Alice Neel Video Research

 As I begin to work on my video essay, I have chosen the portrait artist Alice Neel. Going into researching, I have come up with a couple of different questions that are going to guide my research.

1. Did Alice Neel achieve success in her lifetime?

2. How did Alice Neel's gender influence her work?

3. Did Alice Neel's gender influence how her work was perceived in her lifetime?

4. How did Alice Neel choose her subjects? Were they people she knew?

5. How did Alice Neel's family influence her work?

6. Did Alice Neel experiment with other work outside of portraiture?


I am excited to keep researching!


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