Louise Nevelson Analysis
Alyssa Ellis
Mrs. Young
Art 1-2
25 April 2013
Louise Nevelson Louise Nevelson was born as Leah Berliawsky in 1899 in Perislav, Poitava Governorate, Russian Empire. Louise parents are Minna Sadie and Issac Berliawsky. Her mother was a contractor and her father was a lumber merchant. Their family was very wealthy but some of her relatives left the Russian Empire to move to America. Louise has an older brother, Nathan, and a younger sister, Anita. Louise’s father moved to the United States in 1902 as her mother took them to the Kiev area. She was so depressed that her father left to the United Stated that she became mute for six months. Then in 1905, Louise was reunited with her father in the United States in Rockland, Maine. In the United States, her …show more content…
Then in 1958, the Museum of Modern Art purchased one of her paintings, Sky Cathedral. This is when she started painting wood black. She changed some of her sculptures from the influence of Latin American ancient art. Louise was president of New York Chapter of Artists’ Equity and joined Martha Jackson Gallery. In 1967, Louise showed over one hundred pieced including Homage to 6,000,000 I and Homage to 6,000,000 II as a tribute to victims of the Holocaust. Nevelson made her sculptures from wood, aluminum, plastic, and metal. In 1969, she created her first outdoor sculpture. Louise designed the chapel of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in 1975. When she was asked about her religion, she then started abstract work to religious barriers. Louise Nevelson died April 17, 1988 when her friend, Willy Eisenhart, was working on a book about her. In Louise’s times; Alexander Calder, David Smith, and Theodore Boszak were great colleagues. Many famous works were her walls, boxes, and abstract shapes from found objects. Nevelson called herself “the original recycler”. She mostly used the colors black and white to discipline
Mrs. Young
Art 1-2
25 April 2013
Louise Nevelson Louise Nevelson was born as Leah Berliawsky in 1899 in Perislav, Poitava Governorate, Russian Empire. Louise parents are Minna Sadie and Issac Berliawsky. Her mother was a contractor and her father was a lumber merchant. Their family was very wealthy but some of her relatives left the Russian Empire to move to America. Louise has an older brother, Nathan, and a younger sister, Anita. Louise’s father moved to the United States in 1902 as her mother took them to the Kiev area. She was so depressed that her father left to the United Stated that she became mute for six months. Then in 1905, Louise was reunited with her father in the United States in Rockland, Maine. In the United States, her …show more content…
Then in 1958, the Museum of Modern Art purchased one of her paintings, Sky Cathedral. This is when she started painting wood black. She changed some of her sculptures from the influence of Latin American ancient art. Louise was president of New York Chapter of Artists’ Equity and joined Martha Jackson Gallery. In 1967, Louise showed over one hundred pieced including Homage to 6,000,000 I and Homage to 6,000,000 II as a tribute to victims of the Holocaust. Nevelson made her sculptures from wood, aluminum, plastic, and metal. In 1969, she created her first outdoor sculpture. Louise designed the chapel of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in 1975. When she was asked about her religion, she then started abstract work to religious barriers. Louise Nevelson died April 17, 1988 when her friend, Willy Eisenhart, was working on a book about her. In Louise’s times; Alexander Calder, David Smith, and Theodore Boszak were great colleagues. Many famous works were her walls, boxes, and abstract shapes from found objects. Nevelson called herself “the original recycler”. She mostly used the colors black and white to discipline