Constantin Brancusi was a Romanian born French sculptor and photographer. He is best known for his modernist sculptures which were simplified to the point of abstraction. He produced sculptures, photographs, and works on paper. Famous Constantin Brancusi sculptures include “Portrait of Mademoiselle Pogany”, “The Kiss”, “Portrait of Nancy Cunard”, “Bird in Space”, “Princess X”, “Bust of a Boy”, “Blonde Negress I”, “Portrait of James Joyce, for Tales Told of Shem and Shaun”, “La Jeune fille sophistiquée”, “Sleeping Muse”, “The Endless Column”, and “The Prayer”.
Mini biography: Born Constantin Brâncuși on the 19th of February, 1876 in Hobița, Romanian United Principalities (modern day Romania). His mother was Maria Brâncuși and his father was Nicolae Brâncuși. Constantin Brancusi died on the 16th of March, 1957 in Paris, France. Brancusi was 81 years old when he passed away. He was buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France.
Check out these books on Constantin Brancusi: “Constantin Brancusi MIT Press“, “Constantin Brancusi (MoMA Artist Series)“, and “Brancusi & Duchamp: The Art of Dialogue“.
Constantin Brancusi Art Quotes
Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave. Constantin Brancusi
To see far is one thing, going there is another. Constantin Brancusi
When we are no longer young we are already dead. Constantin Brancusi
The people who call my work ‘abstract’ are imbeciles.. what they call ‘abstract’ is in fact the purest realism, the reality of which is not represented by external form but by the idea behind it, the essence of the work. Constantin Brancusi
Don’t look for obscure formulas or mystery in my work. It is pure joy that I offer you. Look at my sculptures until you see them. Those closest to God have seen them. Constantin Brancusi
Simplicity is complexity resolved. Constantin Brancusi
I ground matter to find the continuous line. And when I realized I could not find it, I stopped, as if an unseen someone had slapped my hands. Constantin Brancusi
All my life l have sought the essence of flight. Flight.. what bliss. Constantin Brancusi
Like everything else I’ve ever done, there was a furious struggle to rise heavenward. Constantin Brancusi
Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one’s self by entering into the real sense of things. Constantin Brancusi
What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things.. it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface. Constantin Brancusi
When you see a fish you don’t think of its scales, do you? You think of its speed, its floating, flashing body seen through the water. Well, I’ve tried to express just that. If I made fins and eyes and scales, I would arrest its movement, give a pattern or shape of reality. I want just the flash of its spirits. Constantin Brancusi
Constantin Brancusi Self-Portrait Photograph
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