He was the pioneer of the modern abstract sculpture, his bronze and marble works are characterized by a minimalist and elegant use of pure form and refined finishes. He was also a passionate woodcarving sculptor, performing many works often with influences of folk art. He is reknown for his abstract sculptures of ovoid heads and birds in mid-flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A central figure in modern artistic movement, Brancusi is considered one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century. His sculptures stand out by the elegance of the shape and the sensible use of materials, combining the simplicity of the Romanian folk art with the refinement of the artistic avant-garde. His work has profoundly influenced the modern concept of form in sculpture, painting or drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born on February 19, 1876, in the Hobita village, Gorj county, in Oltenia, Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi studied the art at Craiova School of Arts and Crafts\u00a0 between 1894-1988 and at the National School of Fine Arts in Bucharest between 1898 and 1902.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1903 he received the first order for a public monument, to make the bust of general practitioner Carol Davila. The sculpture was exhibited in the courtyard of the Central Military Hospital in Bucharest in 1912, being the only one exhibited in a public place in Bucharest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1904, he moved to Paris eager to continue his education in a major arts center. The following year, he got accespted at the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1907 he worked as an apprentice in Auguste Rodin\u2019s workshop, and after only a few months Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi will leave the place, saying the words \u201cRien ne pousse \u00e0 l\u2019ombre des grands arbres<\/em>\u201d (\u201dThere is nothing in the shade of the great trees<\/em>\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also in 1907, Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi finished the first version of \u201dthe Kiss<\/em>\u201d, a theme he will approach again and again, in various forms, until 1940.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After 1907, Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi\u2019s artistic maturity period followed. He begins to use abstract forms and direct sculpting of the material, unlike the more common practice of making a pattern to be cast or executed by others. As his work technique evolves, it will be appreciated by the Parisian avant-garde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Until 1914, he regularly participated in collective exhibitions in Paris and Bucharest with the beginnings of the \u201dMaiastra Birds<\/em>\u201d series, the \u201dSleeping Muse<\/em>\u201d, \u201dMiss Pogany<\/em>\u201d. In 1914, Brancusi opened his first exhibition in the United States of America in New York, where he generated a huge sensation, his work being immediately bought by collectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1927, a historic process started in the United States to determine whether a version of Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi\u2019s \u201cBird In Space<\/em>\u201d paper is to be taxed as a product or as a work of art. The court ruled, in 1928, that the sculpture was a work of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 1935 Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi was commissioned to create a war memorial at T\u00e2rgu Jiu, for which he designed a sculptural ensemble including \u201dthe Table of Silence<\/em>\u201d, \u201dthe Gate of the Kiss<\/em>\u201d and the monumental \u201dEndless Column<\/em>\u201d. The project embodies the preoccupations essential to Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi\u2019s art, the idealization of the forms, the integration of architecture, sculpture and furniture, and the poetic evocation of spiritual thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On March 15, 1957, in Paris, Constantin Br\u00e2ncu\u015fi died at the age of 81, being buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Romania Color will always be happy to lead you in the journey of knowing the culture of the Romanian people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" He was the pioneer of the modern abstract sculpture, his bronze and marble works are characterized by a minimalist and elegant use of pure form and refined finishes. He was…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7],"tags":[],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-culture","category-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2187,"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/2187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"powerkit_post_featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/romaniacolor.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/powerkit_post_featured?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}