Constantin Brancusi
Romanian · 1876–1957 · Painter, Sculptor
Constantin Brâncuși was a Romanian sculptor, painter, and photographer. Considered one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century and a pioneer of modernism,… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
La Muse endormie IIBonhams · $3,085,500≈ £2,302,268≈ €2,659,914Sign up to see
(Bois) Group Mobile (L’Enfant au monde)Phillips · $125,000≈ £100,490≈ €117,360Sign up to see
View of the Studio: Portrait of Madame L.R.Phillips · £74,500≈ $115,550≈ €87,971Sign up to see
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Constantin Brâncuși was a Romanian sculptor, painter, and photographer. Considered one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century and a pioneer of modernism, 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. His art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Brâncuși's practice drew from Romanian folk art, and sought a great deal of inspiration in non-European cultures as a source of primitive exoticism, as did Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, André Derain, and others.
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Catalan modernismmodernismOfficial Salon of Painting and SculptureTinerimea artistică
Also known as Brancusi, Brancusi Constantin, brancussi, Branncussi, Constantin Brâncuși, Constantin Brincusi, Constantin dynamita
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