Joan Semmel

American · b. 1932 · Painter, Printmaker

Joan Semmel is an American feminist painter and professor emeritus in painting. She is best known for her large-scale naturalistic nude self portraits as seen from her… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Joan Semmel, Portrait of Rosemary, 1977, oil on canvasPortrait of RosemaryWright · $62,500≈ £51,087≈ €56,664Sign up to see
  2. Joan Semmel, Composicion, 1965, oil on canvasComposicionPhillips · $38,700≈ £28,840≈ €32,967Sign up to see
  3. Joan Semmel, Study on White, 1978, pastel and collage on paperStudy on WhiteRago Auctions · $21,420≈ £16,011≈ €19,240Sign up to see

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Joan Semmel is an American feminist painter and professor emeritus in painting. She is best known for her large-scale naturalistic nude self portraits as seen from her perspective looking down.

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Born 1932, New York CityOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q16093067 ↗ULAN 500088056 ↗

In the collections of

Dallas Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtMinneapolis Institute of ArtMuseum of Fine Arts, HoustonMuseum of Modern ArtNational Museum of Visual ArtsWhitney Museum of American ArtArt Institute of Chicago

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Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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