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Brancusi

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Bran·cu·si  (brn-kz, bräng-ksh), Constantin 1876-1957.
Romanian-born sculptor who settled in Paris in 1904. He broke sharply with the realist tradition, making abstract sculptures, chiefly in metal and stone, of great geometric simplicity.
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Noun1.Brancusi - Romanian sculptor noted for abstractions of animal forms (1876-1957)
Constantin Brancusi


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In the second section of the book, "Other Dimensions," Baas tackles early twentieth-century modernists Wassily Kandinsky and Constantin Brancusi, along with the American Georgia O'Keefe.
Say Cheese by Gustafson, Donna / Commonweal
Similarly, in Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2004, the Brancusi sculptures on display are dwarfed by the building's spiraling interior and seem all but irrelevant to most art lovers' "museum experience.
Doug Hall: Rena Bransten Gallery by Porges, Maria / Artforum International
When pressed for further explanation, he defers to the sculptor Constantin Brancusi, saying, "There's quote of his I really relate to--'simplicity is complexity resolved.
What's the scoop? by Art Culinaire
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