Elie Nadelman
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Art Work
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Elie Nadelman |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Place of Birth: |
Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality: |
Polish-American |
| Birth: |
1882 |
| Death: |
1946 |
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Quick Facts
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Plaster, Ceramic, paper mache, stone, bronze |
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| Style: |
Classicism, Sophisticated urban folk art |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Sculpture
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Biography
Nadelman studied briefly in Warsaw and then visited Munich in 1902 where he became interested in Classical antiquities at the Glytothek. He lived in Paris from 1904 to 1914, closely involved with the avant-guarde, exhibiting at the Société des Artistes Indépendants and at the Salon d'Automne from 1905 to 1908. His first solo exhibition in 1909 at the Galerie Druet, Paris, revealed a large series of plaster and bronze classical female heads and full-length standing nudes and mannered Cubist drawings; the latter purchased by Leo Stein, who had brought Picasso to Nadelman's studio in 1908.[1] For the most detailed and accurate studies of Nadelman's work from 1905-12, which was of crucial importance for early 20th c. modern sculpture, see Athena T. Spear in Bibliography.
He moved to the United States (becoming an American citizen in 1927) during the outbreak of World War I, married Mrs. Viola Flannery, a wealthy heiress,[2] and assembled a large, museum quality collection of folk sculpture. At the same time, his own style was at times Classical, at times decorative, and at times a new kind of sophisticated urban folk art. He attempted to release large, inexpensive editions of his simple, classical, Tanagra-like small figures.
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