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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Brazilian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Resin
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Granite, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Steel
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
1980s Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Marble
1970s British Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
2010s British Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ash
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
Early 2000s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Steel
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s German Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood, Paint
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
1970s North American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Chrome
2010s Colombian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plexiglass, Mirror, Acrylic
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Aluminum
20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Bronze
1960s North American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wire
Early 2000s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Bronze
2010s Indian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Indian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
2010s Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze
20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
1950s French Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
1960s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Gold Leaf
2010s Polish Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Stainless Steel
2010s Spanish Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Stoneware, Rope
20th Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plastic
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Copper, Bronze
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood, Paint
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s Danish Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Onyx
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
2010s Australian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood
Late 20th Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
Mid-20th Century German Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Dutch Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass