Ibram Lassaw

Ibram Lassaw ( born May 4, 1913 in Alexandria, Egypt; † December 30, 2003 in East Hampton, NY ) was an American sculptor and painter of Russian descent. He was one of the most important representatives of Abstract Expressionism.

Life

Ibram Lassaw in 1913 as the son of Russian parents born Philip and Bertha ( Zaleski ) Lassaw in Alexandria in Egypt. He moved with his parents in 1921 in the United States. Ibram Lassaw studied 1926-1930 at the Clay Club, and from 1930 to 1931 at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in New York. His art appeared influenced by the works of Jacques Villon, Sophie Taeuber -Arp and Wassily Kandinsky.

In the early 1930s he began to work abstractly. He made his next filigree metal sculpture abstract and constructivist paintings and drawings. In 1933 he had his first exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Gallery in New York. He worked from 1935 to 1936 for the Works Progress Administration (WPA ) Federal Art Project. In 1950 he exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Realities Nouvelles. After 1950 he was a teacher at the American University in Washington, DC Ibram Lassaw was among other participants in the Venice Biennale in 1954, the São Paulo Biennial in 1957 and the documenta II in Kassel in 1959. His works are regularly featured in national and international exhibitions around the world, they are part of important collections and museums, which include, for example, the Museum of Modern Art in New York belongs.