Anni de saint phalle

French plastician, painter and sculptor

Niki de Saint Phalle (French:[nikid(ə)sɛ̃fal]; born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle;^[1] 29 October 1930 – 21 May 2002) was a French^[5][6]sculptor, painter, filmmaker, and author of colorful hand-illustrated books.

Widely noted as one of the few female monumental sculptors,^[7] Saint Phalle was also known for her social commitment and work.^[8][9]

She had a difficult and traumatic childhood and a much-disrupted education, which she wrote about many decades later.

After an early marriage and two children, she began creating art in a naïve, experimental style. She first received worldwide attention for angry, violent assemblages which had been shot by firearms. These evolved into Nanas, light-hearted, whimsical, colorful, large-scale sculptures of animals, monsters, and female figures.

Her most comprehensive work was the Tar