PEVSNER, ANTOINE


Meaning of PEVSNER, ANTOINE in English

orig. Natan Borisovich Pevzner

born Jan. 18, 1886, Oryol, Russia

died April 12, 1962, Paris, France

Russian-born French sculptor and painter.

After travels to Paris and Oslo, he returned to become a professor at Moscow's school of fine arts. He helped form the Naum Gabo , issued the Realist Manifesto of {{link=Constructivism">Constructivism . He settled in Paris in 1923. He used zinc, brass, copper, and celluloid for his early sculptures; later he relied mainly on parallel arrays of bronze wire soldered together to form plates, which he joined to form intricate shapes.

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