Elie Nadelman, Horse (1967 cast, c. 1914 original model) Bronze, Baltimore Museum of Art. By 1904, living in Paris, Nadelman became a part of the avant-garde circle  that included Picasso, Matisse, and Gertrude Stein. While most dismissed classical art as outmoded and inimical to modernism, he asserted its enduring validity as the ultimate standard of aesthetic and formal beauty. Chauvet Cave, Classical Art, Modern Sculpture, Western Art, Modernism, Matisse, Wwi, Rock Art, Picasso