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
Liberty Sculpture in Bronze and Marble, Signed: Beer
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Liberty sculpture in Bronze and marble.
French-Austrian sculptor, Friedrich Solomon Beer (1846-1912)
Friedrich Salomon Beer (1846-1912) was a promin...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, 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
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Bronze
Franz Xavier Bergman, Oriental Dancer, Jugenstil Vienna Bronze Sculpture, 1900s
Located in New York, NY
This provocative, desk-size bronze statuette of a semi-nude oriental dancer in a sensuous, rather candid pose rendered in the best Art Nouveau traditions of the world-famous Viennese foundry of Franz Xavier Bergman...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
$1,500 Sale Price
33% Off
Art Nouveau Bronze Sculptural Tray Indoor Fountain with Nude by Suzanne Bizard
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Nouveau bronze sculptural tray indoor fountain with seated nude holding a vase signed by Suzanne Bizard.
Patinated bronze on impressive marble tr...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
Art Nouveau Italian Signed Dated and Inscribed Original Bronze
By Constantino Barbella
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Art Nouveau "Ebrezza" bronze sculpture of a woman lying on a bed of roses.
It bears at the base the signature Barbella and the wording “Rome Palm Sunday 31 III 1912”
Brand...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
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
Glazed Pottery Bust of a Child Attributed to Jean Marie Camus, circa 1903
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning antique continental, probably French, glazed art pottery bust of a child in the manner of renowned French sculptor Jean Marie Camus (1877-1...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Pottery
A Fine Orientalist Composition Bust of a Moor, Austria Circa 1920
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A highly decorative portrait bust of a bearded Moor in profile, modelled wearing traditional garb, painted in polychrome detail in the manner of Friedrich Goldscheider, unsigned.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Composition
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
Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Dancing Satyr/Faun by G. Roth, Germany
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 19th Century Jugendstil bronze sculpture of a dancing Satyr/Faun signed by G. Roth, Germany
By: G. Roth
Material: bronze, copper, tin, metal
Technique: cast, molded, patinated,...
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1880s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Stone, Marble, Metal, Bronze, Copper, Tin
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
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Ceramic
$7,200 Sale Price
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Museum Quality Arts & Crafts Oak Crucifix w Stylished Bronze Sculpture of Christ
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique Arts & Crafts / Jugendstil table or altar crucifix and a wonderful work of religious art.
For us the most powerful statement will always be 'the truth will set you free'. It ...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Art Nouveau Bronze and Ivory Sculpture of a Girl by Austrian Ferdinand Lugerth
By Ferdinand Lugerth
Located in North Miami, FL
Art Nouveau patinated bronze and ivory sculpture of a girl on a marble plinth by austrian author Ferdinand Lugerth
By: Ferdinand Lugerth
Material: bronze, ivory, marble, copper, met...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze, Metal, Silver, Copper
Carrara Marble Sculpture by Antonio Frilli, Firenze, circa 1890
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble sculpture by Antonio Frilli, Firenze, circa 1890.
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1890s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Carrara Marble
Art Nouveau Bronze 'Pan of Rohallion' by Fredrick William Mac Monies, 1890 Orig
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pan boy standing on a ball supported by Fish around the base. Has the two flutes. Signed on the base Frederick William Mac Monies and dated 1890 and with the Foundry seal. Has the ...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Meissen the Wave Art Nouveau Bowl Figurine Henschtel Konrad Q 169, circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen rarest Art Nouveau item: The wave
Size:
Height 3.34 inches
Depth 6.10 inches
Width 8.26 inches
Manufactory: Meissen
Hallmarked: Blue Meissen sword mark (glazed bott...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Antique Religious Statue Saint Anthony Church Sculpture
Located in Buxton, GB
This life-sized sculpture from the early 20th century depicts Saint Anthony of Padua in fantastic realism. The piece is hand-carved from plaster with intricate details that capture t...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Plaster
Henri Levasseur "Loie Fuller" Gilt Bronze Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This gilt bronze French Art Nouveau figural sculpture of Loïe Fuller by Henri Levasseur features the dancer performing her famous dance of veils. Fuller stands nude, one foot in fron...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Goldscheider Terracotta "Marked, Austria, circa 1898
By Goldsheider
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Goldscheider terracotta "" Marked, Austria, circa 1898.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
Lladro Daisa 1978 In the Gondola Couple Sculpture No. 2413 Large Porcelain
By Lladro
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lladro Daisa 1978 "In the Gondola Couple" Sculpture No. 2413 Large Porcelain. Item features a large impressive size, original signature, sculpture rests o...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
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
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Bronze
Art Nouveau Bronze Jardiniere, w/ Nude, Noel Ruffier, French (1847-1921)
By Noel Ruffier
Located in Petaluma, CA
This lovely jardiniere is a fine example of the art nouveau movement. The sexy nude young woman is wrapped around the jardiniere and surrounded by sea the ocean its sea creatures. F...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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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
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Art Glass
$1,680 Sale Price
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French 19th-20th Century Art Nouveau Polychromed Terracotta Bust of "Crépuscule"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French 19th-20th century Art Nouveau polychromed terracotta bust of "Crépuscule" (Twilight) After Henri Jacobs (Belgian, 1864-1935) version of Crépuscule, depicting a young ma...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
$4,750 Sale Price
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze "Nature Unveiling" by Ernst Barrias
Located in London, GB
Wonderful late 19th Century Art Nouveau French bronze figure of a seductively draped female figure representing, in allegorical form, Nature revealing her secrets to Science, a fitti...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
Goebel Porcelain Hand Painted Bird Figurine of a Pied Wagtail
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Goebel porcelain figurine of a Pied Wagtail bird. It depicts a very well done hand painted black, brown, gray blue and white, Wagtail bird. It has the Goebel hallmark plus ...
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20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Carrara Marble Sculpture Signed A. Batacchi, Italy, Florence, Late 19th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Carrara marble sculpture signed A. Batacchi, Italy, Florence, late 19th century.
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Carrara Marble
Charles Georges Ferville-Suan French Art Nouveau Gold Gilt Patinated Bronze Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Charles Georges Ferville-Suan (1847-1925) French Art Nouveau Gold Gilt Patinated Bronze Sculpture Vase. Item features a gold gilt bronze figure of a woman musician, birds, br...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
23” Raoul Larche 'L'Idée, Allégorie sur un Rocher' Gilt Bronze Inkwell
Located in Dallas, TX
Raoul Larche (1860-1912) Monumental Inwell vide pouch.
'L'Idée, Allégorie sur un Rocher' A Gilt-Bronze Inkwell, circa 1900
Figural Centerpiece, Inkwell and vide pouch.
Gilt-bronze
H...
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1910s French Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
$19,200 Sale Price
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Stunning Art Nouveau Style Bronze Piece / Vase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
A truly stunning gilt bronze Art Nouveau style decorative piece / vase with Exterior hand carved design details. The piece / vase is in great condition . Minor wear consistent with a...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Art Nouveau Group 'Mother With Child', by Paul Helmig, Meissen Germany, ca 1912
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Mother in a dress decorated with elaborate Art Nouveau decor sitting on a fabric-covered stool and playing with her son, who is wearin...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Sculpture in white alabaster 1910 with a child sitting on a wall thinking
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Sculpture in white alabaster 1910 with a child sitting on a wall thinking
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1910s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Alabaster
Art Nouveau 3-D Alabaster Sculptural Panel with Foliage and Daffodils / Jonquils
Located in Verviers, BE
Large decorative alabaster panel with Art Nouveau design. Dramatic high-relief sculpture of daffodils (Jonquils) with leaves and flower heads in 3-D. Such items were typically used a...
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Alabaster
Art Nouveau Bowl with Nymph and Girl, by P. Helmig, Meissen Germany, ca 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Flat oval bowl with an irregular, wavy lined and partially pierced rim, on the narrow sides two naked figures facing each other, a young girl and a young woman with long hair playing in the waist-deep, foaming water, the girl spreading...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Henri Michel Chapu "La Jeunesse" Bronze Statue by Barbedienne H 46.5 inches
By Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu, F. Barbedienne Foundry
Located in London, by appointment only
A very large parcel-gilt bronze figural sculpture: “La Jeunesse”
By Henri Michel Chapu (1833-1891)
Signed Chapu, F. Barbedienne Foundeur Paris, Seal Achi...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Large Porcelain Figurine 'Cabaret', by R. Marcuse, Rosenthal Selb Germany, 1920
By Rosenthal
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau beauty with chin-length dark brown hair, in a strapless dress with a deep neckline decorated with elaborate floral embroidery at the front and back and a softly falling, wave-like billowing skirt hem, posing bent to the side and playing a lute.
Based on a round, white, fluted plinth, artist's signature 'RUDOLF MARCUSE...
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1920s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
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
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Alabaster
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
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Bronze
$19,000 / set
French Antique Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of Knight by François A. Clémencin
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ CLÉMENCIN
French, 1878-1950
"Celui qui fut pris" (The one that was taken)
Patinated & polychromed bronze Signed on base "A. Clemencin"
Item # 110BKP22X
An exquisi...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Terracotta Sculpture of Nymph & The God Pan (Satyr) by Dominique Van Den Bossche
By Dominique Van Den Bossche
Located in London, GB
Nymph & God Pan Terracotta Sculpture, Nymph & Satyr Terracotta Sculpture, Nymph & Faun Sculpture, Nymph & Satyr Statue.
Large 93 cm terracotta sculptu...
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Early 1900s Belgian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Clay, Terracotta
Art Deco Carved Alabaster Figure of a Posing Nude Lady, circa 1920
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco carved alabaster figure of a posing nude lady
France, circa 1920
Hand-carved depicting a nude lady wearing a necklace and head band on the original carved marble base.
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Alabaster
Art Nouveau Water Lily Vase Jugendstil Bronze in the Manner of Otto Eckman
By Otto Eckmann
Located in Miami, FL
Jugendstil ceramic vase bronze mounted is an original decorative object realized in the early 20th century.
Original ceramic vase with cream and cobalt blue glaze. All around colorf...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
1920s by Galileo Chini for S. Lorenzo Mugello Liberty Italian Pottery
Located in Brescia, IT
Galileo Chini
for S. Lorenzo Mugello
Floence, Italy
1920s
"PAX ET BONUM" glazed earthware
Excellent condiction
Measures: H 30 cm.
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1920s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Pottery
Life Size Art Nouveau Bronze Bust of a Woman Leopold Savine French (1861-1934)
By Léopold Savine
Located in Petaluma, CA
For the art nouveau lover, or anyone who loves beauty, here is a life size bronze beautifully cast young maiden finished in a warm rich patina. The young woman's countenance is so l...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Antique Art Nouveau Lamp w/Partially Nude Woman, Jean-Baptiste Germain, French
Located in Petaluma, CA
We are art nouveau lovers as one might be able to see looking at our inventory. Lamps are always at the top of our "want list". We found a beauty here. She is gracefully standing in a leafy plant base as she holds ups a stem with leaves. The quality casting and rich warm patina all are present. The artist Jean Baptiste Germain...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Meissen Figure of Lusatian Woman in National Costume by Hugo Speiler, circa 1887
Located in Sarasota, FL
Meissen figure of Lusatian woman holding flowers in national costume, circa 1887. This model designed by Hugo Speiler. It is marked with the Meissen mark, model number Q190d, '52,' a...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Art Nouveau Pearl Mermaid Porcelain Plaque by Emile Jacob
By Emile Jacob
Located in Chicago, US
With artful and sensuous handling of material, Emile Jacob demonstrates his life-long love of learning with a technical mastery of porcelain and glazes as well as an awareness of current artistic trends such as Japonisme and l’Art Nouveau. From a bird’s-eye view perspective popularized by Japanese wood block prints circulating in Europe, Jacob immediately confronts the viewer with the sea. The variegated blues and greens take on every murky depth, every iridescence produced on a sun-filled water’s surface; while the suggestion of movement created by undulating patterns of water morphs into sand ridges caused by breaking waves as the viewer nears for a closer examination. The effect is remarkable. Upon closer scrutiny, the abstracted ridges create an affect of being even farther away from the sea, as if high in flight. The same captivating qualities are achieved by the opaque and crystalline glazes to suggest the interior of an oyster’s shell. The ultimate pearl, a female nude, is voluptuously modeled; fusing as one with her seascape, her hair spreads out in wavy tendrils and her graceful, long fingers wrap around the plaque’s edge.
Literature: Arthur, French Art Nouveau Ceramics: An Illustrated...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic, Porcelain
Lifesize original Goldscheider polychrome terracotta figure of a young boy
Located in New York City, NY
A fine original lifesize signed Goldscheider hand painted terracotta figure of a young Black child wearing knickers, a jacket and a cap.
Vienna 1890's
The young African American boy is seated with hands folded in his lap on an antique wicker chair...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
"Les Roses" French Gilt Bronze & Marble Figural Centerpiece By Mathurin Moreau
Located in New York, NY
A late 19th-century French figural vase by Mathurin Moreau, titled: "LES ROSES", composed of patinated and gilt bronze, marble, and ormolu. The piece features a bronze female figure ...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
Art Nouveau Studio Pottery Girl With Apple Farina Domenico Baccarini Faenza
Located in Munich, DE
This enchanting little girl holding an apple in her hands and contemplating it is made out of ceramic.
The sculpture was created at the beginning of the 20th century by the artist ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Sculpture "Nature Unveiling" by Ernst Barrias
Located in London, GB
Wonderful late 19th Century Art Nouveau French bronze figure of a seductively draped female figure representing, in allegorical form, Nature revealing her secrets to Science, a fitti...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
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
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Metal
Jugendstil Bronze Boy Sculpture Wall Sconce Holding Up Roses, Wall Light Fixture
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and original bronze wall bracket sconce.
If children and flowers bring joy to your life then this antique wall sconce could be perfect for you. This sculptural bronze wall ligh...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Franz Iffland Bronze Sculpture of a Cupid Boy Ice Skater, ca 1900
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Bronze depicting a young boy (cupid) ice skating, by Franz Iffland (Berlin 1862-1935). A boy in fur-trimmed cape, holds a cupid-like feathered arrow with...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
1900s Rosenthal Putto Monkey Porcelain Sculpture, Ferdinand Liebermann, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
An unusual porcelain figurine displaying a putto being deloused by a monkey. This figurine was created by the German designer Ferdinand Liebermann in 1910 and manufactured Rosenthal ...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Art Nouveau Stoneware Commedia Dell’arte Mask by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
Located in Chicago, US
Exploring new firing and glazing techniques and their myriad effects on traditional forms was an exciting approach for many experimental turn-of-the-century ceramists. Here the acid ...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Large Royal Dux Cup, Art Nouveau Period
Located in Paris, FR
Large Royal Dux cup crafted in porcelain biscuit. The biscuit is partially enameled, and highlighted with polychrome accents. The cup features two nymphs climbing a shell on waves. O...
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Late 19th Century Czech Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze figure "Slave Girl" by Emmanuel Villanis
Located in London, GB
A beautiful patinated Art Nouveau bronze study of a young Art Nouveau beauty sat upon a wall wearing chains with excellent variegated rich brown patina and excellent hand chased surf...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sculpture Giant Amphora Vase Majolica Hand Painted Four Seasons Art Nouveau
Located in Recanati, IT
Majestic amphora in glazed majolica, handmade and hand painted in central Italy. On the amphora are represented, in great detail, the four seasons personified by graceful women surro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
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
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