Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell (born December 24, 1903, Nyack, New York, U.S.—died December 29, 1972, Flushing, Queens, New York) was an American self-taught artist and filmmaker and one of the originators of the form of sculpture called assemblage, in which unlikely objects are joined in an unorthodox unity. He is known for his shadow boxes, collages, and films. Cornell attended secondary school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, for four years, beginning in 1917, the year in...