Modern Figurative Sculptures
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
2010s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Walnut
1980s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Blown Glass
1980s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Iron
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Concrete
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass
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Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Amethyst, Rock Crystal, Marble
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Carrara Marble
1990s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Carrara Marble, Metal
1980s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Fiberglass, Plaster, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Alabaster
1970s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Figurative Sculptures
Metal, Stainless Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Blown Glass
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Cast Stone, Cement
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Alabaster
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Art Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Blown Glass
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Greek Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Gold Plate
Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Cast Stone, Cement
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Modern Figurative Sculptures
Chrome
2010s French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Plastic, Plaster
1970s Austrian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Gold Plate
Early 20th Century Israeli Modern Figurative Sculptures
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Olive
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Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Earthenware, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Carrara Marble
1980s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Blown Glass
2010s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Aluminum
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Brass, Steel
Early 2000s European Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass, Art Glass
1980s Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Art Glass
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Gold Leaf
20th Century Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Acrylic
2010s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Walnut, Maple
1960s American Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Composition, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Earthenware
Late 20th Century Zimbabwean Modern Figurative Sculptures
Stone