Alice Hartley Neel (1900 - 1984)

Born 28 Jan 1900 in Gladwyne, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Carlos (Enriquez.) Enriquez — married 1 Jun 1925 (to about 1930) in Colwyn, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 13 Oct 1984 at age 84 in New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Noted American painter Alice Neel was born on January 28, 1900, in Merion Square, Pennsylvania. Her father was George Washington Neel, an accountant for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and her mother was Alice Concross Hartley Neel. In mid-1900 her family moved to the rural town of Colwyn, Pennsylvania. Young Alice was the fourth of five children with three brothers and a sister. Her oldest brother, Hartley, died of diphtheria shortly after she was born.

Neel’s marriage and two partners produced four children.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Neel
• https://nmwa.org/art/artists/alice-neel/
• https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=37567485&article=9eb95f87-a7a5-49bb-a85c-6d7a4e621d16&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjM4ODMzODY1MCwiaWF0IjoxNjIxMzk5NjExLCJleHAiOjE2MjE0ODYwMTF9.uOjuHnMHXXMvGKVdt7qz_riSWwzyj_BZ4_ec6pXe3ww
• https://www.si.edu/object/alice-neel%3Anpg_NPG.2004.166
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92761422/alice-hartley-neel: accessed 05 March 2023), memorial page for Alice Hartley Neel (28 Jan 1900–13 Oct 1984), Find a Grave Memorial ID 92761422; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Robert Dean (contributor 50321522).