Louise NEvelson

Louise NEvelsonSamantha Bartell4. 19. 11

Louise NevelsonBorn Leah Berliwsky in 1989

Born in Russia, of Russian Jewish Heritage

Brought to America as a child in 1906

Childhood LifeLousie grew up in Rockland Maine where her father was a timber merchant. She often played in her fathers timber yard.

Her childhood experiences may have exposed her to wood as her medium for sculpture later in life.

Young Adult LifeMarried in 1920 to Charles Nevelson; who was a wealthy ship owner.

Together they moved to New York.

Two years later, Louise gave birth to their son, Myron Mike Nevelson.

Photo from 1922

The Start of Louise Nevelson ArtWhile in New York, Louise began to study art.

In 1928, she enrolled in New Yorks Art students league to painting and sculpture.

In two years she decided that sculpture was for her. Once she started, it was hard for Louise to gain and establish a major reputation.

Two ReasonGender inequalitiesA lack of sculptural tradition in the United States.

By the 1950s, twenty years after she started making art, she emerged as a very popular figure in American Art.

What Did She Make?Freestanding sculptures from wood that was finished in a plain white color of usually BLACK, GOLD, or WHITE.

Louise is known as the Heir of Abstract Expressionism.

Art Louise Nevelson was an American abstract sculptor who explored both the density and transparency of materials. Her imagery was based on surrealist and cubist models.

The American sculptor Louise Nevelson began by using smooth abstract shapes then she moved towards assemblage: the fitting together of ready-made wooden shapes, such as the splats and backs of chairs, knobs and banisters from demolished houses, scrolls and bits of molding.

artLike some contemporary sculptors, Louise used junk materials; but her use of framework and use of the box, the column, and use of color really made her art different from others of that art era.

Her work was new, and unlike anything that America has seen thus far

QuoteIm a work horse. I like to work. I always did Ive never had a day when I didnt want to work and even if I didnt want to compose, so I painted or stacked pieces into something. In my studio Im as happy as a cow in her stall. Thats the only place where everything is all right Louise knew what kind of art she liked and what kind of art she wanted to create. This quotes sums up her personality very well. 10What it meant to louiseLouise felt that New York was changing before her very eyes, and that was what really inspired her to create what she did.

In American artists on art she writes, Many of my works are reflection of the city Her home was being altered with new styles, new ideas, new buildings by the minute, and Nevelson did her best to translate that into a sculpture. And she succeeded.

inspirationOthers who helped her along the way are Hans HoffmanAndre MasonAlexander Calder

A couple movements also developed, minimalism and feminist art. Even a few artists were influenced by her type of art, according to the artstory.com, artist by the names of; Mark di Suvero,Willem De Kooning Lee BontecouJunk SculpturesLouise Nevelsons

Royal Tide V 1960

Dawns Wedding Chapel IV, from Dawns Wedding Feast, 1959-60

Mirror Shadow VII 1985Lesson PlanLesson Plan: Assemblage ArtThe Manipulative Stage (2-5)The Symbol-Making Stage (6-9)Early ChildhoodLearn about the qualities of the art around them., textures, colors, smells, tastes, weights and other properties. Lesson plan: Group ProjectGrades 1-4Learn about symbols, themes, such as events at school. Start to include much more detail in their art. Individual ProjectsLesson Plan: Assemblage ArtThe Preadolescent Stage (10-13)Grades 5-8More receptive to instruction, and they start to achieve their skills in painting, printmaking and sculpture. Original Lesson PlanEach make their own sculpture. Works citedEldridge-Ford, Ashely. "London Journal: Louise Nevelson Paints it Black." Art We Love. JWA -Discover - In Focus: Jewish Women Artists, 12 May 2011. Web. 27 Feb. 2011.

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