Following is an exhibition review from The New York Times. Germaine Richier, an Original. By Michael Gibson. Published: May 4, 1996. SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE, France— Germaine Richier is surely one of the... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review from The New York Times. Germaine Richier, an Original. By Michael Gibson. Published: May 4, 1996. SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE, France— Germaine Richier is surely one of the most original sculptors of our century. She was neither academic nor modernist but followed her own... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review from The New York Times. Germaine Richier, an Original. By Michael Gibson. Published: May 4, 1996. SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE, France— Germaine Richier is surely one of the most original sculptors of our century. She was neither academic nor modernist but followed her own special way throughout the quarter century span of her relatively brief career. Born in southern France at Grans in the Bouches-du-Rhône, Richier (1902-1959), whose work is on view at the Maeght... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review from The New York Times. Germaine Richier, an Original. By Michael Gibson. Published: May 4, 1996. SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE, France— Germaine Richier is surely one of the most original sculptors of our century. She was neither academic nor modernist but followed her own special way throughout the quarter century span of her relatively brief career. Born in southern France at Grans in the Bouches-du-Rhône, Richier (1902-1959), whose work is on view at the Maeght Foundation through Aug. 25, studied at Montpellier with a former assistant of Rodin's before going to Paris. There she worked with Bourdelle during the last three years of his life. The earliest works on view here date from Richier's early 30s and... Read full biography
Following is an exhibition review from The New York Times. Germaine Richier, an Original. By Michael Gibson. Published: May 4, 1996. SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE, France— Germaine Richier is surely one of the most original sculptors of our century. She was neither academic nor modernist but followed her own special way throughout the quarter century span of her relatively brief career. Born in southern France at Grans in the Bouches-du-Rhône, Richier (1902-1959), whose work is on view at the Maeght Foundation through Aug. 25, studied at Montpellier with a former assistant of Rodin's before going to Paris. There she worked with Bourdelle during the last three years of his life. The earliest works on view here date from Richier's early 30s and already appear to anticipate the unusual range of her aesthetics. A strange, ivory-hued plaster bust dated 1933 looks r... Read full biography
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