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1931 Providence, Rhode Island - 2022 Florida. Known for: Abstraction, assemblage, wall-mouonted sculpture.
"Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91," Obituary, The New York Times, by Jennifer Szalai, November 8, 2022. Alex Traub contributed reporting. Her use of what one critic... Read full biography
"Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91," Obituary, The New York Times, by Jennifer Szalai, November 8, 2022. Alex Traub contributed reporting. Her use of what one critic called “a three-dimensional form that was neither painting nor sculpture” earned the kind of praise... Read full biography
"Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91," Obituary, The New York Times, by Jennifer Szalai, November 8, 2022. Alex Traub contributed reporting. Her use of what one critic called “a three-dimensional form that was neither painting nor sculpture” earned the kind of praise typically reserved in the 1960s for male art stars. Lee Bontecou, whose enormous, enigmatic wall-mounted sculptures garnered the kind of public acclaim and institutional backing in the 1960s typically... Read full biography
"Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91," Obituary, The New York Times, by Jennifer Szalai, November 8, 2022. Alex Traub contributed reporting. Her use of what one critic called “a three-dimensional form that was neither painting nor sculpture” earned the kind of praise typically reserved in the 1960s for male art stars. Lee Bontecou, whose enormous, enigmatic wall-mounted sculptures garnered the kind of public acclaim and institutional backing in the 1960s typically reserved for male art stars at the time, died on Tuesday at her home in Florida. She was 91. Her representative, Bill Maynes, confirmed the death but declined to specify where in Florida she lived. Ms. Bontecou was one of the first — and, for a time,... Read full biography
"Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Wall-Mounted Art, Dies at 91," Obituary, The New York Times, by Jennifer Szalai, November 8, 2022. Alex Traub contributed reporting. Her use of what one critic called “a three-dimensional form that was neither painting nor sculpture” earned the kind of praise typically reserved in the 1960s for male art stars. Lee Bontecou, whose enormous, enigmatic wall-mounted sculptures garnered the kind of public acclaim and institutional backing in the 1960s typically reserved for male art stars at the time, died on Tuesday at her home in Florida. She was 91. Her representative, Bill Maynes, confirmed the death but declined to specify where in Florida she lived. Ms. Bontecou was one of the first — and, for a time, one of the only — women shown at the influential Leo Castelli Gallery, whose roster of artists included Cy Twombly, F... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Fulbright Grant, Fellowship
- •Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts