Born in Paris, Gaston Lachaise became a sculptor, whose signature work was larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large... Read full biography
Born in Paris, Gaston Lachaise became a sculptor, whose signature work was larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large stomachs. Some of them were acrobatic and others were floating figures in fountains. He also did an... Read full biography
Born in Paris, Gaston Lachaise became a sculptor, whose signature work was larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large stomachs. Some of them were acrobatic and others were floating figures in fountains. He also did an occasional male nude as well as portrait busts. Gaston Lachaise was the son of a master cabinet-maker and wood carver with whom he trained. At age 13, he enrolled in the Bernard Palissy School to study... Read full biography
Born in Paris, Gaston Lachaise became a sculptor, whose signature work was larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large stomachs. Some of them were acrobatic and others were floating figures in fountains. He also did an occasional male nude as well as portrait busts. Gaston Lachaise was the son of a master cabinet-maker and wood carver with whom he trained. At age 13, he enrolled in the Bernard Palissy School to study sculpture and at age 16 in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He also worked for Rene Lalique of the famous glass making family. In 1906, he arrived in Boston where he worked for Henry Hudson Kitson. He became enamored with Isabel Dutaud Nagle, and she, 10... Read full biography
Born in Paris, Gaston Lachaise became a sculptor, whose signature work was larger-than-life abstract, erotic female figures who were nude and reclining or standing, had pendulous breasts and large stomachs. Some of them were acrobatic and others were floating figures in fountains. He also did an occasional male nude as well as portrait busts. Gaston Lachaise was the son of a master cabinet-maker and wood carver with whom he trained. At age 13, he enrolled in the Bernard Palissy School to study sculpture and at age 16 in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He also worked for Rene Lalique of the famous glass making family. In 1906, he arrived in Boston where he worked for Henry Hudson Kitson. He became enamored with Isabel Dutaud Nagle, and she, 10 years older than he, became the passion of his art and life. He then established a studio in New York where he repeatedly sculpted the fig... Read full biography
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The Guide to the Art of Rockefeller Center
2006
Roussel, Christine
159 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
2005
Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro)
246 pages (color)
A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry
2002
Rosenfeld, Lucy D
288 pages (color)
Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum
1999
Editor, Smith College Museum
307 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Eye of Duncan Phillips A Collection in the Making
1999
Passantino, Erika D (editor)
819 pages (color)
Critical Issues in American Art A Book of Readings
1998
Calo, Mary Ann
328 pages
Addison Gallery of American Art 65 Years A Selective Catalogue (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Addison Gallery
512 pages (color)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 195 Works of Art
1996
Demetrion, James T (Introduction)
166 pages (color)
The Art Institute of Chicago Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
1996
Wood, James N/T Edelstein
160 pages (color)
American Art History and Culture
1994
Craven, Wayne
687 pages (color)
Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium
1994
Reynolds, Donald Martin
275 pages (color)
Robert Laurent and American Figurative Sculpture 1910-1960 Selections from the John N. Stern Collection and the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art (Exhibition catalog)
1994
Tarbell, Roberta K.
55 pages
The Drawing Collection Stanford University Museum of Art
1993
Eitner, Lorenz (others)
418 pages (color)
Clement Greenberg: The Collected Essays and Criticism (4 Volumes)
1993
Greenberg, Clement; Dr. John O'Brian, Editor
622 pages
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art A Handbook of the Collection
1993
Ward, Roger and Patricia J Fidler (Compilers and Editors)
414 pages (color)
American Drawings and Watercolors from the Kansas City Region (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Adams, Henry (others)
495 pages (color)
The William S Paley Collection Museum of Modern Art
1992
Oldenburg, Richard/W Rubin
180 pages (color)
American Art A Catalogue/Los Angeles County
1991
Fort, Ilene/Michael Quick
510 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Counterpoint Two Centuries of American Masters (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
112 pages (color)
Art in Place Fifteen Years of Acquisition (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Armstrong, Tom/Susan C Larsen
230 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Just Looking Essays on Art
1989
Updike, John
210 pages
The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art
1988
Columbus Museum of Art
271 pages (color)
American Drawings and Watercolors from the Wadsworth Atheneum
1987
Barter, Judith A; Eugene R. Gaddis (Intro)
94 pages (color)
Masterworks on Paper from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
1987
Brutvan, Cheryl
168 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition)
1987
Feldman, Edmund Burke
528 pages (color)
Modern American Realism The Sara Roby Foundation Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Mecklenburg, Virginia
148 pages (color)
The Ebsworth Collection: American Modernism, 1911-1947
1987
Saint Louis Art Museum
225 pages (color)
A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986
Chetham, Charles; David Grose
312 pages (color)
The Sturman Collection Twentieth-Century Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Karp, Ivan (intro)
44 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers