Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) was born in Paris,
the middle child of three children. The family
lived on Boulevard Saint Germain, where they
sold restored antique tapestries. Bourgeois’s
father was drafted to fight in World War I and
was wounded in 1916. Her mother contracted
the Spanish flu a few years later and died in 1932.
This prompted Bourgeois to switch from studying
maths to pursuing art instead. She studied in
several academies and ateliers, including the studio of Fernand Leger. She married the
American art historian Robert Goldwater in 1938 and they moved to New York, where
she attended classes at the Art Students’ League.
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Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) was born in Paris,
the middle child of three children. The family
lived on Boulevard Saint Germain, where they
sold restored antique tapestries. Bourgeois’s
father was drafted to fight in World War I and
was wounded in 1916. Her mother contracted
the Spanish flu a few years later and died in 1932.
This prompted Bourgeois to switch from studying
maths to pursuing art instead. She studied in
several academies and ateliers, including the studio of Fernand Leger. She married the
American art historian Robert Goldwater in 1938 and they moved to New York, where
she attended classes at the Art Students’ League.
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