February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957
He was was an internationally renowned Romanian sculptor.
Since 1903, he worked for two years in the workshop of Antonin Mercié of the École des Beaux-Arts. Then it was invited to enter the workshop of Auguste Rodin. Even though he admired the eminent Rodin he left the Rodin studio after only two months, saying, “Nothing can grow under big trees.“
In 1920 he developed a notorious reputation with the entry of “Princess X” which scandalized with its phallic shape. In this sculpture Brâncuşi represented or caricatured Princess Marie Bonaparte’s life as a large gleaming bronze. This phallus symbolizes the model’s obsession with the penis and her lifelong quest to achieve vaginal orgasm, with the help of Sigmund Freud.[1]
About his work, Brancusi said:
“There are those idiots who define my work as abstract; yet what they call abstract is what is most realistic. What is real is not the appearance, but the idea, the essence of things.”
“Don’t look for mysteries; I bring you pure joy.”
Brancusi is also famous for sculptures like: Bird in Space, Maiastra, Sleeping Muse, The Prayer,Mademoiselle Pogany, Le Coq,The Kiss Gate, Table of silence, Enless Coloumn.
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