She studied art at various schools there, including the Ecole du Louvre, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Académie Julian, and Atelier Fernand Léger. Beginning her artistic practice in her native Paris, Louise Bourgeois was originally associated with Surrealism due to her integration of fantastic elements into her prints and sculptures. In 1938, she immigrated to the United Louise Bourgeois was a eminent American-French artist of the 20th century, recognized for her abstract sculptures, drawings and prints, and perhaps best know for her arachnid-like Maman sculptures. The anthropomorphic shapes her pieces take—the female and male bodies are continually referenced and remade—are charged with sexuality and innocence and the interplay between the two. An always-on video channel featuring programming hand selected by Art21Curated by Art21 staff, with guest contributions from artists, educators, and moreExplore over 700 videos from Art21's television and digital seriesSave videos to watch later, or make a selection to play back-to-back using the autoplay feature.Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911. Upon moving to New York in 1938, Bourgeois focused primarily on sculpture, crafting biomorphic forms that curator Lucy Lippard has described as enacting the physicality of the body as experienced from within. But her most important work is Though her beginnings were as an engraver and painter, by the 1940s she had turned her attention to sculptural work, for which she is now recognized as a twentieth-century leader.Greatly influenced by the influx of European Surrealist artists who immigrated to the United States after World War II, Bourgeois’s early sculpture was composed of groupings of abstract and organic shapes, often carved from wood. Louise Bourgeois is counted among the pioneers of this Modernism art movement. Other times her work evoked volatile emotions. She lived in New York, where she passed away in May 2010.A weekly digest of things to watch, read, and hear from the comforts of your home, selected by Art21-featured artists and Art21 staff.Art21 is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization; all donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.An always-on video channel featuring programming hand selected by Art21Curated by Art21 staff, with guest contributions from artists, educators, and moreExplore over 700 videos from Art21's television and digital series Bourgeois inspired artists, curators, and critics. She studied art at various schools there, including the Ecole du Louvre, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Académie Julian, and Atelier Fernand Léger. Beginning her artistic practice in her native Paris, Louise Bourgeois was originally associated with Beginning her artistic practice in her native Paris, Louise Bourgeois was originally associated with Recueil des Secrets (Hand Signed Print and Artist Book) - brand new in original shrink wrap, 2005Recueil des Secrets (Hand Signed Print and Artist Book) - brand new in original shrink wrap, 2005Represented by internationally reputable galleries.Recueil des Secrets (Hand Signed Print and Artist Book) - brand new in original shrink wrap, 2005Recueil des Secrets (Hand Signed Print and Artist Book) - brand new in original shrink wrap, 2005Represented by internationally reputable galleries.Pettibone Fine Art at IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair Online Spring 2020Dranoff Fine Art at IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair Online Spring 2020Air Mattress Gallery Presents: Born Again Virgin, A Midsummer Night's DreamPettibone Fine Art at IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair Online Spring 2020Dranoff Fine Art at IFPDA Fine Art Print Fair Online Spring 2020Air Mattress Gallery Presents: Born Again Virgin, A Midsummer Night's DreamThis Danish Mega-Collector Launched His Latest Private Museum in Brooklyn Jul 14, 2012 - There's not much to say about Louise Bourgeois that images of her artwork can't say better. Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911. Ten years after she died, her Red Rooms feel more powerful than ever. She was a 21st century bridge to times and periods past, her work referenced an era and style many had forgot about. Important art & artworks analysis by Louise Bourgeois including: Femme Maison, Fillette, Maman, Spiral Woman & more in Surrealism, Body Art, & Installation Art. She has famously stated, “My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.”Deeply symbolic, her work uses her relationship with her parents and the role sexuality played in her early family life as a vocabulary in which to understand and remake that history.