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Medium: Bronze
Titan - contemporary, abstract, totem, bronze, outdoor sculpture
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This tall, blue, green, abstract, totem, bronze, outdoor sculpture was created by Viktor Mitic, a Canadian sculptor known for his inspired work. Intricately designed abstract shapes ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled" (1987) by Jack Youngerman is a bronze sculpture measuring 16 x 12.52 x 3.27 inches, signed and dated on the reverse. This piece exemplifies Youngerman’s mature exploration ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
A lady. Contemporary bronze sculpture, Abstract & figurative, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary bronze sculpture on marble base by Polish artist Stan Wysocki. Artwork comes from limited edition of 8. Sculpture depicts female figure filtered through geometric, synth...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Four Figures
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Four Figures, ca. 1960. Welded bronze, 14.5 x 9.75 x 3 inches. Signed at base.
Edgar Tafur, born and raised in Colombia, was first trained as an architect at the University of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Messenger
Located in Loveland, CO
The Messenger by Craig Campbell
Expressionistic Raven Sculpture
18 x 5 x 10" Bronze 1/1
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Craig Campbell began sculpting more than 25 years ago and received his BFA ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Val Bertoia Sonambient Kinetic Sculpture Titled "Sound of V" in Bronze
By Val Bertoia
Located in Dallas, TX
This sculpture is titled "Sound of V" and is crafted from 60 silicon-bronze rods affixed with silver to a solid brass base. The work was created in 2014 by Val Bertoia at the Bertoia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
John Van Alstine - Charon's Steel Styx Passage, Sculpture 1996
Located in Greenwich, CT
Charon's Steel Styx Passage, John Van Alstine.
Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a ...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze, Steel
Head Over Heels, 5" high bronze
Located in Loveland, CO
Head Over Heels by Craig Campbell
Expressionistic Figurative Sculpture
5 x 4 x 3" Bronze edition of 200
Shipping price includes the custom packing n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ugo La Pietra Black Bronze Abstract Ad Arte
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork is a multiples limited not numbered specimens created by the Italian artist Ugo La Pietra, a well known Internationally artist.
Ugo La Pietra was born in Bussi Sul Tiri...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
OCTAVE CIRCLE II - contemporary phosphorus bronze sculpture
By Tom Hiscocks
Located in DE
Medium: Bronze on stainless steel base
Edition of 5
____________________________________________________________________________
Tom Hiscocks is a sculptor whose work explores them...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel, Bronze
Catch me if you can!- 21st Century Dutch Bronze Sculpture of a Squirrel
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This squirrel is made by Dutch Artist Frans van Straaten.
Van Straaten should be called an artist of balance always searching for harmony between force and movement in combination with space. Because of the wide range in his art-education he has mastered the art of drawing, painting and sculpting technology. However, the classical plastic art of sculpture and modelling opens up the possibility for him to create his own language of sculpture in answer to his urge for art.
Due to this style of sculpting, the preference for bronze is natural.
After his study of sculpture at the Academy of Art in Rotterdam (1988), Frans van Straaten creates bronze sculptures in which he unites force and movement. Feeling and Emotion converted into Matter Sculpture is an experience of space combined with the challenge of the three-dimensional. The tension of space and movement are the themes, which Frans expresses in his sculptures. Summary it can be said that the power of life and being, the feeling and emotion by force and movement will be converted into matter. The experience of space is being expressed in the shapes and characters in each of Frans’ sculptures. His sculptures of bulls express explosive power while the horses find their strength in being elegant. Each sculpture recalls this way their own association and serves as a metaphor for a certain emotion. Feelings, which has inspired the artist for each sculpture. Powerful and Elegant Looking at the works of this artist, it becomes very clear that one of his most important sources is his background in art history. The Renaissance period as well as several Italian artists served as inspiration to Frans as a sculpture. For instance the expressions in Leonardo da Vinci’s artworks, and also Giovanni Bologna...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Gallifa Study X by Barry Flanagan
Located in London, GB
Gallifa Study X
By Barry Flanagan
1992
Bronze
20.6 x 11.1 x 8.9 cm
Edition of 8
Category
1990s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Song of Songs of Solomon Sculpture
Located in Hollywood, FL
FINE ART ACQUISITIONS
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Song of Songs of Solomon Sculpture
MEDIUM: Bronze medal
SIGNED: Signed in the sculpture, not hand signed
MEASUREMENTS: sc...
Category
1970s Surrealist Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Untitled
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Untitled" (1986) by Jack Youngerman is a bronze sculpture measuring 16 x 15 x 4 inches, featuring a rich dark green patina that adds depth and texture to its organic form. Created d...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Glacial Series Dropstone - polygonal, abstract, steel, bronze indoor sculpture
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Ancient glacial ice that shapes and carries stones hundreds of kilometers was the inspiration behind these enigmatic sculptures by Shayne Dark. Cast in steel and coated in a veined b...
Category
2010s Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Bronze Sculpture by Patrizia Guerresi Melograno Pomegranate
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an engaging bronze sculpture created by the Italian artist Patrizia Guerresi, in 1986. The piece is a multiple of 1000 specimens on a green-painted wooden base. This artwork ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Homage to Newton (bronze sculpture)
Located in Aventura, FL
Bronze with patina sculpture. Incised signature by the artist and stamp numbered with foundry and date. From the edition of 350. Size including marble plinth approx 15 x 8.5 x 3.5 i...
Category
1980s Surrealist Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Construction II - Bronze Sculpture Surreal Transfiguring Human Form, Lush Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Construction II
bronze and iron
68.50h x 15.75w x 12d in
173.99h x 40.01w x 30.48d cm
JCP037
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
"Achilles" Abstract, Bronze Metal Sculpture, Tabletop Size
Located in New York, NY
"Achilles" Abstract Sculpture by Kevin Barrett
Bronze
Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs.
Bronze Metal Sculpture...
Category
2010s Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Metal
Totems by Frédérique Domergue - Set of abstract metal sculptures, steel, bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Totems is a set of sculptures by French contemporary artist Frédérique Domergue. The sculptures are made with oxidized zinc and bronze leaves on aluminum, patina fixed with oak slats...
Category
2010s Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Allan Houser Native American Modernist Bronze Sculpture, 1989, "Watching"
By Allan Houser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Beautiful, large Allan Houser bronze titled "Watching."
The piece is signed "Allan Houser" and numbered 11 of the edition of 12.
The bronze measures 23"h (including the 1" wooden pli...
Category
Late 20th Century Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Daniëlle- 21st Century Bronze Sculpture of a sitting Young Girl
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Daniëlle
50 x 13 x 10 cm
Bronze
The theme van der Kraan likes most is to show the growing of young girls. Living in their own world. Like this girl watching...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Greek Guitar Player
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract sculpture depicting a guitar player. Bronze on wood base measuring 15 x 9 x 4 inches. Actual cast piece without base measuring 17 x 7 x 3 inches. Signed indistinct...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Architectural Model Sculpture Tempio Bretton Architecture Maquette
Located in Surfside, FL
TEMPIO BRETTON: from the catalogue MONUMENTA, 19th International Sculpture Biennale, Antwerp, Belgium.
Tempio Bretton was created in homage to the celebrated English landscapist Capability Brown for the occasion of an exhibition at Bretton Hall in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park , a park in the style of the great master of English garden design. The inclusion in the English garden of a temple ruin, or "eye-catcher," (architectural folly) was used to draw the eye and mind to a focus in time and space, present the beholder with an immediate relationship to an historic past made new within his or her own surroundings, and create a depth of space never before seen in garden design.
I took the idea of the temple ruin eye-catcher and reduced it to a scale at the point where architecture and sculpture merged. Tempio Bretton is not capacious enough to walk into, yet it is considerably larger than a man.
One view of it presents a knot of golden columns clustered together, topped by a dome shape. The only clue from this side to the temple's non-conformity to historic principle is a sharp notch cut into the square base.
Viewed from the opposite side, the cluster of columns capped by an angular top opens up as if to welcome someone in, yet the mysterious core is still impenetrable. These contradictions articulate a confrontation between past and present, and an exciting truth. The past is always at the heart of our constructions in the present.
Walter Dusenbery (born September 21, 1939 in Alameda, California) is an American sculptor. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute, earned an MFA from California College of Arts and Crafts, and then studied in Japan and Italy under Isamu Noguchi. He also held teaching positions at Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Design. From 1971 to 1988, he lived both in Pietrasanta,Italy, and in Little Italy, New York City. Dusenbery's preferred material is stone, particularly travertine or granite. Dusenbery has a particular interest in adding sculpture to public places, such as federal buildings, to humanize the space, but in 1988, he assembled a show of small, entirely hand-carved alabaster sculptures, called "Walter Dusenbery, The Personal Side," at the Fendrick Gallery in Washington, D.C.. In 1977, Dusenbery created Pedogna, on permanent loan from The Metropolitan Museum of Art to Landmarks, the public art program of The University of Texas at Austin.
That same year, 1988, he was awarded a large commission for the Fulton County Building Atrium in Atlanta, Georgia. The commission was for three fountains and related structures over three stories in height, designed for informal and ceremonial public events, Limestone, marble, granite and travertine fountains, pavilions, seating and meeting areas, performance and concert platforms, staircases and planters for hanging gardens. After completion of the "Atlantacropolis," Dusenbery withdrew from the gallery world and focused his energy on site-specific commissions. (like the landscape works of Maya Lin and Beverly Pepper) Seeking a large-scale stone studio for projects closer to home, he discovered there were none. In 1995, he approached sculptor and patron of sculpture J. Seward Johnson Jr. with the idea of creating a state-of-the-art stone-carving studio, so that American sculptors would not have to travel abroad to realize their work. Johnson agreed to fund such a facility, if Dusenbery would direct it. In 1996, Dusenbery designed the facility for the Stone Division at Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, and was its first director. The facility was situated in "a building resembling an airplane hangar," The studio offered the ability to digitally scan three-dimensional forms. The Stone Division was a success and attracted a strong group of sculptors: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Lawrence Argent, Barry X Ball...
Category
20th Century American Modern Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1974 Italy Abstract Bronze Sculpture Post-Modern Oval Sphere by Carmelo Cappello
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an intense bronze abstract sculpture created by the well known Italian artist Carmelo Cappello.
This is a multiple of 250 specimens.
It is made in bronze with a wooden black...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1970 Eli Riva Sole Luna Abstract Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense abstract bronze sculpture was created by the Italian artist Eli Riva in the Late 20th Century. The artwork is a multiple numbered and signed of 5...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Discovery X
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze suspended on a stalk above a glass composite base.
Unique variation
Stamped with monogram signature and uniquely numbered 719A
The natural bronze edges are finely rubbed and l...
Category
2010s Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Medaglia 25 Anni Tecno Limited Edition bronze medallion plaque famous sculptor
Located in New York, NY
ARNALDO POMODORO
Medaglia 25 Anni Tecno (Two Sided Bronze Medallion), 1979
Bronze (incised signature)
2 1/2 × 2 × 7/10 inches
Edition 196/1600
Unframed
This beautiful two sided limit...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cubist Nude Bronze Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Cubist Nude
Patinated Bronze Sculpture.
Dominique Polles' bronze sculptures of female nude edition 2/4 patinated bronze signed and dated 1999. Born in Paris in 1945, young Pollès of...
Category
1990s Cubist Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dome of the Rock
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Dome of the Rock was included in my recent show with a Jerusalem theme. It was reviewed in the Boston Globe. "Dewart sculpts gatelike forms and mandalas that read like sacred geometr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Stainless Steel
Tango by Yann Guillon - Bronze dancers sculpture, semi-abstract, contemporary
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Tango is a bronze sculpture on a base by contemporary artist Yann Guillon. Dimensions are 26 x 19 x 17 cm (10.2 × 7.5 × 6.7 in), dimensions of the base are 14 x 22 x 14 cm (5.5 x 8.7...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Three Piece Reclining Figure
By Henry Moore
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Henry Moore (1898-1986) is one of the most revered and influential British artists of the 20th century. While he worked in a number of different media and styles, Moore is best known...
Category
1970s Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Arnaldo Pomodoro ( 1926 ) – gilded bronze sculpture with brass base – 1983
Located in Varese, IT
gilded bronze sculpture with brass base
Executed in 1983, the work is an limited edition of three hundred
diameter: 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) height 17 cm
hand incised with the artist’s sig...
Category
1980s Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Bronze
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Piero Perin Testa Head
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork was created by the Italian artist Piero Perin.
Piero Perin was born in 1924, in Cervarese, near Padua Italy. He lived and worked in Padova where he teached at the School...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nando Kallweit, Figurative Bronze Skulptur, FAMILY II, limited edition, artwork
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Nando Kallweit. Figurative Bronze Skulptur, FAMILY II, Limited Edition 34 of 50.
Nando Kallweit is a sculptor living in Germany. He specializes in figurative sculptures made of wood ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
The Promise, original signed bronze sculpture by renowned British - US sculptor
Located in New York, NY
William Tucker
The Promise, ca. 1980
Bronze
Signed and numbered 5/6 - incised on the metal
2 5/8 × 8 5/8 × 1 inch
This abstract sculpture is by the renowned modern British born sculp...
Category
1980s Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Moebius V - Contemporary Patinated Bronze Spiral Sculpture on Oak Base
By Richard Fox
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Working to drawings and sketches, Fox brings the flow of his pencil lines to life, with the form and void of each sculpture giving them a natural rhythm.
In his wooden works, Fox sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
III (Wish #1, Wish #2, Wish #3) Set of 3 Wishbones - Peter Norton Christmas Gift
Located in Soquel, CA
III (Wish #1, Wish #2, Wish #3) Set of 3 Wishbones - Peter Norton Christmas Gift
Fanciful set of three different wishbones by Lorna Simpson (American, b. 1960). Three wishbones, one...
Category
1990s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Once-Off Patina 90 cm High Bronze Sculpture "In Beweging"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Van Nazareth is somewhat of a reclusive personality and his bronze sculptures focus on primordial, illusive shapes. His figures are remote and uncommunicative, suggesting timelessnes...
Category
1990s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1980 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture by Lino Tiné Albero Città City Tree
Located in Brescia, IT
This intense and engaging abstract sculpture was create in 1980 by the Italian artist Lino Tinè.
This is a multiple of 300 specimens, numbered and signed by the artist. The title is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Infinity"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The shape of the sculpture is a complex intertwining of smooth, curved metal lines, resembling an abstract symbol of infinity. The mirror-like surface of the bronze reflects light, c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Bronze
Coalesced Series Number Four
Located in Dallas, TX
This sculpture is edition 2/20
Category
2010s Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Sempre" bronze abstract sculpture on marble base
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
Elegant bronze sculpture with patina on a black marble base, by Italian-Romanian sculptor Flavius Pisapia. Approximate completion time: 12 weeks. Editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Fae Victoria - Elegant Figurative Surrealist Modern Cubist Bronze Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nando Kallweit’s "Fae Victoria" is a striking bronze sculpture that evokes a sense of ethereal grace and freedom. Featuring an elongated, faceless figure with outstretched, intricate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Harking Back
Located in Paris, IDF
34.5cms high x 27.5 x 10
Bronze on a Cumbrian slate base
Stamped with monogram signature and uniquely numbered 865
Unique
The two shades of colouring are separated by natural bronze ...
Category
2010s Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
MAQUETTE FOR WARRIOR WITHOUT SHIELD
By Henry Moore
Located in Aventura, FL
Bronze sculpture with patina on base. Incised "Moore" outer right leg. Executed in 1952-1953, this work is from an edition of 9 plus 1 artist's proof. Size approx 8.25 x 3.5 x 4 in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Wild Horse - 21st Century Contemporary Bronze Sculpture of a Horse
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Frans van Straaten
Wilde Horse VII
Bronze on bluestone pedestal
H 65 cm W 65 cm D 35 cm
Dutch artist Frans van Straaten (1963) should be called an artist of balance always searching for harmony between force and movement in combination with space. Because of the wide range in his art-education he has mastered the art of drawing, painting and sculpting technology. However, the classical plastic art of sculpture and modelling opens up the possibility for him to create his own language of sculpture in answer to his urge for art. Due to this style of sculpting, the preference for bronze is natural.
After his study of sculpture at the Academy of Art in Rotterdam (1988), Frans van Straaten creates bronze sculptures in which he unites force and movement. Feeling and Emotion converted into Matter Sculpture is an experience of space combined with the challenge of the three-dimensional. The tension of space and movement are the themes, which Frans expresses in his sculptures. Summary it can be said that the power of life and being, the feeling and emotion by force and movement will be converted into matter. The experience of space is being expressed in the shapes and characters in each of Frans’ sculptures. His sculptures of bulls express explosive power while the horses find their strength in being elegant. Each sculpture recalls this way their own association and serves as a metaphor for a certain emotion. Feelings, which has inspired the artist for each sculpture.
Powerful and Elegant Looking at the works of this artist, it becomes very clear that one of his most important sources is his background in art history. The Renaissance period as well as several Italian artists served as inspiration to Frans as a sculpture. For instance the expressions in Leonardo da Vinci’s artworks, and also Giovanni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Nando Kallweit, Figurative Bronze Skulptur, ELSIE, limited edition, artwork
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Nando Kallweit. Figurative Bronze Skulptur, ELSIE, Limited Edition 08 of 25.
Nando Kallweit is a sculptor living in Germany. He specializes in figurative sculptures made of wood and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Ballerina on a chair
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sculpture from the Ballet series. The series is dedicated to classical ballet and includes over 30 sculptures. This sculpture depicts a dancer tying p...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Metal, Bronze
Arnaldo Pomodoro ( 1926 ) - Rotazione Ascensoriale - Bronze Sculpture - 1993
Located in Varese, IT
Rotazione Ascensoriale I , 1993
bronze sculpture h15 x 12.5 x 8 cm approx , ( including base ) , diameter Ø approx 13.5 cm
limited edition , numbered: 15/70
signed dated and numbered...
Category
1920s Abstract Geometric Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Hawk
Located in Paris, IDF
23.5cms high x 8 x 11
Bronze above a composite base.
Unique variation
Stamped with monogram signature.
Lacquering protects the natural bronze surfaces against tarnishing by touch.
We...
Category
2010s Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Reclining Figure (woman)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
William King (1925-2015). Reclining figure, ca. 1965. Cast and welded bronze, 7 x 9.5 x 5 inches. Unsigned.
William King, a sculptor in a variety of materials whose human figures traced social attitudes through the last half of the 20th century, often poking sly and poignant fun at human follies and foibles, died on March 4 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 90.
His death was confirmed by Scott Chaskey, who is married to Mr. King's stepdaughter, Megan Chaskey.
Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses -- a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step.
But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer's arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment.
His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners.
Mr. King's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. But the comic element of his work probably caused his reputation to suffer.
Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder. and Elie Nadelman.
The critic Hilton Kramer, one of Mr. King's most ardent advocates, wrote in a 1970 essay accompanying a New York gallery exhibit that he was, "among other things, an amusing artist, and nowadays this can, at times, be almost as much a liability as an asset."
A "preoccupation with gesture is the focus of King's sculptural imagination," Mr. Kramer wrote. "Everything that one admires in his work - the virtuoso carving, the deft handling of a wide variety of materials, the shrewd observation and resourceful invention - all this is secondary to the concentration on gesture. The physical stance of the human animal as it negotiates the social arena, the unconscious gait that the body assumes in making its way in the social medium, the emotion traced by the course of a limb, a torso, a head, the features of a face, a coiffure or a costume - from a keen observation of these materials King has garnered a large stock of sculptural images notable for their wit, empathy, simplicity and psychological precision."
William Dickey King...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Happy Bear- 21st Century Dutch Bronze Sculpture of a Polar Bear
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Dutch artist Frans van Straaten (1963) should be called an artist of balance always searching for harmony between force and movement in combination ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pugnatum III- Bronze Figures Wrestling Each Other, Verdigris Patina, Steel Base
Located in Chicago, IL
Jesús Curiá Perez
Pugnatum III
iron and bronze
77h x 24w x 15.75d in
195.58h x 60.96w x 40d cm
JCP054
Jesús Curiá's sculptures arouse something more than purely aesthetic pleasure....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Mother and Child Bronze Sculpture
By Rose Van Vranken
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive bronze sculpture of a mother holding an infant by Rose Van Vranken (American, 1918-2013). Signed and numbered "VAN VRANKEN 5/6" on the back of the pedestal. 14.5"H x 5.5"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Boulder #3 – The Tunnel by Tom Price - Rock-like bronze sculpture, smooth
By Tom Price
Located in Paris, FR
Boulder #3 – The Tunnel is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Tom Price, dimensions are 85 × 140 × 135 cm (33.5 × 55.1 × 53.1 in).
This artwork is available on commission. 8 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dynest - modern, abstract, totemic, bronze sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Elza Mayhew (1916-2004) was known for her abstract bronze sculptures, many large scale, that were described by Colin Graham of the Art Gallery of Greater V...
Category
1970s Abstract Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1985 Italy Bronze Abstract Sculpture Annie Lambert Vento Wind
Located in Brescia, IT
This is an interesting multiple artwork signed by the author Annie Lambert, a talented young artist of years 80' in Italy.
This is a multiple of a numbered edition of 1.000 pieces; ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Bronze Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Bronze abstract sculptures available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Philip Hearsey, Sarkis Tossonian, John Van Alstine, and Carola Eggeling. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Abstract, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Bronze abstract sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.25 inches across are also available