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  1. Birth place Paris. Death place New York City. The French/American artist Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) is one of the great figures of modern and contemporary art. During a career spanning seventy years, Bourgeois produced an astonishing array of sculptures, installations, paintings, drawings and prints that express a highly individual imagination.

  2. Apr 6, 2022 · Louise Bourgeois has inspired feminist artists like the Guerrilla Girls and even collaborated with female British artist Tracey Emin. Early Life. Louise Bourgeois was born on Christmas Day 1911 in France in the lead-up to the first World War of 1914 which her father participated in. The middle child of three, Bourgeois was much closer to her ...

  3. Cell (Eyes and Mirrors) Louise Bourgeois. 1989–93. Mamelles Louise Bourgeois

  4. Jun 16, 2021 · In practice, forgiveness was a long shot, especially when it came to her own shortcomings and mental afflictions. “I’ve schlepped Louise Bourgeois around with me for more than 40 years,” she ...

  5. Jun 1, 2010 · Louise Bourgeois's husband died in 1973. She is survived by two sons. Louise Bourgeois, who died on Monday aged 98, was a Franco-American sculptor whose organic, often sexually suggestive, works ...

  6. Oct 10, 2016 · Louise Bourgeois claimed to be named after Louise Michel (1830 – 1905), the ‘red virgin of Montmartre’ from the days of the French Commune who was infamously known for her anarchist feminist politics. Such a bold allusion secures Louise Bourgeois’ status as one of the most eminent and provocative artists of all time.

  7. Feb 5, 2014 · Bourgeois describes eyes as being symbols of “seduction, flirtation and voyeurism”. Thought provoking pieces in Galleries 6 and 7 include “Fallen Woman” which appears to be a self portrait consisting of Bourgeois’ head with a club-like body. The piece is horizontal of which Bourgeois says: ‘Horizontality is a desire to give up, to ...

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