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Born May 22, 1925 • Fribourg • Switzerland
Died August 30, 1991 (aged 66)
Nicolas Schöffer
French sculptor
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder
American artist
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
David Smith
American sculptor
Naum Gabo
Russian sculptor
Sir Anthony Caro
British sculptor
Yaacov Agam
Yaacov Agam
Israeli sculptor
Alberto Burri
Italian painter
Seymour Lipton
American sculptor
Giacometti, Alberto
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss sculptor and painter
Max Bill
Swiss artist
Aeschbacher, Hans
Hans Aeschbacher
Swiss sculptor
Columbine, figure from the commedia dell'arte, enamel and gilt on porcelain by Bustelli, c. 1755–60; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Franz Anton Bustelli
German artist
Johann Heinrich von Dannecker
German sculptor
François-Gaspard-Balthasar Adam
French sculptor
Nicolas-Sébastien Adam
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Christo
Bulgarian artist
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam
French sculptor
Jean-Jacques Caffiéri
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Antonio del Pollaiuolo
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