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      The Mood Room · Alice Neel

      Alice Neel Enter a
      feeling, not
      a gallery.

      Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.

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      Works in the Room
      Period · Movement
      6
      Emotional Tones
      Alice Neel

      Alice Neel

      Early Life and Education Born: January 28, 1900, in Merion Square, Pennsylvania Parents: George Washington Neel (accountant) and Alice Concross Hartley Neel Family moved to Colwyn, Pennsylvania in early 1900s. Fourth of five children; experienced the loss of her older brother, Hartley, at a young age. Raised in a middle-class family with limited expectations for women. Graduated high school and took a clerical position to s

      upport her family. Studied art classes in Philadelphia by night. Enrolled in the fine art program at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art & Design) in 1921. Rejected Impressionism, embracing the Ashcan School of realism, influenced by Robert Henri. Won honorable mention twice for painting and received the Kern Dodge Prize in 1925. Graduated from Philadelphia School of Design for Women in 1925.…

      Set the room's mood — the light follows
      Now showing — All · — works lit