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Constantin Brancusi

Constantin Brancusi (1876 - 1957) was active/lived in Romania, France.  Constantin Brancusi is known for Abstract marble sculpture.

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Constantin Brancusi was a Romanian-born sculptor who made his career in France.  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.  His abstract style emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art.  Famous Brâncusi works include the Sleeping Muse (1908), The Kiss (1908), Prometheus (1911), Mademoiselle Pogany (1913), The Newborn (1915), Bird in Space (1919) and The Column of the Infinite (Coloana infinitului), popularly known as The Endless Column (1938).  Brancusi is considered a pioneer of modernism.

Brancusi grew up in the village of Hobita Romania, Gorj, near Targu Jiu, close to Romania's Carpathian Mountains, an area known for its rich tradition of folk crafts, particularly woodcarving. Geometric p   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10985 characters.]  Artist bio

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6 Book References for Constantin Brancusi
Year Author Title Pages Color
2019 Cove, Madeline; Gilbert, Gail R.; Payne, Warren; Renau, Lynn Scholl Louisville Modern: An Era in Art 105 Yes
2016 Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
360 Yes
2013 Ruud, Brandon K. (Editor); Jorge Daniel Veneciano (Introduction) Encounters: Photography from the Sheldon Museum of Art 242 Yes
2009 De Baere, Bart et al All That is Solid Melts Into Air: Five Reflections on Materialist Spirituality in Contemporary Art
(Exhibition catalog)
256 No
2006 Beardsley, John Earthworks and Beyond: Contempory Art in the Landscape 239 No
1996 Barbara and Peter Toohil Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know… 363 Yes
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