"Service & Knowledge", Art Deco Bronze with Male Nude, Rotary-Commissioned, 1930

This powerful bronze -- depicting a nude fisherman hauling in his net -- is a superb example of Art Deco sculpture influenced by Auguste Rodin's emphasis on the emotion and physicality of the human figure. Here, the strength and muscularity of the male figure is shown to great effect, its power belying the sculpture's diminutive size. It was sculpted by Alexandre Ouline, who executed a series of bronzes that depicted male figures performing feats of strength and courage, such as pulling a great weight or steering a ship in a stormy sea. Ouline won First Prize in the Seine et Marne agricultural fair...

This extraordinary bronze panel by Hungarian artist Anna von Koranyi, depicting a group of nude miners working deep underground to extract coal, shows signs of Cubism and the impendi...

Art Deco bronze sculpture male nude athlete with rope by Guiraud Riviere. Patinated bronze on black marble base. France 1930. Literature: 
“Art deco sculpture” by Victor Arwas, A...

Impressive Art Deco bronze sculpture of a reclining nude playing with two goats. Signed by the French artist Georges Gori, with foundry mark La Pointe, l...