Editing Constantin Brâncuși (section)

==Death and legacy==
[[File:Casa-muzeu Constantin Brancusi-exterior.jpg|thumb|Constantin Brâncuși memorial house in [[Hobița, Gorj]]]]
[[File:ROL 500 1991 reverse.jpg|thumb|Constantin Brâncuși on the 500 [[Romanian leu|Lei]] Romanian banknote (1991–1992 issue)]]
[[File:Brancusi-Istrati-Dumitresco grave.jpg|thumb|Grave of Constantin Brancusi, Alexandre Istrati and Natalia Dumitresco]]
Brâncuși died on March 16, 1957, aged 81. He was buried in the [[Cimetière du Montparnasse]] in Paris.  [[Alexandre Istrati]] and [[Natalia Dumitresco]] were later buried in the same grave. This cemetery also displays statues that Brâncuși carved for deceased artists.

At his death, Brâncuși left 1200 photographs and 215 sculptures. He bequeathed part of his collection to the [[France|French state]] on condition that his workshop be rebuilt as it was on the day he died. This reconstruction of his studio, adjacent to the [[Pompidou Centre]], is open to the public. Brâncuși's studio inspired Swedish architect [[Klas Anshelm]]'s design of the [[Malmö Konsthall]], which opened in 1975.<ref name="Malmö Konsthall">{{cite web
|url=http://www.konsthall.malmo.se/o.o.i.s/2754
|title=About Malmö Konsthall
|publisher=Malmö Konsthall
|access-date=March 9, 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505173435/http://www.konsthall.malmo.se/o.o.i.s/2754
|archive-date=May 5, 2011
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

In September 1957, African American sculptor Richard Hunt traveled from Chicago to Paris to view Brancusi's studio. Hunt's visit left an enduring impression on the 22-year-old artist, not only because of the artistic influence of Brancusi and exploration of biomorphic abstraction in sculpture but also because of the way which Hunt chose to live the majority of his life. Like Brancusi, Hunt slept in his own studio surrounded by his art and the tools used in his practice for much of his life.<ref name="n234">{{cite book | last1=Brooks | first1=LeRonn P. | last2=Hunt | first2=Richard | last3=Carter | first3=Jordan | last4=Childs | first4=Adrienne L. | last5=Ott | first5=Jon | last6=Yau | first6=John | last7=Martin | first7=Courtney J. | title=Richard Hunt | publisher=Gregory R. Miller & Co | publication-place=New York | date=2022 | isbn=978-1-941366-44-8 | language=de | page=}}</ref>

Brancusi's ''Bird in Space'' sculptures inspired the Modernist poet, [[Ezra Pound]], specifically his late ''Cantos'' which were written in the mid-twentieth century. The literary critic Lucy Jeffery highlights ways in which Brancusi's sculptural form influenced Ezra Pound, analysing Pound's ''Canto CXVII et seq., 815''. Through close textual analysis and with direct reference to Brancusi's comments on his own creative process, Jeffery highlights how Pound's and Brancusi's sculptural process and resulting style is one of ambiguity and tension between: levity and weight, simplicity and complexity, ease and struggle. As Jeffery remarks: 'Despite their drive towards an holistic artwork, neither Brancusi nor Pound could, to borrow [Albert] Boime's phrasing, "emancipate" their art from the material or social context to which it belonged.'<ref name="q968">{{cite journal | last=Jeffery | first=Lucy | title=Ezra Pound and Constantin Brancusi: sculptural form and the struggle to 'make it cohere' | journal=Word & Image | volume=36 | issue=3 | date=2020-07-02 | issn=0266-6286 | doi=10.1080/02666286.2019.1700450 | pages=237–247}}</ref> In the article, Jeffery contextualises Brancusi's work in relation to the sculptor [[Henri Gaudier-Brzeska|Gaudier-Brzeska]], photographer [[Man Ray]], and writers such as [[Mina Loy]], [[Samuel Beckett]], and [[Peter Russell (poet)|Peter Russell]].

In 1962, [[Georg Olden (graphic designer)|Georg Olden]] used Brâncuși's ''[[Bird in Space]]'' as the inspiration behind his design of the [[Clio Award]] statuette.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.aiga.org/medalist-georgolden/| title = AIGA.org}}</ref>

In November 1971, {{ill|Brâncuși Memorial House|ro|Casa memorială Constantin Brâncuși}} was established in his birth village [[Peștișani|Hobița]], as a branch of the {{ill|Gorj County Muzeum|ro|Muzeul Județean Gorj „Alexandru Ștefulescu”}}.

Brâncuși was elected posthumously to the [[Romanian Academy]] in 1990.<ref name="Romanian Academy member">{{cite web
|url=http://www.acad.ro/com2001/pag_com01_0603.htm
|title=Comunicat 06.03.2001 – Anunt an Brancusi (Communique 06.03.2001 – Ad Brancusi Year)
|publisher=The Romanian Academy
|date=March 6, 2001
|access-date=February 19, 2011
}}</ref>

Google commemorated his 135th birthday with a [[Google doodle|Doodle]] in 2011 consisting of seven of his works.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gripper|first=Ann|title=Constantin Brancusi doodle: Which sculptures make up the Google Doodle?|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/constantin-brancusi-doodle-which-sculptures-make-175380|access-date=February 13, 2013|newspaper=Daily Mirror|date=February 9, 2011}}</ref>

Brâncuși's works are housed in museums around the world: in [[Romania]] at the [[National Museum of Art of Romania|National Museum of Art]] and [[Craiova Art Museum]], in the US at the [[Museum of Modern Art]] (New York City) and the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], the former holding the largest collection of Brâncuși sculptures in the United States.<ref name="Largest U.S. collection">{{cite web
|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704364004576132243055189656
|title=Hymn to Flight
|publisher=Wall St Journal
|author=David Netto
|date=February 25, 2011
|access-date=April 1, 2014
}}</ref>

[[Constantin Brâncuși University]] in [[Târgu Jiu]] and a [[Constantin Brâncuși metro station|metro station]] in Bucharest are named after him.

In 2015, the Romanian Parliament declared February 19 "The Brâncuși Day", a [[Public holidays in Romania#Other working holidays and observances|working holiday in Romania]].<ref name="ZiuaBrancusi">{{cite web|title=Legea pentru declararea Zilei Brâncuşi ca sărbătoare naţională a fost promulgată de Iohannis|url=http://www.mediafax.ro/cultura-media/legea-pentru-declararea-zilei-brancusi-ca-sarbatoare-nationala-a-fost-promulgata-de-iohannis-14902219|publisher=Mediafax|date=November 27, 2015|access-date=December 2, 2015|language=ro}}</ref>

Director Mick Davis plans to make a biographical film about Brâncuși called ''The Sculptor'', and British director Peter Greenaway said in 2017 that he is working on a film called ''[[Walking to Paris]]'', a film which shows Brâncuși's journey from Bucharest to Paris.