Doris Caesar
American sculptor (1892-1971)
Doris Porter Caesar (November 8, 1892 – 1971) was an American sculptor best known for her portrayals of the nude female body.
Early life and education
Doris Porter Caesar was born in Brooklyn. Her mother, Lillian Dean Porter, died of pneumonia when Doris was eleven years old. As she grew up, her father, Alfred Haynes Porter, regularly took her to the theatre and on trips to Europe and Africa, experiences that bore an influence on her later work.
Caesar attended Miss Chapin's School before transferring to the Spence School and the Art Students League, where she studied under George Bridgman. In 1913, she married and subsequently had three children. In 1925 she studied under Alexander Archipenko, under whom she developed her expressionistic approach to representing the female body. Doris' first solo show occurred in 1931 at the Montross Gallery.
Work
Caesar experimented with sculpting the female body in clay, bronze, and brass, often elongating the figures to be taller than human height. In 1927, she cast her first bronze, the primary material she would work with throughout her career.
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