Joyce Pensato

Joyce Pensato
Pensato in 2016
Born(1941-08-20)August 20, 1941
Brooklyn, New York, US
DiedJune 13, 2019(2019-06-13) (aged 77)
Manhattan, New York, US
EducationArt Students League of New York, New York Studio School
Known forPainting

Joyce Marie Pensato (August 20, 1941 – June 23, 2019) was an American painter.[1] Born in Brooklyn, New York, she studied at the Art Students League of New York and the New York Studio School.[2] Pensato was known for her painted interpretations of pop culture and cartoon characters such as Batman, Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat and Homer Simpson.[3][4][5]

Pensato was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Anonymous Was A Woman Award and the Robert De Niro Sr. Prize.[6] Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[7] the Museum of Modern Art in New York,[1] the Centre Pompidou, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[6]

Pensato died in Manhattan on June 13, 2019, after complications with pancreatic cancer.[2][6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Joyce Pensato (1941–2019)". Artforum. June 13, 2019. Archived from the original on June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Smith, Roberta (June 24, 2019). "Joyce Pensato, Who Made Cartoon Characters Complex, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Searle, Adrian (March 26, 2014). "Batman, Beavis and Bart: Welcome to Artist Joyce Pensato's Funland". The Guardian. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Randy (December 15, 2016). "For Joyce Pensato, It's Not the Same Without the Ambient Muck". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  5. ^ Istomina, Tatiana (April 2, 2015). "Joyce Pensato". ArtSeen. The Brooklyn Rail. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Greenberger, Alex (June 13, 2019). "Joyce Pensato, Creator of Punkish Paintings of Cartoon Characters, Dead at 77". Art in America. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Joyce Pensato". Whitney Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.

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