Janice Biala

Janice Biala
Janice Biala, 1956
Biala, 1956
Born
Schenehaia Tworkovska[1]

( 1903 -09-11)September 11, 1903[2]
Biała Podlaska, Kingdom of Poland[3][4]
DiedSeptember 23, 2000(2000-09-23) (aged 97)
Paris, France
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNational Academy of Design
PartnerFord Madox Ford
RelativesJack Tworkov (brother)
Memorial(s)Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, City University of New York organized an exhibition of her work, entitled Biala: Vision and Memory
Websitejanicebiala.com

Janice Biala (September 11, 1903 – September 24, 2000) was a Polish-born American artist whose work, spanning seven decades, is well regarded both in France and the United States. Her work lies between figuration and abstraction. A modernist, she transformed her subjects into shape and color using "unexpected color relationships and a relaxed approach to interpreting realism."[5]

Jack Tworkov and his younger sister, Janice Biala, in a photo taken ca. 1918. Their father made the clothing they wear in this photo.
Edwin Dickinson, Portrait of Biala, née Janice Tworkov, 1924, oil on canvas, 30 × 25 inches
Janice Biala, untitled (self-portrait), 1925, ink on paper, 10¾ × 8½ inches
Biala's 1926 sketch of Shelby Shackelford
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  2. ^ The Biala website gives September 11 as the day of birth. It does not indicate the source of this information and no other resource gives more than the year.
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  4. ^ Biała Podlaska is in eastern Poland by the Russian border. At the time Biala was born Biała Podlaska was a large garrison town of the Imperial Russian Army.
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