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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
$2,461
La course (EA I/IV)
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 58 x 127 x 22 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 50 x 8.7 inch
$24,382
La Perla Nera
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sculpture - 45 x 40 x 40 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 15.7 x 15.7 inch
$50,000
Montagne Yogi 89-22
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 29 x 17 x 10 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 6.7 x 3.9 inch
$1,063
Skateur !!
Jean-Jacques Mancardi
Sculpture - 41 x 30 x 16 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 11.8 x 6.3 inch
$4,698
The Visionary XL with Light and Socle
Lieven D'Haese
Sculpture - 146 x 52 x 24 cm Sculpture - 57.5 x 20.5 x 9.4 inch
$9,954 $9,457
Sea Horse
Alexandra Kapogianni-Beth
Sculpture - 30 x 42 x 9 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 16.5 x 3.5 inch
$3,411
Horse's Head
Alexandra Kapogianni-Beth
Sculpture - 38 x 35 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15 x 13.8 x 4.7 inch
$4,217
Initiation (œuvre unique)
Lisbeth Delisle
Sculpture - 45 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$12,303
Chat Persan
François Galoyer
Sculpture - 27.5 x 52 x 14 cm Sculpture - 10.8 x 20.5 x 5.5 inch
$10,625
Conversation with a tree after a night out in spring
Lieven D'Haese
Sculpture - 60 x 60 x 60 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$11,073
Petit à petit, l'oiseau fait son nid… (Album d’enfants)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 36 x 30 x 5 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 11.8 x 2 inch
$2,013
Master of Speed
Lieven D'Haese
Sculpture - 34 x 53 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 20.9 x 7.9 inch
$7,717
Almost dinner time (with socle)
Lieven D'Haese
Sculpture - 115 x 85 x 15 cm Sculpture - 45.3 x 33.5 x 5.9 inch
$8,500 $8,075
Ce lien qui nous lit… (Album d’enfants)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 36 x 30 x 5 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 11.8 x 2 inch
$1,678
Urban Botanica
Mela Ann Cooke
Sculpture - 100 x 30 x 45 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$23,821
Chrysalis
Carola Orieta-Sperman
Sculpture - 40 x 42 x 40 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 16.5 x 15.7 inch
$17,884
Le petit voilier gris (esprit voile 2016)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 28 x 16 x 8 cm Sculpture - 11 x 6.3 x 3.1 inch
$1,678
The Night Hunter
Mela Ann Cooke
Sculpture - 63 x 46 x 28 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 18.1 x 11 inch
$11,654
The Baby Butcher Bird And The Bad Hair Day
Mela Ann Cooke
Sculpture - 42 x 20 x 28 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 7.9 x 11 inch
$6,275
Le tablier, 3/8
Lisbeth Delisle
Sculpture - 37 x 29 x 17 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 11.4 x 6.7 inch
$6,152
Femme en marche 6/8
Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles
Sculpture - 39 x 6 x 9 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 2.4 x 3.5 inch
$3,579
Réflexion - singe
Véronique Laffaille
Sculpture - 35 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$6,431
Métissia 4/8
Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles
Sculpture - 50 x 6 x 6 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 2.4 x 2.4 inch
$3,915
Reve de Colombine 5/8
Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles
Sculpture - 26 x 56 x 13 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 22 x 5.1 inch
$3,467
Femme en marche II 5/8
Marie-Madeleine Vitrolles
Sculpture - 39 x 8 x 8 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 3.1 x 3.1 inch
$3,467
La famille heureuse... "Bonheur" [version : blanche] (Histoire de famille 2021)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 34 x 30 x 8 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
$4,698
Jamais deux sans trois... "Harmonie" [ version : blanche ] (Série : Histoire de famille 2021)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 34 x 20 x 10 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 7.9 x 3.9 inch
$2,964
Jamais deux sans trois... "Harmonie" [ version : jaune ] (Série : Histoire de famille 2021)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 34 x 20 x 10 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 7.9 x 3.9 inch
$2,964
En tête à tête... "Murmure" [version : blanche] (Histoire de famille 2021)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 34 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$2,796
Elvis Presley
Erekle Tsuladze
Sculpture - 70 x 295 x 130 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 116.1 x 51.2 inch
$78,292
J'en pince pour toi
Marc Daniel
Sculpture - 36 x 26 x 23 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 10.2 x 9.1 inch
$6,608
Totem elephants cm 200 white bronze (similar silver) - ( sculpture, bronze )
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 200 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture - 78.7 x 18.9 x 18.9 inch
$31,317
A Wise Woman Once Said - (Bronze No. 2 of 10)
Joyce Fournier
Sculpture - 22.9 x 24.1 x 15.2 cm Sculpture - 9 x 9.5 x 6 inch
$4,590 $3,213
Lily - Rose
Véronique Clanet
Sculpture - 171 x 75 x 68 cm Sculpture - 67.3 x 29.5 x 26.8 inch
$27,962
Petit faucon
Madeleine Van der Knoop
Sculpture - 27 x 46 x 27 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 18.1 x 10.6 inch
$4,362
Fragment orang-outan
Florence Jacquesson
Sculpture - 52 x 40 x 20 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
$17,895
Fragment de Panthère noire
Florence Jacquesson
Sculpture - 45 x 20 x 33 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 7.9 x 13 inch
$15,099
Poisson Globe
Florence Jacquesson
Sculpture - 36 x 20 x 30 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 7.9 x 11.8 inch
$10,402
Disparition du lion
Sophie Larroche
Sculpture - 44 x 27 x 13 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 10.6 x 5.1 inch
$4,362
Vase "She Loves Me"
Erte Tirtoff
Sculpture - 26.5 x 32 x 20 cm Sculpture - 10.4 x 12.6 x 7.9 inch
$6,711
La petite coréeenne
Virginie Chardon
Sculpture - 26 x 18 x 20 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 7.1 x 7.9 inch
$7,494
Les soeurs coréeennes
Virginie Chardon
Sculpture - 32 x 50 x 30 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 19.7 x 11.8 inch
$10,290
Elia e L’elefante bronzo mini
Stefano Bombardieri
Sculpture - 30 x 18 x 35 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.1 x 13.8 inch
$16,777
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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!
Bronze sculptures are made from a series of wax molds, into which the sculptor pours melted bronze to create the final sculpture.
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.
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.