Louise nevelson Seth Davenport

Louise Nevelson She collected scrap wood, pieces of furniture, even wheels and then stacked, assembled, and bolted them into carefully framed compositions. She painted them entirely in black unlike other artist. Born in Czarist Russia, she emigrated with her family to the United States in the early 20th century. Nevelson learned English at school, as she spoke Yiddish at home. early 1930s she was attending art classes at the Art Students League of New York, and in 1941 she had her first solo exhibition. Louise Nevelson was born Leah Berliawsky in 1899 in Perislav, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire, to Minna Sadie and Isaac Berliawsky, a contractor and lumber merchant. Nevelson's relatives had begun to leave the Russian Empire for America in the 1880s.The Berliawskys had to stay behind, as Isaac, the youngest brother, had to care for his parents. Minna gave birth to two of Nevelson's siblings: Nathan and Anita. In 1905 Minna and the children emigrated to the United States, where they joined Isaac in Rockland, Maine. Isaac suffered from depression he was a wood cutter and worked in a junkyard. After awhile he became a successful lumberyard owner and a realtor. She dies April 17th, 1988 but had a good life.