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Evocation of a Form: Human, Lunar, Spectral is an abstract bronze sculpture by Jean Arp. Modeled in 1950; it was cast in 1957. Modeled in 1950; it was cast in 1957. [ 1 ]
Once he considered to have achieved a good mastery of the volumes, [1] he started working on this sculpture based on Ombres chinoises. [2] The work belongs to the personal language the author defined in previous years, a representation of nature as an ideal for art through abstract and biomorphic forms, characterized by curves and fluctuating ...
In 1972, the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcased Jean Arp's work from the Lejwa's collection and a few works lent by Arp's widow, Marguerite Arp. The exhibition was expanded and traveled as "Arp 1877–1966," first exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and then shown in seven museums in the United States and six in Australia. [ 14 ]
"La Chalette" was best known for organizing important [4] group exhibitions which were then offered to various museums around the United States, including Construction and Geometry in Painting (1960), and Structured Sculpture (1960, 1968), as well as their major Arp exhibition, Jean Arp : from the collections of Mme. Marguerite Arp and Arthur ...
Organic Abstraction is an artistic style characterized by "the use of rounded or wavy abstract forms based on what one finds in nature." [1] It takes its cues from rhythmic forms found in nature, both small scale, as in the structures of small-growth leaves and stems, and grand, as in the shapes of the universe that are revealed by astronomy and physics. [2]
It spans more than five acres and has more than 70 international sculptures, by figural and abstract artists such as Jean Arp, Deborah Butterfield, Alexander Calder, Barbara Hepworth, Jacques Lipchitz, Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Auguste Rodin, David Smith, Claire Falkenstein, Gaston Lachaise, Henri Matisse, Francisco Zúñiga, and others.
View of the sculpture garden at The Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul de Vence, France. The Maeght Foundation or Fondation Maeght ( pronounced [mɑɡ] ) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is a museum of modern art on the Colline des Gardettes , a hill overlooking Saint-Paul de Vence in the southeast of France about 25 km (16 mi) from Nice .
The 27th Venice Biennale, held in 1954, was an exhibition of international contemporary art, with 31 participating nations. [1] ... French sculptor Jean Arp, ...