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Overwinning (Victory)
Rietje Geurts
Sculpture - 62 x 23 x 11 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 9.1 x 4.3 inch
€6,230
A different Tune - N° 1501
Ilkhan
Sculpture - 68 x 25 x 13 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 9.8 x 5.1 inch
€3,000
Les demoiselles de brume 1/8
Réjane LeChat
Sculpture - 99 x 45 x 20 cm Sculpture - 39 x 17.7 x 7.9 inch
€12,000
Ours Arnoff
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 40 x 20 x 16 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 7.9 x 6.3 inch
€8,500
Vol de nuit
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 27 x 37 x 14 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 14.6 x 5.5 inch
€8,000
Victoire de Punta Arenas
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 64 x 39 x 30 cm Sculpture - 25.2 x 15.4 x 11.8 inch
€16,000
Grands voyageurs
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 60 x 50 x 35 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 19.7 x 13.8 inch
€18,000
Oiseau rare
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 29 x 10 x 20 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 3.9 x 7.9 inch
€5,500
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
€10,000
Tango
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 41.5 x 33.5 x 14 cm Sculpture - 16.3 x 13.2 x 5.5 inch
€9,000
Mémoire pour Herve
Jacques Tenenhaus
Sculpture - 70 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch
€10,000
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
€3,500
Saltando al burro
Rodo Padilla
Sculpture - 127 x 78 x 70 cm Sculpture - 50 x 30.7 x 27.6 inch
€45,000
Stroll / Balade
Sylvie Gaudissart
Sculpture - 40 x 32 x 26 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 12.6 x 10.2 inch
€5,900
Landende uil No.6
Evert den Hartog
Sculpture - 42 x 46 x 22 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 18.1 x 8.7 inch
€10,250
Montagne Yogi 65-22
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 27 x 18 x 10 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 7.1 x 3.9 inch
€950
Proud (small)
William Roobrouck
Sculpture - 60 x 36 x 10 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 14.2 x 3.9 inch
€8,500
Le Gorille Penseur
Hadrien David
Sculpture - 44 x 29 x 30 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 11.4 x 11.8 inch
€7,800
Sortie en Mer
Maïté Martinez
Sculpture - 18.5 x 32 x 35 cm Sculpture - 7.3 x 12.6 x 13.8 inch
€6,100
Grote Ruggensteun
Rietje Geurts
Sculpture - 85 x 28 x 17 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 11 x 6.7 inch
€12,450
Good boy jeff - Green patina
Emre
Sculpture - 60 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
€18,000
Savana
Catherine de Kerhor
Sculpture - 167 x 120 x 70 cm Sculpture - 65.7 x 47.2 x 27.6 inch
€61,400
Diptyque murale
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 40 x 160 x 3 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 63 x 1.2 inch
€9,500
Portrait du temps
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 50 x 30 x 18 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 11.8 x 7.1 inch
€5,400
Diptyque aux arbres
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 110 x 100 x 25 cm Sculpture - 43.3 x 39.4 x 9.8 inch
€8,500
Vies/diptyque
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 212 x 160 x 30 cm Sculpture - 83.5 x 63 x 11.8 inch
€22,500
Vies/Babel
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 186 x 120 x 120 cm Sculpture - 73.2 x 47.2 x 47.2 inch
€22,000
Chemins verticaux
Raphael Scorbiac
Sculpture - 172 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 67.7 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
€8,500
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
€19,500
Voyage en Chine (oeuvre unique)
Lisbeth Delisle
Sculpture - 46 x 32 x 30 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 12.6 x 11.8 inch
€18,000
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
€2,700
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
€3,800
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
€3,800
Ducklings / Les canetons
Sylvie Gaudissart
Sculpture - 79 x 21 x 78 cm Sculpture - 31.1 x 8.3 x 30.7 inch
€12,500
Kiss of Fire
Erte Tirtoff
Sculpture - 52.7 x 45.7 x 11.4 cm Sculpture - 20.75 x 18 x 4.5 inch
€7,242
Tête de mule Drouillard
Jean-Robert Drouillard
Sculpture - 38.1 x 12.7 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 15 x 5 x 3.75 inch
€4,200
Après l'effort
Philippe Crivelli
Sculpture - 30 x 21 x 50 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 8.3 x 19.7 inch
€7,600
Voiture chauffe eau
Yannis Lagresle
Sculpture - 21 x 52 x 26 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 20.5 x 10.2 inch
€3,400
Tisseuse échelles Jacob
Grégory Poussier
Sculpture - 80 x 55 x 44 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 21.7 x 17.3 inch
€14,000
Sculpture polyptyquement incorrecte
Christian Lignais
Sculpture - 74 x 81 x 26 cm Sculpture - 29.1 x 31.9 x 10.2 inch
€19,000
time is money
Jean-Jacques Mancardi
Sculpture - 47 x 24 x 15 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 9.4 x 5.9 inch
€3,800
Every Day Is a New Start
Poren Huang
Sculpture - 30 x 38 x 23 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 15 x 9.1 inch
€18,927
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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 €1,440
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
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.