Elie Nadelman

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Elie Nadelman with his sculpture "Man in the open air"
Alfred Stieglitz : Nadelman exhibition (1915)
Elie Nadelman "Circus Women" at the New York State Theater

Elie Nadelman (actually: Eliasz Nadelman) (born February 20, 1882 in Warsaw , Russian Empire , † December 28, 1946 in New York City ) was a sculptor , draftsman and collector of Polish descent.

Life

After studying briefly in Warsaw, Elie Nadelman went to Munich in 1902 . There his interest in ancient art was awakened in the Glyptothek . Nadelman lived in Paris from 1904 to 1914 and got to know the avant-garde there. Between 1905 and 1908 he was able to exhibit at the Société des Artistes Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne (Paris Autumn Salon).

His first solo exhibition took place in 1909 at the Druet Gallery in Paris - with cubist drawings and classically designed sculptures made of plaster of paris and bronze , depicting female heads or standing full-body nudes . The cubist drawings were acquired by Leo Stein , who a year earlier had also brought Pablo Picasso to Nadelman's studio . A particularly detailed and precise account of Nadelman's work between 1905 and 1912, which were of particular importance for modern sculpture of the early 20th century, can be found in Athena T. Spear (see “Literature”).

In 1914, Nadelman moved to the United States, where he married the wealthy heiress Mrs. Viola Flannery and built up an extensive and high-quality collection of folkloric sculptures . At the same time, he varied his style and was able to sell high, inexpensive editions of his classic and simple figures that are reminiscent of Tanagra figures . He also created representational bronze sculptures with simple shapes and smooth contours such as "Man in the Open Air" (around 1915, Museum of Modern Art , New York). In the following period, Nadelman developed his unique style by combining the style he developed in Europe with influences from American society and everyday culture . The balancing act that Nadelman performed between the classic and the contemporary is at the same time the root of his art .

From the 1920s until his death, Nadelman lived and worked in Riverdale in the Bronx, New York

In 1927, Nadelman became a US citizen. He lost his fortune during the Great Depression and since his work was of little interest to the art world, collectors of modern art took little notice of him. As commissioned work, he only accepted portraits and had to sell his collection of folk art piece by piece in order to be able to settle the current bills.

His last solo exhibition took place in Bernheim-Jeune in Paris in 1930 . In 1935, many of his plaster and wood sculptures were destroyed by craftsmen who were supposed to renovate his studio. Nadelman stowed all works that he had done before 1935 in his attic or in the basement and left them to decay there. After his death on December 28, 1946, his sculpture "Man in the Open Air" was restored and presented to the general public in a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York. Subsequently, his work became increasingly important. His work can be found in many major museums and treatises on American art history .

Work

  • Standing Nude (around 1908), Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Ideal Head (around 1910), Honolulu Academy of Arts
  • Man in the Open Air (around 1915), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York City
  • The Resting Stag (around 1915), Honolulu Academy of Arts
  • The Wounded Stag (around 1915), Honolulu Academy of Arts
  • Dancing Girl (1916-1918), Honolulu Academy of Arts
  • Circus Women, New York State Theater (reproduction)
  • Two Nudes, New York State Theater (reproduction)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Sculpture of Eli Nadelman. Exhibition catalog by L. Kirstein, New York, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), 1948.
  2. ↑ Wed sculptor Nadelman: Mrs. Flannery a bride a week when her daughter married (PDF), The New York Times. January 7, 1920. Retrieved December 2, 2007. 
  3. ↑ Luck, Grace. "ART: PERU'S NAZCA LINES 'AS SEEN FROM AIR" , The New York Times , February 5, 1982. Seen on May 3, 2008. "Feb. 20 marks the 100th birthday of the sculptor Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), who spent the last 26 years of his life living and working in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. "
  4. ↑ MOMA

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Nadelman, Elie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nadelman, Eliasz (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish-American sculptor, draftsman and collector
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw , Poland
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1946
Place of death New York City , USA