Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois (1994).
Born	Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (1911-12-25)25 December 1911 Paris, France
Died	31 May 2010(2010-05-31) (aged 98) Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Nationality	French-American
Education	Sorbonne, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, École du Louvre, École des Beaux-Arts
Known for	sculpture, installation art, painting, printmaking
Notable work	Spider, Cells, Maman, Cumul I, The Destruction of the Father
Movement	Modernism, Surrealism, Feminist art
Awards	Praemium Imperiale

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist.^[1] 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.^[2]

• 1977: Honorary doctorate from Yale University
• 1981: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[3]
• 1990: Elected into National Academy of Design^[4]
• 1990: Edward MacDowell Medal, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH.^[5][6]
• 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^[7]
• 2008: National Order of the Legion of Honour
• 2009: "Commandeur" of the pataphysical Ordre de la Grande Gidouille.^[8]
• 2009: Honored by the National Women's Hall of Fame

1. ↑ "Louise Bourgeois". The Art Story. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
2. ↑ "Louise Bourgeois". Easton Foundation. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
3. ↑ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
4. ↑ "National Academicians | National Academy | National Academy Museum". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
5. ↑ "Medal Day History". MacDowell Colony. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
6. ↑ "MacDowell Medal winners 1960-2011". London: The Daily Telegraph. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
7. ↑ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1709. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
8. ↑ "Dernières photos... dernières images de Louise Bourgeois... NY... F.Arrabal". Ceci n’est pas un blog. 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2019-03-04.

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