Constantin Brancusi
Bildhauer, 1876-1957
Brâncusi, der nach dem Besuch der Kunstakademie Bukarest ab 1904 in Paris lebte und arbeitete, zählt zu den prägenden Bildhauern des 20. Jahrhunderts, der neben Auguste Rodin, den der Künstler kannte und bewunderte, die Skulptur nachhaltig beeinflusste, indem er mit der wirklichkeitsgetreuen Wiedergabe von Objekten durch Reduktion brach. Nach einem traditionell-akademischen Werkbeginn bildete sich ab 1907 sein individueller Stil heraus, der von afrikanischer und rumänischer Volkskunst beeinflusst war.
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Autograph letter signed ("C. Brancusi").
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In Romanian, to his uncles, Vasile and Petrica: a long and superb letter in which he tells how he has moved into a new flat (with a studio) and how the living is there. Moreover, he remembers quite explicitly how he once went to Bucharest and how deeply disappointed he was when an old friend of his (who had, in the meanwhile, become a minister) did not even glance at him, although he had once helped him sell a statue. Then he reports on his plans, his work, international friends he has found, and how dearly he misses his home country. - Strongly browned; centerfold with large tears. A German translation of the full text is available on request.