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.[1] 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
[change | change source]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.[3] In Spider (Cell) (1997), the spider also refers to her mother, who repaired old tapestries.[4]
Honors and awards
[change | change source]- 1977: Honorary doctorate from Yale University
- 1981: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[5]
- 1990: Elected into National Academy of Design[6]
- 1990: Edward MacDowell Medal, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH.[7][8]
- 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[9]
- 2008: National Order of the Legion of Honour
- 2009: "Commandeur" of the pataphysical Ordre de la Grande Gidouille.[10]
- 2009: Honored by the National Women's Hall of Fame
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "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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