LOUISE NEVELSON (1899/1988), AMERICAN ARTIST – Monumental, wooden wall pieces, paintings and outdoor sculptures.

When figures are painted in monochrome black or white

They featuring the work of emerging and established artists. The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) http://cmcanow.org/ is a arts institution presenting a year-round program of changing exhibitions. Located in downtown Rockland (Maine), has three exhibition galleries, a gift shop and ArtLab classroom. Here, where a famous Russian-born painter had lived, you to can explore coastline aboard exquisite “Tall Ships“, https://sailmainecoast.com/plan-your-trip/maine-travel-information-resources/ with a private captain and crew. The Rockland and Camden area has the highest number of restaurants per capita in the US. You can go to the Brass Compass Restaurant, http://thebrasscompasscafe.com/ casual restaurant well known for it’s “King of Club” lobster club sandwich, toghether its reat local feel and generous servings.

She was an creative woman known for her monochromatic abstract expressionist sculptures, an internationally known artist. She is considered one of America’s most innovative sculptors. Born on a September day in Russia, LOUISE NEVELSON studied Cubist art at the Art Students League (in New York City), where gained wide fame in the 1950s. By 1905, with her family, she had settled in Rockland (Maine), where in time enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle, while her father advocated for women’s rights and her mother was a freethinker.

In 1932, she traveled to Germany to study Cubism, coming back in New York she enrolled at an art school, toghether other Abstract Expressionists. LOUISE NEVELSON worked in various media, exemplifying an modernist style. Early in the 1930s, she was living for her art. She developed several large traveling exhibitions across the United States and several foreign countries. In 1979, she made her most visible imprint on New York: The Louise Nevelson Plaza (in lower Manhattan). Challenging the stereotypical male sculptor style, her work stands out as a foundational contribution to feminist art. Not intimidated by new ideas or creativity, she was an outstanding artist who redefined femininity in sculpture art.

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