Art of the 20th Century


 

Art Styles in 20th century Art Map



 

Joseph Cornell






 

Joseph Cornell

 

(b Nyack, NY, 24 Dec 1903; d Flushing, NY, 29 Dec 1972).
American sculptor, film maker and writer. He studied from 1917 to 1921 at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA. After leaving the Academy he took a job as a textile salesman for the William Whitman Company in New York, which he retained until 1931. During this time his interest in the arts developed greatly. Through art reviews and exhibitions he became acquainted with late 19th-century and contemporary art; he particularly admired the work of Odilon Redon. He also saw the exhibitions of American art organized by Alfred Stieglitz and became interested in Japanese art, especially that of Ando Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai. Following a ‘healing experience’ in 1925 he became a convert to Christian Science.

 

Untitled (Solar Set)


 

Celestial Navigation, Box Construction with Glasses


 

Object (Roses des Vents)
1942-53


 

Untitled (Bird Box)
1948


 

Untitled (Pink Palace)
1946-48


 

Setting for a Fairy Tale
1942


 

Space Object Box: "Little Bear, etc."
1950


 

Les Constellations Voisines du Pole
1961


 

Suzy's Sun (for Judy Tyler)
1957


 

Soap Bubble Set (Ostend Hotel)
1958


 

Phases de la Lune
1950


 

Sand Fountain


 

Piano Forte


 

Box with Windows


 

Dove Cote: American Gothic


 

Oeuvres Diverses


 

Sand Fountain
1949


 

Soap Bubble Set
1960


 

Tilly Losch
1935