Editing Alice Neel (section)

===Cuba===
In 1924, Neel met [[Carlos Enríquez Gómez|Carlos Enríquez]], an upper-class Cuban painter, at the [[Chester Springs]] summer school run by [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts|PAFA]].<ref name=dictwomart /> The couple married on June 1, 1925, in [[Colwyn, Pennsylvania|Colwyn]], Pennsylvania.<ref name=Twenties/> Neel soon moved to [[Havana]]<ref name="Heroes and wretches" /><ref name="Southgate p. 96" /> to live with Enríquez's family. In Havana, Neel was embraced by the burgeoning Cuban [[avant-garde]], a set of young writers, artists and musicians. In this environment Neel developed the foundations of her lifelong political consciousness and commitment to equality.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Meyer|first=Gerald|date=Fall 2009|title=Alice Neel: The Painter and Her Politics|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cjas/CJAS09.pdf|journal=Columbia Journal of American Studies|volume=9|pages=149–187|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103021238/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cjas/CJAS09.pdf|archive-date=November 3, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Neel later said she had her first solo exhibition in Havana, but there are no dates or locations to confirm this. In March 1927, Neel exhibited with her husband in the 12th [[Salon des Bellas Artes]]. This exhibition also included [[Eduardo Abela]], [[Víctor Manuel García Valdés]], [[Marcelo Pogolotti]], and [[Amelia Peláez]] who were all part of the [[Cuban Vanguardia Movement]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Alice Neel: Painted Truths|last=Lewison|first=Jeremy|year=2010|page=259}}</ref> During this time, she had seven servants and lived in a mansion.<ref name="Heroes and wretches" />