Antoine Pevsner

Antoine Pevsner , 1886-1962, Russian sculptor and painter. He was influenced by cubism while in Paris in 1911 and 1913. During World War I he was in Norway with his brother Naum Gabo . They returned to Moscow after the Russian Revolution. Pevsner taught at the Moscow academy and associated with avant-garde artists such as Malevich and Tatlin. He and Gabo worked together in 1920 on the manifesto of constructivism . In sculpture Pevsner created constructivist works in bronze and other materials, such as his portrait of Marcel Duchamp (1926; Yale Univ.). His rhythmic, abstract designs intended a new synthesis of the plastic arts. Impending conflict with the regime caused Pevsner to leave the Soviet Union in 1922. The next year he settled in France. Several of his constructions are in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.

Bibliography: See biography by his brother, Alexi Pevsner (1964).

Pevsner, Antoine (1886–1962) French sculptor, b. Russia, brother of Naum Gabo. Initially influenced by cubism, he later became a leading exponent of constructivism, creating works in bronze and other materials. In the 1930s, Pevsner concentrated on non-figurative structures such as Projections in Space. Later works include Monument Symbolizing the Liberation of the Spirit (1956).