4.1K reactions · 776 shares | Queer artists. Kids in Spanish Harlem. Political activists. Discover Alice Neel’s vibrant and deeply human paintings. | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | Facebook

14 reactions | ⁣Alice Neel lived much of her life as an artist working in obscurity. Why? Join the #MuseumFromHome on this ArtStop to find out!⠀ ⠀ Featured: Alice Neel (AKA Alice Hartley Neel). "Portrait of Mildred Myers Oldden," ca. 1937. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Stanley K. Oldden. 1991.98.⠀ ⠀ #AliceNeel #sdma #SDMAcollection #sandiegomuseumofart @womeninthearts' #5WomenArtists #WomensHistoryMonth #MuseumAtHome | San Diego Museum of Art | Facebook

A self-proclaimed “collector of souls,” the American painter #AliceNeel is known today for her powerful, psychologically rich portraiture. In this rarely seen documentary #FromTheVaults, get a glimpse of Neel’s signature candor and wit, as well as a peek into her life and process as she works on a portrait of Lucille Rhodes (who co-directed the film with Margaret Murphy). This film is excerpted from Rhodes and Murphy’s “They Are Their Own Gifts” (1978), a triptych of “film portraits” about women

Who was Alice Neel? Neel was one of the century’s most radical painters, a champion of social justice whose longstanding commitment to humanist principles inspired her life as well as her art. She spent most of her life in New York City, and her work testifies to the diversity, resilience, and passion of the people she encountered there. Our upcoming exhibition "Alice Neel: People Come First" includes depictions of Neel’s neighbors in Spanish Harlem, political leaders, queer cultural figures, ac