Lee Bontecou
Sign in to saveAmerican sculptor and printmaker (1931–2022)
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Lee Bontecou was an artist whose work period spanned from 1950 to 1999. She was active starting in 1958 and used the pseudonym Mrs. William Giles. Bontecou was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
She was born on January 15, 1931, and died on November 8, 2022. She had one child.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lee
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Providence
- Place of death
- Florida
- Occupation
- artist
- Employer
- Brooklyn College
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- Documenta III
- Student of
- Robert Brackman
- Field of work
- printmaking
- Genre
- abstract art
- Movement
- abstract expressionism
- Number of children
- 1
- Work location
- New York City
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- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- date of birth
- 1931-01-15
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- floruit
- 1958-01-01
- pseudonym
- Giles, Mrs. William
- start of work period
- 1950-01-01
- end of work period
- 1999-01-01
- date of death
- 2022-11-08
- medical condition
- aplastic anemia
- Commons category
- Lee Bontecou
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