Joan Snyder
Joan Snyder (born April 16, 1940) is an American painter from New York. She is a MacArthur Fellow and a Guggenheim Fellow. Her paintings have been exhibited at several museums, including the de Saisset Museum and the Jewish Museum.
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[edit] Painting styles
Joan Snyder's "stroke paintings" from the late 1960s and early 1970s were "abstract compositions, many of them quite large, that are loosely based on a grid format and that together constitute a dissection of the language of painting."[1]
Her paintings have been described by the Boston Globe as "abstract", "intuitive and spontaneous", and "pointedly political".[2] She also paints with a colorful style, using floral effects which are branded with paint sprinkled with a range of materials,[3] such as jewel-like metal objects.[4]
[edit] Exhibitions in museums
In 1978, Joan Snyder's paintings were exhibited in the Neuberger Museum at the State University of New York at Purchase.[5] Snyder's work has been featured at a number of museums. From June to August 1989,[6] Joan Snyder Collects Joan Snyder, a collection of favorite paintings Snyder, was featured at the de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University.[7] From September to October 1989, this collection was exhibited at Sonoma State University.[6] In 2005, Joan Snyder: A Painting Survey, a retrospective collection of Snyder's paintings was exhibited at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, Massachusetts.[8]
Also in 2005, Joan Snyder: A Painting Survey, 1969–2005, a collection of 30 paintings about the Holocaust and AIDS by Snyder,[9] was displayed at the Jewish Museum in New York City.[10]
[edit] Honors and fellowships
Joan Snyder received a MacArthur Fellowship, which is often referred to as the Genius Award,[11] in 2007.[12] She has received several other honors for her paintings including the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1974 and the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1983.[13]
[edit] Personal life
Joan Snyder was born in 1940 in Highland Park, Brooklyn, New York.[14] In 1962, she received her BA from Douglass Residential College,[15] which is part of Rutgers University. In 1966, she received her MFA from Douglass.[14]
In 1969, she married Larry Fink. Snyder had a miscarriage but later gave birth to a daughter named Molly in 1979.[16] Snyder and Fink lived in a farm in Pennsylvania before getting divorced later.[17]
In 1980, Snyder moved to Mulberry Street in Manhattan where she raised her daughter and painted in a nearby studio.[11] She later became afflicted with Lyme Disease. In 1989, she moved to Park Slope, Brooklyn so that she could be with her new partner, Maggie Cammer, who is a New York City Civil Court judge.[16][18]
[edit] References
- ^ Solway, Carl. "Joan Snyder: Woman at Work" from the catalogue, Joan Snyder Painter 1969 to Now, Brandeis University, 1994.
- ^ McQuaid, Cate (2005-11-16). "In drips, gobs, and blots, her paintings pulse with life". The Boston Globe (The New York Times Company). Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5e6AG7XMc. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ Leffington, Edward (2007-06-01). "Joan Snyder at Betty Cuningham.". Art in America. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5e6AI3vVA. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ Johnson, Ken (2001-05-18). "Art in Review Joan Snyder — 'Primary Fields'". The Boston Globe (The New York Times Company). http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05EEDF1E3AF93BA25756C0A9679C8B63. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ Shirley, David L. (1978-02-12). "About Westche$ter Spirited Feminist Wields Bold Brush". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B11FC385910718DDDAB0994DA405B888BF1D3. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ a b Muchnic, Suzanne (1989-01-24). "Two Views of the 'Revival' of the Abstract". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Company). http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66390426.html?dids=66390426:66390426&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+24%2C+1989&author=SUZANNE+MUCHNIC&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=ART+REVIEW+Two+Views+of+the+%60Revival%27+of+the+Abstract&pqatl=google. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ "Imagine the Look of Love — And Righteous Rage Joan Snyder Shows Paintings Far Too Personal to Put on Sale". San Jose Mercury News (MediaNews Group). 1989-05-05. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5e6ANWxdz. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ Taylor, Denise (2005-11-10). "A lifetime of music and all that jazz". The Boston Globe (The New York Times Company). Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5e6APhmL3. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ Spiher, David (2005-09-01). "Focusing on the Act of Painting". Gay City News. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5e6ARhaD0. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ Stevens, Mark (2005-09-11). "Iron Joan". New York Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5e6AUJ0cM. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ a b Orden, Erica (2007-09-25). "A MacArthur 'Genius' Wants Her Work Seen". The New York Sun. http://www.nysun.com/arts/macarthur-genius-wants-her-work-seen/63304/. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ "MacArthur Fellows 2007, Joan Snyder". John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Chicago. 2007-09. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5e6AYyH4q. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Feminist Art Base: Joan Snyder". Brooklyn Museum. Archived from the original on 2008-01-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080120002658/http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/gallery/joan_snyder.php. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ a b Rosen, Randy; Brawer, Catherine Coleman (1989). Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into the Mainstream, 1970-85. Abbeville Press. p. 262. ISBN 0896599582. http://books.google.com/books?id=lFcYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Joan+Snyder%22+born++-CBS&dq=%22Joan+Snyder%22+born++-CBS&ei=tix8ScGiFYXMkwTF4_DfBA&pgis=1.
- ^ "Members of the Douglass Society". Associate Alumnae of Douglass College. Douglass Residential College. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5e6AiGd1r. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- ^ a b Cook, Greg (2005-11-25). "Old school". The Phoenix (Phoenix Media/Communications Group). Archived from the original on 2008-11-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20061117083303/http://www.portlandphoenix.com/art/tripping/documents/05113364.asp. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ Klein, Michael (1998-04-23). "Joan Snyder: Works on Paper". Artnet. http://www.artnet.com/magazine/contents/frontpage5-1-98.html. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ Sederstrom, Jotham (2007-09-26). "Talent-rich boro trio named newest MacArthur Fellows". Daily News of New York (Mortimer Zuckerman). Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5e6AokfLI. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
[edit] Further reading
- Klaus, Ottoman (2008). Joan Snyder ...and seeking the sublime. Nielsen Gallery. ISBN 978-0-9713548-5-2.
