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Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)David Gilmour Blythe (1815-1865)William Merritt Chase (1849-1916)Richard Emil Miller (1875-1943)James Guy (1909-1983)Alice Neel (1900-1984)Radcliffe Bailey (b. 1968)


"Swedish Girls" (1968), oil on canvas, 50 x 36" 		Alice Neel (1900-1984)

Swedish Girls, a coming-of-age portrait of two cousins, is an example of Alice Neel's best work. An expressive figure and portrait painter, Neel creates tension by posing the two girls on the corner of a backless couch, seating them awkwardly. On the verge of physical and psychological change, one of the girls faces the end of her childhood innocence, and the other approaches adulthood. They appear wary but intrigued with what lies before them.

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