Bourgeois, Louise

(born Dec. 25, 1911, Paris, Fr.) French-born U.S. sculptor. She studied briefly with Fernand L and initially worked as a painter and engraver. In the late 1940s, after moving to New York City with her American husband, she turned to sculpture. She achieved recognition in the 1950s with wooden constructions painted uniformly black or white. She also worked in marble, plaster, latex, and glass. Though her works are abstract, they are suggestive of the human figure and express themes of betrayal, anxiety, and loneliness.

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