Alice neel victoria and the cat 1981 available for. Alice neel was an american painter known for her expressionistic portraits of her friends, family, and lovers. Alice neel is an american documentary film from the year of 2007. The philadelphia museum of art organized a major retrospective of neel s work that opened at the whitney museum of american art in june 2000, sixteen years after her death, and. Alice neel was a painter of uneasy and diffident men, confident fathers and protective mothers, awkward preadolescent girls, of a critic in his underpants. Alice neel is widely recognised as one of the great american painters of the twentieth century. In the past decade, interest in her work has grown exponentially, with a series of landmark exhibitions and. Paintings by alice neel, gallery hyundai, seoul, korea cat. Jul 29, 2017 alice neel, uptown, the first comprehensive look at neels portraits of people of colour, is an attempt to honour not only what neel saw, but the generosity behind her seeing. Made by her grandson, andrew neel, this very personal film captures her struggles as a female artist, a single mother, and.
Painter of modern life exhibition catalogue extracts of essays appearing in jeremy lewison ed. Alice neel and the art world, by richard flood focuses on neel s male sitters. The full film, alice neel is available free on snagfilms and at the end of this article. Alice neel has a total running time of one hour and 11 minutes.
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. Intimate, casual, direct and personal, alice neels paintings exist as an unparalleled chronicle of new york personalities both famous and unknown. Working from life and memory, she created daringly honest portraits of her family, friends, neighbors, art world colleagues, writers, poets, artists, actors. This film is an insightful mix of personal accounts from those who knew alice neel, images of her work, and footage of the artist herself. Alice neel is best known for her portraits which, with their controlled painterly drama and psychological nuance, are complete and polished formal statements in a. Alice neel 19001984 is widely regarded as one of the foremost american figurative artists of the twentieth century. American painter alice neel was an extraordinary and prolific figurative painter, and yet she spent most of her life working in obscurity. The film tells the story of neels life, exploring the struggles. Alice neel is a 2007 documentary film about the life of alice neel, exploring the struggles she.
Working under the pseudonym of max white, he wrote novels that were inspired by artists lives, both imaginary and factual. Department of fine arts, university of colorado, boulder, march 5april 7, 1979 by jeanedith weiffenbach 1 jan 1979. She is most famous for her provocative and insightful portraits of people from all walks of lifefamily, friends, lovers, artists, poets, strangers, childrenexecuted from the 1920s to the 1980s. Charles william white was part of alice neel s artistic circle in greenwich village in the 1930s. Alex katz, diana kurz, alfred leslie, alice neel, philip pearlstein, sylvia sleigh. 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. The great us artist alice neel lived and painted in uptown new york when it was almost exclusively black and hispanic. A painter of people, landscape and still life, neel was never fashionable or in step with avantgarde movements. Alice and carlos lost their first child and shortly after having her second child, carlos left alice and took the child with him. Alice neel was a selfdescribed collector of souls who recorded her sitters on canvas through six decades of the 20th century, among them andy warhol, bella abzug, allen ginsberg and annie sprinkle. Alice neel, hartley neel, richard neel, chuck close, philip bonosky, andrew neel. The exhibition travelled throughout europe through january 2018.
The exhibition opens with works by two other artists. Alice neel also figures prominently in joe goulds secret, the masterpiece of longtime new yorker writer joseph mitchell. Welcome to the website of the alice neel estate click here to enter by entering this site you agree that neither text nor images may be reproduced without permission of the holders. The library of congress does not own rights to material in its collections. Alice neel has a total running time of one hour and 11. Alice in the alps 1927 full movie download full hd youtube.
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. 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. Dostoyevskys the brothers karamazov strikingly illustrated. Oral history interview with guerrilla girls alice neel and. Neel was called one of the greatest portrait artists of the 20th century by barry walker, curator of modern. This website is managed by jeremy lewison limited on behalf of the estate of alice neel. Alice neel matrix 82 march 15april 15, 1985 by the time alice neel died last october at the age of 84, she was recognized as one of americas foremost contemporary portrait painters or painters of people, as she preferred to say. Selected works alice neel 19001984 artists michael. Learn more about the piece and artist, and its final selling price. Alice neel was born near philadelphia, pennsylvania in 1900 and died in 1984 in new york. Using interviews with friends, art critics and, most importantly, family members, as well as clips from previous films made about his nowfamous grandmother, andrew neels documentary traces alice. Neel always sought the authentic, moving from greenwich village to spanish harlem just as the village was gaining reputation in the art scene. She talks about her career and her art, noting her similarity to cezanne in preferring to paint people who have had difficult lives. Two years after sitting for this portrait he came to prominence for his camerawork on sidney meyers film the quiet one 1948 and lionel rogosins on the bowery 1956.
She died on october, 1984 in new york city, new york, usa. Her mother, alice concross hartley, was a descendant. Alice neel, uptown, curated by hilton als, explores one. Wie ublich wurde dieser film in video hd hohe auflosung fur kinoprojektion oder blurays mit dolbydigitalaudio gefilmt. Painter of modern life was a major museum survey of 72 works by alice neel. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the andrew neeldirected movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at moviefone. Alice neel, one of the great portraitists of the 20th century, made starkly honest paintings of relatives, lovers, friends, and neighbors. Similarly, in the retrospective catalogue alice neel, a chapter, gentlemen callers. With unprecedented access to pivotal artists and the whitehot market surrounding them, this film dives deep into the contemporary art world, holding a funhouse mirror up to our values and times.
Like my architect, nathaniel kahns celebrated 2003 film about his father, the architect louis kahn. Alice neel photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behindthescenes, and more. Alice neel is a painter whose works are presented in a new book by patricia hills. With alice neel, michel auder, phillip bonosky, chuck close. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. The documentary explores the artists tumultuous biography and the legacy of alice neels determination to paint her era. The people of harlem, as painted by alice neel in pictures. The life and work of alice neel 19001984, american portrait painter.
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 in new jersey and vermont jeremy lewison in conversation with angela lampe duration. Alice and carlos never divorced, but would see each other for the last time in 1934. Neel grew up in a small suburb of philadelphia, where her overbearing. A trailer of the film alice neel, directed by andrew neel, seethink films, 2007 in 2007 andrew neel, alice neels grandson, directed a documentary about alice neels life. The weird world of alice neel art and design the guardian. May 25, 2011 in the company of alice neel is literally that. A successor to the expressionism of chaim soutine, edward munch, and ernst ludwig kirchner, neel used distorted drawing and invented color to reveal the character beneath each sitters physical appearance. Ive seen countless documentaries on many artists and this ranks among the best. Instead, she developed a unique, expressive style of portrait painting that captured the psychology of individuals living in new york, from friends and neighbors in spanish harlem to celebrities. Neel captured the sensitivity and melancholy of the twentysixyearold bagley by focusing on his deepset eyes with their dark shadows and his attenuated right hand. About alice neel a pioneer among women artists, alice neel is considered one of the great american painters of the 20th century.
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 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. Alice neel was one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more. 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. You can easily find an image of the portrait online.
As a show of portraits of her neighbours and friends comes to. Alice neel documentarypost film discussion with artist gail smuda. Singing its praises in a poem that simply began, i love you harlem, she went on to embrace its abandoned and despised, to celebrate its mothers, with their teeth missing and little black arms around their necks and to draw the attention to the rich deep vein of human feeling to be found buried under. 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. Painting a diverse crosssection of humanity, from communist party leaders to art world personalities to her neighbors in spanish harlem, neel created a. Watch alice in the alps full movie in hd visit alice and julius go iceskating in the swiss alps, and later go on a. One of the great painters of the twentieth century, she was a pioneer among women artists. Alice neels feminist and leftist portraits of women denise. Neel kamal 1947 film directed by kidar nath sharma. Alice neel was one of the great american painters of the twentieth century. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity.
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. Portrait painter alice neel 19001984 was a selfdescribed collector of souls who recorded her sitters on canvas through six decades of the 20th century, among them andy warhol, bella abzug. The exhibition began with early portraits created in havana and paintings made in the 1930s when the artist was living in new yorks greenwich village. Therefore, it does not license or charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute the material.
The documentary explores the artists tumultuous biography and the. Sympathetic to the expressionist spirit of northern europe and scandinavia and to the darker arts of spanish. Alice neel, uptown, the first comprehensive look at neels portraits of people of colour, is an attempt to honour not only what neel saw, but the generosity behind her seeing. Alice neel s american portrait gallery, by pamela allara. She was an actress, known for the feature 2008, pull my daisy 1959 and chasing the dragon 1987. With jeff koons, paul schimmel, larry poons, stefan edlis. It explores her struggles as an artist and a single mother from the depression era until her death in 1984. Alice neel was born on january 28, 1900 in merion square, pennsylvania, usa. Made by neels grandson, some older footage had to have been taken by his father, neels son. 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 documentary film about painter alice neel. View sabrina by alice neel sold at contemporary art part ii on 14 may 2010 new york. A selection of unpublished documents is also included in the show. January 28, 1900, merion square now gladwyne, pennsylvania, u. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. The fascinating documentary alice neel illuminates history while also demonstrating how an artists style reveals his or her personality. Neel was born in 1900 in merion square, pennsylvania. Using interviews with friends, art critics and, most importantly, family members, as well as clips from previous films made about his nowfamous grandmother, andrew neel s documentary traces alice. Drawing, wrote the american painter, alice neel, is the discipline of art. Alice neel, uptown, which travels to the victoria miro gallery in london in may, reveals that neel was indeed a visionary, who saw what others couldnt and took a particular interest in people. Her grandmother, alice neel 19001984, was a legendary bohemian portrait painter. Alice neel in this searing, startlingly nonjudgmental documentary, famed painter alice neel receives a portrayal worthy of her art from grandson andrew neel.
This article examines five portraits by the american artist alice neel painted between 1970 and 1980, exploring the role of women in society and revealing inner feelings and insecurities, and what it was like to live in a particular place and time nyc in the 70s. It also includes footage from michel auders earlier film. Andrew neel, grandson of artist alice neel, examines her life and work. 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. Dec 01, 2015 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. She is most famous for her provocative and insightful portraits of people from all walks of lifefamily, friends, lovers, artists, poets, strangers, childrenexecuted from the. May 21, 2017 alice neel lived in spanish harlem for the best part of 24 years. The film focuses on the artistic career of alice neel, a female painter and single mother who produced work until the year of her death in 1984. She reinvented the genre of portraiture by expressing the. Elizabeth neel biography, exhibitions, art on artuner. See more ideas about alice, artist and figure painting. Having lost her husband and essentially two children, neel had a serious nervous breakdown and attempted suicide twice. In that book mitchell describes how neel painted a striking portrait of gould and her relationship with him. Alice neel 19001984, one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century, reinvented the genre by expressing the inner landscape of her subjects, who included luminaries such as andy warhol, bella abzug, and allen ginsberg as well as her neighbors in spanish harlem.