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Steinbockfrau
Stephan Balkenhol
Sculpture - 68 x 24 x 24 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 9.4 x 9.4 inch
£25,328
Pina [ version robe dorée ] (série : les ballerines 2021)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 48 x 26 x 22 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 10.2 x 8.7 inch
£3,377
Autoportrait 2
Jean-Michel Pradel-Fraysse
Sculpture - 45 x 30 x 35 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 11.8 x 13.8 inch
£8,887
Love Louve Camille (gauche, droite)
Jean-Robert Drouillard
Sculpture - 34 x 7.5 x 9 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 3 x 3.5 inch
£6,303
Vase "Fruit of Life"
Erte Tirtoff
Sculpture - 23 x 30 x 23 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 11.8 x 9.1 inch
£5,332
Birds Guard II
Tadas Gutauskas TaDas
Sculpture - 19 x 24 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 9.4 x 3.9 inch
£2,133
Au pied de la lettre
Maïté Martinez
Sculpture - 21 x 8.5 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 3.3 x 5.9 inch
£3,377
Le Carrousel
Jean-Jacques Kugel
Sculpture - 80 x 40 x 16 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 15.7 x 6.3 inch
£4,266
Le plombier
Jean-Jacques Mancardi
Sculpture - 82 x 27.5 x 32.5 cm Sculpture - 32.3 x 10.8 x 12.8 inch
£17,330
Pasion de Luna
Luis Enrique Toledo
Sculpture - 77 x 19 x 19 cm Sculpture - 30.3 x 7.5 x 7.5 inch
£12,436
The Golden Cabbage Collection
Li Shigong
Sculpture - 25 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
£5,332
Barricada #9 bp S30
Alejandro Vega Beuvrin
Sculpture - 30 x 22 x 14 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 8.7 x 5.5 inch
£5,243
Overwinning (Victory)
Rietje Geurts
Sculpture - 62 x 23 x 11 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 9.1 x 4.3 inch
£5,537
L‘acrobate… (vert de gris)... (Danseuses et acrobates 2015)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 40 x 40 x 9 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15.7 x 3.5 inch
£3,110
Les petits rêveurs... (Terre d'enfants)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 22 x 15 x 16 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 5.9 x 6.3 inch
£1,955
A different Tune - N° 1501
Ilkhan
Sculpture - 68 x 25 x 13 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 9.8 x 5.1 inch
£2,666
Les demoiselles de brume 1/8
Réjane LeChat
Sculpture - 99 x 45 x 20 cm Sculpture - 39 x 17.7 x 7.9 inch
£10,665
Ours Arnoff
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 40 x 20 x 16 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 7.9 x 6.3 inch
£7,554
Vol de nuit
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 27 x 37 x 14 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 14.6 x 5.5 inch
£7,110
Victoire de Punta Arenas
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 64 x 39 x 30 cm Sculpture - 25.2 x 15.4 x 11.8 inch
£14,219
Grands voyageurs
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 60 x 50 x 35 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 19.7 x 13.8 inch
£15,997
Oiseau rare
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 29 x 10 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 3.9 x 7.9 inch
£4,888
Mura Mura, le temps du rêve
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 19 x 58.5 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 23 x 3.9 inch
£8,887
Tango
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 41.5 x 33.5 x 14 cm Sculpture - 16.3 x 13.2 x 5.5 inch
£7,998
Mémoire pour Herve
Jacques Tenenhaus
Sculpture - 70 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch
£8,887
Qu'allaient-ils donc faire dans cette trière?
Christian Lignais
Sculpture - 30 x 35 x 50 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 13.8 x 19.7 inch
£3,555
Saltando al burro
Rodo Padilla
Sculpture - 127 x 78 x 70 cm Sculpture - 50 x 30.7 x 27.6 inch
£39,992
Stroll / Balade
Sylvie Gaudissart
Sculpture - 40 x 32 x 26 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 12.6 x 10.2 inch
£5,243
Landende uil No.6
Evert den Hartog
Sculpture - 42 x 46 x 22 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 18.1 x 8.7 inch
£9,109
Savana
Catherine de Kerhor
Sculpture - 167 x 120 x 70 cm Sculpture - 65.7 x 47.2 x 27.6 inch
£54,567
Diptyque murale
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 40 x 160 x 3 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 63 x 1.2 inch
£8,443
Portrait du temps
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 50 x 30 x 18 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 11.8 x 7.1 inch
£4,799
Diptyque aux arbres
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 110 x 100 x 25 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 39.4 x 9.8 inch
£7,554
Vies/diptyque
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 212 x 160 x 30 cm Sculpture - 83.5 x 63 x 11.8 inch
£19,996
Vies/Babel
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 186 x 120 x 120 cm Sculpture - 73.2 x 47.2 x 47.2 inch
£19,552
Chemins verticaux
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 172 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 67.7 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
£7,554
Le Gorille Penseur
Hadrien David
Sculpture - 44 x 29 x 30 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 11.4 x 11.8 inch
£6,932
Sortie en Mer
Maïté Martinez
Sculpture - 18.5 x 32 x 35 cm Sculpture - 7.3 x 12.6 x 13.8 inch
£5,421
Grote Ruggensteun
Rietje Geurts
Sculpture - 85 x 28 x 17 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 11 x 6.7 inch
£11,064
La Mama... "Amour" [ version : blanche ] (Histoire de famille 2021)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 20 x 25 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 9.8 x 3.9 inch
£2,400
Isadora... [ version robe blanche ] (série : les ballerines 2021)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 40 x 27 x 21 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 10.6 x 8.3 inch
£3,377
Isadora... [ version robe bordeaux ] (série : les ballerines 2021)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 40 x 27 x 21 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 10.6 x 8.3 inch
£3,377
CYPRUS MUSEUM COLLECTION La Main de Dieu 1970 The hand of God Enigme Enigma
Pavlina Pavlides
Sculpture - 41 x 34 x 29 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 13.4 x 11.4 inch
£17,330
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Calme et le silence bronze
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 40 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
£1,191
Les espaces de Penseur de Rodin
Jesus Campos
Sculpture - 30 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
£871
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
£1,421
Divina Proportia
Dirk De Keyzer
Sculpture - 58 x 12 x 8 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 4.7 x 3.1 inch
£11,064
Le Patriarche N°1
Michel Bassompierre
Sculpture - 12 x 13 x 11 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 5.1 x 4.3 inch
£3,199
La toilette - Sculpture bronze
Plaf
Sculpture - 15 x 12 x 8.5 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 4.7 x 3.3 inch
£1,333
Lectrice assise sur bord de livre Love
Carl Jaunay
Sculpture - 31 x 13 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 5.1 x 3.9 inch
£2,133
Bronze Sculpture for Sale
The technique used in the creation of bronze sculptures has changed very little since Antiquity. The sculptor begins by fashioning the subject in wax, then covers it with clay, pours on the bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, then breaks open the terracotta, leaving only the bronze object behind. Highly valued by sculptors, bronze is a robust and resistant material that fairs well outside. Using wax to create the initial mould allows for a high level of detail on the final sculpture, unlike steel sculpture. Certain nuances in color can be produced through the use of patinas.
These qualities explain why bronze is one of the oldest materials to be used by humans. Indeed, bronze tools were used in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China around 2800 BC.
In Mesopotamia, near to present-day Iran, bronze was used to depict animals in sacred art. In Egypt, it was was used to personify the gods, and also to create small sculpture statues placed in the tombs of the deceased. However, it was Ancient Greece, where craftsmen began to sculpt human figures and deities with remarkable realism, that gave bronze its prominent place in the history of art. Many pieces of work were imported to Rome, where the production of bronze sculptures developed. Bronze sculptures soon began to decorate the theatres and the homes of the rich. Admiring the skills of the Greeks, the Romans began ordering sculptures from merchants and craftsmen, who made copies of the moulds of the statues.
With the birth of Christianity, evangelisation and the building of churches became the priorities, and bronze creations were replaced by stone sculptures for decorating churches. It was only in the 14th century that masterpieces were rediscovered during excavations of Italian archaeological sites. A century later, Brunelleschi and Ghiberti set the Renaissance in motion by decorating the doors of the Florence Baptistery in bronze. Donatello, inspired by ancient Roman sculpture, was the first to excel in the art of expressing emotions through bronze sculptures, followed by Verrocchio, his pupil (and master of Leonardo da Vinci). Although the practice spread throughout Europe, it was mainly focused in Italy, where sculptors competed to obtain the most convincing results.
During the 16th century, the Flemish Jean de Bologne established himself as the undisputed master of bronze. He was the most copied artist in the 17th century, and it is partly due to him that the bronze sculpture spread across Europe. In Italy, production of bronze sculpture was fairly constant, irrespective of the period. In France, on the other hand, this technique depended on the political regime. When Louis XIV invited sculptors to his court (essentially to decorate Versailles) demand for bronze reappeared as a form of courtly art.
Bronze sculpture underwent a resurgence during the 19th century, with Rodin and Camille Claudel, and then with Cubism and the Art Deco movement. Bronze is an expensive, heavy material and costly for collectors to buy and its use has become less prevalent in the 20th and 21st centuries, but some artists use it nonetheless: Giuseppe Penone, Alberto Giacometti with his strange silhouettes, the compressions of César Baldaccini, Philippe Pasqua's butterflies and still life sculpture can all be seen on Artsper!
How is a bronze sculpture made?
Bronze sculptures are made from a series of wax molds, into which the sculptor pours melted bronze to create the final sculpture.
Why is bronze used for sculptures?
Bronze is used for sculptures because it expands just before it hardens, resulting in the accentuation of fine details. The bronze then shrinks slightly as it cools down, which makes it easy to remove the cast.
How can you tell if a sculpture is bronze?
You can tell if a sculpture is bronze by testing if a magnet sticks to it, as iron is magnetic. Bronze also does not have the ability to rust, so a bronze sculpture will not have signs of corrosion on its surface.