# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-bontecou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:47:57.837Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-bontecou"
name: "Lee Bontecou"
slug: "lee-bontecou"
description: "Lee Bontecou was an American sculptor and printmaker and a pioneer figure in the New York art world. She kept her work consistently in a recognizable style, and received broad recognition in the 1960s. Bontecou made abstract sculptures in the 1960s and 1970s and created vacuum-formed plastic fish, plants, and flower forms in the 1970s. Rich, organic shapes and powerful energy appear in her drawings, prints, and sculptures. Her work has been shown and collected in many major museums in the United States and in Europe."
tagline: "American sculptor and printmaker (1931–2022)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Lee_Bontecou%27s_untitled_work_from_1959.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1931-01-15"
deathDate: "2022-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.767749333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5701094"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Bontecou"
    title: "Lee Bontecou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Bontecou"
    title: "Lee Bontecou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Bontecou"
    title: "Lee Bontecou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Bontecou"
    title: "Lee Bontecou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "لی بونتکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Bontecou"
    title: "Lee Bontecou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Bontecou"
    title: "Lee Bontecou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Bontecou"
    title: "Lee Bontecou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Bontecou"
    title: "Lee Bontecou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276372"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump