Constantin Brancusi (19 februarie 1876 — d. 16 martie 1957)

"All my life I have sought the essence of flight. Don't look for mysteries. I give you pure joy. Look at the sculptures until you see them. Those nearest to God have seen them."
(Constantin Brâncuși)

"Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite oneself by entering into the real sense of things. What is real is not the external form but the essence of things. Starting from this truth it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface."
 

 

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L'Oiseau dans l'espace, marbre noir (1931-1936),1936 (vers)

Femme se regardant dans un miroir, vue de dos (1909)

Vue de trois quarts de la maquette de la Porte du Baiser,1935

Le Baisser, 1923

Mlle Pogany III vue de face, marbre (1931),1931 (vers)

La Colonne sans fin à Târgu Jiu,1938

Autoportrait dans l'atelier : les Colonnes sans fin de I à IV, Le Poisson (1930), Leda (1926), en surimpression avec le tronc de marronnier aux rejets,1934 (vers)

Source: RMN & Musee national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou