Jane Freilicher
1924–2014
Introduction
Jane Freilicher (November 19, 1924 – December 9, 2014) was an American representational painter of urban and country scenes from her homes in lower Manhattan and Water Mill, Long Island. She was a member of the informal New York School beginning in the 1950s, and a muse to several of its poets and writers.
Freilicher was at the center of a milieu of important New York painters and poets, including painters Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Grace Hartigan, Fairfield Porter, Larry Rivers, and poets of the New York School including John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara and James Schuyler. Along with Frankenthaler, Hartigan, Mitchell, and Nell Blaine, she was among only a handful of women artists who were exhibiting alongside their male counterparts.
In 1996 she was awarded the Annual Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award from the Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, New York.
Wikidata identifier
Q16089924
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Introduction
Freilicher produced paintings strongly influenced by Color Field painting, but remained dedicated to depicting recognizable imagery in her work, usually landscapes, still lifes, and interiors.
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, landscapist, painter, still life artist
ULAN identifier
500017408
Names
Jane Freilicher, Jane Niederhoffer
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed May 13, 2025.
