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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Blown Glass
20th Century French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Metal
20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic, Wood
1960s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
1940s Argentine Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Alabaster, Bronze
Early 2000s Hong Kong Modern Figurative Sculptures
Rubber
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Gold Plate
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
1980s Venezuelan Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Iron
2010s Argentine Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin, Fiberglass
20th Century Israeli Modern Figurative Sculptures
Brass
20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Murano Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Figurative Sculptures
Marble, Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Acrylic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Figurative Sculptures
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Figurative Sculptures
Fiberglass, Scagliola, Stucco, Burlap
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Stone, Sandstone
20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Glass
20th Century French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Composition
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Murano Glass
20th Century Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Wood
2010s German Modern Figurative Sculptures
Wood, Paint
1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Cast Stone, Cement
2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Brass
1960s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Travertine, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Figurative Sculptures
Gold Leaf
1930s French Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Plaster
1970s Mexican Vintage Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Danish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Clay
2010s British Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Sculptures
Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Carrara Marble
Early 2000s Hong Kong Modern Figurative Sculptures
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Stone
2010s Argentine Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin, Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Figurative Sculptures
Iron
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Figurative Sculptures
Fabric, Plastic, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Figurative Sculptures
Stainless Steel