Sculptors Flashcards
Alberto Giacometti
1901-66 Swiss sculptor - Known for tall, slender figures, influenced by surrealism y cubism - Cat (1954); L’homme au Doigt (1947); Spoon Woman (1927); Three Men Walking
Alexander Calder
1898-1976 American artist from PA - Originator of the mobile - Made many large outdoor sculptures - Eagle (1971-in a Seattle park-pic); The Four Elements (1961); Lobster Trap and Fish Tail; “.125”; Mercury Fountain
Antonio Canova
1757-1822 Italian sculptor from Venice - Considered the greatest Neoclassical artist - The Three Graces (pic); Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss (1793); Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (1806)
Auguste Rodin
1840-1917 French sculptor - The Thinker (1902); The Burghers of Calais (1889); The Gates of Hell (1917 - Unfinished); The Kiss (1889); The Walking Man (1877); The Age of Bronze (1877-pic) - The father of modern sculpture
Claes Oldenburg
1929- Swedish-American sculptor - Best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects - Many works made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen (1942-2009) - Giant Balls (1977); Dropped Cone (2001-pic); Shuttlecocks; Flashlight (1981-at UNLV)
Constantin Brâncusi
1876-1957 Romanian sculptor - Called “patriarch of modern scultpure”, one of most influential of 20th cent - The Infinity Column (1938); Bird in Space (1923); Portrait of Mademoiselle Pogany (1912-pic); The Kiss (1908) - Worked mostly in Paris, walking there from Bucharest in 1903
Dale Chihuly
1941- American glass sculptor from WA - Known for intricate blown-glass sculpture, often in the form of plants - Navajo Blanket Series (1975); Ikebana Series (1989); Chandeliers (1992)
Daniel Chester French
1850-1931 American sculptor from MA - Abraham Lincoln (1920 - statue in the Lincoln Memorial); Minute Man (1874 - Concord, MA-pic)
Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi)
1386-1466 early Renaissance sculptor from Florence - Religious statues of St. John, David (1430-bronze nude with helmet-pic), St. George, Habakkuk (1425-aka Zuccone or pumpkin) - Commissioned by the wealthy Medici family
Edmonia Lewis
1844-1907 sculptor from NY - 1st Afr-American y Native American woman to gain international recognition in fine arts - Hiawatha (1868-pic); Forever Free (1867); Hagar; The Old Arrow Maker and His Daughter (1866)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
1598-1680 Italian sculptor, architect, y designer from Naples - Considered the father of Baroque sculpture - The Rape of Proserpina (1622-pic); Apollo and Daphne (1625); The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1652)
Gutzon Borglum (John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum)
1867-1941 American sculptor from Idaho - Sculpted Mount Rushmore in 1925 - Originally designed Stone Mountain, then left project
Henry Moore
1898-1986 English sculptor - Best known for semi-abstract bronze sculptures, typically depicting mother-and-child, family groups, and reclining figures - Draped Seated Woman (1957); Nuclear Energy (1967-at Chicago Pile 1); Dream City (1996)
Maya (Yang) Lin
1959- American sculptor y designer from OH - Designed Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982 at age 21 while still an undergraduate at Yale - Wave Field (1995 - at Uni. of Michigan); Silver River (2009 - Las Vegas); A Fold in the Field (2013 - New Zealand) - Awarded Pres. Medal of Freedom in 2016
Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni)
1475-1564 Italian sculptor, painter, y architect - Sclupted: Pietà (1499-pic); David (1504) - Painted: The Last Judgment (1541); Sistine Chapel ceiling (1512-incl The Creation of Adam) - Often called Il Divino (“the divine one”) in his lifetime
Umberto Boccioni
1882-1916 Italian sculptor y painter - One of founders of Futurism movement - Sculpted: Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913-pic); Synthesis of Human Dynamism - Painted: The City Rises (1915); Dynamism of a Cyclist
