Janet Mandel: Alice Neel: Portraits, Politics and Power

Although mostly unheralded, Alice Neel was one of the great American painters of the Twentieth Century and a pioneer among women artists. A painter of people, landscape and still life, Neel was never fashionable or in step with avant-garde movements. When abstract expressionism and pop art were all the rage, she painted in a style and with an approach distinctively her own. Come and hear about her unconventional life and her remarkable career, and see many examples of her unique and sometimes shocking paintings. JANET MANDEL is an award-winning art history educator.