Louise Nevelson was an American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden wall pieces and outdoor sculptures. Born in Pereiaslav in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire, she emigrated with her family to the United States in 1905. Nevelson learned English at school, as she spoke Yiddish at home.
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Photos 10
Nevelson (fourth from left) posing for a class portrait with her classmates, 1913, unidentified photographer. Louise Nevelson papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Clown tight rope walker by Louise Nevelson, c. 1942 (John D. Schiff, photographer, Louise Nevelson papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)
Louise Nevelson and granddaughter Neith Nevelson, c. 1965
Lunar Landscape, 1959-1960, painted wood (Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas)
Atmosphere and Environment XII, created in 1970 by Louise Nevelson. Photo was taken at original installation site, Philadelphia Museum of Art, but artwork was moved in 2019 to University of Pennsylvania (to a site on Shoemaker Green between Franklin Field and Ringe Squash Courts).
Visitors in front of Louise Nevelson's Chapel originally completed in 1977, St. Peter's Church in New York City
Dawn's Landscape XL, 1975Awards 4
Connected to Louise 6
Leonora CarringtonAlso won Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
Antonio Muñoz MolinaAlso won honorary doctor of Brandeis University
Hans KelsenAlso won honorary doctor of Harvard University
Joseph JoffreAlso won honorary doctor of Harvard University
Lee KrasnerAlso won Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement AwardAbout this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1988 · aged 88
Written about in
25 languages
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