Discover architect, sculptor, graphic artist Naum Gabo (Sir)

Name variations

This field records and makes accessible name variations, as found in sources. Alternate spellings, nicknames, maiden names - with or without the married name - are included in this category.

: Pevsner, Nathanael Neemia
Pevsner, Naum Neemia
Pevzner, Naum Abramovic
Pevzner, Neemija Berkovic
Pevzner, Nehemiah Borisovich
gebruikte sinds 1915 de naam Naum Gabo

Qualifications: architect, sculptor, graphic artist, academy lecturer, photographer, industrial designer, art theorist, monumental artist, designer, professor, painter, draftsperson

Nationality/school: American, German, French, Russian, Soviet (nationality or culture), Belorussian
in 1952 tot amerikaans staatsburger genaturaliseerd

Born: Bryansk/Klimavichy (Mogilev) 1890-08-05
Bén./Milner: Bryansk; Saur: Klimovichi (Wit-Rusland)

Deceased: Waterbury (Connecticut) 1977-08-23

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: jongere broer van de schilder/beeldhouwer Antoine Pevsner (1884/86-1962)

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

This person/entity in other databases

26 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
5 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1914 - 1974
ca. 1914-1974

Education: Universiteit (München)

1910-1914 (Medicijnen, Natuurwetenschappen, Filosofie en Kunstgeschiedenis)
Technische Hochschule (München)

1912-1914 (ingenieursopleiding)

Active in

München 1910 - 1914
Parijs 1912 - 1913
bezoek aan zijn broer Antoine Pevsner, ontmoeting met Aleksandr Archipenko
Italië 1913
voetreis naar onder andere Bologna, Venetië, Pisa en Florence)
Kopenhagen 1914 - 1915
op de vlucht voor de oorlog
Oslo 1915 - 1917
Moskou 1917 - 1922
Berlijn 1922 - 1934
emigratie
Dessau (Saksen-Anhalt) 1928
voordrachten aan het Bauhaus
Parijs 1934 - 1936
Groot-Brittannië 1936 - 1946
Carbis Bay 1940 - 1945
tijdens de oorlogsjaren verbleef Gabo in Cornwall
Woodbury (Connecticut) 1946 - 1953
emigratie naar de Verenigde Staten, waar Gabo zich in 1952 de amerikaanse nationaliteit aanneemt
Waterbury (Connecticut) 1953 - 1977
Rusland 1962
voor het eerst na veertig jaar terug naar zijn vaderland; hernieuwde contacten met familie en vrienden

Teacher at academy/university: Bauhaus Schule (Dessau)
1928

born in

active in

died in

Connections with other artists

Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Stephens, Thomas Michael
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Ehrlich, Franz
Fujita, Kenji

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: figure study (main subject), figure, geometric abstraction

Medium/technique: bronze, synthetic fiber, plastic (material), steel, metal
Product: scenic design, costume design

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: constructivism

Prijzen

1971 Ridderslag in Groot-Brittannië

Member of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
vanaf 1969
American Academy of Arts and Letters
vanaf 1975
Royal College of Art (Londen)
1967 eredoctoraat

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 26 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 106
Saur 1992- , vol. 46 (2005), p. 537 (as: Pevsner, Naum; Pevzner, Neemija Berkovič; Pevzner, Naum Abramovič; Naum Abramovič; Pevzner, Nehemiah Borisovich;)
Milner 1993 , p. 152-155 (Gabo, Sir Naum; Neemia, Borisovich; Pevzner, Naum)
Bénézit 1999 , vol. 5, p. 786-788

M. Hammer, C. Lodder, Constructing Modernity: The Art & Career of Naum Gabo, New Haven 2000
A. Dewey, ' 'Construction through a plane' by Naum Gabo', The Burlington Magazine 144 (december 2002) 1197, p. 755-756
M. Papenbrock, 'Moderne Denkmalplastik in der Nachkriegszeit Hans Uhlmanns Alkenrather Mahnmal (1956-1960)', Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch 64 (2003), p. 295-318
Gaade's Kunstwijzer 1985 (NFM)
El Palacio, 1987, i. 1, p. 24-31 (NFM)

Documentation RKD

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Archive location: Archief en bibliotheek Theo en Nelly van Doesburg
Project: Mondrian Edition project

Comment: Gabo werd in 1971 in Groot-Brittannië in de adelstand verheven

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Creation date: 1991-12-15; Last modified date: 2017-03-31

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