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Alice Neel

1900 - 1984

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Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American visual artist. Recognized for her paintings of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists, and strangers, Neel is considered one of the greatest American portraitists of the 20th century. Her career spanned from the 1920s to 1980s. Her paintings have an expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alice Neel is the 1,721st most popular painter (up from 1,820th in 2019), the 7,140th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,494th in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Alice Neel ranks 1,721 out of 2,023. Before her are Clive Bell, Jenny Holzer, Josef Danhauser, Boris Grigoriev, Mordecai Ardon, and Hendrik Voogd. After her are Carl Locher, Ad Reinhardt, Augustin Hirschvogel, Otto Modersohn, Antoine Vollon, and Alexander Litovchenko.

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Among people born in 1900, Alice Neel ranks 227. Before her are Marie Bell, Elizabeth Goudge, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Christian Matras, Clarence Pinkston, and Itzik Feffer. After her are César Espinoza, Mikhail Lavrentyev, Émile Mercier, Irene Guest, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, and Taylor Caldwell. Among people deceased in 1984, Alice Neel ranks 177. Before her are Isaak Kikoin, Elizabeth Goudge, Diana Dors, Jakub Berman, Marcel Moyse, and Klavdiya Shulzhenko. After her are Rambai Barni, Yuri Vizbor, Anders Haugen, Gino Bianco, May McAvoy, and K. D. Jadhav.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alice Neel ranks 7,142 out of 20,380. Before her are Louis Abell (1884), Susanna Kaysen (1948), Ben Adams (1890), Elaine May (1932), Virginia Hall (1906), and Ajita Wilson (1950). After her are Mia Hamm (1972), Kim Raver (1969), Matt Ross (1970), Ad Reinhardt (1913), Trish Van Devere (1941), and Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Alice Neel ranks 86. Before her are Adolph Gottlieb (1903), John Baldessari (1931), Jim Dine (1935), Alex Katz (1927), Cecilia Beaux (1855), and Jenny Holzer (1950). After her are Ad Reinhardt (1913), Morris Louis (1912), Charles Willson Peale (1741), Frederic Remington (1861), Washington Allston (1779), and John Frederick Kensett (1816).

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