Alice Neel

American | 1900 - 1984

Alice Neel was an American Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1900. Her work is currently being shown at multiple venues like The Menil Collection in Houston. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Philadelphia Museum of Art have featured Alice Neel's work in the past.Alice Neel's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 23 USD to 3,030,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2002 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,030,000 USD for Dr. Finger’s Waiting Room, sold at Christie's New York in 2021. Alice Neel has been featured in articles for Daily Art Magazine, Telegraph and The Brooklyn Rail. The most recent article is How a Dubai Man Built a $200,000 Art Collection in His Business Bay Home written for The National in April 2024. The artist died in 1984.

David McKee and his First Wife Jane - Alice Neel

David McKee and his First Wife Jane, 1968

oil on canvas

59 7⁄8 x 40 1⁄8in. (152.1 x 102cm.)

Dr. Finger’s Waiting Room, 1966

oil on canvas

50 x 36 in. 127 x 91.4 cm.

Linus and Ava Helen Pauling - Alice Neel

Linus and Ava Helen Pauling, 1969

oil on canvas

48 x 42 in. (121.9 x 106.7 cm.)

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At Auction

Upcoming Lots

Patia Rosenberg

By Alice Neel

Christie's New York

Erica

By Alice Neel

Bonhams New York

The Couple

By Alice Neel

Bonhams New York

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Available Artworks

Olivia

By Alice Neel

Wright

Recent Auction Results

Portrait of Hartley Stockton Neel

By Alice Neel

-37%

below mid-estimate

Wright

The Accountant

By Alice Neel

-12%

below mid-estimate

Wright

Olivia

By Alice Neel

Wright

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Current Exhibitions

A Mother, Possibly

Orlando Museum of Art

Orlando | Florida | USA

Oct 20,2023 - May 12,2024

Portraits of Women from the Collection

The Menil Collection

Museum District | Houston | Texas | USA

Mar 16,2024 - Nov 10,2024

Revolutions: Art From The Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

National Mall | Washington D.C. | District Of Columbia | USA

Mar 22,2024 - Apr 20,2025

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Articles

How a Dubai Man Built a $200,000 Art Collection in His Business Bay Home

The National 01/04/2024

Yves Hage, a pharmaceutical professional, has been living in the UAE since 2013, and has since amassed a significant body of pieces

Alice Neel: Collector of Souls

Daily Art Magazine 14/03/2024

American Alice Neel painted portraits of one of her neighbors, Georgie Arce, from childhood through adolescence.

The Mirror and the Palette: 500 Years of Women’s Self Portraits

Daily Art Magazine 11/03/2024

This is a review of the book The Mirror and the Palette. Rebellion, Revolution, and Resilience: Five Hundred Years of Women’s Self Portraits by Jennifer Higgie, published by Pegasus Books in 2021.

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Coverage

“ ..She is best known for her distinctive style of portraiture, where her models are painted without glorification, in a very straightforward manner... ”
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Ateneum Art Museum

“ ..While she also painted landscapes and still lifes, Neel is best known as a painter of people... ”
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Xavier Hufkens, 6 rue St-Georges

“ ..For the first time, however, we are combining these with a small selection of still lifes and cityscapes, genres Neel is not as well known for but which she equally imbued with sensitive interpretations... ”
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ScheiblerMitte

“ ..Alice Neel (1900 - 1984) was an American artist known for her portraits of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers... ”
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Douglas Hyde Gallery

“ ..1939) is perhaps best known for her performances, including the orgiastic Meat Joy (1964) and the bracingly intimate Interior Scroll (1975), both of which engage with the inherent power of women’s sexuality... ”
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Elizabeth Leach Gallery