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Her paintings were a site of expression for populist politics and in her art she found something close to freedom from the doldrums of her personal life.
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I’m sure we’ve all heard the expression “S/he’s a people person.” Alice Neel, whose long overdue retrospective
Alice Neel: People Come First, is currently drawing hordes of visitors at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s no surprise, considering she based her entire life and career around the intimates and strangers that surrounded her. Every class, race, and gender came under her razor-sharp gaze. And no human being encountering her subjects comes away unscathed.
Born in Merion Square, Pennsylvania, in 1900, Neel was obsessed with capturing the turmoil of her times. She was convinced that “people’s images reflect the era in a way that nothing else could.” True to this “anarchic humanist” as she defined herself, she depicted labor organizers like
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Eyrfield Lodge, The Curragh
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Eyrefield Lodge Stud on the Curragh in sunny late June. The Athgarvan estate and its owners Edmund and Sue Loder evoked a faraway era of race days and champion homecomings and all round horsey obsession. Every brick and blade of grass at Eyrefield and its 64.7 hectares (160 acres) was imbued with racing history. Edmund had inherited Eyrefield from his uncle 50 years ago. Knowing only a little about horses, and a lot about gardening he gradually grew the equine interest to continue Eyrefield’s training success and indulged the othe