Realist Sculptures
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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Style: Realist
"Rough Skinned Newt" (2023) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Rough Skinned Newt" (2022) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts a newt curiously looking upwards.
Tony Hochstetler is a sculptor of unusual anim...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Vintage Italian Glazed Terra Cotta Wall Hanging Leopard Head
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Striking mid century Italian life size leopard head crafted in terra cotta, hand decorated and glazed, now and forever caught in mid growl.
Category
20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Mayan Warrior
By Peter Brooke
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
Peter Brooke's Mayan Warrior depicts a solemn and dignified military subject. Historically, few Mayan warrior...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Sharing Space
By Bela Bacsi
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
Resting upon a golden cushion, this two-faced subject has the look of a mask that one would be able to wear. ...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Nehemiah 2
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Description
Slatoff’s sculpture is a biblical reference to the central figure in the book of Nehemiah, which describes a ...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cistern Fragment
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
Artist Statement
“Ray Bradbury never ceases to inspire me. While working with him, I saw his ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Cast Stone
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 Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"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 Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Promise of the Prairie, 36"high Bronze Sculpture
Located in Loveland, CO
George Wayne Lundeen (American, born 1948) NSS
“Promise of the Prairie”
Museum Quality Cast Bronze, Limited edition of 21, signed and marked, G.W. Lundeen ©1983 20/21 on the top/back...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Double Happiness
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed signature by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece with an edition number.
3/150
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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 Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nuthatch Glissando
By James Moore
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Inscribed by the Artist with a signature and edition number on bronze base.
12/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Reflection"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The sculpture "Reflection" is a modern abstract work made of shiny golden metal. Its shape resembles parts of the human body or armor, but the interpretation remains open to the view...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Crusader with shield and mace / - Ready to strike -
Located in Berlin, DE
Josef Moest (1873 Cologne - 1914 Rath), Crusader with shield and mace, around 1910. Bronze on a black marble pedestal (19 cm high). 57.5 cm (total height) x 21 cm (width) x 12 cm (de...
Category
1910s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Soaring Eagle / - With eagle eyes -
Located in Berlin, DE
Anonymous, Soaring Eagle, mid-20th century Patinated cast metal mounted on quartz block. 24 cm (total height) x 29 cm (width) x 12 cm (depth).
- Patina heavily rubbed in places, screw connections between sculpture and stone...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Wild Running Horse Three-Dimensional Painting Sculpture on Wood 40HX30" W
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wild Running Horse Three-Dimensional Painting on Wood 40H X 30" W
2019 in Los Angeles
Collaborative Artwork - Irena Orlov-Zeev Orlov
SPECIFICATIONS:
Combines Painting and Sculptur...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
$7,800 Sale Price
22% Off
Quarter Horse
Located in Milwaukee, WI
A life-sized fiberglass sculpture of a horse, unsigned. This specific breed of horse the sculpture is based on is called Quarter Horse. Many visitors to ...
Category
1990s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Fiberglass
Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in New York, NY
Nothing is more delightful than depictions of people from the turn of the century that convey a distinguished sort of elegance, composure and dignity. Gone today is the concept of "...
Category
1910s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Carpeaux etnic bronze : Le chinois (1868). N1 (scetch) Observatory fountain
Located in Gent, VOV
JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX 1827 - 1875
Le Chinois N°1 (study for Asia) (1868). Model from the observatory fountain. Sketch
Height ca.60 cm
A similar copy auctioned on June 22, 2023, at ...
Category
1860s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Top Gun (Table Top)
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by artist Stefan Savides. Edition 20/35.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Herondippity
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by artist Stefan Savides. Edition 13/35.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mighty Might
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by artist Stefan Savides. Edition 3/35.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Attitude is Everything
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by artist Stefan Savides. Edition 7/19.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
African Extremes
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by artist Stefan Savides. Edition 9/35.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
All Catch No Release
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by artist Stefan Savides. Edition 19/35.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chickadee Box
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by artist Melissa Cooper. Edition 15/35.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Yawning Hippopotamus Bronze EA IV/IV
Located in Pasadena, CA
Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom.
She freely observes the animal and captures and interprets a movement; and places it in nature and real life with a zest of fancy. Without humanizing the model, respecting the uniqueness of each one in its biodiversity. After studying three years of art history at the Ecole du Louvre, it was with her uncle and her aunt veterinarians, that her love for animals truly took shape in the clay; as with the first models animals on the examination table...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Fertility Venus, Bronze Nude Sculpture by Telly Mia
By Telly Mia
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Telly Mia
Title: Fertility Venus
Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature inscribed
Size: 20 in. x 11 in. x 10 in. (50.8 cm x 27.94 cm x 25.4 cm)
Category
20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Pitcher Plants and Frog" (2016) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Pitcher Plants and Frog" (2016) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts a small frog standing under 3 pitcher plants.
TONY HOCHSTETLER is a sculpto...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cane Corso Dog Bust, Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Cane Corso is an Italian breed of dog, for years valued highly in Italy as a companion, guardian and hunter. This bronze bust is a loveable, lifelike r...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Twice as Spicy (TBD/7)" (2022) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Twice as Spicy" (TBD/7)" (2022) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts a two dried red chili peppers resting on one another.
Tony Hochstetler is a...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A Figurative Impressionist Bronze Metal Sculpture, "Just A Minute"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 15x15x9 Figurative Impressionist Bronze Metal Sculpture. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase or delivery.
Manuelita Brown is a San Dieg...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A la fontaine
By Émile Nestor Joseph Carlier 1
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Nice 19th-century cast with rich, brown patina by French sculptor Emile-Joseph-Nestor Carlier. Carlier frequently created large, multi-figural group sculptures. These are dramatic an...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$11,500
The Treasure Hunter - with Bracelet
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original Bronze sculpture inscribed with the Artist's name and edition number.
1/60
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
When Pigs Fly (Black-triptych)-original realism wildlife sculpture-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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Hidden Layers
By Ben Young
Located in New York, NY
Ben Young’s sculpture fluidly blends glass, concrete, bronze, steel, and light to depict romantic and pensive imagery highlighting the fragility of our climate and its most precious resource – water. Born in Australia and raised in New Zealand, Young is an avid surfer and environmentalist, inspired by a lifetime on and around oceans, bays, and reefs, with an intimate understanding of the challenges our precious ecosystems face.
Young’s thought-provoking sculpture shows great range, portraying the beauty and solitude of life on the ocean, haunting depths of the deep sea, and stunning and relaxing upside of island life. Water is many things to many people, which Young encapsulates brilliantly in his work, encompassing themes of sustainability throughout.
Using concrete to create mountains, crevasses, sand bars, and cliffs, Young’s innovative use of materials is transportative. With hand-carved glass as his guiding medium, Young amplifies light and its relationship with water – our most sacred element – to create a glowing unity that people from around the world connect with on a personal level, whether they are beachside or in the Desert.
Ben Young’s exhibition Delicate Space at Chesterfield Gallery...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Bronze, Stainless Steel
$24,000
Ceramic Wall Sculpture of Crow #16
By Karla Walter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Cv upon request
Karla Walter is an American artist who explores similarities between the social interactions among crows and that of individuals in our society.
Karla Walter went to ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Eagle (ex. "Palmira" estate of Sarkis Kaltakdjian) - Large Bronze Sculpture
Located in New Orleans, LA
A large, powerfully affecting sculpture of an eagle perched and preparing to take off. I have included a photo of a soda can in one shot to give you an idea of the scale of this scul...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Sittin
Duck
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture engraved with the Artist's signature and edition number.
Open Edition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
DeCoy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture engraved with the Artist's signature and edition number.
Open Edition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Trumpeter Pond
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture engraved with the Artist's signature and edition number.
6/30
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Elegance
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture engraved with the Artist's signature and edition number.
70/75
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cactus Run
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture engraved with the Artist's signature and edition number.
92/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Busy Beavers
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture engraved with the Artist's signature and edition number.
54/100
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alpine Pikas
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture engraved with the Artist's signature and edition number.
28/45
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Hot Wings Wall Mount" By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Wall Installation
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Hot Wings Wall Mount (8/21)" (2022) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts a dried peppers with a bat flying downwards.
Tony Hochstetler is a scul...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Spicy (14/21)" (2022) By Tony Hochstetler, Original Bronze Food Sculpture
Located in Denver, CO
Tony Hochstetler's "Spicy" (2022) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that depicts a red chili.
TONY HOCHSTETLER is a sculptor of unusual animals and botanical subjects. His r...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Spot
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original bronze sculpture by artist Erik Petersen. Edition 60/76.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,475
Ceramic Wall Sculpture of Crow #12 with Crystal in Beak
By Karla Walter
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Cv upon request
Karla Walter is an American artist who explores similarities between the social interactions among crows and that of individuals in our society.
Karla Walter went to ...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Taureau Attaque par un Tigre
Located in New York, NY
An acute observer of nature Barye was fascinated by the dramatic depiction of animals in the wild. These anomalies bronzes can sit on mantles and desks and elevate a room tremendousl...
Category
1840s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Yawning Hippopotame
Located in Pasadena, CA
Animal sculptor Sophie MARTIN creates from inert clay a whole living animal kingdom.
She freely observes the animal and captures and interprets a movement; and places it in nature an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$3,000 Sale Price
43% Off
Mother and Child - 20th Century British terracotta figure by Lady Muriel Wheeler
By Lady Muriel Wheeler
Located in London, GB
LADY MURIEL WHEELER, PSWA
(1888-1979)
Mother and Baby
Signed and indistinctly dated 19-4
Terracotta on wooden base
44 cm., 17 ¼ in. high including base
Muriel Bourne was born in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"Discover"
Located in Denver, CO
"Discover," is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Panel, Digital
"Calming Chaos"
Located in Denver, CO
"Calming Chaos," is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Panel, Digital
"Ready, Steady, Go"
Located in Denver, CO
"Ready, Steady, Go" is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Panel, Digital
"Nothing Ventured"
Located in Denver, CO
"Nothing Ventured" is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Panel, Digital
"Just Out of Reach"
Located in Denver, CO
"Just Out of Reach" is a digital print on 5 acrylic panels by Michelle Jader.
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Panel, Digital
Born and Raised
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bronze sculpture with an inscribed signature and edition number by the Artist on the bronze base of the piece.
11/35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Altered Perspective
By Ben Young
Located in New York, NY
Ben Young’s sculpture fluidly blends glass, concrete, bronze, steel, and light to depict romantic and pensive imagery highlighting the fragility of our climate and its most precious resource – water. Born in Australia and raised in New Zealand, Young is an avid surfer and environmentalist, inspired by a lifetime on and around oceans, bays, and reefs, with an intimate understanding of the challenges our precious ecosystems face.
Young’s thought-provoking sculpture shows great range, portraying the beauty and solitude of life on the ocean, haunting depths of the deep sea, and stunning and relaxing upside of island life. Water is many things to many people, which Young encapsulates brilliantly in his work, encompassing themes of sustainability throughout.
Using concrete to create mountains, crevasses, sand bars, and cliffs, Young’s innovative use of materials is transportative. With hand-carved glass as his guiding medium, Young amplifies light and its relationship with water – our most sacred element – to create a glowing unity that people from around the world connect with on a personal level, whether they are beachside or in the Desert.
Ben Young’s exhibition Delicate Space at Chesterfield Gallery...
Category
2010s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Concrete, Stainless Steel
Edward Carter Preston - Athena - 20th Century British Plaster Sculpture Figure
Located in London, GB
EDWARD CARTER PRESTON
(1885-1965)
Athena
Signed: E CARTER PRESTON
Bronzed plaster
59 cm., 23 ¼ in. high
Edward Carter Preston is best known as the designe...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Realist sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Realist sculptures available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Frederick Hart, Gary Alsum, SOPHIE MARTIN, and Peter Brooke. Frequently made by artists working with Metal, and Bronze and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Realist sculptures, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for sculptures made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $550 and tops out at $935,000, while the average work sells for $7,200.
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