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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Rooftops, Escatrón, Spain by Mark Osterman, Image 1.

    Mark Osterman

    Rooftops, Escatrón, Spain, 1998, printed 2000

    Toned gelatin silver print

  2. Hank's #20132 by Steve Rifkin, Image 1.

    Steve Rifkin

    Hank's #20132, 1994

    Toned gelatin silver print

    27.5 x 27.75 in (69.85 x 70.49 cm)

  3. Mary + her daughters holding a family portrait with their father, Minneapolis, from Living with the Enemy by Donna Ferrato, Image 1.

    Donna Ferrato

    Mary + her daughters holding a family portrait with their father, Minneapolis, from Living with the Enemy, 1987

    Archival pigment print

    20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

  4. Pillow Jungle by Hunt Slonem, Image 1.

    Hunt Slonem

    Pillow Jungle, 1980

    Silkscreen on paper

    26 x 29.375 in (66.04 x 74.61 cm)

  5. Totem by Jim Monson, Image 1.

    Jim Monson

    Totem, 1980

    Etching on paper

    14.875 x 14.875 in (37.78 x 37.78 cm)

  6. Irene Near The Old Chair by Susan Moore, Image 1.

    Susan Moore

    Irene Near The Old Chair, 1978

    Woodcut on rice paper

    24.5 x 19.375 in (62.23 x 49.21 cm)

  7. Untitled No. 8, from "The Basque Suite" by Robert Motherwell, Image 1.

    Robert Motherwell

    Untitled No. 8, from "The Basque Suite", 1970

    Silkscreen on paper

    22.5 x 17 in (57.15 x 43.18 cm)

  8. Philip Guston

    Untitled, 1963

    Lithograph on paper

    29.9375 x 22.875 in (76.04 x 58.1 cm)

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About the artist

Alice Neel

American

1900-1984

Alice Neel was an American painter known for her Expressionistic portraits of her friends, family, and lovers. Her dynamic use of color and line captured the interior emotional life of her sitters, lending a psychological weight to her subject matter rather than just a likeness of the model. “Whether I'm painting or not, I have this overwhelming interest in humanity,” she explained. “Even if I'm not working, I'm still analyzing people.” Born on January 28, 1900 in Merion Square, PA, she was brought up in a strict middle class family. They did not support her decision to become an artist. Nevertheless, Neel went on to study at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women in 1921. Losing her infant daughter to disease following her move from Cuba to New York with her husband traumatically altered her life and outlook, setting the precedent for her work’s latent focus on motherhood, loss, and anxiety. She died on October 13, 1984 in New York, NY. Neel’s works are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Tate Gallery in London, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, among many others.