Untitled, welded steel, canvas, black fabric, and wire, 1959
Born
(1931-01-15)January 15, 1931
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died
November 8, 2022(2022-11-08) (aged 91)
Florida, U.S.
Nationality
American
Education
Art Students League of New York
Known for
Sculpture, Drawing, Printmaking
Awards
Fulbright scholarship, Rome 1957–1958; Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, 1959
Lee Bontecou (January 15, 1931 – November 8, 2022) was an American sculptor and printmaker and a pioneer figure in the New York art world. She kept her work consistently in a recognizable style, and received broad recognition in the 1960s. Bontecou made abstract sculptures in the 1960s and 1970s and created vacuum-formed plastic fish, plants, and flower forms in the 1970s. Rich, organic shapes and powerful energy appear in her drawings, prints, and sculptures. Her work has been shown and collected in many major museums in the United States and in Europe.
LeeBontecou (January 15, 1931 – November 8, 2022) was an American sculptor and printmaker and a pioneer figure in the New York art world. She kept her...
official Frederic H. Bontecou (1893–1959), American farmer and politician LeeBontecou (born 1931-2022), American artist Reed Brockway Bontecou (1824–1907), American...
Abstract expressionists, Pop Artists and scores of others including LeeBontecou, Helen Frankenthaler, Al Held, Eva Hesse, Roy Lichtenstein, Donald Judd...
of the twentieth century can be found represented by artists such as LeeBontecou, Chryssa, Alberto Giacometti, Eva Hesse, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper...
– Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, John Chamberlain, Joseph Beuys, LeeBontecou, Edward Kienholz Figurative Expressionism – Larry Rivers, Grace Hartigan...
(Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Egon Schiele, Frank Stella, LeeBontecou, Henri Le Fauconnier and many others) and Dutch artists (Constant, Vincent...
John Chamberlain, Jasper Johns, Dan Flavin, George Earl Ortman and LeeBontecou. The works that Judd had fabricated inhabited a space not then comfortably...
the 20th century to the present include paintings and sculptures by LeeBontecou, Alexander Calder, Leon Golub, Philip Guston, Yan Pei Ming, Isamu Noguchi...
art historical canon. Notable examples include a 2003 retrospective of LeeBontecou, co-organized with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Heat Waves...
Bonheur (1822–1899), France Joseph Bonomi the Younger (1796–1878), England LeeBontecou (1931–2022), US David Booker (born 1954), Australia Margaret Boozer (born...
sculptor John Nelson Battenberg (1931–2012) Jack Beal (1931–2013), painter LeeBontecou (born 1931), sculptor, printmaker Stan Dann (1931–2013), wood sculptor...
Graham, Laila Shawa, Pierre Soulages, Nicholas Harding, Brian O'Doherty, LeeBontecou, Hervé Télémaque, Tom Phillips, Ashley Bickerton, Larry Qualls, Ronald...
(Ros Casares Godella, national team). Jan Vermaat, 83, Dutch sculptor. LeeBontecou, 91, American sculptor. Mary Lythgoe Bradford, 92, American editor (Dialogue:...
Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter (d. 1985) 1931 – LeeBontecou, American painter and sculptor (d. 2022) 1931 – Derek Meddings, British...
active in New York at the time, including Jasper Johns, Dan Flavin and LeeBontecou. Of "preliminary" importance for Judd was the work of George Earl Ortman...
including Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Lynda Benglis, LeeBontecou, James Lee Byars, Vija Celmins, Eva Hesse, Arshile Gorky, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth...
visiting other artists including Gretna Campbell, Louis Finkelstein, and LeeBontecou. In late 1958, the couple returned to New York, where Mason gave birth...
Artists, which includes Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Roy Lichtenstein, LeeBontecou, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Morris, and James Rosenquist—all...
From the early 1960s through the late 70s, Frank Stella, Larry Poons, LeeBontecou, James Rosenquist, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Morris, Donald...
The indie band, Spoon chose Mulas' 1963 portrait of American sculptor LeeBontecou for their 2007 CD, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. New York; the new art scene. Holt...
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