In New York, died on the famous painter of French origin Louise Bourgeois. She was 98 years old

Louise Bourgeois in 2009. artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com

Sad news from new-Йорка. Monday, may 31, at 99-м year of life has died the great American artist Louise Bourgeois (Louise Bourgeois), famous for his bold experiments in the field of sculpture and installation. Two days before the death with Bourgeois suffered a heart attack.

Bourgeois, who was born and lived 27 years in France, experienced in his work the influence of many important styles of the twentieth century: cubism, surrealism, constructivism. However, she managed to create your own, unique language, with which she narrated about such things as fear, pain, childhood trauma, motherhood, the repression of women. The General public learned about the artist, when she was already 70 years: in 1982 the Museum of modern art in new-Йорке staged a retrospective of her work. But now its huge spidery sculpture (symbolizing maternal care) are exhibited in major museums around the world and are among the most recognizable works of modern art.

booklet for More information about the work of Louise Bourgeois can be read here.

the Material was prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Sources: artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com, artinvestment.ru