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Elie Nadelman Elie Nadelman
Elie Nadelman , 1882-1946, Polish-American sculptor, b. Warsaw. He spent some time in Paris and is said to have influenced Picasso. Before he settled (1914) in the United States his work was exhibited in New York City at the Armory Show in 1913. His gracefully rounded sculptures, most often in... Read more
folk art folk art
folk art the art works of a culturally homogeneous people produced by artists without formal training. The forms of such works are generally developed into a tradition that is either cut off from or tenuously connected to the contemporary cultural mainstream. Folk art often involves craft... Read more
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United States. National Endowment for the Arts United States. National Endowment for the Arts
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent federal agency that supports and funds the arts in the United States. The endowment was established by the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, which defines the arts to include music, dance, drama, folk art,... Read more
Barnes Foundation Barnes Foundation
Barnes Foundation museum in Merion, Pa. Founded in 1922, it houses the impressive art collection amassed by Albert Coombs Barnes, 1872-1951, a wealthy Philadelphia physician, patent-medicine inventor, and pharmaceutical manufacturer. Introduced to art by a schoolmate, the painter William ... Read more
Aleksey von Jawlensky Aleksey von Jawlensky
Aleksey von Jawlensky , 1864-1941, Russian painter. He went to Munich in 1896 and met Kandinsky, with whom he was associated in avant-garde groups. A hint of folk art and a sense of religious meditation distinguish his landscapes and later portraits. After 1916, Jawlensky concentrated on abstract... Read more
Paul J Sachs Paul J Sachs
Paul J. Sachs , 1878-1965, American art teacher and collector, b. New York City. As professor of fine arts at Harvard, Sachs influenced and inspired many art historians and curators during the years of growth in the history of American art museums. His major publications include Drawings in the... Read more
conceptual art conceptual art
conceptual art art movement that began in the 1960s and stresses the artist's concept rather than the art object itself. Growing out of minimalism , conceptual art turned the artist's thoughts and ideas themselves into the primary artistic medium, appealing to the spectator's intellect instead of... Read more
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