Brancusi, Constantin

Brancusi, Constantin
(2/21/1876 Pestiasani Gorj-1957) (Romania-France)
   Sculptor, wood carver, and photographer. Studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Ottenia in 1894, then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bucharest, and the Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris under A. Mercie. A leading figure in modernist sculpture, emphasizing abstracted forms.
   Reproductions: Princess X; 1916; Webb, 1975: p. 8 .
   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 2: pp. 1126-1129; DoA vol. 4: pp. 659-662; Vollmer I 1953: p. 295.

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