Alice Neel lived from 1900 to 1984. She was a prolific artist who spent much of her life in New York City in poverty. She painted realistic portraits in her own unique realistic style and did not follow the whims of the art world. Her 2021 show at the Metropolitan Museum in 2021 is the first solo exhibit by a woman at there. Despite her stand against the force of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950's and her lifelong dedication to social justice, she did feel that 'all great painting has good abstract qualities.'
Biography of Alice Neel by Phoebe Hoban, Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty
Alice Neel, 1940, Still Life with Fruit
Alice Neel, 1978, View From the Artist's Window
Alice Neel, 1957, Sunset Riverside Drive
Alice Neel, 1959, Night
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