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Medium: Bronze
The Pleiades-Taygete 1/8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The elegant form of a nude female figure is captured in this sculpture by Canadian artist Richard Tosczak. This table-top piece is named after ‘Taygete’ one of the Pleiades--seven sister nature deities (nymphs) found in Greek mythology.
She stands, head bowed, arms clasped around her neck as if in deep thought. Known for his beautiful figurative work, this piece retains the artist’s signature highly textured appearance and rich earthy patina. Tosczak’s pieces are first conceived on paper in quick pen and ink drawings. The spontaneity of this approach is evident in the almost abstract appearance of the sculpture. Edition one of eight.
“What inspires/informs my work? In a word, observation. I notice things…a gesture…an accident.” Richard Tosczak
Born in Belgium, Richard Tosczak studied philosophy and sculpture at the University of Alberta. At that time, Tosczak began working in steel and was influenced by a number of his professors who appreciated the work of a British abstract sculptor, Sir Anthony Caro considered one of the greatest sculptors of his generation. Further studies were pursued in France with another internationally acclaimed classic sculptor, Martine Vaugel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Model II Bronze Sculpture Nude Girl Standing Female Figure Contemporary
By Erwin Meijer
Located in Utrecht, NL
Model II Bronze Sculpture Nude Girl Standing Female Figure Contemporary
The statues of Erwin Meijer are subtle with a recognizable, personal handwriting.
They breathe the atmosphere ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Pleiades-Asterope 3/8 - emotive, nude, female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The striking figure of a nude female, arms stretched above her head is the subject of this bronze sculpture by Canadian artist Richard Tosczak. Known for his beautiful figurative wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
Max Kalish
The Road Builder
inscribed M. KALISH 23, with Meroni-Radice foundry mark, on top of base bronze with dark brown patina, on an ebonized rectangular plinth
Height: 13 1/8 in. not including base
Provenance: Spanierman Gallery, New York
BIO
Max Kalish (1891 – 1945)
Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United States in 1894, his family settling in Ohio. A talented youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place award for modeling the figure during studies with Herman Matzen. Kalish went to New York City following graduation, studying with Isidore Konti and Herbert Adams...
Category
1920s American Realist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Torso of Donna by Nando Kallweit. Bronze sculpture of the torso of a woman.
Located in Coltishall, GB
The Torso of a Donna (a lady) is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture of the female human body by Nando Kallweit. She is often paired with the Torso of Amici (friend) - a male fig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mini-Caryatid - Sculpture by M. Berrocal - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Nickel Plated 24 Element Puzzle Sculpture, 1968-1969, realized by Miguel Berrocal.
Signature and number engraved. Edition of 9500 pieces.
Ref. Catalogo General/Obras Recientes,197...
Category
1960s Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sue by Nando Kallweit. Bronze sculpture of human figure. Serial unique.
Located in Coltishall, GB
Nando Kallweit Sue unique bronze sculpture
Dimensions: 22cm tall
Serial Unique
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Maty by Nando Kallweit - Bronze sculpture, Edition of 25
Located in Coltishall, GB
Maty is inspired by the elongated, elegant postures of yoga. A figurative bronze of the female form by sculptor Nando Kallweit.
Modelled on modern youthful postures but with a nod t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spear Fighter / - The Fighter
s Concentration -
Located in Berlin, DE
Ludwig Eisenberger (active in Berlin between 1895-1920), Spear Fighter, around 1910. Brown patinated bronze with residual gilding on a cast terrain plinth with marble base (8 cm high...
Category
1910s Realist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nude
Located in Dallas, TX
signed "1938-42 Morgan Russell" with monogram on base
cast circa 1982 with permission of the Estate of Morgan Russell
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gianmario Italy 1987 Polychrome Cast Bronze Proof of Author
Located in Brescia, IT
Paolo Cassarà, this Italian artist, usually utilized painted terracotta in real human dimensions for his Surrealist artworks.
It was exceptional the use...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Melisandre by Nando Kallweit 166cm tall Elegant bronze sculpture of human figure
Located in Coltishall, GB
Melisandre by Nando Kallweit bronze sculpture, edition of 13
Dimensions: 166cm tall
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Naiad - Sculpture by Mario Rutelli - 1905
Located in Roma, IT
This bronze sculpture is a model of the one of the Naiads of the Fountain of the Naiads in Piazza Esedra, Rome, Italy.
Realized by Mario Rutelli in 1905 ca.
Very good condition.
Category
Early 1900s Modern Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Melpomene - muse of tragedy A.P./8 - female, figurative, bronze statuette
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This delicately balanced, female nude figure is patinated in a dark blue and black tone.
Available by commission in an edition of 8, this piece is 1/8.
A former student of philosop...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cord
Located in Chicago, IL
Edition of 12
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$20,000
Antique Orientalist Arab Slave Trader Female Nude Group Cold Painted Bronze 1910
Located in Portland, OR
A very large 24" (61cm) Franz Xavier Bergmann (1861-1936) cold painted bronze group statue, signed, Austria, circa 1910.
The bronze in the Orientalist manner & depicts a young slave ...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Head in the Clouds XL
Located in New York, NY
Laurence Perratzi is a French figurative artist exploring the body’s expression. Her work is a reflection on movement, strongly influenced by her athletic background where poise and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Iris little study, Auguste Rodin, Bronze, Sculpture, Modern Art, 1970
s, Nudes
Located in Geneva, CH
Iris little study, Auguste Rodin, Bronze, Sculpture, Modern Art, 1970's, Nudes
Petite etude pour Iris, douzième épreuve
Ed. 12/12 pcs
1973
Bronze with brown and black patina
Marked around the left thigh : A.Rodin n°12 c by Musée RODIN...
Category
1970s Modern Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nude Woman Knelling On The Pillow Signed Illegibly
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bronze of a Nude woman knelling on the pillow.
Signed illegibly with initials, posible FL dated '64 edition 1/3.
Bronze with dark brown patina on marble base.
Category
1960s Modern Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Deslizando - Bronze Sculpture of Speed Skating Figure in Orange Outfit
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Deslizando
bronze and acrylic
24h x 12.50w x 11.75d in
60.96h x 31.75w x 29.84d cm
ed. 1/8
JCP068
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Fiona
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fiona" - one of the series "Dreams about Sea".
Unique cast bronze sculpture with patina. Representing a woman inspired by the sea. The elongated, stylized form emphasizes elegance...
Category
2010s Modern Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Metal, Bronze
$5,458
Dancer fastening the shoulder strap of her bodice – Edgar Degas, bronze cast by
By Edgar Degas
Located in Gent, VOV
A superb bronze cast of Edgar Degas’ iconic dancer, Danseuse agrafant l’épaulette de son corsage presents a moment of disarming intimacy: a young ballerina absorbed in adjusting the ...
Category
20th Century Modern Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ruth Bloch, Kiss, romantic bronze sculpture, minimalist sculpture
By Ruth Bloch
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
Ruth Bloch, Bronze sculpture, Kiss, 2 figures, classic theme , romantic sculpture, minimalist sculpture
Category
Early 2000s Minimalist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gladiator ready for battle / - Ready for anything -
By Bruno Zach
Located in Berlin, DE
Bruno Zach (1891 Zhitomir - 1945 Vienna), Gladiator ready for battle, c. 1930. Blackish patinated bronze with silver-plated helmet, shield rim and shield pommel mounted on a fluted m...
Category
1930s Art Deco Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bahia
By Patrick Brun
Located in Pasadena, CA
Patrick BRUN was born in Paris in 1941. After obtaining his Engineering degree, he began his professional life as a teacher in mathematics and physics. After this period, he started ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Angry Father, family sculpture in bronze
Located in New York, NY
A lively and important work that would bring animation to any interior.
Though he has been called “the world’s best public sculptor,” by art critic Ken Johnson, Tom Otterness’ playfu...
Category
1980s Realist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large Latin American Mexican Master Bronze Sculpture Mother with Child SIgned
Located in Surfside, FL
From small limited edition of 7, this is a signed and dated hollow cast bronze sculpture.
Provenance: Important Miami Beach estate that included many paintings and sculpture by Post Impressionist masterpieces and works by Latin American masters.
Felipe Castaneda (Mexican, b.1933) was born in 1933 in La Palma in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. His artistic career began at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City where he became an assistant to the renowned sculptor Francisco Zúñiga (French, 1867–1947), Zuniga helped the artist realize his aptitude for sculpting and carving. Castañeda finished his studies in 1963, and by 1970, he was showing his work in exhibitions. Castañeda experimented with many media in order to master molding clay for his sculptures, preferring to work in marble, onyx, and bronze. The heavy influence of pre-Columbian artifacts...
Category
1980s Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Germinal h cm 40 (blue patina)
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina
Display: The s...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dame Elisabeth Frink Bronze Relief Statue Of Man And Eagle Numbered 1/7 Maquette
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Dame Elisabeth Frink.
English ( b.1930 - d.1993 ).
Maquette For Man And Eagle.
Bronze With Gold Brown Patina.
Signed And Numbered 1/7 Lower Left.
Size 8.7 inches x 10.2 inches ( 22cm x 26cm ).
Depth 2.8 inches ( 7cm ).
Weight 7.1lb ( 3.24KG).
Available for sale; this original bronze plaque with raised relief is by Dame Elisabeth Frink and was conceived and cast in 1967.
The maquette is presented and supplied unmounted. There is the option to hang the plaque from 2 rings applied to the rear when in previous ownership.
This vintage bronze plaque...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Haïku" , Green Patinated Bronze Tree&Human Sculpture on a Black Granite Base
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"Haïku" is a bronze sculpture by Isabelle Jeandot, one of a limited edition series of twelve original sculptures. It will be delivered with a certificate of authenticity issued by th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Javelin thrower / - Roman present -
By Franz Iffland
Located in Berlin, DE
Franz Iffland (1862 Tempelhof - 1935 Berlin), Javelin thrower, after 1910. Olive-black patinated bronze with cast plinth mounted on a white-veined black marble base (7 cm high). Tota...
Category
1910s Art Deco Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Seeker, " Sculpture
By Bill Starke
Located in Denver, CO
Bill Starke's "The Seeker" is a limited edition (#3/50), bronze sculpture created by Bill Starke depicting a male figure peering down through a small opening beneath him.
About th...
Category
2010s Realist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Statua bronzetto figurativo mitologico nudo manierismo del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Bronzetto del XIX secolo su modello di "Niobe" di Francesco da Sant'Agata (nato e attivo in Veneto, Padova, alla metà del cinquecento). Il soggetto ebbe molta fortuna e ne esistono...
Category
19th Century Mannerist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau sculpture “Woman blowing bubbles”, Bronze and marble, Germany
Located in Valladolid, ES
Gorgeous Sculpture “Woman blowing bubbles”, Bronze and marble, Art Nouveau, 1920 – Germany
Refined antique solid bronze sculpture depicting a woman blowing bubbles. This piece is of...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
1961 Coty Award Plaque Kenneth Hairdresser Jacqueline Onassis Bronze Fashion
Located in New York, NY
1961 Coty Award Plaque Kenneth Hairdresser Jacqueline Onassis Bronze Fashion
Bronze on wood. The wood plaque measures 12 3/4" by 20 3/4 inches. The bronze plaque itself is 13 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches and the the bronze inscription, which reads "COTY, American Fashion Critics Special Award 1961 to KENNETH of LILY DACHE...
Category
1960s American Modern Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nature unveiling in front of Science
Located in PARIS, FR
Nature unveiling in front of Science
by Louis-Ernest BARRIAS (1841-1905)
Bronze sculpture with triple patina, old-gilt, light brown and dark brown patina.
Signed on the side of the...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Judgment of Wotan; Die Walküre II
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
Christopher Slatoff’s Judgment of Wotan; Die Walkure II depicts the music drama, Walkure, Die (The Valkyrie)....
Category
2010s Realist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Maternité Allongée cm 90
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina
Display: The sc...
Category
1960s Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Boy playing the shawm / - The transience of sounds -
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Harders (1875 Mörel - 1955 Berlin), Boy playing the shawm, around 1930. Dark patinated bronze with round plinth on a black marble base (2 cm high), t...
Category
1930s Art Deco Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Michael Ayrton
Girl Wringing out her Hair
patinated bronze nude sculpture
Located in London, GB
Michael Ayrton (1921-1975)
Girl Wringing out her Hair
Patinated bronze, 1962
26cm in height
Michael Ayrton was a British artist and writer, renowned as...
Category
1660s Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Torso
By Vladimir Yankilevsky
Located in PARIS, FR
Vladimir Yankilevsky (1938–2018) was a major Russian artist of the second half of the twentieth century, associated with the Soviet nonconformist movement. His work is distinguished ...
Category
1970s Expressionist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Germinal h cm 110
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina
Display: The sc...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Odalisque - Silver-plated Bronze Sculpture by Giuseppe Salvi - 1886
Located in Roma, IT
The Odalisque is an original decorative object realized by Giuseppe Salvi in 1886.
Silver-plated Bronze representing a young odalisque,
Sign, place and...
Category
1880s Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Folded Arms Study Dripping Torso Fragment
Located in London, GB
Bronze (silver nitrate patina)
Numbered 8/9
40cm × 24cm × 20cm
Pratley is a Sculptor working from life models in his West London studio. His inspirations range from ancient Greek ma...
Category
2010s English School Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Parvati
By Allan Clark
Located in Long Island City, NY
A bronze sculpture by Allan Clark originally casted in 1927. A nude figure sculpture of Parvati, the Hindu goddess of love.
Artist: Allan Clark (after), American (1896 - 1950)
T...
Category
1920s Romantic Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$18,000
Egee debout h cm 50
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina
Display: The sc...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Allegorical mythological figurative bronze from the 19th century
Located in Florence, IT
Marble-based bronze statuette depicting Cupid, holding an arrow in his hand, walking caressing a lion's mane, lowered in the act of affectionately licking his little foot. The subjec...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Bronze Beauty
Located in Berlin, DE
Bronze
28 cm
signed
Andrea Carlo Lucchesi (1859–1925) was an Anglo-Italian sculptor, associated with the “New Sculpture” movement, known for naturalistic and symbolist works.
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Egèe assise h cm 140
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies
Artwork signed
Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity
Invoice from the gallery
Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina
Display: The sc...
Category
1950s Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Bérangère with a Hat
By Patrick Brun
Located in Pasadena, CA
Patrick BRUN was born in Paris in 1941. After obtaining his Engineering degree, he began his professional life as a teacher in mathematics and physics. After this period, he started ...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,000 Sale Price
27% Off
The Feeding / - Natural grace -
Located in Berlin, DE
Erich Schmidt-Kestner (1877 Berlin - 1941 Nordhausen), The Feeding, around 1915. Gold and black patinated bronze with cast brown patinated plinth mounted on a lightly veined black-gr...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modou, Dripping Torso Fragment
Located in London, GB
Bronze (silver nitrate patina)
Numbered 3/9
62cm × 19cm × 26cm (incl. base)
Pratley is a Sculptor working from life models in his West London studio. His inspirations range from anc...
Category
2010s Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Young Woman Nude" Warren Wheelock, Art Deco, Modernist Female Sculpture Form
Located in New York, NY
Warren Wheelock
Untitled (Young Woman Nude), 1924
Incised signature and date to edge of base "© 1924 by Warren Wheelock"
Bronze
Sculpture: 20 h × 4½ w...
Category
1920s Art Deco Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Jupiter 3 figurative sculpture beautiful free standing sculpture figure
Located in Palm Desert, CA
My Jupiter Series is part of a new series of pieces started while quarantining in this pandemic time. They are hand cast solid bronze relief sculptures mounted on black granite bases...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Sydney Kumalo Bronze Minimalist African Modernist Sculpture Figural Female Nude
Located in Surfside, FL
Sydney Kumalo. Features a bronze stylized female figural form sculpture fixed to a marble plinth and wood base. Bears signature on base. Measures 9 1/2" x 4 1/4". There is no edition number on the piece.
Sydney Kumalo (1935 - 1988) was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, on 13 April 1935. His was one of the families who had to move out of the "white" city to the South Western Townships, or Soweto. Raised in Diepkloof and educated at Madibane High School, he took with him from old Sophiatown the curious and diverse heritage of its heyday. Art classes in the Catholic school, "Sof' town" blues and jazz, the vibrant street culture and growing defiance of its population of various races who were gradually forced out into separate race-group areas. So it was that these various aspects of his early life created for Kumalo a cultural mix of a Zulu family related to the traditional royal house; city schooling, nascent township music and lingo; growing urbanised political defiance and the deep-rooted Zulu pride and respect for the legends and ancient stories of a tribal people. This mix of old and new cultures was reinforced when he began his studies at the Polly Street Art Centre in 1953 where he became a member of Cecil Skotnes group of serious artists who were encouraged to acquire professional skills. Skotnes introduced a basic training programme with modelling as a component, which marked the introduction of sculpting (in brick-clay) at Polly Street.
Kumalo was Skotnes’ assistant at Polly Street from 1957 to 1964, and having recognised his great talent as a sculptor, Skotnes encouraged him to become a professional artist.
After Kumalo’s very successful assistance with a commission to decorate the St Peter Claver church at Seeisoville near Kroonstad, with painting designs, sculpture and relief panels in 1957, Skotnes arranged for Kumalo to continue his art training by working in Edoardo Villa ’s studio from 1958 to 1960. Working with Villa, he received professional guidance and began to familiarize himself with the technical aspects of sculpting and bronze casting. In 1960 he became an instructor at the Polly Street Art Centre.
Kumalo started exhibiting his work with some of the leading commercial Johannesburg galleries in 1958, and had his first solo exhibition with the Egon Guenther Gallery in 1962. He was a leader of the generation who managed to leave behind the forms of African curios, reject the European-held paternalism which encouraged notions of "naive" and "tribal" African art, and yet still hold fast to the core of the old legends and spiritual values of his people. He introduced these subjects into his bronze sculptures and pastel drawings, evolving his own expressive, contemporary African "style".
Together with Skotnes, Villa, Cecily Sash and Giuseppe Cattaneo, Kumalo became part of the Amadlozi group in 1963. This was a group of artists promoted by the African art collector and gallery director Egon Guenther, and characterised by their exploration of an African idiom in their art. Elza Miles writes that Cecil Skotnes’ friendship with Egon Guenther had a seminal influence on the aspirant artists of Polly Street: “Guenther broadened their experience by introducing them to German Expressionism as well as the sculptural traditions of West and Central Africa. He familiarised them with the work of Ernst Barlach, Käthe Kollwitz, Gustav Seitz, Willi Baumeister and Rudolf Sharf.” It is therefore not surprising that some of Kumalo’s sculptures show an affinity with Barlach’s powerful expressionist works. Guenther organised for the Amadlozi group to hold exhibitions around Italy, in Rome, Venice, Milan and Florence, in both 1963 and 1964.
Kumalo’s career took off in the mid 1960s, with his regular participation in exhibitions in Johannesburg, London, New York and Europe. He also represented South Africa at the Venice Biennale in 1966, and in 1967 participated in the São Paulo Biennale.
EJ De Jager (1992) describes Kumalo’s sculpture as retaining much of the “canon and formal aesthetic qualities of classical African sculpture. His work contains the same monumentality and simplicity of form.” His main medium for modelling was terra cotta, which was then cast in bronze, always paying careful attention to the finish of both the model as well as the final cast. He began casting the pieces he modelled in clay or plaster into bronze at the Renzo Vignali Artistic Foundry in Pretoria North. He worked throughout his life with its owners, the Gamberini family, and enjoyed learning the technical aspects of the casting process, refining his surfaces according to what he learned would produce the best results in metal. De Jager further writes that Kumalo’s distinctive texturing of the bronze or terra cotta is reminiscent of traditional carving techniques of various African cultures. “In many respects Kumalo thus innovated a genuine contemporary or modern indigenous South African sculpture”. Kumalo came to admire the works of the Cubists, and of British sculptors Henry Moore and Lynn Chadwick. He became noted for adapting shapes from them into his own figures. The success of his use of the then current monumental simplicity and purely aesthetic abstractions of natural forms has been emulated by many South African sculptors since the 1970s.
He was in many ways the doyen of South African Black art. As such he was an important influence especially on younger African sculptors, by whom he is greatly revered. Through his teaching at Polly Street and at the Jubilee Centre, as well as through his personal example of integrity, dedication and ability, he inspired and guided students who in their own right became outstanding artists, for example, Ezrom Legae, Leonard Matsoso and Louis Maqhubela
From 1969 onward, he allied himself with Linda Givon, founder of The Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg, where he exhibited regularly until his death in December 1988. Working with Givon also perpetuated his associations with his many friends of strong principles. Skotnes, Villa, Legae and later such peers from the Polly Street era as Leonard Matsoso, Durant Sihlali and David Koloane have all exhibited at The Goodman Gallery. Kumalo, Legae, and later Fikile (Magadlela) and Dumile (Feni) were among the leading exponents of a new Afrocentric art...
Category
20th Century Modern Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Olympiade Danseres Olympian Dancer Bronze Figurative Woman Sculpture Nude Body
Located in Utrecht, NL
Olympiade Danseres Olympian Dancer Bronze Figurative Woman Sculpture Nude Body
Jits Bakker was a versatile Dutch artist: sculptor, painter, watercolorist, drawer, glass artist, silv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Bronze
Atlas Shrugged - Greek Mythology Inspired Bronze Sculpture on Granite Base
By Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
Dean Kugler
Atlas Shrugged, 2024
bronze, ed. 9/12
22h x 14.50w x 16d in
55.88h x 36.83w x 40.64d cm
ed. 9/12
DK0046
Dean Kugler is a seasoned interdisciplinary artist, painter, and ...
Category
2010s American Realist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Amazon", Nude Walking Woman Looking on the Side Figurative Bronze Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"Amazon", Nude Walking Woman Looking on the Side Figurative Bronze Sculpture.
Passionate about the spirit, with her timeless and universal expression in the heart of the human condition, the artist Isabelle Jeandot...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mother and Newborn Child, Nude Bronze Sculpture by Kuno Lange
By Kuno Lange
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kuno Lange, German (1950 - )
Title: Mother and Newborn
Year: 1997
Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature and number on base
Edition: 2/9
Size: 28 in. x 7 in. x 3.5 in. (71.12 cm...
Category
1990s Expressionist Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Taking Off
By Patrick Brun
Located in Pasadena, CA
Patrick BRUN was born in Paris in 1941. After obtaining his Engineering degree, he began his professional life as a teacher in mathematics and physics. After this period, he started ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze nude sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Bronze nude 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. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Nando Kallweit, Wim van der Kant, Erwin Meijer, and Yann Guillon. 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 nude sculptures, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available
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