Louise Nevelson

1899 - 1988

American (Kiev, Ukraine - New York City)

An American sculptor, draughtswoman and printmaker Nevelson is best known for her abstract expressionist “crates” grouped together to form a new creation. She used found objects or everyday discarded things, usually made of wood, in her “assemblages” ranging in size from small to several stories high. Nevelson often worked in shallow-relief, often monochromatically. Nevelson’s
work is not easily allied with any one movement. In 1960 she exhibited, along side Frank Stella, in the exhibition Sixteen Americans at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. By 1962 she had risen to international acclaim after being chosen to show in the Venice Biennale. Nevelson studied in New York City from 1929-30 at the Art Students League. She later studied with Hans Hofmann in Munich, and worked as an assistant to Diego Rivera. As a part of the Works Progress Administration, Nevelson taught art at the Educational Alliance art school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. She learned printmaking in 1947 working at Stanley William Hayter’s
printmaking workshop, Atelier 17.