Constantin Brâncuși

Also known as Constantin dynamita, Constantin Brîncuși, Constantin Brâncuşi, Constantin Brincusi, Constantin Brâncusi, brancussi, Brancusi, Branncussi

Romanian sculptor, photographer and painter (1876-1960)

OverviewAI-generated

Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) was a Romanian artist whose professional career spanned from 1904 to 1956. He is associated with various publications, including *C. Brancusi, photographe* and *Brancusi and Serra in dialogue*. His body of work has been cataloged in multiple databases, with counts ranging from two to forty-six entries depending on the source.

Brâncuși is also noted for several recorded statements, such as “Work like a slave; command like a king; create like a god” and “All my life l have sought the essence of flight.” He used the pseudonym “Brincusi, Constantin” and is referenced by 873 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Europeana Sparql, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born: 1876
Died: 1957
Works: 46

Top works

C. Brancusi, photographe
Constantin Brancusi, 1876-1957
Brancusi and Serra in dialogue
Chōkokuka no kamera ai
Brâncuşi

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: XE
Active from: 1876-02-19
Active to: 1957-03-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1
Total plays: 1

via Last.fm · Constantin Brâncuși

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“There are idiots who define my work as abstract; yet what they call abstract is what is most realistic. What is real is not the appearance, but the idea, the essence of things.”
“I ground matter to find the continuous line. And when I realized I could not find it, I stopped, as if an unseen someone had slapped my hands.”
“Work like a slave; command like a king; create like a god.”
“All my life l have sought the essence of flight. Flight — what bliss.”
“When we are no longer young we are already dead”
“Don't look for mysteries. I give you pure joy.”

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Constantin Brâncuși, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

La muse endormie

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Encyclopedic overview

Constantin Brâncuși ( Romanian: [konstanˈtin brɨŋˈkuʃʲ] ; February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957) was a Romanian sculptor, painter and photographer who made his career in France.

Called the Patriarch of modern sculpture , Brâncuși revolutionized the art in the 20th century and is widely regarded as a pioneer of modernism.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Constantin Brâncuși” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.