Artist
Elie Nadelman
born Warsaw, Poland 1882-died New York City 1946

- Born
- Warsaw, Poland
- Active in
- Paris, France
- Riverdale, New York, United States
- Biography
Born in Poland, worked in Paris, came to New York City in 1914. Early modernist sculptor who became widely known in Europe before moving to the United States. Here his work was influenced by folk art as well as classical forms, and he flourished for a time but fell into obscurity years before his death.
Charles Sullivan, ed American Beauties: Women in Art and Literature (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)