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Alice Neel: The Art Of Not Sitting Pretty (2010)

by Phoebe Hoban(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0312607482 (ISBN13: 9780312607487)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: Alice Neel was a complex person and an important American painter. I learned alot about her from his book, but there were too many lists of works in various exhibits and reviews....those details detracted from the flow of the book and could have easily been included in notes or an appendix. This did not compare to he quality of writing in recent biographies of Jackson Pollack, Willem deKooning an Lee Krasner....to bad, because her life was equally remarkable.
review 2: Alice Neel is a great painter. Her portraits are original and she seems to be driven to paint no matter what the circumstances are. Her life itself is tragic. Hoban's biography is very clear in juxtaposing Alice's life with her work. I have not read any of the other literature on Alice, so I ... moredo not know if Hoban reveals anything new about Alice or if she stays true to the accepted facts. I would read this book only if you are interested in the artist. The number of illustrations in this book is unfortunate. Hoban tells Neal's life through her work and much of it is not illustrated in the book. I would love to see more pictures. less

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