biography
| name: |
Brancusi, Constantin
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pronunciation:
[brankoozee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1876–1957)
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| biography:
| Sculptor, born in Pestisani, W Romania. He won a scholarship to the Bucharest Academy and arrived in Paris in 1904. ‘The Kiss’ (1908) was his most abstract sculpture of the period, representing two block-like figures. His ‘Sleeping Muse’ (1910) shows Rodin's influence, but is the first of his many characteristic, highly polished egg-shaped carvings. Other works include several versions of ‘Mademoiselle Pogany’ (1913–31), ‘Bird in Space’ (1925), and ‘The Sea Lions’ (1943). |
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