Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell

ActorDirectorEditorProducerWriter Dec 24 (died age 68) Nyack, New York, USA 1928–2007 (79 year career)
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Joseph Cornell (December 24, 1903 – December 29, 1972) was an American artist and sculptor, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage. Influenced by the Surrealists, he was also an avant-garde experimental filmmaker. He was largely self-taught in his artistic efforts, and improvised his own original style incorporating cast-off and discarded artifacts. He lived most of his life in relative physical isolation, cared for his parents and his disabled brother at home, but remai…

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