Famous Sculptors

Pablo Picasso

He was born on October 25, 1881, Málaga, Spain and he died on April 8, 1973, Mougins, France) Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century and the creator (with Georges Braque) of Cubism.

The Chicago Picasso a 50' high public Cubist sculpture. Donated by Picasso to the people of Chicago

The Chicago Picasso

MichelangeloThe second of five brothers,

Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475, at Caprese, in Tuscany,

to Ludovico di Leonardo di Buonarotto Simon and Francesca

Neri. The same day, his father noted down: "Today March 6,

1475, a child of the male sex has been born to me and I have named him Michelangelo. He was born on

Monday between 4 and 5 in the morning, at Caprese, where I am

the Podestà." Although born in the small village of Caprese,

Michelangelo always considered himself a "son of Florence," as did his father, "a Citizen of Florence."

Pietà

The Pietà , which depicts the Virgin Mary holding the body of her son Jesus Christ after his death, has been created in many different forms by various painters and sculptors. Of all the great paintings and sculptures on the Pieta, however, the one by Michelangelo stands out from all the rest.

Constantin Brâncuşi

The Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi, (1876-1957) was a central figure of the modern movement and a pioneer of abstraction. His sculpture is noted for its visual elegance and sensitive use of materials, combining the directness of peasant carving with the sophistication of the Parisian avant-garde. After attending the Bucharest School of Fine Arts and learning of the sculpture of August Rodin, Brancusi traveled to Paris in 1904. Brancusi created his first major work, The Kiss, in 1908.

Kiss

Simple is beautiful. Look closer as these two young lovers embrace in a kiss in what is perhaps regarded as the classic representation of love. As one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century, Constantin Brancusi preferred the technique of carving in stone and reducing natural forms to near-abstract simplicity. His work in both stone and bronze concentrated on variations of a small number of themes--heads, birds, and this renowned couple embracing, The Kiss (1916). Brancusi's simplified sculptures are widely acknowledged as icons of modern art.

David Smith

David Smith, in full David Roland Smith  (born March 9, 1906, Decatur, Indiana, U.S.—died May 23, 1965, Albany, New York), American sculptor whose pioneering welded metal sculpture and massive painted geometric forms made him the most original American sculptor in the decades after World War II. His work greatly influenced the brightly colored “primary structures” of Minimal art during the 1960s.

The Banquet

Louise Nevelson

Louise Berliawsky Nevelson (born Leah Berliawsky; September 23, 1899 – April 17, 1988) was an American artist. Nevelson is known for her abstract expressionist “crates” grouped together to form a new creation. She used found objects or everyday discarded things in her" assemblages” or assemblies, one of which was three stories high: "When you put together things that other people have thrown out, you’re really bringing them to life – a spiritual life that surpasses the life for which they were originally created."

It was commissioned by the American Medical Association, dedicated on March 10, 1988, and is located at 1101 Vermont Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. Sky Landscape was commissioned by the American Medical Association and dedicated March 10th, 1983. The painted aluminum sculpture uses several curved pieces to form a collage in metal. Sky Landscape I reflects Nevelson’s devotion to relief sculpture and the creation of heightened drama within a narrow field of space.

Sky Landscape

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), the painter and mixed media artist, was associated with Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism, though he avoided any alliances. Duchamp’s work is characterized by its humor, the variety and unconventionality of its media, and its incessant probing of the boundaries of art. His legacy includes the insight that art can be about ideas instead of worldly things, a revolutionary notion that would resonate with later generations of artists.

Fountain

Fountain is a 1917 work by Marcel Duchamp. It is one of the pieces which he called ready-mades (also known as found art), because he made use of an already existing object – in this case a urinal, which he titled Fountain and signed “R. Mutt”. It was submitted to an art show as an act of provocation, but was lost shortly after this. According to Duchamp’s biographer Calvin Tomkins, the best guess is that it was thrown out as rubbish by Stieglitz, a common fate of Duchamp’s early ready-mades

Robert Smithson

ROBERT SMITHSONAmerican Artist 1938-1973Born in Passaic, New Jersey, January 2, 1938

The artist Robert Smithson is a famous for his land art and he is best known for the ''Spiral Jetty,'' which has lain in the Great Salt Lake since 1970. Smithson died at 35 in an airplane crash in 1973.

Spiral JettyThe Spiral Jetty is a basalt spiral 1500 feet long, and 15 feet wide, which protrudes from the shore of the Great Salt Lake, on submerged land leased from the government. Given his preoccupation with entropy, it is fitting that each of the three existing earthworks designed by the artist Robert Smithson in the United States are severely degraded, and each in a different way. The Spiral Jetty is usually invisible, lying a few feet under the fluctuating surface level of the lake. Smithson built the piece in 1970 at a time when the lake was at a particularly low level.

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Done byVignesh Nathan