Antoine Pevsner

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Antoine Pevsner ({{OldStyleDate|30 January|1886|18 January}}{{spaced ndash}}12 April 1962) was a Russian-born sculptor and the older brother of Alexii Pevsner and Naum Gabo. As the originators of Constructivism and pioneers of kinetic art, the brothers are considered pioneers of twentieth-century sculpture. They made numerous prominent pieces, for instance Antoine's widely known sculpture The Flight of the Bird, located at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan.{{cite news |author= |title= Workshop of Tomorrow |page= 26 |publisher= Detroit Free Press |date= May 16, 1956 |url-access= subscription |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/97613952/?terms=Antoine%20Pevsner&match=1 |access-date= 21 April 2025}}

Biography

Pevsner was born as Natan Borisovich Pevzner in Oryol, Russian Empire,{{cite web |title=Antoine Pevsner |url=https://arts.uchicago.edu/public-art-campus/browse-artist/antoine-pevsner |publisher=University of Chicago}} into a Jewish family. Among the originators of and having coined the term, Constructivism, and pioneers of kinetic art, Pevsner and his brother Naum Gabo discovered a new use for metals and welding and made a new marriage of art and mathematics. Pevsner said: "Art must be inspiration controlled by mathematics. I have a need for peace, symphony, orchestration."{{Cite news|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/antoine-pevsner-1761|title=Antoine Pevsner 1884-1962 {{!}} Tate|last=Tate|work=Tate|access-date=2018-08-09|language=en-GB}} He was one of the first to use the blowtorch in sculpture, welding copper rods onto sculptural forms.The Artist in his Studio. 1960, Viking Press. Along with his brother, Naum, he issued the Realist Manifesto in 1920.{{Cite news|date=April 8, 2021|title=Antoine Pevsner: French artist|language=en|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoine-Pevsner|access-date=April 26, 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Das Realistische Manifest von Naum Gabo |url=https://berlinischegalerie.de/sammlung/kuenstlerinnen-archive/das-realistische-manifest-von-naum-gabo/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=berlinischegalerie |language=de}}