Biography:
Ambrogio Pozzi was born in 1...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Goldscheider Art Déco Figure Seated Pierrette With Lute, Wilhelm Thomasch c 1922
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare Art Ceramic Figure of the 1920s:
Depiction of a young musician dressed as Pierrette, sitting on a pedestal with her lute, wearing a wide red costume with knee-length harem pants...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Group, Galant Scene, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain group, Galant scene, 19th Century.
19th century porcelain group in the Louis XV style, gallant scene.
Photos:(c)inu.studio_art
H: 41cm , W: 37cm, D: 24cm
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Baroque Style Hand-Painted Ceramic Italian Angel
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This ceramic angel is a captivating piece of art, reflecting the ornate and dramatic characteristics typical of the Baroque period. The piece exudes a sense of opulence and drama, ch...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Terracotta Figures of an Oriental Lady and Arab Soldier by Goldscheider
Located in London, GB
Pair of polychrome terracotta figures of an oriental lady and Arab soldier by Friedrich Goldscheider, 19th century.
An impressive cold painted Terracot...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Royal Copenhagen, rare porcelain figurine of a mermaid with fish in her hands
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen, rare porcelain figurine of a mermaid holding fish in her hands.
Model: 2412.
Approximately 1930.
Marked.
Second factory quality.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions:...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Bishop" sculpture by F. Vial
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
"Bishop" in sculpted and painted massive ceramic.
Limited and signed piece by Florence Vial for Galerie Glustin Paris.
France, 2023
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Wiener Werkstätte Porcelain Madonna Ida Schwetz Lehmann 1923 Austria
By Ida Schwetz-Lehmann 1
Located in Vienna, AT
Wiener Werkstätte figure Madonna from white glazed porcelain by
Ida Schwetz-Lehmann for Wiener Werkstätte 1923, Vienna.
A high quality and lovely figure Madonna with Jesus
represen...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Glazed Ceramic and Brass Holy Mary and Jesus by Arturo Pannunzio, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This brass, plexiglass and glazed ceramic piece is made by Arturo Pannunzio.
It can be switched on.
This is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight tra...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Italian Ceramic Animal Figurine Macaw Parrot Porcelain Bird Figure
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Deco tall Italian animal Figurine Ceramic Parrot Macaw on a tree trunk
Material: porcelain, ceramic, tin glazed
Design: Cacciapuoti style...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Kutani Statue Japanese Lady, 19th/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Japanese Kutani Porcelain Statue of and Elegant lady
Unmarked.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Statues
Japanese Style: Kutani
Region of Origin: J...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Italian Naturalistic Cala Lily Porcelain Figurine, ca 1970s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Vintage Italian delicately hand-crafted sculptural organic floral regency style porcelain figurine. Multiple large naturalistic white and yellow cala lilies in different stages of bl...
Category
20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Faience, Porcelain
Vintage Decorative Egyptian Pharaoh Statue on Marble Base, Grand Tour Souvenir
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautifully crafted statue of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, I believe it is Ramses the 2nd however I am not completely sure. The statue appears to be made of copper or white metal. ...
Category
1970s Egyptian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Hyllested Danish Mid-Century Art Pottery Eskimo Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A charming and uncommon Danish mid-century art pottery eskimo figure made by Hyllested Keramik and dating from around 1960. This highly collectable figure is referenced by some as re...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Charles Lemanceau French Art Deco Valkyrie Statue, 1930s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Ceramic Valkyrie Sculpture by Charles LEMANCEAU at Saint-Clement's, France, 1930s. Width: 22.6"(58cm), Height: 15.2"(38cm), Depth: 5.7"(15cm). Signed "Lemanceau" on t...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
French Art Deco Ceramic Lady by ODYV, 1930s
By ODYV
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco ceramic sculpture by BERLOT-MUSSIER (Vierzon, 1929-1939), France, 1930s. Young Lady among flowers in the style of René Buthaud in colored crackle glaze ceramic. Measu...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
18th Century Porcelain dancing couple figurine by Volkstedt
Located in Lisbon, PT
A charming Baroque translucent soft-paste porcelain figurine of a dancing couple of the Volkstedt, Muller & Co, Dresden manufacturing of the late 18th century.
Marked on the base.
Category
Late 18th Century German Baroque Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Large Figurine Group 'Zephyr & Flora' By C.G. Juechtzer C.1860
By Christian Gottfried Juechtzer, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century:
The winged Zephyr, the gentle wind god, and Flora, goddess of vegetation and blossom, loosely wrapped in cloths...
Category
1850s German Classical Greek Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Dehua Blanc de Chine Statue Guanyin with a Lotus Flower, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Beautiful piece from the 20th c. Very nicely crafted.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Statues
Region of Origin: China
Period: 19th century, 20th century ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Dux Crackle Glaze Ceramic Sculpture, the Young Lady and the Fawn 1918-1925
By Royal Dux
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Large Art Deco - Art Nouveau group in glazed porcelain biscuit by Royal Dux, Bohemia, 1919-1925. The young lady and the fan. Measures: Height 15.75"(40cm), width 8.9"(22.5cm), depth ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
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 Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Gorgeous Porcelain and Marble Statuette by Galos, Spain, 1990s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Gorgeous porcelain figurine on marble stand from the brand Galos, Spain, 1990.
Decorated with gold, silver and platinum.
Nicely hand painted fine collectible Spanish figurine...
Category
1990s Spanish Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Figurine Design Strobach, for Royal Dux, 1970's.
Located in Praha, CZ
The statuette was designed by the designer of the Duchc porcelain factory Elly Strobach Königová 1908-2002
Her porcelain figurines are known and loved worldwide for her luxurious ar...
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Woman Torso in white painted clay, France 1960's, Nude
Located in Forest, BE
Torso of a nude women in white painted clay. It's a brutal textured with pattern and traces when it was made. White painted on top of the clay.
The pedestal is also available on another advertisement.
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L'étude et la représentation artistique du corps humain a été constante dans toute l'histoire de l'art, depuis la préhistoire (le Vénus de Willendorf) jusqu'à nos jours.
Une des cultures où la représentation artistique du nu a le plus proliféré a été dans la Grèce Antique...
Category
Early 20th Century French Brutalist Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Antoine Capaldo French Art Deco Terra Cotta Lioness, circa 1920
By Claire Jeanne Roberte Collinet
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco terracotta sculpture by Antoine Capaldo, sculptor who produced in the late 19th and early 20th century present at the Salon des Artistes Français in the 1910s. Edited...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Earthenwar estatues of Inca couple by Montereau Faïenceries, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A pair of Inca (peruvian pre-columbian people of indigenes) in full garb.
A splendorous man and woman, denoting leadership and social standing in their ornamentation and gold details...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Resting dancer by VISENTIN G - PORCELLANE D'ARTE RICHELIEU
Located in Zandhoven, BE
RESTING DANCER VISENTIN G - PORCELLANE D'ARTE RICHELIEU
Resting dancer statue with 18th Carat gold leaf
Original certificate still attached with the wax seal
and it is signed by the...
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Gold Leaf
Balinese Carved Wood Statues of a Naked Lady Great Carving, 1950 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Balinese Carved Wood Statues of a Naked Lady Great Carving, 1950 20th Century
Beautiful piece.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pot...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Goebel Pin Up Woman Porcelain by Goebel, 1929
By A.W. Goebel
Located in Lisbon, PT
A nacre color figurine miniature in porcelain of a bathing lady in shell / Pin Up
girl - style Baigneuse / Petite baigneuse by W Goebel of Rodental Bavaria.
9607 marked on the piece.
Category
20th Century German Art Deco Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Group 'Capriccio' Boy on Ibex Rosenthal Selb Germany Circa 1914
Located in Vienna, AT
Admirable Art Nouveau Figure Group by Rosenthal.
Naked faun-like boy sitting on the back of an ibex, straining his upper body backwards and supporting himself with both arms on the h...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sarreguemines Art Deco Crackle Glaze Ceramic Lady, Ca.1925
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco crackle glaze ceramic lady, France, ca.1925. Measures: Height: 9"(23cm), Width : 7.6"(19.4cm), Depth: 6.7"(17cm). Intaglio stamp "Sarregue...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Meissen Figure Group 'Cupids On Dolphin' by Heinrich Schwabe Circa 1890
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and loving porcelain figure group of the 19th century:
Two cupids with a dolphin on a restless sea, one of the boys dressed only in cloths sitting on the animal's back and ...
Category
1890s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Hollóháza, Soccer player porcelain figure, circa 1940
Located in Firenze, IT
Hollóháza - Antique Football player porcelain figure, numbered on the base
Hungary, circa 1940
H: 27 - W: 13.5 - L: 11.5 cm
Founded in 1777,...
Category
1940s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Pair Snowball Thrower & Girl, A. Koenig, c 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Very charming Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurines:
Boy in dark blue jacket, under it a brown vest, striped pants and lace-up shoes, on his head a green cap with a wide brim, a wh...
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Charles-Georges Barberis "Young Lady with Gazelle" Terracotta, 1936
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Huge "Young Lady with Gazelle" by Charles-Georges BARBERIS, France, 1936. Terra cotta. Very stylized sculpture. A masterpiece from the French Art Deco period. Height: 29.7"(75.5cm), Width: 17.5"(44.5cm). Weight: 27.8 lbs (12.6kg). Signed "C.Barberis" on the base (see photo). This sculpture appeared during an exhibition dedicated to the work of Charles Barberis...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Lejan French Art Deco Crackle Glaze Ceramic Ship Sculpture at Orchies's, 1930
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Crackle glaze ceramic sculpture by Lejan at Orchies, France, circa 1925. "BOUNTY". One of the largest Art Deco crackle glaze ceramic pieces. Measures: Width 15" (38cm), height 18.9" ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Girl With Doll's Pram, by Konrad Hentschel, 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created:
The girl in a white dress and with a blue bow in her long hair bends over the wicker doll's pram and places ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bjørn Wiinblad: "Maggie May". Unique, colossal, three-piece unique flower stand
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bjørn Wiinblad: "Maggie May". Unique, colossal, three-piece unique flower stand made of earthenware, modelled in the shape of a woman.
Museum quality, impressive high quality flower ...
Category
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain figurine musicians by Meissen, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
A Saxony art piece, large polychrome porcelain of a figurine of a male violinist and a women`s percussionist musicians decorated in the pierrot.
A dreamlike motif of youth playing mu...
Category
19th Century German Baroque Revival Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Kutani Statue Shou Lao, 19th/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Japanese Kutani Porcelain Statue of Shou Lao.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Statues
Japanese Style: Kutani
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 19th...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pipe Smoking Standing Vintage German Yard or Garden Gnome Statue, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous character ceramic figural gnome statue. This character statue has been made in Germany, in the 1920s or older. Absolutely gorgeous item with lo...
Category
1920s German Folk Art Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Gaston Hauchecorne : "Chinese dignitary", terracotta sculpture circa 1925
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Gaston Hauchecorne (1880-1945, France) : "Chinese dignitary"
"3/4" body sculpture made of patinated terracota represnting a chinese dignitary hand clasped in a traditional chinese w...
Category
1920s French Other Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Art Déco Porcelain Figurine 'Merry March', C. Holzer-Defanti, Rosenthal Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Porcelaine Figurine after the dancer Lena Amsel:
Dancer in an exotic Pierrot costume with a zigzag pattern, with large flounced cuffs and ma...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Glazed Ceramic and Brass Holy Mary and Jesus by Arturo Pannunzio, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This brass and glazed ceramic piece is made by Arturo Pannunzio.
It is a vintage piece, therefore it might show slight traces of use, but it can be considered a...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Faience Woman Bust by Leon Noel Delagrange, 1889
By Louchet Ciseleur, Leon Noel Delagrange
Located in Lisbon, PT
A ceramic and gilded bronze bust.
Delagrange ceramic and bronze by the foundry Louchet Ciseleur, Paris.
The bust is a maiden mounted on a rectangular base in gilded bronze, with the...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Lovely pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire 'royal' figures
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire 'royal' figures having a lovely pair of antique Victorian Staffordshire figures of Albert & Victoria hand painted in wonderful pink, bl...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Primitive Sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Van Den Heede
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of Primitive Sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Van Den Heede
Unique piece
Dimensions: W 1 x D 1 x H 7-15 cm
Materials: Clay.
Study of "PRIMITIVE SCULPTURES" of small format in clay. I ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Centerpiece Psychee and Cupidon Statue in Sevres biscuit, 1890s, France
Located in LA FERTÉ-SOUS-JOUARRE, FR
Discover the timeless elegance and symbolism of the Sèvres biscuit group featuring Psyche and Eros. This delicate work of art captures a mythical moment of love, sacrifice, and divin...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pipe Smoking Resting Vintage German Yard or Garden Gnome Statue, 1920s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A gorgeous character ceramic figural gnome statue. This character statue has been made in Germany, in the 1920s or older. Absolutely gorgeous item with lo...
Category
1920s German Folk Art Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware
Yellow Banana Ceramic Sculpture, Zanolli Nove Italy, circa 1970
By Rita Zanolli
Located in Firenze, IT
Yellow banana ceramic sculpture
Zanolli Nove Italy, circa 1970
Measures: 48 x 15 x 20 cm
Conditions: Excellent.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Large Patinated Terracotta - Two Cupids Disputing A Heart After Emfalconet XIXth
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Magnificent and large sculpture in patinated terra cotta, entitled "Two loves disputing a heart" after Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), resting on a terrace decorated with a frieze of pearls and reeds wrapped in ribbons
This work was very successful in the second half of the 19th century, and was produced in bronze, marble, alabaster and terracotta.
Two winged lovers are represented in a fight to recover a heart figured on the base.
Period : End of XIXth century
Circa : 1898 - 1900
Dimensions : Height : 50cm - Width of the base : 28cm
Signature : " Falconet " on the terrace.
Marked in hollow : GC below
Artist, man of letters and aesthetician, the career of the sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716 - 1791) is particularly exemplary.
Overcoming the handicap of his birth, this brilliant self-taught man with an extraordinary personality rubbed shoulders with the greatest.
Protégé of Mme de Pompadour, friend of Diderot and the Encyclopedists, he was able to impose himself by his talent and his culture.
The works executed at the church of Saint Roch and his position as director of sculpture at the Manufacture de Sèvres are in a way the prelude to his work in Saint Petersburg.
The imposing bronze Cavalier...
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19th Century Other Antique Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Singularly Intriguing Clay Bust Of A Cloaked Woman
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
A private, calming and quiet piece by an unknown artist
Beautifully crafted and subtly finished with dark green matt glaze
Circa 1980s
Unsigned
Height 9.5 inch, Width 5 inch, Depth 4...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ruth Milles French Art Deco Terracotta Statue, "Suzanne" Breton Character, 1927
By Ruth Milles
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco terracotta sculpture by Ruth Milles (1873-1941), Carl Milles sister. School of Paris. France, 1927. "Suzanne", Breton character. Measures: Height 8.7" (22cm), width 5.9" (15cm), depth 5.5" (14cm). Incised name "Suzanne" and signature "Ruth Milles". Editor stamp (see photos).
Milles was born Ruth Anna Maria Anderson on Örby Manor in Vallentuna near Stockholm, Sweden. She was the daughter of Chief Verifier of the brännvin manufacturing in Sweden, Emil Anderson (1843-1910), called "Mille". She had two siblings when her mother died in childbirth and gained three half siblings after her father remarried. Her brother was the sculptor Carl Milles (1875-1955) and her half-brother Evert Milles (1885-1960) was an architect. Unlike her brother Carl, Milles was a college educated artist. She studied at the Tekniska Skolan (the Technical School), predecessor to the Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm in 1892-1893, after which she went on to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in 1894-1898, where she was considered talented enough to skip a year. She would also visit the Theosophical Society which became influential for her future works.
In the autumn of 1898, Milles left for Paris, approximately a year after her brother Carl had moved there. She studied at the Académie Colarossi and École des Beaux-Arts, and used Paris as base for journeys through France and Germany. Milles and her brother spent much time together in Paris where they collaborated, artistically and economically, in a joint company they started. Among other things, the company sold small bronze figurines, depicting children and characters from fairy tales made by her. She spent the summers in the fishing village Briac in Bretagne where she would draw inspiration from the local fishers' life for her sculptures. Her sculptures were made in an early Impressionistic style. While in France, she and her brother changed their surname to Milles after their father's nickname. In 1902, she received an honorary award at the Salon in Paris. The next year she fell ill with tuberculosis. She travelled back to Sweden and settled down in Islinge on Lidingö, where she set up a studio which she sometimes shared with the wife of her brother Carl, Olga Milles...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Goldscheider Vienna Figure Owlglass Jester With Owl by Josef Lorenzl, ca 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Art Déco Goldscheider Figurine by Josef Lorenzl:
Man disguised as a jester with jester's cap, wide shirt and tight trousers seated on a black pedestal, on his left outstr...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Ceramic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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