Alice Neel
- Introduction
- Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity. Her work depicts women through a female gaze, illustrating them as being consciously aware of the objectification by men and the demoralising effects of the male gaze. Her work contradicts and challenges the traditional and objectified nude depictions of women by her male predecessors. Neel was called "one of the greatest portrait artists of the 20th century" by Barry Walker, curator of modern and contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which organized a retrospective of her work in 2010.
- Wikidata
- Q460186
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Painter, Sculptor
- Names
- Alice Neel, Alice Hartley Neel
- Ulan
- 500022216
Exhibitions
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421: Alice Neel’s Benny and Mary Ellen Andrews
Summer 2020–Spring 2021
MoMA
Collection gallery
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402: In and Around Harlem
Ongoing
MoMA
Collection gallery
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Studio Visit: Selected Gifts from Agnes Gund
Apr 29–Jul 22, 2018
MoMA
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The New Portrait
Apr 15–Jun 10, 1984
MoMA PS1
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Special Projects (Winter 1978)
Jan 15–Feb 18, 1978
MoMA PS1
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Alice Neel has
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