Louise Bourgeois

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist. She was best-known for her installation art and large-scale sculptures. She was also a painter and printmaker.

Bourgeois explored many themes over her career, including domesticity, family, sexuality and death.

Bourgeois was born in Paris, France.

Honors and awards
1977: Honorary doctorate from Yale University
1981: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1990: Elected into National Academy of Design
1990: Edward MacDowell Medal, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH.
1991: Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award (Hamilton, New Jersey, USA)
1997: National Medal of Arts
1999: Praemium Imperiale for lifetime achievement
1999: Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
2003: Wolf Foundation Prize in the Arts (Jerusalem)
2005: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
2008: National Order of the Legion of Honour
2009: "Commandeur" of the pataphysical Ordre de la Grande Gidouille.
2009: Honored by the National Women's Hall of Fame

References

Category:American painters
Category:1911 births
Category:2010 deaths