Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
ART NOUVEAU STYLE
In its sinuous lines and flamboyant curves inspired by the natural world, antique Art Nouveau furniture reflects a desire for freedom from the stuffy social and artistic strictures of the Victorian era. The Art Nouveau movement developed in the decorative arts in France and Britain in the early 1880s and quickly became a dominant aesthetic style in Western Europe and the United States.
ORIGINS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the late 19th century
- Popularity of this modernizing style declined in the early 20th century
- Originated in France and Britain but variants materialized elsewhere
- Informed by Rococo, Pre-Raphaelite art, Japanese art (and Japonisme), Arts and Crafts; influenced modernism, Bauhaus
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGN
- Sinuous, organic and flowing lines
- Forms that mimic flowers and plant life
- Decorative inlays and ornate carvings of natural-world motifs such as insects and animals
- Use of hardwoods such as oak, mahogany and rosewood
ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Art Nouveau — which spanned furniture, architecture, jewelry and graphic design — can be easily identified by its lush, flowing forms suggested by flowers and plants, as well as the lissome tendrils of sea life. Although Art Deco and Art Nouveau were both in the forefront of turn-of-the-20th-century design, they are very different styles — Art Deco is marked by bold, geometric shapes while Art Nouveau incorporates dreamlike, floral motifs. The latter’s signature motif is the "whiplash" curve — a deep, narrow, dynamic parabola that appears as an element in everything from chair arms to cabinetry and mirror frames.
The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau was particularly influenced by the soft colors and abstract images of nature seen in Japanese art prints, which arrived in large numbers in the West after open trade was forced upon Japan in the 1860s. Impressionist artists were moved by the artistic tradition of Japanese woodblock printmaking, and Japonisme — a term used to describe the appetite for Japanese art and culture in Europe at the time — greatly informed Art Nouveau.
The Art Nouveau style quickly reached a wide audience in Europe via advertising posters, book covers, illustrations and other work by such artists as Aubrey Beardsley, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Alphonse Mucha. While all Art Nouveau designs share common formal elements, different countries and regions produced their own variants.
In Scotland, the architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed a singular, restrained look based on scale rather than ornament; a style best known from his narrow chairs with exceedingly tall backs, designed for Glasgow tea rooms. Meanwhile in France, Hector Guimard — whose iconic 1896 entry arches for the Paris Metro are still in use — and Louis Majorelle produced chairs, desks, bed frames and cabinets with sweeping lines and rich veneers.
The Art Nouveau movement was known as Jugendstil ("Youth Style") in Germany, and in Austria the designers of the Vienna Secession group — notably Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann and Joseph Maria Olbrich — produced a relatively austere iteration of the Art Nouveau style, which mixed curving and geometric elements.
Art Nouveau revitalized all of the applied arts. Ceramists such as Ernest Chaplet and Edmond Lachenal created new forms covered in novel and rediscovered glazes that produced thick, foam-like finishes. Bold vases, bowls and lighting designs in acid-etched and marquetry cameo glass by Émile Gallé and the Daum Freres appeared in France, while in New York the glass workshop-cum-laboratory of Louis Comfort Tiffany — the core of what eventually became a multimedia decorative-arts manufactory called Tiffany Studios — brought out buoyant pieces in opalescent favrile glass.
Jewelry design was revolutionized, as settings, for the first time, were emphasized as much as, or more than, gemstones. A favorite Art Nouveau jewelry motif was insects (think of Tiffany, in his famed Dragonflies glass lampshade).
Like a mayfly, Art Nouveau was short-lived. The sensuous, languorous style fell out of favor early in the 20th century, deemed perhaps too light and insubstantial for European tastes in the aftermath of World War I. But as the designs on 1stDibs demonstrate, Art Nouveau retains its power to fascinate and seduce.
There are ways to tastefully integrate a touch of Art Nouveau into even the most modern interior — browse an extraordinary collection of original antique Art Nouveau furniture on 1stDibs, which includes decorative objects, seating, tables, garden elements and more.
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Style: Art Nouveau
19th Century Animalier Bronze entitled "Chiens de Chasse" by Ferdinand Pautrot
Located in London, GB
An excellent late 19th Century French Animalier bronze group of a setter and pointer trying to flush out a pheasant with excellent rich brown patina and very fine hand chased surfac...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Henri GAUQUIE The Sower French Sculpture, ca.1910
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French bronze sculpture by Henri Désiré GAUQUIE (1858-1927), France, ca.1910. The sower. Height : 18.25"(46.4cm), Width : 7.9"(20cm), Depth : 8.1"(20.5cm). A sharp line, an indisputa...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Art Nouveau Bronze Painter's Palette Female Nude Sculpture Alexandre Charpentier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Art Nouveau figural bronze sculpture of a nude female bather in a garden depicted on a painter's palette by Alexandre Charpentier with artist's signature, "A. Charpentier" center ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
19th Century French Plaster Figure of A Woman
Located in High Point, NC
19th century art nouveau plaster figure of a woman with bare feet, holding up her dress and crossing over rocky terrain. She is wearing a lovely hat and is surrounded by a floral sw...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Plaster
Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture entitled Femme avec Oiseau by Maurice Bouval
Located in London, GB
A fabulous Art Nouveau bronze figure of a young beauty sat upon a rock surrounded by birds whilst holding a lute with excellent colour and very fine hand chased surface detail, raise...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ceramic figure of Gorka Geza, 1929
By Geza Gorka, Geza Gorka
Located in Mariano Del Friuli, GO
Fabulous figure of Hungarian artist Gorka Geza. First series as noted by the much more sloping head than later productions.
Branded.
Without any damage or repair.
EXCELLENT condition!!!
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1920s Hungarian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Honoring Svatopluk Čech", Art Nouveau Relief Plaque w/ Male & Female Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fine and unusual example of Czech Art Nouveau sculpture -- complete with male and female nudes in profile, and a border of pine branches -- features at its center a portrait of ...
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1910s Czech Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Pewter
"La Lisette" Bronze by Joanny Durand
Located in High Point, NC
This bronze is named "La Lisette" and is signed by the artist, Joanny Durand. He was born in July 1886 at Boen-sur-Lignon, studied engraving locally, and then trained in Paris at th...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wall-Mounted Large Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Spa Belgium by Valentine Engel
High quality mechanism with Jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)
Unusual de...
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Wall-Mounted Large Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Liege Belgium by G.Tart.
High quality mechanism with Jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)
Unusual design ...
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Wall-Mounted Large Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Spa Belgium by Valentine Engel
High quality mechanism with Jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)
Unusual de...
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Bronze "Putto Jug" by Georges Van De Voorde
Located in London, GB
A charming early 20th Century bronze vase decorated with a dragon appearing from a lake, its body in the of the vase handle and a putto pearing round the corner with excellent colour...
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Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Original and Unique Ceramic Fountain by Otto Prutscher and Michael Powolny, 1914
Located in Vienna, AT
Executed by Michael Powolny for the Wienerberger Keramikwerkstätten, ceramic and stoneware, ochre colored, body holding a dish in her outstretched arms standing above a three-tired C...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze entitled "Arab Boy" by Franz Bergman
Located in London, GB
A vibrant early 20th Century cold-painted Austrian bronze figure of a young Arab boy holding a staff behind his back with very fine hand chased surface detail and good naturalistic c...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture "The Fencer" by Rudolf Küchler
By Rudolf Kuchler
Located in London, GB
An impressive Austrian bronze study of a muscular fencer in mid lung with excellent golden patina and very fine hand finished surface detail, raised on a decorative integral base, si...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture entitled "Olympian" by Ernest Becker
Located in London, GB
A very fine early 20th Century bronze study of a muscular Olympian athlete about to cross the finishing line. The bronze with excellent rich brown patina and very fine hand finished ...
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Early 20th Century Swiss Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture "Fille au Puits" by Auguste Moreau
Located in London, GB
A very fine late 19th Century Art Nouveau bronze figure of a young girl sat upon a well feeding a small bird, exhibting excellent rich brown variegated patina and very fine hand fini...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By Grand Bazar
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By Grand Bazar 1910s Liege Belgium
High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade...
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Meissen Art Nouveau Figure of a Girl with Cherries by Paul Helmig, circa 1910
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine German Art Nouveau porcelain figurine.
By Meissen.
Modeled by Paul Helmig.
Depicting a a girl holding a basket of cherries in one hand and eating cherries with the other. D...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut C. Engel & Cie Verviers
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Verviers Belgium by C. Engel & Cie Opticiens Verviers
High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in...
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Antique Art Nouveau Cold-Painted Orientalist Bronze Figure Bergmann Austria 1910
Located in Portland, OR
A charming and whimsical antique cold painted bronze in the Orientalist taste, attributed to Franz Bergmann, Austria circa 1910.
The bronze depicts a young Arab boy lying on his fron...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Guglielmo PUGI Young Gipsy with Tambourine Alabaster Sculpture, 1880s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Genuine tall alabaster sculpture by Guglielmo PUGI (1858-1941), Florence, Italy, 1880s. Young girl with tambourine, perhaps a gypsy. On its base....
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1880s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Alabaster
Pompeiian Bronze Co Bronze Clad Figural Bookends Circa 1920's
Located in Toledo, OH
Pompeiian Bronze Co bronze clad figural bookends circa 1920's. Depiction of a seated man with a book.
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1920s North American Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1890s Art Nouveau Hand-Carved Walnut Wood Sicilian Fragment of an Angel
Located in Catania, Sicilia
This art nouveau sicilian carving it was part of a larger composition from a piece of furniture, it's in original very good conditions. The walnut wood has been a suitable choice for...
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Late 19th Century Sicilian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By R. Krengel 1910s
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Oak By R. Krengel 1910s Eupen Belgium
High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)...
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut G.Tart Belgium
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Liege Belgium by G.Tart.
High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)
Unusual design ...
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Wall-Mounted Weather Station in Art Nouveau Style Carved Walnut 1910s
By A. de Lambert
Located in Verviers, BE
Wall-mounted weather station in carved walnut made in Belgium by A. de Lambert. High quality mechanism with jeweled movement barometer and thermometer (in centigrade)
Unusual design ...
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1910s Belgian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Walnut
Ernst Wahliss Art Nouveau Blue Figural Seahorse Chariot with Nude Maiden 1905
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this gorgeous and ultra RARE Ernst Wahliss, Art Nouveau, hand-painted, porcelain figural console vase. This tray features a golden nude maiden driving a turquoise colored sh...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
French Hand Blown Blue Opaline Glass Vase Cornucopia France Art Deco 1920 - XXth
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Blown white and brown opaline vase from the Portieux Vallerysthal crystal factory representing a hand holding a cornucopia and dating approximately from the 1920s
“Cornet” vase or “M...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Opaline Glass
Ernst Wahliss Art Nouveau Amphora Blue Figural Aquatic Tray w/ Nude Maiden 1905
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Offering this gorgeous Ernst Wahliss, Art Nouveau, hand-painted, porcelain figural tray. This tray features a nude maiden smelling an applied flower on a blue painted lily pad aquati...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Marble Sculpture of Two Figures Kissing
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a stunning Art Nouveau marble sculpture, of two females kissing in front of a pool. Carved in marble, early twentieth century but...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Edgardo Simone Nude Figurative Sculpture "THE KISS"
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
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Edgardo Simone (Italian/American, 1890-1948) The Kiss patinated plaster casting sculpture for kissing nudes fountain sculpture signed to top of base.
Classically trained in Italy at the Beaux Arts Academy in Rome from 1906 to 1913, Edgardo Simone became a famous sculptor in Italy and the United States using mediums of terracotta, ceramic, bronze, and plaster. He earned a Doctorate of Design and Sculpture at the Academy and then emigrated to the United States where he worked in New York, Chicago and southern California.
His style was influenced by Art Nouveau, Art Deco and other modernist influences. In Italy he had received three times the Croix de Guerre and was decorated by King Victor Emmanuel II and Queen Margherita. Before moving to America, he had much recognition in Italy. He had created war, funeral and city monuments in twenty-six Italian cities. When he arrived in New York City, one of the newspapers carried a headline: "Italy's greatest Sculptor Arrives in New York."
In New York, Simone became prominent in society and did many portrait busts including of Thomas Edison, John J. Pershing, Henry Ford and Louis Brandeis...
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Early 20th Century North American Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Minimalist bronze sculpture / portrait / bust of a woman by Adam Antes
By Antes Design
Located in New York City, NY
An exquisite original Art Deco period, stylized bronze sculpture of a woman with wavy hair in a medium brown patina. The stamped signature and the date "Antes 1922" is prominently di...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
An Antique French Bronze signed Auguste Moreau, Late 19th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A late 19th Century Art Nouveau patinated bronze sculpture of a young boy with instrument. Artist signed Auguste Morea, with the French bronze hallmark on base. 24 inches tall
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1890s Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Art Nouveau Terracotta Sculpture "Zeus & Io" by Kai Nielsen, Denmark
By Kai Nielsen, Kähler
Located in Odense, DK
Monumental sculpture by Danish artist Kai Nielsen made in 1922 at "Kähler" workshop ("HAK"). The sculpture depicts a scene from the Ancient Greek legend of "Zeus & Io". It is made fr...
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1920s Danish Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Terracotta
Art Nouveau Polychrome Terracotta Female Bust Signed Nelson
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau Polychrome Terracotta Female Bust Signed Nelson.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Porcelain Hand Painted Very Small Bird Figurine
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an unmarked porcelain figurine of a very small bird. It depicts a very well done hand painted bird. It is standing up over an asymmetrical s...
Category
20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Figural Group Erotic Scene in the Manner of Bergman
Located in Montreal, QC
Bronze figural group erotic scene in the manner of Bergman depicting a bacchante hold a grape over a Faun.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'Bohemienne' Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture by Emmanuel Villanis, circa 1890
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
'Bohemienne' An Art Nouveau bronze sculpture by Emmanuel Villanis (1858-1914), depicting an elegant young woman holding a lyre with her other arm raised behind her head with robes fl...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goebel Porcelain Hand Painted Bird Figurine of a Wagtail
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Goebel porcelain figurine of a bird. It depicts a very well done hand painted black, gray blue and white, Wagtail bird. It is hallmarked Goebel, W.Germany at the base.
Category
20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bust Entitled "Cendrillon" by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in London, GB
An attractive late 19th Century Art Nouveau French bronze bust exhibiting deep multi-hued patination and excellent detail. The beautiful character wearing a head dress and a loosely draped blouse representing ’Cinderella’ from the famous French opera. The bronze is signed E Villanis and titled to the fore on its integral bronze base.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 30 cm
Width: 19 cm
Depth: 12 cm
Condition: excellent original condition
Circa: 1890
Materials: Bronze
Book Ref: Emmanuel Villanis by Josje Hortulanus-de Mik
Page No: 35
SKU: 8773
ABOUT
Villanis Cendrillon
Emmanuel Villanis was an industrious man. He is believed to have created some 200 to 250 pieces. His oeuvre pre-eminently consisted of busts and full body statues...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Muller, Priestess, Gilt Bronze Signed, Late 19th Century Early 20th Century
By Muller
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Priestess in gilded bronze, arms raised to the sky, dressed in a beautiful draped dress and jewelry, on a marble base in pink tones
This sculpture is signed Ch Muller and numbered n...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Amalric Walter Pate De Verre Nude Boy Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
Almeric Walter and Henry Mercier Pate De Verre Art Nouveau Figure of a Nude Cherub or boy seated with his hand on his head.
A wonderful pâte-de-ver...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Late 19th Century French Majolica Bank of a Pixie Boy, Walter P. Chrysler Label
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century French Majolica Bank Of A Pixie Boy.
From the Walter P. Chrysler Jr. Collection Label No.
Sold by David Hollander NYC. striking blue...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Grégoire Calvet 'French, 1871-1928' 19th Century Marble Sculpture of a Nude Girl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grégoire Calvet (French, 1871-1928) A Fine Late 19th Century Life-Size White Marble Sculpture representing "Peace & Love". The beautifully carved white...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Carl Kauba, Frightened by the Frog, Viennese Bronze Sculpture, circa 1915
By Carl Kauba
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions
Total Height: 7.5 inches
Base Height: 2 inches
Width: 2.75 inches
Depth: 2.75 inches
ABOUT
This charming desk figurine in dark brown patinated Viennese bronze by the famous Austrian sculptor Karl Kaub stands out for the originality and humor of its subject matter. The author depicted with amazing subtlety a boy who jumped on one leg in fright, suddenly seeing a frog sitting on his arm.
CARL KAUBA (Austrian, 1865-1922) was born August 13, 1865 in Vienna, Austria. The son of a shoemaker, Kauba chose to follow his calling into the world of art. Collectors now rank him in a class with Remington and Russell as one of the great portrayers of American Western. His subjects were typically American Indians, calvarymen, cowboys, and roughriders. In addition to his American bronzes, Kauba produced a lifetime’s worth of Austrian statuary. His work became fully appreciated on both sides of the Atlantic.
Carl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under professor Laufenberg. Later he would study at the academies under Carl Waschmann and Stefan Schwartz. Next, he went to Paris in 1886 to further study before he set off for the U.S. In fact, some debate still remains as to whether Kauba ever visited the U.S.
Kauba’s fascination with the West was fired by the stories of the German writer, Carl May, whose tales of Western adventure were well known throughout Europe. Most authorities feel that he was about twenty-five years old when he traveled widely throughout the American West. He then returned to Austria with voluminous notes, sketches, and several models of Western sculpture...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
French Bronze Nude and White Alabaster Table Lamp, Circa 1940's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
French Art Nouveau Bronze nude and white Alabaster vanity table lamp, Circa 1940's.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
Goebel Porcelain Hand Painted Bird Figurine of Baltimore Oriole
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Goebel porcelain figurine of a large bird. It depicts a very well done hand painted Baltimore Oriole. The bird is standing up over a branch...
Category
20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
C. Conndray Bronze Figural Art Nouveau Sculpture Coffee Table with Glass Top
By Louis Icart
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Beautifully patinated, absolutely exquisite Art Nouveau figural bronze coffee table by C. Conndray. This coffee table is a perfect example ...
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1960s American Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Original and Unique Ceramic Fountain by Otto Prutscher and Michael Powolny, 1914
Located in Vienna, AT
Executed by Michael Powolny for the Wienerberger Keramikwerkstätten, ceramic and stoneware, ochre colored, body holding a dish in her outstretched arms standing above a three-tired Cascade of basins with fluted decoration.
One image shows the model of the fountain in the studio of the "Gebrueder Schwadron" in Vienna, circa 1910-1914.
Literature: Karl Maria Grimme, Gärten von Albert Esch, Wien, Leipzig 1931 p.29.
Elisabeth Frottier, Michael Powolny, Keramik und Glas aus Wien 1900...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Aristede De Ranieri Signed Art Nouveau Sculptural Mantel or Table Clock
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Thia antique mantel or table clock was made by the well known Italian born sculptor Archimede de Ranieri, who did much of his work in France and made this in approximately 1900 in th...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Woman with mirror Sculpture in Marble Sign: Prof. Jory , Galleria Lapini Firenze
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Woman with mirror Sculpture in Marble
Sign: Prof. Jory
Galleria Lapini Firenze
Sold by: Casa Bellas artes Av. de Mayo 625
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouvea...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Early 20th Century Bronze Group Entitled Diana the Huntress by a Muller-Crefeld
Located in London, GB
A very fine bronze sculpture modeled as the beautiful Goddess standing with her bow and quiver and gently holding the collar of her hunting hound. The bronze with warm brown patina a...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Triumphant Man, " Spectacular Gilded Bronze Trophy Cup w/ Male Nude, Christofle
By Christofle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and spectacular, this gilded bronze trophy cup in the Art Nouveau style was sculpted by Eugène Bourgouin for Christofle, and is richly decorated wi...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Theodor Friedl Austrian Dancing Female Nude Bronze Sculpture
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A wonderful Austrian bronze sculpture titled ‘Tanzender Weiblicher Akt’ and portraying a dancing female nude by renowned Vienna born sculptor Theodor Friedl (Austrian, 1842-1900). Th...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Henri Fugere, Bronze Figure, 'Bebe Tapin' Boy Playing His Drum
By Henri Fugère
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Henri Fugere, bronze figure, ' Bebe Tapin ' signed in the bronze.
French Boy playing his drum. Henry Fugere, a well listed artist. Mr. Fugere was born in...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Large Art Nouveau Porcelain Female Nymph Sculpture by Granitex
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite large Art Nouveau female Nymph sculpture lamp made of porcelain. The nymph is wrapped in a gold dress and holding a bouquet of flower whil...
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Doulton Lambeth Dutch Woman Figure by Leslie Harradine
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce large Doulton Lambeth early Art Deco figure of a Dutch Woman designed by renowned designer and modeler Leslie A Harradine and dating from around 1914. The figure modeled in ...
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1910s British Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Art Nouveau figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Art Nouveau figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage figurative sculptures created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, bronze and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Art Nouveau figurative sculptures made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Austria pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original figurative sculptures, popular names associated with this style include Meissen Porcelain, Franz Bergmann, Goebel Company, and Rosenthal. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for figurative sculptures differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $25 and tops out at $160,819 while the average work can sell for $3,499.
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