Alice neel pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released alice neel pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive. Alice neelamerican painter alice neel 19001984 was known for her expressionist portraits of both famous and ordinary people. Born outside of philadelphia, pa, neel studied art at the philadelphia school of design for. Alice neel is a 2007 documentary film about the life of alice neel, exploring the struggles she faced as a woman artist, a. Filmmaker andrew neel, alice neels grandson, puts together the pieces of the painters life using intimate oneonone interviews with neels surviving family and personal archival video. Her psychological vision as a painter of people has been described as both tender and unforgiving. Alice neel was one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century. She died on october, 1984 in new york city, new york, usa.
Seeing alice neel through the eyes of hilton als, artsy online magazine, 27 february 2017. Alice is a 2009 television miniseries that was originally broadcast on canadian cable television channel showcase and an hour later on american cable television channel syfy. As the avantgarde of the 1940s and 1950s renounced figuration, neel developed her signature approach to the human body. She was an actress, known for the feature 2008, pull my daisy 1959 and chasing the dragon 1987. The following oral history transcript is the result of a digitally recorded interview with guerrilla girls alice neel and gertrude stein on december 1, 2007. Alice neel american, january 28, 1900october, 1984 is best known for her compelling portraits of her family members, as well as paintings featuring prominent figures from american political and artistic circles, created at a time when portraiture was considered out of fashion. Neel was called one of the greatest portrait artists of the 20th century by barry walker, curator of modern. Alice neel january 28, 1900 october, 1984 was an american visual artist, who was known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. January 28, 1900, merion square now gladwyne, pennsylvania, u. She attended the philadelphia school of design for women so as to avoid being tempted by the. Neel was called one of the greatest portrait artists of the 20th century by barry walker, curator of. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Neel, a powerful figure in 20th century postmodern art not just as a successful female artist but as a dedicated figurative painter in an age where the avantgarde dominated.
T he first of three artistdocumentaries of the week sees a biography of the american figure painter alice neel, generally unregarded during her life until she was being adopted by the womens. Intimate, casual, direct and personal, alice neels paintings exist as an unparalleled chronicle of new york personalities both famous and unknown. October, 1984, new york, new york, american realist painter celebrated for her honest and expressive portraits, produced at a time when abstract expressionism was the prevailing style in american painting. Alice neels love of harlem and the neighbors she painted there, arts ii.
Her 1935 painting alice neel and john rothschild in the bathroom exemplifies the subversive, sexual themes that pervaded her work. The miniseries is a reimagining of the classic lewis carroll stories alices adventures in wonderland and through the lookingglass, taking place about 150 years later with science fiction and additional. The film also includes footage of neel, later in life, painting, talking, appearing on television, and giving lectures. The film includes interviews with her sons, richard and hartley neel, the children of her deceased daughter, isabetta, artists marlene dumas, chuck close and alex katz, art historians rob storr and jeremy lewison, and neel s surviving friends. Though alice neels work consisted mostly of portraiture, there is a distinctly. The film tells the story of neel s life, exploring the struggles she faced as a woman artist, a single mother, and a painter who defied convention. The film includes interviews with her sons, richard and hartley neel, the children of her deceased daughter, isabetta, artists marlene dumas, chuck close and alex katz, art historians rob storr and jeremy lewison, and neels surviving friends. Oral history interview with guerrilla girls alice neel and. Don gray and jessie benton evans gray art 697 views. Working from life and memory, she created daringly honest portraits of her family, friends, neighbors, art world colleagues, writers, poets. With alice neel, michel auder, phillip bonosky, chuck close. Alice neel premiered at the sundance film festival in 2007 and later won the audience award at the 2007 newport beach film festival. Alice neel january 28, 1900 october, 1984 was an american visual artist, who was. Freedom opened at david zwirner, new york on 28 february.
Part of the narration is chronological, part consists of interviews with friends, other artists, scholars, and family members, particularly two sons, richard and hartley, who are none too sanguine about their. I also love painting and art, but not to the degree of alice neel. Born in 1800, her distinctive style of figurative portraitureall. I remember seeing it in a torrent file with an essay that outlined the entire production and the players used. Alice neel, hartley neel, richard neel, chuck close, philip bonosky, andrew neel. Alice neel in this searing, startlingly nonjudgmental documentary, famed painter alice neel receives a portrayal worthy of her art from grandson andrew neel.
She reinvented the genre of portraiture by expressing the inner landscape of her varied sitters, among them andy warhol, annie sprinkle, bella abzug, and allen ginsberg. Alice neel was born on january 28, 1900 in merion square, pennsylvania, usa. The documentary was directed by neels grandson, andrew neel. It also includes footage from michel auders earlier film about neel. Jackie curtis and ritta redd cleveland museum of art. In 1959, neel even made a film appearance after the director robert frank asked her to appear.
This film is the perfect biography of her life and i highly recommend it. Painter of modern life exhibition catalogue extracts of essays appearing in jeremy lewison ed. However, she was encouraged by her son richard to complete it and came back to in her early 80s as. Whether im painting or not, i have this overweening interest in humanity.
Many of her subjects were nudes, and her realistic, figurative subjects were against the grain of. This is all captured in an exhibition currently on view at david zwirner gallery in new york, curated by als, titled alice neel, uptown, which will travel later this spring to victoria miro gallery in london. The great us artist alice neel lived and painted in uptown new york when it was almost exclusively black and hispanic. The fascinating documentary alice neel illuminates history while also demonstrating how an artists style reveals his or her personality. Read the artist bio and gain a deeper understanding with mutualarts artist profile. I saw m by fritz lang in a film class in college and decided filmmaking was what i wanted to do. Alice neel 19001984 is widely regarded as one of the foremost american figurative artists of the twentieth century. Alice neel was an expressive figure and portrait painter whose themes were broken family bonds and the cruel conditions of urban society. Influential figurative painter whose emotionally intense portraits express her subjects inner lives. The interview took place at independent curators international offices in new york, new york, and was conducted by judith olch richards for the archives of american art, smithsonian. How alice neels sharp, compassionate eye painted harlem the artists portraits of neighbors, icons, and strangers show a keen and democratic attention to detail. The present lot, by american artist alice neel, is a stunning example of the enigmatic force and haunting quality that so define the artists mature realist style.
When you look at one of her canvases, youre not just seeing that one person youre seeing a whole world, condensed down to lines and colour. The documentary was directed by alice neels grandson, andrew neel. Alice neel is a 2007 documentary film about the life of alice neel, exploring the struggles she faced as a woman artist, a single mother, and a painter who defied convention. Not rated 1h 21min documentary 22 may 2009 uk alice. Alice neel premiered at the sundance film festival in 2007 and later won the audience award at the 2007 newport beach film festival later that year. Alice neel, uptown, the first comprehensive look at neel s portraits of people of colour, is an attempt to honour not only what neel saw, but the generosity behind her seeing. The indomitable artist alice neel is caught on camera working on a canvas in this intimate silent film shot by her son, hartley. As a show of portraits of her neighbours and friends comes to london, its. The exhibition looks at neel s representation of the nude from the early period, when her painting was considered licentious, to her representations of men and women from the sixties onwards that broke new ground. How alice neels sharp, compassionate eye painted harlem. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity. This earliest film of alice in wonderland is an amazing find for its early use of both the camera and a look into special effects techniques being invented at the time.
Her notoriety grew later in her career with major showings and a larger following as her style came into vogue and feminists embraced her perspective. The life and work of alice neel 19001984, american portrait painter. Alice neel reinvented the genre of portraiture by expressing the inner landscape of her varied sitters. Alice neel is a 2007 documentary film about the life of alice neel, exploring the struggles she. Alice neel 19001984 was one of this centurys most powerfully original portraitists. This retrospective of paintings by alice neel 19001984 one of north americas most important female artists, although largely unappreciated during her own lifetime is the fruit of a collaboration between several european institutions. Part of the narration is chronological, part consists of interviews with friends, other artists, scholars, and family members, particularly two sons, richard and hartley, who are none too sanguine about their childhood and their mothers.
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