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French Art Deco Terracotta Female Nude Sculpture
Located in London, GB
A terracotta sculpture depicting a sitting female nude, attributed to Gabriel Eugène Coquelin (1907-1996). French, c. 1930s.
Category
Early 20th Century French London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Russian iron sculpture of a Cossack horseman
Located in London, GB
Russian iron sculpture of a Cossack horseman
Russian, 1912
Height 39cm, width 35.5cm, depth 17.5cm
This expressive patinated cast iron sculpture depicts ...
Category
1910s Russian Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau French Bronze entitled "Boy and Girl"
Located in London, GB
A charming pair of late 19th Century bronze studies of a two young children one holding a bowl whilst the other holds a bird with excellent hand chased surface detail and very fine r...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Cobalt Voyager, unique glass sculpture by Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
By Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
Located in London, GB
'The Cobalt Voyager' is a unique intense electric blue and black hand-blown and cut glass artwork with steel hull by the American and Swiss artists, Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg.
Combining Scandinavian and Venetian glass making techniques, their sculptural boat centerpieces are made from smaller blown and cut glass components nestled (in sand) inside a metallic hull.
'We are migratory creatures; the history of our species is about journeys, departures, leaving and arriving, starting over. And none more so than ourselves. Our new work is both culturally and personally inclined. An autobiographical touch in civilizational reflection. Wherever man goes he builds, laying down cultural lines which gradually transform into relics and artefacts over time's inevitable march. Urban landscapes and complex designs grow and expand, deteriorate and decay. And on again we move, taking the memories of our exploits with us to use in the next story.' B&G
Baldwin (1947, New York) and Guggisberg (1955, Bern) have been a collaborative team for over forty years. They share an instinctive appreciation for the subtle blending of art and design, functionality and abstract expression, combined with a love of material – especially glass.
The list of museums and collections which have acquired their works is long and impressive. Individual showings, as well as participation in group shows, have given them opportunities to present their works at leading galleries and in major museums in Europe, Japan and the United States and their works rank among the best to be found in the international glass art scene. Working freelance, they have also designed successful products for international glass manufacturers since 1985. Their clients have included renowned firms like Rosenthal, Steuben, Corning and Venini.
Over time their work has developed its own distinctive signature, based in Italian cold-working (battuto) combined with the Swedish overlay process for layering colours. They have been pioneers in adapting these techniques and in creating a distinct expression of their own. Colour, light, texture, pattern, and shape together reveal an undercurrent of meaning and value, adhering to the simplest of forms and clear lines.
Over the years they have become more sculptural in focus, while seeking to imbue their work with a deep connection to archetypal forms and shapes, and striving for the highest level of craftsmanship. They address eternal symbols of human culture and history, while embracing contemporary evolution in form and meaning.
In recent years large installations and major exhibitions in public spaces, such as Canterbury Cathedral...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Early 20th Century Spanish Bronze Entitled "Girl Putting on her Shoe" by J Clara
By Juan Clara
Located in London, GB
An endearing early 20th Century Spanish patinated gilt bronze study of a young girl sitting upon a stool whilst putting on her shoe. The surface of the bronze with excellent rich ...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century Cubist Plaster Nude Study, 1960s
Located in London, England
Evocative nude plaster study in cubist / soviet style.
Some minor scuffs and knocks.
Signed verso.
France 1960s
H 45cm x W 35cm x D 15cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
19th Century Terracotta Figure of an Oriental Lady and Arab Man, Signed H. Morea
Located in London, GB
19th Century Orientalist terracotta figure signed H. Moreau.
Category
19th Century European Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Late 19th Century Bronze Sculpture entitled Femme avec Oiseau by Maurice Bouval
By Maurice Bouval
Located in London, GB
A fabulous Art Nouveau bronze figure of a young beauty sat upon a rock surrounded by birds whilst holding a lute with excellent colour and very fine hand chased surface detail, raise...
Category
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Entitled "Broken Jug" by Charles Anfrie
By Charles Anfrie
Located in London, GB
A very fine late 19th century bronze figure of a young lad dressed in period attire holding a broken jug, with excellent rich brown patina and fabulous hand finished surface detail, signed & titled
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 20 cm
Condition: excellent original condition
Circa: 1890
Materials: Bronze
SKU: 8279
ABOUT
Charles Anfrie...
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Colour-Blind The Queen, a glass & mixed-media sculpture by Chris Day
By Chris Day
Located in London, GB
'Colour-Blind The Queen' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Chris Day, created from handblown & sculpted glass with microbore copper pipe, copper wire and rope.
Chris Day ...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
'Girl seated' One of a kind bronze sculpture
By RinDesign
Located in London, GB
Girl seated' One of a kind abstract figure sculpture hand crafted and cast in bronze in the lost wax process.
Size 28cmH x 7cmW x8cmD
One of a kind and signed.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Blue Venetian Glass Roman Revival Medallion Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Venetian Blue Glass Romanesque Revival Medallion circa 1890 was produced by the Venice & Murano Glass & Mosiac Co. (1872-1919). The iridescent blue ...
Category
1890s Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Japanese FF Fitz And Floyd Hand Painted Ceramic Nautilus Seashell Planter 1980
By Fitz and Floyd
Located in London, GB
Hollywood Regency vintage hand painted Nautilus ceramic planter, footed Bowl, bathroom accessory, centerpiece or nautical sculpture. Made in Japan in circa 1980. Signed. In very good...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Hand Carved Folk Art Willow Wood Angel Figurative Sculpture Poland C.1950
Located in London, GB
Hand Carved Folk Art Willow Wood Angel
Poland C.1950
Willow votive figurine in the form of an angel. Hand painted.
Rustic folk art for a touch of whimsy.
In very good condition co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Folk Art London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Willow
Life-Size Bronze Greek Discus Olympian Statue, 20th Century
Located in Southall, GB
A 20th century life-size, strong, bronze figure of a Greek Olympian throwing the discus during his spin. This large bronze stands over 5.5 feet tall. The quality is exceptional, with...
Category
20th Century European Classical Greek London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nineteenth Century French Bronze of Sappho
By J. Pradier, Susse Freres
Located in London, GB
Nineteenth century French bronze of Sappho, cast by the Parisian Susse Frères foundry (stamped), after Jean-Jacques Pradier (French, 1790-1852).
Category
19th Century French Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1960s Belgian Ceramic Abstract Sculpture with Bronze Textured Style Finish
Located in London, GB
A 1960s Belgian ceramic abstract sculpture with bronze textured style finish mounted on natural wooden base, signed on the base "J H '64".
Category
1960s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Mid-Nineteenth Century Italian Bronze Sculptures of Creugas and Damoxenes
By Antonio Canova
Located in London, GB
Mid-nineteenth century Italian bronze sculptures of Creugas and Damoxenes
after the eighteenth century original 'I Pugilatori' by Antonio Canova,
set atop serpentine columns.
Creuga...
Category
19th Century Italian Classical Roman Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Serpentine, Bronze
Catcher of the Skies, glass sculpture by Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
By Monica Guggisberg & Philip Baldwin
Located in London, GB
'Catcher of the Skies' is a unique pink, orange and black hand-blown and cut glass artwork with steel hull by the American and Swiss artists, Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg.
Combining Scandinavian and Venetian glass making techniques, their sculptural boat centerpieces are made from smaller blown and cut glass components nestled (in sand) inside a metallic hull.
'We are migratory creatures; the history of our species is about journeys, departures, leaving and arriving, starting over. And none more so than ourselves. Our new work is both culturally and personally inclined. An autobiographical touch in civilizational reflection. Wherever man goes he builds, laying down cultural lines which gradually transform into relics and artefacts over time's inevitable march. Urban landscapes and complex designs grow and expand, deteriorate and decay. And on again we move, taking the memories of our exploits with us to use in the next story.' B&G
Baldwin (1947, New York) and Guggisberg (1955, Bern) have been a collaborative team for over forty years. They share an instinctive appreciation for the subtle blending of art and design, functionality and abstract expression, combined with a love of material – especially glass.
The list of museums and collections which have acquired their works is long and impressive. Individual showings, as well as participation in group shows, have given them opportunities to present their works at leading galleries and in major museums in Europe, Japan and the United States and their works rank among the best to be found in the international glass art scene. Working freelance, they have also designed successful products for international glass manufacturers since 1985. Their clients have included renowned firms like Rosenthal, Steuben, Corning and Venini.
Over time their work has developed its own distinctive signature, based in Italian cold-working (battuto) combined with the Swedish overlay process for layering colours. They have been pioneers in adapting these techniques and in creating a distinct expression of their own. Colour, light, texture, pattern, and shape together reveal an undercurrent of meaning and value, adhering to the simplest of forms and clear lines.
Over the years they have become more sculptural in focus, while seeking to imbue their work with a deep connection to archetypal forms and shapes, and striving for the highest level of craftsmanship. They address eternal symbols of human culture and history, while embracing contemporary evolution in form and meaning.
In recent years large installations and major exhibitions in public spaces, such as Canterbury Cathedral...
Category
2010s European Organic Modern London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Only Hope Remains I, black & white standing glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
By Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
'Only Hope Remains I' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Cathryn Shilling.
The phrase 'to open Pandora's box' has become synonymous with human downfall, the point of no r...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Under the Influence VIII, a Unique Glass, Copper & Rope Sculpture by Chris Day
By Chris Day
Located in London, GB
Under the Influence VIII is a unique sculpture by the British artist Chris Day created from handblown & sculpted glass with micro bore copper pipe, copper wire and rope.
About ‘Unde...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Phateon, a steel & glass train / locomotive inspired sculpture by Jon Lewis
By Jon Lewis
Located in London, GB
'Phateon' is a unique sculpture by the British artist, Jon Lewis, created from cast glass, steel, dicroic filter and a 3 1/5 inch gauge steam chassis.
Lewis’ first introduction to glassmaking was in 1989 at Wolverhampton University, where he instantly fell in love with glass as a material.
A reoccurring theme throughout the years within his work has been the synthesis of glass with metal, which under the creative influence of the artist, often results in corrosion, patination and texture. With his Apertura series, blown vessels created from recycled Bang & Olufsen Television glass are coated by ‘spark impregnation’. Lewis intensely grinds iron and other metals, creating a multitude of small, hot, airborne metal particles that instantly bond and finally cover, the surface of his glass. Forever evolving works, the consistent detail for each is a window of pure transparent coloured glass, a framed aperture to the internal space, encased and surrounded by this metallic shell.
In a parallel and completely different body of work, are Lewis' Moonrock sculptures, which combine glass with dichroic filters and employ his own unique technique which began in 1994. Whilst working as a glass blowing assistant in Oregon, an introduction to ‘dichroic thin film interference filters’ as a form of surface decoration on blown glass, saw Lewis see vast potential. This amazing and very technical material, similar to iridescent butterfly wings, produces colour formed by selective reflection as opposed to absorption. The refractive transformation of light through convex and concave lenses and a diffused projection which this film creates, results in artworks that appear to glow from within, emanating a myriad of colours. A constant in Lewis’ glassmaking palette, this series and technique has featured in many notable sculptural & architectural works and derivations.?
These two opposing praxis of the artist’s artistic inquiry, often merge into a single expression. Lewis’ work has evolved into a distinctive vision, a fusion of beauty and uniqueness. Every piece of Lewis' art has a twist, in that each of his designs can be traced back to a single sketch. In many instances scribbled several years before just waiting for that last ingredient of inspiration for it to become a reality and brought to life in his multidisciplinary hot glass and metalwork studio in Essex.
In the artist’s own words;
“In my work I try to create pieces which are hard to identify materially and have an unknown. I enjoy making things whether a glass vessel or a glass furnace, I appreciate things crafted by hand. My history is of engineering and consequently, I love to push the boundaries of what is expected of materials”
Lewis was awarded the Glass Society Prize in the British Glass Biennale 2019. His Transceiver received an Honourable Mention in Trace - Showcasing Sustainable Glass Art, in the Glass Art Society’s Virtual 2021 Conference. His dichroic glass has been used in a number of prestigious architectural commissions, including in the Space Pyramidion at the Child Museum of Cairo and the Bliegiessen Sculpture by Thomas Heatherwick...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze Sculpture "Arab Girl" by Franz Bergman
By Franz Bergmann
Located in London, GB
An excellent early 20th Century cold-painted Austrian bronze figure of a young Arab girl wearing a red shawl around her waist and eyecatching golding jewellery holding an ewer with very fine hand chased surface detail and and good naturalistic colour, signed with the Bergman 'B' in an amphora vase and inscribed Geschutzt
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 10 cm
Width: 3 cm
Depth: 4 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1900
Materials: Cold Painted Bronze
Book Ref Antique Vienna Bronzes by Joseph Zobel
SKU: 9133
ABOUT
Vienna Bronze Arab...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Collection of Five Metal Laughing Buddha Statue
Located in London, GB
A fine collection of five metal laughing buddha.
Laughing Buddha playing with children usually five in number, which symbolizes good luck and posit...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Clear Glass Study Entitled Jazz Musician with Saxophone by Sèvres
By Cristalleries De Sevres
Located in London, GB
A very fine Mid-20th century clear and frosted glass figurative study trophy in the form of a jazz musician playing a saxophone with excellent crisp handcut detail, signed and with original sticker.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 21 cm
Condition: Excellent Condition
circa: 1950
Materials: Clear Glass
ABOUT
Cristallerie de Sèvres is born in 1750 by the initiative of Madame Pompadour. However, it was not until the reign of Charles X when the true splendor of Cristal de Sèvres occurs. This has only been possible thanks to the remarkable quality of its products, including his famous “Opalines”, crown jewel, or the wonderful pieces set in silver and gold and released in the Universal Exhibition of 1878.
In just a century and a half, Cristal de Sèvres and their luxury glassware conquer the “art de la table” lovers, with its aesthetic with the times, its timeless sophistication and its famed crystal Craft...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture "The Fencer" by Rudolf Küchler
By Rudolf Kuchler
Located in London, GB
An impressive Austrian bronze study of a muscular fencer in mid lung with excellent golden patina and very fine hand finished surface detail, raised on a decorative integral base, si...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Bust Sculpture on Marble Plinth
Located in London, GB
This strikingly naturalistic bronze sculpture was created in Florence in 1895. The bust depicts an elderly man, most likely a farm worker, carrying a heavy sack of grain over his shoulder. He wears an old slightly ragged shirt which is open at his chest, revealing his thin body underneath. The man looks out into the distance on the left, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. His mouth is open as though he is breathing heavily with the strain of the work or calling out to someone unknown to the viewer.
The sculptor has accurately rendered every detail, with great truth to reality. The faint stubble on the man's chin and the wrinkles on his face and hands are faithfully portrayed. In its naturalistic style and its everyday, unidealised subject-matter, this bronze may be described as a work of Realism. The Realist movement flourished in the arts in Europe in this period, the 19th Century.
The bust is signed ‘G Rossi...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Odysseus, a unique black hand-blown glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
By Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
Odysseus, is a unique black glass sculpture by the British artist Cathryn Shilling. A handblown and free-form shaped glass sculpture with 'glass fabric' decoration worked onto the glass body while hot. A spectacular fusion of blown and kiln formed glass techniques incorporating Cathryn Shilling's signature woven glass. With her Cloaked Collection, Shilling takes mythical tragic figures as her inspiration. This piece is based on Odysseus.
Cathryn Shilling began her arts career as a graphic designer but went on to study glass after moving to Connecticut with her family. On returning to the UK she studied kiln-formed glass at Kensington and Chelsea College and blown glass with Peter Layton at the London Glassblowing Workshop. She set up studio in London in 2007 from where she has gone on to create a huge body and variety of work.
Shilling experiments with colour and technique to produce beautiful one off sculptures. Her innovative pieces push the glass beyond our usual comfort zones. With some sculptures, glass rods are woven together like fabric, mimicking the flexibility and movement of cloth. The apparent frailty of the glass is balanced by the strong dynamic forms, differing levels of light picking out layers of colour. With other works, bubbles are trapped in swathes of watery hues. Her colour palette and choice of forms are very much informed by the various natural states in which water is found: icebergs, waterfalls and whirlpools for example.
Shilling’s work has been collected and widely exhibited internationally including: Ireland Glass Biennale 2019 at Dublin Castle The 3rd Session of China·Hejian Craft Glass Design & Creation Exhibition and Competition, Ming Shangde Glass Museum, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, China 2019 TACTILE at Glazenhuis, Lommel, Belgium New Aquisitions 2017 at Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfield, Germany Peter Bremers...
Category
2010s British Modern London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Pair of Terracotta Figures of an Oriental Lady and Arab Soldier by Goldscheider
Located in London, GB
Pair of polychrome terracotta figures of an oriental lady and Arab soldier by Friedrich Goldscheider, 19th century.
An impressive cold painted Terracot...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Taro Okamoto ‘Tower of the Sun’ Ceramic Wall Sculpture, Expo 70 Osaka World Fair
By Tarō Okamoto
Located in London, GB
Taro Okamoto, artist (Japan)
Tower of the Sun’ ceramic face wall plaque, for Expo ’70 world fair in Osaka japan, 1970.
Cast, glazed ceramic. Due to th...
Category
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Spherical Ceramic Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Ball shape sculpture hand sculpted in ceramic with drip glaze. The ball sits in its natural position by the distributed weight. It is part glazed in white, turquoise, green and bronz...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Porcelain entitled "Classical Maiden" by Sèvres Porcelain
Located in London, GB
An attractive early 20th Century bisque porcelain and gilt bronze figure of a standing beauty , her arm raised with a shawl that is delicately draped around her body as she stands ho...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Royal Dux Bohemia Porcelain Figures
Located in London, GB
Pair Of Royal Dux Bohemia Porcelain Figures of an eastern water bearer and his companion, A fine bohemian royal dux porcelain figure, this pair was m...
Category
20th Century London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Two Orientalist Spelter Busts of Female Figures
Located in London, GB
This busts in this pair of spelter sculptures take the form of two Orientalist female figures. The figures wear Orientalist clothing and are embellished with Orientalist-style jewelr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Spelter
Expressive Bronze Sculpture of Flute Player
Located in London, GB
Sculpture of a flute player is cast in bronze stands on a black marble base by Adler 1960's. It is expressive with its original patina and will make a beautiful feature.
There are many mythological stories involving the flute player. In ancient Greek Pan...
Category
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
19th Century Carved White Jade Stone Powder Flask, Mughal
Located in London, GB
Exquisite carved white jade powder flask as a caribou-like form with red rubies eyes, body carved in shell design and decorated with red rubies and green emeralds bands, ends in the ...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Jade
Grand Tour Pair of Bronze Gladiators on Sienna Marble Bases
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of Italian Grand Tour patinated bronze gladiators. One with his dagger drawn, the other about to draw his. Both in plumed helmets. Superb ...
Category
1860s Italian Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
20th Century Bronze figure of Wellington
Located in Southall, GB
This 20th-century bronze figure of Wellington in military attire depicts Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, a prominent military and political figure in British history.
Art...
Category
Late 20th Century London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Brutali Wall Relief Hand Sculpted in Ceramic by Pijman, 19505s, Netherlands
Located in London, GB
Expressive wall relief of abstracted human figures is dynamically sculpted in rough white clay, which shows its texture by the hand markings of the artist almost into a three-dimensi...
Category
1950s Dutch Expressionist Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Grand Tour Pair of Bronze Warriors on Sienna Marble Bases
Located in London, GB
Grand tour bronzes of fighting men set on Sienna marble bases of very good colour. The two warriors in full armour and looking like medieval or renaissance soldiers are in a fighting stance both carrying shields and one carrying a mace and the other a battle axe...
Category
1880s Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Siena Marble, Bronze
Pair of bronze African male and female figurative bust bookends
Located in Southall, GB
This unique pair of bookends depict the heads and shoulders of male and female figures, reflecting African characteristics.
These bookends can serve as both functional and cultural...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bronze Dog Figure by Pierre-Jules Mene
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in London, GB
Pierre-Jules Mene (1810-1879) was one of the foremost animalier sculptors of the 19th Century, and achieved high distinction in the art of making small bron...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Spanish Bronze Entitled "Girl on Chair" by Juan Clara
By Juan Clara
Located in London, GB
A charming early 20th Century Spanish bronze study depicting a young girl trying to escape from her high chair, exhibiting excellent rich brown and gilt patina and fine detail. Signe...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Two Hen Sculptures in Corroso Glass by Archimede Seguso circa 1938
By Seguso Vetri d'Arte, Archimede Seguso
Located in London, GB
Two hens designed by Archimede Seguso (born 1909– died 1999) was one of the 20th century’s master Venetian glass makers. The surface of the glass hens would ...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Bronze Sculpture of Elongated Male and Female on Marble Plinth
Located in London, GB
The elongated cast bronze sculpture of abstracted figures in a deep patinated brown show jagged figures together but separated in the conversation of life. They look away from each i...
Category
1980s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Architectural Surrealist Tower Sculpture, by Dutch A. Bouter
Located in London, GB
Surrealist imaginary architectural tower build in red baking clay by Dutch artist Arie Bouter, Gouda 1995 (B. 1942) is carefully hand sculpted. The sculptu...
Category
1990s Dutch London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Two Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Figurine of Nathan the Wise
Located in London, GB
Two large porcelain figurine of Nathan the Wise originally designed by Adolf Ferdinand Walter Jahn. Long bearded man standing on a square base wearing blue robe, and matching long dr...
Category
20th Century Danish London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Gilt Bronze Entitled "Daphne" by Ernst Fuchs
By Ernst Fuchs
Located in London, GB
"Daphne" by Ernst Fuchs
Dramatic gilt and black patinated bronze study of a seductive young woman holding aloft a feathered display, raised on a domed base, signed and inscribed on the underside Euro Art - Venturi Arts 0998 from the limited edition produced by this foundry
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 41 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Foundry Venturi Arte
Circa: 1970
Materials: Bronze
SKU: 8193
ABOUT
Ernst Fuchs (13 February 1930 – 9 November 2015) was an Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, singer and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. In 1972, he acquired the derelict Otto Wagner Villa in Hütteldorf, which he restored and transformed. The villa was inaugurated as the Ernst Fuchs Museum in 1988. Fuchs studied sculpture with Emmy Steinbock (1943), attended the St. Anna Painting School where he studied under Professor Fröhlich (1944), and entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (1945) where he began his studies under Professor Robin C. Anderson, later moving to the class of Albert Paris von Gütersloh. At the Academy, he met Arik Brauer, Rudolf Hausner...
Category
20th Century Austrian Art Deco London Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Entitled "Venus & Cupid" by Jean Sul-Abadie
By Jean Abadie
Located in London, GB
A very fine bronze study of Venus taking an arrow from Cupid her son, who at times would shoot his arrows without meaning or reason into the hearts of men, igniting their desire. Exhibiting excellent rich brown patina and good detail, signed Sul Abadie and stamped.
Additional information
Height: 93 cm
Condition: excellent condition
Circa: 1885
Materials: bronze & marble
SKU: 4979
ABOUT
Jean Sul-Abadie
Jean Sul-Abadie (Born 1850 ~ Died 15th April 1890) was a French artist, a pupil of Jouffroy and Falguière. Specialising in bronze sculpting in the Art Nouveau style. He made his Salon debut in 1872.
Cupid & Venus
Different tales exist about the origin of Venus and Cupid. Some say that Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, had a love affair with Mars, the god of war. Out of this relationship, Cupid was born. In the following painting you see Venus with Mars, who is being disarmed by Cupid.
Cupid has attributes from both of his parents. Like his mother he is considered to be the god of love, or more precisely, the god of falling in love. He is portrayed as an innocent little child with bow and arrows. He shoots arrows to the heart, and awakening a love that you’re powerless to resist.
In classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupido, meaning “desire”) is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the war god Mars, and is known in Latin also as Amor (“Love”). His Greek counterpart is Eros.
Although Eros is in Classical Greek art as a slender winged youth, during the Hellenistic period, he was increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy. During this time, his iconography acquired the bow and arrow that represent his source of power: a person, or even a deity, who is shot by Cupid’s arrow is filled with uncontrollable desire. In myths, Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly to set the plot in motion. He is a main character only in the tale of Cupid and Psyche, when wounded by his own weapons he experiences the ordeal of love. Although other extended stories are not told about him, his tradition is rich in poetic themes and visual scenarios, such as “Love conquers all” and the retaliatory punishment or torture of Cupid.
In art, Cupid often appears in multiples as the Amores, or amoriniin the later terminology of art history, the equivalent of the Greek erotes. Cupids are a frequent motif of both Roman art and later Western art of the classical tradition. In the 15th century, the iconography of Cupid starts to become indistinguishable from the putto.
Cupid continued to be a popular figure in the Middle Ages, when under Christian influence he often had a dual nature as Heavenly and Earthly love. In the Renaissance, a renewed interest in classical philosophy endowed him with complex allegorical meanings. In contemporary popular culture, Cupid is shown drawing his bow to inspire romantic love, often as an icon of Valentine’s Day.
Venus is the Roman goddess whose functions encompassed love, beauty, sex, fertility, prosperity, victory, and desire. In Roman mythology, she was the mother of the Roman people through her son, Aeneas, who survived the fall of Troy...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique London Figurative Sculptures
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Breccia Marble, Bronze
Mid-Century Modern Matt Glazed Sculptural Group by Dominic Pouchain
By Dominique Pouchain
Located in London, GB
Matt glazed sculptural group of man and woman, signed Dominic Pouchain.
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
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Terracotta
Large Figurative Bronze Sculpture of Family by Maria Guernova, 1985
Located in London, GB
Figurative bronze sculpture of family expresses intimacy by the curved placing of the figures. The curve also created stability and enables it to s...
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1980s European Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
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Bronze
Sculpture of Cloaked Figure in Ceramic
Located in London, GB
Surrealist sculpture has the suggestion of a turquoise cloaked hidden figure, Dutch 1980's is hand sculpted in ceramic. It is part glazed and Raku fired. A technique created by remov...
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1980s Dutch Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
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Ceramic
Nymph at the stream marble sculpture, 20th century
Located in Southall, GB
This delicately carved marble is a characteristic style of work of Mathurin Moreau, a leading French sculptor who specialised in the representation of nymphs and female allegories. T...
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20th Century European London Figurative Sculptures
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Marble
Early 20th Century Cold-Painted Bronze Entitled "Art Deco Lady" by Josef Adolf
Located in London, GB
Impressive Austrian cold painted silver bronze figure of a naked Art Deco lady in a questioning pose with one hand out, signed Adolph and raised on a tall cy...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco London Figurative Sculptures
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Onyx, Bronze
Austrian Cold-Painted Art Deco Bronze Entitled "Shy Maiden" by Josef Adolph
By Joseph Adolph
Located in London, GB
A fabulous cold painted Art Deco bronze figure of a naked beauty in a revealing pose with very fine colour and excellent detail, raised on an onyx base and signed Adolph
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Height: 27 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1930
Materials: cold painted bronze & onyx
SKU: 7692
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Josef Adolph
Josef Adolph ~ Austrian, created many small figural models in the Art Deco period around 1910-1939. Typical for Adolph and at the same time characteristic of the Art Deco era, was the depiction of the concept of modern life - in particular, that of the “modern woman” in rhythmic, sensual and aerodynamic poses taken from the new forms of dance, for which there was a lot of enthusiasm at that time.
The Art Deco Period: although Art Deco derives its name from the great 1925 Paris Exhibition, ‘L’Exposition Internatlionale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes’, the term is now generally applied to the typical artistic productions of the 1920’s and 1930’s. It might best be characterised as an attempt to unite arts with industry, embracing the machine age and repudiating the old antithesis of ‘Fine’ and ‘Industrial’ art. The sources of the Art Deco movement include Egyptian and Mayan Art, Cubisim, Fauvism and Expressionism, heavily influencing the chief force underlying all Art Deco...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique London Figurative Sculptures
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Onyx, Bronze
Antique Regency period bronze figure of Crouching Venus
Located in London, GB
A well-cast early 19th Century bronze Model of crouching Venus kneeling on shell supported on Sienna marble base.
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19th Century English Regency Antique London Figurative Sculptures
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Marble, Bronze
Antique Decorative Chalk Ware Figure of a Boy
Located in London, GB
Large antique chalk ware figure of a boy in very good condition. I think he is dressed in French clothes & it looks fairly old. I'm not that familia...
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1890s French Late Victorian Antique London Figurative Sculptures
Glider Plane Sculpture in Bronze on Onyx Rock
Located in London, GB
Stylish bronze airplane model, circa 1940s-1950s placed on onyx rock. Decorative sculpture that displays well cupboard, credenza or a desk.
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1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage London Figurative Sculptures
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Onyx, Bronze
