雕塑家Thaddeus Mosley 薩迪厄斯·莫斯利逝世，享年99歲。「我知道我不會獲得同樣的認可，也不會擁有同樣的機會。但我還是努力了，因為這是我想做的事。」 晚年聲名鵲起 ( “我不覺得我的作品水平提高了，但我的境遇確實發生了巨大的變化)。這位自學成才的藝術家將回收木材轉化為引人注目的抽像作品，其風格深受布朗庫西、野口勇和非洲藝術的影響。

 

雕塑家薩迪厄斯·莫斯利逝世，享年99歲。他晚年聲名鵲起。

這位自學成才的藝術家將回收木材轉化為引人注目的抽像作品，其風格深受布朗庫西、野口勇和非洲藝術的影響。

照片中，年邁的薩迪厄斯·莫斯利蓄著灰白的鬍鬚，頭戴綠色格子帽，身穿綠色漁夫毛衣，工作室裡堆滿了大塊木材。

2023年，薩迪厄斯·莫斯利在匹茲堡的工作室。談到他所面臨的種族和經濟障礙，他說：「我知道我不會獲得同樣的認可，也不會擁有同樣的機會。但我還是努力了，因為這是我想做的事。」圖片來源：羅斯·曼特爾/《紐約時報》

2026年3月7日

薩迪厄斯·莫斯利是一位自學成才的藝術家，他花了近70年的時間創作大膽的木雕作品，直到90多歲才獲得國際關注。週五，他在匹茲堡的家中去世，享年99歲。

Thaddeus Mosley, Sculptor Who Found Fame in His Last Decade, Dies at 99

A self-taught artist, he turned reclaimed wood into striking abstract works influenced by Brancusi, Noguchi and African art.

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Thaddeus Mosley at his studio in Pittsburgh in 2023. Of the racial and economic barriers he faced, he said: “I knew that I wasn’t going to get the same recognition, have the same opportunity. But I tried, because it’s something I wanted to do.”Credit...Ross Mantle for The New York Times

By Will Heinrich

March 7, 2026

Thaddeus Mosley, a self-taught artist who spent nearly 70 years creating bold wooden sculptures before finally gaining international attention in his early 90s, died on Friday at his home in Pittsburgh. He was 99.

Three of Mr. Mosley’s works, “Illusory Progression” (2020), “True to Myth” (2020) and “Rhizogenic Rhythms” (2020), were displayed at Rockefeller Center in New York during the Frieze Sculpture show in 2020.Credit...Cindy Ord/Getty Images

在2023年的一次訪談中，當被問及晚年取得如此巨大成功有何感受時，莫斯利先生承認他很享受這種成功，但表示這並沒有影響他的藝術創作。

「嗯，感覺非常好，」他說。 “我不覺得我的作品水平提高了，但我的境遇確實發生了巨大的變化

Asked in a 2023 interview how it felt to experience such a late-in-life burst of success, Mr. Mosley acknowledged that he’d been enjoying it, but said that it hadn’t affected his art.

“Well, it feels very good,” he said. “I don’t feel that the work has improved, but the situation has tremendously.”