Day Schnabel

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Day Schnabel
Born1905
Died1991
NationalityAustrian
Alma materAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna
Known forSculpture
MovementAbstract Expressionism abstract sculpture, easel painting, murals

Day Schnabel (1905-1991) was an Austrian sculptor and painter. Born in Vienna, Austria, she lived in the Netherlands for about three years before 1932, and in New York City during World War II[1] and after, during which she became an Irascible.[2]

Her mediums included welded steel, bronze, brass, marble, limestone, granite, cast stone, relief mural, found objects* (car parts), wood, plaster, cement, copper, Plexiglas, gouache*, ink, charcoal, chalk, pastel, crayon, pencil, and mixed mediums.

She died in Paris.

References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Day_N_Schnabel/115445/Day_N_Schnabel.aspx Askart.com, retrieved August 8, 2014
  2. ^ "18 Painters Boycott Metropolitan; Charge 'Hostility to Advanced Art'" (PDF). The New York Times. May 22, 1950. Retrieved November 25, 2012.