Constantin Brâncuși
Constantin Brâncuși (Romanian: [konstanˈtin brɨŋˈkuʃʲ] ( listen); February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957) was a Romanian sculptor, painter and photographer who made his career in France.
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Life
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 École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1905 to 1907.
Clean geometrical lines
His art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art.
Non-European inspiration
Brâncuși sought inspiration in non-European cultures as a source of primitive exoticism, as did Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, André Derain, among others.
Romaining folk art
Other influences emerge from Romanian folk art traceable through Byzantine and Dionysian traditions.
See also
External links
- Constantin Brâncuși @ Wikipedia
