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Coquillage Corne de Gazelle
Christian Della Giustina
Sculpture - 44 x 62 x 26 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 24.4 x 10.2 inch
$10,004
Petit Léopard sur le rocher
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 29 x 23 x 16 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 9.1 x 6.3 inch
$6,821
Patronage, Sculpture Bronze
Aurelija Simkute
Sculpture - 40 x 13 x 11 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 5.1 x 4.3 inch
$6,025
La toilette - Sculpture bronze
Plaf
Sculpture - 15 x 12 x 8.5 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 4.7 x 3.3 inch
$1,705
Grand taureau brun
Richard Pommier
Sculpture - 26 x 28 x 19 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 11 x 7.5 inch
$682
Arc en bronze
Benna Chu (Meylan)
Sculpture - 44.5 x 37.1 x 11.8 cm Sculpture - 17.5 x 14.6 x 4.6 inch
$2,445
Passers-by
Gediminas Endriekus
Sculpture - 34 x 13 x 22 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 5.1 x 8.7 inch
$10,231
Je me souviens de toi
Luo Li Rong
Sculpture - 30 x 26 x 12 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 10.2 x 4.7 inch
$6,821
Totem Elephants cm 200 polished
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 200 x 48 x 48 cm Sculpture - 78.7 x 18.9 x 18.9 inch
$31,830
Bouddha Rieur
Julien Marinetti
Sculpture - 34 x 37 x 34 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 14.6 x 13.4 inch
$24,441
Embarazada / enceinte
Federico Osorio
Sculpture - 23 x 5 x 3 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 2 x 1.2 inch
$1,705
Baleine Bleue
Adeline Weber Guibal
Sculpture - 36 x 26 x 23 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 10.2 x 9.1 inch
$4,433
El iluso que mira las estrellas - The deluded man who looks at stars
Alberto Letamendi
Sculpture - 14 x 7 x 5.8 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 2.75 x 2.3 inch
$4,300
La tète dans les mains
Jacques Tenenhaus
Sculpture - 90 x 47 x 33 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 18.5 x 13 inch
$20,462
Les Ames Soeurs
Dominique Rayou
Sculpture - 34 x 48 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 18.9 x 7.9 inch
$12,504
Yellow pylon worker
Jean-Jacques Mancardi
Sculpture - 36 x 25.5 x 16 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 10 x 6.3 inch
$3,638
All Dressed Up With Nowhere To Go
Mela Ann Cooke
Sculpture - 96 x 40 x 55 cm Sculpture - 37.8 x 15.7 x 21.7 inch
$23,304
Le Cavalier (petit)(bronze)
Antoniucci Volti
Sculpture - 47 x 43 x 14 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 16.9 x 5.5 inch
$13,073
Caleidoscopio
Amancio Gonzalez
Sculpture - 41 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 16.1 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$4,888
Mi Faraón
Miquela Vidal Barceló
Sculpture - 43 x 13 x 13 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 5.1 x 5.1 inch
$7,273
Mother and Child 2
Beatrice Hoffman
Sculpture - 70 x 47 x 40 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 18.5 x 15.7 inch
$4,149
Freedom (Avec 3 galets)
Eléonore de Moffarts
Sculpture - 61 x 48 x 35 cm Sculpture - 24 x 18.9 x 13.8 inch
$8,980
Aigis
Alexandra Kapogianni-Beth
Sculpture - 27 x 27 x 10 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 10.6 x 3.9 inch
$4,195
Kira (Burnished Gold)
Roby Dwi Antono
Sculpture - 31 x 26 x 23 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 10.2 x 9.1 inch
$10,939
Jeune Cerf
Christine Guillemin
Sculpture - 70 x 57 x 30 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 22.4 x 11.8 inch
$13,641
Transverse Motion 1 of 3
Nornslife Art
Sculpture - 24.13 x 15.24 x 7.62 cm Sculpture - 9.5 x 6 x 3 inch
$13,471
Cowering Figure - Small
Annette Girke
Sculpture - 6 x 10 x 4 cm Sculpture - 2.4 x 3.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,557
Autoportrait 4
Jean-Michel Pradel-Fraysse
Sculpture - 185 x 60 x 60 cm Sculpture - 72.8 x 23.6 x 23.6 inch
$28,419
Loves who don’t know how to get by in this world (HE)
Matteo Mauro
Sculpture - 25 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$10,000
Temps moderne - série invention bronze
Mireille Bassier-Tilmont
Sculpture - 20 x 37 x 11 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 14.6 x 4.3 inch
$568
Sfera Antares
Gianfranco Meggiato
Sculpture - 200 x 120 x 120 cm Sculpture - 78.7 x 47.2 x 47.2 inch
$355,000
roofvogel met vis
Evert den Hartog
Sculpture - 70 x 48 x 60 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 18.9 x 23.6 inch
$16,767
Sophisticated Lady
Erte Tirtoff
Sculpture - 40.6 x 26 x 14.6 cm Sculpture - 16 x 10.25 x 5.75 inch
$5,700
Flowers from the forest meadow
Rumiana Rusinova
Sculpture - 17 x 14 x 14 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch
$1,364
Il était une fois
Maïté Martinez
Sculpture - 13 x 17 x 14 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 6.7 x 5.5 inch
$5,456
Uwe Schloen, Pinocchio
Uwe Schloen
Sculpture - 29.5 x 9 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 11.6 x 3.5 x 3 inch
$1,694
La frôleuse de blés
Grégory Poussier
Sculpture - 80 x 40 x 35 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 15.7 x 13.8 inch
$15,915
Sticking to my post
Poren Huang
Sculpture - 33 x 42 x 53 cm Sculpture - 13 x 16.5 x 20.9 inch
$28,400
The Spirit of the House
Tadas Gutauskas TaDas
Sculpture - 39 x 8 x 6 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 3.1 x 2.4 inch
$2,262
Qu'allaient-ils donc faire dans cette trière?
Christian Lignais
Sculpture - 30 x 35 x 50 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 13.8 x 19.7 inch
$4,547
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Vladas Kanciauskas
Sculpture - 39 x 42 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 16.5 x 7.1 inch
$3,410
Sapiens 2.0 - Gold
Beto Gatti
Sculpture - 40 x 50 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 19.7 x 7.1 inch
$10,231
The invisible map bronze edition
Vincent Lamouroux
Sculpture - 2 x 6 x 11 cm Sculpture - 0.8 x 2.4 x 4.3 inch
$966
Movement | Bronze Sculpture
Aloyzas Smilingis
Sculpture - 33 x 21 x 21 cm Sculpture - 13 x 8.3 x 8.3 inch
$9,663
Couple de mésanges bleues
Jean Lemonnier
Sculpture - 16 x 11 x 9 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 4.3 x 3.5 inch
$2,274
Relief en bronze VIII
Max Ernst
Sculpture - 34.2 x 39.2 x 0.2 cm Sculpture - 13.5 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
$7,730
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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.