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Constantin Brâncuși

Constantin Brâncuși

Romanian sculptor


Dead at 81 years
Birthday
Saturday
He is born 148 years, 1 months and 9 days ago
Death date
Saturday

He is dead since 67 years and 12 days
Birthplace
Hobița, Romania
Nationality: romanian Roumanie
Categorie
Sculptors
Birth sign: Pisces

Constantin Brâncuși (Romanian: [konstanˈtin brɨŋˈkuʃʲ] ; February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957) was a Romanian sculptor, painter and photographer who made his career in France. 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 sought inspiration in non-European cultures as a source of primitive exoticism, as did Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, André Derain, and others. However, other influences emerge from Romanian folk art traceable through Byzantine and Dionysian traditions.

Source : Wikipedia