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Janet Fish

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Janet I. Fish (Born 1938) is active/lives in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts / Bermuda.  Janet Fish is known for Modernist glitz still life and portrait painting.

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 Known for large still lifes of common objects with bright colors--lime green, pink, yellow--, Janet Fish works from a loft in the SoHo section of New York City and takes pride in the fact that she paints "forbidden subjects," realistic still lifes.  Her work, expressive of her highly independent spirit, is a reaction against the pure abstraction that has been prevalent for so many years in the American art world, especially in New York.

She was born in Boston into a family of artists.  Her grandfather was impressionist Clark Voorhees; her mother was a sculptor, which Janet originally wanted to be; and her sister, Alida, is a photographer.  Janet, who grew to be nearly six-feet tall, spent much time in her childhood at the Old Lyme Colony in Connecticut with her artist grandfather and there was much influenced by American Impressionism.

At Smith College, she studied sculpture and printmaking with Leonard Baskin and also studied sculpture at Ya   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 11443 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Janet Fish

   Publications  Book References:  61
Magazine References:  24

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24 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Janet Fish
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Fine Art Connoisseur The Collector's Gaze, The Artist's Eye December 2012 Miller, Nancy Bea Yes
The Pastel Journal Janet Fish June 2006 Exler, Elizabeth Yes
Art & Antiques Still-Life Virtuoso June 2006 Kagan, Dick Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions December 2005 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Reviews July 2004 Editors, ARTnews No
Southwest Art New Mexico-Best of the West April 2004 Schneider, Wolf Yes
ARTnews Strikingly Diverse October 2003 Newhall, Edith Yes
The Artbook of the New West Janet Fish June 2003 Parker, Oriana Yes
The Artbook of the New West Janet Fish April 2003 Parker, Oriana Yes
ARTnews Reviews March 2003 Editors, Artnews Yes
American Artist Recommended Books February 2003 Editors, American Artist No
Art in America Report from Arizona-Not a Mirage December 2002 Rubinstein, Raphael No
American Artist Surprise and Discovery June 2000 Fry, Collin Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions May 2000 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions May 2000 Editors, Art in America Yes
American Artist Forming a Plein Air Group April 2000 Baxter, Kathleen Yes
ARTnews Forbidden Fruit October 1999 Nadelman, Cynthia Yes
Art-Talk Interview June 1999 Macomber, Bill Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions December 1998 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Reviews March 1998 Editors, ARTnews Yes
Art & Auction In the Galleries February 1998 Editors, Art & Auction Yes
American Art Review Still Life, Object in Ameican Art October 1997 Sims, Lowery/Sabine Rewald Yes
Southwest Art Best of the West: Oklahoma April 1997 Bucher, Kristin Yes
ARTnews Reviews/Stranger than Paradise June 1994 AN editors Yes
61 Book References for Janet Fish
Year Author Title Pages Color
2006 Dantzic, Cynthia Maris 100 New York Painters 224 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Berlind & Phillips Janet Fish 67 Yes
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2005 Sasse, Julie Paint on Metal: Modern and Contemporary Explorations and Discoveries 154 Yes
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2003 Katz, Vincent (essay) Janet Fish: Paintings 168 Yes
1999 Editor, Smith College Museum Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum 307 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Arthur, John Four Artists: Four Objects
(Exhibition catalog)		 30 Yes
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1997 The Dayton Art Institute American Art From the Dicke Collection 264 Yes
1996 Hopps, Walter (others) American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art 320 Yes
1996 Pennington, Estill Curtis Gracious Plenty American Still-Life Art from Southern Collections 127 No
1996 Sims, Lowery/Sabine Rewald Still Life The Object in American Art, 1915-1995
(Exhibition catalog)		 175 Yes
1996 Storr, Robert/Tom Wolf Community of Creativity A Century of MacDowell Colony Artists
(Exhibition catalog)		 103 Yes
1995 Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary 612 No
1995 Lucie-Smith, Edward Art Today 512 Yes
1994 Arthur, John (Curator and Essayist) American Realism-Figurative Painting Cline Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1994 LeClair, Charles The Art of Watercolor (Revised Edition) 144 No
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
1993 Stevens, Andrew (essay) Tandem Press: Five Years Of Collaboration and Experimentation 116 Yes
1991 Hoffman, Katherine Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945 400 Yes
1991 Kemper Gallery Kansas City AI Mary & Crosby Kemper Collection Selections from Inaugural Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 28 Yes
1991 Wheeler, Daniel Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present 344 Yes
1990 Goddard, Donald; Robert Rosenblum (Intro) American Painting 319 Yes
1990 Gustafson, Donna (others) Art What Thou Eat Images of Food in American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 191 Yes
1989 Bolger, Doreen (others) American Pastels In the Metropolitan Museum of Art 247 Yes
1989 Linney, Romulus Janet Fish
(Exhibition catalog)		 55 No
1989 Ward, John L American Realist Painting 1945-1980 431 No
1988 Beckett, Wendy Contemporary Women Artists 128 Yes
1988 Rosen, Randy, et al Making Their Mark: Women Artists Move Into the Mainstream 300 Yes
1987 Crane, Diana Transformation of the Avant-Garde The New York Art World 1940-1985 194 No
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Heller, Nancy Women Artists An Illustrated History 224 Yes
1987 Krane, Susan Albright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972 379 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Marshall, Richard 50 New York Artists 118 Yes
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1985 Lucie-Smith, Edward American Art Now 160 Yes
1985 Ratcliff, Carter (intro) Janet Fish
(Exhibition catalog)		 54 Yes
1984 Freeman, Phyllis New Art 207 Yes
1983 Cathcart, Linda L American Still Life 1945-1983
(Exhibition catalog)		 144 Yes
1983 Goodyear, Frank H Perspectives on Contemporary American Realism
(Exhibition catalog)		 91 Yes
1982 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present 560 Yes
1981 Goodyear, Frank H, Jr. Contemporary American Realism Since 1960 (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts) 255 Yes
1981 Newark Museum American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 431 Yes
1980 Arthur, John Realist Drawings & Watercolors Contemporary American Works on Papers 144 Yes
1980 Arthur, John Realism/Photorealism
(Exhibition catalog)		 123 Yes
1977 Cloudman, Ruth H The Chosen Object European and American Still Life
(Exhibition catalog)		 66 No
1977 Goodyear, Frank H 8 Contemporary American Realists
(Exhibition catalog)		 62 Yes
1977 Seabolt, Fred/Donald Goodall New in the Seventies (Archer Huntington Gallery Exhibition)
(Exhibition catalog)		 60 Yes
1976 Baro, Gene 30 Years of American Printmaking Including 20th National Print Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)		 160 Yes
1976 Institute of Contemporary Art A Selection of American Art The Skowhegan School 1946-1976 194 No
1975 Battcock, Gregory (editor) Super Realism: A Critical Anthology 322 Yes
1975 Smith College One Hundred/An Exhibition to Celebrate the Centenial Year
(Exhibition catalog)		 83 No
1974 Geske, Norman Things Seen 115 Yes
1973 Rhode Island School of Design The Albert Pilavin Collection Twentieth-Century American Art II
(Exhibition catalog)		 60 No
1973 Solomon, Elke M American Drawings 1963-1973
(Exhibition catalog)		 62 No
1972 Hill, M Brawley Women Historical Survey of Works by Women Artists
(Exhibition catalog)		 60 No
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