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Joyce Marie Pensato BIOGRAPHY
1941 Brooklyn, New York City - 2019 Manhattan, New York City. Known for: Cartoonish figures-paintings, installations, works on paper.
"Joyce Pensato, Who Made Cartoon Characters Complex, Dies at 78,". Ms. Pensato, who found art-world success relatively late, transformed the likes of Mickey Mouse and Batman into ambiguous and... Read full biography
"Joyce Pensato, Who Made Cartoon Characters Complex, Dies at 78,". Ms. Pensato, who found art-world success relatively late, transformed the likes of Mickey Mouse and Batman into ambiguous and sometimes scary creatures. By Roberta Smith, June 24, 2019, Online obituary, The New York Times. Joyce... Read full biography
"Joyce Pensato, Who Made Cartoon Characters Complex, Dies at 78,". Ms. Pensato, who found art-world success relatively late, transformed the likes of Mickey Mouse and Batman into ambiguous and sometimes scary creatures. By Roberta Smith, June 24, 2019, Online obituary, The New York Times. Joyce Pensato, a painter who took the Abstract out of Abstract Expressionism and added a little Pop, making large-scale black-and-white paintings that transformed popular cartoon characters into ambiguous,... Read full biography
"Joyce Pensato, Who Made Cartoon Characters Complex, Dies at 78,". Ms. Pensato, who found art-world success relatively late, transformed the likes of Mickey Mouse and Batman into ambiguous and sometimes scary creatures. By Roberta Smith, June 24, 2019, Online obituary, The New York Times. Joyce Pensato, a painter who took the Abstract out of Abstract Expressionism and added a little Pop, making large-scale black-and-white paintings that transformed popular cartoon characters into ambiguous, emotionally complex and sometimes scary creatures, died on June 13 in Manhattan. She was 78. Petzel Gallery, which has represented her since 2007, said the cause was pancreatic cancer. Ms. Pensato was a late bloomer: Her art did not mature until after... Read full biography
"Joyce Pensato, Who Made Cartoon Characters Complex, Dies at 78,". Ms. Pensato, who found art-world success relatively late, transformed the likes of Mickey Mouse and Batman into ambiguous and sometimes scary creatures. By Roberta Smith, June 24, 2019, Online obituary, The New York Times. Joyce Pensato, a painter who took the Abstract out of Abstract Expressionism and added a little Pop, making large-scale black-and-white paintings that transformed popular cartoon characters into ambiguous, emotionally complex and sometimes scary creatures, died on June 13 in Manhattan. She was 78. Petzel Gallery, which has represented her since 2007, said the cause was pancreatic cancer. Ms. Pensato was a late bloomer: Her art did not mature until after she turned 50, in the early 1990s. Success in the form of a fully committed New York gallery arrived even late... Read full biography
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"Joyce Pensato, Who Made Cartoon Characters Complex, Dies at 78,"
Ms. Pensato, who found art-world success relatively late, transformed the likes of Mickey Mouse and Batman into ambiguous and sometimes scary creatures.
By Roberta Smith, June 24, 2019, Online obituary, The New York Times.
Joyce Pensato, a painter who took the Abstract out of Abstract Expressionism and added a little Pop, making large-scale black-and-white paintings that transformed popular cartoon characters into ambiguous, emotionally complex and sometimes scary creatures, died on June 13 in Manhattan. She was 78.
Petzel Gallery, which has represented her since 2007, said the cause was pancreatic cancer.
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