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Art Deco SculptureArt Deco sculpture was commonly worked in bronze, metals and mixed media including exotic woods or ivory. These materials worked well for pieces designed to stand on a mantel piece, sideboard or other surface. Their function was purely decorative and they were sold by jewellers and department stores rather than art galleries. Very few figures were unique Art Deco Sculpture has perhaps come to represent this era better than any other of its art forms. Deco Sculptors were extremely skilled and many exquisite pieces are still in existence today. Chryselephantine sculpture covers the multi mediums of bronze and ivory. Based predominantly in Berlin and Paris, the French artisans were concerned with fashion and the theatre. Their German counterparts liked to produced sporting or classical themes. Art Deco Avant Garde SculptureArt Deco Avant Garde Sculpture rew in France during the 1910’s. French craftsmen found themselves increasingly torn between the “fine” and “applied” arts. Short of the money required to buy expensive sculpting materials they produced work in plaster, terracotta, wood and stone. Their pieces were often unique. By the mid 1910’s, naturalism and romanticism were no longer in vogue. They were replaced by three dimensional abstract work with sharp angles and simplified plane surfaces. Sculptors who produced work in this category include:-
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