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Snyder, Joan (b. 1940) Orange Poppies.
2010.
Acrylic, fabric and burlap on paper pulp, initialed in pencil; from a series of 12 unique paper paintings made in collaboration with Anne Q. McKeown, master papermaker, to benefit the Brodsky Center, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; 915 x 670 mm; 36 x 26½ in.
During the early 1970s, Snyder created "stroke paintings" which utilized a grid to deconstruct abstraction. Further experimentation led to Snyder's eventual abandonment of the grid, and pushed her in new directions. Exploring narrative structure, she used symbols and text in her paintings, and she continues to experiment in her work.
Born in Highland, New Jersey, Snyder earned her BA degree from Douglass College in New Brunswick in 1962, and her MFA from Rutgers in 1966. She moved to New York in 1967, and had her first solo show (which sold out) in 1971. She was a founding member of the feminist art group, the Heresies Collective, along with Mary Beth Edelson, Harmony Hammond, Miriam Schapiro, Pat Steir and others.
Snyder has won National Endowment of the Arts, Guggenheim, and MacArthur Fellowships and has exhibited internationally. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Jewish Museum, New York; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Tate Modern, London; and Whitney Museum of American Art.
Provenance Brodsky Center, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Private collection, Houston.
