Louise Bourgeois
French-American artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Born | Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (1911-12-25)25 December 1911 Paris, France |
Died | 31 May 2010(2010-05-31) (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 |
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Bourgeois explored many themes over her career, including domesticity, family, sexuality and death.