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Alina Szapocznikow (Polish: [ʂapɔt͡ʂˈɲikɔf]; May 16, 1926 – March 2, 1973) was a Polish artist and Holocaust survivor. Recognized as one of the most important Polish sculptors of the post-war era, [1] : 49 [2] : 39 Szapocznikow utilized diverse and experimental mediums to investigate and examine the human form, recalling genres such as ...
- Ecole nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
- Polish
- Sculpture, drawing
- Montmartre Cemetery, Paris
Alina Szapocznikow (Polish: [ʂapɔt͡ʂˈɲikɔf]; May 16, 1926 – March 2, 1973) was a Polish artist and Holocaust survivor. Recognized as one of the most important Polish sculptors of the post-war era,: 49 : 39 Szapocznikow utilized diverse and experimental mediums to investigate and examine the human form, recalling genres such as ...
Alina Szapocznikow, once in Prague, decided to study the art of sculpture. She trained as a sculptor in Otokar Velimsky's studio in Prague from 1945–1946. In 1947 she studied at the Academy of Art and Industry in Prague under the tutelage of Josef Wagner, after which she attended Paul Niclausse's atelier at the École nationale supérieure ...
- Polish
- May 16, 1926
- Poland
- February 2, 1973
Oct 7, 2012 · Exhibition. Oct 7, 2012–Jan 28, 2013. A sculptor who began working during the postwar period in a classical figurative style, Alina Szapocznikow radically reconceptualized sculpture as an imprint not only of memory but also of her own body. Though her career effectively spanned less than two decades (cut short by the artist’s premature death in 1973 at age 47), Szapocznikow left behind a ...
Sculptor and artist. Born on May 19, 1926, in Kalisz and died on March 2nd, 1973, in Praz-Coutant, France. Szapocznikow was one of the most original woman sculptors in contemporary art. Inspired by the personal experience of her long battle with a fatal illness, she created a visual language of her own to reflect the changes going on in the human body...
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Oct 6, 2017 · Last modified on Wed 19 Oct 2022 10.19 EDT. S eeing the work of Alina Szapocznikow for the first time can be a shock. The artist, who died in Paris in 1973 aged 47, was neglected for years outside ...
Alina Szapocznikow working on Le Voyage (Journey), 1967, in her studio in Paris, 1967. IT WAS THE MID-1980S, a bleak, depressed era in post-martial-law Poland, when I first saw Alina Szapocznikow’s 1967 sculpture Le Voyage (Journey) at Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz. Strolling pretty much alone through the museum’s galleries, I came upon it suddenly ...
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