The Pevsners were a large, tightknit, patriarchal middle-class family, with a strong and charismatic father, Boris, and mother, Fanny. Naum Gabo Head of a Woman c. 1917-20 (after a work of 1916)

Naum Gabo, original name Naum Neemia Pevsner, (born August 5, 1890, Bryansk, Russia—died August 23, 1977, Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.), pioneering Constructivist sculptor who used materials such as glass, plastic, and metal and created a sense of spatial movement in his work. A pioneering Constructivist artist, Naum Gabo developed a transformative approach to sculpture, breaking solid mass into interlocking planes, lines, and geometric shapes punctuated by open spaces. Gabo's most famous works include Constructed Head No. Naum Gabo, who was one of three brothers, was born Naum Neemia Pevsner, in the industrial city of Briansk on the 5th August 1890 and died 23rd August 1977, His elder brother Antoine was born on 18th January 1886 in the small Belarus town of … 2 (1916, Nasher Sculpture Centre, Dallas), Head of a Woman (1917-20, Museum of Modern Art, New York), Translucent Variation on Spheric Theme (1937, Guggenheim New York), Constructie (1955-57, Bijenkorf Department Store, Rotterdam), Kinetic Construction (Standing Wave) (1919-20, replica 1985, Tate) and Linear Construction No 2 (1970-1, Tate). They saw an artistic renewal as part of the revolution and embraced new scientific theories and industrial materials. Gabo was born Naum Pevsner in the small Russian town of Bryansk, the sixth of seven brothers and sisters. Catalogue entry Naum Gabo was associated with the Constructivists at the time of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Naum Gabo, born Naum Neemia Pevsner (5 August [O.S.

Produced by: Nava Rastegar, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee In this raw and graceful testimony of intersectional womanhood, a trans girl has to care for her Italian grandmother.

She assumes that her Nonna disapproves of her - but instead discovers a tender bond in their shared vulnerability. 24 July] 1890 – 23 August 1977) (Hebrew: נחום נחמיה פבזנר), was an influential sculptor, theorist, and key figure in Russia's post-Revolution avant-garde and the subsequent development of twentieth-century sculpture.