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Isabel Bishop

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Isabel Bishop 1902-88, American painter, b. Cincinnati, Ohio. Influenced by the New York City painters of the 1930s, Bishop produced numerous paintings of working women. Her pensive nude studies, such as Nude—1934, demonstrate her understanding of delicate effects of light and shade.

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