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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