Ida Applebroog (born November 11, 1929) is an American painter currently living and working in New York. Since the 1970s Applebroog has been known for creating paintings, sculptures, artists' books and several films that often explore the themes of gender, sexual identity, violence and politics.[1] Her works can be found in numerous public collections in the United States including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Applebroog has been the recipient of multiple honors including the MacArthur Fellowship "Genius Grant", the College Art Association Distinguished Art Award for Lifetime Achievement, an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, New School for Social Research/Parsons School of Design.[2]
