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Isabel Bishop

Isabel Bishop

Artist

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62

Works in Collection

74

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/568
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Isabel Bishop was an American painter and printmaker known for her intimate depictions of urban working-class life, particularly women in modest domestic and commercial spaces. Working primarily in oil and etching from the 1930s onward, she developed a distinctive style that combined social observation with formal refinement, rejecting both sentimentality and abstraction. Her figures occupy cramped interiors and street corners with a quiet dignity that resists both patronization and idealization. Bishop's meticulous handling of light and her attention to the textures of ordinary clothing and worn surfaces distinguish her realist practice from her contemporaries.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York Whitney Museum of American Art

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Artworks (62)

Five Women Walking

1967 · Etching and aquatint

plate 7 5/8 x 10" (19.3 x 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Six Women Walking

1963 · etching

Sheet: 33.1 x 39.1 cm (13 1/16 x 15 3/8 in.); Platemark: 24.4 x 26.5 cm (9 5/8 x 10 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Girl Getting on Soda Fountain Stool

1959 · Etching

Sheet: 13 × 10 in. (33 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 5 3/8 × 4 in. (13.7 × 10.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Girl at Soda Fountain

1959 · Etching

Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 in. (33.3 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 5 3/8 × 3 in. (13.7 × 7.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

1959 · Etching

Sheet: 13 × 9 7/8 in. (33 × 25.1 cm) Plate: 6 13/16 × 4 1/2 in. (17.3 × 11.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Girl at the Soda Fountain

Girl at the Soda Fountain

1959 · Etching with aquatint in black on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 15.1 × 8.8 cm (6 × 3 1/2 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 25.4 cm (13 1/8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Girl Getting on a Soda Fountain Stool from the portfolio Eight Etchings II, 1936-1959

Girl Getting on a Soda Fountain Stool from the portfolio Eight Etchings II, 1936-1959

1959 · One from a portfolio of eight etchings

plate 5 7/16 x 4 1/16" (13.8 x 10.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1956 · Etching

Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (33.3 × 25.6 cm) Plate: 4 15/16 × 3 in. (12.5 × 7.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Lunch Break

1956 · Etching with aquatint in black on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 12.5 × 7.5 cm (4 15/16 × 3 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 25.4 cm (13 1/8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

1954 · Etching

Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 in. (33.3 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in. (14.9 × 10 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Sweet Sixteen

1954 · Etching with aquatint in black on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 15 × 10 cm (5 15/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 25.4 cm (13 1/8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Outdoor Soda Fountain

1953 · Etching

Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (32.7 × 25.1 cm) Plate: 6 1/4 × 4 3/16 in. (15.9 × 10.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Two Girls Outdoors

1953 · Etching

Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 in. (33.3 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 7 1/8 × 4 7/8 in. (18.1 × 12.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Two Girls Outdoors from the portfolio Eight Etchings II, 1936-1959

Two Girls Outdoors from the portfolio Eight Etchings II, 1936-1959

1953 · One from a portfolio of eight etchings

plate 7 7/16 x 5" (18.9 x 12.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fourteenth Street Oriental

1950 · Etching

Sheet: 13 1/16 × 10 in. (33.2 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. (14.9 × 9.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Strap Hangers No. 2

1950 · Etching

Sheet: 13 × 10 in. (33 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 4 7/8 × 3 in. (12.4 × 7.6 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Strap Hangers No. 2 from the portfolio Eight Etchings II, 1936-1959

Strap Hangers No. 2 from the portfolio Eight Etchings II, 1936-1959

1950 · One from a portfolio of eight etchings

plate 4 15/16 x 3" (12.5 x 7.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Fourteenth Street Oriental from the portfolio Eight Etchings II, 1936-1959

Fourteenth Street Oriental from the portfolio Eight Etchings II, 1936-1959

1950 · One from a portfolio of eight etchings

plate 5 7/8 x 4" (14.9 x 10.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1949 · Etching

Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 in. (33.3 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 5 7/16 × 3 1/2 in. (13.8 × 8.9 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Seated Woman with Hat

1949 · Etching

Sheet: 13 1/16 × 10 in. (33.2 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 4 in. (14.9 × 10.2 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Seated Woman with Hat from the portfolio Eight Etchings II, 1936-1959

Seated Woman with Hat from the portfolio Eight Etchings II, 1936-1959

1949 · One from a portfolio of eight etchings

plate 5 7/8 x 4 1/16" (14.9 x 10.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double Date Delayed

1948 · Etching

Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (32.7 × 25.1 cm) Plate: 5 × 3 7/16 in. (12.7 × 8.7 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

1946 · Etching

Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 in. (33.3 × 25.4 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 4 7/8 in. (14.9 × 12.4 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Park Bench

1946 · Etching with drypoint and aquatint in black on cream wove paper

Image/plate: 15 × 12.5 cm (5 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 25.4 cm (13 1/8 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

62 published of 72 catalogued · 29 with image

Whitney
40 published
MoMA
10 publishedof 20 catalogued19 img
Art Institute Chicago
10 published10 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Six Women Walking
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Girls sitting in Union Square fountain
1936 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Office Girls (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Office Girls (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Whitney Museum of American Art

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