Joan Cassis
{{Short description|American photographer (1952–1996)}}
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Joan Cassis (September 10, 1952 – April 28, 1996) was an American photographer known for her black and white portraiture work. She often colored black and white photos with oil paints, blending photography and painting.
Early life
Joan Cassis was born on September 10, 1952.
A Maryland native, she was raised in Woodmoor and attended Woodlawn High School, graduating in 1970.{{cite web|title=Joan Cassis|website=Database of Women Artists|url=http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail_print&entity_id=15981|publisher=National Museum of Women in the Arts|access-date=2017-03-25}}{{cite news|last1=Hilson Jr.|first1=Robert|title=Joan Cassis, 43, photographer who combined film with paint|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/04/30/joan-cassis-43-photographer-who-combined-film-with-paint/|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|date=April 30, 1996}}
Career
Cassis went on to attend Maryland Institute College of Art and graduated in 1974. After college, she worked as a municipal government photographer before embarking on a free-lance photography career. In addition to photography she had a career as an art therapist and educator.
Cassis's work primarily centered around black and white photography, using the gelatin silver print process.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.131332.html#provenance|title=Joan and Samantha|last=|first=|date=1973|website=National Gallery of Art|access-date=March 10, 2019}} She was noted for her portraits and for her use of oil paints to hand-color her photographs.
Her photographs were exhibited in galleries in the United States, as well as in Athens and Amsterdam.
Photographs by Cassis are in the collections of the Portland Art Museum,{{Cite web|url=http://portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=11365;type=701|title=Joan Cassis|publisher=Portland Art Museum|access-date=2017-05-26}} The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,{{Cite web|url=https://art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/24358/woodrow-bowler?ctx=36617020-06d0-4caf-9295-e77283d94c06&idx=0|title=Woodrow Bowler|last=|first=|date=|website=The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art|access-date=March 10, 2019}} the Smithsonian American Art Museum,{{cite web |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/joan-cassis-27741 |title=Joan Cassis |publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum |access-date=2018-02-03 }} the National Gallery of Art,{{cite web |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.28659.html |title=Joan Cassis |publisher=National Gallery of Art |access-date=2018-02-03 }} the Boston Museum of Fine Arts,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfa.org/collections/search?f[0]=field_artists%253Afield_artist%3A29700|title=Joan Cassis|last=|first=|date=|website=Boston Museum of Fine Arts|access-date=March 10, 2019}} the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfah.org/art/search?artist=Joan+Cassis|title=Joan Cassis|last=|first=|date=|website=The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston|access-date=March 10, 2019}} and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.{{Cite web|url=http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=detail&object_id=912|title=Joan Cassis and Samantha, 1972|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/2972/20181114232534/http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=detail&object_id=912|archive-date=November 14, 2018|access-date=March 10, 2019}}
Death
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Category:Photographers from Maryland
Category:Monochrome photography
Category:20th-century American photographers
Category:Maryland Institute College of Art alumni
Category:20th-century American women photographers
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