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Medium: Bronze
Contemporary Reclining Bronze Nude Figurative Sculpture
Spirit
, brown, desktop
By Carl Payne
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Spirit' by Carl Payne. Edition of 25.
A small desktop bronze sculpture of a reclining nude figure captures the timeless beauty of the human form in a moment of repose. The sculptor ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Reclining Figure (woman)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
William King (1925-2015). Reclining figure, ca. 1965. Cast and welded bronze, 7 x 9.5 x 5 inches. Unsigned.
William King, a sculptor in a variety of materials whose human figures traced social attitudes through the last half of the 20th century, often poking sly and poignant fun at human follies and foibles, died on March 4 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 90.
His death was confirmed by Scott Chaskey, who is married to Mr. King's stepdaughter, Megan Chaskey.
Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses -- a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step.
But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer's arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment.
His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners.
Mr. King's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. But the comic element of his work probably caused his reputation to suffer.
Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder. and Elie Nadelman.
The critic Hilton Kramer, one of Mr. King's most ardent advocates, wrote in a 1970 essay accompanying a New York gallery exhibit that he was, "among other things, an amusing artist, and nowadays this can, at times, be almost as much a liability as an asset."
A "preoccupation with gesture is the focus of King's sculptural imagination," Mr. Kramer wrote. "Everything that one admires in his work - the virtuoso carving, the deft handling of a wide variety of materials, the shrewd observation and resourceful invention - all this is secondary to the concentration on gesture. The physical stance of the human animal as it negotiates the social arena, the unconscious gait that the body assumes in making its way in the social medium, the emotion traced by the course of a limb, a torso, a head, the features of a face, a coiffure or a costume - from a keen observation of these materials King has garnered a large stock of sculptural images notable for their wit, empathy, simplicity and psychological precision."
William Dickey King...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,800 Sale Price
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Rare 1966 Original Bronze Sculpture "The Two Nikes" edition of 6 Salvador Dali
Located in Surfside, FL
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) – The Two Nikes, Lilith, The Double Victory of Samothrace, Homage to Raymond Roussel
Literature: Descharnes, Robert, Salvador Dalí, and Nicolas Descharnes....
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1960s Surrealist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Saint Narcissus of The Flies Sculpture
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Saint Narcissus of The Flies
MEDIUM: Sculpture with Bronze Patina
SIGNED: Engraved signature in the sculpture
EDITION NUMBER: F 015/100
MEASUREMENT...
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1970s Surrealist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Elegance, Erté
By Erté
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Erte, Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990)
Title: Elegance
Year: 1982
Medium: Bronze
Edition: 100/250 Numbered, 12 AP, 9 HC
Size: 15 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Incised...
Category
1980s Art Deco Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$13,200 Sale Price
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Cloned Bulldog with pet bottle
Located in Malmo, SE
Original sculpture 2/8 ex.
2011 - 2020.
Silver plated bronze.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Free shipment worldwide.
William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 1949, unites...
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2010s Pop Art Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Antique Bronze Dog "Whippet with a Butterfly" Arthur Waagen (1833-1898) 2 of 2
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Bronze Dog Portrait
“La Levrette au Papillon” or “Whippet (Greyhound) with a Butterfly”
Arthur Waagen (Germany, France 1833-1898)
Circa 1860’s
11 x 8 x 4 inches
(2of 2. No...
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1860s Academic Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Piano surréaliste, Salvador Dali
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
Title: Piano surréaliste
Year: 1984
Medium: Bronze
Edition: 34/350, plus proofs
Size: 26.3 x 15.7 x 12 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Inci...
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1980s Surrealist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$28,000 Sale Price
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Eléphant
By Arman
Located in Malmo, SE
Original sculpture 1/8 ex.
Bocquel Foundry.
Acquired directly from the artist.
Free shipment worldwide.
Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in th...
Category
1980s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$151,203
Seahorse Rex Gold by Chésade - Bronze sculpture, sea animal, marine world, wild
By Chésade
Located in Paris, FR
Seahorse Rex Gold is a unique polished bronze with yellow and gold-red patina sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 103 × 55 × 22 cm (40.6 × 21.7 × 8.7 in).
The s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Xsakioro by Jacques Owczarek - Animal bronze black sculpture of a horse, smooth
Located in Paris, FR
Xsakioro is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek, dimensions are 94 × 65 × 47 cm (37 × 25.6 × 18.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a l...
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2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Lying Figure by Pierre Yermia - Large bronze sculpture, outdoor art
Located in Paris, FR
Monumental Lying Figure is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 110 × 310 × 60 cm (43.3 × 122 × 23.6 in).
The sculpture is signed and numb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Thoroughbred, Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Loet Vanderveen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Loet Vanderveen, Dutch (1921 - 2015) - Thoroughbred, Medium: Bronze sculpture, signature and numbering inscribed on bottom, Edition: 235/500, Size: 4.75 x 8 x 4 in. (12.07 x 20.3...
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1920s Art Deco Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Octopus-Green Patina-wildlife-bronze table top sculpture-modern-Contemporary
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Macho by Marie Louise Sorbac - Bronze sculpture, bull
Located in Paris, FR
Macho is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marie Louise Sorbac, dimensions are 46 × 29 × 27 cm (18.1 × 11.4 × 10.6 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Madonna of Port Lligat Sculpture
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: The Madonna of Port Lligat
MEDIUM: Sculpture with Bronze Patina
SIGNED: Engraved signature in the sculpture
EDITION NUMBER: F 015/100
MEASUREMENTS...
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1960s Surrealist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Youth Releasing An Eagle Large Bronze Male Nude Sculpture, Otto Poertzel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Large Early 20th Century Figurative Bronze Sculpture of a Youth Releasing an Eagle
Attributed to Otto Poertzel (1876–1963), Germany
This striking early 20th-century figurative bronze...
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1920s Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Emile Louis Picault (1833-1915),
Gloria et Fama
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze
67,5 cm
signed
restored Partina original
Émile Louis Picault (1833–1915) was a French sculptor known for his dynamic bronze works, often depicting mythological, allegorical,...
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20th Century Jugendstil Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bull IX by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze sculpture, figurative, grey patina
Located in Paris, FR
Bull IX is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 66 × 60 × 15 cm (26 × 23.6 × 5.9 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Waiting Time by Marine de Soos - Bronze nude sculpture, balance, man, dark
Located in Paris, FR
The Waiting Time is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 72 × 26 × 21.5 cm (28.3 × 10.2 × 8.5 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Satyr with Cymbals and Kroupezion, Grand Tour after the Antique, 19th century
Located in Beachwood, OH
19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SCHOOL
Satyr with Cymbals and Kroupezion, Grand Tour after the Antique
Bronze with marble base
26 in. h. x 15 in. w. x 10 in. d.
This dancing faun is now mo...
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19th Century Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Kioveo by Jacques Owczarek - Animal bronze sculpture of a hippopotamus, black
Located in Paris, FR
Kioveo is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Jacques Owczarek, dimensions are 24 × 54 × 28 cm (9.4 × 21.2 × 11 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a limit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Purpose: The Archer by Walter Peter Brenner - Male figure bronze sculpture, nude
Located in Paris, FR
Purpose: The Archer is a bronze sculpture with brown patina made of iron nitrate with a wax finish sculpture by contemporary artist Walter Peter Brenner, dimensions are 124 × 85 × 90...
Category
1990s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Venus à Giraffe - Sculpture by Salvador Dalí - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Bronze, dark and brown patina, realized in 1973.
Dali's printed signature in on the plinth.
Edition 616/1000 on the side.
Foundry stamp "Fonderia Venturi". Published by Euro Art.
...
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1970s Surrealist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hello Pablo
Located in Malmo, SE
Publisher GKM.
Free shipment worldwide.
Foundry Bocquel.
Edition of 100 ex.
Arman wrote, “The bow on the strings releases an explosion of sounds,” in the book Trio à cordes published by GKM Siwert Bergström nearly twenty years ago. The words are his own. The book is a tender homage to music and expresses the artist’s predilection for the tones of violin, cello and double bass. Lyrically orchestrated poems are conflated with ingenious detail images: multi-coloured violins and a delicately painted cello are but two of the motifs drawn against the straight lines of the score.
The first steps towards collaboration with GKM Siwert Bergström came with an exhibition in Malmö, when Arman staged a “happening” in Malmö Concert Hall. This was followed by several exhibitions in Malmö, at the Stockholm Art...
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1990s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ibex I by Pierre Yermia - Animal art, large outdoor bronze sculpture, elegant
Located in Paris, FR
Ibex I is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 200 × 130 × 56 cm (78.7 × 51.2 × 22 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of...
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2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bull, Bronze Sculpture by Modern Indian Artist B. Vithal "In Stock"
By B. Vithal
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
B. Vithal – Horse – H 13 x W 14 x D 5 inches
Bronze
Born : 1935 Vardha Maharashtra
Died : 1992
Education : Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai
Exhibitions :
Selected Posthumous Exhibitions
2013 'The Naked and the Nude: The Body in Indian Modern Art', Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Agape', Hacienda Art...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
What Me? Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a English Hare, Jack Rabbit, brown
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Edition of 12
'What Me?' by Richard Smith, the hare’s form is sturdy yet refined, its lean body poised in quiet readiness. The long ears rise attentively, slightly asymmetrical, as...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus, 19th Century Italian School
Located in Beachwood, OH
19th Century Italian School
Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus, 19th Century
Bronze with black-green patination
24 x 10 x 10 inches
Dionysus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature ...
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19th Century Italian School Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Inspiratio, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Inspiratio, Atelier" by Richard MacDonald captures a powerful moment of harmony between two dancers—a male and female form united in perfect poise. With one arm each extended skywar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Dolmen by Martine Demal - Contemporary bronze sculpture, semi-abstract
Located in Paris, FR
The Dolmen is a bronze sculpture with a white stone plinth by French contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions are 43 × 17 × 10 cm (16.9 × 6.7 × 3.9 in).
The sculpture is signed...
Category
1990s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Italy Cast Lost Wax Woman Figurine Bronze Sculpture by Aron Demetz Guardando
By Aron Demetz
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense bronze sculpture was made by the well known Italian artist, Aron Demetz, in 2004, Italy.
This is a lost wax bronze hand painted. The title is "Guardando" translated in ...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Crabe aux pattelas by Chésade - Bronze sealife sculpture, animal art, crab
By Chésade
Located in Paris, FR
Crabe aux pattelas is a unique bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Chésade, dimensions are 38 × 31 × 30 cm (15 × 12.2 × 11.8 in). The sculpture is signed and comes with a certifi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
They were the Authentic Vespa Riders in Rome (Bronze with Green Patina)
Located in New York, NY
A whimsical yet very strong piece depicting the two figures from Gillie and Marc's iconic figures of the Dog/Bunny Human Hybrid, which has picked up much esteem across the globe. Her...
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2010s Pop Art Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cloned Big Bulldog with pet bottle
Located in Malmo, SE
Original sculpture.
Signed/Numbered 5/8 copies.
Silver plated bronze
Acquired directly from the artist.
Free shipment worldwide.
William Sweetlove, born in Ostend, Belgium, in 19...
Category
2010s Pop Art Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Standing Figure II by P. Yermia - Large bronze sculpture, outdoor art
Located in Paris, FR
Monumental Standing Figure II is a large-scale bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia.
H 260 × W 60 × D 60 cm. Edition of 8 + 4 A.P. Signed and numbered.
Pier...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Guardian by Nando Kallweit 167cm Elegant bronze sculpture of human figure
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Guardian, or Wächter, is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit.
This sculpture exudes elegance through its elongated, slender form, capturing attention with i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Else FÜRST (1873-1943), Fasane Foundry stamp of the Berlin foundry Kraas
Located in Berlin, DE
Else Fürst was a
German sculptor and medalist who was murdered by the Nazis.
Biographical data:
Bronze
signed
Foundry stamp of the Berlin foundry Kraas.
25 x 73 cm
Born: June 25,...
Category
1930s Realist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
In the shadow of being loved by Marine de Soos - Contemporary bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
In the shadow of being loved is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 32.5 × 25.5 × 39.5 cm (12.8 × 10 × 15.6 in).
The sculpture is signed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Italian Bronze Sculpture of Nude Woman, Mid 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Mario Spampinato (Italian 1912–2000)
Nude
Bronze
Signed on base
17.5 in. h. x 5.75 in. w. x 6 in. d.
The artist was born, raised and trained in Italy. During one of his exhibits (at San Marcos in Rome) the Director of a New York Gallery asked him to come to New York to work for him. The American Consul, before issuing his visa, asked Spampinato to create a bust of him. In exchange, the Consul paid for his passage on the boat to New York. In New York, he worked with his brother Clemente Spampinato who is a well known sculptor as well.
After moving to Chicago in 1954, he discovered that there was no foundry in the Midwest that could cast his bronzes. So, he opened his own foundry called the Spampinato Art Foundry, casting in the lost wax process. He also started his own private school (Spampinato Art Workshop, Ltd) and did some teaching at the University of Chicago and conducted seminars at Lawrence University in Kansas.
Many of his own works are pictured and cataloged in Volumes 2 & 3 of Bronzes: Sculptors and Founders, 1800-1930 by Harold Berman.
Between 1959 and 1967, Spampinato recast a number of Charles M Russell...
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Mid-20th Century Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Solid Bronze Nude Ballet Dancer
Preparation
by Benson Landes
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Preparation' is a 20th Century Solid Bronze ballet Dancer by Benson Landes.
For Benson Landes, sculpture was most definitely a passion. His oeuvre of cast bronzes is populated wit...
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Late 20th Century Realist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Modernist Bronze Abstract Figural Sculpture "Family" Wolfgang Behl
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a mid 20th century mod abstract large bronze sculpture by Wolfgang Behl (German/American, 1918-1994).
The sculptural group titled "The Family" features a mother and father with two children.
Numbered 20/20. Signed.
21" H x 10 1/4" x 10 1/4
Wolfgang (Johann Wolfgang) Behl (1918 - 1994) was active/lived in Connecticut, Illinois / Germany. Known for Sculpture and as an architectural carver.
A carver,designer, and teacher, Wolfgang Behl was born in Berlin, Germany where he studied at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. His teacher was otto Hitzberger, sculptor and architecture carver. I have seen some his work, particularly in carved wood compared to Constantin Brancusi although this one seems way more reminiscent of Alberto Giacometti. In 1939, Behl came to the United States and taught briefly in Pennsylvania at the Perkiomen School and in Rhode Island at the Rhode Island School of Design. There in 1943, he won the Joseph N. Eisendrath prize for sculpture. He also became a friend of Louis Mayer, sculptor from Milwaukee. In 1944, Behl took a job as Art Director at the Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois, and he also began a one-year teaching assignment at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee.
The last years of his life until his death were in Hartford, Connecticut.
Source: Peter C. Merrill, "German-Immigrant Artists in Early Milwaukee"
Originally from Berlin, Germany, Mr. Behl immigrated to the United States in 1939 and became a citizen in 1947. He studied with Waldemar Raemisch at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, and later at the Rhode Island School of Design.
He began teaching at the Hartford Art School in 1955, retiring in 1983 to devote his time to sculpting. Mr. Behl had exhibitions throughout the United States and Germany. Some of his solo exhibitions include the Arts Exclusive in Simsbury from 1976 to 1981, and the Bertha Schaefer Gallery in New York City from 1950 to 1973. He showed at the New Britain Museum of American Art, in New Britain, Connecticut in 1969. He also had several retrospectives, including one at the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center in West Hartford until the end of this month. His works in bronze have a German Expressionist quality to them a pathos found in the works of Kathe Kollwitz and the Expressionist movement. He was known for his classically inspired, but often surrealist sculpture. Among his most-well known pieces are a series of sculptures done for the University of Connecticut Health Center. Several examples of Behl’s work are found on the campus of the University of Hartford. He was included in the show Monumentality in Modern Sculpture at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas, 1957. Artists featured in the exhibition: Kenneth Armitage, Hans Arp, Ernst Barlach, Wolfgang Behl, Dorothy Dehner, Edgar Degas, José de Rivera, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Joseph Glasco, Julio González, Paul Granlund...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Zō by Marcelo Martin Burgos - polished bronze, gold, diamond, animal, figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Zō is a bronze sculpture by contemporary Argentinian artist Marcelo Martin Burgos, portraying an abstracted elephant, a reference subtly embedded in its title, which translates to el...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
A Second Glance, Contemporary Bronze Figure Sculpture
Located in Taichung, TW
Part of Ser Uang Huang’s Childhood Series. Gazing captures the playful innocence of childhood through the image of a boy forming binoculars with his hands, smiling as he peers into t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Bronze Sculpture "Virtuoso" Figure American Boston Figural Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Aronson, David 1923-
David Aronson, son of a rabbi, was born in Lithuania in 1923 and immigrated to America at the age of five. He settled in Boston, Massachusetts where he studied at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts under Karl Zerbe, a German painter well known in the early 1900s. Aronson later taught at the school of the Museum of Fine Arts for fourteen years and founded the School of Fine Art at Boston University where he is today a professor emeritus. An internationally renowned sculptor & painter, Aronson has won acclaim for his interpretation of themes from the Hebrew Talmud and Kabala. His best known works include bronze castings, encaustic paintings, and pastels. His work is included in many important public and private collections, and has been shown in several museum retrospectives around the country. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th century American artists.
At twenty-two David Aronson had his first one-man show at New York's Niveau Gallery. The next year, six of his Christological paintings were included in the Fourteen Americans exhibition at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art where Aronson’s work was included alongside abstract expressionists Arshile Gorky, Robert Motherwell and Isamu Noguchi. In the 1950s, Aronson turned more toward his Jewish heritage for the inspiration for his art. Folklore as well as Kabalistic and other transcendental writings influenced his work greatly. The Golem (a legendary figure, brought to life by the Maharal of Prague out of clay to protect the Jewish community during times of persecution) and the Dybbuk (an evil spirit that lodges itself in the soul of a living person until exorcised) frequently appear in his work.
In the sixties, Aronson turned to sculpture. His work during this period is best exemplified by a magnificent 8’ x 4’ bronze door which now stands at the entrance to Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Foundation Conference Center for the Arts in Racine, Wisconsin. In the seventies and eighties, Aronson continued his work in pastel drawings, paintings, and sculptures, often exploring religion and the frailties of man's nature. During this time, in addition to a traveling retrospective exhibition and many one-man shows in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston at the Pucker-Safrai Gallery on Newbury Street, Aronson won many awards and became a member of the National Academy of Design in New York. Two years ago he retired from teaching to work full-time in his studio in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
included in the catalog
Contemporary Religious Imagery in American Art
Catalog for an exhibition held at the Ringling Museum of Art, March 1-31, 1974.
Artists represented: David Aronson, Leonard Baskin, Max Beckmann, Hyman Bloom, Fernando Botero, Paul Cadmus, Marvin Cherney, Arthur G. Dove, Philip Evergood, Adolph Gottlieb, Jonah Kinigstein, Rico Lebrun, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Abraham Rattner, Ben Shahn, Mark Tobey, Max Weber, William Zorach and others.
Selected Awards
1990, Certificate of Merit, National Academy of Design
1976, Purchase Prize, National Academy of Design
1976, Joseph Isidore Gold Medal, National Academy of Design
1976, Purchase Prize in Drawing, Albrecht Art Museum
1975, Isaac N. Maynard Prize for Painting, National Academy of Design
1973, Samuel F. B. Morse Gold Medal, National Academy of Design
1967, Purchase Prize, National Academy of Fine Arts
1967, Adolph and Clara Obrig Prize, National Academy of Design
1963, Gold Medal, Art Directors Club of Philadelphia
1961, 62, 63, Purchase Prize, National Institute of Arts and Letters
1960, John Siimon Guggenheim Fellowship
1958, Grant in Art, National Institute of Arts and Letters
1954, First Prize, Tupperware Annual Art Fund Award
1954, Grand Prize, Third Annual Boston Arts Festival
1953, Second Prize, Second Annual Boston Arts Festival
1952, Grand Prize, First Annual Boston Arts Festival
1946, Traveling Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
1946, Purchase Prize, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
1944, First Popular Prize, Institute of Contemporary Art
1944, First Judge's Prize, Institute of Contemporary Art
Selected Public Collections
Art Institute of Chicago
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Bryn Mawr College
Brandeis University
Tupperware Museum, Orlando, Florida
DeCordova Museum
Museum of Modern Art Print Collection, New York
Atlanta University
Atlanta Art...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Great Catch, Contemporary Bronze Figure Sculpture
Located in Taichung, TW
Tainan’s Anping has long been a fishing community where, towards the end of World War II, fishermen lived between hardship and reward. They rose with the sun, ventured into uncertain...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Mother and Baby Playing WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991)
Cast bronze sculpture
Caring (or Mother and Child)
signed
Mounted on wooden plinth
Featuring a mother raising her child up in superb high relied i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Amancio. El Lector original sculpture bronze iron.
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
El Lector original sculpture bronze iron.
by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ
bronze.
Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish sculpture
AMANCIO Gonzalez ( Leon 1965 )
Amanc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Iron
"Between the Streets" contemporary small figurative bronze sculpture girl travel
By Mireia Serra
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
When was the last time you broke yourself from the hustle and bustle of the daily routine, spent quality time with yourself and plan some travel plans to enrich your life?
Edition S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carlotta by Nando Kallweit. Bronze Sculpture, Edition of 25
Located in Coltishall, GB
Carlotta is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture of the female form by German sculptor Nando Kallweit.
Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod to the importance of her...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tolla Inbar, Circle of Life, Bronze sculpture
By Tolla Inbar
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Tolla Inbar, Circle of Life, bronze sculpture, International artist, Israeli artist, Figurative sculpture, art
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Girl holding a Mirror, Painted Bronze Sculpture by Richard Shiloh
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Shiloh, Polish/Israeli (1949 - )
Title: Girl holding a Mirror
Year: Circa 1975
Medium: Bronze with Painted patina, signature inscribed
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Category
1970s Realist Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Old Bitch 2/8 - figurative, life-like, female cow, bronze, interior sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This figurative, life-like, female cow, bronze, interior sculpture is by Canadian artist Nicholas Crombach. The Kingston-based artist creates artwork using traditional skills of repr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Contemporary Solid Bronze sculpture of a ballerina
Tutu
by Benson Landes
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Tutu' is a beautiful sculpture of a ballerina leaning 'en barre'. The elegance and grace of the ballerina is perfectly depicted in the sculpture.
Benson's theme is predominately the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Anatomy of a Golfer III, Atelier
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The Anatomy of a Golfer IIl, Atelier is the third in Richard MacDonald's series of golfers that were inspired by the creation of his heroic sculpture, MOMENTUM, which marked the 100t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antelope, Art Deco Bronze Sculpture by Loet Vanderveen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Loet Vanderveen, Dutch (1921 - 2015) - Antelope, Medium: Bronze sculpture, signature and numbering inscribed on bottom, Edition: 408/500, Size: 6 x 7.5 x 3 in. (15.24 x 19.05 x 7...
Category
1920s Art Deco Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The canticle of the stilts (with ibis) by Marine de Soos - Bronze sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
The canticle of the stilts (with ibis) is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 70 × 30 × 25 cm (27.6 × 11.8 × 9.8 in).
The sculpture is si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Petite Cuirasse Bronze Torso Sculpture
By Igor Mitoraj
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Petite Cuirasse Bronze Torso Sculpture
Igot Mitoraj (Polish, 1944-2014)
signed in the mold, from an unnumbered edition of 1500 bronze with gilt patina on lucite base.
Dimensions of...
Category
1970s Modern Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Frog Proposal by Helle Crawford, Bronze sculpture of a horse carrying a woman
Located in DE
Bronze sculpture of a horse carrying lady Godiva
Limited Edition of 8
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Gold Leaf
Mouflon I by Pierre Yermia - Animal bronze sculpture, figurative, grey colour
Located in Paris, FR
Mouflon I is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 55 × 45 × 23 cm (21.7 × 17.7 × 9.1 in).
The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze figurative sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Bronze figurative sculptures available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add figurative sculptures created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, yellow and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Richard MacDonald, KOBE, Nando Kallweit, and Jane DeDecker. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Modern, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Bronze figurative sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available
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