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Louise Bourgeois (1911 Paris 2010 New York) grew up near Paris, where her parents ran a business restoring tapestries. Her childhood was marked by a complicated relationship to her father, who cheated on Bourgeois'' mother with the British nanny. This traumatic experience haunted her throughout her life and was the major source of inspiration for her art. ?After pursuing studies in mathematics, Bourgeois attended a number of art schools in Paris. In 1938 she married the New York art historian Robert Goldwater (19071973) and moved to New York, where she raised three sons with him. In the beginning, Bourgeois was focused on painting and printmaking. It was not until the late 1940s that she began to work as a sculptor. However, her almost obsessive writing, as well as drawing, always remained central forms of expression. After the death of her father in 1951, she became intensely involved in psychoanalysis. ?Bourgeois varied the proportions and unusual materials of her work as much

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      Publisher Nieves
      Published 1/28/2023
      ISBN-13 9783907179703
      978-3907179703
      ISBN-10 3907179706

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      Book Synopsis
      Louise Bourgeois (1911 Paris 2010 New York) grew up near Paris, where her parents ran a business restoring tapestries. Her childhood was marked by a complicated relationship to her father, who cheated on Bourgeois'' mother with the British nanny. This traumatic experience haunted her throughout her life and was the major source of inspiration for her art. ?After pursuing studies in mathematics, Bourgeois attended a number of art schools in Paris. In 1938 she married the New York art historian Robert Goldwater (19071973) and moved to New York, where she raised three sons with him. In the beginning, Bourgeois was focused on painting and printmaking. It was not until the late 1940s that she began to work as a sculptor. However, her almost obsessive writing, as well as drawing, always remained central forms of expression. After the death of her father in 1951, she became intensely involved in psychoanalysis. ?Bourgeois varied the proportions and unusual materials of her work as much

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