Joyce Pensato
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Joyce Pensato | |
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 Pensato in 2016 | |
| Born | August 20, 1941 Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Died | June 13, 2019 (aged 77) Manhattan, New York, US |
| Education | Art Students League of New York, New York Studio School |
| Known for | Painting |
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]
