Modern 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
Late 20th Century European Modern Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sculptures
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Metal
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Metal
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1970s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s Argentine Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Swedish Modern Sculptures
Gold Plate
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s North American Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s North American Modern Sculptures
Cement, Bronze
20th Century Spanish Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s North American Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s North American Modern Sculptures
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Modern Sculptures
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Antique Modern Sculptures
Bronze
Early 2000s American Modern Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Bronze, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Sculptures
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Blown Glass
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1970s French Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Gold Leaf
20th Century American Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1970s French Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Marble, Metal, Bronze
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Canadian Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Canadian Modern Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s European Modern Sculptures
Bronze
1870s Italian Antique Modern Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s French Modern Sculptures
Bronze