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The medium that Alice Neel used was painting. She was one of the 20th century's most influential American artists and a champion of social justice, which served as a lifelong inspiration for her portraits and figurative paintings. In 1938, she moved to Spanish Harlem in New York City, where she painted stark and honest still lifes and portraits of friends, family and neighbors. Neel continued to make representational work even as the art world in Manhattan became enveloped in trendy Abstract Expressionism. After her first solo exhibition in 1951, she was hailed as "a pioneer of socialist-realism in American painting." Explore a selection of Alice Neel art on 1stDibs.
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Alice Neel PORTRAIT OF A GIRL… Screenprint
By Alice Neel
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Alice Neel (American, 1900-1984)
Additional Information: Full title of the work is “Portrait of a Girl in Blue Chair.”
Marking(s); notes: signed twice (once in pla...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Alice Neel MAN IN HARNESS Lithograph, Signed Edition
By Alice Neel
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Additional Information: Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida
Marking(s); notes: signed; ed. 23/100; 1980
Country of origin; materials: USA; lithograph
Dimensions: 3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Youth (John Cheim), Alice Neel
By Alice Neel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alice Neel (1900-1984)
Title: The Youth (John Cheim)
Year: 1982
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: 20/25 A.P.
Size: 38 x 24 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: ...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Family, Alice Neel
By Alice Neel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Alice Neel (1900-1984)
Title: The Family
Year: 1982
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Edition: 57/175, plus proofs
Size: 31.25 x 27 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: ...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
PORTRAIT OF JOHN ROTHSCHILD Signed Lithograph Seated Man with Pipe, Sailor Shirt
By Alice Neel
Located in Union City, NJ
PORTRAIT OF JOHN ROTHSCHILD is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the American woman painter Alice Neel printed on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free, using tra...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nancy in a Cast 1983
By Alice Neel
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Alice Neel
Nancy in a Cast- 1983
Print - Lithograph on Arches Archival Paper
Paper Size : 36" x 25" inches
Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 17/36
Unframed
Though Neel's work can revel in a painterly loveliness, she doesn't pander to her audience or to her subjects, and it's not unusual for her paintings to be tough.
"Cezanne said, 'I love to paint people who have grown old naturally in the country.'
My statement is, 'I love to paint people mutilated and beaten up by the rat race in New York.'"
Her work is now in the collections of museums and private collectors in the USA and Europe.
As an American portrait artist with an international reputation, Alice Neel was both a woman of her time and an artist with timeless talents.
In 1932 she entered the art world while living in Greenwich Village, NY and called herself "a collector of souls.”. In 1958 she began to paint artists, critics, writers, historians, and other art world figures. In 1970 she painted Andy Warhol, shirtless and scarred after he was shot in the chest and abdomen. By the time she died she...
Category
1980s Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
