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
Vienna Art Ceramics Art Nouveau Bowl 'Goose Dance' by Michael Mörtl ca 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau ceramic centerpiece, twelve geese designed in a circle to form a bowl.
White earthenware painted in color and glazed.
Designed by Michael MÖRTL (1878 - 1939) around 190...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic
antique decorative porcelain doll set
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
- rare collection of 6 porcelain dolls around 1860-1900s
- very good condition without brakes or chips
- beautifully handmade pieces, preserved over decades.
- Heart enchanting expr...
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1880s Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
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
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Porcelain
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
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Girl With Doll's Pram, by Konrad Hentschel, 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created:
The girl in a white dress and with a blue bow in her long hair bends over the wicker doll's pram and places ...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Large Goldscheider Patinated Terracotta Sculpture of a Woman Carrying Water
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large Art Nouveau signed Goldsheider sculpture is done in patinated terracotta and dates to approximately 1900-1920. The statue is done in a Neoclassical style depicting a woman carrying water...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
Pair of French Art Nouveau Patinated Spelter Sculptures
By George Maxim, Auguste Moreau
Located in London, GB
Pair of French Art Nouveau patinated spelter sculptures
French, early 20th century
Measures: Figure with lyre: Height 92cm, width 48cm, depth 38cm
Other figure: Height 90cm, width 52cm, depth 33cm
The spelter works in this pair are after two of the leading Art Nouveau period sculptors: George Maxim and Auguste Moreau. The sculptures portray young women in animated, dance-like postures, wearing flowing dress that recalls Greek wet drapery. One figure holds a musical instrument, while the other spreads her arms as if to music. The figures stand on integral rocky bases above matching marble plinths. Each piece is affixed with a plaque, one reading ‘Libellule par Geo Maxim...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Spelter
Woman Sculpture with Light in Marble, 1900, France, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Signed Art Nouveau Patinated Spelter Lighted Sculpture of Loie Fuller or Lamp
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large and substantial well executed lighted sculpture is signed by an unknown artist, and copyrighted by Napoleon Alliot of France and dates to ap...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Spelter
"Vendimia woman " Sculpture , Year :1890, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Art Nouveau Glazed Italian Torino-Like Porcelain Figurine of a Boy and his Dog
Located in North Miami, FL
Art Nouveau glazed italian Torino-like porcelain figurine of a boy and his dog
By: unknown
Material: ceramic, porcelain, paint, enamel
Technique: glazed, pressed, molded, painted, h...
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Enamel
Art Nouveau Gilt and Patinated Bronze Nude Figure Bud Vase by Charle Korschann.
Located in Sarasota, FL
Art Nouveau Gilt and Patinated bronze figural bud vase by well listed
sculptor Charles Korschann. Signed at base.
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Female Bronze Woman Nude, Sitting Beauty, by Rudolf Marcuse
Located in Berlin, DE
Decorative female bronze nude by Rudolf Marcuse. Sedentary beauty.
Signed and with foundry mark Gladenbeck.
The lower part (fire-gilded) of the sc...
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20th Century Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
$5,691 Sale Price
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Antique Austrian Art Nouveau Patinated Terracotta Sculpture of Two Dancing Women
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique sculpture is possibly signed by an unknown artist, or titled and originated from Austria and dating to approximately 1890 and done in the period Art Nouveau style....
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
'Bare On Bear', Viennese Mechanical Bronze, Beauty On Bearskin, Carl Kauba, 1900
By Carl Kauba
Located in Vienna, AT
Representation of a pretty young lady in a softly falling dress, caressing her body as she stretches backwards, lying on a bearskin-covered divan. When the hinged belt is opened, the...
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Early 1900s Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
Jar, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1900, Sign: Argentor
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Material: Silver plated
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Cast Bronze and Marble Shepherdess with Sheep Sculpture Signed D. Alonzo
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Cast bronze and marble shepherdess with sheep sculpture signed D. Alonzo. France, early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
Woman with mirror Sculpture in Marble Sign: Prof. Jory , Galleria Lapini Firenze
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Woman with mirror Sculpture in Marble
Sign: Prof. Jory
Galleria Lapini Firenze
Sold by: Casa Bellas artes Av. de Mayo 625
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble
Alabaster sculpture signed G. Gambogi. Italy, early 20th century.
By Giuseppe Gambogi
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Alabaster sculpture signed G. Gambogi. Italy, early 20th century.
Giuseppe Gambogi (1862 - 1938).
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Alabaster
19 Th century Lady Bronze with mandolin, Signed
By Paul Eugène Mengin 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 19Th Century Large and impressive bronze with golden bronze patina of a girl holding a musical instrument .Signed P. Mengin 1853-1937. in very good condition. Made with a base that...
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1930s French Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Christofle & R Rozet, Agricultural Trophy in Silver Bronze, Early 20th Century
By Christofle
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Green marble base, the label of the agricultural price to which it corresponded is missing
The bronze is signed R Rozet (René, 1859-1939) and Christofle & Cie, who collaborated at...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
"Femme Au Pieuvre" French Art Nouveau Glazed Ceramic Inkwell by Rupert Carabin
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Nouveau "Femme-Pieuvre," brown glazed ceramic inkwell by Rupert Carabin, wherein a woman ecstatically rips open the head of an octopus, spilling its ink. A beautiful pl...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic
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
Large Sculpture in Patinated Bronze by Henri Vidal, Circa 1900, Art Nouveau.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large sculpture in patinated bronze by Henri Vidal, circa 1900, Art Nouveau period.
Patinated bronze sculpture by the sculptor Henri Vidal, Art Nouveau period, circa 1900.
H: 100cm,...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Art Nouveau Children Group Girl With Child A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, c 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figure group:
Girl and child in clothing from around 1900, the girl in a blue patterned long-sleeved dress with a white apron kneeling on the ...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture Entitled "Cleopatra and Asp" by Schnauder
By Richard Georg Schnauder
Located in London, GB
A very fine early 20th Century gilt bronze figure of the famous Cleopatra with a snake wrapped around her wrist drinking from a bowl. Exhibiting fine colour and excellent hand fi...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
1900's Snake Charming Lady French Art Nouveau Fire-Gilt Bronze by a. Lefebvre
Located in Ulm, DE
Snake charmer
Fire-gilt bronze
by A. Lefebvre, signed
with foundry stamp
Original art nouveau, France around 1900
Dimensions:
Height: 75 cm
Diameter, base: 18 cm.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Stone, Gold Plate, Bronze
E l'Hoest, Archery, Orientalist Bronze Signed, XIXth Century
By Eugène Léon L'Hoest
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
The archery: dark patina bronze representing an archery with oriental features: hair, earrings ...
This sculpture signed by the artist Eugène L'Hoest is of a good quality in the way...
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19th Century French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Boy Fishing Terracotta Statue by Goldscheider
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional and monumental antique terracotta sculpture was crafted at Vienna’s renowned Goldscheider manufactory. This enchanting sculpture, model #1225, depicts a charming genre scene of a young boy...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
Pair of Biscuit Sculptures, 1900, on an Attractive Gilded Carved Wood Base.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of biscuit sculptures, 1900, on an attractive gilded carved wood base.
A pair of biscuit sculptures of dancers in Art Nouveau dress, 1900, on a...
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20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Wood
Sculpture “Bacchanalian Wine Dance, ” by E. Piron, Signed on the base - W7683
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
This is a fantastic Eugene Desire Piron (1875-1928) bronze sculpture, “Bacchanalian Wine Dance.” It is made from olive green/brown patinated bronze on a striated green marble base. T...
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1920s American Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
$1,032 Sale Price
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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
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Bronze
Centerpiece, German, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1900, WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Centerplace, WMF, German
WMF (Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik)
Electro- Wurtemberg Plate Company in Geislingen, Germany, internationally known today as 'WMF' initials of the...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Metal
Terracotta Cherub Bowl
Located in Antwerp, BE
Terracotta cherub bowl or planter.
Width:56 cm.
Height:29 cm.
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
$2,193
Carl Kauba, Frightened by the Frog, Viennese Bronze Sculpture, circa 1915
By Carl Kauba
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions
Total Height: 7.5 inches
Base Height: 2 inches
Width: 2.75 inches
Depth: 2.75 inches
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This charming desk figurine in dark brown patinated Viennese bronze by the famous Austrian sculptor Karl Kaub stands out for the originality and humor of its subject matter. The author depicted with amazing subtlety a boy who jumped on one leg in fright, suddenly seeing a frog sitting on his arm.
CARL KAUBA (Austrian, 1865-1922) was born August 13, 1865 in Vienna, Austria. The son of a shoemaker, Kauba chose to follow his calling into the world of art. Collectors now rank him in a class with Remington and Russell as one of the great portrayers of American Western. His subjects were typically American Indians, calvarymen, cowboys, and roughriders. In addition to his American bronzes, Kauba produced a lifetime’s worth of Austrian statuary. His work became fully appreciated on both sides of the Atlantic.
Carl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under professor Laufenberg. Later he would study at the academies under Carl Waschmann and Stefan Schwartz. Next, he went to Paris in 1886 to further study before he set off for the U.S. In fact, some debate still remains as to whether Kauba ever visited the U.S.
Kauba’s fascination with the West was fired by the stories of the German writer, Carl May, whose tales of Western adventure were well known throughout Europe. Most authorities feel that he was about twenty-five years old when he traveled widely throughout the American West. He then returned to Austria with voluminous notes, sketches, and several models of Western sculpture...
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1910s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Art Nouveau Lady Sculpture Original Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Nouveau standing lady chained to the globe with a sword. Gold medal winner. Signed on the base by the Artist (August Paris) Missing part in her right hand. Large sculpture at 33"...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Woman Dancing Sculpture, France, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1900
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Sculpture
Year: 1900
Material: silver plated bronze
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Art Nouveau Bronzevase Loiseau-Rousseau
Located in Aachen, DE
Schwere patinierte Jugendstil-Bronzevase von Paul Louis Émile Loiseau-Rousseau um 1905 (* 20. April 1861 in Paris, Frankreich; † 1927 ebenda), signiert.
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
$1,754 Sale Price
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Baiadera Sculpture by Anselmo Bucci, Italy, 1935
By Anselmo Bucci
Located in Roma, IT
Anselmo Bucci sculpts this beautiful Art Nouveau ceramic, which represents a dancer. It’s a polychrome sculpture decorated with gilt ornaments.
Bucci was an Italian painter and p...
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1930s Italian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic
Early 20th century French Spelter and Marble Art nouveau Statue, 1925s
By Ruffony
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful spelter statue on a stepped marble base representing a woman accompanied by a sheep and her little one.
Dating from the 1920s, the art nouveau period.
Very good condition...
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1920s French Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Spelter
Art Nouveau Bronze Femme Écrivant by Julien Causse
Located in Paddock Wood Tonbridge, GB
ART NOUVEAU BRONZE BY JULIEN CAUSSE
A stunning sculpture that embodies the elegance of the Art Nouveau period—an exquisite representation of a woman thoughtfully inscribing the date...
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1890s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Carrara Marble, Bronze
Art Nouveau Bronze Nude Female Moon Figurine, 19th Century
Located in Southall, GB
A Gorgeous French Art Nouveau style statue in bronze showing a semi nude moon girl. The Patina is superb to the bronze as is the ornamentation to the moon. A Black marble for pedesta...
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19th Century European Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
$3,040 Sale Price
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Bronze figure "Donkey Walk" by Jose Cardona signed
By José Cardona
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Bronze figure "Donkey Walk" by Jose Cardona, signed
Bronze sculpture titled "Donkey Walk" by the artist José Cardona, consisting of three donkey figures on a base. The work features ...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
French Fireside Hunting Dog Statue A handsome piece made in patinated iron
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
French Fireside Hunting Dog Statue
A handsome piece made in patinated iron and standing on a plinth, the dog is fully 3 Dimensional and looks great from all sides
He is in very good...
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19th Century Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Iron
Bessie Potter Vonnoh "Daphne" Art Nouveau Statue Roman Bronze Works
By Bessie Potter Vonnoh 1
Located in Westport, CT
Art Nouveau bronze "Daphne" statue by World Famous Women Artist Bessie
Potter Vonnoh 1872-1955. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fountain 1923-1927, the Corcoran Gallery of art...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Centerplace, France, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty, 1900, Sign: L. Alliot
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Centerplace,
Year: 1900
Firms:
L. Alliot
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Metal
Terracotta Planter by Montovany, Art Nouveau.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Terracotta planter by Montovany, Art Nouveau.
Terracotta planter by Montovany, Art Nouveau, 1910, restoration to the jug, broken and recoloured, inside of the tub in zinc.
h: 38cm...
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20th Century European Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
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
'Jolly Ride' Nude On Ostrich, Porcelain Group, Rosenthal Selb Germany, Ca 1914
Located in Vienna, AT
Admirable Art Nouveau Figurine Group by Rosenthal:
Young, naked woman with her hair artfully tied up sitting astride on an ostrich stretching its neck forward while running and clutc...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Pair Snowball Thrower & Girl, A. Koenig, c 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Very charming Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurines:
Boy in dark blue jacket, under it a brown vest, striped pants and lace-up shoes, on his head a green cap with a wide brim, a white scarf around his neck, with his right arm reaching far back to throw a snowball at the girl, with his left hand holding more prepared snowballs to his chest. The boy is supported from behind by a small toboggan and is based on round snow base.
The girl in purple flowered dress...
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1910s German Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Art Nouveau Children Group 'Two Girls', by A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, ca 1940
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figure group:
Two barefoot girls in summer clothes, the older one in a green-brown skirt and white long-sleeved shirt with blue stripes, her hair pinned up in two side bunches, the younger child in a red-purple dress sitting on the ground, holding her by the arm and pulling her up.
The model is part of a series of beach motifs by Alfred König.
Based on a white round base with a relief structure on the side and a gold rim.
Very lifelike and loving representation of the characters and the details
Designer:
ALFRED KÖNIG (1871 - 1940) studied at the art academy in Dresden, since 1897 he worked in the Meissen manufactory as a designer and modeler. The artist specialized in the design of human figures in various variations, such as genre figures, children, athletes, soldiers etc.
Model B 290...
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1910s German Vintage 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
Meissen Art Nouveau Group 'the Air' by Paul Helmig, Germany, Around 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900:
Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, si...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Charles Henri Delanglade, Sculpture en marbre blanc - "Le Lierre"
By Charles Delanglade
Located in NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FR
Charles Henri Delanglade (1870-1952) - "Le Lierre"
Technique : Sculpture en marbre blanc
Dimensions : H : 109 cm
Signature : Signé et titré dans le marbre
Base : Roche sculptée
Cond...
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Early 1900s French Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Marble
Art Nouveau Bronze Lady, Marble Base 'The book Lady'
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine detailed bronze casting of an elegant lady in full dress reading a book. Hence the title is (The book Lady) lost wax casting in multi-patina mount...
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1990s North American Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Gustav Adolf Bredow Jugendstilbüste Bronze 1902
By Gustav Adolf Bredow
Located in Aachen, DE
Als Jugendstilbüste einer jungen lesenden Frau gestaltetes Tintenfass, Glaseinsatz (fehlend) unter abnehmbarem Deckel (fehlend) als Buchseite, auf polygonal gestalteter Plinthe mit o...
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Early 1900s German Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,859 Sale Price
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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
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
JEF LAMBEAUX (1852 – 1908) Bronze Statue "THE DANCER WITH CASTANETS"
By Jef Lambeaux
Located in Ixelles, BE
JEF LAMBEAUX (1852 – 1908) Bronze Statue "THE DANCER WITH CASTANETS" .
Imagine a sculpture that transcends mere representation to capture the very essence of movement and passion. "...
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19th Century Belgian Antique Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Anton Grath: 50 cm großes Jugenstil Bronze Relief Franz Schubert
By Anton Grath
Located in Purkersdorf, AT
Der Bildhauer Anton Grath (1881 - 1956) hat dieses große Relief im Jahr 1921 (als Gedenktafel für das Schuberthaus in Wien) ausgeführt.
Es wurden nur 2 Exemplare gegossen - eines ist...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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