Joyce Marie Pensato (1941-2019) was an American painter. [1] Pensato was born on August 20, 1941, 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, New York. [8] as well as the Centre Pompidou, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. [6]
Pensato died on June 13, 2019, in Manhattan. [2]
Joyce Marie Pensato (1941-2019) was an American painter. [1] Pensato was born on August 20, 1941, 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, New York. [8] as well as the Centre Pompidou, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. [6]
Pensato died on June 13, 2019, in Manhattan. [2]