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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 German Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Rubber
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Copper
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
1960s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Enamel
2010s Mexican Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Aluminum
1980s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Copper
2010s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
Mid-20th Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Pottery
Early 2000s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Steel
Early 2000s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
1990s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Gold
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Steel
Early 2000s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Aluminum, Stainless Steel
2010s British Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
2010s French Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
1960s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Steel
1990s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Resin, Plexiglass, Paint
Mid-20th Century French Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Composition
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
1960s North American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Crystal, Brass
2010s Japanese Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Pine
2010s Japanese Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
1990s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1980s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
2010s Mexican Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
Early 2000s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal, Bronze
1990s American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Sandstone
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plastic, Wood, Paper
1970s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Fiberglass, Paint
2010s German Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Metal
1990s Dutch Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
2010s Japanese Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
2010s Danish Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Foam
Early 2000s Australian Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Spanish Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Chrome
1970s American Vintage Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Bronze