New York, Massachusetts. 1882 - 1935
Sculpture-caricature nude, sketches
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1897 College Point, New York - 1986 Stamford, Connecticut. Known for: Abstract female figure sculpture, allegorical drawing.
Abstract Expressionist* sculptor, Reuben Nakian was born in College Point, New York. Before 1911, he had briefly studied art before going to work for an advertising agency. In 1915 he attended,... Read full biography
Abstract Expressionist* sculptor, Reuben Nakian was born in College Point, New York. Before 1911, he had briefly studied art before going to work for an advertising agency. In 1915 he attended, possibly one of the only schools at the time to have students studying modernist art, the Independent... Read full biography
Abstract Expressionist* sculptor, Reuben Nakian was born in College Point, New York. Before 1911, he had briefly studied art before going to work for an advertising agency. In 1915 he attended, possibly one of the only schools at the time to have students studying modernist art, the Independent School of Art in New York City. He then went on to study at the Robert Henri School* with Homer Boss and A.S. Baylinson. He also studied at the Art Students League*, apprenticed to Paul Manship, from... Read full biography
Abstract Expressionist* sculptor, Reuben Nakian was born in College Point, New York. Before 1911, he had briefly studied art before going to work for an advertising agency. In 1915 he attended, possibly one of the only schools at the time to have students studying modernist art, the Independent School of Art in New York City. He then went on to study at the Robert Henri School* with Homer Boss and A.S. Baylinson. He also studied at the Art Students League*, apprenticed to Paul Manship, from 1916-1920, where he met Gaston Lachaise and became his studio assistant. Beginning his career as a sculptor, Nakian associated with other Abstract Expressionists, becoming friends of Arshile Gorky and Willem DeKooning. This group of artist friends soon... Read full biography
Abstract Expressionist* sculptor, Reuben Nakian was born in College Point, New York. Before 1911, he had briefly studied art before going to work for an advertising agency. In 1915 he attended, possibly one of the only schools at the time to have students studying modernist art, the Independent School of Art in New York City. He then went on to study at the Robert Henri School* with Homer Boss and A.S. Baylinson. He also studied at the Art Students League*, apprenticed to Paul Manship, from 1916-1920, where he met Gaston Lachaise and became his studio assistant. Beginning his career as a sculptor, Nakian associated with other Abstract Expressionists, becoming friends of Arshile Gorky and Willem DeKooning. This group of artist friends soon became the subject of a series of portrait busts in the early 1930s. He became famous in 1934 fo... Read full biography
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Maine, New York. 1890 - 1970
Modernist figure sculpture, wood carving, teaching
New York. Born 1926
Sculptor-genre figure
New Hampshire, Connecticut. Born 1926
Constructions, collage, mod figure
New York / France, Poland. 1882 - 1946
Abstract figure and animal sculpture
New York, Massachusetts / Austria, Poland. 1904 - 1991
Wood carving-moving figures, religious imagery, acrobats, children
Missouri. 1927 - 2009
Sculpture, assemblage, abstraction
New York, Connecticut. 1892 - 1971
Mod sculptor-figure-portrait
Spain. 1933 - 2006
Figure and torso sculpture, painting
Connecticut, New York / Italy, France. 1918 - 2004
Abstract expression, landscape and still life painting
New York, West Virginia. 1931 - 2011
Abstract expressionist painting, collage
New York, New Hampshire. 1885 - 1966
Art deco figure sculpture, medallic art
New York, Maryland. 1933 - 1993
Super real object, flowers and genre painting
New York / Russian Federation. 1878 - 1965
Modernist figure-genre, town-landscape painting, drawing
New York / Greece, France. 1933 - 2013
Neon luminous pop image sculpture, assemblage
New York / France, Italy. 1891 - 1973
Modernist sculpture, still life and figure painting
New York, Massachusetts, Colorado. 1923 - 1995
Abstract figure, still life and animal painting
New York, Florida / Russian Federation. 1912 - 1999
Large-scale metal sculpture, op-abstract
New York / Germany, France. 1901 - 1978
Robotic modernist figure, hard-edge form painting, teaching
New York. 1899 - 1974
Figure-dancers, social realism
New York, Missouri. Born 1942
Abstract illusion, installation, marine
France, Switzerland. 1886/87 - 1966
Abstract sculpture, installation, painting
New York, California / Lithuania. 1894 - 1973
Sculpture-abstract nudes, horses, portrait
New York. 1941 - 2025
Abstract geometric sculpture, minimalism, abstract drawing
Illinois, New York. 1930 - 2010
Expressionist abstract painting
New York, Pennsylvania / France. 1893 - 1978
Cubist figure-genre and non objective painting
New York. 1924 - 2022
Realist nude figure painting,, interiors and townscape
Massachusetts, New York. 1922 - 2000
Sculpture, painting, illustration, writing, printmaking
New York. 1896 - 1974
Painter-surreal-real view-figure, still life
New York, California / Japan. 1904 - 1988
Abstract sculpture, mod mediums
New York, California. 1938 - 2011
Conceptual installations, mixed media, earth and body art
New York, New Hampshire / France. 1904 - 1990
Modernist seascape and figurative painting, teaching