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One of the pioneer sculptors and avant-garde artists of the 20th century, Constantin Brâncuși is celebrated for his singular ability to capture the essence of forms through simplification and abstraction.

His work has had a profound impact on modernism, Minimalism and conceptualism, inspiring sculptural giants who followed him including Isamu Noguchi and Richard Serra and continuing to inspire artists today.

Brâncuși was born in 1876 in the small village of Hobița, Romania.

He attended the Scoala de Meserii (School of Arts and Crafts) in Craiova and the Scoala Natzionala de Arte Frumoase (National School of Fine Arts) in Bucharest, before moving to Paris in 1904.

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It was in the cultural capital that Brâncuși’s artistic career flourished. He studied in the École des Beaux-Arts a year after his arrival and did a brief stint at the studio of Auguste Rodin in 1907. Brâncuși left the atelier soon after, with a desire to break away