Janet Fish, Painter of Luminous Still Lifes, Dies at 87
The New York Times••entertainment
Key Points:
- Janet Fish, a painter known for her vibrant still lifes that challenged Abstract Expressionism, died on December 11 at age 87 due to a recurrence of a brain hemorrhage.
- Fish gained recognition in the 1960s New York art scene after studying at Yale, where she resisted the dominant abstract styles promoted by artists like Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock.
- Unlike many contemporaries who embraced Minimalism and Pop Art, Fish focused on painting everyday objects such as fruits and bottles, capturing the changing effects of natural light in her work.
- Her dedication to still life painting was both a personal rebellion against prevailing art trends and a pursuit of exploring light and form, which she described as a source of continuous inspiration
