Constantin Brâncuși
 Constantin Brâncuși (Romanian: [konstanˈtin brɨŋˈkuʃʲ]; February 19 1876 – March 16 1957) was a Romanian sculptor who made his career in France. As a child he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest then to Munich then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art.