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
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
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Porcelain, Glass
Erna Kopriva Pottery Sculpture/Terracotta, Figure for Wiener Werkstatte, "Salzfass
By Erna Kopriva, Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great sample of the well known Austrian artist, Erna Kopriva. She was assistant of Joseph Hoffman and worked at Wiener Werkstatte . Similar pieces are now...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
Alexandre Descatoire, Fauna Terracotta, Early 20th Century
By Alexandre Descatoire
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Terracotta sculpture depicting a fauna with a large beard, pointed ears and nascent horns.
Terracotta signed by French artist Alexandre Descatoire (1874-1949)
Alexandre Descatoire studied with André-Louis-Adolphe Laoust and then with Gabriel-Jules Thomas at the Beaux-arts in Paris; he became a teacher of this university in 1934
He won 2nd grand prix of Rome in 1902 and became a member of the Academie Beaux-arts in 1939.
Member of Salon des artistes français, he has won many medals, and even a scholarship to travel in 1905
His creations are mostly dedicated to WW1 soldiers...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
Viennese Bronze, Warriors Dancing Around a Fire, by Franz Bergmann, ca 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare piece of Viennese bronze art:
Two barefoot Native American warriors with horned headdresses and loincloths, and feathers around the hips and legs, with shields affixed to the forearms and weapons raised, dancing around a campfire.
On a flat rock...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Grégoire Calvet 'French, 1871-1928' 19th Century Marble Sculpture of a Nude Girl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Grégoire Calvet (French, 1871-1928) A Fine Late 19th Century Life-Size White Marble Sculpture representing "Peace & Love". The beautifully carved white...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Carrara Marble, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Silvered Bronze Enfant Jouant Avec Un Bateau
Located in Miami, FL
Silvered bronze on marble of a young child playing with a toy boat, signed Villanis, Emmanuel Villanis, 1858-1914, France.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Entitled "Broken Jug" by Charles Anfrie
Located in London, GB
A very fine late 19th century bronze figure of a young lad dressed in period attire holding a broken jug, with excellent rich brown patina and fabulous hand finished surface detail, signed & titled
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 20 cm
Condition: excellent original condition
Circa: 1890
Materials: Bronze
SKU: 8279
ABOUT
Charles Anfrie...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Art Nouveau/Modern Andirons , Gargoyles , Bronze
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A great looking pair of Gargoyles cast in Bronze and with a greenish patina made from the Antique . The gargoyle's have a bearded man's face and wit...
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Early 2000s American Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Round Bronze Plaque Depicting a Male Profile on Wooden Stand
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Round Bronze Plaque Depicting A Male Profile On A Wooden Support From The 1900s. Particular and signed object. Not easy to find, as it was commissioned by...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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 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
Early-20th Century Bronze Vase Entitled "Fée des Bois" by Charles Korschann
Located in London, GB
A very beautiful late 19th Century French Art Nouveau bronze vase decorated with two gilt bronze female figures sitting upon a tree stump. The surface of the vase with excellent detail and very fine colour, signed Korschann and with foundry mark for Louchet Paris
Additional information
Height: 15 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1900
Materials: Bronze
Foundry: Louchet Paris
About
Charles Korschann Biography
Charles Korschann (1872-1943). Born in Brno in Moravia, he attended the Fine Arts Academies in Vienna and Berlin. Although he frequently returned to Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire but a constituent part of Czecho-Slovakia after the First World War, he spent most of his life after 1894 in Paris. He designed many small mostly Art Nouveau subjects including vases, inkwells, clocks, lamps, wall sconces, and jardinières among those with some utility, often with full figures of elegant women, nearly always with hieratic expressions or Symbolist poses. He exhibited at the Salons of the Société des Artistes Français from 1894 to 1905, and was awarded a Bronze Medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle. He worked with gilt and patinated bronze, bronze with polychrome glazed and unglazed ceramics...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Richard Bauroth, Bathers, German Jugenstil Patinated Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1919
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT ARTIST
Richard Bauroth (German, 1884-?) was active/lived in Germany. German sculptor, Richard Bauroth studied in Munich et al. under Adolf von Hildebrand.
DIMENSIONS
Heigh...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Goldscheider Terracotta "Marked, Beethoven, Austria, circa 1900
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
Beautiful Art Nouveau Biscuit Cup, DMP, 1910-1920
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Beautiful Art Nouveau biscuit cup, DMP (Duxer Porzellan-Manufaktur, Royal Dux Bohemia), 1910-1920.
Measures: H: 44 cm, W: 36 cm, D: 22 cm
base - W: 19 cm, D: 17 cm.
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1910s European Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Entitled "La Jeuneuse" by Antonin Carlès
By Antonin Carlès
Located in London, GB
A delightful Art Nouveau early 20th Century gilt bronze figure of a very beautiful young lady holding a flower in her right hand, the surface of the bronze exhibiting fine detail and...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Leda Art Nouveau Bronze Relief Signed by the Artist 1900s
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Spectacular bronze relief that represents the Greek motif of Leda and the swan, according to which Zeus descended from Olympus in the form of a swan towards Leda, while this queen wa...
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Early 1900s Spanish Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Terracotta Sculpture Boy & Girl Playing with Goat After Pietro Balestra, 1900s
By Pietro Balestra
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Terra Cotta Group Boy And Girl Playing With A Goat After Pietro Balestra 1900s
Late 19th century beautifully detailed statue in terracotta of a boy and a girl playing with a goat pl...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
Gilt And Patinated Bronze Bust By Henri Godet “Femme Tulipe”
By Henri Godet
Located in Norwood, NJ
A fine unusual Art Nouveau two tone gilt and patinated bronze bust of a young lady rising from the center of a tulip flower with fine detail, raised on a breche griotte circular marb...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Griotte Marble
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
Late 19th C Effigy of Mephistopheles on a Bronze Dresser Tray
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th C Effigy of Mephistopheles on a bronze dresser tray. Leaning into the tray with a contemplative pose and conniving expression. Best known for his role in Faust. Caught in h...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hanoi School, Woman's Head, Bronze 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Bronze with drune patina of a woman's head wearing a traditional headdress
Wooden base Illegible mark on the back School of Hanoi / Nguyen Thanhle
A slight blow to the nose, an...
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20th Century Vietnamese Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Bust of a Smiling Child by Injalbert Foundry Mark Siot France 190
By Jean-Antoine Injalbert
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique bronze bust of a smiling child by Jean Antoine Injalbert. Foundry mark Siot Decauville Paris, Numbered. France 1900.
Bronze, patinated. Belgian red marble base.
Jean Anto...
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Early 1900s Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Schauer Ceramic Sculpture, Sculptor Franz Sautner
By Franz Sautner
Located in Torino, IT
Sculpture in ceramics signed Franz Sautner
"Children at the fountain",
Schauer & Co.
Jugendstil, Art Nouveau.
Austria, 1920s
Origin: Austria
Period: 1920s
Author: Franz ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Meissen Pair of Oriental Figurines A 1146 67073 Scheurich Made 20th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen most remarkable pair of figurines: Designed by Paul Scheurich (1883-1945)
Oriental woman with flute / modelled 1926
Black man with cockatoo / modelled 1922.
Size:
Femal...
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1980s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Statue Figure of the Nuremberg Water Fountain Goose Man Antique Souvenir
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful metal figurine of the goose man, a statue in the middle of a water fountain in Nuremberg, Germany. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal. A bea...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Metal
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
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Porcelain
19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Entitled "Venus & Cupid" by Jean Sul-Abadie
By Jean Abadie
Located in London, GB
A very fine bronze study of Venus taking an arrow from Cupid her son, who at times would shoot his arrows without meaning or reason into the hearts of men, igniting their desire. Exhibiting excellent rich brown patina and good detail, signed Sul Abadie and stamped.
Additional information
Height: 93 cm
Condition: excellent condition
Circa: 1885
Materials: bronze & marble
SKU: 4979
ABOUT
Jean Sul-Abadie
Jean Sul-Abadie (Born 1850 ~ Died 15th April 1890) was a French artist, a pupil of Jouffroy and Falguière. Specialising in bronze sculpting in the Art Nouveau style. He made his Salon debut in 1872.
Cupid & Venus
Different tales exist about the origin of Venus and Cupid. Some say that Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, had a love affair with Mars, the god of war. Out of this relationship, Cupid was born. In the following painting you see Venus with Mars, who is being disarmed by Cupid.
Cupid has attributes from both of his parents. Like his mother he is considered to be the god of love, or more precisely, the god of falling in love. He is portrayed as an innocent little child with bow and arrows. He shoots arrows to the heart, and awakening a love that you’re powerless to resist.
In classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupido, meaning “desire”) is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars, and is known in Latin also as Amor (“Love”). His Greek counterpart is Eros.
Although Eros is in Classical Greek art as a slender winged youth, during the Hellenistic period, he was increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy. During this time, his iconography acquired the bow and arrow that represent his source of power: a person, or even a deity, who is shot by Cupid’s arrow is filled with uncontrollable desire. In myths, Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion. He is a main character only in the tale of Cupid and Psyche, when wounded by his own weapons he experiences the ordeal of love. Although other extended stories are not told about him, his tradition is rich in poetic themes and visual scenarios, such as “Love conquers all” and the retaliatory punishment or torture of Cupid.
In art, Cupid often appears in multiples as the Amores, or amoriniin the later terminology of art history, the equivalent of the Greek erotes. Cupids are a frequent motif of both Roman art and later Western art of the classical tradition. In the 15th century, the iconography of Cupid starts to become indistinguishable from the putto.
Cupid continued to be a popular figure in the Middle Ages, when under Christian influence he often had a dual nature as Heavenly and Earthly love. In the Renaissance, a renewed interest in classical philosophy endowed him with complex allegorical meanings. In contemporary popular culture, Cupid is shown drawing his bow to inspire romantic love, often as an icon of Valentine’s Day.
Venus is the Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity, victory, and desire. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Breccia Marble, 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
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Franz Bergmann, Egyptian Woman w/ Pitcher, Vienna Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Franz Xaver Bergmann
Sculpture: Egyption Peasant Woman Carrying Water Pitcher
This provocative Austrian Art Nouveau/Jugenstil sculpture of a beautiful semi-dressed
Eg...
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Early 1900s Austrian 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
19th Century Austrian Bronze Sculpture Maker Woman Water Carrier
Located in Palermo, IT
This sculpture is Water carrier, around 1890 -1900 Brown patina. Standing figure in a step position, with head tilted in one hand, heavy large tragedy dell'anfora. signs of age and u...
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1880s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Exquisite Art Nouveau Style Bronze Piece / Vase
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Exquisite late 19th century Art Nouveau style gilt bronze decorative vase / piece. The piece is in great condition. Minor wear consistent with age / use. Maker's mark inscribed. The ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Henri Fugere, Bronze Figure, 'Bebe Tapin' Boy Playing His Drum
By Henri Fugère
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Henri Fugere, bronze figure, ' Bebe Tapin ' signed in the bronze.
French Boy playing his drum. Henry Fugere, a well listed artist. Mr. Fugere was born in...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Metal
Large Antique Art Nouveau Austrian Porcelain Female Sculpture or Bust
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and very well executed antique porcelain bust is presumed to have been made in Austria in circa 1890 in the period Art Nouveau style....
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
E Astorri, Marble Player, Signed Bronze, Late 19th / Early 20th Century
By Enrico Astorri
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Large bronze with brown patina representing a young marbles player: squatting, arm outstretched, he is about to shoot his marble
Wooden base
Sculpture signed by the Italian artist ...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Ceramic Sculpture Water Carrier Viennese Secession circa 1903 White Gold
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Ceramic sculpture respresenting a Water Carrier - designed by Wilhelm Bormann - manufacture attributed to Ernst Wahliss Wien - Viennese Secession circa 1903 Austrian Art Nouveau - Jugendstil
Wilhelm Bormann studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts from 1898 and lectured at the Vienna University of Technology. From 1908, he was also an employee in the Viennese mosaic workshop Leopold Forstner...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic, Earthenware
Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture of Eastern Dancer by Franz Rosse(German, 1858-1900
Located in Shippensburg, PA
FRANZ ROSSE
German, 1858-1900
"Orientalische Tänzerin mit Schalmei” (1888)
Patinated bronze over rouge marble Signed verso "F. Rosse fec. 88"
Item # 10...
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20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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
Materials
Bronze
2 Austrian Movable Naughty, Erotic Bronzes, circa 1920
By Bruno Zach
Located in Petaluma, CA
We are always looking for the fun bronzes, especially those with the kind of theme here. The one that flips open was done by Bruno Zach, while unsigned we know his work. He never signed the really naughty bronzes...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Auguste Moreau Bronze Angel Putto, France, 1855-1919
Located in Rijssen, NL
Auguste Moreau bronze angel putto. Original bronze, circa 1890 by Louis Auguste Moreau, (France, 1855-1919)
Depiction of a female angel with w...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
1900s Bronze Sculpture on Marble Base by Louis Auguste Moreau
Located in Ross, CA
1900s Figurate Art Nouveau bronze sculpture by Louis Auguste Moreau (c. 1903). Commissioned for the Concours Régional d’Auch—and awarded to Julien Truau—the statue was valued at 500 ...
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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
19th Century Bronze Sculpture by Hippolyte Moreau
Located in Bunnik, NL
Bronze with patina, signed Hip Moreau and on the base 'Societe des Bronzes de Paris", circa 1895. One of the most beautiful sculptures by Hippolyte Moreau f...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Sculpture "Appel Au Passeur" by J. Le Guluche Editor, "A. Hanne" Signed
Located in Verviers, BE
Sculpture "Appel au Passeur" by J. Le Guluche editor, "A. Hanne" signed
Le Guluche, 1849-1915
Appel au Passeur
Editor A.Hanne no 395
Joseph Le Guluche, (1849-1915)
Appel au Passeur...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
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
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Terracotta
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
Franz Xaver Bergmann, Koran Reader, Vienna Bronze Sculptural Paperweight, Ca. 19
Located in New York, NY
Marked on the base bottom with initial "B" in an urn-shaped cartouche (for “Bergmann”).
Dimensions:
Height: 3.63 inches (9.07cm)
Length: 4.75 inches (11.87cm)
Width: 2.63 inc...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Bronze Sculptural Thermometer, Long Bodied Lady, Artist Signed and Dated 1911
Located in Petaluma, CA
It wasn't easy trying to title this bronze in one sentence. The first thing about it to my eye is the wonderful whimsy displayed. The fact that it's a thermometer just adds to the jo...
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1910s American Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Franz Xaver Bergmann, Odalisque, Vienna Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
This wonderful life-like sculpture depicts a half-naked odalisque reclining in a lazy pose on silk pillows on an ottoman, covered with a lion's skin. With bare breasts, only a small ...
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1890s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Silvered Bronze Bookends Sculptures of a Mermaid and Merman, France, 1900
By Jean Garnier
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Silvered bronze bookends sculptures of a Mermaid and Merman, France, 1900.
This enchanting bronze sculpture is the object of many sailors dreams. Silvered bronze sculptures of a mer...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Meissen Art Nouveau Figure, Flora with Cupids, by Emmerich Oehler, ca 1913
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Art Nouveau Figurine Group by Meissen:
Monumental figure of Flora, taking a step forward in dance and holding large, heavy flower garlands of yellow roses, which are wrapped with a blue bow, in hands. The hair of the female nude is artfully tied into a striped cloth, which is held together by blue ribbons and is decorated with leaf branches over the ears. On her left shoulder she carries a naked boy who is holding in an upside down position a golden wreath...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
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....
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Woman Adorned with a Flowery Hair
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze statuette of a Woman adorned with a Flowery Hair: Bronze by Maurice-Giraud Rivière (1881-1947), standing on a green veined marble base.
Measures...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Goldscheider Terracotta "Marked, Austria, circa 1898
By Goldsheider
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Goldscheider terracotta "" Marked, Austria, circa 1898.
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Art Nouveau Bronze Figure of Nude Maiden, German, circa 1900
Located in Petaluma, CA
Offering here an antique bronze figure of a nude maiden, signed Berndorf. Berndorf was a German foundry started in the mid-19th century. The figure is richly patinated in a warm brow...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Joseph D’Aste “Fete Au Village”
Located in Belmont, MA
Joseph d’Aste (1881-1945), Italian born sculptor who lived and worked in France. “Fete au village” (village celebration), gilt bronze on a marble base. Signed. The bronze sculpture w...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
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