Sweden - Sculptures

An egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 25 cm (10") tall including the stand. It´s in very good condition except fro...

Wall-hung ceramic. Signed by the artist. Measures: H: 31 cm/ 12" W: 31 cm/ 12" D: 29 cm/ 11 1/2".

Mandrill sculpture designed by Vicke Lindstrand for Uppsala Ekeby Sweden, 1940s Stoneware. Signed. H: 31 cm / 1'' L: 43 cm / 1'' 1' 3 / 4

This striking glass sculpture was designed by Bengt Orup for Johansfors Glasbruk in Sweden during the 1960s. A leading figure of Scandinavian Modern design, Orup was celebrated for h...

Art Deco Figurine of Young Dancer in Motion, Bronzed Metal and Marble, 1920-30s Showcasing the period's fascination with motion and the grace of youth, this piece of Art Deco statue...

This bronze sculpture Salome by Swedish artist Anders Jönsson presents the biblical figure in a composed and contemplative moment. Kneeling on one leg with the other extended behind,...

A beautiful black and green ceramic vase with yellow handles in a classic Art Deco shape, the vase is designed at Upsala Ekeby between 1932-1938. It is 16 cm (6.4") tall and about 14...

A rare Swedish Art Deco napkin holder from the 1930s, beautifully cast in bronze, featuring a stylized nude female dancer in a dramatic, arched pose. The figure is mounted against a ...

A unique, partially glazed stoneware sculpture by Tyra Lundgren (Swe 1897-1979). One of the most versetile artist of the 20th Century, she is most known for her ceramics for Gustavsb...

Kitsch brass and glass table lamp, featuring three art glass swans in pinkish hues.

This sculptural was designed by Pierre Giraudon in France during the 1970s, a period when Giraudon was actively exploring his innovative resin techniques. Crafted from cast acrylic r...

Art Deco sculpture by Gerhard Schliepstein for Rosenthal, "Diana" ca. 1933–1934. Porcelain, white, glazed. Base signed: G. Schliepstein (embossed). Marked: Manufacturer's mark (green...

Carl Milles (1875-1955), after, bronze sculpture of three fishes. Marked Millesgården. Great condition. Born in Uppsala, Sweden, Carl Milles, whose origina...

Very large and heavy razor in solid brass for advertising in the shop window from the 1920s-1940s. Extremly well made and of high quality. Perfect as a decorative sculpture in the ba...

Elephant Family by Vicke Lindstrand for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s Charming elephant family consisting of two larger and one smaller figure, designed by renowned Swedish artist Vi...

A Beautiful and Classical Bust of Venus/Aphrodite in Bronze from the 19th Century. Probably France and with an indistinct signature under the arm. (See photo) Wear consistent with a...

A lovely vase with a Floral Art Nouveau decor designed at Upsala Ekeby in the early 20th century. The vase is 25 cm high and in very good condition except from some scratches.

Sculpture ‘Modul relief 101’ designed by Lars Erik Falk, Sweden, 1982. Lacquered wood. Measures: H: 29.5 cm / 11 1/2'' W: 84.5 cm / 2' 9 1/4'' Provenance: from the artist'...

A rare and sculptural art glass bottle by renowned Swedish designer Erik Höglund, created for Boda Glasbruk in the 1950s. This handmade piece features a distinctive figural stopper w...

A rare and very special statue known as "The Zodiac" by Lars Bergsten for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1960s. This is a very unusual piece depicting a mans face in an abstract or graphic wa...

Abstract Sculpture by Eva Sjöberg, Sweden (b. 1951) Height: 127 cm Created in 1990, this abstract sculpture by Swedish artist Eva Sjöberg is crafted from rust-patinated iron, givin...

This sculptural floor object was produced in Denmark during the 1980s and distributed by the renowned Villa Collection. The piece features a striking vertical composition of repeated...

Fantastic Hinduism masterwork was discovered in our stock: attractive sculpture stood for decade on our shelf pleasing an eye and raising some questions. Finally, we were able to separate the wheat from the chaff: hand chased bronze head of Shridevi with gold crown or tiara was set (!) on the large early 19th century French clock...

Great sculpture after the antique "The danicing faun of Pompeii". Made in bronze with beautiful details.

This set of 3 eggs with a swelling shape and mottled brown surface was designed by Monica Backström. They are al unique and was mouth-blown and hand-c...

Rare late 15th century or early 16th century Gothic Corpus Christi wood sculpture. Probably North German or South Sweden. This large Christ sculpture...

Like the stalactites found on cave ceilings, the Gwen range has a primordial allure. Subtle asymmetric shapes take different forms at every angle, keeping the viewer and the space i...

Like the stalactites found on cave ceilings, the Gwen range has a primordial allure. Subtle asymmetric shapes take different forms at every angle, keeping the viewer and the space i...

Mid-Century Ceramic Wild Boar Sculpture by Guido Gambone (c. 1950s) This rare and striking ceramic sculpture of a wild boar, crafted by the renown...

Large sculpture titled "Orpheus" by Swedish artist John Lundqvist. Made in Sweden in 1928. Executed in plaster with a gilded and green patinated finish. Signed with the artist signat...

A stunning and unique stoneware rooster sculpture with amazing glaze. Made by Tyra Lundgren. Executed in her own studio in Sweden, 1955. Great condition, but with a couple of chips to the base (pictured). Signed by the artist in two places, and dated 1955-06-20. Provenance: bought from the estate of the artist in 1979. Tyra Lundgren (1897-1979) was one of the most multifaceted artists and modernists of the twentieth century. She was a painter, drawer, sculptor, ceramist, glass- and textile designer, as well as an author and an art critic. She was the first woman who designed glass for Paolo Venini at Murano in Venice and she also served as the artistic leader at Arabia in Helsinki at a time when men tended to hold those kinds of positions. Tyra Lundgren grew up in Djursholm, near Stockholm. Her parents were John Petter Lundgren, professor at Veterinärinstitutet (institute of veterinary sciences) in Stockholm, and Edith Lundgren née Åberg, who was a housewife and raised their six children. The bourgeois home also comprised a nanny and a female cook. The family were very socially active, travelled often, and enjoyed the outdoor lifestyle. Tyra Lundgren’s schooling began at Djursholm coeducational school, where her teachers included Natanael and Elsa Beskow and Alice Tegnér. Her school friends included Greta Knutson-Tzara, Stellan Mörner, and Ingrid Rydbeck-Zuhr. Tyra Lundgren knew from the time she was five years old that she wanted to be an artist. She first became aware of the profession through Axel Fahlcrantz, who rented a studio on the plot of land where she lived with her family. In 1913 she began to attend Högre konstindustriella skolan (HKS, now known as Konstfack, college of arts, crafts and design) where she studied decorative art as well as handicrafts in various forms until 1917. One of her fellow students and friends there was Estrid Ericson, who later founded Svenskt Tenn AB in 1924. Whilst attending HKS Tyra Lundgren also took painting lessons at the Althin school of painting. In 1917 she was accepted as a candidate at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts where, apart from breaks during which she undertook studies abroad, she remained until 1922. She spent a couple of months taking lessons from Anton Hanak in Vienna and from 1920–1923 she was a student of André Lhote in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was primarily active in four countries: Sweden, Finland, France, and Italy. She spent much of her professional life travelling and considered herself to be a European. Greece and Mexico also formed important centres in her artistic life, as did the USA. She had an extensive social network which included focal individuals within twentieth century-European and American artistic and cultural circles. Tyra Lundgren’s main artistic motifs were birds, fish, and people which she depicted through different techniques and materials. Her artistic expression involved a variety of different directions and styles. She was a pioneer of the 1920s Swedish Grace style, the name of which had been coined by the art critic Morton Shand at the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. This was a Swedish Art Deco style, characterised by elegance and traditional art which contrasted with the current artistic ideals of functionalism. Tyra Lundgren made her debut at a group exhibition held at Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna in 1921. She went on to show her work at various exhibitions throughout the 1920s. After that period she only very rarely exhibited her paintings. Tyra Lundgren’s painted output can be divided into different periods or stylistic directions. The first of these, and the most extensive, was her post-Cubist period which began in 1920 on her arrival in Paris. Her paintings from this time and right up to the mid-1930s typically comprise portraits, self-portraits, live-model painting, still-lifes, interiors, and landscapes in the Cubist style. Many of the great number of self-portraits she painted were produced in the New Objective style, displaying broad variation in terms of clothes, poses and techniques. Two of these – Huvud med vit duk and Självporträtt both from 1921 – can be seen at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, although the majority of these works are at Gotlands Museum. Tyra Lundgren’s second artistic period comprises the years of 1927 to 1929 and is characterised by the New Objective style inspired by medieval techniques and materials (Giotto, Piero della Francesca). Her motifs were still-lifes and landscapes. At this point she was living in Rome and was close to the circle involved in the Valori plastici: rivista d’arte art journal. This period saw a breakthrough in her development as a painter. From the 1950s through the 1970s her work can almost be described as belonging to the Concrete style. Using light pastel colours her paintings sought light in a sometimes non-figurative expression, but often depicting abstract bird-shapes or other nature-inspired imagery. Her paintings from this period are outsized and display powerful colours, in yellows, reds, and blues. Tyra Lundgren maintained a constant production of drawings, both in terms of individual artworks and sketches for patterns and designs. She also produced the illustrations for her book Fagert i Fide. Årstiderna på en gammal gotlandsgård, published in 1961. During her early years she also produced advertising illustrations. She spent the final years of her life primarily working with lithographs which were printed at Galleri Prisma and depicted images of doves, swallows, magpies and crows. Tyra Lundgren is meanwhile best known for her work as a ceramist and in this sphere she was one of Sweden’s leading exponents. She worked in the porcelain industry as a designer and as an artisan and ceramic sculptor. Her first job was at St Eriks Lervarufabrik in Uppsala from 1922–1924, she then worked at Arabia from 1924–1937, and at Rörstrand and Lidköping Porslinsfabrik. She was the artistic leader at Arabia ahead of the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition and she exhibited her work at the World’s Fairs. During the 1934–1938 period she was connected to the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres porcelain factory in Paris. Tyra Lundgren was a pioneer when it came to giving ceramic art a public space in Sweden. She produced around 20 outsized reliefs in stoneware, so-called monumental reliefs. One of these is Märkeskvinnor, from 1947, for the former girls’ school at Bohusgatan in Stockholm. From the 1940s onwards Tyra Lundgren produced sculptural objects in Chamotte clay and stoneware, with various glazings. Her small birds are well-known and popular with many. When her ceramic efforts became too much for her during the 1970s she then produced models for sculptures in bronze. There are six of these in various places around the globe, including Solfågel in Almedalen, Visby. Tyra Lundgren began to work as a glassware designer at Moser in Karlsbad in 1922 where she designed new table services and modernised older ones. She also worked freelance for Riihimäki factory in Finland during the 1924–1929 period. From 1934 to 1938 she was employed by Kosta glass factory where she mainly designed thick-walled bowls and vases, engraved with classical motifs. She was introduced to the glassmaker Paolo Venini at Murano during the Triennale di Milano of 1936 and they began a collaboration that lasted into the 1950s. As part of this collaboration Tyra Lundgren became the first woman to design glassware and, in conjunction with the glassblower Arturo Biasutto, she developed new techniques of glass production. Her motifs at this point were birds, fish, snail-shaped designs and leaf-patterned bowls using traditional techniques as well as in new designs. It was during this time that she created the so-called tissue-shaped bowls and it remains unclear as to who specifically came up with the design but Tyra Lundgren claimed it was of her making. Tyra Lundgren was active as textile designer for Licium (now HV Licium), the sacred textiles...

A large modernist sculpture made from the legs of a 1940s lounge chair by Bruno Mathsson. Crafted from molded birch wood with a solid teak base, this piece has an organic shape that ...

Beautiful sculptural book stands designed by Erik Höglund. Produced by Swedish company Boda suring the 1960s. Made in frosted glass. Signed on bottom.

This superbly worked bronze sculpture with a beautiful patina by the Neapolitan foundry Fonderia Chiurazzi is a full-scale (1:1) replica of the original now preserved in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. The male figure is clad in a short tunic and cap, his head turned slightly to the right, both arms outstretched, his left hand holding a small basket. He is seated on a rocky outcrop adorned with shells, and between his legs runs a small fountain head in the form of a Bacchus mask. Measuring 55 cm in height, the sculpture demonstrates refined workmanship and a rich, natural patina. It is unusual to find the basket with the sculpture. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Chiurazzi produced type of bronzes in various sizes and finishes, but this particular casting is of notably high quality for its type and bears the foundry’s impressed mark Fonderia Chiurazzi. The original Roman bronze fountain figure, commonly known as The Neapolitan Fisherman, was uncovered in 1823 during archaeological excavations at Pompeii, within the Casa della Fontana Piccola (House of the Little Fountain). This find formed part of a richly decorated mosaic fountain ensemble surrounded by four statuettes, among them a seated angler wearing an exomis (tunic) and holding a fishing rod and basket, an image that perfectly captures a moment of relaxed domestic life in a Roman household. The original layout of the fountain and its sculptures can be seen in Giuseppe Abbate’s illustration, Mosaic Fountain Sculptures in the House of the Small Fountain, Pompeii, published by the Nicolini brothers in 1854. Abbate’s illustration provides a valuable visual record of how the fountain originally appeared, showing the arrangement of the fisherman, the sister bronze Cupid with Goose, the mosaic basin, and its decorative motifs. Artist Luigi Bazzani also vividly captured Pompeii’s domestic elegance in his watercolor paintings. One shows another similar fountain scene, depicting how such spaces may have looked during Pompeii’s flourishing years, with richly ornamented walls, bright mosaics, and sculptural fountains glimmering in sunlight. Another watercolor by Bazzani, painted in 1919, directly portrays the Neapolitan Fisherman in situ at Pompeii. Scholars trace the fisherman’s prototype back to a Hellenistic original of the late 3rd century BCE. Hellenistic sculptural models continued to influence Roman art well into the first centuries CE. The Fonderia Chiurazzi was established in Naples in 1870 by Gennaro Chiurazzi, a pupil of sculptor Pietro Masulli, who had pioneered the use of the lost-wax casting technique for accurate reproductions of classical bronzes. After Italian unification (1861), the Naples Archaeological Museum, formerly the Royal Bourbon Museum, began issuing permits to selected workshops to reproduce its vast collections from Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae. Chiurazzi excelled in this field, combining industrial precision with hand-tooled artistry to produce faithful, museum-quality casts. By the turn of the 20th century, Chiurazzi bronzes...

A lovely vase of model "Cocos" designed 1954 by Hjördis Oldfors at Upsala Ekeby. the Cocos-serie was only in production in 1954. This is the largest vase in the serie with model numb...

Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 25 cm (10") high including the stand. It´s in excellent condition and it has a ...

A set 3 of wonderfully sculptured art glass pieces. They are all shifting in green, white and clear glass. Made in Sweden in the mid-1950s these pi...

Amazing in design and execution, this Art Deco compote features three charming birds supporting a polychromed fruit bowl or sculpture. This bowl, acquired in a collectors home in Bel...

A set 6 of wonderfully sculptured art glass pieces. They are all shifting in green, white and clear glass. Made in Sweden in the mid-1950s these pi...

Unique Piece. Hand blown glass vase made in forms of soft clay that are shaped by hand just before blowing the glass into the form. The process makes all pieces unique and gives them...

A bronze sculpture designed by one of the most famous contemporary artist from Sweden Ernst Billgren. The sculptures name is "Abstract Sculpture" and it is made in an limited edition...

Stylized Ceramic Toucan Bird by Esther Wallin for Upsala Ekeby, Sweden, 1970s A charming and beautifully stylized ceramic toucan bird known as "Goja" designed and signed by Esther W...

Sculpture "Kullatroll " by Åke Holm (1900-1980) Åke Holm is one of Sweden's most significant ceramicists.He started working as a 15-year-old for Höganäs bolaget. In 1928 he started ...

Geometrical Art deco bookends made from marble stone in a light pink color. Made in Sweden during the 1920s. Typical geometrical aesthetic for the Art deco era. Good vintage conditio...

Unique stoneware sculpture by Bengt Berglund, in a whimsical, organic form reminiscent of a mushroom. Beautiful jade, brown and blue colored glaze with a glossy surface, gathering in...

Just Andersen sculpture of a naked women stand along a pillar. Art deco piece in great condition, around 1930's Denmark. Made in Disco metal invented by Just Andersen.

A lovely wooden sculpture designed by the famous wooden sculptor Johnny Mattsson in Gävle, Sweden in the midcentury. It is in very good condition except from that one of its legs is ...

A fantastic vintage ceramic/stoneware figurine/ sculpture depicting an owl made by Thomas Hellström for Nittsjö Sweden. This is one of Hellströms' famous animals for Nittsjö Keramik,...

Bust made by Doris Wahlberg in Sweden in the middle of the 20th century. Sculpture is made of clay with great details.

A group of small wiener bronze style figurines in metal and plaster illustrating pets eating. The German text of "Die Damen Zuerst" means "Ladies First".

Elegant art deco sculpture by Johann Wolfgang Elischer (Austria 1891-1966). Made in colored bronze with an onyx base. Art Deco circa 1920s and signed in the bronze base. Wear cons...

Very unusual biscuit sculpture by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg depicting Susanna and the elders. Made in Sweden around 1950. In excellent condition with no issues! Signed "Stig L 89...

Charming Plaster Sculture by Ruth Milles (Sweden, 1873-1941). A young girl with a bouquet of flowers. Art Nouveau, early 20th Century. Ruth Milles is the sister of the world famous ...

A unique sculpture by Bengt Berglund at Gustavsbergs Studio, Sweden designed in 1963 to the debut exhibition at the PUB department store in Stockholm. The sculpture is 72 cm (28.8") ...

Striking wooden sculpture by Johnny Mattsson, in an abstract form. Pine on a teak base. The form of the sculpture follows the pine woodgrain in a beautiful way.

A unique sculpture by Bengt Berglund at Gustavsbergs Studio, Sweden designed the late 20th century. The sculpture is 42 cm (16.8") high and 9 x 13 cm (3.6" x 5.2") wide and in excell...

Ingrid Herrlin b.1932, swedish sculptur. Herrlin mainly works works with ceramic and creates figurative art works in fruit, berries and other realistic shapes. This ceramic wall r...

Mid-Century Plaster sculpture of putti's or Childs head on wooden stand The sculpture is dated in the plaster with "1960" and signature of "Delflasse".

Beautiful sculptural book stands designed by Erik Höglund. Produced by Swedish company Boda suring the 1960s. Made in frosted glass. Signed on bottom.

Egg designed by the Swedish ceramicist Hans Hedberg, who lived and worked in Biot, France. This egg is 25 cm (10") high including the stand. It do have a lovely brown and yellow colo...