Joan Semmel
Joan Semmel | |
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Semmel at the Jewish Museum in front of her painting Sunlight 1978 in Scenes from the Collection | |
| Born | October 19, 1932 New York City, NY, U.S. |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Figurative art, Feminist Art, Second-wave feminism |
Joan Semmel (born October 19, 1932) is an American feminist painter and professor emeritus in painting. She is best known for her large-scale naturalistic nude self portraits as seen from her perspective looking down.