Joan Semmel

Joan Semmel
Semmel at the Jewish Museum in front of her painting Sunlight 1978 in Scenes from the Collection
Born(1932-10-19)October 19, 1932
New York City, NY
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting
MovementFigurative art, Feminist Art, Second-wave feminism

Joan Semmel (born October 19, 1932) is an American feminist painter and professor emeritus in painting.[1] She is best known for her large-scale naturalistic nude self portraits as seen from her perspective looking down.[2]

  1. ^ "Joan Semmel". brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ Schwendener, Martha (Feb 1, 2013). "From Abstract Expressionism to Nude Self-Portraits". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-09.