Pop artist Niki de Saint Phalle, 71
Posted: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2002 8:35 pm
Pop artist Niki de Saint Phalle, best known for her brightly coloured and voluptuous figures of women that gained her a reputation as a leading contemporary artist in France, has died. She was 71.
Saint Phalle died on Tuesday in San Diego, California, after a long illness, according to a statement issued by the city of Hanover, Germany, where the artist was an honorary citizen. It did not elaborate. …
Born in the wealthy Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine on November 29, 1930 as Catherine Marie-Agnes Fal de Saint Phalle, she moved with her parents to New York in 1937, where she grew up visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art. … Read full obituary
