a study of the romanian athenaeum 2018-10-2  constantin brâncuși (romanian: [konstanˈtin brɨŋˈkuʃʲ] ( listen) february 19, 1876 – march 16, 1957) was a romanian sculptor, painter and photographer who made his career in france considered a pioneer of modernism, one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th-century.