Naum Gabo, Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 1999. 24 July] 1890 – 23 August 1977) (Hebrew: נחום נחמיה פבזנר), was an influential sculptor, theorist, and key figure in Russia's post-Revolution avant-garde and the subsequent development of twentieth-century sculpture. The Constructive Russian artist Naum Gabo was a pioneer of Kinetic Art.In 1920, Gabo and his brother Antoine Pevsner, who was also an artist, issued the Realist Manifesto of Constructivism where they advocated that art had a value and function independent of the state and that geometric principles should be the basis for sculpture. Exhibited. As friends of Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth, he and his wife Miriam followed them from London to Cornwall to escape the war, first staying with Adrian Stokes and Margaret Mellis at Little Parc Owles in Carbis Bay, before finding their own bungalow Faerystones nearby. Here their reductive style of abstraction found sympathy with other painters: Peter Lanyon, John Wells and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. Naum Gabo KBE, born Naum Neemia Pevsner-He was a prominent Russian sculptor in the Constructivism movement and a pioneer of Kinetic Art. Antoine Pevsner (30 January 1886 – 12 April 1962) was a Russian-born sculptor and the older brother of Alexii Pevsner and Naum Gabo. Gabo and Nicholson became local air-raid wardens watching the skies by night. His … WorldCat record id: 155868540. Naum Gabo Installation view Annely Juda Fine Art (2004) Naum Gabo ... His daughter Nina recounts an anecdote of her father taking his wife Miriam’s paintbox as his own insisting that every artist’s household should have some paint. Gabo moved again, this time to America where he died in 1977. He made his first geometrical constructions while living in Oslo in 1915. 69, 1938, illustrated p. 6 "Gabo and Pevsner and Constructive Realism," XXe Siècle, Paris, 1939, no. By chance he was reunited with his brother, Alexi, before his death and left behind a visual and practical legacy. Drawings by Brian Taylor inspired by a period of time he spent in Naum Gabo’s studio in Connecticut will be on display at Messums London from 9 October – 1 November 2019. (Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode colouration again prevents the original (University of Pennsylvania Library). Gabo grew up in a Jewish family of six children in the provincial Russian town of Bryansk, where his father owned a factory.His older brother was fellow Constructivist artist Antoine Pevsner; Gabo changed his name to avoid confusion with him.Gabo was a fluent speaker and writer of German, French, and English in addition to his native Russian. He left his studio assistant, Charles Wilson, a simple sealed box with instructions that it was only to be opened after the death of himself, his wife and only daughter. Gabo, one of the pioneers of constructivism, lived in St Ives between outset of World War II in 1939 and November 1946 when he and his family emigrated to the USA. Managed by: … This time he arrived with his second wife Barbara Hepworth and the Russian sculptor Naum Gabo. Indeed, Gabo valued Reid’s contribution, his … From the description of Letters, 1935-1986, to Lewis Mumford. 24 July] 1890 – 23 August 1977) (Hebrew: נחום נחמיה פבזנר) was a prominent Russian sculptor in the … 12 Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum & Høvikodden, Sonja Henies og Niels Onstadts Stiftelser, Naum Gabo and Egill Jacobsen, 1970-71, no. Aug 17, 2012 - Naum Gabo's Constructed Head No. With the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, Gabo and his wife Miriam were persuaded by Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth to join them at Carbis Bay near St Ives. Naum Gabo, Construction in Space: Monument for an Airport, plastic and steel, 33.3 now breaking free of them-the dis- x 74.3 x 47 cm, 1932. Gabo died in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1977. Naum Gabo Monoprints, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, 2006. Find more prominent pieces of sculpture at Wikiart.org – best visual art database. Their first home in the U.S. was with some friends of Su’s parents, sculptor Naum Gabo and his wife. Gabo trusted Reid, who with his wife Jean, regularly visited Gabo and Miriam in Middlebury, Connecticut, where the two men often worked together in the studio, restoring and re-assembling old and frequently damaged models. Steven A.Nash and Jörn Merkert, Naum Gabo, Munich 1986, p.273, no.81, (illustrated) While the concepts of space and volume in sculpture remained at the centre of Naum Gabo’s avant-garde creations of perspex and transparent structures, the artist equally pursued a lifelong interest in carving from the traditional and most natural medium of stone. Only twice have I ever mentioned Naum Gabo in my blog. Off-duty photographs show Nicholson and Gabo on the beach with Gabo’s dog Snezhka (Snowball). Renowned for his sculpture, Gabo was also known as a designer, painter and printmaker.As a theorist and writer, he taught and lectured consistently throughout his career. Naum Gabo was one of the pioneering artists of his time. These included Ben Nicholson and his wife the painter Winifred Nicholson; sculptors Naum Gabo and Barbara Hepworth; poets Kathleen Raine, TS Eliot, and Norman Nicholson (no relation to the other Nicholsons); David Jones, who was both poet and artist; and the pianist Vera Moore, amongst others. Gabo was influenced by scientists who were developing new ways of understanding space, time and matter. Roger was born in London to Cyril Franklin, a banker, and Miriam Israels, an artist. Gabo's Theory of Art. The first major artists to settle in the town, were the abstract sculptor/painter Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) and his wife the sculptress Barbara Hepworth (1903-75), who both arrived in 1939, followed shortly after by the renowned Constructivist sculptor Naum Gabo (1890-1977). Naum Gabo, “Toward a Unity of Constructive Parts,” Architectural Forum, vol. Gabo’s daughter Nina was born in Cornwall. 2 1916 (enlargement 1975) Stainless Steel Daughter of Charles Henry Israels and Belle Moskowitz Wife of Naum Gabo and Private Mother of Williams; Roger Henry Ernest Franklin; Anthony Josef Franklin and Owen Geoffrey Franklin Sister of Carlos Lindner Israels and Joseph Lindner Israels. Constructivism first appears as a positive term in Naum Gabo's Realistic Manifesto of 1920. In 1939, Gabo and his wife Miriam followed Nicholson and Hepworth to Carbis Bay along the coast from St Ives. 5/6, illustrated p. 46 (as dating from 1938) Naum Gabo—Antoine Pevsner (exhibition catalogue), Museum of … Miriam Gabo, London (the artist's wife) Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 28th September 1994, lot 80 Purchased at the above sale by the present owner. Literature Books. An important 20th-century sculpture made from glass, perspex and stainless steel by the Russian artist Naum Gabo (1890-1977) has been acquired by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, thanks to the generosity of the artist’s family. Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Naum Gabo, 1968, no. Firstly in the mid 1930s Ivon Hitchens lived in a Hampstead studio, within a circle of avant-garde artists known as The London Group. Born in Russia, he became key to developments in international modern art following the First World War. From the guide to the Naum Gabo papers, 1920-1980, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from Naum Gabo and his wife, Miriam Gabo.