Sculpture

A branch of the visual arts traditionally typified for being solid and three dimensional. Media used to create sculpture including stone, bronze, pottery and wood. In their appearance, sculptures may be divided into two categories, either free-standing (in the round) or adjoined to a background surface (relief).

With the development of plastic art in the 20th and 21st century, the definition of sculpture was broadened to include works specifically concerned with the three-dimensional form.


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Drury showcase celebrates sculptor and his influences

30 June 2025

This terracotta sculpture, 'The Triumph of Silenus', is among the highlights at Willoughby Gerrish’s exhibition 'Alfred Drury and the New Sculpture Movement'.

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Touch of French animalier magic at German auction

30 June 2025

Roger Godchaux is regarded as one of the most accomplished French animalier sculptors of the first half of the 20th century.

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Wiltshire Police and manor house owner call on antiques trade to help trace stolen statues

24 June 2025

A group of bronze statues have been stolen from a manor house in Wiltshire during a jazz festival.

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The ‘Mignon’ who eventually married Rodin

16 June 2025

A bronze cast of the Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) bust 'Mignon' hammered for $97,500 (£73,350) at Black Rock Galleries in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Barbara Hepworth sculpture

Plea to save Hepworth sculpture for the nation

05 June 2025

Museum and Art Fund launch fundraising to save Barbara Hepworth sculpture

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Vendors’ ‘garden statue’ turns out to be a six-figure Roman marble

21 May 2025

A Roman marble thought by its vendors to be a garden statue turned heads at Toovey’s where it sold earlier this month.

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Minerva with Medusa shield stands tall after £20,000 bid

19 May 2025

Matthew Boulton’s inventory of stock in 1782 lists “1 small figure of Minerva”, according to Nicholas Goodison’s Ormolu: the Work of Matthew Boulton, 1974.

The Virgin and Child altarpiece

National Gallery buys ‘mystery’ altarpiece in £16.4m deal brokered by Sotheby’s

06 May 2025

The National Gallery in London has acquired two Old Masters, one of which is a remarkable 16th-century altarpiece bought for £16.4m in a private treaty sale brokered by Sotheby’s.

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15th century carving from dealers' collection bid to eight times estimate

05 May 2025

The Age of Oak sale at Woolley & Wallis (26% buyer’s premium) on April 9 was built around the collection formed by antiques dealers Bruce and Margaret Howard.

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Medal marks the unpopular royal marriage of Mary and Philip

24 March 2025

A Renaissance gilt bronze medal made to mark the marriage of Queen Mary I (1516-58) and King Philip II (1527-98) sold for £15,500 at Sloane Street Auctions (26.5% buyer’s premium).

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Different type of expressionism: three extraordinary character heads

17 March 2025

Produced by a German-Austrian sculptor in the 18th century, three intriguing marble sculptures were among the attractions of the sale at EP Deutsch (24% buyer’s premium) on January 31 in Vienna.

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Emperor Commodus bust brings bidders to Oxford auction

10 March 2025

A Roman marble bust of the tyrannical Emperor Commodus attracted a flurry of bids at Mallams (25% buyer’s premium) in Oxford.

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Five questions with sculpture dealer Georges Van Cauwenbergh

03 March 2025

Georges Van Cauwenbergh is the director of Artimo Fine Arts Gallery, in the renowned Sablon antiques district of Brussels.

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Royal silver oils the deals in Paris

03 March 2025

Elaborate cruet frames from the pre-revolutionary period stand out in a traditional sale selection

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Rediscovered Claudel bronze has aged well

03 March 2025

Lost from view for a century, a three-figure bronze group by the sculptor Camille Claudel (1864-1943) made an auction appearance in Orléans on February 16.

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Shorter Triton version rises from the sea

17 February 2025

The original 1934 design for 'Le Genie de la Mer' by Carlo Sarrabezolles (1888-1971) was meant for the ocean liner Normandie and is currently on display outside the CMA CGM Tower in Marseille.

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Lyon & Turnbull lined up Kelly collection to take a £1.49m total

03 February 2025

Once just the preserve of one or two London firms, now such consignments are there to be won for many others

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BRAFA brightens up grey skies

03 February 2025

Event in the Belgian capital manages to combine sense of luxury with a friendly and relaxed atmosphere early on

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Schlemmer figure hits a new high

27 January 2025

A plaster figure by the Bauhaus artist Oskar Schlemmer (1888-1943) set a new auction record for one of his sculptures when it was sold by Lempertz (26/20% buyer’s premium) in Cologne.

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Marcks makes his mark at four salerooms just a few days apart

27 January 2025

Bronze works by the accomplished 20th century sculptor prove to be sought-after purchases

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