Joanne Leonard
For a list of works, see List of Works by Joanne Leonard.
Joanne Leonard | |
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| Born | 1940 Los Angeles, CA - U.S.A. |
| Known for | photographs, photo collages |
| Notable work | Romanticism is Ultimately Fatal, Father and Daughter, West Oakland, CA, Not Losing Her Memory, Newspaper Diary: Trompe l'Oeil Photographs |
Joanne Leonard is an American photographer, photo collage artist, and feminist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her work has been included in major art history textbooks and has been shown internationally in galleries and museums.[1][2]
Early life[edit]
Joanne Leonard was born in Los Angeles in 1940 to P. Alfred Leonard, originally of Mannheim, Germany, and Marjorie Rosenfeld Leonard. She has a twin sister, Eleanor (Rubin), who is also an artist, and a younger sister, Barbara (Handelman). She received a B.A. in Social Science from the University of California in 1962.[3][1] As infants, she and her twin sister were cast as a baby in The Lady Is Willing starring Marlene Dietrich.[4]
Career[edit]
Leonard is known for her photographs and photo collages depicting private moments and personal struggles from women's lives once considered either taboo or unimportant.[1] Her work struck a chord with the art world in the later part of the 20th century, and she was one of the few female artists to be featured in the 3rd edition of H.W. Janson’s History of Art.[5] Her photograph, Julia and the Window of Vulnerability was chosen to illustrate the opening of the chapter, "The Modern World" in the 1991 edition of Gardner's Art Through the Ages.[6]
She was an official photographer for the 1972 Winter Olympics.[7]
She taught art and interdisciplinary courses at the University of Michigan’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and now holds the title of Diane M. Kirkpatrick and Griselda Pollock Distinguished University Professor Emerita.[1] She has one daughter, Julia.[8]
Collections[edit]
Leonard's work is held by major collections, including:
- International Center of Photography in New York City[9]
- Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts[10] at Stanford University in Stanford, California
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art[11]
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art[12]
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York,[13] which holds 62 of her photographs, all of which are digitized and available on their website
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[14]
- University of Michigan Museum of Art[15]
- Whitney Museum of American Art[16]
Bibliography[edit]
Photographic Memoir[edit]
- Being in pictures: an intimate photo memoir. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-47211-402-3.
- Newspaper Diary: Trompe l’Oeil Photographs, with essays by Amanda Krugliak and Wendy Kozol, University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities, 10 color plates, 5 incidental figures, with essays, 2 details in endpapers, 20 pages. 2012.
Further reading[edit]
"Being in Pictures : Book Review". lensculture.
"Artist Joanne Leonard on Coronavirus Curves and the Art of Everyday Life". University of Michigan Museum of Art.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Joanne Leonard". Brooklyn Museum Feminist Art Base. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Joanne Leonard". Stamps School of Art & Design. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Leonard, Joanne (2008). Being in Pictures. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. p. 4. ISBN 9780472114023.
- ^ Leonard, Joanne (2008). Being in Pictures. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. p. 8. ISBN 9780472114023.
- ^ Janson, Horst Woldemar (1986). History of Art (3rd ed.). New York: H.N. Abrams. pp. 781–782. ISBN 013389388X.
- ^ Gardner, Helen (1991). Gardner's Art through the Ages (9th ed.). San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. p. 858. ISBN 0155037692.
- ^ O'Neill, Claire (17 May 2009). "Joanne Leonard's 'Being in Pictures'". The Picture Show: Photo Stories from NPR. NPR. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Being in Pictures An Intimate Photo Memoir". Michigan Publishing : University of Michigan Press. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Being in Pictures". International Center of Photography. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Another Morning". Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Joanne Leonard". LACMA. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Joanne Leonard : Romanticism Is Ultimately Fatal". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Joanne Leonard". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "Joanne Leonard". SFMOMA. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Joanne Leonard". UMMA. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Joanne Leonard". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
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