Brancusi

American  

[brahng-koo-zee, brang-, brahng-koosh] / brɑŋˈku zi, bræŋ-, brɑŋˈkuʃ /

noun

1. Constantin 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor.

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Brancusi British  

/ bræŋˈkuːzɪ, briŋˈkuʃj /

noun

1. Constantin (konstanˈtin). 1876–1957, Romanian sculptor, noted for his streamlined abstractions of animal forms

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Example Sentences

He was born in San Sebastián in the Basque region, and in 1948 moved to Paris, where he modeled plaster figures in a style influenced by Brancusi.

From The Wall Street Journal

Perhaps the strangest sculptures in the show are a selection of flowing beards, symbol of maturity and wisdom, which derive from the long, lavish one the great Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi sported.

From Los Angeles Times

Beekeeper boxes in a field are stacked to impossible heights, towers seven or eight boxes high, like a farmer’s version of Brancusi’s “Endless Column” or a modern city skyline.

From Los Angeles Times

One of them, Lauren Yeager, stacks used coolers and other found consumer items to create plastic totems: Brancusi à la Igloo.

From New York Times

Anecdotes that Ms. Guggenheim told about her own life — like her lunch with the sculptor Constantin Brancusi as bombs fell over Paris and his weeping at the fate of his works — stuck with her.

From New York Times