Centre Pompidou – First Alice Neel Retrospective in France

An Engaged Eye

Alice Neel loved to paint people who had been rendered socially invisible. With her »engaged eye« , she roamed New York and captured their stories in portraits. The Centre Pompidou is now showing her life's work in France for the first time, starting October 5.

October 05, 2022

Auction results of Alice Neel

Alice Neel - John (Man with Pipe) (from the American Portfolio)
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CLICK!Modern & Contemporary Art Online
September 2024
Bonhams, Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Est.: 9.000 - 14.000 HKD
Realised: not available
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Alice Neel - Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia)
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FREESTYLE: Living with Art & Design, Property from a Private New York Collection
June 2024
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 1.500 - 2.500 USD
Realised: 5.334 USD
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Alice Neel - Jar from Samarkand
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FREESTYLE: Living with Art & Design, Property from a Private New York Collection
June 2024
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 1.500 - 2.500 USD
Realised: 1.270 USD
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Alice Neel - The Couple
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20th / 21st Century Art Evening Sale
May 2024
Bonhams, New York
Est.: 60.000 - 90.000 USD
Realised: 114.800 USD
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The important U.S. artist Alice Neel (1900-1984) searched her environment with an »engaged eye«  before deciding on a subject. With her portraits, the figurative painter moved between politics and art - she had communist leanings, which is why, seeking truth, she had a preference for depicting socially disadvantaged people. Thus, she gradually captured on canvas migrants from Latin America, African-American writers who were excluded from the intellectual elite, single parents or homosexual couples.  

Starting October 5, the Centre Pompidou is dedicating a retrospective to this »engaged eye« - it is the artist's first solo exhibition in France. Under the programmatic title Alice Neel, An Engaged Eye, the museum is showing some 60 paintings, drawings and documents, ranging from her first works in the late 1920s to her last paintings shortly before her death. The first French-language catalog on Alice Neel, with essays, explanations, quotations, and illustrations, completes the exhibition. It will end on January 2, 2023.Art.Salon

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