Modern Wall-mounted 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Czech Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
1990s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Sandstone
2010s Czech Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Mirror
Late 20th Century Israeli Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
1970s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Aluminum
1980s Unknown Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Bronze
Early 2000s French Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
1980s Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Unknown Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
2010s Czech Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
20th Century English Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Paper
1980s Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Art Glass
2010s British Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ash
2010s Dutch Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plaster
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Mirror, Birch, Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Mirror
Mid-20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood, Paint
1970s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plastic
2010s British Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Oak, Wenge
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Marble, Carrara Marble, Copper
1950s Mexican Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Cast Stone
20th Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass, Steel
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Maple
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s British Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Maple
2010s Balkan Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Stone, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Cedar
2010s Danish Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Onyx
2010s Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Steel
2010s Unknown Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Stainless Steel, Iron
2010s Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Gold Leaf
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s Dutch Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Mirror, Art Glass, Birch
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plastic
20th Century North American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Granite, Metal, Copper
1960s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
2010s Dutch Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
2010s Romanian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Cast Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood, Art Glass, Mirror
2010s Czech Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plastic, Wood, Paper
2010s Belgian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Fabric, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Marble, Carrara Marble, Copper