Artist: Elie Nadelman (1882 - 1946)
Nationality: Polish-American
Movement: Abstract Art
Media: Sculpture
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Biography:
Born in Poland, Ellie Nadelman studied in Warsaw and Munich before traveling to Paris around 1903. He stayed there until the beginning of World War I when he moved to London and then continued on to New York City. In 1915, Nadelman held a solo exhibition at Stieglitz’s gallery, which enabled him to acquire several influential patrons. Four years later, he married a wealthy woman and began using his new high society life as satirical subject matter for his sculpture. The Great Depression took its toll on the art market and thus on Nadelman’s career. In 1935, a good deal of his art was accidentally destroyed, ending what was left of his career.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (20)
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Elie Nadelman - Figures c. 1908 ink on paper The Mint Museums American
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Elie Nadelman - Head of a Woman c. 1915-1925 graphite on paper The Maier Museum of Art American
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Elie Nadelman - Resting Stag c. 1915 gold leafed bronze o Smith College Museum of Art American
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Elie Nadelman - Head of a Woman c. 1910 ink Arkansas Arts Center American
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Elie Nadelman - Classical Head 10/01/1909 marble The Art Institute of Chicago Polish
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Elie Nadelman - Standing Female Nude 1908 pear wood Minneapolis Institute of Arts American
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Elie Nadelman - Classical Head with Headress 1908-1909 marble Milwaukee Art Museum American
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Adam Elsheimer, La rencontre des prophetes Elie et Ardias ( The meeting of Elie and Ardias)...forty third plate in the book...Le MusÈe royal (Paris: P. Didot, l*ainÈ, 1818), vol. 2, 16th - 17th century
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Anthonie Waterloo, Elie dans le desert (Elias in the desert), 17th century
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Sebastien Le Clerc (the elder), Elie Enleve Dans Un Char De Feu, 17th - 18th century
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Artist: Jules Elie Delaunay Title: The Angel of Death; Peste a Roma Date: about 1869
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FÈlix Elie RÈgamey, Sunday Service on Board a Pacific Mail Steam-ship - p.461 Harper"s Weekly, 16 June 1877, 19th century
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End of a pin or a plug Greek Geometric Period, about 750 B.C. Greece, said
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Asahel Powers, American, 1813-1843 Mrs. Patrick Henry (Dorothea Dandridge) 1826 Oil on canvas 85.09 x
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Jules Elie Delaunay - The Plague in Rome 1869 oil on wood panel Minneapolis Institute of Arts French
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Athena Promachos Statuette Greek Archaic Period, about 510–500 B.C. Greece Bronze Height: 10.6 cm (4
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Fragment of a victory stele Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Akkadian Akkadian Period reign of Naram–Sin, about
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Dioskouros Statuette Greek Hellenistic Period, about 200 B.C. South Italy, (said to be from Tarentum)
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Rev. H. Young, American, active 1823-1831 Celebrating Couple: General Jackson and his Lady about 1831
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Unidentified artist, American, 19th century Lion Rampant FrakturTransparent and opaque watercolor, pen and brown ink

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum: Elie Nadelman: Classical Folk
Born in Poland in 1882, Nadelman lived in various cities throughout Europe, including ten years in Paris, until settling in the United States in 1914, where he remained until his death in 1946.  It was during his years in America ...
Jewish Museum: Paris in New York: French Jewish Artists in Private Collections
The works in this exhibition are from private collections, supplemented with examples from The Jewish Museum’s collection. The collectors of these works share both an admiration for their beauty and an abidi...
Jewish Museum: Collective Perspectives: New Acquisitions Celebrate the Centennial
Poised at the intersection of art, history, and culture, the fine arts collection of the Museum explores the Jewish experience through the contributions of both Jewish and non-Jewish artists. Among the fine arts highlights in this exhibition are m...
Gerald Peters Gallery: Cast and Carved: American Sculpture 1850-1950
Over 60 artists will be featured in the exhibition including Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Frederic Remington, Paul Manship and Isamu Noguchi. Works on view range in size from tabletop to monumental, and are composed of a variety of materials, includin...

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Elie Nadelman -- Encyclopædia Britannica
Elie Nadelman: Classical Folk
AFA : Education : Elie Nadelman
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Elie Nadelman Catalogue Essay
Nadelman, Elie on Encyclopedia.com
Elie Nadelman @ Catharton Artists
Elie Nadelman Art Images

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