Neith Nevelson

Neith Nevelson (born July 16, 1946) is an American artist best known for paintings of horses, female nudes, and male faces. Background Nevelson's grandmother was the sculptor Louise Nevelson. Her father, Mike Nevelson (1922–2019), was a sculptor, and her mother, Susan Nevelson (1924–2015), was an artist and textile designer. Nevelson grew up in Florence, Italy, and began painting at the age of two. She spent her childhood in Florence and New York City, and as a teenager moved to New York, to live at her grandmother's studio. Since 1977, she has lived in Coconut Grove in southern Florida.