Modern 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1990s English Modern Sculptures
Wicker
2010s Modern Sculptures
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sculptures
Acrylic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Marble
Late 20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Marble, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Mexican Modern Sculptures
Cotton, Wood, Nylon
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Sandstone
20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Malachite, Vermeil, Silver
1980s Israeli Vintage Modern Sculptures
Bronze
2010s Belgian Modern Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Velvet
1970s French Vintage Modern Sculptures
Silver, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sculptures
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Sculptures
Hardwood
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Blown Glass
1960s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sculptures
Marble
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Sculptures
Carrara Marble
2010s South African Modern Sculptures
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Porcelain
1990s Polish Modern Sculptures
Art Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Sculptures
Porcelain
2010s Mexican Modern Sculptures
Resin
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sculptures
Art Glass, Murano Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Sculptures
Clay
Late 20th Century Austrian Modern Sculptures
Clay
20th Century French Modern Sculptures
Bronze
20th Century Unknown Modern Sculptures
Wood
Late 20th Century European Modern Sculptures
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Sculptures
Fabric, Plastic, Paper
1970s American Vintage Modern Sculptures
Marble, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Sculptures
Brass
2010s North American Modern Sculptures
Ceramic
1970s Vintage Modern Sculptures
Brass
2010s Scandinavian Modern Sculptures
Brass
20th Century Israeli Modern Sculptures
Bronze, Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Brass
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Brass
2010s North American Modern Sculptures
Aluminum, Cut Steel
Early 2000s Central African Modern Sculptures
Resin
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Statuary Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Concrete, Cement
2010s Latvian Modern Sculptures
Other
Late 20th Century Modern Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Blown Glass
2010s Italian Modern Sculptures
Art Glass, Murano Glass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Metal, Enamel
2010s Polish Modern Sculptures
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Brass
1960s Vintage Modern Sculptures
Iron
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Sculptures
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Sculptures
Steel, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sculptures
Glass
2010s South African Modern Sculptures
Wood





