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Modern Sculpture Pioneers
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Jean Arp
Arp is noted for his contributions to abstract sculpture and for founding the Dada movement, emphasizing randomness and spontaneity.
Isamu Noguchi
Noguchi's modernist sculptures, fountains, and gardens marry Eastern and Western aesthetics and often incorporate natural elements.
Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin is considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, known for his realistic works and pioneering of partial figures.
Donald Judd
He is known for minimalist works that seek to explore the relationship between object, viewer, and space.
Henry Moore
Moore is known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art.
Anthony Caro
Caro is acclaimed for his influence on contemporary sculpture, using industrial metal resources to create abstract, horizontal works with no clear base.
Naum Gabo
Gabo was a pioneer of constructivism and used materials like plastic and glass to emphasize the spatial and kinetic aspects of his sculptures.
Louise Bourgeois
Bourgeois's vast oeuvre includes large-scale sculpture and installation pieces that explore themes of sexuality, family, and death.
Alexander Calder
Calder is the inventor of the 'mobile,' a type of kinetic sculpture that uses air currents to power its movement.
Henry Spencer Moore
Moore's works are characterized by abstract figures, often depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures with a focus on hollow spaces and natural forms.
Constantin Brâncuși
His sculptures are known for their clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art.
Barbara Hepworth
Her work exemplifies Modernism, particularly through the abstraction of organic forms and the innovation of pierced forms.
Alberto Giacometti
Giacometti is famous for his elongated figures representing the human form, capturing a post-war sense of existentialism.
Jacques Lipchitz
A pivotal figure in 20th Century sculpture, known for his cubist style and exploration of transparent forms.
Umberto Boccioni
As a key figure of the Futurist movement, his works emphasized speed, technology, and the dynamism of the modern world.
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