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Magdalena Abakanowicz

Polish textile artist and sculptor (1930-2017)
Person human Q158080

Facts

34 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[45]
Date of birth
June 20, 1930
Date of death
April 20, 2017
Place of birth
Falenty
Place of death
Warsaw
Country of citizenship
Second Polish Republic, Polish People's Republic, Poland[11][12][13]
Occupation
sculptor, textile artist, athletics competitor, university teacher, designer, architectural drafter, painter, performance artist, artist, teacher, installation artist[14][15][16][17][18][19]
Employer
Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznań[23]
Field of work
fiber art, art of sculpture, textile art[20][21][22]
Educated at
Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw[24]
Award received
Officer of Arts and Letters, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Herder Prize, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Pour le Mérite, Silver Cross of Merit, Gold Cross of Merit‎, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]
Notable work
Manus Ultimus, Birds of Knowledge of Good and Evil, Puellae, Nierozpoznani[26][27][28][29]
Genre
figurative art[47]
Official website
www.abakanowicz.art.pl[53]
Part of
Wall Hangings (exhibition)[48]
Work location
Poznań, Sopot, Warsaw[54][55][56]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French, Polish, English
Artist files at
Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, College for Creative Studies-bibliotheek, National Gallery of Art Library, Museum of Glass Library
Copyright representative
Magdalena Abakanowicz, reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
Concise Dictionary of Women Artists, Great women sculptors, Designed by Women
Family name
Abakanowicz[50]
Given name
Magdalena[51]
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Has works in the collection
Art Institute of Chicago, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museum of Applied Arts, Hessel Museum of Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Museum in Warsaw, Israel Museum, Nationalmuseum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Tate, The Central Museum of Textiles
Member of
Academy of Arts, Berlin, Sächsische Akademie der Künste, American Academy of Arts and Sciences[42][43][44]
Movement
contemporary art[46]
Name in native language
Magdalena Abakanowicz
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Art+Feminism, NADD Wikidata project, gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia, NADD creators
P14974
4
Place of burial
Powązki Military Cemetery[10]
Pseudonym
Abakanovitchi, Magudarēna[52]
Sport
athletics[49]
Student
Grażyna Brylewska-Pędziałek[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska en Magdelena Abakanowicz en Magdalena Abakanowicz Kosmowski en Magdalena Abakanowicz cs Magdalena Abakanowiczová cs A. Abakanowicz cs Magdalena Abakanowicz cs Magdalena Abakanowicz- Kosmowska cs Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska de Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska de Abakanowicz el Μαγκνταλένα Αμπανακόβιτς es Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska fa ماگدالنا آباکانوویچ fi Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska he מגדלנה אבקאנוביץ' hi मैग्डेलेना अबकानोविज़ it Magdalena Abakanowicz Kosmowski it Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska ja マグダレーナ・アバカノヴィッチ
🔖 Identifiers · 132
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress authority ID
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GND ID
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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ADAGP artist ID
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ADK member ID
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ARTIC artist ID
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AWARE ID
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AbART person ID
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Architectuurgids architect ID
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ArtBrokerage artist ID
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Artist-info artist ID
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Artists of the World ID
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Artnet artist ID
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Artsy artist ID
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AskArt person ID
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Athenaeum person ID
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Australian Prints + Printmaking artist ID
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BAnQ authority ID
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BHCL UUID
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BIBSYS ID
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Basis Wien person ID
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Benezit ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Bridgeman artist ID
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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CANTIC ID
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CBDB.cz author ID
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CLARA-ID
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CONOR.SI ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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Christie's creator ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DACS ID (2022)
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DACS ID (former)
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DBC author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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DFK Paris person ID
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DUC ID
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De Agostini ID
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Design & Art Australia Online ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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DigitaltMuseum ID
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Discogs artist ID
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ELNET ID
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Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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Encyclopædia Universalis ID
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Encyklopedia Teatru Polskiego person ID
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Europeana entity
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FAST ID
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FemBio ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
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Freebase ID
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Geni.com profile ID
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Google Arts & Culture entity ID
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Google Doodle
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
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Grove Art Online ID
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Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
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IdRef ID
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Invaluable.com person ID
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Itaú Cultural ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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JRC Names ID
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Japan Search name ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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KulturNav-ID
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Le Delarge artist ID
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Lex ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
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MNCARS artist ID
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Met Constituent ID
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Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID
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Munzinger person ID
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Museum of Modern Art artist ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NE.se ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NLP ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Gallery of Art artist ID
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National Library of Brazil ID
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810572293305606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Nationalmuseum Sweden ID
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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID
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Norwegian National Museum producer ID
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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
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Oxford Reference overview ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Polish scientist ID
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Prabook ID
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Proleksis enciklopedija ID
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Quora topic ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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RKDartists ID
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Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
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Runeberg author ID
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SBN author ID
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SFMOMA artist ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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SVKKL authority ID
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Secondary Archive artist ID
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Sejm-Wielki.pl profile ID
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Tabakalera ID
70080
Tate artist ID
magdalena-abakanowicz-10093
Topic's main category
Category:Magdalena Abakanowicz
Treccani ID
magdalena-abakanowicz
Union List of Artist Names ID
500084577
University of Barcelona authority ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
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Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
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Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/171699
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 13
Israel Museum, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Art Institute of Chicago, Nationalmuseum, National Museum in Warsaw, Tate +5 more
Occupation 10
teacher, artist, painter, designer, sculptor, university teacher, athletics competitor, performance artist +2 more
Award received 3
Pour le Mérite, Herder Prize, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Country of citizenship 3
Poland, Second Polish Republic, Polish People's Republic
Field of work 3
art of sculpture, textile art, fiber art
Languages spoken, written or signed 3
English, French, Polish
Work location 3
Warsaw, Poznań, Sopot
Member of 2
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academy of Arts, Berlin
Artist files at 1
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Copyright representative 1
Magdalena Abakanowicz
Described by source 1
Designed by Women
Educated at 1
Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
Employer 1
Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznań
Genre 1
figurative art
Given name 1
Magdalena
Instance of 1
human
Movement 1
contemporary art
Named after 1
Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznań
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Art+Feminism
Place of birth 1
Falenty
Place of burial 1
Powązki Military Cemetery
Place of death 1
Warsaw
Sex or gender 1
female
Sport 1
athletics
← Copyright representative 1
Magdalena Abakanowicz
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Summary

Magdalena Abakanowicz was born on June 20, 1930[1], in Falenty[2]. She died on April 20, 2017[3], in Warsaw[4]. She worked as a sculptor[5], textile artist[6], athletics competitor[7], university teacher[8], and designer[9].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Magdalena Abakanowicz include Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznań[57], a university[58], in Poland[59], founded in 1919[60].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Magdalena Abakanowicz include Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznań[57], a university[58], in Poland[59], founded in 1919[60].

FAQs

Where was Magdalena Abakanowicz born?

Magdalena Abakanowicz was born in Falenty[2].

Where did Magdalena Abakanowicz die?

Magdalena Abakanowicz passed away in Warsaw[4].

What did Magdalena Abakanowicz do for work?

Magdalena Abakanowicz worked as a sculptor[5], textile artist[6], athletics competitor[7], university teacher[8], and designer[9].

Where did Magdalena Abakanowicz go to school?

Magdalena Abakanowicz was educated at Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw[24].

What awards did Magdalena Abakanowicz receive?

Honors received include Officer of Arts and Letters[30], Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order[31], Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[32], and Golden Medal for Merit to Culture[33].

Related Entities

contemporary art Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Israel Museum Magdalena Abakanowicz Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznań Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art Nationalmuseum National Museum in Warsaw Poland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Second Polish Republic Sopot

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