PEVSNER ANTOINE

Birth and Life

Antoine Pevsner

sculptor

Date of birth 30. 1. 1886
Country of birth Russia

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Death

Date of death 12. 4. 1962
Cemetery Russian cemetery in Sainte Genevieve Des Bois, Departement de l'Essonne, France
GPS coordinates of the cemetery 48.631062, 2.345106

Summary from Wikipedia

Pevsner was born as Natan Borisovich Pevzner[2] in Oryol, Russian Empire,[3] 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."[4] He was one of the first to use the blowtorch in sculpture, welding copper rods onto sculptural forms[5] and along with his br ...

Author of contribution: Janez, published 28. 1. 2016

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