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Hipolyte le Morse
Virginie Chardon
Sculpture - 77 x 44 x 32 cm Sculpture - 30.3 x 17.3 x 12.6 inch
€7,700
Love is battle field
Jorn Van Hoorn
Sculpture - 34 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
€5,300
Mollige pup (Chubby puppy)
Babette Degraeve
Sculpture - 40 x 22 x 44 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 8.7 x 17.3 inch
€3,450
Apple | Sculpture Contemporaine
Vladas Kanciauskas
Sculpture - 40 x 34 x 10 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.4 x 3.9 inch
€5,700
October Piggy
Alexander Sviyazov
Sculpture - 30 x 43.5 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 17.1 x 7.9 inch
€10,000
Chim Yellow and Red
Javier de la Rosa
Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 47.2 x 7.9 inch
€2,187
Dardos Green
Javier de la Rosa
Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 47.2 x 7.9 inch
€2,430
Dardo Green and Blue
Javier de la Rosa
Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 47.2 x 7.9 inch
€2,430
Chim Blue and Green
Javier de la Rosa
Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 47.2 x 7.9 inch
€2,187
the small red bull
Marie Ackers
Sculpture - 20 x 27 x 20 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 10.6 x 7.9 inch
€4,738
Dialogue à queue
Réjane LeChat
Sculpture - 44 x 44 x 15 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 17.3 x 5.9 inch
€1,800
Le poids de l'équilibre
Willy Charps
Sculpture - 38 x 20 x 13 cm Sculpture - 15 x 7.9 x 5.1 inch
€2,750
L'anti marche contemporaine
Willy Charps
Sculpture - 40 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch
€2,875
Attention, escargot !
Willy Charps
Sculpture - 37 x 22 x 9 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 8.7 x 3.5 inch
€2,550
L'anti marche contemporaine
Willy Charps
Sculpture - 40 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch
€2,875
Pieds à terre
Alexandre Mijatovic
Sculpture - 30 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
€3,300
Columbus (bubble wrap)
Brandon Vickerd
Sculpture - 61 x 30.5 x 27.9 cm Sculpture - 24 x 12 x 11 inch
€16,000
Pasion de Luna
Luis Enrique Toledo
Sculpture - 77 x 19 x 19 cm Sculpture - 30.3 x 7.5 x 7.5 inch
€14,503
Orpheus and Eurydice
Spas Kirichev
Sculpture - 45 x 30 x 13 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 11.8 x 5.1 inch
€3,600
Tempête et confinement
Eric Liot
Sculpture - 215 x 70 x 80 cm Sculpture - 84.6 x 27.6 x 31.5 inch
€80,000
Polymerase Ciconia
Laurent Lamarche
Sculpture - 32 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
€2,611
Eucaryota Chromosoïc
Laurent Lamarche
Sculpture - 20 x 15 x 13 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 5.9 x 5.1 inch
€2,400
Chromo in Vitro
Laurent Lamarche
Sculpture - 25.5 x 25.5 x 13 cm Sculpture - 10 x 10 x 5.1 inch
€2,400
Kleine jongetjes van binnen I (Little boys inside I)
Babette Degraeve
Sculpture - 112 x 40 x 48 cm Sculpture - 44.1 x 15.7 x 18.9 inch
€7,200
Je t'embrasse (meisje)
Babette Degraeve
Sculpture - 80 x 68 x 36 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 26.8 x 14.2 inch
€8,250
Baby Bull terrier
Jean-Michel Pradel-Fraysse
Sculpture - 40 x 20 x 25 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 7.9 x 9.8 inch
€4,500
Horizontal erosion man
Massimiliano Pelletti
Sculpture - 39 x 24 x 25 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 9.4 x 9.8 inch
€18,000
Back to basic
Massimiliano Pelletti
Sculpture - 15 x 40 x 20 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
€16,000
Mon petit gamin (My little kid)
Babette Degraeve
Sculpture - 89 x 39 x 29 cm Sculpture - 35 x 15.4 x 11.4 inch
€7,500
Legend of the abduction of Europe
Rumiana Rusinova
Sculpture - 29 x 25 x 14 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 9.8 x 5.5 inch
€2,200
Shark Hammer
Volodymyr Mykytenko
Sculpture - 63 x 67 x 28 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 26.4 x 11 inch
€5,223
Octopus Sculpture
Volodymyr Mykytenko
Sculpture - 23 x 42 x 41 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 16.5 x 16.1 inch
€6,383
Girafe Zanzibar
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 56 x 57 x 13 cm Sculpture - 22 x 22.4 x 5.1 inch
€12,000
Djenné
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 45 x 32.5 x 41 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 12.8 x 16.1 inch
€9,000
Violon oublié des dieux 71-23
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 40 x 13 x 11 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 5.1 x 4.3 inch
€1,000
Vase "She Loves Me"
Erte Tirtoff
Sculpture - 26.5 x 32 x 20 cm Sculpture - 10.4 x 12.6 x 7.9 inch
€6,000
Bronze Masque (Firenze)
Ohad Ben-Ayala
Sculpture - 24 x 15 x 12 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 5.9 x 4.7 inch
€3,700
Marx (bubble wrap)
Brandon Vickerd
Sculpture - 61 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm Sculpture - 24 x 12 x 12 inch
€26,000
Cheval volutes de métal
Jean Amiel
Sculpture - 100 x 70 x 70 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 27.6 x 27.6 inch
€9,500
Esprits de la terre groupe 3
Réjane LeChat
Sculpture - 33 x 22 x 5 cm Sculpture - 13 x 8.7 x 2 inch
€2,100
Autruche curieuse
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 19.5 x 21 x 10 cm Sculpture - 7.7 x 8.3 x 3.9 inch
€5,000
Autruche timide
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 21.5 x 19.5 x 9 cm Sculpture - 8.5 x 7.7 x 3.5 inch
€5,000
La révérence d'un Dieu (3/8)
Dominique Mückli
Sculpture - 146 x 100 x 45 cm Sculpture - 57.5 x 39.4 x 17.7 inch
€39,000
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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
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
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
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.