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    Niki de Saint PhalleFrench sculptor and painter
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    BornCatherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle · 29 October 1930 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
    Died21 May 2002 (aged 71) · La Jolla, California, US
    EducationSelf-taught in art
    Spouse(s)Harry Mathews · (m. 1949; div. 1961) · Jean Tinguely · (m. 1971; died 1991)
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    How Niki de Saint Phalle Broke Artistic Boundaries
    How Niki de Saint Phalle Broke Artistic Boundaries
    She Shot Her Way to Artistic Fame
    She Shot Her Way to Artistic Fame
    Early life and education (1930–1948)

    Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle was born on October 29, 1930, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, near Paris. Her father was Count André-Marie de Saint Phalle (1906–1967), a French banker, and her mother … See more

    First marriage and children (1949–1960)

    At the age of 18, Saint Phalle married Harry Mathews, whom she had first met at the age of 11 (he was 12) through her father. Six years later, they again encountered each other by chance on a train to Princeton, … See more

    Tirs (1961–1963)

    Saint Phalle created a series of works in the early 1960s she called Tirs ("Shootings" or "Shots"). The series began as "target pictures", with painted bullseye targets prominently displayed within her painted collages, s… See more

    Nanas (1964–1973)

    Saint Phalle next explored the various roles of women, in what would develop into her best-known and most prolific series of sculptures. She started making life-size dolls of women, such as brides and mothers giv… See more

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