2007
Since his debut on the Paris art scene in 1990, Pierre Yermia has received considerable acclaim for his contemporary bronze sculptures depicting dreamlike human forms and animal bodies. Yermia’s visually arresting figurative and nude sculptures are characterized by voluminous torsos and slender, elongated limbs that seem to stretch with gravity and vertical movement.
Born in 1964 in Suresnes, France, Yermia attended the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse from 1982 to 1984, where he studied under sculptor Aroldo Zavaroni. From 1984 to 1988, he continued his studies at the School of Fine Arts in Paris.
“My work is a constant quest for an unlikely and precarious moment of equilibrium, where strength and fragility are simultaneously confronted,” he has stated. For instance, in Yermia’s 3 Standing Figures V, three human figures are represented with willowy forms while leaning into a harmonious balance. In Feline VI, the sleek, bronze figure of a wild cat represents “a pure moment of grace, of balance, in which you feel both the frailty of the living . . . and its force.”
Critics have lauded Yermia’s works, which have won several awards. He won the Lauriers Wiso Sculpture Award in 1990, the Vermeille Medal from the Lutèce Internationale Academy in 1991, the City of Ernée Award in 2000, the City of Charenton Lions Club Award in 2011, the City of Charenton’s Award in 2016 and the Sculpture Prize at the 67th Salon de Charenton in 2020. He regularly presents his work in exhibitions throughout France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of modern Pierre Yermia sculptures.
Large Seated Figure I by Pierre Yermia - bronze sculpture, woman
By Pierre Yermia
Located in Paris, FR
Large Seated Figure I (Grande figure assise I) is a large-scale sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia. Bronze, 111 cm × 24 cm × 22 cm. Edition of 8 + 4 A.P. Each cas...
Bronze
Large Seated Figure II by Pierre Yermia - bronze sculpture, woman
By Pierre Yermia
Located in Paris, FR
Large Seated Figure II (Grande figure assise I) is a large-scale sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia. Bronze, 44.5 × 9.8 × 9.4 in / 113 × 25 × 24 cm. Edition of 8 ...
Bronze
3 Seated Figures II by Pierre Yermia - Contemporary bronze sculpture, human
By Pierre Yermia
Located in Paris, FR
3 Seated Figures II is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 50 × 35 × 13 cm (19.7 × 13.8 × 5.1 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, i...
Bronze
Seated Woman by Eric Valat - Bronze sculpture, female figure, curves, elegant
By Eric Valat
Located in Paris, FR
Seated Woman is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Eric Valat, dimensions are 26 × 15 × 20 cm (10.2 × 5.9 × 7.8 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it is part of a lim...
Bronze
Enchanting Rituals by Marine de Soos - Seated Female Nude, bronze sculpture
By Marine de Soos
Located in Paris, FR
Enchanting Rituals is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 30 × 18 × 13 cm (11.8 × 7.1 × 5.1 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it...
Bronze
Large Standing Figure IV by Pierre Yermia - bronze sculpture, human figure
By Pierre Yermia
Located in Paris, FR
Large standing figure IV is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Pierre Yermia, dimensions are 147 × 28 × 26 cm (57.9 × 11 × 10.2 in). The sculpture is signed and number...
Bronze
"Seated Figure Looking Up" Modern Mid Century Bronze
By Joachim Berthold
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful modernist 20th Century Bronze piece by Joachim Berthold. Here we find this stylish figure sitting in a hoping position looking up that eludes thought and complexity. A me...
Bronze
1960s Bronze Sculpture by Thure Thörn – Seated Female Figure (3/7)
By Thure Thorn
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
An exceptional and highly decorative bronze sculpture by renowned Swedish artist Thure Thörn, dating from the 1960s. This powerful piece depicts a seated female figure, rendered wit...
Bronze
Dorothea by Nando Kallweit. Elegant bronze sculpture of a seated female form
By Nando Kallweit
Located in Coltishall, GB
Dorothea is an elegant figurative bronze sculpture by Nando Kallweit. An elongated, graceful and slender seated female form. Modelled on modern postures but with a nod to the import...
Bronze
Femme Assise, Bronze Sculpture with Patina, Modern Art, 1980
Located in OPOLE, PL
Femme assise (Sitting Woman) cast circa 1980 Bronze with black patina Cast à la cire perdue 21 × 19 × 15 cm (8¼ × 7½ × 5⅞ in.) Inscribed “KOBRO” and stamped “CLEMENTI” Executed in t...
Bronze
"Millicent 5/12" contemporary bronze sculpture of a woman sitting in full dress
By Wayne Salge
Located in Edgartown, MA
The historic tradition of cast bronze provides a contemporary avenue for the creation of Wayne Salge’s abstracted human and animal figures. Thoroughly modern and distinctly impressio...
Bronze
Walter Midener "Contemplation" Seated Figure Clay Sculpture Mid-Century Modern
Located in Detroit, MI
“Contemplation” is an abstract clay sculpture of a female. The figure has both arms and legs extended, but the dignified pose suggests an intimate rather than a sexual moment. The sculpture is delicately rendered, but monumental in pose and clean composition reminiscent of the English artist Henry Moore. The surface is warm and slightly rough to the touch. This sculpture is in the round and beautifully balanced geometrically with the hands clasped behind the head forming a slightly flattened polygon shape that is echoed in the positioning of the legs and draped fabric of a presumed dress. The figure draws the viewer into her contemplation, peace and confidence. An exceptional piece by Midener. Walter Midener...
Clay
Part of Alejandro Vega Beuvrin’s “Barricada” series, the work is a subversive tribute to the street smarts of citizen activists.
Part art, part seating, they offer a fascinating meditation on life’s dualities.
