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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Colombian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plexiglass, Paper
2010s Colombian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plexiglass, Paper
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic, Clay
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic, Mirror
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Agate
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s Colombian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plexiglass, Paper
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s French Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Colombian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Mirror, Wood
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Wire, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
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 American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Bronze, Stainless Steel, Wire
2010s Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Gold Leaf
2010s Colombian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plexiglass, Paper
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Quartz
Early 2000s Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Copper, Enamel
1990s French Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Gold Leaf
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Granite, Stainless Steel
20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Steel
1990s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Stone
2010s Spanish Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Stoneware, Rope
1990s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plaster
1990s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Japanese Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
1970s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass, Iron
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Gold Leaf
2010s Ukrainian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
2010s Japanese Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
2010s Japanese Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
2010s French Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
2010s French Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
2010s French Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass, Steel, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Walnut
2010s French Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Sandstone, Enamel, Steel
2010s Brazilian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Resin
2010s French Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Sandstone, Enamel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Pine
2010s French Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Sandstone, Steel, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Pine
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Latex, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Pine
1960s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Bronze