Artist

Elie Nadelman

born Warsaw, Poland 1882-died New York City 1946
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Born
Warsaw, Poland
Died
New York, New York, United States
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)

Works by this artist (1 item)

Chuck Ramirez, Breakfast Tacos, from the series Seven Days, 2003, printed 2012, inkjet print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2013.14, © 2003, Estate of Charles Ramirez
Breakfast Tacos, from the series Seven Days
Date2003, printed 2012
inkjet print
Not on view

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