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
Art Nouveau Stoneware Commedia Dell’arte Mask by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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
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Stoneware
Nike of Samothrace in Italian Terracotta Toscan, late 19th / begin 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Nike of Samothrace in Terracotta, late 19th Century
Total height with base: 220 cm
Good condition for its period
Original patina
Italian Terracotta Toscan
The Victory of Samothrac...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
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
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Carrara Marble
$19,200 Sale Price
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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
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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
Materials
Porcelain
Jef Lambeaux (1852-1908) “THE SOWER”
By Jef Lambeaux
Located in Ixelles, BE
Jef Lambeaux (1852-1908) “THE SOWER”
Artistic Description:
"The Sower" depicts a vigorous young man, bare-chested, in the act of sowing seeds. The sculpture captures with precision...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
"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
Young woman with jug, Carrara marble, signed Bonnal, early 20th century
Located in NICE, FR
Charming sculpture of a young woman carrying a jug, signed by Bonnal on the back and inspired by “Rebecca at the Well” by 19th-century Italian School artist Guglielmo Pugi.
The sculpture in fine white Carrara marble, created between the end of the 19ᵉ century and the beginning of the 20ᵉ century, depicts a pensive, lascivious young woman dressed in the fashion of the turn of the century: she wears a turban from which escapes curls of hair and a bracelet characteristic of the period; the cut of her dress is also very elaborate for a simple peasant woman. The finely embroidered motifs on the dress and turban are further evidence of the sculptor's mastery.
A delicate, feminine piece that will look great in a hallway or on a dressing table, and will make a lovely gift for an aesthete woman.
Guglielmo Pugi lived in Florence, where he ran a sculpture workshop with his two sons. Their workshop, “Guglielmo Pugi e Figli”, was mainly dedicated to exports, particularly to the United States. Guglielmo Pugi's work, emblematic of the Art Nouveau style, is characterized by direct carving in alabaster and Carrara marble (often white or veined).
Some of his sculptures are now housed in Volterra's Historical Alabaster Museum. Many of his works were shown at major international exhibitions, such as the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo and the 1904 Exposition...
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Early 1900s Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble
Sculpture "Strength" by Henri Louis Levasseur
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sculpture called “Strength” made by Henri Louis Levasseur (1853-1934). Made of bronze with brown patina.
Signature H. LEVASSEUR Foundry coin “House VIGNES DE M.v. SANCHEZ. FLORIDA. 3...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
19th Cast Bronze Statue of a Cherub Angel Signed by Ferdinando de Luca, Italy
Located in Miami, FL
20th century cast bronze statue of a cherub angel signed by Ferdinando de Luca, Italy
Beautiful statue with a cherub and two devils with impresionant faces featuring a minotaur’s
m...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Meissen Art Nouveau Figure 'Cupid Leading A Heart', By August Ringler, Ca 1895
By August Ringler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Art Nouveau porcelain figurine by August Ringler:
Naked winged cupid, loosely covered with a cloth fastened by an embroidered belt, looking down at a winged, flaming heart ...
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1890s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Art Nouveau Porcelain Boy Figurine Lederhosen Octoberfest German, 1900
By Katzhütte
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Octoberfest Lederhosen boy figure handmade in Germany circa 1900s or older. A beautiful piece for any room. Handmade and hand painted in beautiful colors.
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
$112 Sale Price
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'Spring', Putto With Flowers, by Michael Powolny, Vienna Ceramics, 1910-1912
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent and rare Art Nouveau ceramic piece from a series of the four seasons:
Naked putto in a wide striding position, his blond head tilted to the left and holding a cascade of fl...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic
Antique Porcelain Sculpture Maiden Goose Bing&Grøndahl A. Locker Copenhagen
Located in Munich, DE
Charming porcelain group of a maiden surrounded by her goose, executed by Axel Locker for Bing & Grøndahl around 1900.
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Early 1900s Danish Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Sculpture, Figural Tray Maiden & Lily Pads, Ernst Wahliss
Located in Lisbon, PT
An extraordinary Secession Style Ernst Wahliss hand-painted porcelain figurine tray with an elegant seated maiden flanked by a green lilypad.
Made in Teplitz, Austria, circa 1891.
...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
$2,552 Sale Price
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Plaster Sculture by Ruth Milles (Sweden, 1873-1941). Art Nouveau, dated 1906
By Ruth Milles
Located in Knivsta, SE
Charming Plaster Sculture by Ruth Milles (Sweden, 1873-1941). A young girl with a bag. Art Nouveau, dated 1906.
Ruth Milles is the sister of the world famous sculptor Carl Milles. S...
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Early 1900s Swedish Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Plaster
Art Nouveau sculpture desk Inkwell Stand, Figure of the Law and Justice 1900´s
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
WMF, superb Art Nouveau desk inkwell. Wonderful work. Maker mark for WMF. Model 288. The Lady is the Law. Similar to the justice sculpture See Photos...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Spelter
$1,440 Sale Price
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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
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Iron
$300 Sale Price / set
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Beautiful Farmer Maid Statue on Marble Base, Vintage 1890s, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A decorative maid sculpture. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal and a marble base. This makes a nice addition to any room.
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Metal
Amour Captif Bronze Tabletop Statue By Félix Sanzel, 20th Century
By Felix Sanzel
Located in Lisbon, PT
This patinated bronze sculpture titled Amour Captif is a powerful reinterpretation of love's paradoxes, created by celebrated French sculptor Félix Sanzel.
Signed F. Sanzel on the b...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Metal, Bronze
$7,294 Sale Price
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Antique Rosenthal Porcelain Pierrot Clown Figurine No. 436 by A. Caasmann
By Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique German Jugendstil porcelain figurine.
Designed by Albert Caasmann for Rosenthal in 1916.
In the form of a Pierrot clown playing an acc...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Franz Bergmann Vienna Cold Painted Bronze Figure of Snake Charmer
Located in Forney, TX
A highly coveted Franz Bergmann Vienna Cold Painted Bronze Figure of an Arab Snake Charmer on an alluring carpet of alluring colors and patt...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Decorative Jesus Metal Statue on Ebonized Wooden Base, Germany 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A classic decorative Jesus statue. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of a kind of Metal (probably white metal) on a wooden base. Ver...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Metal
Art Nouveau Rosenthal Porcelain Figurine of Storming Bacchantes by A. Cassmann
By Rosenthal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An Art Nouveau figurine by Rosenthal.
Entitled "Stürmende Bacchantes" which translates to "Storming Bacchantes".
Depicting three half clothed figures stepping towards (or from)...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
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
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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
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Ceramic, Majolica
Art Nouveu Woman Sign: Ruini, Materials: Marble and Silver Plated Bronze
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
Materials: Silvered bronze and marble
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any que...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
French 19th Century Carrara Marble Sculpture Portrait of Woman, Signed LeBrun
By Le Brun
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful marble statue, a portrait of a young woman, cut from Carrara marble. The statue has a beautiful artistic look. The woman's refined, serene face contrasts beautifully with t...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Carrara Marble
$2,656 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Materials
Bronze
Lamp "La Bonne Soupe" by Victor Rousseau, Art Nouveau, circa 1900
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important patinated spelter lamp representing a young boy, probably a butcher boy, drinking his soup accompanied by his pit bull / bulldog type dog.
The boy is leaning against a gallows holding an electrified green lantern.
By Belgian sculptor Victor Rousseau (1865-1954).
Art Nouveau / Belle Epoque style.
Plate with inscription "La Bonne Soupe par Rousseau" ("The Good Soup by Rousseau") on the front, signature "Rousseau" on the side and stamp "Fabrication française...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Metal, Spelter
$4,743 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Glass, A. Walter, (Pâte de verre vide-poche by Amalric Walter), France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Pâte de verre vide-poche by Amalric Walter.
Born in Sèvres on May 19, 1870, Walter first worked at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, near Paris, where he decorated and glazed ear...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass
Art Nouveau Bisque Porcelain Boy Figurine Lederhosen Octoberfest German, 1900
By Katzhütte
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Octoberfest Lederhosen boy figure handmade in Germany circa 1900s or older. A beautiful piece for any room. Handmade and hand painted in beautiful colors.
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Clara Pfeffer "Loïe Fuller" Sculpture
By Clara Peffer
Located in New York, NY
This patinated bronze sculpture “Loïe Fuller” by Clara Pfeffer features dual lighted elements that emerge from the fabric in each of the dancer’s hands. The statue is a gorgeous representation of the performer’s famed routines known for their signature element of expressive movements using drapery...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
1910s Rosenthal Putto & Monkey Porcelain Sculpture by Ferdinand Liebermann
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
Maurice Bouval (French 1863 - 1916), Patinated Bronze Of An Art Nouveau Woman
Located in Germantown, MD
Maurice Bouval (French 1863 - 1916), Patinated Bronze Figure Of An Art Nouveau Woman Bronze on Marble Plinth.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
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
Adrien Étienne Gaudez Figural Bronze Sculpture 'Acteon" Man Hunting with Spear
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exquisite bronze sculpture by Adrien Étienne Gaudez (French, 1845–1902) captures the mythological figure of Actéon, the famed hunter from classical antiquity. Gaudez, a celebrat...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
$3,596 Sale Price
20% Off
Jugendstil Bronze Sculptures of Buddha and Priestess by Franz Bergmann, Austria
Located in North Miami, FL
A set of Jugendstil cold-painted bronze sculptures of Buddha and a gilt Priestess by Franz Bergmann, Austria
By: Franz Bergmann, Nam Greb
Material: bronze, copper, tin, metal, paint...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Metal, Bronze, Copper, Tin
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
"Le Secret" Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture by Pierre Felix Masseau
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Fix-Masseau set up his workshop in Paris where he attracted the admiration of Rodin. The latter was unable to convince him to join his studio. The quality of his sculptures was notic...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Retour Des Cerises by Charles Anfrie
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Late 19th Century Art Nouveau sculpture.
Design by Charles Anfrie.
Striking French design from the 1890s.
This wonderful Late 19th Century Art Nouveau sculpture by Charles Anfrie is executed in patinated bronze and signed at the base with Retour Des Cerises.
This attractive young girl walks away happy after picking...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
$2,134 Sale Price
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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
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Glass Vase entitled "Scenic Vase" by Emile Gallé
By Émile Gallé
Located in London, GB
An eye catching late 19th Century French cameo glass vase decorated with raised deep burgundy trees against a blue mountainous landscape against a variegating yellow field. Exhibitin...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Glass
20th Century French Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming early 20th-century French sculpture combines the elegance of gilt bronze and the lifelike detail of ivory to create a captivating piece. Depicting a young child in peri...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
Early 20th Century Spanish Bronze Entitled "Girl on Chair" by Juan Clara
By Juan Clara
Located in London, GB
A charming early 20th Century Spanish bronze study depicting a young girl trying to escape from her high chair, exhibiting excellent rich brown and gilt patina and fine detail. Signe...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Girl with Wheat Bronze Sculpture by Hippolyte Moreau
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Girl with Wheat bronze sculpture by Hippolyte F. Moreau. He is famous for his bronze statues of young women. He is also the son of another renown French sculptor named Jean Baptiste Moreau. It depicts a young lady with long curly hair who is dressed with a see-through robe. She is holding a basket of wheat with one arm and some branches of them with the other one. She appears to be in the countryside and is observing a pair of doves that are on the ground. The bronze sculpture is standing over two...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
$1,200 Sale Price
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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
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
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
Materials
Porcelain
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
Materials
Stoneware
19th CENTURY AUGUSTE MOREAU'S BRONZE STATUETTE DIONYSUS CHILD
Located in Firenze, FI
Important lost wax cast bronze sculpture with dark patina depicting Dionysus as a child. The god holds his characteristic attributes in his hands: a laurel branch in his left hand, s...
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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
Art Nouveau Pearl Mermaid Porcelain Plaque by Emile Jacob
By Emile Jacob
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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
Bronze of a Young Barefoot Boy W/Hands in Pockets Is Whistling, Ca. 1889
By V. Szczeblewski
Located in Petaluma, CA
This famous statue always brings a smile, as a young boy with hands in pockets is whistling and is titled "Mousse Siffleur". Nicely cast, and signed by the Polish artist Victor Szcze...
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Late 19th Century Polish Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,350 Sale Price
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Porcelain Figure, Faun With Crocodile, By Rosenthal Selb, Germany, Circa 1923
Located in Vienna, AT
Admirable Art Nouveau Figurine by Rosenthal:
Frightened faun standing on a broken piece of ruins with Egyptian inscriptions, holding a pan flute in his right hand, at his feet a croc...
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1920s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Sculpture Of A Young Peasant Girl
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Bronze Sculpture of a Girl by Auguste Moreau. It depicts a painted bronze sculpture of a young peasant girl wearing a yellow dress and barefoot. She has curly hair that is ...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
E Marioton, Pompeian Dancer, Signed Bronze, Late 19th Early 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large bronze dancer with a brown patina, on a green marble base: she bears the name of Pompeian Dancer on a cartouche. She plays delicately with her veil, balanced on one foot, on a ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau white marble sculpture, circa 1900.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sculpture representing the morning star, in white marble from the Art Nouveau period.
H: 69cm. W: 27cm, D: 20cm
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Bronze & Marble Sculpture by Listed Artist Charles Renee Masse Jeune Arabe
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful tall bronze & marble base by listed artist Charles Renee Masse, signed title Jeune Arabe, this piece its part of a series that have many auction results. Signed dated " Ch....
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$2,380 Sale Price
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Almaric Walter Pâtes de Verre Art Glass Figure of Pan Playing his Pipes
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and fine French pâtes de verre cast glass figure of Pan attributed to Victor Almaric Walter and believed to have been made in Nancy circa 1920. Th...
Category
1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
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