Sylvia Sleigh
Welsh-born naturalised American realist painter
Died when: 94 years 169 days (1133 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Sylvia Sleigh (8 May 1916 – 24 October 2010) was a Welsh-born naturalised American realist painter who lived and worked in New York City.She is known for her role in the feminist art movement and especially for reversing traditional gender roles in her paintings of nude men, often using conventional female poses from historical paintings by male artists like Diego Vélazquez, Titian, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
Her most well-known subjects were art critics, feminist artists, and her husband, Lawrence Alloway.
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