Brazilian Animal Sculptures
More often than not, vintage mid-century Brazilian furniture designs, with their gleaming wood, soft leathers and inviting shapes, share a sensuous, unique quality that distinguishes them from the more rectilinear output of American and Scandinavian makers of the same era.
Commencing in the 1940s and '50s, a group of architects and designers transformed the local cultural landscape in Brazil, merging the modernist vernacular popular in Europe and the United States with the South American country's traditional techniques and indigenous materials.
Key mid-century influencers on Brazilian furniture design include natives Oscar Niemeyer, Sergio Rodrigues and José Zanine Caldas as well as such European immigrants as Joaquim Tenreiro, Jean Gillon and Jorge Zalszupin. These creators frequently collaborated; for instance, Niemeyer, an internationally acclaimed architect, commissioned many of them to furnish his residential and institutional buildings.
The popularity of Brazilian modern furniture has made household names of these designers and other greats. Their particular brand of modernism is characterized by an émigré point of view (some were Lithuanian, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, and Italian), a preference for highly figured indigenous Brazilian woods, a reverence for nature as an inspiration and an atelier or small-production mentality.
Hallmarks of Brazilian mid-century design include smooth, sculptural forms and the use of native woods like rosewood, jacaranda and pequi. The work of designers today exhibits many of the same qualities, though with a marked interest in exploring new materials (witness the Campana Brothers' stuffed-animal chairs) and an emphasis on looking inward rather than to other countries for inspiration.
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Paint
1970s Kinetic Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Quartz, Tourmaline, Granite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
Mid-20th Century Kinetic Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic, Resin
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Quartz, Tourmaline
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Steel
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
2010s Folk Art Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Hardwood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Stone, Agate, Quartz
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Crystal, Tourmaline
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Crystal, Tourmaline
Mid-20th Century Kinetic Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic
2010s Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Multi-gemstone, Quartz
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
19th Century Primitive Antique Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
Early 2000s Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Bamboo
2010s Arts and Crafts Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Hardwood
2010s Primitive Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Wood, Hardwood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
2010s Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Multi-gemstone, Quartz
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Quartz
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic
1970s Space Age Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic, Lucite, Synthetic
Mid-20th Century Kinetic Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic, Paint, Resin
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Rock Crystal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Rock Crystal
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic
2010s Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Quartz, Stone
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic
2010s Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Agate, Amethyst, Rock Crystal, Metal
20th Century Post-Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Acrylic
1980s Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Rock Crystal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Resin, Acrylic, Lucite
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Lucite
1970s Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Rock Crystal
1970s Kinetic Vintage Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Resin, Acrylic
2010s Minimalist Brazilian Animal Sculptures
Concrete, Brass





