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Louise Bourgeois

French-American artist and sculptor famous for her giant spider installations

Did you know?She worked in relative obscurity for decades before receiving major critical recognition in her seventies with a retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art.

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (French:; 25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker.

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Age at death: 98
Years since death: 16

Born: December 25, 1911 · 6th arrondissement of Paris, France
Died: May 31, 2010
Cause of death: Myocardial infarction
Nationality: French
Known for: Art, Literature

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Spouse: Robert Goldwater
Child: Jean-Louis Bourgeois

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