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Birth
1887 (Kiev, Russia)
Death
1964 (New York City)
Lived/Active
New York/California / France
© 2001 Estate of Alexander Archipenko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Often Known For
modernist sculpture, drawing-figure, etching
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New York Armory Show of 1913
Painters of Nudes
Olympic Artists
Sculptors
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An
energetic teacher and pioneering modernist sculptor of abstract human
forms, Alexander Archipenko created one of the first multi-media
sculptures, composing it of wood, glass and wire. He experimented
continuously with the effects of negative and positive space. He
began his career with a Cubist style and then turned to simplified,
abstract shapes with hollowed out parts of the bodies, especially where
one might expect curves.
His American works include (showing 500 of 11158 characters). |
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