French Figurative Sculptures
Color: Brown
Place of Origin: French
18th Century, French Giltwood Decorative Element
Located in Sofia, BG
18th century handmade giltwood decorative element representing a basket surrounded by flowering branches.
France, circa 1790.
Category
Late 18th Century Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of 19th Century French Terracotta Busts
Located in New York, NY
Two French terracotta busts mounted on marble socles,
France, late 19th century.
Signed, Paris.
Female - H 19 in.; W 10in.; D 6 in.
Male - H 19 in.; W 12 in.; D 8.5 in.
Category
19th Century Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Divinity, Sculpture, Metal and Hemp Rope Christian Astuguevieille
By Christian Astuguevieille
Located in Paris, France
This textile sculpture untitled "Divinity" was created by Christian Astuguevieille in 2014. It is made of metal and hemp rope, mounted on a hematised metal base.
2018 BRAFA exhibi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Rope
French Art Deco Carved Wood Decorative Floral Baskets Attributed to Sue Et Mare
By Sue et Mare
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco carved and partially gilt wood decorative floral baskets with cascading fruit garlands attributed to French designers Louis Sue and Andre Mare. The pair was likely de...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
After Augustin Pajou, French, Large Terracotta Bust
By Augustin Pajou
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Large 19th century terracotta ceramic figurative sculpture, beautifully hand crafted after French neoclassical sculptor Augistin Pajou. Possible to be Marie Antoinette born Maria Ant...
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century French Exceptional Piece of Art, Angel's Head with Wings
Located in Sofia, BG
18th century walnut sculpture of an angel's head surrounded by four wings, that could be used as a small shelf.
Made in France, circa 1780.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Beautiful Art Deco, French Bust of a Young Woman
Located in Devon, England
A really lovely French, Art Deco bust of very high quality. She's lifesize and shows the profile of a young Parisian woman with a victory roll hairstyle she excludes glamour. She's m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
French Louis XV Gilt Carved Wall Plaque
Located in New York, NY
French Louis XV style (18/19th Century) large gilt wall plaque with cupid heads and sunburst center.
Category
Late 18th Century Louis XV Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
Terracotta Déco Sculpture Signed Pleasant Nude
By Marcel-André Bouraine
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 Art Deco French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Late 19th Century Baroque Style Carved Oak Figure of Diana the Huntress
Located in Hudson, NY
This figure carved to represent Diana the goddess of the hunt comes complete with bow. Carved in a Baroque revival style in France circa 1880 she may have once been a newel post fini...
Category
Late 19th Century Baroque Revival Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Bronze Contemporary Cubist Sculpture African Inspiration by Mariko
By Mariko 3
Located in Miami, FL
Perfect balanced construction, great proportions and elegant construction.
Harmony between the double bass shape and the feminine body. Curves and oblique lines rhythm together.
Mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Impressive Antique Carved Santo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lividly carved in solid oak, this continental religious figure depicts a saint or santo with his hands extending out. The carving is of very high quality and extremely detailed in th...
Category
18th Century Renaissance Revival Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Bronze figural torchere titled: "Music" by Jules Felix Coutan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This very fine life-size patinated bronze figural torchere modeled as a classically clad female musician holding a mandolin and a torch. This symbolic representation of Music, falls within Coutan’s allegorical work. The sculpture stands on a period carved wood pedestal.
Inscribed on base: Coutan, Thiébaut Frères, Fondeurs.
Total Height: 101″ (259 cm)
Bronze height: 67″ (170.1 cm)
Pedestal Height: 34" (86.3 cm)
Jules-Félix Coutan (22 September 1848 – 23 February 1939) is considered to be one of the most gifted French sculptors and designers of the 19th and early 20th centuries
Coutan studied under the renowned Pierre-Jules Cavelier at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1872; after his return to Paris he executed the fountain group France Bearing the Torch of Civilization for the Exposition Universelle (1889), one of the two prominent sculptural commissions for the Exposition grounds.[1] Later he taught at the École des Beaux-Arts from 1900, where he expressed his disdain for the researches of Rodin— fumiste—[2] and the Impressionist sculptors who followed him. Coutan was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1905.[3]
Coutan is best known in the United States for the sculptural group above the entrance to Grand Central Terminal in New York City. For Grand Central Terminal, Coutan was contracted to provide a quarter-size scale plaster model of the three-figure allegorical Transportation group, which he developed from 1911 through 1914. The carving was performed by the William Bradley & Son of Long Island City.[4]
Among Coutan's students were Hippolyte Lefèbvre, Raymond Delamarre...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Hand¬-Carved Statue of a Woman
Located in Denton, TX
19th century hand-carved statue of a woman sculpture.
Category
19th Century Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Ceramic Venus Sculpture by Edouard Cazaux, circa 1940-1950
By Edouard Cazaux
Located in Paris, FR
Large beige, blue and green with nuance of brown enameled ceramic sculpture representing a naked Venus by Edouard Cazaux (1889-1974). Signed Cazaux on the base back.
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 4 Louis XVI Wooden Seasonal Putti
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 French Louis XVI style (18th Cent) stripped wood life-size putti depicting the four seasons sitting on socle bases. (after the marble models by Camillo Rusconi)
Category
18th Century Louis XVI Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Antique French Art Nouveau Silvered Bronze Charger
Located in Houston, TX
Well detailed large period French Art Nouveau silvered bronze tray, bowl or sculpture with a nude maiden, signed Very, circa 1900 (can be hun...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Terracotta Sculpture, 20th Century by Louis Auguste Joseph Bertrand
By Louis Auguste Joseph Bertrand
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Louis Auguste Joseph Bertrand, French terracotta sculpture of a baby holding a question mark symbol, Titled "Le Point d'interrogation" signed "Louis Bertrand" and dated "3. 1931" T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Beaux Arts French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of French Victorian Stripped Lifesize Carved Figures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Victorian stripped lifesize carved male and female figures playing musical instruments with gilt trim and seated on pedestal bases.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Large Antique Santos of St. Roche, Patron Saint of Dogs, Now Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Large Antique Santos of St Roche (Roch), patron saint of Dogs, now custom mounted as a lamp with custom Lucite base and custom natural colored linen shad...
Category
Mid-19th Century Baroque Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Linen
1930 Bookends in Solid Rosewood with Its Saint Gobain Block of Glass
By Bernard Richters, Saint Gobain
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Sculptural bookends in the style of Bernard Richter’s.
In solid rosewood, it is heavy, with a beautiful old patina.
The block of glass is from Saint G...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Glass
Sculptor of Mary in Wax by Vernez
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a wax carving of Mary, probably done before WWII and is actually signed. The signature is Vernez and could have been a model for a future casting.
Signed.
Category
1930s Vintage French Figurative Sculptures
Pair of Monumental Figures of a Duke & Duchess
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French (19th Cent) white painted monumental figures of a Duke & Duchess on square bases. (att. to be patron saints of a provincial French town & used in an annual parade)
Category
19th Century French Provincial Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Late 17th Century French Wall Decoration "Angel's Face"
Located in Sofia, BG
17th century wall decoration representing an angel's face made of white ceramic hand-painted in black with beautiful golden collar,
France.
Category
Late 17th Century Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Art Nouveau Figural, "Parfum Par Flora"
Located in Fairfax, VA
Art Nouveau figural of young woman posing with flower titled "Parfum Par Flora." In the Art Nouveau style, made of patinated spelter.
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
French Musical Applique
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heavy, ornate brass applique depicting musical instruments; originally used to decorate a piece of furniture, but will make a fascinating wall decoration.
Category
Early 20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Monopoly Resin Inclusion by Arman
By Arman
Located in New York, NY
Rare monopoly inclusion
signed by Arman
Vintage condition.
Category
1970s Vintage French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Terracotta Déco Sculpture Skier "Rest in mountains"
By Paul Serste
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Interesting Déco terracotta " Rest in mountains " : perfect for a mountain house -
The facial expression and the position of the body convey the sensation of pleasant relaxation.
s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Sidonie Laurens, Reflet Sculpture Paris, France
By Sidonie Laurens
Located in Paris, FR
French Artist Sidonie Laurens
Sculpture's title: Reflet (Reflect)
Dimensions: 75 cm x 42 cm x 31 cm, in terracotta
The sculpture comes with its varnished clear wood plinth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
One of a Kind Antique Carved Wood Group Statue Sculpture by Emile Boisseau
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique 19th century French wooden sculpture.
This large and figural group is titled 'La Defense Du Foyer' which translates as 'the protection of the spous.' This impressive sculpture is in good and original condition and this ripped hunter defenitely looks ready to fight off anyone or anything threatening his spous.
This sculpture is attributed to Emile Andre...
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Boleslaw Danikowski High Enameled Ceramic Sculpture, France 1950
By Boleslaw Danikowski
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Boleslaw DANIKOWSKI high enameled ceramic sculpture, France 1950.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of 19th Century French Classical Finely Cast Bronze Maiden Statues
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quality pair of 19th century figural bronze statues. The pair features left and right facing maidens holding urn form vessels. The casting is of superior quality as can be seen by th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Classical Greek Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of French Gilt Bronze Depictions of the Goddess Nike, circa 1810
Located in Kensington, MD
This arrestingly beautiful pair of gilt bronze depictions of Nike the goddess of victory seated on curule stools. They are near mirror images of each other. The arms are outstretched...
Category
Early 18th Century Neoclassical Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ceramic ski figure by Le Jan, France
By Le Jan
Located in London, GB
A fine ceramic Art Deco sculpture of skier holding his skis, in period dress, the whole on a square base in white craquelure glaze.
With a mould...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Ivory Coast Figures", Important Art Deco Sculptures for Eugène Printz Interior
By Jean Camus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Representing the fascination that so many French and Belgian sculptors had in the people of the colonies established by their nations in West and Central Africa, culminating in the e...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Contemporary Sculpture by Anton "The Red King" in Metal and Red Resin
Located in Miami, FL
In red resin, acryl and metal by the contemporary artist Anton.
The artist works of art is an humoristic character standing in many different situations, always funny, in bright col...
Category
2010s Modern French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Acrylic
19th C. Georges Bareau French Bronze Marble Sleeping Ariadne Statue Sculpture
By Georges Bareau
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunning 19th century French bronze sculpture of a Sleeping Ariadne on marble plinth by Georges Bareau, signed "G. Bareau" at the rear. Item features ...
Category
19th Century Classical Greek Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Unique Vintage French Wrestling Or Throwing Dummy Circa Early 20TH Century
Located in Bernville, PA
A vintage leather wrestling dummy from France, early 20th Century. Also sometimes called a throwing dummy, this guy is still in very go...
Category
20th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Leather
Continental Grand Tour Brass Statue of Napoleon Bonaparte
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A nice quality continental Grand Tour brass figure of Napoleon Bonaparte standing on a column and dating from the 19th century. Made from solid brass the renowned French Military Lea...
Category
19th Century Grand Tour Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Poésie" a 19th Century French Polychromed Symbolist Marble Sculpture
By Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Poésie" a 19th century French Polychromed Symbolist marble sculpture
A Carrare, Sienna and very rare Skyros Marbles Symbolist Sculpture Group.
Figuring Poetry under the appearance of Dante and Béatrice resting on a rock, Dante holding in his hand a parchment titled "Poetry".
It rests on a Neo-Renaissance moulded and hand-carved walnut rotating sellette, the barrel consists of three fluted Corinthian columns, decorated with foliage at the base, resting on a truncated column decorated with female masks connected by a drape. It’s joined, in the upper part, by arcatures with a background of foliated foliage and masks of women crowned alternately with cutout RT monogram. Moulded triangular base, with curved sides and rising from lobed angles with a frieze of oves at the base.
Circa 1870
Measures: Sculpture: H. 75 CM • 29 1/2 IN.
Sellette: H. 112 CM W. 44 CM - D. 49 CM
H 44 1/8 IN. W 17 3/8 IN. D 19 1/4 IN.
The poetry of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Beatrice Portinari, simply known as Beatrice or Beatrix, commonly refers to the muse of Dante Alighieri, whom he glorifies and loves. But she is also a woman whom, if one follows the New Life, Dante loved from his childhood, and to whom he dedicated a place in all his works.
More sensitive than all is the resolute amplification which, after the pathetic force and expressionist intensity of Hell, intensifies with the more elegiac and penetrating emotion of Purgatory and leads to the miraculous triumph of the imaginary in Paradise. Of the three «hymns», it is Hell which is the most known, the most popular one can say: the taste of the picturesque, spread by the romantic criticism, is much to it. Dante, however, had the conviction, repeatedly affirmed in his poem, that by rising from one kingdom to another, he raised his poetry each time by a level which made it worthy of an ever more «high» matter. At a distance of six and a half centuries, there is certainly no obligation to share this view, however assured it may be for the poet. Anyone, however, who wants to enter the world of the Comedy must refuse the scale, eliminatory in its consequences of fact, which puts such a section above the other or brings the Comedy to a rosary of episodes more or less «beautiful»
Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti...
Category
1870s Renaissance Revival Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble, Siena Marble
19th Century French Carved Terracotta Sculpture Composition Signed Baleaio
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France, circa 1880, the antique clay composition features three cheerful children in traditional clothing and boots; they are sitting on a bench, laughing and talking with...
Category
Late 19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
Golfer Wood Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Wood sculpture representing a Golfer, beautiful movement and wood.
Unknown signed artist.
Category
1970s Modern Vintage French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Palisander
Antique, Large and Hand-Carved French Wall Crucifix / Jesus Christ on the Cross
Located in Lisse, NL
Large size sculpture and an impressive religious work of art.
Looking at Christ suffering like this, the crucifix (in our view) is a symbol of what 'telling people the truth' can le...
Category
Late 19th Century Gothic Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
18th Century, French Giltwood Decorative Element
Located in Sofia, BG
18th century handmade giltwood decorative element representing a trophy of music in an entourage of flowering branches,
France, circa 1790.
Category
Late 18th Century Antique French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Giltwood
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