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
Austrian Erotic and Naughty Bronze "Treasure Seeker" Carl Kauba, Boy Finds Gold!
By Carl Kauba
Located in Petaluma, CA
This whimsical and sexy bronze (titled Treasure Seeker) was done by the noted Austrian Sculptor of many unusual and sexy and erotic bronzes, Carl Kauba. Signed on the base, and hav...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Bronze Cherub After Auguste Moreau (1834-1917)
Located in Toronto, CA
A stunning sculpture of a cherub holding a cornucopia, after Auguste Moreau. French, early 20th century. At 35" high, this is a beautifully substantial bronze in excellent condition....
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Peter Tereszczuk Viennese Figural Bronze Sculpture, circa 1910
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A charming antique Viennese bronze sculpture of a young Dutch boy pulling in a fishing net by Peter Tereszczuk dating from circa 1910. The f...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Franz Bergman Bruno Zach Cold Painted Bronze Peacock with Fanned Train
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This fabulous bronze peacock was made at Franz Bergman's Vienna foundry and bears the name of sculptor Bruno Zach. The highly detailed sculpture is beautifully cast and features cold painted polychrome decoration. The peacock's crested head is turned slightly to the left and its magnificent fanned tail feathers - also known as a train - are realistically rendered and arch forward as they rise. The train has splayed feathers at both ends that rest flat on the display surface, preventing instability. The feathers have been finished with white shafts and greenish-gold vanes while the ornamental black eyespots are accented with metallic rose and copper colored paint. It should be noted that the back of the bird's train is also highly detailed lending visual interest if viewed from the front or the rear.
The peacock's head and body are painted in a silvery color while the painted decoration on the head includes large white masks and black eyes that are ringed in orange. The bird's angled beak is finished in yellow and has well defined upper and lower sections. The peacock's wings are positioned parallel to its body and extend back beyond the train. The outside of each wing is accented in mottled copper and black paint while the rear portions bear a series of painted copper and black stripes. The bird's thin legs are finished in gray and have black spurs at the back. Its long toes terminate in sharp black talons.
The peacock is in very good condition with no replacements or repairs. As an antique, the piece shows signs of age including minor areas of paint loss that are noted for accuracy. It stands 8" at the tallest point of the train and is 11.5" as measured across the widest points of the train. The piece is 3.25" at its deepest point. The back of the train bears a partially legible Bergman amphora-shaped foundry mark with a B at the center. It is also signed 'Zach' in cast at the underside of one section of tail feathers for sculptor Bruno Zach who had a history of collaborating with Bergman to edit and cast some of his works. The peacock weighs 3lbs 2oz.
This lovely antique Vienna Bronze peacock sculpture...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Agathon Leonard (Fr 1841-1923 Danseuse Au Cothurne
Located in Dallas, TX
AGATHON LÉONARD (FRENCH, 1841-1923) Danseuse au Cothurne
Signed 'A Léonard' (on reverse) with Susse Frères foundry cachet, further stamped 'M'
Gilt Bronze, light brown patina
21 i...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Franz Xaver Bergmann, Koran Scribe, Vienna Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
This wonderful life-like sculpture depicts a Koran scriber, who, bending his legs under him, holds sheets of paper in his hands, on which he transcribes verses from the Koran lying i...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Art Nouveau Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine of The Grape Bearer by Marcuse
By Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique German Art Nouveau figurine.
Entitled the Grape Bearer:
By Rudolf Marcuse for Rosenthal Porcelain.
Model no. 477.
Modeled as a half-nude young woman seated on a pl...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Chinoise” Sculpture by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
By Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Located in New York, NY
"Chinoise” Sculpture by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. This sculpture, a self portrait which stylistically mixes Art Nouveau and orientalism, is among her earliest successes. This piec...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Friedrich Goldscheider '1845-1897', Bust of Moor, Polychrome Terracotta, 1890
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Friedrich Goldscheider (1845 - 1897). Bust of Moor. Polychrome terracotta. Marked reserved and numbered reproduction.
circa 1890.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Ernest-Justin Ferrand Female "Coup de Soleil" Zamac Sculpture Table Lamp
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A bronze alloy Art Nouveau woman entitled "Coup de soleil" table lamp, Signed Ferrand (1846-1932). The sculpture features a thinly dressed nymph with a branching Art Nouveau-style fl...
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
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
Lifesize Bronze Female Sculpture of a Nude
Located in London, GB
Lovely Lifesize Bronze of a Female Nude
This Sculpture was Bought from a Residence in Scotland and was in their Garden for Many Years
Lovely Patina
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Confidence, Calamine. France, circa 1900, After Grisard, Désiré '1872-¿'
Located in Madrid, ES
"Confidence". calamine. France, around 1900, following Grisard, Désiré (1872-¿).
With manufacturing stamp, titled and engraved name.
Calamine figure patinated in various shades t...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other
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
Large Art Nouveau Bronze Lady Bust Sculpture by Georges Van der Straeten, Paris
Located in Lisse, NL
Finest workmanship bust with original and beautiful patina from an important Belgian sculptor 'George Van der Straeten.'
This stunning bust depicts a beautiful young lady with a big...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Gilt Bronze Female Nude Statue by Georges Flamand.
Located in Sarasota, FL
Art Nouveau gilded bronze nude statue by George Flamand. Very fine period work. Sits on 3 3./4" square base. Signed "FLAMAND"
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold Plate, Bronze
Lady in Solid Italian Art Nouveau Marble with Column and Fountain 1910
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Lady in solid Italian Art Nouveau marble with column and fountain 1910
It has some cracks as shown in the photos
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1910s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
$2,490 Sale Price
40% Off
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...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Handcrafted Golden First Gramophone Model after Emil Berliner 1887, Germany
Located in Hannover, DE
A special musical design object for lovers of music and transforming technology. This is a handcrafted model of the first gramophone, elaborately crafted and true to detail despite ...
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1960s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
Mid Century Modern/Art Nouveau , Bronze , pair , Lady Figurines
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Highly detailed lost wax Bronze castings made after the Original pieces as a pair of Elegant dressed Lady's all finished in multi-patinas and mounted on absolute Black marble bases ...
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1990s American Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Terracotta Woman Bust Signed Goldscheider, Austria, circa 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Terracotta woman bust signed Goldscheider, Austria, circa 1900.
Friedrich Goldscheider (1845-1897).
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Danish Jugend Art Nouveau 1900s fine art ceramic sculpture w. mythical creatures
Located in Ebberup, DK
A striking and highly decorative ceramic sculptural lidded urn estimated to be from the 1900s, possibly originating from the renowned Søholm ceramic factory during its Skønvirke peri...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Stoneware
Emperor Wilhelm II. Sculpture Bust on Marble Base Antique German, 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A classic very decorative bronze statue by an unknown Maker depicting Emperor Wilhelm II. from Prussia Germany. Born January 1859 in Berlin; † 4. Juni 1941 in Doorn, Netherlands - he...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal
Lalique Crystal Female Figurative Sculpture
By Lalique
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Beautifull Lalique Crystal Female Figurative Sculpture
A French Lalique crystal female figurative sculpture piece, circa 1970's, France. A nude crystal female figure sculpture on bl...
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1970s French Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Austrian Naughty Bronze, Girl's Dress Lifts Up ca.1920, by Bergman Foundry
Located in Petaluma, CA
This wonderful, whimsical, and naughty bronze by the Bergman Foundry is a real joy. Highly detailed casting and meticulously painted bronze has the added feature of a toy, you can p...
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1910s Austrian Vintage 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
Italian Neoclassical 19th Century White Carrara Marble Sculpture Guglielmo Pugi
Located in Miami, FL
Important 19th century sculpture carved on white Carrara marble. The female figure is dressed in a stunning Art Nouveau costume and rests on a pyramidal-shaped pedestal. Magnificent ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
$19,200 Sale Price
30% Off
Louis Chalon (1866-1940), Egyptian Nymph, Art Nouveau Symbolist Bronze Sculpture
By Louis Chalon
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Louis Chalon (1866-1940)
A Gilt and patinated Symbolist Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of an Egyptian Nymph
Incredible emotion when standing in front of this beauty, not only the impre...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Nymphe Fluviale" by Mathurin Moreau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
"Nymphe Fluviale" by Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912) and Barbedienne foundry. The same sculpture can be found on "fontaine du Theâtre-Francais" on Paris and made for the Universal Exposi...
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1880s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture Signed G. Obiols, Titled "Pecheuse Bretonne", France
By G. Obiols
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bronze sculpture signed G. Obiols, titled "Pecheuse Bretonne", France, late 19th century.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Masterpiece sculpture, Mother´s love, Ernst Wahliss Royal Vienna, 1900, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Beautiful porcelain work by Ernst Wahliss, depicting a mother with child, probably Aphrodite with armor, made by Royal Vienna around 1900 in Austria.
This exceptionally rare work is...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1920s Golf Player Harry Vardon Bronze Statue, Richard Thuss, Argentor Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
A stunning antique early 20th-century Austrian Art Nouveau bronze portrait figurine / sculpture depicting the renowned golfer Harry Vardon, titled "Joueur au Golf". This piece is dat...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Vintage German Porcelain Figurine of Dutch Girl with Egg Timer Hourglass
By Katzhütte
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful girl figurine handmade in Germany circa 1900s- 1910s. A beautiful piece for decorating your kitchen. Handmade and hand painted in beautiful colors. Marked Germany.
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
Bathing woman figure, Wiener Kunstkeramische Werkstätte, ceramics, 1915, Vienna
Located in Wien, AT
Very rare figure, the bathing woman designed by Johanna Meier-Michel, executed by the Vienna Kunstkeramische Werkstätte, during the Art Nouveau period.
This ceramic piece, model "Di...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,613 Sale Price
20% Off
Articulated Bronze Woman Sculpture by Carl Kauba, 1900s
By Carl Kauba
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Sculpture created by the renowned Austrian sculptor Carl Kauba in the early 1900s, depicting a female figure in bronze with articulated arms that can delicately reveal or conceal her...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Pierrot Polychrome Sculpture, 1900s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Pierrot under the Moon sculpture, France, ca.1900. Polychrome plaster and mirror. Pierrot sits on a stone balustrade and plays the mandolin under the moon. The moon is represented b...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mirror, Plaster
Pierre Puget french bronze Art Deco "Faun" circa 1900.
By Pierre Puget
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible PIERRE POUGET french art nouveau "Faun" bronze circa 1900 on marble base.
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Czech Royal Dux Bohemian Carved Porcelain Woman Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a woman's vanity or powder room with this vintage elegant ceramic Bohemian sculpture dish, crafted in the Czech Republic circa 1930. The Art Deco sculpture features a woman ...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Garniture of Bronze Figures by Franz Xaver Bergman
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Garniture of bronze figures, depicting a scene of hunters with an elephant with a dead tiger strapped securely on top of it, accompanied with one hunter and another at his side with ...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$19,000 / set
Piano Baby Girls with Toys Bisque Porcelain Figurine Hutschenreuther, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Gorgeous pair of vintage antique bisque porcelain Figures by Hutschenreuther, Germany, circa 1910s. Tallest measures approximate 4 1/2" high a...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$252 Sale Price / set
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Large French Art Nouveau Polychrome Plaster Statue of a Floral Maiden, c.1900
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This stunning Art Nouveau sculpture is a large-scale painted plaster figure of a partially draped female nude adorned with flowers and flowing drapery. Sculpted with remarkable grace...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Paint
Late 19th-Early 20th C. French Alabaster Statue
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stunning alabaster statue depicting a maiden selling flowers in the style of Ada Cipriani.
Late 19th-early 20th Century - France
No visible signature
16" W x 14" D x 49.5" H
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
Abduction of Europa by Hermann Haase-Ilsenburg
By Hermann Haase-Ilsenburg
Located in New Orleans, LA
A poignant work of extraordinary artistry, this bronze figure captures the mythical tale of Europa, the beautiful Phoenician princess who was kidnapped by the king of the Olympian go...
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20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Ceramic Figurines Rstk Amphora Austria Turn Teplitz
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Nouveau ceramic figurines Rstk Amphora Austria Turn Teplitz - a pair
Attributed to Riessner, Stellmacher and Kessel for Amphora, Turn Teplitz Austria...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Vintage Art Nouveau “Eve” Bookends 1930s by Verona
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful pair of vintage Art Noeveau bookends by Verona. This set in beautifully aged cast iron reminiscence of the art noeveau era with its use of arches and curved forms. In this ...
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1930s American Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
$300 Sale Price / set
20% Off
'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
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Sculpture "Girl in Cloak" by Vernon March
Located in London, GB
An excellent late 19th Century patinated Art Nouveau bronze study of a naked beauty standing on a podium with a cape draped over her shoulders, raised on a marble plinth and signed
...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cast Bronze Woman Bust "Bohême Orientale" Signed R. Colombo, Paris, 1884
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Cast bronze woman bust "Bohême Orientale" signed R. Colombo, Paris, 1884.
(Renzo Colombo 1856-1885).
Bronze plaque at front "Bohême Orientale par Colombo".
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1880s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Bronze sculpture "Looking at something" by Juan Clara
By Juan Clara
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Bronze sculpture "Looking at something" by Juan Clara
Beautiful and detailed bronze sculpture depicting three children sitting on a stool looking and smiling at something that is bey...
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20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Meissen Three Girls Playing Hide and Seek by Theodore Eichler Model W 115
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen rarest group of figurines: Three Girls Playing Hide and Seek by Theodore Eichler.
Size:
height 25.0 cm (= 9.84 inches)
width 20.0 cm (= 7.87 inches)
depth 12.5 cm (= 4...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Eduardo Rossi Sea Nymph Galatea Signed Art Nouveau Bronze Figurative Sculpture
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A figurative Art Nouveau "Sea Nymph Galatea" bronze table sculpture by Italian artist Eduardo Rossi (1867-1926). Etched signature on base. An elegant composition with curved lines an...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Serving Tray Woman Art Nouveau Metal, WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Stockholm, SE
A serving dish in metal in lovely Art Nouveau-style designed at WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik in Germany. It is 35 x 16...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
$607 Sale Price
60% Off
Glazed Ceramic Woman Bust, Art Nouveau Period, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Glazed ceramic woman bust, Art Nouveau period, France, early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$7,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Bronze Figure of an Art Nouveau Young Women circa 1900
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Bronze Figure of an Art Nouveau young woman.
circa 1900.
Beautiful European Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of a young woman.
This beautifully made German style bronze sculpture of a yo...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Art Nouveau Figural Young Female Table Lamp with an Art Glass Shade
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This table lamp is completely unmarked but is presumed to have been made in Europe in approximately 1910 in the Art Nouveau period and style. The figural base of the lamp is a young ...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Meissen Art Nouveau Figure 'Tied Up Cupid' by Paul Helmig, Germany Circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Art Nouveau porcelain figurine by Paul Helmig:
Winged cupid boy with a suffering expression tied to a tree with a long garland of roses, an empty quiver at his feet.
On hig...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
French Terracotta Sculpture Nude Woman "Premiere Faute" - by LAMI - Art Nouveau
By Stanislas Lami
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Female nude in terracotta.
Signed "St. Lami" on the base. Stanislas Lami is a French sculptor.
Stamp mark "Terracotta - R. D'ARLY Paris".
This work inspires purity and delicacy.
The sculpture represents a kneeling naked woman, the features are fine and pleasant. The work is neat and delicate. The position of the woman calls for calm and tranquility.
Our terracotta proof is a reduction of Stanislas Lami's marble entitled "Première Faute" which earned him the second medal at the Salon of 1891. The work represents a young woman kneeling, her arms modestly covering her face with closed eyes. At the dawn of the 20th century, this elegant statuette was part of the symbolist movement and announced the Art Nouveau movement.
This beautiful work was included in the second edition of the artist's catalog raisonné.
Related literature:
Grégoire de Thoury, Stanislas Lami (1858-1944), catalog raisonné of sculptures, Paris, 2014, model listed under number FA12.
More widely known for his masterful literary work, Stanilas Lami is an artist as much as a scholarly amateur.
Son of the sculptor Alphonse Lami, grandson of the neoclassical painter Bidauld, son-in-law of the art dealer Charles Sedelmeyer, he benefited all his life from an environment favorable to the promotion and commissioning of his written or sculpted works.
While he wrote his famous dictionaries of sculptors of the French School throughout his career, over around forty years, he also exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes français between 1882 and 1942.
Wonderful decorative piece.
Beautiful dimensions.
France - Art Nouveau - 1891
Stanislas Lami, born in 1858 in Paris and died in 1944, was a French sculptor and art historian. He is the grandson of landscape painter François-Xavier Bidault and the son of sculptor Alphonse Lami.
Some of his works are kept in museums, especially in Spain. In Paris, at the Musée d'Orsay, there is a marble sculpture of the Danish Dog...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
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By Michelin Man
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
German "The Scream" Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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19th Century Art Nouveau Pair of French Bronze Mermen Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
A highly decorAtive pair of late 19th Century bronze candlesticks with two mermen knelt on bronze tripods ornately decorated holding up the candle holders with excellent hand chased ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
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