Louise Bourgeois was an influential artist best known for her large sculptur

Louise Bourgeois was an influential artist best known for her large sculptures of metal spiders. Though her works are (36) abstract, they are suggestive of the human figure and express themes of betrayal,(37) anxiety, and loneliness. Her anger toward her father for (38) betraying her mother with another woman was one big (39) influence in her work.
    She once said that her artworks was a way to battle her (40) tensions and fears and attempt to be a better person.
    Louise Bourgeois was born in 1911 in Paris,France. She was the middle child of three. Her parents had a business (41) repairing ancient tapestries. She used her drawing (42) skills to help with repairs. Louise studied math in college,but later (43) changed her area of study to art.
    In 1938 she met art historian Robert Goldwater in Paris. They married and moved to New York City. She continued to work as an artist while raising their three sons.
     (44) She took part in many museum shows in New York,but she did not become internationally famous until she was in her 60s. In 1982 the Museum of Modern Art organized a show of her works. Major museums around the world later bought her artworks.
    She once said she was glad she was discovered later in life. (45) This gave her time to work without interruption at her own speed and in her own way.
    Bourgeois died of heart failure on 31 May ,2010. Wendy Williams, the managing director of the Louise Bourgeois Studio, announced her death. (46) She had continued to create artworks until her death,and her last pieces were finished the week before.