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Alice Neel

Alice Neel (1900-1984) talks about her life, her ideas on art, and the world at large in this book. She painted well-known figures in art, literature, music, politics as well as her family and friends — depicting them clothed and sometimes naked, thus exposing their vulnerability. Never compromising, she kept to one goal: to paint people as she saw them. By painting individuals with all their idiosyncrasies, Neel also recorded universal constants — pregnancy, motherhood, death, and mourning. Included in this book are figure paintings from every period, as well as landscapes, still lifes, and interiors.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 208
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780810913585
  • Genres
  • art, biography
  • Release date
  • 1983