Joan Albert (1943-2012) was an American artist. Her work is included in the collections of the

Museum of Modern Art, New York The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, ...

and the

Harvard Art Museums The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985), and four research ...

. In 2014, two years after her death, Albert was included in a Time Magazine article about under-appreciated photographers from the Northeast United States.

Biography

Early life

Joan M. Albert was born April 28, 1943, to Charles J. and Elinor (Allen) Mikulka. Albert grew up in Watertown, Massachusetts. After graduating from Mount Trinity Academy in 1960, she went on to attend St. Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana where she earned a Bachelors in English in 1964. Albert later went on to earn a Masters Degree from the MFA

Massachusetts College of Art Massachusetts College of Art and Design, branded as MassArt, is a public college of visual and applied art in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1873, it is one of the nation’s oldest art schools, the only publicly funded independent art school ...

in 1983.

Death

Albert died on Thursday, July 12, 2012, from a heart attack at the age of 69. She was laid to rest at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

References

External links

images of Albert's work
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