Danish Figurative Sculptures

The bronze figure, designed by Kai Nielsen and produced by Rasmussen Copenhagen around 1910, represents a masterpiece of Danish sculpture and handicraft from the beginning of the 20t...

Kai Nielsen 1882 - 1924. Large monumental sculpture by Danish artist Kai Nielsen made at Kähler 1915. The sculpture depicts a scene from the Ancient Greek legend of "Zeus & Io". ...

A Kai Nielsen B&G bland de chine porcelain figurine sculpture. A mother with baby.

This sensuous ceramic piece depicts a beautifully sculpted nude figure embracing an exaggerated grape cluster, sculpted by Kai Nielsen for Bing & Grondahl in Copenhagen. While all examples of this piece are rare, the glazes here are especially unusual perhaps unique and include a lovely soft, mossy color accented with tiny specks of blue. Officially noted as a "drunken young man," this piece was one of a series depicting wine-lovers issued in 1912, which also included a Bacchus on a donkey, a satyr boy with grapes, and a satyr paired with a woman. Nielsen was a noted sculptor in Denmark, active in the early 20th century, who was heavily influenced by Rodin and Maillol and dealt often with mythological subjects. His bronzes and ceramic pieces have been auctioned by dealers in Copenhagen...

Sleek and sensual, this large, extraordinary porcelain sculpture was created by Kai Nielsen, Denmark's leading figurative sculptor in the first decades of the 20th century. Nielsen w...