Contemporary American artist Janet Fish is known for her realistic still life paintings. Many of her paintings include elements of transparency, reflected light, and overlapping patterns.
Born on May 18, 1938, Fish grew up in Bermuda surrounded by many artistic influences. Her grandfather was the Impressionist painter Clark Voorhees.
As a teenager, she was an assistant of sculptor Byllee Lang. She attended Smith College concentrating on sculpture and printmaking, and studied at the Art Students League in New York. After graduating from Smith College, she did a residency at The Skowhegan School of Art.
Fish then enrolled at the Yale University of Art and Architecture where she changed her focus from sculpture to painting. In 1963, she became the first woman to ear a Master of Fine Arts from Yale's School of Art and Architecture.
Her first solo show was at Farleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, New Jersey. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. And her works are included in some of the nation's important museum collections, such as Art Institute of Chicago, Dallas Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and National Gallery of Arts in D.C., to name a few.
Black Bowl Red Scarf
Raspberries and Goldfish, 1981
Sasha with a Bowl of Candy, 1988
Sources:
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/482633
https://www.mmoca.org/learn/for-teachers/teaching-pages/janet-fish
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