Louise Bourgeois
Sculpture, Visual Artist
1911 – 2010
Who was Louise Bourgeois?
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois, was a renowned French-American artist and sculptor, one of the most important artists in modern and contemporary art, and known for her spider structures which resulted in her being nicknamed the Spiderwoman. Her largest spider sculpture titled Maman has loomed over numerous locations around the world, standing at over 30 ft.
She is recognized today as the founder of confessional art.
In the late 1940s, after moving to New York City with her American husband, Robert Goldwater, she turned to sculpture. Though her works are abstract, they are suggestive of the human figure and express themes of betrayal, anxiety, and loneliness. Her work was wholly autobiographical, inspired by her childhood trauma of discovering that her English governess was also her father’s mistress.
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- Born
- Dec 25, 1911
Paris - Also known as
- Louise Joséphine Bourgeois
- Spiderwoman
- Parents
- Spouses
- Robert Goldwater
(1937 - 1973)
- Robert Goldwater
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- France
- Profession
- Education
- École du Louvre
- Académie de la Grande Chaumière
- Art Students League of New York
- Lived in
- Paris
- Died
- May 31, 2010
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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