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Constantin Brancusi Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi , 1876-1957, Romanian sculptor. Brancusi is considered one of the foremost of modern artists. In 1904 he went to Paris, where he worked under Mercié. He declined Rodin's invitation to work in his studio. Because of his radical, economic style, his abstract sculptures, The... Read more
John Quinn John Quinn
Quinn, John (1870–1924). American lawyer, collector, and patron. Quinn was of Irish ancestry and came to collecting through purchasing manuscripts of Irish literary works. He did not start collecting paintings and sculpture until after the turn of the century, but he then rapidly became a... Read more
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Wilhelm Lehmbruck
Wilhelm Lehmbruck , 1881-1919, German sculptor. He studied at Düsseldorf and went to Paris in 1910. Influenced at first by Rodin, Brancusi, and Maillol, he later arrived at his own highly individual style. His large, elongated figures express a dramatic poignancy. Woman Kneeling (Mus. of... Read more
Isamu Noguchi Isamu Noguchi
Isamu Noguchi , 1904-88, American sculptor, b. Los Angeles. The son of a Japanese poet father and an American mother, he was a student of Gutzon Borglum and won Guggenheim fellowships (1927 and 1928) that permitted him to study in Paris under Brancusi . In his work in stone, wood, and metal he... Read more
Oceanic art Oceanic art
Oceanic art works produced by the island peoples of the S and NW Pacific, including Melanesia (New Guinea and the islands to its north and east), Micronesia (Mariana, Caroline, Marshall, and Gilbert islands), and Polynesia (which includes the Hawaiian Islands, the Samoas, Tonga, New Zealand, and... Read more
Peggy Guggenheim Peggy Guggenheim
Peggy Guggenheim (Marguerite Guggenheim), 1898-1979, American modern art patron and collector, b. New York City. The daughter of Benjamin, niece of Solomon, and grand-daughter of Meyer Guggenheim , she grew up in luxury, inherited a fortune, and became a friend, patron, and sometime lover to a... Read more
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Barbara Chase-Riboud Barbara Chase-Riboud
Barbara Chase-Riboud 1939– Artist, novelist Worked as Artist, Novelist Faced Controversy Over Hemings Novel Courted Controversy Continued Her Creative Output Selected writings Sources In her massive sculptures, Barbara Chase-Riboud fuses elements from several different cultural traditions to... Read more
Constantin Meunier Constantin Meunier
Constantin Meunier , 1831-1905, Belgian sculptor and painter. In paintings of monastic life and of factory workers and miners, his work expressed the dignity of labor, in a style marked by romantic idealism. Turning to sculpture exclusively at the age of 50, he produced the bronze reliefs and... Read more

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