Alice Neel: Painted Truths

Alice Neel’s penetrating deeply psychological portraits are immediately recognizable. This book is essential in the canon of American artists. If you can’t own your own Alice Neel painting ( and who can) this book will allow you to (sort of) experience those quietly at home. A fantastic book, and one of my favorites.

This book is one of the best art books I've read. I have many art books and I can make that claim of only a few. The photos are excellent. The descriptions and analysis of individual paintings is helpful for painters. The cross referencing of paintings and comparison to historical examples of similar paintings is really good. I loved this book and only wish other art books were created as excellent. Yale University Press is great!

I attended this exhibit in 2010 at the MFAH and really enjoyed her work, This summer I went to Washington DC and Boston and saw more of her work and knew I had to have the MFAH exhibit book. Now I can enjoy her work anytime.

Love the illustrations--;lots of them. She was an awesome painter. I use it as a reference for portraits I paint.

As always, Alice Neel's figurative portraits reveal the inner soul of her models as well as herself. Sometimes awkwardly painted but always truthful, Alice Neel gets to the angst of her sitters. The essays in the book are very interesting and I wish that I could see the exhibit.

I love Alice Neel and this book is a nice addition to my library. Wonderfully written insights placed beside each of her paintings. One gets a nice perspective on her works and subjects. Ideal book for any Alice Neel fan!

a magnificent collection of Neel's works....unfortunately I did not learn about her art until after her death --and ignoring her life and work was a huge disservice to western culture and Americans specifically. this collection is a standout publication...thank to Barry Walker AND the MFA Houston

OMG, this book is great! I haven't even read a little of this book, but it's already not leaving me until I finish it all...over and over. This book is printed magnificently, the pages each a treasure.

Very good product. Thank you.

Un libro imprescindible para conocer y profundizar en la obra de esta gran pintora. Uso: trabajo de investigación.

Excellent book. It is actually a companion catalog for a show of Nee'ls work at Huston Museum of fine art in 2010. This is a high quality hard cover book with a detailed history of the artist and 67 full color plates of paintings exhibited including the story behind each piece. Not a cheap book but worth the price paid.

As pinturas de Alice Neel remetem a uma verdade interior.

If you like this artist...buy this book. Well done and reproductions excellent. Shame she is only now getting so much attention but could not turn a head while alive. But was she ever dedicated to her work...Excellent.