Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois | |
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 Louise Bourgeois (1994). | |
| Born | Louise Joséphine Bourgeois 25 December 1911 Paris, France |
| Died | 31 May 2010 (aged 98) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Nationality | French-American |
| Education | Sorbonne, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, École du Louvre, École des Beaux-Arts |
| Known for | sculpture, installation art, painting, printmaking |
| Notable work | Spider, Cells, Maman, Cumul I, The Destruction of the Father |
| Movement | Modernism, Surrealism, Feminist art |
| Awards | Praemium Imperiale |
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist. She was best-known for her installation art and large-scale sculptures. She was also a painter and printmaker.
Bourgeois explored many themes over her career, including domesticity, family, sexuality and death.
Art
In the late 1940s, Bourgeois made tall wooden figures that stood for people she had left behind in France. During the 1990s and 2000s, she became known for a group of room-like works called the Cells. She placed old furniture, mirrors, clothes and other personal objects inside them. These objects helped her make art about memory and family. In Spider (Cell) (1997), the spider also refers to her mother, who repaired old tapestries.
Honors and awards
- 1977: Honorary doctorate from Yale University
- 1981: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1990: Elected into National Academy of Design
- 1990: Edward MacDowell Medal, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH.
- 1991: Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award (Hamilton, New Jersey, USA)
- 1997: National Medal of Arts
- 1999: Praemium Imperiale for lifetime achievement
- 1999: Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
- 2003: Wolf Foundation Prize in the Arts (Jerusalem)
- 2005: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- 2008: National Order of the Legion of Honour
- 2009: "Commandeur" of the pataphysical Ordre de la Grande Gidouille.
- 2009: Honored by the National Women's Hall of Fame
References
- ↑ "Louise Bourgeois". The Art Story. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
- ↑ "Louise Bourgeois". Easton Foundation. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
- ↑ "Louise Bourgeois: The Complete Prints & Books – Themes". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
- ↑ "Louise Bourgeois: Spider (Cell), 1997". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
- ↑ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ↑ "National Academicians | National Academy | National Academy Museum". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "Medal Day History". MacDowell Colony. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ "MacDowell Medal winners 1960-2011". London: The Daily Telegraph. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1709. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ↑ "Dernières photos... dernières images de Louise Bourgeois... NY... F.Arrabal". Ceci n’est pas un blog. 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
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