Ann Craven

{{short description|American painter}}

Ann Craven (born 1961) is an American painter. Craven is known for her paintings of birds, the moon, flowers and animals, often executed with strong chromatic contrasts.{{cite journal|url=https://frieze.com/article/ann-craven-0|title=Ann Craven|journal=Frieze|date=5 June 2008 |issue=116 |access-date=2019-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407072531/https://frieze.com/article/ann-craven-0|archive-date=2019-04-07|url-status=live |last1=Sonnenborn |first1=Katie }}{{cite web|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2018/07/artseen/Ann-Craven-Sunset-Moon|title=ANN CRAVEN: Sunset Moon|first=David|last=Rhodes|date=11 July 2018|website=The Brooklyn Rail|access-date=7 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404005405/https://brooklynrail.org/2018/07/artseen/Ann-Craven-Sunset-Moon|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=live}} In a 2006 project, she painted over 400 paintings of the moon, as seen from the roof of her New York residence.{{cite web|url=https://flash---art.com/article/ann-craven/|title=Ann Craven - - Flash Art|website=flash---art.com|access-date=2019-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407072521/https://flash---art.com/article/ann-craven/|archive-date=2019-04-07|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ann-craven-at-hannah-hoffman-gallery-20141202-column.html|title=Ann Craven, across many moons|first=Christopher|last=Knight|website=Los Angeles Times|date=5 December 2014 |access-date=2019-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407072524/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ann-craven-at-hannah-hoffman-gallery-20141202-column.html|archive-date=2019-04-07|url-status=live}}

Craven's work is included in the collection of Whitney Museum of American Art,{{cite web|url=https://www.whitney.org/artists/9475|title=Ann Craven|website=www.whitney.org|access-date=2019-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407072519/https://www.whitney.org/artists/9475|archive-date=2019-04-07|url-status=live}} the Museum of Modern Art, New York{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/28595|title=Ann Craven | MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|access-date=2019-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726215042/https://www.moma.org/artists/28595|archive-date=2019-07-26|url-status=live}} and the Henry Art Gallery.{{cite web |title=Drawing, Ann Craven|url=https://collections.henryart.org/detail.php?term=craven&module=objects&type=keyword&sortby=maker&sortdir=asc&t=objects&kv=25081&record=0&module=objects |website=collections.henryart.org |publisher=Henry Art Gallery}}