Modern Animal Sculptures
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Animal Sculptures
Resin, Plexiglass
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
1990s Finnish Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass, Art Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Animal Sculptures
Composition, Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
Late 20th Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Driftwood, Burl
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Animal Sculptures
Fur, Leather, Wool, Glass, Teak
20th Century British Modern Animal Sculptures
Chrome
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Chinese Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
1930s French Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Animal Sculptures
Composition, Metal
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Plastic, Fiberglass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic, Majolica
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Brass, Bronze
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Sculptures
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
1990s Swedish Modern Animal Sculptures
Stoneware
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Ceramic
20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Crystal, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
20th Century Danish Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
1980s Danish Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
Late 20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
1990s Finnish Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s Portuguese Modern Animal Sculptures
Brass
20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Bronze
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Animal Sculptures
Marble
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
Early 2000s French Modern Animal Sculptures
Art Glass
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Terracotta
20th Century European Modern Animal Sculptures
Bakelite
Late 20th Century Finnish Modern Animal Sculptures
Blown Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Animal Sculptures
Wood





