Antoine Pevsner
Antoine Pevsner (30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1886 – 12 April 1962) was a Russian-born sculptor and the older brother of Alexii Pevsner and Naum Gabo. As the originators of Constructivism and pioneers of Kinetic Art, the brothers are considered pioneers of twentieth-century sculpture, with numerous prominent pieces, for instance Antoine's widely known sculpture, The Flight of the Bird, located at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan.[2]
Biography
[edit]Pevsner was born as Natan Borisovich Pevzner[3] in Oryol, Russian Empire,[4] into a Jewish family. Among the originators of and having coined the term, Constructivism, and pioneers of Kinetic Art, Pevsner and his brother Naum Gabo discovered a new use for metals and welding and made a new marriage of art and mathematics. Pevsner said: "Art must be inspiration controlled by mathematics. I have a need for peace, symphony, orchestration."[5] He was one of the first to use the blowtorch in sculpture, welding copper rods onto sculptural forms[6] and along with his brother, Naum, he issued the Realist Manifesto in 1920.[3][7]
He left the Soviet Union in 1923 and moved to Paris, where he would live for the rest of his life.[3]
Among the honors he received were a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris (1956-7) and the Legion of Honour (1961).[3]
References
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- ^ Carlos Raúl Villanueva: Architecture moderne et synthèse des arts, 30 octobre 2024 - 2 Mars 2025, Centre Pompidou Málaga. Retrieved 21 Apr 2025.
- ^ "Workshop of Tomorrow". Detroit Free Press. May 16, 1956. p. 26. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Antoine Pevsner: French artist". Encyclopedia Britannica. April 8, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ "Antoine Pevsner". University of Chicago.
- ^ Tate. "Antoine Pevsner 1884-1962 | Tate". Tate. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ The Artist in his Studio. 1960, Viking Press.
- ^ "Das Realistische Manifest von Naum Gabo". berlinischegalerie (in German). Retrieved 2025-02-20.
External links
[edit]- Antoine Pevsner in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website
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