Alice Neel

Alice Neel ( born January 28, 1900 in Merion Square, Pennsylvania, † October 13, 1984 in New York) was an American painter who is associated with the American realism.

Life and work

After her graduation in 1918 Alice Neel learned shorthand and typing and completed the examination for the civil service. During her two years as secretary of the Army, she attended evening classes at the School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia. In 1921 she went to work at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women at (now Moore College of Art and Design). In the first year they played the school fees of their savings, for the remaining three years, she was awarded a state-funded scholarship.

Alice Neel devoted her major work of portraiture, describing their work as "pictures of people" (images of people ). As a self-proclaimed soul collector Neel has been a lifetime endeavor to turn the inside of their models to the outside. A boundless interest in the people gave her a natural talent when it came to analyzing their models. Their approach to portraiture connected these eager perception with a sharp mind, and so created portraits that are open and insightful, if not always flattering to her subject.

Prices

Solo exhibitions (selection )

  • 2010/2011: Alice Neel. Painted Truths Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö
  • 2008 Collector of Souls, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
  • 2008 Exhibition of Drawings, Philadelphia, Moore College of Art and Design
  • 2007 Alice Neel: Pictures of People, Aurel Scheibler, Berlin
  • 2005 Alice Neel 's Women, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
  • 2004 Alice Neel: A Chronicle of New York, Victoria Miro, London
  • 2000 Alice Neel: A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, traveling to Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Denver Art Museum, Denver
  • 1996-98 Kinships: Alice Neel Looks at the Family, Tacoma Art Museum, travels to: Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland; Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara; Boise, ID, Art Museum, Boise Museum of Art, Northampton; Art, Palm Beach
  • 1992 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, special installation of 8 works
  • 1985 Alice Neel Perspectives series, Portland Art Museum, Portland
  • 1974 Alice Neel ( Retrospective ), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  • 1926 Havana, Cuba Achievement in Art, presented by President Jimmy Carter

Group exhibitions ( selection)

  • 1992 The Tenth Anniversary Exhibition: Adam and Eve, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
  • 1984 American Art Since 1970, Whitney Museum of American Art
  • 1983 Art and Culture of the American Labor Movement, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin
  • 1976 Everson Museum, Syracuse University, Syracuse
  • 1971 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  • 1968 Museum of Modern Art (MOMA ), New York ( traveling exhibition)
  • 1933 Boyer Gallery, Philadelphia
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