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Alexei Sculpture in Florida Mahogany Wood
Whirl & Whittle
Sculpture - 20 x 28 x 28 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 11 x 11 inch
$3,921
Visages d’une vie - orange & bleu
Dorsan Cousin
Sculpture - 42 x 32 x 10 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 12.6 x 3.9 inch
$1,047
Attends-moi je reviens de bonheur!
Jean-Robert Drouillard
Sculpture - 97.2 x 97 x 97 cm Sculpture - 38.25 x 38.2 x 38.2 inch
$2,490
Elixir des 90 ans
Nicolas Rubinstein
Sculpture - 30 x 13 x 10.5 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.1 x 4.1 inch
$1,697
Trafalgar Square From Above
Michael Wallner
Sculpture - 63 x 72 x 5 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 28.3 x 2 inch
$2,927
Citadine matelot
Catherine Giroud
Sculpture - 57 x 12 x 15 cm Sculpture - 22.4 x 4.7 x 5.9 inch
$962
Territorios, Found objects in wood box wall sculpture
Fernando Otero
Sculpture - 52.1 x 72.4 x 10.2 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 28.5 x 4 inch
$2,500
Object II from the series “Unpredictable Circumstances”
Stefan Ivanov
Sculpture - 120 x 55 x 35 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 21.7 x 13.8 inch
$5,205
Mickey Loves Ruinart
Eddy Vitalone
Sculpture - 38 x 33 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15 x 13 x 7.9 inch
$1,822
Dutch girl with a doll
Franz Hagenauer
Sculpture - 14 x 7 x 5.2 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 2.8 x 2 inch
$1,811
BLOOM
Aaron Santos Boyd-Rochman
Sculpture - 48 x 40 x 12 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 15.7 x 4.7 inch
$3,225
Self-Portrait 21.29
Arthur Hent
Sculpture - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$4,074
Léopard sur Canapé
Emmanuel Bour
Sculpture - 54 x 54 x 3 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch
$3,169
The time machine powers up at 18:24
Eugenia Soma
Sculpture - 370 x 200 x 16 cm Sculpture - 145.7 x 78.7 x 6.3 inch
$7,531
Se faire maître (Couteau de précision)
Eddy Firmin
Sculpture - 30.5 x 26.7 x 22.9 cm Sculpture - 12 x 10.5 x 9 inch
$2,263
Portrait of Italo Balbo
Marco Novati
Sculpture - 44 x 30 x 32 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 11.8 x 12.6 inch
$7,921
Love Meeples
Andrea Van Der Hoeven
Sculpture - 35 x 35 x 1.5 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.6 inch
$283
Autel profane Piège à plumes Bird Altar
Alexis Gorodine
Sculpture - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
$6,677
Dance For Me In The Dusk
Susumu Kamijo
Sculpture - 96 x 71.88 x 11.9 cm Sculpture - 37.8 x 28.3 x 4.7 inch
$12,500
Untitled
Laddie John Dill
Sculpture - 26.7 x 57.2 x 3.8 cm Sculpture - 10.5 x 22.5 x 1.5 inch
$3,500
Module XL18
Mehdi Cibille Le MoDuLe De ZeeR
Sculpture - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,734
Cairn (Les Landes océan)
Raphaël Galley
Sculpture - 12 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
$679
Main, étude expressionniste
Lionel le Jeune
Sculpture - 24 x 8 x 8 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 3.1 x 3.1 inch
$1,132
Sculpture Shetani Rongeur Anthropomorphique
Agostino Malaba
Sculpture - 66 x 22 x 20 cm Sculpture - 26 x 8.7 x 7.9 inch
$3,395
Protesta social (Social protest)
Segundo Gutiérrez
Sculpture - 70 x 20 x 11.5 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 7.9 x 4.5 inch
$3,772
Carreta Herencia de mi Tierra
Manuel Cruz Prudencio
Sculpture - 33 x 48 x 28 cm Sculpture - 13 x 18.9 x 11 inch
$2,500
Understand what you love #2 (bois et fer)
Robert Stadler
Sculpture - 29.5 x 10.5 x 2.2 cm Sculpture - 11.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inch
$905
American Dream
Robert Hilmersson
Sculpture - 100 x 40 x 4 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$3,621 $3,259
Scène de village
Benjamin Déguénon
Sculpture - 100 x 100 x 10 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 39.4 x 3.9 inch
$4,527
Leonard & the rainbow
Rodolph Planchais ROD
Sculpture - 156 x 156 x 41 cm Sculpture - 61.4 x 61.4 x 16.1 inch
$45,265
Covid 19 Lockdown
Anastasia Ushakova
Sculpture - 120 x 120 x 20 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 47.2 x 7.9 inch
$7,129
Luminaire petite roue de moulin
Jean Bernard dit Berny
Sculpture - 29 x 23 x 13 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 9.1 x 5.1 inch
$419
L'escalier du 29
Christian Paix
Sculpture - 156 x 76 x 23 cm Sculpture - 61.4 x 29.9 x 9.1 inch
$9,619
Tennis player
Werkstätte Hagenauer
Sculpture - 28 x 27 x 8 cm Sculpture - 11 x 10.6 x 3.1 inch
$5,092
Cuckoo Block "Frankfurt"
Guido Zimmermann
Sculpture - 78 x 26 x 14 cm Sculpture - 30.7 x 10.2 x 5.5 inch
$5,545
Demain, c'est loin
Simon Laveuve
Sculpture - 50 x 34 x 50 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 13.4 x 19.7 inch
$11,316
With a dove in his head
Marta & Slava
Sculpture - 87 x 25 x 19 cm Sculpture - 34.3 x 9.8 x 7.5 inch
$7,921
Global warming sunglasses
Olga Kosheleva
Sculpture - 80 x 205 x 35 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 80.7 x 13.8 inch
$24,896
Sculpture: Ensemble 1
Peter Nottrott
Sculpture - 90 x 120 x 4 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$5,647
Garden party chez la Belle au bois dormant
Reine Mazoyer
Sculpture - 100 x 60 x 60 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$5,658
L'origine du monde
Arno Sebban
Sculpture - 90 x 35 x 25 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 13.8 x 9.8 inch
$3,395
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Wood Sculpture for Sale
Wood and stone were the some of the first materials carved by humans to make tools. Although wood was very commonly used, only few objects survived through the centuries as its decomposes faster and can be destroyed more easily than bronze or stone for example.
Between 700 and 900, most woodcarvers lived in monasteries. Travelling from monastery to monastery, these carvers were few and far between. The was a relatively prescriptive style and many remaining sculptures from this period are quite similar. This era was marked by the constraints of iconoclasm: many religious objects made of wood were destroyed because of the condemnation of representation of religious subjects.
Many sculptures have also been found in England and Scandinavian countries. Wood is also widely used in Africa to create masks, small statues and objects, as well as in India and by aboriginal artists in Australia.
In Europe, it was in the 15th and 16th centuries that wooden sculpture became highly developed, especially in Germany. This was thanks to Gothic sculptors such as Tilman Riemenschneider, Veit Stoss, Michael Pacher, Gregor Erhart and Jorg Zurn who pushed the medium to its limits, creating astonishingly detailed works.
Woodcarving reappeared in the 17th century in England as Baroque ornaments grew in popularity. Master Grinling Gibbons's was a leading artist of the time and one of the few woodcarvers to be widely recognised in his homeland. In France, Rococo brought woodcarving back into fashion, with designers such as Lelange, Foliot and Cressent, who focused on creating furniture.
Several modern artists also used wood, notably Brancusi, who was influenced by the classical tradition which emphasised the finish and materiality of the wood. Henry Moore preferred using this valuable material to create his abstract and evocative shapes, while Barbara Hepworth created incredibly modern works of art and Paul Gauguin used wood to reconnect with and learn from primitive techniques...
Wood is very different from other materials, such as resin or bronze, as it is quite fragile and requires a wide range of tools.The technique to be used differs according to the desired shape because the sculpture can take the form of a low-relief or be carved in the round (a sculpture on base that the viewer can walk around). One must first source planks of wood, flattened, dried and calibrated. Next, a sketch of the sculpture is drawn onto the support, the bulk of the wood is then removed and the object is shaped more carefully using u-gouges to remove as much excess material. Finally, the finer details as well as shadow play are added using a range of tools including flat gouges, chisels, and carving knives.
Artsper features a wide selection of modern wooden sculptures by Nando Stevoli, Gaspard Mitz, César Orrico, Marc Laffolay, Lesley Hilling or Valérie Carmet.
Wood carving refers to a process where material is taken away from a block of wood using a tool like a knife, whereas the term "sculpture" refers to any work of three-dimensional art. Sculptures can be produced using a variety of techniques.
One of the most famous sculptors that has worked with wood carving is Barbara Hepworth. Her work explores themes such as the contrast between the solid and the void, and the relationship between people and nature.
Some of the most famous wood sculptures are those of American artist Ben Butler, such as his abstract large-scale work Unbounded, which he created in 2015. The work is comprised of over 10,000 poplar sticks.