Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a French-American artist known for her pioneering and psychologically charged sculptures and installations. She explored themes of female sexuality, domesticity, and her own traumatic childhood through abstract, organic forms like her iconic massive spider sculptures representing maternal figures. Despite little early acclaim, Bourgeois gained significant recognition later in her over 7-decade career. Her evocative, emotionally resonant works examining the unconscious mind and female experience cemented her legacy as one of the most influential and important sculptors of the 20th century. Major retrospectives celebrated her profoundly impactful contribution to contemporary art.