Neel is known for striking, expressionistic portraits of family, friends, lovers, and neighbors in spanish harlem. Alice neel january 28, 1900 october, 1984 was an american artist known for her oil on canvas portraits of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers. Museum of fine arts and yale university press, new haven and london, 2010. She received her ba from brown in 1997, in 2002 she graduated with a diploma certificate from the school of the museum of fine arts, boston before receiving her mfa from columbia university in 2007. Essays by tamar garb, jeremy lewison, robert storr and barry walker and appreciations by.
Website development by vanbar multimedia ltd, kent. The walthamstow tapestry, 2009 detail victoria miro. Neel was called one of the greatest portrait artists of the 20th century by barry walker, curator of modern. Alice neel january 28, 1900 october, 1984 was an american visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers.
Joining host helen molesworth are artists simone leigh and moyra davey. On this episode, we play a portion of our recent interview with historian gerald meyer about his recent article for the columbia journal of american studies on radical painter alice neel. Selected works at david zwirner 533 west 19th street and alice neel. Elizabeth neel biography, exhibitions, art on artuner. Renowned for her portraits of friends, family, acquaintances, fellow artists and critics, neel was among the. October, 1984, new york, new york, american realist painter celebrated for her honest and expressive portraits, produced at a time when abstract expressionism was the prevailing style in american painting. Featured artworks by alice neel, one of the foremost american figurative artists of the twentieth century. Made by her grandson, andrew neel, this very personal film captures her struggles as a female artist, a single mother, and. Alice neel s portraits at victoria miro capture the colourful personalities of new york by uk news today. Neel s portrayal of animals in her work was varied. The following articles can be downloaded in pdf format for personal and research use only. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity. Alice neel, one of the great portraitists of the 20th century, made starkly honest paintings of relatives, lovers, friends, and neighbors.
The documentary was directed by neel s grandson, andrew neel. Selected art criticism by christopher knight, 19791994, pp. The weird world of alice neel the american painters troubled life fed into her disturbing, exhilarating portraits of family, friends, artists and socialites. Alice neel january 28, 1900 october, 1984 was an american visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers. Painter of modern life exhibition catalogue extracts of essays appearing in jeremy lewison ed. One of the foremost and most engaging twentieth century american portraitists, neel produced a. She reinvented the genre of portraiture by expressing the. The art of radical painter alice neel april 23 2010. She reinvented the genre of portraiture by expressing the inner landscape of her. David zwirner is pleased to present two concurrent exhibitions of alice neels. The woman and her work 7th september 1975 19th october 1975 athens, georgia georgia museum of art, the university of georgia. An early example of her portraits of gay couples, jackie curtis and ritta redd portrays two regulars from andy warhols factory. With a practice spanning the 1920s to the 1980s, neel is widely regarded as one of the foremost american figurative painters of the twentieth century.
Check out what zwirner said about neel from kelly crows interview with zwirner for wsj. The weird world of alice neel art and design the guardian. This website is managed by jeremy lewison limited on behalf of the estate of alice neel. Made by her grandson, andrew neel, this very personal film captures her struggles as a female artist, a. The first solo exhibition of the artists work at the mayfair gallery. Jackie curtis and ritta redd cleveland museum of art. January 28, 1900, merion square now gladwyne, pennsylvania, u. Alice neel at david zwirner, nyc june 2009 by marcelo flaibani. Id like to read this book on kindle dont have a kindle. Alice neel, uptown, the first comprehensive look at neel s portraits of people of colour, is an attempt to honour not only what neel saw, but the generosity behind her seeing.
Neel was called one of the greatest portrait artists of the 20th century by barry walker, curator of. The eleven portraits in men only show a variety of attitudes, from the erotic to the ironic, in an exhibition that looks at neel s particular relationship to her male subjects. Alice neel s selected works exhibit at david zwirners gallery in new york ends this saturday, june 20th. Alice neel was one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century. An instrumental case study exploring a mothers stylistic elements in artwork in response to her infant childs death a thesis submitted to the faculty of drexel university by johnna s. Alice neel was born in 1900 in merion square, pennsylvania, and died in 1984 in new york. Clown, 2009 acrylic, varnish on wood 110 x 80 x 60 cm 43.
A new chapter of the acclaimed exhibition alice neel, uptown, curated by the pulitzer prize winning critic and author hilton als, is on display at victoria miro venice. Alice neel is a 2007 documentary film about the life of alice neel, exploring the struggles she faced as a woman artist, a single mother, and a painter who defied convention. The walthamstow tapestry, 2009 detail wool and cotton 300 x 1500 cm 118 18 x 590 12 in. South campus art gallery now kendall campus gallery, miamidade community college. In the past decade, interest in her work has grown exponentially, with a series of landmark exhibitions and art historical studies firmly cementing her. Amongst the works included are neel s third and final portrait of her friend the author max white as well as two powerful portraits of her sons hartley and richard as young men. Art basel online in partnership with art basels inaugural online viewing room. Alice neel 19001984, one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century, reinvented the genre by expressing the inner landscape of her subjects, who included luminaries such as andy warhol, bella abzug, and allen ginsberg as well as her neighbors in spanish harlem. Alice neel is widely recognised as one of the great american painters of the twentieth century. Moved to colwyn when she was about three months old. Alice neel january 28, 1900 october, 1984 was an american visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists.
Curated by als especially for the venice gallery and including a number. A successor to the expressionism of chaim soutine, edward munch, and ernst ludwig kirchner, neel used distorted drawing and invented color to reveal the character beneath each sitters physical appearance. Though alice neel s work consisted mostly of portraiture, there is a distinctly abstract quality in her paintings due to her use of simplified forms and perspective distortion. Noonan and barry dancer and carole harris and caroline hellman and daniel opler and joseph reilly and ben wright and alice neel and susan nanes and mark noonan and david trust and darice birge and claudia bushman and andrew delbanco and sarah griffith and kenneth jackson and mark rice, title table of contents, year 2009. In some paintings they were presented in conjunction with a person in a portrait, other times as a vignette of daily life, sometimes they were rendered from memory and occasionally they were presented as an actual, very individual portrait. Alice neel columbia journal of american studies volume 9, fall 2009 editorial board. Any one seeking to reproduce them should seek permission. Chord, 2009 aluminium, steel, mechanical system, multicoloured anorak cord dimensions variable installation view, conrad shawcross, chord 8 october 8 november 2009 kingsway tram subway holborn, london.
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