A modernist painter and illustrator, Sally Michel, also known as Sally Avery, worked in an early modernist style. She attended the Art Students League in New York and exhibited at the Child's Gallery... Read full biography
A modernist painter and illustrator, Sally Michel, also known as Sally Avery, worked in an early modernist style. She attended the Art Students League in New York and exhibited at the Child's Gallery in Boston. In 1926, she married artist Milton Avery, and they worked together closely as each... Read full biography
A modernist painter and illustrator, Sally Michel, also known as Sally Avery, worked in an early modernist style. She attended the Art Students League in New York and exhibited at the Child's Gallery in Boston. In 1926, she married artist Milton Avery, and they worked together closely as each other's models and critic, and some persons have suggested that her husband, Milton Avery, used many of her ideas in his paintings. In deference to raising her family, she put her husband's career ahead of... Read full biography
A modernist painter and illustrator, Sally Michel, also known as Sally Avery, worked in an early modernist style. She attended the Art Students League in New York and exhibited at the Child's Gallery in Boston. In 1926, she married artist Milton Avery, and they worked together closely as each other's models and critic, and some persons have suggested that her husband, Milton Avery, used many of her ideas in his paintings. In deference to raising her family, she put her husband's career ahead of her own but did sell illustrations to The New York Times. After her husband's death, she has received increased recognition. D. Wigmore Fine Art of Manhattan held a solo exhibition of canvases by Sally Michel as well as a few works by her friend... Read full biography
A modernist painter and illustrator, Sally Michel, also known as Sally Avery, worked in an early modernist style. She attended the Art Students League in New York and exhibited at the Child's Gallery in Boston. In 1926, she married artist Milton Avery, and they worked together closely as each other's models and critic, and some persons have suggested that her husband, Milton Avery, used many of her ideas in his paintings. In deference to raising her family, she put her husband's career ahead of her own but did sell illustrations to The New York Times. After her husband's death, she has received increased recognition. D. Wigmore Fine Art of Manhattan held a solo exhibition of canvases by Sally Michel as well as a few works by her friend Doris Lee. The New York Times review of that exhibition by Roberta Smith, January 14, 2016, has these... Read full biography
Sally Michel - Artist Info
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Books & Publications (5)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Woodstock, An American Art Colony 1902-1977 (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Marling, Karal Ann
220 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index