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Le dominant n°4
Michel Bassompierre
Sculpture - 36 x 31.3 x 23 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 12.3 x 9.1 inch
Price upon request
Vanité aux papillons
Philippe Pasqua
Sculpture - 22 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 18.9 x 18.9 inch
€14,000
Tête d'enfant avec chapeau haut de forme
Ivan Theimer
Sculpture - 39 x 26.5 x 11.5 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 10.4 x 4.5 inch
€32,000
Jeune Cerf
Christine Guillemin
Sculpture - 70 x 57 x 30 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 22.4 x 11.8 inch
€12,000
Le bonheur est dans l'inattendu
Karen
Sculpture - 32 x 22 x 20 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 8.7 x 7.9 inch
Sold
Torse d'homme
Pavel Quoytcheff
Sculpture - 120 x 65 x 40 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 25.6 x 15.7 inch
Sold
L'escargot et l'ange
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 44 x 60 x 35 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 23.6 x 13.8 inch
€24,300
Vision de L’ange
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 44 x 34.5 x 34.5 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 13.6 x 13.6 inch
€22,800
Danseuse dalinienne
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 44.5 x 22.5 x 20.5 cm Sculpture - 17.5 x 8.9 x 8.1 inch
€34,800
Open space” from the serie ”The day after
Arman
Sculpture - 182 x 90 x 46 cm Sculpture - 71.7 x 35.4 x 18.1 inch
€95,000
Tête de panthère monumentale
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 205 x 200 x 180 cm Sculpture - 80.7 x 78.7 x 70.9 inch
€180,000
Orphée Monumental
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 220 x 141 x 85 cm Sculpture - 86.6 x 55.5 x 33.5 inch
€150,000
Abstract composition II
Zdenek Tomanek
Sculpture - 11.8 x 17 x 14 cm Sculpture - 4.6 x 6.7 x 5.5 inch
€1,000
Abstract composition I
Zdenek Tomanek
Sculpture - 11 x 16 x 9 cm Sculpture - 4.3 x 6.3 x 3.5 inch
€999
Mara en de Ara
Dirk De Keyzer
Sculpture - 114 x 32 x 26 cm Sculpture - 44.9 x 12.6 x 10.2 inch
€17,500
Les fleurs de la vie
Dirk De Keyzer
Sculpture - 120 x 24 x 52 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 9.4 x 20.5 inch
€22,000
Tout est relatif
Liselotte Andersen
Sculpture - 48 x 30 x 8 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
€3,500
'Feu Henrix' from the serie 'The day after'
Arman
Sculpture - 91 x 51 x 14 cm Sculpture - 35.8 x 20.1 x 5.5 inch
€45,000
Breezy (bronze resin)
Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie
Sculpture - 40 x 21 x 11 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 8.3 x 4.3 inch
€1,203
Dryade II
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 51 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 18.9 x 18.9 inch
€18,000
L'ange triomphant
Salvador Dali
Sculpture - 50 x 18 x 17 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.1 x 6.7 inch
€31,800
Man GOLDY BRONZE MAN N°6
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 18 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 7.1 inch
€49,900
Transverse Motion 3 of 3
Nornslife Art
Sculpture - 22.86 x 15.24 x 5.08 cm Sculpture - 9 x 6 x 2 inch
€11,850
Transverse Motion 2 of 3
Nornslife Art
Sculpture - 22.86 x 21.59 x 7.62 cm Sculpture - 9 x 8.5 x 3 inch
€11,850
Octave de Pâques (série Cermunos)
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 26 x 20 x 7 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 7.9 x 2.8 inch
€600
Hommage à J-H Simon (résistant membre du CNR)
Irmgard Sigg
Sculpture - 21 x 11 x 8 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 4.3 x 3.1 inch
€1,500
Les Confidences
Bernard Métranve
Sculpture - 16 x 18 x 15 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 7.1 x 5.9 inch
€2,300
Ceci n'est pas un vase Or
Reda Amalou
Sculpture - 65 x 16 x 16 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 6.3 x 6.3 inch
€4,500
Dentelle Panther
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 38 x 80 x 17 cm Sculpture - 15 x 31.5 x 6.7 inch
€48,000
Affinity IV, maquette
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 60 x 40 x 23 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 15.7 x 9.1 inch
€16,000
L'énergie vitale
Liselotte Andersen
Sculpture - 185 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 72.8 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
€23,800
Etats d'esprit
Liselotte Andersen
Sculpture - 30 x 84 x 10 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 33.1 x 3.9 inch
€7,900
Bucéphale (série cabinet de curiosité)
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 34 x 47 x 18 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 18.5 x 7.1 inch
€1,500
Bronze Gingko 8 Leaves
Kuno Vollet
Sculpture - 70 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
€5,200
Esmeralda (version bronze brut)
Liselotte Andersen
Sculpture - 97 x 7 x 3 cm Sculpture - 38.2 x 2.8 x 1.2 inch
€2,700
La connexion
Liselotte Andersen
Sculpture - 73 x 20 x 0.5 cm Sculpture - 28.7 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
€4,900
Violon coupé II, Hommage à Picasso
Arman
Sculpture - 63 x 18.5 x 17 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 7.3 x 6.7 inch
€18,000
Qu'est-ce qu'on fait ?
Liselotte Andersen
Sculpture - 13 x 28 x 28 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 11 x 11 inch
€3,100
Le moustique
César Baldaccini
Sculpture - 50 x 22 x 32 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 8.7 x 12.6 inch
€45,000
Baby Bull français
Jean-Michel Pradel-Fraysse
Sculpture - 32 x 20 x 25 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.9 x 9.8 inch
€4,500
Poule clefs a pipe
César Baldaccini
Sculpture - 66 x 54 x 26 cm Sculpture - 26 x 21.3 x 10.2 inch
€99,000
Un Festin du Roi
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 28.5 x 15 x 12 cm Sculpture - 11.2 x 5.9 x 4.7 inch
€2,850
Three acrobatic elephants
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 39 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
€3,500
In the Arena or My Favourite Bull
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 40 x 35 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.8 x 4.7 inch
€4,200
The giantess or Gulliver / La géante ou Gulliverte
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 72.5 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 28.5 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
€4,800
In Africa or 4 happy elephants
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 26 x 17 x 12 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 6.7 x 4.7 inch
€3,100
Two children with baby elephant
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 14 x 36 x 8 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 14.2 x 3.1 inch
€3,400
Walk in the Park
Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie
Sculpture - 24 x 8 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 3.1 x 3.9 inch
€1,001
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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
€1,340
Circus Acrobats
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 49 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch
€1,599
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
€980
Divina Proportia
Dirk De Keyzer
Sculpture - 58 x 12 x 8 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 4.7 x 3.1 inch
€12,450
Le Patriarche N°1
Michel Bassompierre
Sculpture - 12 x 13 x 11 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 5.1 x 4.3 inch
€3,600
La toilette - Sculpture bronze
Plaf
Sculpture - 15 x 12 x 8.5 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 4.7 x 3.3 inch
€1,500
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
€2,400
Caleidoscopio
Amancio Gonzalez
Sculpture - 41 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
€4,300
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.