Nancy Frankel
Nancy Frankel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nancy Ann Frankel May 8, 1929 Orange, N.J. |
| Died | July 28, 2021 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | American |
| Website | nancyfrankel |
Nancy Ann Frankel (May 8, 1929design cast, and steel.[2]
Biography and training
Frankel was born Nancy Ann Disbrow in
Tyler School of Art at Temple University. Frankel earned her master's of fine arts degree at Columbia University. While living in New York City, Frankel took a painting course with Hans Hofmann, where she was exposed to abstract impressionism.[3] She moved to the Washington, D.C.
area in 1963.
Career and work
Frankel began sculpting while at Temple University. After earning her
MFA, Frankel learned how to weld at the SculptureCenter. Although she practiced regularly in the years following World War II, Frankel described herself and her work as "invisible" until her interaction with other women artists at the 1972 Conference of Women in the Visual Arts, which was held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[4][5] This conference allowed women artists, including Frankel, to navigate professional vetting structures — known as slide registries — by which an artist's work became known to area galleries. In 2019, the Katzen Arts Center at American University mounted a retrospective exhibition of Nancy Frankel's work - "Nancy at Ninety: A Retrospective of Form and Color."[6]
Death
Frankel died at the age of 92 in her
first-degree murder.[7][8] Birch was known to Frankel’s family. According to police reports, their relatives had met through working with the Catholic church in Maryland.[9]
Collections
- Conversation I. University of Maryland at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. College Park, Maryland.[10]
- Whimsey, 2009. Embassy of Bulgaria. Washington, D.C.[6]
- Clarity, 2010. American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center. Washington, D.C.[4]
References
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- ^ "NancyFrankel.com/statement". nancyfrankel.com. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ Cooper, Jeffrey (March 13, 2019). "Featured WSG Member: Interview by Jeffrey Cooper" (PDF). www.washingtonsculptors.org. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ a b "Nancy At Ninety: A Retrospective of Form and Color". eastcityart.com. February 26, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "Reflections on The 1972 Conference for Women in the Visual Arts at the Corcoran". Moore Women Artists. March 31, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ a b "Nancy at Ninety: A Retrospective of Form and Color". American University. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ "26-Year-Old Maryland Woman Murdered Renowned 92-Year-Old Sculptor Roommate, Then Called 911 on Herself: Cops". July 29, 2021.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
- ^ "Roommate, 26, calls 911 to admit murdering renowned sculptor, 92". money.yahoo.com.
- ^ "Conversation I by Nancy Frankel (United States, b. 1929)". University of Maryland Art Gallery. College Park, Maryland. 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2021.