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Beaux Arts Sculptures

BEAUX ARTS STYLE

Beaux Arts furniture included chairs replicating models from the Renaissance and sofas inspired by Louis XIV. These pieces filled high-ceilinged rooms that featured tapestries fit for a medieval castle and were illuminated by crystal chandeliers reminiscent of those in European palaces. Leon Marcotte Company created furnishings for the White House mimicking the style of Louis XVI, while in France, cabinetmaker Louis Majorelle reproduced 18th-century pieces that would influence his later Art Nouveau style.

Students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 19th-century Paris meticulously sketched Roman and Greek art and architecture as part of a curriculum that elevated the classical world. This reverence for history informed the architecture and design being constructed in the French capital and beyond, where columns and pediments were joined with elements referencing the Renaissance and Baroque eras, culminating in grand civic buildings such as the Palais Garnier opera house constructed under Napoleon III.

Beaux Arts style, also known as Classical Eclecticism for its flamboyant mixing of influences, made its way to the United States in the late 19th century through American architects who studied in Paris, like Richard Morris Hunt and Charles Follen McKim. They designed monumental turn-of-the-century buildings like train stations, libraries, museums and mansions that featured soaring entry halls and grand stairways with nearly every surface embellished, from mosaic floors to stained-glass ceilings. The luxurious interiors of these Beaux Arts buildings, which weren’t crowded with objects as in the Victorian era, matched this spirit of opulence and embraced the past.

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Style: Beaux Arts
Ceramic Sculpture with Black Glaze Decoration by Tim Orr, 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture with black glaze decoration by Tim Orr. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base, circa 1970.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Green glazed stoneware "Bastet" by Laurent Dufour, 2024.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Green glazed stoneware « Bastet » by Laurent Dufour. Artist signature under the base. Unique piece. 2024. H : 80.7 x 22 x 22 inches.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture with Black Glaze Decoration by Tim Orr, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture with black glaze decoration by Tim Orr. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base, circa 1970.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Black glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos, Circa 1980-1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Black glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos. Artist signature under the base. Circa 1980-1990. H : 19.5’ x 6.5’ x 8’ inches. Unique piece.
Category

1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2018
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware and oxides sculpture entitled « Matador » by Pierre Martinon, 2023.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware and oxides sculpture entitled « Matador » by Pierre Martinon. Signed at the base « Martinon ». Unique piece. 2023. H : 18.1 x 7.9 x 6.7 inches.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Earthenware vase- sculpture by Georges Martin, circa 1980.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Earthenware vase- sculpture by Georges Martin. Artist monogram on the base. Unique piece. Circa 1980. H : 26.8 x 7.1 x 15.7 inches.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Glazed ceramic sculpture by Gisèle Buthod Garçon, circa 1980-1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed ceramic sculpture by Gisèle Buthod Garçon. Raku fired. Artist monogram and signature under the base. Circa 1980-1990. H : 3.9’ x 5.5’ x 5.5’ inch...
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Glazed and engobed ceramic sculpture, circa 1970 by La Borne Potters
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed and engobed ceramic sculpture. Artist’s monogram at the base to identify. Circa 1970- 80. Unique piece. H : 9.8 x 29.5 x 16.9 inches.
Category

1960s French Vintage Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Rare Bronze Paperweight Celebrating 500th Anniversary of Leipzig Univ, 1909
By Max Lange
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Depicting two male nudes lifting a garland framing Medieval images of the two patron saints of Leipzig University -- St. Laurentius and John the Baptist -- this rare and beautiful br...
Category

Early 1900s German Antique Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Glazed ceramic plate by Pierre Martinon, 1995.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed ceramic plate by Pierre Martinon. Artist signature at the base. 1995. H : 1.2 x 9.8 x 13.6 inches.
Category

1990s French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Wood fired stoneware «Pot à feu» sculpture by Île/Mer/Froid
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Wood fired stoneware «Pot à feu» sculpture by Île/Mer/Froid. Artist signature under the base. 2023. H : 29.9’ x 14.6’ inches.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Sculpture with Black Glaze Decoration by Tim Orr, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture with black glaze decoration by Tim Orr. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base. circa 1970.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Wood fired stoneware «Pot à feu» sculpture by Île/Mer/Froid
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Wood fired stoneware «Pot à feu» sculpture by Île/Mer/Froid. Artist signature under the base. 2023. H : 30.7’ x 15.7’ inches.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Important sculpture in glazed stoneware by Philippe Lambercy, circa 1980-1990.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important sculpture in glazed stoneware by Philippe Lambercy. Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1980-1990. H : 12.9’ x 28.7’ x 8.3’ inches.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware duck sculpture by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware duck sculpture by Georges Martin. Unique piece. Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1970-1980. H : 12.9 x 11.8 x 24.8 inches.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Unique Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2017
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An unique porcelain sculpture by Wayne Ficher. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base; Wayne Fischer. 2017.  
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Sculpture Entitled "Symphonie Minérale" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1987
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic sculpture entitled « Symphonie minérale » by Pierre Martinon. Perfect original conditions. Signed and dated at the base "Pierre Martinon 1987". Unique piece. Fa...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

A ceramic sculpture, circa 1980-1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture. Perfect original conditions. Circa 1980-1990. 26 x 20 x 4 cm.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Sculpture with Black Glaze Decoration by Tim Orr, circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture with black glaze decoration by Tim Orr. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base. circa 1970.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Pitchet, by Alexandre Foucher, circa 1960, La Borne
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic pitchet by Alexandre Foucher. Original conditions. Signed under the base, circa 1960. Unique piece.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

White glazed ceramic sculpture by Gisèle Buthod Garçon, circa 1980-1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
White glazed ceramic sculpture with two faces by Gisèle Buthod Garçon. Raku fired. Artist monogram and signature under the base. Circa 1980-1990. H : 11...
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

A Fine Animalier School Bronze Figure of a Bull, After Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Although there is seemingly no apparent foundry mark, this finely cast & patinated animalier bronze known as ‘Bull’ or ‘Taureau Beuglant’ is exemplary in demonstrating exceptional at...
Category

Early 20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ceramic Sculpture by Gérard Brossard, to La Borne, circa 2000
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture by Gérard Brossard to La Borne. Perfect original conditions. Signed "Gérard Brossard". Unique piece, circa 2000.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Bronze of a Man Lying Face Down, Karoly Herpka, Hungarian (1861-1938)
Located in Petaluma, CA
This unusual and mysterious bronze was done by the Hungarian artist Karoly Herpka (1861-1938). Signed underneath in 2 places. The subject seems to be unhappy about some event. Not...
Category

Early 20th Century Hungarian Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Abstract Stoneware Sculpture by La Borne Potters, circa 1970, Signed
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An abstract stoneware sculpture, circa 1970 by La Borne Potters. Signed. Unique piece.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Sculpture Entitled "Petite musique de nuit" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1991
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture entitled " Petite musique de nuit " by Pierre Martinon. Perfect original conditions. Signed and dated at the base " Pierre Martinon 1991". Unique piece. ...
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Brown glazed stoneware sculpture by Laurent Dufour, 2023
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Brown glazed stoneware sculpture by Laurent Dufour. Artist signature under the base. 2023. Unique piece. H : 28.7’ x 10.2’ x 11.8’ inches.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Sculptural Stool "Torsade 2" by Laurent Dufour, 2023
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Torsade 2, 2023 by Laurent Dufour Glazed stoneware. Unique piece. Signed at the base. This piece can be put indoor and outdoor.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

19th Century French Bronze Sculpture Of Viking With Battle Axe
Located in Norwood, NJ
Unique, one of a kind, French 19th century patinated bronze sculpture using multiple materials. Main figure of Viking holding a battle axe. Bronze mounted h...
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Griotte Marble, Bronze

Ceramic Sculpture Entitled "Rocher Posé" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1985
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic sculpture entitled « Rocher posé » by Pierre Martinon. Perfect original conditions. Signed and dated at the base "Pierre Martinon 1985". Unique piece. Far from ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Black glazed stoneware sculpture-vase by Michel Lanos, Circa 1980-1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Black glazed stoneware sculpture-vase by Michel Lanos. Artist signature under the base. Circa 1980-1990. Unique piece. H : 18’ x 13’ x 5’5 inches.
Category

1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

German Bronze Figure of Emil Jannings, Hollywood and Movie Interest
Located in Petaluma, CA
This is an exceptionally rare bronze of the noted early film star Emil Jannings. Emil Jannings was a German actor, popular in 1920s Hollywood. He was the first Oscar recipient, hono...
Category

1920s German Vintage Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2018
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2018. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Important sculpture in glazed stoneware by Philippe Lambercy, circa 1980-1990.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important sculpture in glazed stoneware by Philippe Lambercy. Artist monogram on the base. Circa 1980-1990. H : 16.5’ x 30.7’ x 7’ inches.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Black glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos, Circa 1980-1990
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos. Artist signature under the base. Circa 1980-1990. Unique piece. H : 27’ x 17’ x 12’5 inches.
Category

1980s French Vintage Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic sculpture by Alistair Dahnieux, circa 2013
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture signed Alistair Danhieux. Signed and dated under the base. 2013. Perfect original conditions.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Sculpture Entitled "La Citadelle" by Pierre Martinon, circa 2000
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic sculpture entitled « La Citadelle » by Pierre Martinon. Perfect original conditions. Signed and dated at the base "Pierre Martinon 2000". Unique piece. Far from...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Sculpture Signed A.C and Dated 1992
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture signed AC and dated under the base 1992. Perfect original conditions, circa 1992.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Zoomorphic Ceramic Sculpture by Pierre Roulot, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A zoomorphic ceramic sculpture by Pierre Roulot. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base "Roulot". circa 1950-1960.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2015
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2015. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Bronze Figure of a Field Hockey Player, German, Artist Signed, circa 1900
By Gottlob Deihle
Located in Petaluma, CA
We are always on the lookout for bronzes with a sports theme. Here we are offering a rare example of a field hockey player. Well cast with a beautiful war...
Category

Early 20th Century German Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Sculpture Entitled "Entre-Deux" by Pierre Martinon, circa 1991
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ceramic sculpture entitled « Entre-deux » by Pierre Martinon. Perfect original conditions. Signed and dated at the base "Pierre Martinon 1991". Unique piece. Far from t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world”. Femininity and sensuality are exalted. Inspired by the body, before and after birth, or simply the sea, the parts of the sculpture conjugate around a mysterious interior cavity, secret and troubling. The interior wall doesn’t correspond to the exterior, and has its own volumes, deformities, and intimacy. The pieces present two kinds of interior: one open, and partially uncovered, the other totally hidden inside. The differences of their respective deformation reinforce the impression of life : the subjective representation of muscles and bones, of bulges pushed by an interior force, like a visceral movement of respiration. The surface of the ceramic is crackled but soft and fine, even reflecting light like the skin. The nuances of color reinforce the expression of sensuality. The alignment of technique and what it causes one to see and feel has rarely been so intimately successful. Wayne Fischer perfected his technique in the 1970s and has remained faithful to it. He adds fibers to porcelain clay that has been chosen for its whiteness to create and accentuate volume around empty space, by assembling slabs or thrown pieces. Then, he makes another piece that takes its place inside; both parts are formed with no hand...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2006
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2006. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world”. Femininity and sensuality are exalted. Inspired by the body, before and after birth, or simply the sea, the parts of the sculpture conjugate around a mysterious interior cavity, secret and troubling. The interior wall doesn’t correspond to the exterior, and has its own volumes, deformities, and intimacy. The pieces present two kinds of interior: one open, and partially uncovered, the other totally hidden inside. The differences of their respective deformation reinforce the impression of life : the subjective representation of muscles and bones, of bulges pushed by an interior force, like a visceral movement of respiration. The surface of the ceramic is crackled but soft and fine, even reflecting light like the skin. The nuances of color reinforce the expression of sensuality. The alignment of technique and what it causes one to see and feel has rarely been so intimately successful. Wayne Fischer perfected his technique in the 1970s and has remained faithful to it. He adds fibers to porcelain clay that has been chosen for its whiteness to create and accentuate volume around empty space, by assembling slabs or thrown pieces. Then, he makes another piece that takes its place inside; both parts are formed with no hand...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer. Perfect original conditions. Signed. Unique piece. 2022. How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions? Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented. He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution. The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees. The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world”. Femininity and sensuality are exalted. Inspired by the body, before and after birth, or simply the sea, the parts of the sculpture conjugate around a mysterious interior cavity, secret and troubling. The interior wall doesn’t correspond to the exterior, and has its own volumes, deformities, and intimacy. The pieces present two kinds of interior: one open, and partially uncovered, the other totally hidden inside. The differences of their respective deformation reinforce the impression of life : the subjective representation of muscles and bones, of bulges pushed by an interior force, like a visceral movement of respiration. The surface of the ceramic is crackled but soft and fine, even reflecting light like the skin. The nuances of color reinforce the expression of sensuality. The alignment of technique and what it causes one to see and feel has rarely been so intimately successful. Wayne Fischer perfected his technique in the 1970s and has remained faithful to it. He adds fibers to porcelain clay that has been chosen for its whiteness to create and accentuate volume around empty space, by assembling slabs or thrown pieces. Then, he makes another piece that takes its place inside; both parts are formed with no hand...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture "Bloc in motion" by Maarten Stuer. This piece can be put indoor or outdoor. Artist monogram under the base. 2020. Unique piece.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Sculpture by Gérard Brossard, to La Borne, circa 2000
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture by Gérard Brossard to La Borne. Perfect original conditions. Signed " Gérard Brossard ". Unique piece. circa 2000.
Category

20th Century French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture "Bloc in motion" by Maarten Stuer. This piece can be put indoor or outdoor. Artist monogram under the base. 2020. Unique piece.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Unique Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2017
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An unique porcelain sculpture by Wayne Ficher. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base, Wayne Fischer. 2017.  
Category

2010s French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Ceramic Sculpture by Alistair Danhieux, circa 2010
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture white glazes decoration by Alistair Danhieux. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base, circa 2010.  
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Unique Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2017
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An unique porcelain sculpture by Wayne Ficher. Perfect original conditions. Signed under the base; Wayne Fischer. 2017.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

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