We just learned about the sculpture of Richard Yates by Albin Polasek .
Another famous work of American art is the sculpture of Georgia O'Keefe made by Gaston Lachaise in 1927.
Lachaise was born in 1882 in France, where he grew up learning how to be a sculptor.
He met an American woman named Isabel and fell in love with her, so when he was about 20 years old he moved to America with her and they got married.
He was mostly famous for making sculptures of women that looked very big and powerful, like a force of nature.
Most people made sculptures of women that were very small and delicate, so this different way of making sculptures of women was seen as a way to give power to women who were seen by some people as weak.
He also made sculptures of famous people like Georgia O'Keefe.
She was a famous American artist, who some people called the Mother of American modernism.
(from: wikipedia - gaston lachaise)
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