ART MASTERPIECE “Sky Cathedral” Louise Nevelson (1899 – 1988)

1. ART MASTERPIECE “Sky Cathedral” Louise Nevelson (1899 – 1988) Louise Nevelson was born in Russia around 1900, but grew up in Maine. When she was a child, her father owned a lumberyard and she had access to wonderful scraps of wood. She used to nail or glue wood scraps onto other wood pieces and make “assemblages”, or art created from odds, ends, scraps, and junk. While she wanted to become an artist from an early age, Nevelson became famous later in life for her unique assemblages. Your young artist created “art-in-a-box” with cardboard and found items, which was painted and glued together to form a class wall-sculpture. Today in Art Masterpiece, I learned about _____________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ My favorite part was _______________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

2. ART MASTERPIECE “Sky Cathedral” Louise Nevelson (1899 – 1988) Louise Nevelson was born in Russia around 1900, but grew up in Maine. When she was a child, her father owned a lumberyard and she had access to wonderful scraps of wood. She used to nail or glue wood scraps onto other wood pieces and make “assemblages”, or art created from odds, ends, scraps, and junk. While she wanted to become an artist from an early age, Nevelson became famous later in life for her unique assemblages. Your young artist created “art-in-a-box” with cardboard and found items, which was painted and glued together to form a class wall-sculpture. ART MASTERPIECE “Sky Cathedral” Louise Nevelson (1899 – 1988) Louise Nevelson was born in Russia around 1900, but grew up in Maine. When she was a child, her father owned a lumberyard and she had access to wonderful scraps of wood. She used to nail or glue wood scraps onto other wood pieces and make “assemblages”, or art created from odds, ends, scraps, and junk. While she wanted to become an artist from an early age, Nevelson became famous later in life for her unique assemblages. Your young artist created “art-in-a-box” with cardboard and found items, which was painted and glued together to form a class wall-sculpture. ART MASTERPIECE “Sky Cathedral” Louise Nevelson (1899 – 1988) Louise Nevelson was born in Russia around 1900, but grew up in Maine. When she was a child, her father owned a lumberyard and she had access to wonderful scraps of wood. She used to nail or glue wood scraps onto other wood pieces and make “assemblages”, or art created from odds, ends, scraps, and junk. While she wanted to become an artist from an early age, Nevelson became famous later in life for her unique assemblages. Your young artist created “art-in-a-box” with cardboard and found items, which was painted and glued together to form a class wall-sculpture. ART MASTERPIECE “Sky Cathedral” Louise Nevelson (1899 – 1988) Louise Nevelson was born in Russia around 1900, but grew up in Maine. When she was a child, her father owned a lumberyard and she had access to wonderful scraps of wood. She used to nail or glue wood scraps onto other wood pieces and make “assemblages”, or art created from odds, ends, scraps, and junk. While she wanted to become an artist from an early age, Nevelson became famous later in life for her unique assemblages. Your young artist created “art-in-a-box” with cardboard and found items, which was painted and glued together to form a class wall-sculpture.