Constantin Brâncuși
CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI
Constantin Brâncuși (February 19, 1876 – March
16, 1957) was a Romanian sculptor painter and
photographer who made his career in France
.Considered a pioneer of modernism one of the most
influential sculptors of the 20th-century, Brâncuși is
called the patriarch of modern sculpture. As a child
he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm
tools .
Formal studies took him first to Bucharest then
to Munich then to the Ecole des beaux arts
in Paris from 1905 to 1907. His art emphasizes
Photograph taken by Edward Steichen in 1922
Born
of representational art .
symbolic allusion
Brancusi sought
19,
1876
Hobița, Romania
Died
March
16,
1957 (aged 81)
Paris, France
clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent
in his materials with the
February
Resting
Cimetière du MontparnasseParis
place
Nationality
Romanian
inspiration in non-European cultures as a source
Education
École des Beaux-Arts
of primitive exoticism, as did Paul Gauguin, Pablo
Known for
Sculpture
Picasso , Andre Derain and others. But other
Notable
Sleeping
work(s)
Kiss (1908), Prometheus(1911), Mademoiselle
influences emerge from Romanian folk art traceable
Pogany (1913), The
through
of
Byzantine and
Dionysian
Muse
a
Young
The
Newborn (1915), Torso
Man (1917-1922),Bird
in
Space (1919), The Endless Column (1938)
Movement
Modernism
Awards
Romanian Academy
Patron(s)
traditions.
(1908),
John Quinn
Early years
Constantin Brâncuși, Portrait of Mademoiselle Pogany ,
Magazine Without Borders
Issue n°1
20/45