GERMAINE RICHIER

Germaine Richier (190259) occupies a central position in the history of modern sculpture. Predominantly working in bronze, her art revitalized the form of the figure, forging radical new images of men and women in the post-war period which blended the human body and natural forms in a hybrid of abstraction and figuration. As the first woman artist to have a solo exhibition in her own lifetime at the Musée National dArt Moderne, Paris, she held a unique position in the 1940s and 50s as a successful female career artist, exhibiting int...[Read more]