Early Life and Works of Constantin Brancusi

Constantin Brancusi is a well-known 20th century sculptor. His sculptures at reduced forms that aim to reveal hidden truths with their simplicity in the title such as Princess X, Fish and Bird in Space. Earlier in his career, he assisted in making the towering figure of Auguste Rodin, he directly worked with materials and used the technique of direct carving rather than on clay models or plaster. 

In 1933, The Maharaja of Indore visited the sculptor in Paris, and ask him to make a temple that would house his sculptures. For many years, he tried to create this temple, and on the Maharaja’s invitation, he went to India in 1937. The project was stopped as the Maharaja passed away. He then returned to New York in 1933 for a new exhibit at the Brummer Gallery. And, in the year1944, he took part in the exhibition “20th Century Painting and Sculpting” at the Chicago Renaissance Society. Then, in the year  1937-38, he returned to Romania for the launch of his three monumental worked in Tirgu Jiu, a public garden.

He made his last trip to the United States in 1939 to participate in the “Art in our Time” which was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.  In his late years, he continued to explore in his late themes including the bird. In 1934, Constantin Brancusi important artwork called the Flying Turtle. Since then, there has been of numerous exhibitions in the United States and Europe where he earned his fame.  One of the largest exhibitions that he exhibited his work was at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum In 1955. He acquired his French citizenship by a naturalization in June 1952. 

He gave in his will and everything in the workshop that he had to the Musée national d’Art Moderne on the condition that the workshop will be at the museum and restore Constantin Brancusi artworks in its original condition.